The Georgian/Russian Truth

Author: Tommy Leung | 08.15.2008 | Category: News, Politics, Videos

I put up a video at Tommy Liberty about a 12 year old girl who was in the area where the conflict between Georgia and Russia is occurring. She squarely places the blame on Georgia for attacking South Ossetia and causing all the death and destruction–she was actually thankful for the Russians. Watch it.

Knowing what we know, do we really want to get involved in this conflict? I’m saying that we should not put a base in Poland and send aid to Georgia.

Tommy Liberty

Author: Tommy Leung | 08.14.2008 | Category: Internet, Politics

Isn’t that catchy? Tommy Liberty. In line with mission to create focused blogs on topics that I like writing about, I have launched Tommy Liberty as the place where I will keep my political writings. I’ve also put a tab in the menu above alongside my fitness blog. :)

Cold War 2.0?

Author: Tommy Leung | 08.11.2008 | Category: News, Politics

A new Cold War is certainly an attention grabber and will sell news–that is why I titled this what I did. Hopefully, we don’t send troops over to Georgia in an attempt to defend them against the Russians. The news is reporting the situation as an invasion by Russia but, the reality is hardly as black and white.

You can read an in-depth look at what is really going on here. The main point is that Georgia invaded the “breakaway” province of South Ossetia where a lot of Russian citizens happen to reside. Russia used their military might in response to Georgia’s actions. It is hard to put the fault on Russia in this scenario as Russia is protecting its own citizens. We would expect our government to protected American citizens living in Mexico if certain danger were to arise–there is little difference in this case.

The media will try to make this out to be an aggressive action by Russia because that will sell the news. The only prudent move we can make is to stay out of the affairs of that area. We’ve already got our hands full with the Middle East and a weak economy at home. And besides, do our politicians really have the moral high ground to condemn Russia when we’ve invaded a country that did no harm to us?

China Protestors

Author: Tommy Leung | 08.07.2008 | Category: Cartoons, Politics

I have not been supportive of the protests against China in way of boycotting the Olympic Games or because of the Tibet issue. That cartoon above makes a great point as well as this piece from LewRockwell.com. I’m not saying China is doing the right things but, those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. I recommend you read the article I linked to. :)

Paris for Prez

Author: Tommy Leung | 08.06.2008 | Category: Politics, Videos

In response to McCain’s recent TV commercial comparing Obama to celebrities like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Paris had this to say:

I found that pretty funny. I would love to see Paris debate McCain and Obama.

I.O.U.S.A Movie

Author: Tommy Leung | 07.23.2008 | Category: Economics, Politics, Videos

I didn’t know about this movie until after I wrote about our almost $10 trillion national debt. Now that I do, I will be sure to watch it this August. Check out the trailer above.

The $10 Trillion Problem

Author: Tommy Leung | 07.22.2008 | Category: Economics, Money, Politics

Secretary Henry Paulson has been calling for a bailout of the insolvent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Democrats in Congress are looking to pass a bill to raise the limit on the national debt. The national debt is over $9.4 trillion already and the deficit for next year is approaching $500 billion. The bailout for Fannie and Freddie is estimated to cost $25 billion by the government.

So, if you and I were in $1,000,000 of debt that was accruing interest on a daily basis, would extending how much more debt we are willing to take on going to solve our problem? Is it a good idea? Of course not! The kicker here is that this $10 trillion of debt is OURS! We are even making monthly payments on it–the government steals money from us every paycheck. Unfortunately, the money that is being taken from us is also being spent instead of paying down debt.

Our national debt in 2001 was in the $5 trillions. We will have almost doubled that by the time Bush leaves office. Neither the Republicans or the Democrats in Congress are fiscally responsible. They are like teenagers with their daddy’s credit card. Paulson has also recently said that we are turning the corner in this housing crisis. Even if that were true, we have just added to another problem: the $10 trillion problem.