Hillary Clinton or HIllary Hahn?

There has been a lot in the news lately with Hillary bashing topping the list.  The Republicans, with few viable candidates for the 2016 presidential campaign, have taken to Hillary-beating instead.  It is so different than the previous campaign when both Hillary and President Obama were in close contention.  It is such trench warfare.  As America we have become good at it.  We like war.  It is easier than being wise and good.  Also it is more lucrative seeing as most manufacturing once that created America's infrastructure now has been outsourced to slave labor in foreign countries.  Corporations are headquartered in Canada, have their products made in China, and make their money in America.  It is not very American.  Neither is assembling two mile long war trains underneath the ground at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.  Again we act like we are good at it, yet the Iraq war was a total bust.  It should be more embarrassing than the failure at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.  By the way there has been a lot in the news lately.  Nuclear pacification with Iran?  Future trade relations and embargo lifting with Cuba.  Hillary bashing.  Let's talk about Mrs. Clinton for a moment.  There are few people who would disagree that her appointed position as Secretary of State in Mr. Obama's administration was a token.  Her performance was abysmal.  Few would know this, because it was not publicized.  I certainly can't be sure she did anything for those four years.  In comparison to Madeleine Albright most would pale.  Madeleine was a scholar and a diplomat.  Hillary was a token of appreciation from President Obama.  It was one of his few bad policies along with the revocation of Bill's "Don't ask, don't tell."   Let bygones be bygones.  The public should remember that Mrs. Clinton's universal healthcare was a scribble on a memo pad.  I am not sure The Affordable Care Act is doing much better, but at least it is on the books.  I for one always have lamented the loss of contact with Cuba.  Afro-Cuban music is important, and so was Havana before Fidel Castro.  It was an oasis in the Caribbean, where one could escape the brutality of American life.  I hope that it returns as a viable alternative to Old San Juan.  I understand diplomacy.  I understand that while we are unable to render Iran impotent as a terror monger, we can limit the potential consequences of a grievous act of global war.  Limiting their access to nuclear weapons is a prudent compromise.  Also I understand that the same pundits who are promoting Hillary-bashing would rather bomb Iran.  Certainly we have bombed enough other countries.  As for potential Republican presidential candidates for 2016, I would prefer Rick Santorum.  I would prefer not to remember Whitewater, Kenneth Star, Monica Lewinsky, and the rest.  I will remember Bill's Dayton Accords and their resolution of the Bosnian conflict.  It was an effective solution.  The war machine is churning and weapons of mass destruction are making their way to Sunny Point near Wilmington, North Carolina.  It makes us feel in control hauling those weapons through North Carolina's camouflaged coastal plains, through CSX-T's interchange at Pembroke, and then down to Sunny Point.  The odd thing is CSX-T has not been required to do much of anything in terms of maintenance of their rail system.  They and other railroads continue to use inappropriate tank cars to transport oil out of North Dakota.  While highly flammable crude oil may be deemed less of a potential hazard than a two mile long war train, still the spur onto which Ft. Bragg trains must back to make their way to Sunny Point in appearance belongs in the television show Green Acres.  It is not a highly serviced, modern, stable section of railroad track.  It is a joke.  If our national defense through STRACNET is reliant upon this section of track, we are waiting for another 9/11.  CSX-T should be required to maintain their trackage including this section running down the middle of Russell Street.  The Aberdeen and Rockfish, a shortline railroad operating in close proximity to both CSX-T and the Norfolk and Southern, puts CSX-T to shame.  At least they maintain their grade crossings and trackage.  Why would the Department of Defense allow this track to deteriorate to such a low level, yet allow railroads to haul dangerous crude oil across American in sub-standard tank cars?  Politics.