Thursday, May 03, 2007
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?
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 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 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.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007
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.)
"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
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
"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
"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
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
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
"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
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
~ 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
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.
Candidates should acknowledge that Bush's war is a failure and look beyond Iraq.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
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.
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
"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.
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.
Monday, April 02, 2007
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.
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.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
The Trouble With Loyalty - Peggy Noonan
OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan
"Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise." ~Hannah Arendt
"Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise." ~Hannah Arendt
Monday, March 12, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Entire Iraq fiasco is a war that is beyond outrageous
Inside Bay Area - Entire Iraq fiasco is a war that is beyond outrageous: "The idea that supporting our troops translates into backing the war has always been wrong headed, predating the Peloponnesian War and Aristophanes' anti-war play Lysistrata. The way to support our troops is to keep them out of wars, particularly wars that are not justified, have no clear goal and are poorly planned."
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Margaret Thatcher Eulogy to Ronald Reagan
Maggie Thatcher talks about Reagan's accomplishments, especially what he did to end the Cold War.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Bloggers flock to Obama's Web site
Bloggers flock to Obama's Web site | Chicago Tribune: "Barack Obama's newly revamped Web site looks a lot like MySpace and Facebook, and that is no accident.
As a presidential candidate offering himself as a generational change agent, Obama is leveraging online social networking in a nearly unprecedented way in yet another clear measure of how the Internet is transforming politics."
As a presidential candidate offering himself as a generational change agent, Obama is leveraging online social networking in a nearly unprecedented way in yet another clear measure of how the Internet is transforming politics."
Friday, February 09, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Molly Ivins, Populist Texas Columnist, Dies at 62 - New York Times
Molly Ivins, Populist Texas Columnist, Dies at 62 - New York Times: "In her syndicated column, which appeared in about 350 newspapers, Ms. Ivins cultivated the voice of a folksy populist who derided those who acted too big for their britches. She was rowdy and profane, but she could filet her ideological opponents with droll precision.
After Patrick J. Buchanan, as a conservative candidate for president, declared at the 1992 Republican National Convention that America was engaged in a cultural war, she said his speech “probably sounded better in the original German.”"
After Patrick J. Buchanan, as a conservative candidate for president, declared at the 1992 Republican National Convention that America was engaged in a cultural war, she said his speech “probably sounded better in the original German.”"
Saturday, January 27, 2007
FW: A Libertarian State of the Union Message Please report and circulate
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:19:10 -0500
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Subject: A Libertarian State of the Union Message Please report and
circulate
The American people can tell the truth.
The United States is on the wrong track. The state of the Union is not
good, and it is getting worse by the day.
Our brave men and women perish in Iraq, fighting for ever-changing
objectives. The trade deficit soars toward a trillion dollars a year.
The national debt of the United States climbs three-quarters of a
trillion dollars a year. The Federal government treats our Bill of
Rights as a doormat. Our immigration laws are an unenforced joke. Some
children receive excellent educations. Others face a dismal future with
little studying or learning. Medical care costs are through the
ceiling. Energy and environmental issues endanger our national safety.
Take-home pay is stagnant. A third of young African-American men are
someplace on their way through the justice system, in jail, on
probation, or disenfranchised.
And what has Congress debated, the past few years? Gay marriage.
Abortion. French Fries: Congress renamed them. Twice. Flag burning.
Billions in corporate welfare subsidies.
It's time for a change. It's time for a new future, the Libertarian
future of peace, freedom, and prosperity. What are some of our
problems, and how would Libertarians solve them to bring you a happier
report next year?
The War On Iraq was built on a pile of lies. Our armed forces in Iraq
should be removed as rapidly as logistics permit. The major delays are
moving equipment and supplies, not people. Until then, we should
announce we are leaving, cease offensive operations, remove our forces
from urban areas such as the Green Zone, and emphatically suggest to the
Iraqis that they need a divorce: Iraq would be happier split into four
parts, namely a Kurdish part, a Sunni part, a Shia part, and a part for
the secularized Iraqis who 25 years ago brought Iraq to the standard of
living of Greece.
There should be an Independent Commission of Inquiry, with complete
access to all Federal records and full powers to force testimony
(witnesses can always plead the Fifth), to determine what was being said
behind the scenes as the War On Iraq was sold to the American people.
Graft and corruption affecting the War effort should be most rigorously
investigated and prosecuted, starting with the 18 billion dollars in
cash that was flown to Iraq and disappeared.
Warrantless wiretaps and warrantless searches are crimes. Reading your
email without a warrant is a crime. Kidnapping and torturing people are
crimes. If you go abroad and torture someone until they die, it's a
death penalty offense. Generating legal justifications for kidnapping
and torturing people is not an official duty: it's part of a criminal
conspiracy. There are no legal exemptions for government officials who
claim they are just following orders: That's the Nuremberg Defense, and
it's invalid. I will ask Congress to create a Corps of Special
Prosecutors to see that every single person who committed these and
other crimes in the name of America is given a fair trial. Judges and
juries will decide their fates.
Oh, and I have a message to anyone who tries 'graymail' (Trying to block
a trial by requesting secret documents.) Your crime was far more
dangerous to America than the loss of a few secrets. I will happily
declassify whatever you request.
Debt: We should end the national debt, the 'grandchild tax'. You spend,
your grandchildren pay. That's immoral, and will be brought to a stop.
I have offered a plan to discharge the national debt over 30 years,
and will seek to put it into effect. For runaway budgets, I have a
plan. Not the veto pen. If elected I will I gather be the first
President to have a computer in my working office, and attached to it
will be the 'veto-high-speed-laser-printer'.
Education: The No Child Left Behind Act bears no semblance to a
legitimate activity of the Federal government. I will work for its
repeal. In its place, I will ask Congress to phase in a tax credit,
$5000 to each child, available to anyone or any company who contributes
to the child's education. That's enrichment like computers, books in
the house, and a daily newspaper subscription. That's tuition for
private schoolers. That's teaching materials for home schoolers.
Health care costs to your insurance company can be cut by a quarter,
almost overnight. Several years ago, Congress passed a law requiring
hospital emergency rooms to treat anyone who reached their doors. They
did not bother to pay for this requirement. They required hospitals to
find the money. Hospitals found the money: they send the bills to your
insurance company. In effect, they imposed a hidden Federal tax, the
'cost transfer'. When you go to a hospital, your health insurance is
charged for the medical care of the uninsured. That's the cost
transfer. It's a de facto Federal sales tax on your health insurance,
and it's huge.
The Libertarian solution: Hospitals should not be forced to give 'free'
medical care unless Congress pays for it. Remove requirements that
hospitals give care when no one is paying for it. Charity stays legal.
Make cost transfers illegal. Your insurance rates will fall a quarter
or more. Also, all medical expenses should have the same tax
consequence: they should be deductions. Whether your employer buys
insurance, you buy insurance, or you pay out of pocket for costs, those
costs should be treated the same way by the IRS
America's dependence on foreign oil endangers our security. We can't
solve our oil shortage by drilling here in the USA: American oil
production is beyond its peak and will continue to decline, no matter
whether or not we allow drilling in Alaska or Florida. The Bush
Republican ethanol from corn program is a corporate welfare boondoggle:
the energy in the ethanol is barely more than the energy in the coal
burned to distill the ethanol up to fuel purity.
The most effective thing the Federal government can do to solve the
long-term energy problem is to offer fixed-price contracts for buying
electricity from private vendors, vendors who use renewable sources,
wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, whatever. The contracts will offer at
most a modest premium over current energy prices. The objective over
some years, including energy trades, is to move the Federal government
entirely to renewable energy sources. There will be no boondoggle
construction projects with Federal guarantees and massive cost overruns
paid by your taxes: The Federal government only buys the electricity.
Private enterprise does what it does best, deciding how to make that
electricity at a profit.
The American people are entitled to decide for themselves how we want to
handle immigration. Some people want more immigration. Others want
less. Some want more people from the old country. Others want people
from places that have not historically sent us immigrants. Those are
political decisions, properly made by the people and Congress, not by
the President. The current Libertarian Party platform represents a
positive point of view here, as do Congressman Ron Paul's remarks. I
offer one guiding principle: You can't have true open borders and a
welfare system at the same time: You'll go broke. Indeed, given the
bankrupt nature of our Social Security system, every time someone enters
our work force, our long-term national indebtedness goes up. A lot.
Finally, the national problem that gets ignored, because it's invisible
to most Americans: A third of young African-American men pass through
the prison and parole system, generally for criminal charges created by
the war on drugs. That', thanks to selective enforcement, is the racist
war on drugs. Those young men, many of them, end up disenfranchised and
relatively unemployable. They remain in our inner cities, a sullen,
disaffected population isolated from the vibrant political and economic
life of our Republic. Americans should remember: Every so often, one
spark is enough to transform a silently sullen population into a
population that expresses its rage. In the 1960s, we had riots, massive
episodes of looting and burning. This time, that population has watched
the Iraqi resistance on television. This time, they may choose far more
violent and disruptive approaches.
Here we have a challenging problem to solve. Admitting that we have a
problem is the first step. A vigorous application of the Presidential
pardon pen may help. The Bully Pulpit of the Oval Office may persuade
Congress that the racist War on Drugs is as ineffective as liquor
prohibition, is as destructive as liquor prohibition, and like liquor
prohibition should be brought to an end.
The difficulties faced by small business -- the people who might employ
these unemployed young men and their sisters and brothers -- are
manifold. Government regulations that increase the costs for a large
business are a crushing burden on small businesses. For the good of the
country, we must change our treatment of the small businesses that
create the bulk of new jobs.
Solve the above problems, and take home pay will climb. Communist China
has 8% economic growth every year. There is no reason why free America
cannot do as well.
That's the State of the Union. We are on the wrong track. Matters are
getting worse, not better.
Fortunately, the ship of state has not yet sunk.
There is still time for American creativity and initiative to turn us
around.
There is still time for Americans to agree: Ask not what your government
can do for you. Ask what you, freely and voluntarily, chose to do.
There is still time to choose the Libertarian future of peace, freedom,
and prosperity.
------ End of Forwarded Message
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Quotation About All Kinds of Pain
"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~Kenji Miyazawa
The Will to Fight
From Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, page 223:
The price has been enormous, and not just in American and Iraqi lives. One hideous consequence of the White House's biggest lie - conflating Saddam's regime with the international threat of radical Islam, fusing the war of choice in Iraq with the war of necessity that began on 9/11 - is that the public, having turned against one war, automatically rejects the other. When Americans gave up on Iraq in 2005, the percentage who regarded fighting terrorism as a top national priority fell in sync. That's the bottom line of the Bush catastrophe: the administration at once increased the ranks of jihadists by turning Iraq into a new training ground and recruitment magnet while at the same time exhausting America's will and resources to confront that expanded threat.
The price has been enormous, and not just in American and Iraqi lives. One hideous consequence of the White House's biggest lie - conflating Saddam's regime with the international threat of radical Islam, fusing the war of choice in Iraq with the war of necessity that began on 9/11 - is that the public, having turned against one war, automatically rejects the other. When Americans gave up on Iraq in 2005, the percentage who regarded fighting terrorism as a top national priority fell in sync. That's the bottom line of the Bush catastrophe: the administration at once increased the ranks of jihadists by turning Iraq into a new training ground and recruitment magnet while at the same time exhausting America's will and resources to confront that expanded threat.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Political Struggle
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." ~Mahatma Gandhi
Friday, December 29, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
From Simone Weil's The Iliad, or the Poem of Force
"Thus it happens that those who have force on loan from fate count on it too much and are destroyed." ~Simone Weil
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Ronald Reagan Links
RonaldReagan.com
Worldpress.org - Ronald Reagan - The World View
Ronald Reagan: Famous Quotes
The Reagan Information Interchange
American Presidents: Life Portraits
USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)
Actor, Governor, President, Icon (washingtonpost.com)
CBS News | Ronald Reagan, Master Storyteller | June 7President Ronald Reagan: 75 Top Links
NPR : Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
Ronald Reagan Quotes - Funny Reagan Quotes and JokesRonald "Dutch" Reagan and Eureka College: The Foundations of Leadership
"Reagan's Liberal Legacy" by Joshua GreenRonald Reagan Dies (washingtonpost.com)
TIME Magazine: Commemorative Issue: Ronald Reagan: 1911 - 2004Worldpress.org - Ronald Reagan - The World View
Ronald Reagan: Famous Quotes
Ronald Reagan Quotes: The Quotations Page
Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989Pictorial History of Ronald Reagan
The American Experience | Reagan | Timeline (1911 - 1958)The Reagan Information Interchange
American Presidents: Life Portraits
The American Experience | Reagan
The Public Papers of President Ronald ReaganRonald W. Reagan Presidential Library & Museum Bookstore
TIME 100: Ronald ReaganUSS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library
Google Search: Ronald ReaganMonday, November 20, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Friday, November 03, 2006
Notes on Process
Let's try this one: you can make use of bookmarks, I believe. You will have to use html in your newsletter, it's true, because these links are quite long. But that's okay. And how about if you just forget about plain text altogether. Would you get complaints about that? How many readers would you miss. Not many, I think! You have to be flexible, I think. You also have to avoid vague thinking, and be as efficient as you can! So what happens if you publish this short piece without having post pages enabled. Let's put a couple of links in an e-mail message and see what happens...
The Secret Letter from Iraq
The Secret Letter from Iraq
Most Profound Man in Iraq — an unidentified farmer in a fairly remote area who, after being asked by Reconnaissance Marines if he had seen any foreign fighters in the area replied "Yes, you."
Most Profound Man in Iraq — an unidentified farmer in a fairly remote area who, after being asked by Reconnaissance Marines if he had seen any foreign fighters in the area replied "Yes, you."
Civil Commotion
Civil Commotion
Hi Bob,
I just read your commentary on the recently published book of Reagan's letters. Good work! May I use it for my newsletter on Reagan, The Last Jeffersonian? The newsletter has a good readership, and I know they'd appreciate your remarks about the book.
Let me know what you think. If you like the idea, I'll get the text formatted and run it by you before the newsletter goes out.
Steven Greffenius
Hi Bob,
I just read your commentary on the recently published book of Reagan's letters. Good work! May I use it for my newsletter on Reagan, The Last Jeffersonian? The newsletter has a good readership, and I know they'd appreciate your remarks about the book.
Let me know what you think. If you like the idea, I'll get the text formatted and run it by you before the newsletter goes out.
Steven Greffenius
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Monger - Definitions from Dictionary.com
monger - Definitions from Dictionary.com: "a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger."
Thursday, October 19, 2006
This Land is Your Land
This Land is Your Land - words and music by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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Friday, October 13, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
How We Got Here
How We Got Here
Ronald Reagan said that, "governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."
Ronald Reagan said that, "governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Speaker refuses to resign over Foley scandal
Speaker refuses to resign over Foley scandal
"Preying on interns, preying on pages is what Republicans impeached Bill Clinton over, so yeah, people get this," former presidential aide David Gergen told CNN.
"Preying on interns, preying on pages is what Republicans impeached Bill Clinton over, so yeah, people get this," former presidential aide David Gergen told CNN.
