Sure as Heck

So Sarah Palin is seriously considering a run for the White House in 2012. She claims she learned a lot in the past two years. She said, "I sure as heck better be more astute on these current events, national issues, than I was two years ago." And then, practically in the same breath, she doles out advice to President Obama on how to win re-election (as if she knows anything herself about win a presidential election) by recommending to play "the war card" - attacking Iran and showing stronger support for Israel. Apparently, she considers that "securing our nation and our allies."

(What allies, by the way? Does she seriously think we have any more allies left in the world, especially if we go back to the role of the world police? After what we have done to the world economy, I am seriously surprised that we have anyone still on the speaking terms with us, let alone being our "ally.")

To me this sure as heck sounds like Sarah has not learned anything at all in the past two years. Not that I expected her to. She has a pretty face, nice hair, but I am not sure about the size of her brain. Besides, she has an awful lot to learn - like, that Africa is not a country, that stopping for a plane refueling does not entail visiting a foreign country, that diplomacy is more than wildly winking at a plane of a foreign leader zooming over your head... (Basically, it feels like all of the foreign policy is still WAY over her head!) Speak of a steep learning curve! So poor uninformed Sarah's idea of a foreign policy is to wage more wars to make us more secure. Seriously, since Obama came to power we have been plagued with terrorism due to his soft stance on national security... Those explosions in our power plants... Oh, wait! It was a gas line explosion - never mind. Well, Washington, D.C. has been practically paralyzed with snow for the past several days! How can we be sure this was not a terrorist plot?

This country has 20% of people unemployed, sky-high foreclosure rates and people living in tent cities all over the country. We can't feed our homeless. We can't treat our sick. Our manufacturing industry is non-existent. And poor dumb Sarah thinks that what should be our first priority is to wage more wars and be preoccupied with a well-being of a foreign country (Israel)? Right!

If Sarah who sure as heck has not learned anything runs for President and wins, this sure as heck is not the country I want to live in.