Here is Dr. Boyne's diagnosis:
We are trapped in two endless wars and lack the strength to deal with growing international and domestic threats to our country's wellbeing.
Pretty dire, huh? But wait. Don't despair. Dr. Boyne has the right, I mean left prescription for America. Here are his "10 ways to escape the trap and build a better future for ourselves and our allies" with commentary from yours truly. I will try to be kind. It's late and this is too easy.
1. Bring U.S. troops home from Iraq as quickly as feasibleThat's the "cut, run and surrender" directive. Every liberal conversation, argument and rebuttal starts and ends with cutting and running in Iraq. We will endanger our future as a nation if we capitulate to terrorism in Iraq or elsewhere. Liberals are not capable of understanding this concept. Leaving Somalia emboldened Osama bin Laden and led to the attacks of 9/11. Imagine what "bringing U.S. troops home" (the liberal euphemism for cutting and running) from Iraq would do to motivate Middle East terrorists to even greater degrees of carnage and destruction. No, Mr. Boyne. As much as it pains me to say it, let's finish the job.
2. Launch a Campaign for World PeaceHow cute. I'm sure Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cuba's Fidel Castro, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, not to mention Osama bin Laden are dying to sign on to such a campaign.
3. Support the Kyoto Protocol
Sure. As soon as India, China and Russia agree to do so as well. Liberals are very fond of leveling the playing field as long as America is at a disadvantage.
4. Introduce health insurance for everyone in the United States
It works so well in Canada and Britain. Why not do it here? Forget the free market. Dump the doctor-patient relationship. Put bureaucrats and politicians in charge of life-or-death decisions.
5. Perfect the methods of delivering medical care.
If the market determines them, not big government.
6. Balance the federal budget by slashing Pentagon expensesNot wasteful government programs, bureaucratic red tape, truckloads of money to perpetually failing schools or welfare to illegal immigrants? Let's spread the sacrifice here, shall we?
7. Adopt policies to discourage free trade programs and outsourcing of jobsWe are paying the price for decades of greed from trade unions. Outsourcing is here to stay. We need to innovate, create and anticipate. Ours is still the most productive workforce on the planet. Bar none. We can thrive again if the government does not intervene to "solve" the problem.
The newest mantra of the left is "early childhood education." I will have quite a bit to say about it at a later date. Suffice it to say that liberals are once again trying to expand their power and influence on the backs of our children. Think S-CHIP legislation. Their aim is to grow government and advance their liberal dogmas while hiding their agenda behind the legitimate needs of the youngest and most vulnerable among us.
8. Give strong support to early childhood education
9. Give high priority to improving the academic success of low-income and minority students.
How many more millions of dollars do we have to dump on education before we see results? Education IS a priority. K-12 funding goes up every year in Minnesota. What do we have to show for it? Government fails miserably when it tries to raise children. Parents are the solution, not more money or more programs.
10. Take substantive action to reduce the poverty and racial discrimination that afflict too many members of minority groups in the United States
Poverty and discrimination will remain a problem as long as condescending liberals continue to victimize the poor and minorities. The "War on Poverty" has been an abject failure. Government programs do not foster independence, give poor people self-respect or minorities a healthy self-image. Self-respect and integration are the answers to poverty and discrimination, not dependence on government and self-victimization.
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