Red Dragon Rising

I’ve been banging this gong for years - China is coming. What that specifically means is harder to guess, but they are more than a perceived threat. They are, in fact, an arguably greater threat than the rag-tag band of cavemen with AK47s we lovingly know as the warriors of Jihad.
The Daily Mail published a [...]

“Wait, You’re Quitting Because of DARFUR?”

The AP is reporting that Steven Spielberg is quitting his role as artistic advisor to the Beijing Olympics because of China’s stance on human rights.
No - not human rights in China. Human rights…in Darfur.
Nevermind the persecution of Catholics, the abuse of workers, the organ harvesting of prisoners, the communist crackdowns, the one-child policy that leads to [...]

U.S. Economic “Stimulus Package”: Made in China

The tax rebates are coming, the tax rebates are coming!
The big question is: “From where?”
The big answer is: “Probably from China.”
 Why? China has a huge trade surplus with the United States. A $1.6 trillon surplus. Since I’m no economist, I rely on other sources to help me figure out this stuff. And according to some [...]

Sticks and Stones

Foreign Policy tackles a handful of countries who are beefing up their military programs rather than downsizing them. Far and away, the U.S. is at the top of the list, with spending in excess of $400 billion dollars annually - and that’s the budget, not the extra expenses of war.
At only a quarter of that [...]

The Eagle and the Dragon

Let’s face it - China is still a far bigger threat to the United States than Islam and it’s rag-tag band of cavemen with machine guns and Semtex will ever be. The minute Taiwan decides it’s done with the oppressive rhetoric from Beijing - a minute that could come in their 2012 elections - we’re [...]