So long WU, hello blogworld!

Hello, Friends!

I want to say thanks for the emails and comments in my departure from Weatherunderground. One said that "I would miss the WU folks" and that would be true - I will. There are many good people there, no doubt. My problem is not with the folks I have the usual or occasional disagreement - those differences are largely healthy dialog and generally a communicable, civil reasoning of issues. But, the site continues to prove themselves a base for liberal troublemakers, a bent duty to stir up trouble and grief for others that differ with conservative views. And at last, I have finally transcended the juvenile antics of the bad apples there. They're beneath me and I will not partake in their foolish, immature, ill-mannered behavior and caustic mentality any further. I simply won't participate at a site that lets personal attack slander go unfettered, continuously repeated and rewarded. And, that's one thing; but, it's entirely another and unacceptable to me when that malevolence is accepted and rewarded by WU administration. Certainly, I've not been a "model" blogger, but I have refrained from the malicious name-calling (except for politicians) and I have been respectful of other bloggers and their opinions.

WU is a great weather site and it has the potential to be so much more, but it has always been a liberal-minded site and dilutes its primary, desireable presence by capitulating the man-made global warming theories and discounting the associated politics. It has become a bastion for liberal perspective and actively sqaushes free speech by censoring conservative opinion. However, it has helped create friendships, helped those in bad weather situations and ultimately helped support relief efforts of disaster-related victims. That is the WU one can't help but love and want to associate. I did enjoy and appreciate that aspect. I've made some friends - you folks know who you are and we'll stay in touch. I'd come to respect many here. Their members include some very sharp people - sharp weatherwise and otherwise, a ton of talent and a heap of heart! Your character and wisdom I hold fondly and admirably.

If you've kept up with my blog it's no secret that I've a passion for this country and I am greatly concerned and disturbed with the erosion of our liberty, our sovereignty over the past 30-40 years. Lately, it's been more like a massive mud-slide than an erosion. And, here's where the "bad apple" comes back to mind again. Most of us do not remember a time when things were bad, really bad - no jobs, no money, no food - not much. The thing is everyone was alike really - one really didn't know any differently. Today, that's different, very different. If this country continues to slide down into the economic abyss we're in trouble, possibly irrevocable trouble!

We've lost our wealth-making machinery, our manufacturing. Additionally, we're presently outsourcing jobs from the service industry at the rate of 20,000 jobs per month. We've lost millions of jobs, sold thousands of whole industries to foreign interest. Our debt has sky-rocketed exponentially and we no longer generate enough revenue from our own tax base to even pay for the outlay on Social Security or Medicare. We're borrowing trillions instead of billions now and there is no real ray of hope in sight to reverse this dismal course unless Obama sticks to his original campaign promises of renegotiating our trade agreements. We, too, must create some protectionisms like our trading partners and set a straight course for regrowing our wealth through manufacturing.

It's time to restore the core values and principles on which this country was founded. We're at the prespecise of losing our sovereignty whether one realizes this yet or not. And, that is what the blog intends to promote and become an element of the larger cornerstone in taking this country back from corrupt, unrepresentative, ineffecient and ineffective big government.

I look forward to your comments. Thanks.



Unhappy Anniversary: NAFTA Fifteen Years Later
“NAFTA is really less about trade than it is about investment. Its principal goal is to protect US companies and investors operating in Mexico. The text of the agreement is contained in two volumes covering more than 1,100 pages. Buried in the fine print are provisions that will give away American jobs and radically reduce the sovereignty of the US.” -- Ross Perot


What CANADIANS are saying about NAFTA after 15 years.
U.S. multinational corporations (including the financial industry) and their CEO's have profited greatly from international trade thanks to increasing use of low-wage labor and trade agreements guaranteeing them tariff-free access to U.S. consumer markets for their foreign-made merchandise.