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Langley Long Gone

5.16.06 @ 12:01AM

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What is the solution? Indict Democrats for "leaking" facts as a means to trump national security credibility of the left. Jed Babbin has showed why the right in America is squandering its well-earned position of dominance. It is ideological, stubborn, inflexible and unwilling to reach out in the spirit of bipartisanship to find common ground and make the country more united and less Red State/Blue State. Tax reform (with an aim to eradicate huge deficit), R&D into efficient fuels, immigration reform, highlighting a strong border security, are some of the policies that will benefit ALL Americans.
-- Nathan Maskiell

It is beginning to look like the CIA has become a branch of the Democratic Party.
-- Gerry Jackson
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SPEAK NOW
Re: Christopher Orlet's Missive From a Madman:

Mr. Orlet does a wonderful deed by exposing the incoherence of the current president of Iran. It is too bad that the content of the letter is not widely known and published. It would appear that the EU has decided that they have done their part with "soft power" and now it is time for the U.S. to act "unilaterally" and make diplomatic overtures to Iran. Failure to resolve this contentious and dangerous issue will ultimately be laid at the door step of the U.S. There are hardliners in Europe, but they are few in number. More likely, the average European is satisfied with the EU "process" in dealing with Iran as opposed to results. The widespread public coverage of the letter to Bush might open some eyes as to what the world has to deal with and the obvious lack of common terms of reference not to mention mental processes. Finally, why is it that the efforts of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and director of the International Atomic Energy Agency have had no impact on the leadership in Tehran? Possibly, because "process" at the IAEA is more important than results.
-- WJM
Vienna, Austria

Well put, Mr. Orlet. One wonders exactly how much more direct this Iranian madman has to be before the left, the MSM, and the Democrats finally get it. Perhaps it's the lack of nuisance that has these elites confused. Surely this Ahmadinejad is saying something profound that registers with them that we rubes just can't quite figure out. As if that wasn't bad enough, their collective insanity gets worse and even more breathtaking, when they insist on bowing to their multi-cultural dogma and their anti-Western proclivities, in an attempt to find common ground with this 11th century religious fanatic. When fools like old Z Big from the Carter years, who helped create the "paper tiger" image of the U.S., with Carter's fecklessness and capitulation to Iran; and half-wits like Ms. Albright, of the equally feckless and impotent Clinton administration, admonish President Bush that he must see Ahmadinejad as a serious man with an equally serious message, one wonders if indeed these elites have a death wish for Western Civilization. It's that or they have forgotten their nursery rhymes and their Bible; the Emperor Ahmadinejad not only has no clothes, those horses he's riding are four in number and none too friendly.
-- A. DiPentima

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE SAFE
Re: Ralph R. Reiland's You Never Can Tell:

Umm, good things to remember, Mr. Reiland.

Here's a prediction for you.

Monday night, the President supposedly will promise to place a military presence along the border with Mexico, ostensibly to secure it. Much may depend on the results of the Mexican general elections on July 2.

If Felipe Calderon, the PAN (party of Vicente Fox) presidential candidate wins, a token force may actually appear. Their first job will be to chase off the Minutemen, "We're here guys, you can go home, now!" Then, for a few months (until after the November elections in the U.S.), they will bivouac, sing songs, play cards, watch a few movies, maybe shoot a few jackrabbits, etc., while all the time, even more illegals will be crossing over the border without so much as a "Who goes there," except for a few showboating exceptions. The political base will commend him for finally taking direct action, he will have called the Minutemen's bluff, and Congress will have the cover it needs, a "now that the border is secure" news cycle, to facilitate passing his feckless immigration legislation.

If Calderon loses? Who knows... things might actually get serious.

I'm just glad I'm not a jackrabbit!
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

DUMB PEOPLE LIKE AUTHORITY
Re: Rev. C.J. McCloskey's All Roads Lead To...:

C.J. McCloskey raises several good points in his review of Exodus.

However, his hope that current trends in the U.S. will eventually lead to a resurgence of Catholicism is unrealistic and ignores some of the key psychological and sociological phenomena that are in play. People who are attracted to less doctrinaire religious observance are often aware that their need to belong to a religious organization has little or no connection with a need to believe in a Supreme Being. They may, for example, simply want inclusion in a local group that can offer support when they need it. On the other hand, people who are attracted to doctrinaire religious observance are more likely to crave order and tradition deriving either directly or indirectly from God. The majority of educated people fall within the former group, and are unlikely to change their behavior any time soon. Despite Pat Robertson's exhortations, God hasn't shown up recently, and most people know it.
-- Paul Dorell
Highland Park, Illinois

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