“I didn’t question her patriotism. I questioned her judgment.”
Mr. Cheney went on: “The point I made and I’ll make it again is that Al Qaeda functions on the basis that they think they can break our will. That’s their fundamental underlying strategy, that if they can kill enough Americans or cause enough havoc, create enough chaos in Iraq, then we’ll quit and go home. And my statement was that if we adopt the Pelosi policy, that then we will validate the strategy of Al Qaeda. I said it, and I meant it.”
(Vice President Cheney NYT Feb. 2007)
"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. (Ronald Reagan March 1, 1975)
"Oh, no! First of all, if I took one vote away from a serious candidate, it would be a sin." (Al Franken Time Magazine, 9/1/03)
This post (Where Did The Revolution Go?) is starting to draw out what I think is the real motivation behind Ron Paul’s movement.
I’ve believed from day 1 that Ron Paul was propped up by the media simply because he is an anti-war Republican. Sure there are some people who support him for his libertarian domestic agenda, but I have long held that he’s the most anti-war candidate running this cycle, of ANY party.
If you browse through the comments of that post, you’ll see what I believe is the real motivation behind the Ron Paul campaign. They want to take the country back to the days of putting our head in the sand and fingers crossed homeland security. I’m not talking about Clinton years kind of ignoring the world. I’m talking about what lead up to Hitler’s rise to power and World War 2 where millions died.
It would be a wonderful thing if we didn’t have to project our force and be the police force of the world, but the problem is someone has to and no one else will. We no longer live in a world where our oceans protect us from those meaning us harm. We no longer live in a world where we can be economically independent. We live in a global economy and thus it is in our best interest to try to create stability through freedom.
It sucks, I wish we could just let the world go to hell in a bunch of thugs, dictators, terrorists, and despot’s handbags, but we can’t.
There currently is a party that is closely aligned to the America is bad, America is the bully, America is the problem - anti-war part of the Ron Paul campaign. I believe you can find the same rhetoric and talking points, heck even bills introduced verbatim, that the Ron Paul supporters are using. It is the Democratic Party.
Last night while finishing the fence up I had Jason Lewis on and he ripped into the Ron Paul campaign for aligning themselves with MoveOn.org. Yes the same MoveOn.org who didn’t want us to respond to 9-11 in Afghanistan. If anti-war, isolationist policies are what the Ron Paul campaign is going to turn the Republican party into, there’s going to be a big problem.
So when I get the threats that I better be nice to the Ron Paul campaign or else….. I say bring it on.
The reason ‘families’ are separated in the event of deportation of an illegal immigrant is because the illegal immigrant family decided to break US laws and come here….. knowing full well they aren’t supposed to be here. This line of thinking which the media adoring pushes as the reality, is complete BS.
“I’m here because of all the raids and deportations,” said Torres, whose brother was deported to Mexico two years ago. “Too many families have been separated. It’s not fair to the children.”
If you don’t want your family to be separated, stay in your home country! OR, come here legally!
So you wanna grow our fuel……. OK, but what happens when Mother Earth doesn’t cooperate?
Late-season snows sent corn prices higher on Monday as grain traders bid up prices in the wake of a government report showing that farmers haven’t been able to get into their fields to plant.
The slow start to what could be one of the most profitable years ever for crop farmers because of corn prices saw just 10 percent of the crop in the ground as of Sunday, far less than the 35 percent average from the last five years, the USDA report said. Minnesota farmers planted 1 percent of the crop by Sunday, but typically have 27 percent planted by now.
Meanwhile there is a ready supply of another fuel just sitting there waiting to be tapped into and used. Oh and our entire economy is based of this other one.
I don’t know, but lunacracy seems to come to mind. You see forcing our society to grow its energy seems to be a little short sighted. After all, it isn’t like there has never been something to interrupt the growing season in the past.
» Farm programs damage the environment. Subsidy programs and trade barriers draw marginal farmland into production and encourage the overuse of fertilizers. Lands that might otherwise be used for parks, forests or wetlands get locked into farm use. Florida sugar cane cultivation, for example, causes substantial damage to the Everglades, yet it thrives only because of import protections.
In the distant future, historians will look back at this time in history and wonder how in the world human society survived……. or will they? (that means that maybe we’ll kill ourselves off or destroy our society and send ourselves back to the stone age with these lunacratic policies. )
Drew Emmer linked to a Time article titled Why Ron Paul Scares The GOP and said it was worth reading. I’ll be honest, I didn’t make it past the first paragraph before I spit out my coffee in a Jom Carey-esque way screaming ‘oh come on!’
There used to be an organization for people who believed in a truly limited government — limited taxes, limited spending, limited interference in individual lives and limited intervention in foreign affairs. That organization was known as the Republican Party. But the only one of those beliefs that still motivates the G.O.P. establishment is limited taxes. In 2008, people who still hold all of them joined the Ron Paul Revolution.
I believe in a strong national defense and the expansion of freedom across the globe for the benefit of all man-kind. Does that make me a Democrat? Apparently to Ron Paul and his movement.
I’m sorry, but if I’m not allowed to be a Republican because Ron paul and his supporters want to take the GOP back to the days that led up to Pearl Harbor, just where am I supposed to take my political beliefs? We live in a global world now. Oceans and borders mean nothing. Traditional isolationism, which sounds just lovely, is unrealistic. It will not keep America safe, and leaving evil men free to take over the rest of the world and spread oppression through terror doesn’t seem like a good idea. Eventually they will reach our own shores.
It sucks, I wish we weren’t the only country left with both the desire and capability to defend freedom and liberty around the globe, but God has blessed this nation with both. We have a responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves, especially when our own security is at stake should the evil men be left alone to as they will.
So, do I have to become a Democrat now in order to make Ron Paul and hi supporters happy? Can the GOP still be the home to those who believe in defending America and freedom?
The thing that chapped my hide was the school’s Exec. Dir. Azad Zaman and his defense for not flying the requires US flag at the school.
State law requires the school to fly an American flag during school hours, however no flag flies outside of TIZA Academy.
Zaman told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he didn’t know how to work the flagpole.
Local lefty apologist blogger who purports to be a moderate says the design has been changed, but an astute RF reader noticed that Mr. Burnett’s letter was dated March 2008. So I did some investigatiating and discovered there seems to be the tweak in the number of people being remembered down to 40. (not including the terrorists)
But there is no circle Flash, it is still a crescent. I suppose you could pretend that these brilliant terrorists managed to slam the plane into the ground flying exactly toward from Mecca, but that would be kind of….. well a sign that these sick twisted animals are willing to murder complete strangers for their religion and helps generate why people like me think it is them that are full of hate.
Of course I am getting my info from the National Parks Service, part of the Government controlled by Bush…….. so I am sure they just forgot to ….. oh wait, you used the same link.
People are at war with us. I thank you for your son’s service and wish him a safe return. I wish no one would have to go fight to defend America and we could live in the peaceful utopia lefties dream of, but that is not the reality. We do have sycophants in the world who will do us harm and everything they can to destroy our way of life, yes even you Democrats and anti-war peacenicks. They are non-partisan in their hatred of us.
Stay tuned for my non-lefty approved version of a 9-11 memorial looks like.
China is the new 800 pound gorilla when it comes to espionage in the 21st century.
In an effort to accelerate its rise to economic and technological hegemony, China is employing its military, intelligence services, trade missions abroad, students sent to foreign universities — and Chinese-born citizens who are sent to form espionage sleeper cells — in a massive industrial espionage campaign against Western companies
Go read the rest, and stay tuned for part 2 on the fact that China is thieving its way to becoming an indstrial superpower.
I’m headed to Washington next month, and guess who else is, Pope Benedict. This will be my first trip to DC and it should be very exciting. The Pope is also going to be at the White House.
Here’s a link to the list of Legislators and their votes on the Seifert Amendment to bar Municipal Welfare to cities that are Sanctuary Cities for Illegal Immigrants.
An amendment that would provide local government aid only to cities that allow law enforcement officials to check immigration status failed, 66 votes to 67.
Result: Rejected
That’s right, can’t cut off the gravy train for cities that allow illegal immigrants to roam free, and prohibit law enforcement officials from even trying to determine if they belong in this country.
Click the above link to see the threat of Al Qaeda in Britain.
Here’s a CNN clip on that site all must see.
I’m a Catholic who is finding his way back toward his Church, and may even get to meet someone very high up in my religion in the near future.Still, I feel no reason to go be violent and confrontational in front of another denomination’s venue of faith.
