Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

I have told you before that I am accumulating out of the money put options on this name.

This article just makes me want to buy more.

The truth always surfaces, eventually.

In this case when it does, the stock will drop like a rock.

By the way, its trading at 52X earning.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41782775

Ideology Matters

I know, I have not been writing much lately. Not about economics, parenting, or peace. I have been obsessed with World Politics, and rightly so, as we are living through historic times.

I have already discussed how the American Left is viewing events in the Middle East through our own very own brand of beer goggles.

You see, what people believe in actually matters. It affects their behavior.

I don't want to know what kind of regime the protesters in the Middle-East and Northern Africa want to overthrow..that is apparent. It is obvious, the Dictatorships in those regions are immoral, brutal, and unjust.

I want to know what kind of regime they want to be "free" to install. That would be good reporting.
Let's find out. What exactly are we facing?


Let's have it, please.
As usual, John Stewart nails it with "Aliens vs. Predators":

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Keep in mind, no matter what your view on the collective bargaining rights of public unions, the Republicans took control of Wisconsin in a Democratic election. Democracy at work!

American Denial Goggles

Americans, especially the Democrats, not all of them, have their version of beer goggles on when it comes to the events unfolding in the Middle East.

I will call them "denial goggles", because the truth is just too scary and too present, for them to contemplate.

This is an old article from the "Middle East Forum", but you should read it if you want to understand what is going on;

http://www.meforum.org/1870/mohamed-sifaoui-i-consider-islamism-to-be-fascism

You see, Islamists, both Sunni and Shia, are hell bent on creating chaos in the Middle East so that they can "unite" and install a global Islamic Caliphate.

I fear an attack on American soil is imminent. The extremists must pull it off if they are to achieve their goals.

Read about Chamberlain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Pact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time

We all know how that turned out.

Do I hope I am wrong? Hell yes. I hope you Facebook & Twitter Liberal Democrats have an optimism that is not misplaced.

But I fear you are projecting, naively hoping your values are shared across the Middle-East.

I think they are not.

They Have Lost Their Way...

What has to happened to the Republican party?

Old Clip... but the guy the rest of Republicans call crazy may just be their only hope:

"Free" To Do What?

To impose sharia law....

Naive Leftist Media Coverage of Egyptian Revolt

So much for peaceful celebration of a "Democratic" revolution. I guess its great if you are not a woman..or a Jew..or an American. Not great at all if you are a beautiful, successful, intelligent, brave and open minded Caucasian woman from South Africa.
American media, stop being so goddamn naive.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/cairo-mob-beat-sexually-assaulted-cbs-reporter-lara-logan/1

Clapper's Misguided Leftist Subjectivism

Today James Clapper, our Director of National Intelligence called the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood a largely "secular" organization.

I am outraged and appalled. The DNI of the USA does not know the definition of the world "secular", nor does he understand the threat of Theocracies to Freedom.

Here are several definitions of "secular" state or organization:

-neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion
-treats all of its citizens equally regardless of religion
-does not have or support the implementation of a state reliogion

Here are a few definitions of a Theocracy:

-a belief in government by divine guidance
-a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler, or in a higher sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
-a form of government which refers not to civil development of law, but to an interpretation of the will of God as set out in religious scripture and authorities.
-Rule by religion. A government, such as Iran's, that is based on theistic beliefs.

Theocracies, by definition, are anti-freedom. They seek to control populations and impose a religious ideology upon them by force.

Now, about the Muslim Brotherhood (from Wikipedia - yes, I have fact checked it):

The Society of the Muslim Brothers is an Islamist traditional movement founded in 1928 (in Egypt). The Brotherhood's slogan: "Islam is the solution". The Brotherhood's stated goal is to instill the Qur'an and Sunnah as the "sole reference point for...ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community...and state." Though the Brotherhood officially renounces violence, its members have used violence repeatedly to achieve the organizations' aims.

The Brotherhood believes Islamic governments must be based on a "perfect" way of life and social and political organization that God has set out for man. Eventually, all Islamic governments must be "unified" in to a Caliphate. Brother founder Hassan al-Banna stated the goal of the Brotherhood was to reclaim Islam's manifest destiny, an empire, stretching from Spain to Indonesia.

It says Islam enjoins man to strive for social justice, the eradication of poverty and corruption, and political freedom TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE LAWS OF ISLAM!

Hamas (Gaza) and the Islamic Action Front (Jordan) are political offshoots of the Brotherhood.

Active members of the group drafted a document called, "General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America". Its main objective is clear, "The process of settlement is a 'Civilization-Jihadist Process' with all the word means. The Ikhwan (Brotherhood) must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of all believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all religions."
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=206130
There is much more, but I think that makes my point.

Now, will the Brotherhood govern Egypt going forward? No one knows. Should we intervene? No, we can't afford to, nor would it be morally justifiable.

However, we must be clear about the potential for Egypt to descend into the grips of an oppressive, Iranian style Theocracy which tramples Human rights.

The time for moral subjectivism is not now. Freedom and Democracy based on the rights of human beings to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happines and freedom of religion protected by a secular state is BETTER than Theocratic rule, even if that Theocratic rule is desired by the majority.

Do I think we should meddle in the Middle-East? No, I think our support of immoral dictatorships in the region has only undermined our credability and fueled Islamism. We have to get off oil. We should not be at war with Islam. You can't be at war with an ideology. However, you can express your opinion about any ideology's effect on human beings and their well being. I think Freedom and Capitalism are better for people than Theocracies. Period.

We can only retaliate if we are attacked militarily. We need to sit back, get our house in order, and get strong, just like Reagan did during the Cold War.

Reagan never went to war with the USSR. He didn't have to. He was, however, clear about his rejection of Communist ideology. He was also clear about his belief in the superiority of American values, as opposed to those of the Soviet Union's dictatorship.

And Clapper, you better get ready to resign, I am sure the calls for it won't be far off.