Tuesday, May 29, 2007

ABC News: Funnies: A Pooh Press Conference

ABC News: Funnies: A Pooh Press Conference

Real Time

Bill Maher: "NBC is bringing back 'The Bionic Woman.' Which is about a woman who is half human, half robot and everybody loves her. And the people over at the Hillary Clinton campaign, this is a good omen for them."

Late Night

Conan O'Brien: "Today at the White House, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held their last joint press conference. Yeah. In other words, it was the last time they played Christopher Robin and Pooh."

U. S. News Political Bulletin

USNews.com: Political Bulletin: Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Reagan Diaries Reveal President's Faith - U.S. - CBN News

Reagan Diaries Reveal President's Faith - U.S. - CBN News

The diaries record Reagan's thoughts about the events of the day and other parts of his life, including his family and often with his characteristic humor.

For instance, he wrote, "Insanity is hereditary you catch it from your kids."

The diaries also show the president's faith. He wrote this entry several days after he was shot by John Hinckley on March 30, 1981.

"Getting shot hurts. Still my fear was growing, because no matter how hard I tried to breathe, it seemed I was getting less and less air. I focused on the tiled ceiling and prayed.

"But I realized I couldn't ask for God's help while, at the same time, I felt hatred for the mixed up young man who had shot me. Isn't that the meaning of the lost sheep?

"We are all God's children and, therefore, equally beloved by Him. I began to pray for his soul and that he would find his way back to the fold. Whatever happens now, I owe my life to God and will try to serve him in every way I can."

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Imperato for President 2008

Imperato for President 2008

Self-Reliance

Self-Reliance - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote

Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote

Even Gipper can't pull this one out

Even Gipper can't pull this one out - Robert Borosage
Borosage argues that Reagan's conservative ideology "is at the root of Bush's failures." A deep, deep misunderstanding! Borosage will never change his mind, but what if others see Bush and Reagan in the same way?

Here is what John Ridley said about power, about achieving a position from which to sway public debate: "All that matters is accomplishment. The very pinnacle of ascendancy is the ability to live and work without regard for the sentiments of others and with, as Sister Rand would tell us, a selfish virtue."

I couldn't place the reference to Sister Rand, figuring she was someone like Sister Souljah or someone else I didn't know about. Then I realized Ridley was referring to Ayn Rand!

Long live individual autonomy and self-reliance! Where can I get John Ridley's e-mail address?

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

The secret diaries of President Reagan

The secret diaries of President Reagan

The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger

The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger - Esquire.com

John Ridley: The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger | The Huffington Post

John Ridley: The Manifesto of Ascendancy for the Modern American Nigger | The Huffington Post

"The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL"

"The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL" - John Nichols

John Nichols quotes several military officers in his article written after President Bush's May 1 veto of Congress's war funding bill:

The problem with Bush's "I'm-so-above-politics" line is that he has been disregarding advice from military commanders since before the war began.

Consider the response to his veto from top military men who commanded troops in Iraq.

"The President vetoed our troops and the American people," says retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste. "His stubborn commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq is incomprehensible. He committed our great military to a failed strategy in violation of basic principles of war. His failure to mobilize the nation to defeat world wide Islamic extremism is tragic. We deserve more from our commander-in-chief and his administration."

Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton: "This administration and the previously Republican-controlled legislature have been the most caustic agents against America's Armed Forces in memory. Less than a year ago, the Republicans imposed great hardship on the Army and Marine Corps by their failure to pass a necessary funding language. This time, the President of the United States is holding our Soldiers hostage to his ego. More than ever [it is] apparent [that] only the Army and the Marine Corps are at war -- alone, without their President's support."

Retired military commanders associated with the Washington-based National Security Network have been blunt about their sense that Bush is not just wrong about Iraq but that he is failing the troops he purports to support.

Some make historical comparisons.

Says retired Lt. Gen. Robert Gard: "With this veto, the president has doomed us to repeating a terrible history." President Bush's current position is hauntingly reminiscent of March 1968 in Vietnam. At that time, both the Secretary of Defense and the President had recognized that the war could not be won militarily--just as our military commanders in Iraq have acknowledged. But not wanting to be tainted with losing a war, President Johnson authorized a surge of 25,000 troops. At that point, there had been 24,000 U.S. troops killed in action. Five years later, when the withdrawal of US troops was complete, we had suffered 34,000 additional combat deaths.

Others offer a straightforward assessment of Bush's failure as the commander-in-chief. "By vetoing this bill and failing to initiate an immediate and phased withdrawal, the President has effectively gone AWOL, deserting his duty post, leaving American forces with an impossible mission, suffering wholly unnecessary casualties," argues retired Lt. Gen. William E. Odom.

John Edwards Feeling Pretty

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Southern Avenger

Southern Avenger

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