Archer Martin

Reading these Chinese military press releases is like reading “The Confucius of Oz”, except the flying monkeys are Chengdu J-10’s and the way to safety involves repetition of Mao’s Little Red Book, not slippers.

China increased it’s military budget by 18% today, not including “weapons purchases and other key items”. As expected, the Chinese Legislature’s spokesman tells us that “China is committed to the path of peaceful development…and China does not and will not pose a threat to any country”.

Except, of course, the United States.

Mark Helprin, a senior fellow at the Clairemont Institute, writes an article today in the Washington Post titled “The Nuclear Threat From China”.

Wow! What a warmonger. Why won’t evil conservatives just leave China alone? If anything, the United States should allow other nations to flourish, while we limit our own destructive, patriarchal power.

If the dems win in ‘08, should I celebrate with Rosetta Stone Chinese Language software, or another handcranked radio/potassium iodide gift basket?

Headline reads: “China censorship damaged us, Google founders admit“.

Good. I’m glad to see the dual-billionaire founders have finally admitted that covering up human rights crimes of communist China was a huge mistake.

Let’s keep reading…. “On a business level, that decision to censor…was a net negative”.

Um, ok…So he has trouble expressing emotion? Let’s go on…

“We always consider what we do…But I don’t think as a company we should be making decisions based too much on perception”.

So, basically, no, we won’t change our policy of covering up China crimes, because not only do we not care what is right or wrong, we don’t care what people think of us.

Unless, of course…it has to do with global warming. Says Brin, ” I was concerned about my private jet and what not…I wanted to offset what I did . ”

Here is a thought, Mr. Brin. I’m sure the emissions from the burning of dead chinese dissidents combined with the hot air which comes out of your mouth more than outweighs the gases your frequent 767 trips produce. So, here is how to “reduce your carbon footprint”:

1) Stop covering up for China. Expose their crimes.

2) Shut up.

For a greener world…

China denies intent to militarize space, and the State Department claims they are making “baby steps” towards openness regarding their intentions.

Strike One, Strike Two, Strike Three. You’re out!

In the spirit of freedom and protection of liberty, Wikileaks was launched recently by a group of international terrorists activists who intend to use it as a “safe haven for whistleblowers to upload confidential documents”. In other words, United States troop movements and emerging technologies, but without direct financial benefits.

I guess in that sense, I really admire these folks. After all, they aren’t into the money, they are just trying to destroy equalizing the United States nations of the world, much like President Bill Clinton when he lent a friendly hand to China with it’s satellite program.

Oops! He received $500,000 from the Chinese Army for that stunt? Bad analogy. I suppose the charity of Sandy Berger or Needless Nancy’s choice for Intel Chairman are far better examples of the high standards regarding national security I’ve come to expect from the Democrat party.

This is the first in a series of posts where I talk about recent news concerning China.

Yesterday, I was unfortunately forced to watch Wolfie Blitzah reporting on CNN about China’s successful new satellite killer weapon. He and the other CNN correspondant were lamenting the fact that this act was “inconsistent with the spirit of cooperation in space”.

What spirit? Space isn’t the final frontier, it’s the next frontier, and whoever controls it militarily will control the unlimited resources and geography it provides. While Britain whines about space junk and NASA spends 17 billion dollars a year on key projects such as surveying the flatulence of Saturn’s giant moon, China spends 500 million dollars a year figuring out how to dominate the universe. Thankfully, they reassure us with press releases such as “China consistently uses space only for peaceful purposes”.

Well, I’m optimistic that CNN and Wolfie Blitzer have learned their lesson about trusting our enemies. After all this, they wouldn’t be stupid enough to immediately report on how the U.S. missed an opportunity to negotiate a partnership with Iran, would they?