Just a thought...

I don't have my normal laptop anymore and don't get my replacement until the second week of July, so there's probably going to be a temporary pause in updating the podcast. But I continue to do some writing. I was listening to some sound bites from the Democratic Presidential debate the other day, and, though I don't remember the whole quote, one particular thing was from Hillary Clinton..."Bush started this war."
And this is not the first time she's made these comments. And as I hear things such as this, I began to wonder...does Hillary Clinton know about the Constitution? The Dems all too often complain that the Constitution provides a system of checks and balances, but you can't blame President Bush for their lack of understanding that he can't do much at all except head the Executive Branch of the U.S. to enforce the laws and carry out diplomacy. If Hillary Clinton would read the 8th section of the first article of the U.S. Constitution, it plainly states that Congress declares war and makes appropriations for the army and navy and it is the Congress that maintains them. As Commander in Chief, it is President Bush's job to head that Army that the Congress provides. If the Democrats oppose the war so badly, stop it. That's where they can check and balance the President, but they're too scared to because it might hurt them in 2008.
Another interesting thing that I heard was Hillary bashing the President with a "joke" about how the Bush Administration doesn't know what Diplomacy is, occasionally decide to send the Secretary of State or the Vice President to satisfy people. Well...if it's not diplomacy that the Secretary of State, who is responsible for taking care of the foreign affairs and diplomacy issues of the nation, what is? Another point: Has Hillary forgotten the negotiations breakthroughs with the North Koreans? Or the recent meeting with Iran with the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq? Those are just to name a few. You can NOT blame the President if the OTHER end of the agreement falls through. I just wonder...if working on agreements with enemy nations to try to get them to stop their renegade programs isn't diplomacy, what is? This only proves another point: diplomacy doesn't always work.
But what do I know.

~CreepyNerd