Scott Stewart, Get out of my head!
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > while the standing of the US with the rest of the world is important. It > should not be the primary reason for putting someone in the White House. > I'm an isolationist, I'd be perfectly happy if the US closed all of it's > embassies, pulled all of our troops home and told the entire world, "We > have our own problems to deal with, we're gonna fix those first, when > we're done, we'll come back out and play." > > But.. I know we can't do that the world isn't what it used to be, and > were so intertwined economically, and we've spent the last eight years > in the nation building game, that if we did pick up all of our toys and > went home it would be catastrophic for some parts of the world. > > We must deal with domestic issues, and those must be the first priority, > over anything international, every decision that an American president > makes must be made with the welfare of the American people first and > formost.. IMO, all else pales in comparison. > > American Issues: > > our economy > balanced budgets > our over dependence on foreign oil, (getting away from an oil based > economy) > employment > crime > education > making sure that our military is the best trained, best equipped and > best protected military that the world will ever see, in short unstoppable. > taking care of our own, those that can't take care of themselves. > > as far as I'm concerned nothing else matters, if these things are taken > care of, a strong America can reach out to the rest of the world and help > (only when asked....nicely) > > I'd love to see our military on foreign soil only when asked by the host > government, or when the safety of the American populace is directly > threatened. > I'd love to see someone other than the US, have to bear the majority > burden when the UN decides to intervein militarily. > > These are the reasons to elect a president. > > > I'm not speaking for Scott Stroz, only for myself... > > Vivec wrote: > > Scott, > > What impact does the rest of the world have on America. > > > > What impact has the rising price of oil, the policies of North Korea, > > Russia, Pakistan. > > What impact does the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, relations with > Europe, > > relations with South America. > > What impact does Hugo Chavez in Venezuela have on America. > > What impact does Trade with China have on America. > > > > What impact does the rest of the world have on America. > > > > 2008/9/4 Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >> Statements like that scare teh shit out of me. The election of the > >> prsident > >> of the United States should ONLY be about the USA. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267981 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
