Well, considering that he's obviously got little use for other people's children (not important that they come home from Iraq) and even less for other people's parents (Social Security is a disgrace), it seems fair to conclude that people are important for one reason and one reason only--to be ruled. Consequently, that being the case, fewer people to rule means that the authority of the ruler is less.
Which John McCain can't afford, especially since the people worth ruling (white Judeo/Christians) are already diminishing at an alarming rate.
One of the true peculiarities of the American electoral process is the persistent insistence by pollsters and pundits, such as yourselves, on the power and importance of the candidates for public office, rather than the electorate who actually decide. Since almost every pre-primary prediction from the mouths of the experts turned out to be wrong in 2008, one would think you'd consider changing your tune.
Read More »After having written at least 200 letters (just on this computer) to newspapers using the DNC letter-writing tool, I find that the tool has been rendered useless by making only one or two local papers clickable. Indeed, the one that works is a local paper for a minor city in another state.
Since this problem has been on-going for almost a month and several communications haven't got it fixed, I'm tempted to conclude that access to the national press has been intentionally removed.
On the other hand, I notice that recent letters that did get sent are only indexed by day, rather than date, so perhaps the program has gotten hacked and/or corrupted.
public resources and assets into private hands and to enrich their constituents and supporters. Indeed, the notion that public officials are charged with promoting civil rights and the general welfare came as quite a shock and the adherents of the Republican party are still attached to the former practice.
So, John McCain's efforts to smooth a deal that will enrich his friends shouldn't be considered unusual. Nevertheless, his efforts are an example of what we now consider corruption. In part, that's because, as our public resources and assets have become debased and depleted, our concept of ethics has evolved to expect that public officials carry out the duties of good stewards and not as dispensers of favors to their riends.
It's not right to dole out the nation's natural inheritance in exchange for a mess of porridge.
What's being recommended is that if we can just brain-wash them after the fact, everything will be OK. What needs to happen is that the full trauma be revealed and that the circumstances that produce it be stopped. Read More »
Besides, John McCain is a warrior. His ideal is to settle conflicts on the battlefield, perferably by bombing the enemy from three thousand feet. The man who sing out "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" isn't likely to have much use for the courts--to settle disputes in a civilized manner--when there's physical combat to be had. Read More »
There's a reason why witnesses called to testify in a court of law are required to pledge to
Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Things left out or embellishments stuck in pervert the truth and turn it into a lie. We recently saw that happen with Hillary Clinton's sniper fire in Tuzla and it's also been apparent in the stories told by the twenty-two dirty pensioners--perjurers in the court of public opinion--who spread half-truths and snippets of mis-information about the invasion/occupation of Iraq to deceive the American people and enrich themselves.
And yesterday Secretary Robert Gates joined them. Or maybe he just decided to do his own dirty work. Because the dirty pensioners were a Department of Defense operation.
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WASHINGTON, April 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is an Op-Ed piece by Lawrence Kudlow for Real Clear Politics and is being distributed by the Republican National Committee:
[D]uring the debate, Obama bungled his answers on tax policy, big time. Period. End of sentence. End of story. To my liberal friends in the media, all I can say is: Get over it. Your guy has a very poor grasp of basic economic principles.
First off, you don't raise taxes during a recession. That's a no-brainer. Second, doubling the capital-gains tax rate will affect Americans up and down the income ladder, not just rich hedge-fund managers. In addition, capital-gains tax cuts are self-financing, and they stimulate jobs and the economy. You want to raise budget revenues and spark economic growth? Cut the cap-gains tax rate. That's what history shows. ...
Read More »Thank YOU all for coming to this amazing event.....YOU were a witness to history tonight.....and we thank you for being there, for assisting, for talking, for showing up! There are abundant reasons that NH citizens find to speak their minds.....and we will remember this enough to say to our grandchildren, 'In those times....I was there-I saw what this grandmother began in the state of NH!' *
** *The news conference, reception for NH Representatives with our notable guest speakers, and our Impeachment Rally....NH style.....was an amazing success!*
*With about 400 people strong to a packed standing room crowd, the people of NH turned out on April 14 with 'Impeachment' on their minds!*
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Why do Democrats insist on looking for Republicans to make gaffes and willfully misunderstanding what they say.
If people had paid attention at the very start of this fiasco, they would know that moving our military bases from Western Europe to the Middle East was part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process that was restarted under Clinton and clearly outlined by Rumsfeld to the Congress.
Among other reasons for doing this was the fact that, in addition to not being needed in Western Europe because of the Soviet Union's demise, it would be cheaper to maintain the missile and radar and satellite downlink installations in the desert because the troops would not be bringing their families and we would avoid the effects of the decreasing value of the dollar relative to the Euro. Also, putting the troops on short rotations (as short as four months, which is what the Air Force is doing right now) would keep them in practice for rapid deployment when needed.
The only fly in the ointment has been the fact that the people of Iraq didn't/don't want American Air Force bases in their land and keep attacking them with missiles and mortars and harassing our supply lines (mainly for fuel) with IEDs. In other words, the bases are not "secure." Since US bases all over the globe are there by invitation, there's an expectation that the host country will provide security and that's where Iraq under al Maliki has fallen down. Also, they've failed, so far, to draw up the leases (typically referred to as Status of Forces Agreements) in which the mutual obligations of guests and hosts are typically spelled out.
McCain is telling the truth. The fact is that the Pentagon has long wanted bases on the mainland of Asia. South Korea will probably not be hospitable much longer. Japan refuses to grant access for our nuclear weapons. Diego Garcia, where our planes are refueled, will soon revert to the original inhabitants and the U.S. base will have to be closed. Guam is too far away. Vietnam still doesn't want us and neither do the other nations of southeast Asia. Which is why the Central Command is now situated in "Southwest Asia and North Africa."
And, no, I am not going to provide links. A few hours of Googling the relevant terms will show that McCain is talking straight. It may be a harebrained scheme, but it's what the Pentagon has been working on and what the Congress has been paying for.
BTW, Admiral Mullen says they're ready to go, if the <a href="http://hannah.smith-family.com/?p=2278#more-2278">new president tells them to</a>.
Personally, I don't think McCain is going to last as the Republican candidate until November. Not only is he clueless, but he's got a gigantic Native American problem which is made current by the fact that western lands are being targeted for mining not just coal but uranium.
The Navajos have a good case against him for legislating the removal of the Dineh-Navajo from their homes on the Black Mesa, as detailed here.
Read More »Did I mention that I've realized that the U.S. is not killing innocent people in Iraq?
"innocent" is a misleading term. In our judicial system, "innocent" isn't considered a factual condition; it's a hypothetical that serves as a starting point for a contest or trial. You could say, "let's pretend you're innocent and start to prove otherwise from there." See?
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