Chinese Space Walk

This morning I saw an article about the Chinese completing their first successful space walk and return to earth by a manned space vehicle. Between bailouts, debates, and Sara Palin at the United Nations, the Chinese space expedition somehow did not grab a lot of attention.


That is a mistake on our part. No doubt the Chinese stole the technology to build their space program from us. Now that we are in an economic crisis, funding to NASA is not going to be high on any one's list. The Chinese, who do not appear to be in a financial crisis, are going to be able to move forward with their space program, and due to the world economic situation, they are probably going to find it easy to legitimately buy the materials and technology they need to make leaps forward.


I find the idea of a Chinese space station orbiting the earth frightening. I know that the perceived enemy of the western world is international Islamic extremism, but I fear the not so sleeping giant of China a lot more. The Islamic terrorists can cause short range harm and destruction, but China has the power to go for actual world domination.


Look at our current situation. We owe the Chinese at least $500 billion dollars. We have allowed ourselves to be dependent on their products. (Go to Wal Mart. What's not made in China there?)

In recent time our officials have complained about the condition of products imported from China, but I have not seen a ban placed on all Chinese imports until they meet our standards.


China's growth and strength should be of concern to all of us. Their ever growing expansion in the world markets should be a wake up call to American business that it is time to bring factories home and accept less profit and keep the country strong.


Unfortunately, as we have seen with all of the recent activity on Wall street, greed is the key word. Bankers, businessmen, realtors, homeowners, its all about trying to grab as much for themselves as possible and the hell with the consequences.


Well, we are feeling those consequences and they are only going to get worse. And while our country heads downward, the Chinese are on the rise and I fear it will not be long before the Pacific Rim is considered their territory.


We are no longer the power we were. The sad truth is we can not supply a significant military force to conduct offensive operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Imagine what would happen if a third front opened up somewhere.


Countries in the Pacific Rim, especially the top manufactures like Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore, are making their own trade and diplomatic treaties with China, because they can no longer depend on a strong American military presence if trouble erupts in Asia.


Once again we are paying the price for our superiority attitude to the rest of the world and the 19Th century view - as depicted in Rudyard Kipling's poems and stories - that no one can match the white European in any way. Our country has unfortunately believed in that credo in our march to imperialism - read how we treated the Hawaiians, Cubans, Central Americans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, and currently the Afghans and Iraqis. We - the collective American mentality - is that we are know more than all of them and that only our way is the right way.


The Chinese have always held that they were smarter than the rest of the world - read their history - and now they are finally in a position to try and prove it.


We need to open our eyes to the world around us, we need to force our politicians and business leaders to forget about greed and profit and stand up to keep our country strong and independent.


Some people may laugh about my fear of the Chinese having a missile base on the Moon, but there could be more reality to that scenario than any of us want to admit.


Read your history, see what the Chinese are doing and stay on your politicians to do the right thing.


If we do not start fighting back against the Chinese in the economic arena, it will not be that long before we are fighting against them in the military arena. They want to control the world, and they are on the way if we do not block them.


A strong America is a free America. A greedy America is the world's whore.


Its Common Sense.