Herman Cain press conference at 11 am Saturday

MoonHowler

Presidential Candidate Herman Cain has a press conference scheduled at 11 am this morning.  It is expected that he will drop out of the race.  Cain has soared with eagles and is soon to gobble with turkeys…turkeys with too much baggage. 

I am curious about all of this.  Ginger White is now the latest woman to come forward, charging that she had a 13 year affair with Mr. Cain.  White elaborated and said it was not a love affair but a sexual affair.  She produced documentation of phone records.  She appears to be very open. 

What prompts someone to come forward like that?  She has stated that she has received no money for her story. What is her motivation?  Why would she do something she knows will probably crater his chances for the White House?  Is it all about female power?

I am also curious about him.  I won’t question all his peccadilloes or charges of sexual harassment.  That pretty much speaks for itself and we have all knows people like that.  However, when you know you have baggage and you want to become president, why would you continue, knowing its all going to come out?  I don’t understand politicians who think that they are special and won’t get caught.  The higher the aspirations, the greater the likelihood of exposure. 

 The media will now crawl all over Ginger White, giving her more attention than she could have possibly ever wanted.  Sadly, they will crawl all over the Cain family, who have done nothing.  Mrs. Cain will stand by her man in public and skewer him behind closed doors.  She might take him to the cleaners or she might not.  Could be, she has known of his proclivities all along.  Some wives prefer to blind eye things like this.  No spouse wants public humiliation, however.  BLIND EYE is no longer possible. 

I don’t care if you are a local politician or aspiring to the highest office in the land, if someone knows something, it is almost human nature to want to share that knowledge with others.  That should be a warning to politicians.  If you have baggage, you might want to stay on the porch rather than running with the big dogs,l unless you have a mighty understanding spouse.

 

Secure our Border!

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Secure the border!  Where is our fence?

All these are questions we hear daily from folks who feel strongly about immigration.

However…and this is a big however…this is a picture of Israel.  The Israelis are increasingly uneasy about the political volatility in Egypt.

The Washington Post:

The new border fence, about 15 feet high, is the most tangible sign of Israel’s growing unease about the upheaval in Egypt, which has aggravated shaky security conditions in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel. Israeli concerns were heightened in August when gunmen who crossed from Sinai struck on the border road north of Eilat, leaving eight Israelis dead.

That attack led to the acceleration of work on the border fence, which, when complete, will run about 140 miles from Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip south to the Eilat area. Originally intended as an obstacle to the thousands of African migrants and asylum seekers who sneak across the frontier annually, the barrier is increasingly seen as a bulwark against security threats emanating from Sinai.

But the rising fence is also a metaphor for how Israel sees itself in a changing Middle East: Beset on all sides by profound shifts in its Arab neighbors that could alter the strategic balance in the region, it is bolstering its defenses and preparing for the worst.

Perhaps the United States is in far better shape than it thought.  Our situation is rather simple compared to the complexities of the middle east.  We simply want to keep people out who do not have permission to be in our country…or is that really the reason?

Back to Israel.  The picture below shows the proposed Israeli border fence:

These folks aren’t just woofing!