No Arms to Iraq, instead get them to talk.

NO ARMS TO IRAQ, INSTEAD GET THEM TO TALK NOW

Center for American Politics

How naive can we be? Do the bloody  war mongers believe that by supplying arms and parking our fleet in the gulf we will scare the ISIS? Hell, we’ll egg them on, they got nothing to lose.

Obama has been right, and now he needs to go it alone, as he did all along by voting against Iraq War, pulling our troops and recovering America. Had we supported him then, we would have not witnessed the disaster. 

No arms to Iraq and no troops, and let our efforts be spent in bringing them to sit down and talk. Isn’t worth it? Isn’t it better? Let’s not be arrogant saviors, they can take care of themselves. 

No doubt talk is cheaper than war!
Indeed war is for thrill seekers. 

Mike Ghouse, Americans Together

 Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.

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Why I'm No Longer a Republican

My story is similar, and incredibly similar to Gerry Myers,  except that I am still wearing the Republican cloak, and my dilemma began in 2008 and continues till today - to be a Republican or not. I cannot relate with most of them extremists radicals in the leadership, but I do not align with democrats either, but I can relate with almost all of the Democratic leadership, they make sense.

Republican leadership is incapable of talking peace, they are bloody war mongers and are on a constant war against women, GLBT, Muslims, Hindus, and Hispanic undocumented immigrants. They operate from fear and paranoia that if they stop bitching, they will be slaughtered. You will rarely find Republican in interfaith and peace organizations, they just don't fit in, if the are there, they cannot discuss their real self with others.

I have questioned myself all along - am I a damned idiotic loyalist to the Party because I liked its original face? But, I am glad, when it comes to America, my party becomes secondary and as such I have voted for and campaigned for Obama.

Mike Ghouse
Center for American Politics.
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Why I'm No Longer a Republican

Gerry Myers

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerry-myers/why-im-no-longer-a-republ_b_5474464.html

In 1988 when I voted for George H. W. Bush for president, there was nothing unusual about it. From the time I turned 21, I had always voted Republican. But, after he broke his promise not to raise taxes and the country was in the midst of a recession, I reconsidered my position in 1992.

As Bush floundered, the brilliant and charismatic campaign and message of William Jefferson Clinton hit the scene and I voted for my first Democrat.

During the next eight years, I watched how President Clinton oversaw the longest peacetime economic expansion in our history; how the nation enjoyed the lowest unemployment rate in decades; how the home ownership rate grew to the highest it's ever been in the country's history; how he improved economic equality that led to a strong economy and a surplus federal budget. Though his tenure was plagued with scandals and impeachment, it is important to remember, he was acquitted of all charges.

In 1996, I still didn't consider myself a Democrat, even though I voted to reelect Clinton. I was an Independent who voted for the best person. But, when the Republican Party nominated George W. Bush in 2000...I began to think of myself as a Democrat.

Living in Texas, I saw Bush's policies and ignorance first hand. I could foresee many problems the country would face if he was elected and, unfortunately, he didn't prove me wrong. Against strong counsel from his own financial advisors, he cut taxes while starting two wars; something no other president had ever done. These decisions began the immeasurable damage to our country that would take decades to recover from.

He took a substantial surplus, and turned it into a huge deficit; he changed America's standing in the world, by trying to force his views on other cultures; he chose to invade Iraq first, rather than Afghanistan, allowing Osama bin Laden to continue his reign of terrorism for years; he destabilized the Middle East which led to more insurgents. Bush and Cheney did not listen to Americans or our Allies and millions of lives were lost.

As the neocons continually promote just one more war to spread democracy, I believe we should fix America's democracy first before we try to change the cultures of other countries to mirror our own.

Near the end of Bush's disastrous two-term Presidency, it was an easy decision for me to vote for Obama over McCain. But, it was the creation of the Tea Party facet of the Republican Party in 2010 that turned me into a loyal Democrat, rather than an Independent. I don't feel I abandoned the Republican Party but, I do feel the Republican Party abandoned me. Their emerging views on government, religion, women's rights, workers' rights, income inequality, violence against women, equal pay for women, minorities' voting rights, made me move away from these radical ideologues as quickly as possible.

In 2014, the Republican Party is now split between the old GOP idealists and the new GOP obstructionists; between those who know their message is losing voters and want to change it and, those who would rather suppress and buy the vote, than change the message. The GOP no longer stands for Grand Old Party, but for Greedy Old Plutocrats.


Democrats must rally their base. There are many smart and educated Republicans who believe their Party's lies, support their Party's positions and who will come out to vote Republican at any cost. In America that is their prerogative. But, it is up to the rest of us to make sure these extremists are defeated in 2014, in 2016 and beyond. It is critical to this country's future, maybe more than any other election in our history that you vote in November. Choosing not to vote because you think your vote doesn't matter is just plain wrong. I worry that if people do not stand up for what they believe in, and vote, then our future right to vote may vanish.

I support the Democratic message because I'm for job creation, rather than obstructionism. I support healthcare for all, rather than repealing the ACA with no alternative plan. I think we should keep the safety net for those who need it and have paid into it all their lives. I support Social Security, and believe the system could be solvent for years if the income cap was removed and people paid into the system for every pay check they received. And unlike many Republican Governors, I also support Medicaid expansion which saves lives, adds billions in federal funds, and creates jobs.

I'm for keeping America safe and strong, but not for sending Americans into harm's way when it isn't necessary. I'm for helping veterans when they return from serving our country, rather than cutting their benefits. I'm for lowering Congressional pay and perks, so that elected officials' jobs aren't about becoming millionaires, but rather are about their responsibility to serve their constituents and their country.

I believe in food stamps for the hungry, but not subsidies to big agricultural firms. I believe in healthy school lunches for our children, but not Republican supported junk food lobbyists. I believe in putting people to work rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure and bridges, rather than blocking the vote on job development, and asking "where are the jobs?" I believe in energy independence, but not at a cost to our society and way of life. I believe we should do something about man-made climate change, not deny it exists. I believe we should leave America, and the planet, a better place for my kids and my grandkids, rather than a worse place.

I'm for easy to vote elections, rather than designing restrictions that make it harder for minorities, the poor and the elderly to vote. I'm for term limits for all elected officials, rather than lifetime politicians. In other words, I'm for democracy...a democracy that is quickly diminishing under the current Republican leadership.

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Republican response towards Obama about Bergdahl

REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TOWARDS OBAMA

My response to a note from a friend, “we need to be fair and rational about it. President Reagan had done the same thing - remember Contra deals? Others have done too, why pick on Obama? Are we Republicans don’t have anything substantial to offer to the nation that we pick on him?

This is one of my friends writing, “Hey Mike, I had a request from a friend who to ask you what you think about Obama trading Bergdahl - who is a deserter, for the five worst Taliban terrorists. She had seen you on Hannity at some point and knew that I knew you. So I told her I would ask.

This is the one thing that could cinch it for Obama to be arrested for Treason because he also paid the group where Bergdahl had gone to $5 million to release him and they were NOT the Taliban.

Mike Ghouse
www.MikeGhouse.net

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