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Richard Cochrane
Monday, July 26, 2010

• Is Hollywood Going Way of Dodo Bird?
• More Grim News for U. S. Defense
• Feds say Lt. Governor Owes Over $100,000 in Taxes
• Obama’s Disingenuousness, and Arrogance Toward Israel
• Rangel On Trial?
• 25% Of D. C. Teachers “Ineffective” Or Nearly So.
• Most Say Enough Regulation Already
• Californians Versus Other Americans On Immigration

• Lohan Favorables Below Obama, Gibson and Lebron
• A Review About Coming Iranian Apocalypse

The question seems to be whether Hollywood will go the way of California’s once flourishing aerospace industry that has dried up and moved to other more business friendly states.

Ironically as California flourished during the last downturns provoking a jealous ABC (Anyplace But California) campaign. Now there is so much flight from the once Golden State that some expect it to have its Congressional delegation reduced by one and maybe two seats. Like the bumper sticker says “You can’t eat sunshine – I’m leaving.”

Nearly half (49%) of Minnesota voters believe state election officials should investigate allegations that felons voted illegally in the 2008 election. That election, many believe elected the ascerbic, unfunny man - Al Frankin.

-------IN MY OPINION-------

It is time, really past time, to review and consider the approaching catastrophe of nuclear armed Iranian mullahs.

Iran has been at war with the United States since 1979, when it seized and held our diplomats for 444 days -- an act of war under settled principles of international law. Few in the United States then wanted to regard it as such (though Sen. Pat Moynihan said we should "bring fire and brimstone to the gates of Tehran").

On April 24, 1980, President Carter launched a U. S. rescue mission that failed miserably resulted in the destruction of two aircraft and the deaths of eight American servicemen and one Iranian civilian.

Then too America had a weak, indecisive president. The final hostages were only released when Carter was gone and President Ronald Reagan was sworn in on Jan. 20, 1981.

Later the mullah regime sponsored the 1983 attack on our Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon and attacks on our soldiers in Iraq and elsewhere -- more acts of war. Six presidents have chosen not to retaliate for reasons of prudence that have much to commend them. War with Iran would be a terrible thing. But one can also believe, as the UAE ambassador incautiously said, a nuclear-armed Iran would be even worse.

Now the moment is fast approaching when the Mullahs will be able to hold the entire Middle East hostage with nuclear warheads. No amount of apocalyptic imagining will suffice to predict the consequence of such circumstance which VP Biden has predicted will happen saying we need to “get used to a nuclear armed Iran.”

America’s foreign policy is seen as flaccid. Last week Obama’s plans to eviscerate the U. S. military sent chills through allies and patriots alike. His new course ends Reagan’s peace through strength approach. There are growing storm clouds and no amount of glib talk will diminish that.

Meantime Iran announced multi-million dollar funding for a fusion reactor that has many scratching their heads and other body parts.

The latest Rasmussen Report nationwide poll of likely voters finds just 25% Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove


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