Feb 16 2010

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines — Quickly!

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — I was trapped in conversation this week
with a candidate for high public office who, anticipating my rude
question, blurted out that she was “running to restore people’s
trust in government.” All I could think to say in return was,
“Why would you want to [...]

Dec 29 2009

Obama: Christmas Jihadist Just ‘An Isolated Extremist’

Obama spoke not of an Islamic terrorist, and certainly not one of many; not a Muslim terrorist; not an Islamic suicide bomber; and no mention whatsoever of the war on terrorism and the Islamic terrorists that want to kill Americans. Not even a mention of the words jihad or Islam.
No, Obama spoke of of how [...]

Dec 26 2009

Mark Steyn: ‘Obamacare a fast-track to permanent left-of-center political culture’

And as Stein appropriately points out, not only have we begun on a fast-track to a permanent left-of-center political culture, our new Euro-style government on a Harry Reid/Chris Dodd/Ben Nelson scale will lead to our ruin (financially, culturally, and for the elderly and infirmed - physically):
[...] Looking at the millions of Americans it leaves [...]

Dec 3 2009

An End to Partisanship and Cynicism

President Obama last night:

This vast and diverse citizenry will not always agree on every issue — nor should we. But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership, nor navigate the momentous challenges of our time, if we allow ourselves to be split asunder by the same rancor and cynicism [...]

Dec 2 2009

Non-partisanship for thee but not for me

Last night, President Obama said:

This vast and diverse citizenry will not always agree on every issue — nor should we. But I also know that we, as a country, cannot sustain our leadership, nor navigate the momentous challenges of our time, if we allow ourselves to be split asunder by the same rancor and cynicism [...]

Sep 18 2009

The Great Eastern Retreat

A friend texted me early yesterday, wondering “what’s the big deal?” with our tail-tucked missile defense retreat from Eastern Europe. This is coming from a guy who just finished a masters in security policy. And no doubt the Great Orator will be trying to convince a distracted citizenry that Czech and Polish air defense has [...]

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