Ok -- so this is not about Obama directly -- but about one of his lackeys. Sean Penn. Lately he has been all over the British press (some U.S. coverage too, but nobody here really gives a damn about the Falkland Islands). He thinks that Britain should give the Falklands "back" to Argentina.
First things first -- how about Argentina give back their land on the continent to the natives that they slaughtered indiscriminately? Surely there are some poor wights left on Tierra Del Fuego that would like a nice penthouse in Buenos Aires.
Second Argentina's "undisputed" claim to the Islands is tenuous to say the least: it goes back to pre-1832 when the Brits last claimed it as theirs (and successfully reclaimed it after Argentina's sneak attack in 1982). The Dutch first sighted the Islands in the 1600's. The English named parts of it and made the first landing in 1690. The French landed and settled (left some poor swine) in 1764. The English made another settlement in 1765 in another part of the Islands (unknown to each other). The Spanish "acquired" the French claim in 1767 and put it under their colonial governorship in B.A. In 1770, the Spanish attacked and expelled the British (note who attacked who first) and the ensuing peace treaty permitted the Brits to go back to their settlement. The Brits had to leave to fight the Americans, leaving a plaque asserting their claim. Then the Spanish left, leaving a plaque asserting their claim. The United Provinces of Rio Plate (later to become Argentina) withdrew the remaining settlers in 1811. In 1820 another PRP captain raised a flag claiming the Islands for PRP. The PRP governor establish another settlement in 1828 after seeking permission from the Brits and Spanish. About 1831, the Americans raided the place destroying the military goods available. Then in 1832 Argentina tried to found a penal colony there (yuck) but a mutiny resulted in the death of the commander and failure of the enterprise. in 1832 the Brits arrived to stay -- the Argentines complied with a request to leave. In 1834 it became a naval station and in 1840 a formal British colony.
By contrast, Mexico owned California. From 1769 to 182, Spain owned California (ignoring legitimate Indian claims) and from 1821 to 1848, the place was Mexican. No counterclaims. None.
So that is why Sean Penn should give his Malibu mansion back to the Mexicans.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Introduction
I have posted under many names and in different blogs about world events and just weird stuff that I think deserved comment. But in this dire time, I feel I need to focus on the Obamas, the DNC, the Liberal-socialist media and the risk that the re-election of Barack Obama would pose to our society: "they must go...."
I encourage you to click "follow" so that on a daily basis you will receive commentary and news relating to the 2012 election. And please spread the word. I will try to document facts so that when arguing with idiots (that would be most Liberals and Democrats) you will be equipped to turn back their emotional responses with hard, indisputable facts.
For example: "if we just taxed the rich enough, we could solve this deficit mess." Your response: "there is simply not enough money in the hands of the rich to do that." Fact: if you confiscated all the earnings of people making over $10 million you'd have enough to run the government for 24 days. If you took all the earnings of people making over $1 million, you only get to $720 billion -- not enough to cover the deficit and it ignores that there were taxes paid on the $720B.
In fact doubling the taxes of everyone leaves us $400B short. So we have to do some cutting -- and for a start I suggest that we have to cut Mr Obama.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09inalcr.pdf
I encourage you to click "follow" so that on a daily basis you will receive commentary and news relating to the 2012 election. And please spread the word. I will try to document facts so that when arguing with idiots (that would be most Liberals and Democrats) you will be equipped to turn back their emotional responses with hard, indisputable facts.
For example: "if we just taxed the rich enough, we could solve this deficit mess." Your response: "there is simply not enough money in the hands of the rich to do that." Fact: if you confiscated all the earnings of people making over $10 million you'd have enough to run the government for 24 days. If you took all the earnings of people making over $1 million, you only get to $720 billion -- not enough to cover the deficit and it ignores that there were taxes paid on the $720B.
In fact doubling the taxes of everyone leaves us $400B short. So we have to do some cutting -- and for a start I suggest that we have to cut Mr Obama.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/09inalcr.pdf
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