Saturday, April 28, 2007

General says Bush 'AWOL' on Iraq

General says Bush 'AWOL' on Iraq:
"To put this in a simple Army metaphor, the commander in chief seems to have gone AWOL, that is 'absent without leave.' He neither acts nor talks as though he is in charge." ~Lt. Gen. William Odom (Ret.)

Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Blogometer: 4/26: The Next Reagan?

The Blogometer: 4/26: The Next Reagan?

Watching the ship go down

Watching the ship go down - David Ignatius
"This is the most incompetent White House I've seen since I came to Washington," said one GOP senator. "The White House legislative liaison team is incompetent, pitiful, embarrassing. My colleagues can't even tell you who the White House Senate liaison is. There is rank incompetence throughout the government. It's the weakest Cabinet I've seen." And remember, this is a Republican talking." ~David Ignatius

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Black Reagan?

The Black Reagan? - Sean Higgins
"Hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, the audacity of hope: In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation, a belief in things not seen, a belief that there are better days ahead." ~Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic convention

Miller Center of Public Affairs - Presidential Recordings Program

Miller Center of Public Affairs - Presidential Recordings Program

Miller Center of Public Affairs

Miller Center of Public Affairs

Monday, April 23, 2007

Senate Majority Leader Says the War is Lost

The inside story of the Soviet downfall

The inside story of the Soviet downfall - Wes Vernon:

"The fact is that the first Reagan administration adopted, designed, and successfully implemented an integrated set of policies, strategies, and tactics specifically directed toward the eventual destruction (without war) of the Soviet Union and the successful ending of the Cold War with victory for the West." ~Norm Bailey

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Warrior Politics

Warrior Politics - Andrew Bacevich

Libertarian Meetups

Libertarian meetups at Meetup.com

Difficult Times

For young men accustomed to success - to getting what they wanted by hard work, as well as by privilege - the powerlessness was lonely, isolating. It was also maturing.

~ Susannah Meadows and Evan Thomas in Newsweek

Friday, April 20, 2007

Fame

Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy
To those who woo her with too slavish knees,
But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy,
And dotes the more upon a heart at ease...
Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,
Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.

~ John Keats

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

'Your Iraq plan?' is a pointless question

'Your Iraq plan?' is a pointless question - Andrew Bacevich

Candidates should acknowledge that Bush's war is a failure and look beyond Iraq.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Right Yearns for New Reagan

Right Yearns for New Reagan - Matt Stearns

The popular conservative president offered clarity, humor and grit many say the '08 GOP hopefuls lack.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Two Quotations

"Power does not corrupt men. Fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power." ~ George Bernard Shaw

"Great necessities call out great virtues." ~ Abigail Adams

A Time For Everything - Is This Rudy's?

A Time For Everything - Is This Rudy's? - Star Parker

One of Reagan's great sources of appeal was that he didn't seem to need the presidency to make him someone. He already was someone and this seemed to be the job he was cut out to do.

Best News and Commentary

The New Republic

The Huffington Post

OpinionJournal - from the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page

Slate

Salon

The Washington Post

unity08

unity08

Monday, April 02, 2007

The Cook Account

The Cook Account - Jeremiah Cook

The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

Pursue All Options But Be Prepared

Pursue All Options But Be Prepared - Jeremiah Cook

Libertarian Party Vision

Libertarian Party

Libertarian: The only party that keeps the government out of your bedroom and out of your wallet.

That's an updated view of Reagan's famous statement: "Government isn't the solution to our problems. Government is the problem." We've heard that quotation so often that we can forget what it actually means. It means that to live better, we dismantle our government. We weaken it. We constrict its ability to do things. We don't look to it for help. We ignore it. We make it leave us alone.

No politician since Reagan has argued for this vision. No leader has given us credible hope of moving toward it.

Roosevelt or Reagan? USA Needs to Choose

Roosevelt or Reagan?
USA Needs to Choose - From a speech by John Mariani

The writer behind Reagan

The writer behind Reagan's speech in Berlin: Peter Robinson and "Tear down this wall!"