June Potpourri

Lets dive into a few things that have been in the news lately...

Iranian Elections: I think that this may really be a huge deal for the Iranian people. However, I don't think that America should necessarily get swept up in it. Our problem is that we are a country of know-it-alls and with Iran banning Westerner and their news, it leaves the US news agencies, if you can still call some of them that, wondering what is going on.

According to several sources it doesn't seem to matter for several reasons; 1) The supreme ruler makes all domestic and foreign policies; and 2) They are still going to want weaponized plutonium. That is what both candidates agree on, so in the long run we are still going to be trying to talk them out of it.

Also, under NO circumstance should the United States get involved in what is going on in Iran. Let them protest and march, let them have their revolution. We didn't ask the international community for help in the still contested Minnesota senate election did we? We didn't seek Iran's advice when Gore beat out Bush, did we? This is an internal matter and should be handled as such. If we interfere now, we only prove to the Arab world that we feel that we have the right to, and are, the police of the world.

KOREA: History Channel ran this great program that has since repeated occasionally about the Mayan 2012 Doomsday. Well, North Korea is threatening a massive retaliation if the US interferes with their boats. That is what the US Navy is getting ready to do. They have their sailors armed and ready to hold North Korean boats, without boarding them. So, I would venture to say that a nuclear war is not too far off. Even Russia and China are trying to get North Korea to ease its stance against the world.

The main problem with North Korea's nuclear holocaust threat is that they so far haven't shown the technology to reach the Continental United States. Russia has already said that they would shoot down any rocket headed their way but could not say whether they have the technology to detect rockets headed in any other way. North Korea wouldn't be so ignorant to launch one at China, so that only leaves Japan, which would just be cruel irony, South Korea, which is a distinct possibility, and Alaska or Hawai'i. Now, Alaska may be out of the picture for a North Korean target, and may actually find protection from the Kremlin, but Hawai'i is a whole nother story. Again, as cruel irony, an attack by a foreign country on Hawai'i would surely ignite a World War.

Even if North Korea was able to get help from rouge nations, such as Iran, I don't see any other countries really backing them in support. China and Russia, for all their actual attempts would try to stay neutral since they don't want to be seen taking orders from the US, but can not condone nuclear holocaust. The Colombians not only don't have the weaponry, but they don't necessarily have the man power. They would need to unite a lot of the South and Central American countries to get an army capable of warranting an attack. The key would also be Cuba. Fidel Castro, as the last of the guerrilla's, I don't think would want to risk an attack from or on his country 90 miles from the United States.

The main problem would come from the Arab League. They have the tendency to stick together thick and thin and will cause an issue on a global scale. I think between the Arab League, and Columbia, the United States and it's allies find themselves in an issue when it comes to fuel. If Iran comes to the aid of North Korea, out of the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality, the United States and it's allies will see national gas prices sky rocket to unbelievable heights that will cause chaos in their own streets. And with the time frame that this may happen, the world doesn't need that pressure right now.

Barack Obama vs. FOX News: This really has turned into a juvenile fight. Yes, we all know that NBC and their affiliates are Obama's personal television channel, we get it. But the back and forth between Obama and Fox News needs to stop. Obama mentioned on an interview with MSNBC how there is a whole channel that seems dedicated to only reporting negative news on him and his administration. Sorry, but it just sound's like you can't take the heat. There is no need to mention directly or indirectly any of this. Let it go, there are always going to be people or organizations trying to bring you down, it comes with the office.

We all knew it was So-Sa! Occasionally we like to chime in with Sports news. However, this really should not have been news to anyone. Look at not just his body, but his body of work. And he has no one to blame but himself. As a former sports writer, I already wrote an article on this a decade ago, this doesn't need to be this big of news.