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The GOP’S Reykjavik Moment
A lesson for the debt ceiling battle.
“It’s the laboratory — or goodbye.”
Mikhail Gorbachev barked out the words, his eyes cold, temper flaring.
Ronald Reagan sat directly across the table from the Soviet leader, staring calmly.
In the wake of President Obama’s speech to the nation last night, shamelessly quoting Reagan out-of-context to give the impression Reagan would have approved of Obama’s spend-thrift ways, another particular Reagan moment is worth summoning.
It was October 1986 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The two were engaged in the final day of a hastily called summit conference. This night they sat directly across from each other in Hofdi House, a stark, white-washed wooden building on the perimeter of the Icelandic capital overlooking the frigid North Atlantic.
Outside in the cold Icelandic darkness, the international media was gathered, hundreds of cameras and microphones poised and ready. Breaking the agreed-upon press embargo, the Soviets had already leaked to the reporters outside that the two leaders were nearing a historic agreement on Reagan’s demands for deep cuts in strategic weapons and a “zero-zero” agreement (the latter eventually zeroing-out certain nuclear weapons systems based in Western Europe and the Soviet Union). Now the media was set up, the pressure ratcheting upward with the President himself aware that if this negotiation failed — it would be cleverly portrayed as his fault. The price for this agreement? He would have to restrict SDI to laboratory testing — which both he and Gorbachev knew would effectively kill the idea of an American nuclear shield completely.
For a moment, time seemed to stop. Outside — just as in today’s debt-ceiling battle — was the press. Waiting. Waiting.
Inside, with a historic agreement to slash record numbers of nuclear weapons hanging in the balance, and a potential of banning them completely, the President of the United States considered the words he had just heard from the man who sat in Lenin and Stalin’s chair.
“It’s the laboratory — or good-bye.”
Either Reagan did what he, Gorbachev, wanted — or the Reykjavik summit would come to an abrupt, immediate end. Right now. Right this minute. With Reagan portrayed as the bad guy. The man who failed the cause of world peace.
“The laboratory — or goodbye.” The words echoed.
Reagan scribbled a note to his Secretary of State, George Shultz. “Am I wrong?” Shultz leaned in to the President’s ear. “No,” whispered Shultz, “you are right.”
And with that, with Gorbachev’s cold eyes fixed on him, with the television lights just outside the door and the world watching, Ronald Reagan delivered his answer.
Without saying a word he stood up. And he gathered his papers.
Gorbachev, startled, stood. He hastily grabbed for his own notes. He looked at Reagan and blurted “please pass on my regards to Nancy.”
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Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Deborah D | 7.26.11 @ 6:35AM
"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." Let's hope there are a few Republicans running for president that are saying their prayers along with some normally weak and scared congressional leaders.
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Jim| 7.26.11 @ 1:53PM
Yes! We should all pray for our country! Wonderfull things can happen with prayer.
Alan Brooks| 7.26.11 @ 9:12PM
Geez, if Reagan came back to life you would all shout 'Hallelujah!'; if Reagan told you to jump off a bridge you would all head straight for the nearest bridge.
And drawing a parallel to Rekjavik is smarmy AND corny, especially as WE are going bankrupt now-- not the Russkies.
PsychoDad| 7.26.11 @ 10:06PM
Fu
Alan Brooks| 7.26.11 @ 10:12PM
A 25 year old meeting in Reykyavik Iceland??
did anybody ever tell you that Reagan left office when today's college grads were born?
So reassuring you are all so up-to-date and informed on today's most important issues.
Alan Brooks| 7.26.11 @ 10:14PM
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OllieK| 7.27.11 @ 9:49AM
Oh, I see. So Reykjavík is ancient history and therefore completely irrelevant to anything happening today. This is why you, Alan Brooks, have learned nothing and spout your silly, ignorant platitudes. Just like your hero The Hussein who voted against raising the debt ceiling in 2006 and then voted "present" on the same issue in 2007 and 2008. No effing principles whatsoever. Just stupid sniping about a historical moment being "so 1980's". Assinine.
Robert| 7.27.11 @ 7:34AM
You would miss the point of this article, even if it stuck you in the soft flesh where your brain seems to reside!
The reason we are going bankrupt is precisely the sort of infantile, ad hoministic and diversionary rhetoric in which you are confined by defective intellect to indulge - and which our president also seems perfectly at ease in deploying.
Grow up and get a brain!
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 6:40AM
Dr. Ron Paul,
" Default will be painful, but it is all but inevitable for a country as heavily indebted as the U.S. Just as pumping money into the system to combat a recession only ensures an unsustainable economic boom and a future recession worse than the first, so too does continuously raising the debt ceiling only forestall the day of reckoning and ensure that, when it comes, it will be cataclysmic.
We have a choice: default now and take our medicine, or put it off as long as possible, when the effects will be much worse"
Michael Tanner,
"If the debt ceiling is not increased, the Treasury can prioritize interest and debt payment to avoid a default and essentially put the government on a stringent pay-as-you-go basis. Would that involve extreme cuts in government spending? Certainly. But it could be done, if it had to."
Michael Murphy,
"Let's remember that the Treasury still rakes in quite a bit of money in revenues — it took in $604 billion (seasonally adjusted) in the third quarter of 2010. In FY 2010 the annual debt service was some $414 billion, working out to an average of about $104 billion per quarter. Although the numbers won't be quite the same going forward, the debt service will soak up only about one-sixth of the incoming revenues."
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Rise Up.
irish19| 7.26.11 @ 12:20PM
Good quotes, but what do YOU, personally, think?
In your own words.
Drunken Sailor| 7.26.11 @ 12:26PM
Irish,
Good Luck with that.
irish19| 7.26.11 @ 12:35PM
We shall see.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 1:02PM
We C an Service Our Debt & Social Security,etc. While We Starve The Beast.
This is Kabuki Theater,Where The Socialist Alinsky HomeBoy, Attempts To Get Payback From Whitey, Where Democraps Attempt To Service Growing Wealth Tranfer Payments To The Unproductive & Parasite Leeches, Where The GOP Democrap Lite Attempt To Play Both Sides Against The Middle 7 Where Real Conservatives Are Fighting To Restore America To Fiscal Sanity.
Now, Both Of You Can Post Your Thinking, In Your Own Words.
You're Up.
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Lead, Follow Or Go Feed The Squirrels In The Park.
Drunken Sailor| 7.26.11 @ 2:04PM
Good Job, Scroll down, my thoughts are already out there.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 2:36PM
Heh, except ooone little thing.
Clint/Tim*s version of a "real" conservative is Ron Paul, and Michael Scheuer.
Ron Paul who blames America for terrorism, and Micheal Sxheuer, where Clint/Tim* gets his talking points.
Folks, Fiscal responsibility ALONE does NOT a conservative make.
Beware those who truly despise real conservatives~ and what iS a real conservative?
One who is not only for fiscal responsibility, but is also for a strong military defense, and who stand up for our allies.
The non-interventionist, ant-semitic, anti-Christian folks like Clint/Tim* and his ilk, the Michael Scheuers are NO conservatives!
To them, real conservatives are the enemy:
Michael Scheuer:
"5.) Israel-Firsters, Evangelical leaders, and Neoconservatives: Each of the above problems is worsened by these U.S.-citizen-dominated but fundamentally anti-U.S. and Islam-hating entities; indeed, they also are fundamentally anti-Israel entities. Safely ensconced in North America with family, employment, and bank accounts safe, these groups champion a maximalist position for Israel vis-a-vis the Palestinians; hunger for America to be at war with Iran — a non-threat to the United States; and work for an ever-increasing level of Western hatred for Muslims. These individuals are both war-lovers and cowards, ready to push others into fighting and dying for their selfish objectives, while they remain unctuously self-righteous and personally safe far from the front. Together these three groups are one of the main reasons America is facing an endless war with Islam, and the loyalty of each to a foreign nation — and their effective lobbying for that nation — will drive increases in defense and intelligence spending.
These areas, it seems to me, are going to require significant infusions of money to address legitimate and expanding U.S. national-security concerns. The debt negotiators may for the moment ignore the fact that America is in a worldwide war because of their policies, but whatever defense-related cuts they implement eventually will have to be much more than restored when the reality of war again sinks into their heads.
At day’s end, relentless U.S. government interventionism cultivates more and more lethal enemies and sheds allies. The ultimate cost of this war-with-Islam-causing interventionism will much more defense spending not less."
Drunken Sailor| 7.26.11 @ 2:48PM
Oh Margie, You've done it now. You have talked evil about the "RON PAUL" and will now be chastised by the right hand of CLINT!
3......2.......1
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 3:40PM
Rasmussen Polling:
Obama 41%, Ron Paul 37%
Friday, July 22, 2011
Congressman Ron Paul may be a long shot to win the Republican presidential nomination, but he runs competitively with President Obama right now.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Paul picking up 37% of the vote, while the president earns 41%.
Only the RINO-CINO Mittens Romney is closer to Obama now.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Ramping Up For The 2012 Elections.
Carpe Diem.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 4:19PM
LOL.
This telephone poll is bogus as was the story in 2008. (What Clint/Tim* the Paulbot's posting about, below).
If you grab his cut & paste job, you'll see that the Paulbots are posting it all across the universe.
Heh, they even use the same supposed "military man" dressed in fatigues every time~ in that video posted. too. It's been around for ever.
http://www.facebook.com/media/.....721&type=1
Who in their right minds actually believes that an anti-military, anti-war, for pot smoking, blame America Firster lunatic like R. Paul is favored by our excellent fighting men and women in our Military?!
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 7:25PM
Ha,Ha, Ha, Ha !
Now The Eight Ball Israel Firster Fanatic Apocalyptic Crank Lady Is Is Badmouthing Rasmussen Polling.
"Data for Rasmussen Reports survey research is collected using an automated polling methodology. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
Generally speaking, the automated survey process is identical to that of traditional, operator-assisted research firms such as Gallup, Harris, and Roper. However, automated polling systems use a single, digitally-recorded, voice to conduct the interview while traditional firms rely on phone banks, boiler rooms, and operator-assisted technology.
All Rasmussen Reports' survey questions are digitally recorded and fed to a calling program that determines question order, branching options, and other factors. Calls are placed to randomly-selected phone numbers through a process that insures appropriate geographic representation. Typically, calls are placed from 5 pm to 9 pm local time during the week. Saturday calls are made from 11 am to 6 pm local time and Sunday calls from 1 pm to 9 pm local time.
To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel.
Rasmussen tied for First Place In The 2008 Presidential Elections Out Of 26 Public Polling Groups.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 7:39PM
Apparently,The Crazed Neo-Chickenhawk Israel Firster Nut Bag Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy Is All Upset & PMS'y Because Fellow Military Support Veteran Air Force Officer Dr.Ron Paul With Their Donations More Than Any Other Candidate.
"One can see the second quarter contributions, broken down by employer, to Paul’s campaign in the Federal Election Commission’s Selected Presidential Reports for the 2011 July Quarterly. According to Paul’s report, the Texas Congressman raised more money from U.S. soldiers than President Obama did during the second quarter.
According to Paul’s official campaign website, the Texas Congressman also hauled in more money from U.S. soldiers than any other candidate during the 2008 presidential race. In fact, the Truth @ The Spin Factor reports that during the 2nd quarter of campaign fundraising in 2008, Paul grabbed more than 26 percent of the military contributions to all of the candidates.
The number of U.S. soldiers who contributed to Paul’s presidential campaign may be much higher than reported, as the amount of money raised from those in the military only includes those service members who identified their employer or occupation.
Jesse Benton, Paul’s campaign manager, said that “our fighting men and women take an oath to protect America, defend our Constitution and defend our borders” and that “they look at Ron Paul and see a leader who takes their oath seriously, and who will fight to ensure that we don’t misrepresent that oath by sending them off to police the world, instead of defending our country.”
It’s not a coincidence that the Texas Congressman, who is a vocal critic of the Libya War and the U.S.’s role in Afghanistan, is popular among war weary U.S. soldiers. Whether he’s questioning the constitutionality of sending U.S. Armed Forces into combat against pro-Gaddafi forces without Congressional approval or slamming a President for draining the U.S. Treasury to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2014, Paul’s non-interventionist beliefs seem to have grabbed the attention of Americans in uniform."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Gonna Step On Israel Firster RINO-CINO Margie's Face.
Wipe Your Feet.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 3:43PM
Support for Ron Paul Runs High Among Members of the Military
Thursday, July 21, 2011:
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), an official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is extremely popular with members of the U.S. military. On July 19th, Paul held his “Ready for Ames” Money Bomb Radio Marathon, raising more than $550,000 from supporters to expand the Texas Congressman’s “first-class campaign in Iowa.” It’s likely that more than a few of the contributors to Paul’s “Ready for Ames” money bomb were men and women in uniform.
In fact, Paul’s popularity is so high among U.S. service members that the Texas Congressman’s presidential campaign has received more money from U.S. soldiers than any other candidate in the 2012 presidential race.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 3:58PM
Congressman Ron Paul - active duty flight surgeon from 1963-65; Air National Guard from 1965-68.
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."
-Ronald Reagan
Michael F. Scheuer is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, historian, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies. In his 22-year career, he served as the Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka "Alec Station"), from 1996 to 1999, the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorist Center. He then worked again as Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004.
Screwball Fanatic Israel Firster RINO-CINO Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy Is All PMS'y Because Our Tea Party Co-Favorite & Presidential Candidate Dr. Ron Paul ,Our tea Party Senator Dr.Rand paul & many Of We Tea Party patriots Don't AssKisss Her Personal Fanatic Israel Firster Agenda.
The Tea Party Rebellion Ramps Up For the 2012 Elections.
Carpe Diem.
Drunken Sailor| 7.26.11 @ 4:10PM
Your a little slow today Clint. Took you over a hour to attack. Not feeling well today?
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 4:21PM
PMS-y does as PMS-y IS. He's projecting again.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 4:32PM
He simply cannot help himself.
LOL~ he always uses a person's military record as a reason to back someone's character, ALONE. And excoriates anyone who doesn't agree with their politics.
Yet, John McCain was a war hero and this hypocrite is allowed to call him a traitor to America, for the same reason.
The Left is infamous for deciding when a military record is "acceptable".
So, you see, like the Left, these people (Paulbots) are so blind to their own hypocrisy.. it is OK for them to reject the politics of SOME war heros, but we are not "permitted" by them to reject hate mongering lunatics, and their politics ~ "because of their military records".
For a normal human being~ one is able to separate the two.
Ron Paul served as a Airforce Dr., although I haven't been able to even find out where, and he never served in combat?
Ok, so if he did, of course it is most honorable, but yet he can blame America for terrorism (the poor terrorists, they're sooo misunderstood!).
It's just so pitiful.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 6:11PM
American Spectator's Resident John McCain Woo Girl Can't Help Herself.
Gee, NutBag Fanatic Super RINO-CINO Israel Firster Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy, You Mean, Your Mancrush, The Serial Traitor To Conservatism John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Lieberman, Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts of 2001 & 2003, TARP.
The Tea Party Rebellion Dances On Margie's Face.
Wipe Your Feet.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 7:09PM
You certainly practice what Michael Scheuer preaches.
GOOD BOY!
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 7:27PM
You certainly practice what David Frum & David Brooks Preach RINO-CINO Israel Firster Screwball Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy.
Good Joisey Pig.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 7:36PM
Keeping well to the ends justifies the means destroy all who don't agree with the Michael Scheuer/Ron Paul Blame America Firster Cult.
If just oe thing you said about me, or anybody else for that matter were true, it'd be one thing.
But you're absolutely nothing but a mentally ill pathological liar.
I am not worried. As long as there is anyone alive in this country who is willing to call you out on your utter hatred for real conservatives, and as long as there are sane people who know what you and your ilk truly stand for~ your cult leader, the Blame America for Terrorism Ron Paul will NEVER get elected to the Presidency.
Sorry Clintypoo*~ it'll NEVER happen.
LOL.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 7:46PM
I Said You're A Fanatic Screwball Israel Firster RINO-CINO NutBag Agendist Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy, Who Is All PMS'y Because Many Of We Tea Party Patriots And Our Tea Party Co-Favorite & Presidential Candidate Dr.Ron Paul & Our Tea Party Senator Dr. Rand Paul Don't AssKiss Your Personal Israel Firster Agenda.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Gonna Step On Apocalyptic Crank Lady Margie's Fat Ass.
Wipe Your Feet
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 7:52PM
LOL.
Ron Paul will NEVER become President. And I thank my God for it.
My God is an awesome God.
He's in control.
His Truth reigns FOREVER!!
The pathology of you and your pals and your Blame America First cult is too obvious for anyone in their right minds.
And I thank God for it!
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 8:56PM
The Phoney Hypocrite Bigot Goes Into Her Act.
You're A Slandering Liar Neo-Chickenhawk Coward Traitor Bitch Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy Israel Firster .
Now, You're Attempting To Smear Up The American Patriot, Michel Scheuer. The CIA's bin Laden Desk Director.
And Dr. Ron Paul & I Will Match Our Patriot Credentials Against You Anyday, RINO-CINO Traitor Bitch.
We Tea Party Patriots Will See You At The 2012 GOP Primaries, Israel Firster Traitor Bitch.
Carpe Diem.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 9:34PM
I'm here to expose you till I breathe my last you fraud.
Deal with it.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 9:52PM
I Just Help You To Expose Yourself, As The Israel Firster Traitor Bitch & World Class Hypocrite Phoney Christian Bigot Joisey White Trash Pig You Are, Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy.
Watch Me Deal With You, Traitor Bitch.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 10:04PM
Deal With This Israel Firster Traitor Bitch,Apocalyptic Crank Lady Victor-Margie-Sybil-Sandy.
"Harris Poll: If Ron Paul Won GOP Nomination, He Would Split Vote With Obama
The State Column:Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), an official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has performed well in several polls throughout his campaign. In may, Paul took second place in a CNN/WMUR poll of likely Republican voters. In June, Paul won a Republican Leadership Conference straw poll. At the beginning of July, Paul came in first in a Texas GOP poll, conducted by the Azimuth Research Group.
Perhaps the best indication of Paul’s candidacy so far is a Harris poll released today by Harris Interactive. According to the Harris poll, Obama and Paul would split the vote right down the middle if they were to run against each other in 2012.
Between July 11th and 18th, 2011, nearly 2200 adults were surveyed online by Harris Interactive. According to the Harris poll, 50 percent of those surveyed would vote for Paul if he were matched up against Obama and 50 percent would vote for the President."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Ramping Up For The 2012 GOP Primaries & General Elections.
Carpe Diem.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 10:47PM
The TEA party isn't you.
It isn't Ron Paul.
He's a whacko like you. A terrorist sympathizer and lunatic.
You DO represent him quite well.
And he'll NEVER become the nominee for President.
There are too many sane people still left in this country.
Good luck.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 6:03PM
Busy.
And You Drunk Swabbie?
PsychoDad| 7.26.11 @ 10:07PM
WTF?
Alan Brooks| 7.26.11 @ 10:08PM
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The parents of Judith Meir, granddaughter of Golda Meir, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter to Clint, the AS blogger. The wdding is to take place October 23rd at 1260 NE Jerusalem avenue in Tel Aviv.
formal attire.
***RSVP***
Brian Mc| 7.26.11 @ 6:47AM
When I went to bed after the alien's speech, so upset that I couldn't witness Boehner's counter, I realized that I had never felt so helpless in my whole life. Your analogy is salve to the wound, Jeffrey. Superb in its presentation, I only wish that every member of congress would see it as the first step required to get this country headed back to the point where we can once again start off in the right direction. But, the lying, cheating and hurting has just begun and we will once more be forced to witness our representatives cave, just a little bit, as always...'business as usual' bottle is almost empty.
Alan Brooks| 7.26.11 @ 10:36PM
"required to get this country headed back to the point where we can once again start off in the right direction."
Back to Jan. 19th, 2001?
John Daniel| 7.26.11 @ 6:50AM
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave...it is too late to retire from the contest. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." P. Henry. Speech to the Virginia Convention, March 1775.
A. C. Santore| 7.26.11 @ 10:05AM
The right words at the right time, John, thank you.
Those words were seared into my being over 60 years ago, and they still resonate truth to this day.
Parenthetically, I wonder if they are still being taught in our schools.
Erling| 7.26.11 @ 6:58AM
The Speaker and too many House members are not even "summer soldiers and sunshine patriots"- at least those somewhat timid souls of the 18th century went out to fight the British from time to time. Our gang is isn't fighting socialism, but accommodating it and the President's huge perpetual spending sprees. Why not repeal Obamacare today? We have the majority, and in the House, the Majority can (and should) pass bills every week defunding the Left, e.g., federal funding of Planned Parenthood; endless wars and standing armies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, Korea (and more); expanding federal agencies; and more. Yet, what do our boys do? Give in to every big government demand. Mr. Lord's question is exactly the point: Whose side are they on? It's painfully obvious- not ours.
DaveS| 7.26.11 @ 7:19AM
Gorbachev's 'take it or leave it' to Reagan was a huge mistake - from the Soviet viewpoint. The stakes then were orders of magnitude higher than they are now. And this is about a technical default. Give me a break.
Our petulant President has the gumption to quote Reagan. Reykjavik's answer end eventual effect were enough to create real freedom from the theoretical ones - by breaking the status quo. You have to walk away from a bad deal, and I am glad Boehner seems to have gotten his sea legs.
Have you considered| 7.26.11 @ 7:25AM
Unfortunately I truly believe this country is beyond saving. With what I have seen from the Republicans, the Socialist-Lite label seems fitting. If the shoe fits, wear it.
If the Rs cave in, what on earth are they going to campaign on in 2012? I recently reviewed the 2010 Pledge, and one of the more weighty items was a Pledge to roll back the budget to 2008 levels. The Paul Ryan plan that did pass, did not even come close to this, and we know the 2011CR, you know the one that was 61B, to 38B to an actual 300Mil in cuts, was all smoke and mirrors. And the R's were so proud....what hooey!
BackToBasics| 7.26.11 @ 5:38PM
from your post - Unfortunately I truly believe this country is beyond saving."
It is beyond saving as the country we have known since 1945. Prior to 1945 we sure did go through some tough times and the population at large was of tougher mettle then too.
When most of the society is grounded in traditions and or religion, hard hurt many but they can also make for an even stronger, less spoiled people too. Barring a major revival of Christianity in America, in current times I think there would be major social upheavals and bloodshed if we have to go through major trials and tribulations.
I've said it before here that without a major Christian revival I think we are heading for a split geographically. It's not what I want, I am just being realistic. A major Christian revival would likely prevent this and change the tide more quickly than winning the presidency and the Senate in 2012 would. The positive effects of a revival would last longer than 8 years too. That seems to be the maximum run since WWII of either party having total dominance in the ALL THREE, the House, Senate and Presidency.
BackToBasics| 7.26.11 @ 5:39PM
typo hard times hurt many
Mimi| 7.26.11 @ 7:28AM
In watching Boehner last night....I see progress in the Republican attempts....at least a move from the Pr.e-Election Nov. 2010 days!
He did call them out in a blunt and truthful way!
These bold accusations of bouncing back the truth right to their face can be done....WITH CHEER...like Reagan did.
Everyone walks on eggs with Obama....When a thief steels your wallet do you apoligize for not having it in a more handy place? With this guys modus of operendi you have to be downright BRAZEN to thwart his ability to DESTROY.
Yea, we need the Senate to help us...but are there not some honest, good Americans on the other side to come and aid in stopping the madness now before total destruction? I pray for them to do the right thing here!
chuck| 7.26.11 @ 7:48AM
Can you name even one Senate Democrat who is willing to put the country before party? 60 voted for Obamacare! That's why there are now only 53.
I see no help from across the aisle. Obama is the Dems lifeboat, cling to him, or drown.
DaveS| 7.26.11 @ 10:04AM
Dems: party before country. You have predicted drownings.
Elgordo| 7.26.11 @ 7:51AM
THE G.O.P. CAN FORCE A VOTE IN THE SENATE
The Republicans in the House passed a plan to cut the deficit. Sen. Reid would not even let it come to a vote or even a discussion in the Senate. He "tabled" it....So if we have a default, it is the fault of the Dems in the Senate and the Republicans should advertise and campaign on this.
There are 11 vulnerable Dem Senate seats up for re-election in Red States or states that went Republican in 2010.......6 of these Senators are especially vulnerable: ; Ben Nelson of Nebr. Bill Nelson of FL, Claire McCaskill of MO., Jon Tester of Mont., and from the coal rich states of W.Va. and PA. respectively, Joe Manchin and Robt. Casey.....
In other states such as Wisc., VA., No. Dak., New Mex., Haw., their Dem Senators many sensing defeat, are retiring. Also NJ's Gov. Christie is making voting for Republicans more popular in the Garden State , so their Dem Senator in 2012, Robt. Menendez, may also be vulnerable. ......
The Republicans should threaten to advertise heavily in these states blaming these Dem Senators for the default and for hiding behind Harry Reid's refusal to discuss the plan passed by the House Republicans.....
Pressure the VULNERABLE Dem Senators to pressure Reid to bring House bill to floor for a vote now and pass the buck to Obama.....
PCC| 7.26.11 @ 7:53AM
A very persuasive argument by Mr. Lord. Let's bell that cat and see what happens!
A. C. Santore| 7.26.11 @ 10:09AM
The "belling the cat" proposal was de facto defeated with the words, "But who's going to do it?" and the cat continued to remain supreme.
Sorry. Mice can't do the job.
JimH| 7.26.11 @ 8:06AM
It is important to recall that Reagan’s response was not an act of impulse, piqué or playing to a particular faction of voters. It was the result of a well crafted strategic plan. I did not then appreciate Reagan nearly as much as I do now. God I miss him. As the poster says: Remember when America had a real president?
Mimi| 7.26.11 @ 10:09AM
Me too Jim... You have to say and think ...what would Reagan say?..What would he DO ? I think his SPIRIT will forever be with this country. He will always be the GOLD STANDARD of what a President should be !!
I think that is why many of us have such rancor and enmity towards "O"...The difference is so striking!
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.26.11 @ 8:09AM
Tea Party wins, the USA wins.
RJ| 7.26.11 @ 8:19AM
There is one person who understands Reagan, and who thinks like him and who intends to behave like him...a principled person.
Former Gov. Sarah Palin. You know this, they know this, and I know this. Your position on her tells me everything I need to know about where you stand!
I stand with Reagan and Palin, period!
Pecos Pete| 7.26.11 @ 8:22AM
The drumbeat by King O, for more spending, continues. King O is using threats of disaster to support his demand for more taxes from citizens.
Increase the debt limit by a couple of trillion dollars or else the world as we know it will explode!
King O's demands remind me of any two-bit dictator's (think North Korea or Nikita S. Khrushchev's speech at the UN during which he banged his shoe on a table).
Our situation today is simple: We ain't got any more real money and we ain't got any more ability to borrow from others so we borrow from ourselves.
King O wants our printing presses to print and print and print. More money for the 47% of the populace that doesn't pay taxes.
It is all about King O's reelection. Ruin the USA and be reelected.
The House should hold firm ... reduced spending is the only answer to the long-term survival of the USA.
Brian Mc| 7.26.11 @ 8:43AM
Pecos,
Do you mean reduced government? Reduced spending does not work and never will. We must attack government and lop off huge chunks of it yesterday! This is never brought up by either side and it's about time someone started saying it. Cut departments en masse, then the healing can truly begin, otherwise, this nation is doomed. We nip around at the buds when whole limbs that are infecting the healthy mass must be lopped off and thrown in the fire, never to infect again.
Pecos Pete| 7.26.11 @ 9:02AM
Brian, yes sir, reduced government from reduced spending. Regulations are the only result of increased government and regulations kill jobs.
Brian Mc| 7.26.11 @ 1:28PM
But, there are so many out there that suppose they need to be 'protected' by these same regulations...when did "In God We Trust" become "In Big Government We Depend"...? We are talking about re-education on an astronomical level, aren't we? Lack of self-reliance fostered in liberty has become a soundbite, I'm afraid.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 7.26.11 @ 8:54AM
We Win and they Lose!!
It's a great strategic plan.
The Country Wins when they Lose!!
The Economy recovers, & the debt begins to shrink, when we live within our means.
They Win when they Lose!!
Jobs return, & the Poor get hired, then slowly personal responsibility becomes the norm again.
Let's all Win, by making them Lose!!
Vote out the Democratic Party in 2012, and every Election thereafter, until they're irrelevant.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 2:41PM
Amen, LLL's!
Heh, truly they do win when they lose.. this economy which is a result of their own policies causes them to suffer like the rest of us.. so when they lose, their stupid plan loses, and when we win, they win, too.
Yet they never learn!!
Bob| 7.26.11 @ 9:14AM
Any increase in the debt-ceiling no matter what other conditions are set and the Republicans lose. Just waiting for the GOP to bow down before the Wall Street gods. Also waiting for Ms. Bachmann to crack she already has in some respects and vote for a debt-ceiling increase. Then she will have plenty of time to take some on-line US Geography courses. The capital of Minnesota is St. Paul, well fancy that Michele.
Nick| 7.27.11 @ 12:06AM
"I've now been in fifty seven states, I think one left to go."
- President Ditherer, Barry O'Bama
Meanwhile, O'Bama continues to kill Libyans, without remorse.
Hey, hey, B-H-O
How many kids will you put six feet below?
Louis Tully| 7.26.11 @ 9:59AM
The real task for Republicans in Washington -- and for those campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination -- is to push the idea of a socialist America over the cliff.
Man, that is it in a nutshell. The end of the disasterous American experiment with European Socialism and a return to Constitutional roots is not just goal #1, its the only goal. The current, fickle GOP leadership does not get that, which is why I have no time or patience for Boehner, McConnell, et al. They MUST be replaced.
Just say no to raising the debt ceiling. And if you can't say no, resign.
crookedwren| 7.26.11 @ 10:08AM
A couple of thoughts.
"Gang of Six"? Really? That's "Gang of" thing is something with which Communists are quite familiar. And it's no accident that we're using that language increasingly.
We're being desensitized to Communism and Socialism.
And that's by design.
We BELIEVED that Communism had fallen. Was gone. But we know better now. As ACORN appeared to disband but really just changed its name, likewise Soviet Communism. It was a chimera -- in a way -- ideologically speaking.
Realistically speaking, it was a "reformation" of Communism as Socialism. The Iron Curtain came down, and the people who lived behind it are more free, more prosperous, more capitalist -- and the world is better off for it.
But while the overt system has been overhauled with a few statist/capitalist gears, Communism has also survived. Just in a different form.
Now the danger we fight is a multi-headed hydra, but it has its roots in atheistic Marxist ideology. The ruling elites have been indoctrinated. (Did you know that the first place in the US that Lenin & his early followers came to perpetuate their ideas: Harvard!) They think they have the answer to the problems we face: war, population explosions, food scarcity, energy resources, etc. And they seek to CONTROL every aspect of our lives. They are doing it, too, through the small towns that sign to Agenda 21 via ICLEI, through the violations -- small and large -- to our Constitution, with the creation of Unions (Labor & Countries -- i.e. SEIU and the European Union), etc. (By the way, if you aren't aware of Agenda 21 out of the UN, signed onto in 1992 by Bush Sr., and its partner ICLEI, you'd better get up to speed. It's what many Tea Partiers are battling in the towns and cities around this country. Over 600 cities in the US have been hoodwinked by pretty words ("sustainable development" and "smart growth") into signing on. Abingdon, VA is one, but there are over 599 more that have done so. Take a look. There is even a "Dems Against Agenda 21" website.)
Lenin once said that capitalism and socialism could not, in the long run, coexist, and that ultimately one or the other would fail. Whittaker Chambers suggested that the battle of our time would between the revolutionaries (Marxism/Communism) and the counter-revolutionaries (those who love Constitutional Republics which imbue the ideas of unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). Marxists are wily, deceitful, and change names and shapes whenever necessary. These days they have simply morphed into Socialists. For the time being. They have, perhaps, even realized that economically Marxism cannot work, so they're really heading toward an oligarchical totalitarian system -- while spouting that it's all for love of the people.
This is far too long already.
Just be aware that while we were battling the Cold War, we were being infiltrated even more completely than we know.
Please read "Witness" and "None Dare Call It Treason." And PLEASE look into Agenda 21. It's from the UN and you can find it online. Search for the section that calls for private property to be abolished because it leads to "social injustice." Find out if your city or town has signed onto an agreement with ICLEI. If it has, your city has essentially destroyed its own sovereignty.
One poor town in Lewis Co., TN has been consigned to a Permaculture. Their own people have signed them on to this. They can, by their own decree, have no industry, only agriculture. The town is even creating their own currency -- which, if you think about it for less than five minutes -- is a bad idea if you need to buy something in any other town, city, country in the world.
Besides part of the permaculture foundational principles are limitations on population.
The Iron Curtain has morphed into something that is much more difficult to spot.
AgentRose| 7.26.11 @ 1:21PM
Agree on all your points. ALSO WATCH AGENDA: grinding America down. It's all there.
The problem is that someone needs to get Boehner, McConnell, Coburn and a few others in a room alone and FORCE them to watch it. They are either clueless or complicit!
crookedwren| 7.26.11 @ 10:08AM
A couple of thoughts.
"Gang of Six"? Really? That's "Gang of" thing is something with which Communists are quite familiar. And it's no accident that we're using that language increasingly.
We're being desensitized to Communism and Socialism.
And that's by design.
We BELIEVED that Communism had fallen. Was gone. But we know better now. As ACORN appeared to disband but really just changed its name, likewise Soviet Communism. It was a chimera -- in a way -- ideologically speaking.
Realistically speaking, it was a "reformation" of Communism as Socialism. The Iron Curtain came down, and the people who lived behind it are more free, more prosperous, more capitalist -- and the world is better off for it.
But while the overt system has been overhauled with a few statist/capitalist gears, Communism has also survived. Just in a different form.
Now the danger we fight is a multi-headed hydra, but it has its roots in atheistic Marxist ideology. The ruling elites have been indoctrinated. (Did you know that the first place in the US that Lenin & his early followers came to perpetuate their ideas: Harvard!) They think they have the answer to the problems we face: war, population explosions, food scarcity, energy resources, etc. And they seek to CONTROL every aspect of our lives. They are doing it, too, through the small towns that sign to Agenda 21 via ICLEI, through the violations -- small and large -- to our Constitution, with the creation of Unions (Labor & Countries -- i.e. SEIU and the European Union), etc. (By the way, if you aren't aware of Agenda 21 out of the UN, signed onto in 1992 by Bush Sr., and its partner ICLEI, you'd better get up to speed. It's what many Tea Partiers are battling in the towns and cities around this country. Over 600 cities in the US have been hoodwinked by pretty words ("sustainable development" and "smart growth") into signing on. Abingdon, VA is one, but there are over 599 more that have done so. Take a look. There is even a "Dems Against Agenda 21" website.)
Lenin once said that capitalism and socialism could not, in the long run, coexist, and that ultimately one or the other would fail. Whittaker Chambers suggested that the battle of our time would between the revolutionaries (Marxism/Communism) and the counter-revolutionaries (those who love Constitutional Republics which imbue the ideas of unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). Marxists are wily, deceitful, and change names and shapes whenever necessary. These days they have simply morphed into Socialists. For the time being. They have, perhaps, even realized that economically Marxism cannot work, so they're really heading toward an oligarchical totalitarian system -- while spouting that it's all for love of the people.
This is far too long already.
Just be aware that while we were battling the Cold War, we were being infiltrated even more completely than we know.
Please read "Witness" and "None Dare Call It Treason." And PLEASE look into Agenda 21. It's from the UN and you can find it online. Search for the section that calls for private property to be abolished because it leads to "social injustice." Find out if your city or town has signed onto an agreement with ICLEI. If it has, your city has essentially destroyed its own sovereignty.
One poor town in Lewis Co., TN has been consigned to a Permaculture. Their own people have signed them on to this. They can, by their own decree, have no industry, only agriculture. The town is even creating their own currency -- which, if you think about it for less than five minutes -- is a bad idea if you need to buy something in any other town, city, country in the world.
Besides part of the permaculture foundational principles are limitations on population.
The Iron Curtain has morphed into something that is much more difficult to spot.
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.26.11 @ 10:55AM
Have you noticed that the "gangs" alway work within the "five year plan" framework?
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 3:29PM
Excellent post as always, crooked wren.
Your truthful words always remind me of the man who used to come to our fellowship to be with us and share his testimony of his 14 years in Communist prisons. Along with his wife, Sabina, Richard Wurmbrand used to sit among us and tell us of his torture.. but more importantly, about how the love of Christ won even the souls of the Communist murderers of his own family.
He has written many books. He also began what is called the underground church, decades ago, that gives food, clothing and Bibles to the suffering families of the persecuted in Communist countries all over the world.
He and Sabina are with the Lord now.
He used to speak before our Congress to warn us in the West that Communism would indeed take over the U.S. if we weren't awake and aware and care enough to act on behalf of the persecuted in other countries.
"Sin must be called by its name. Communism is one of the most dangerous sins in the world today. Every gospel that does not denounce it is not the pure gospel. The Underground Church denounces it, risking liberty and life. The less have we to be silent in the West."
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 75 (1967).
"Montefiore's impression of Jesus was wrong. Jesus loved the Pharisees, although He denounced them publicly. And I love the Communists, as well as their tools in the Church, although I denounce them."
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 83 (1967).
"Writers around the world protested when two Communist writers, Siniavski and Daniel, were sentenced to prison by their own comrades. But not even churches protest when Christians are put in prison for their faith."
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 74 (1967).
"Some leaders of denominations are not of the Bride of Christ. They are leaders in a Church in which many have long since betrayed the Master. When they meet someone of the Underground Church, a martyr, they look at him strangely."
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 82 (1967).
"A great part of my family was murdered. It was in my own house that their murderer was converted. It was also the most suitable place. So in Communist prisons the idea of a Christian mission to the Communists was born."
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 58 (1967).
"Some Western Church leaders don't care about [persecuted believers]. The names of the martyrs are not on their prayer lists. While they were being tortured and sentenced, the Russian Baptist and Orthodox official leaders who had denounced and betrayed them were received with great honor at New Delhi, at Geneva, and at other conferences. There they assured everyone that in Russia there is full religious liberty. A leader of the World Council of Churches kissed the Bolshevik archbishop Nikodim when he gave this assurance. Then they banqueted together in the imposing name of the World Council of Churches, while the saints in prison ate cabbage with unwashed intestines, just as I had eaten in the name of Jesus Christ".
Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ: 30th Anniversary Edition, p. 74-75 (1998).
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 3:35PM
p.s. My Mother in law went to be with the Lord on July 4th. She was one to whom the Nazis "served" maggot soup to eat while in a Nazi camp in Germany.
she was starving, but still refused to eat on those days.
She told us that the boys there were treated more harshly. They would eat the maggot soup. They girls (my beloved Julia was 16 yrs. old when they stole her from her family in Russia), used to give theirs to them, and they would eat it.
Communism is Satanism.
And the following is still true:
Liberalism=Socialism=Communism=Satanism.
I think I got that from Richard Wurmbrand. He would know. And so would Julia.
Who Knows?| 7.26.11 @ 10:25AM
It all comes down to morality.
What’s the mortality rate of morality?
Back in the day, we had the Silent Majority and the Moral Majority.
So far, as time goes by, with more moral people shuffling off their mortal coils, and more amoral or immoral people being shit out of pubic schools, I’d say the mortality rate of morality is too damn high!
Socialism is IMMORAL!
One of the ads the Army ran, when the draft was still in force, was---
“Choice, not chance.”
Either be drafted and possibly become an infantryman and go straight to Vietnam, or enlist and serve an extra year in a safer position.
Socialism, and the Democratic Party, remove CHOICE = FREEDOM from individuals!
Probably the key starting point, the essential TRUE assumption, about the USSR, by Reagan, was that they lie, steal and cheat---they had NO MORALS!
Well, isn’t THAT the defining notion of Socialists = Democrats?
One who stands for nothing falls for anything---Obama lovers, NAILED!
Now I think about it, it seems to me that the Tea Party is simply the madder and more threatened “Silent” and ALWAYS moral Majority, that has found its voice.
What does a moral society do with people who refuse to ACT according to the agreed upon rules, that is LAWS, based on morality---catch them and put them in prison, so they can do no more harm.
The Democratic Party in charge of America is like the inmates of a prison taking over, and ruling their jailers!
America circa 2011---an insane prison, with the sane and law abiding citizens the ones who are IN IT!
WRTolkas| 7.26.11 @ 10:37AM
Thank you Mr. Lord. We are at war here at home. The sooner the American voters realize that Obama the Unready and Washington are playing U.S. citizens as chumps then President Reagan's "We win they loose" will triumph. I take heart when I read these good articles and the many fine comments.
J.C.Eaton| 7.27.11 @ 12:32PM
WR, I think you are correct in calling what is going on in America now : war. Forever, the libs have understood this, and have fought[using ANY tactic] to win. I despise them and their mission but respect there persistence and committment. They are warriors in a rotten cause. A warrior comes to fight and for far too long our side was low on warriors. And didn't understand the fervor of the enemy. Reagan understood with the Russians that there can be no compromise with evil...so he didn't; he fought.Republican compromisers have been complicit with the libs for far too long, facilitating the not so slow deterioation into third-worldism that Obama and his zombies seem so thrilled to lead us into.As you put it: we're at war....and it's about damn time our side acts like it. Best,
Anthony| 7.26.11 @ 10:41AM
Apparently, the mask is beginning to slip from the face of the Muslim Marxist. Obozo is in free-fall and in a panic.
Even the blind trolls that call themselves Ds are beginning to have the scales lifted from their eyes.
Keep the pressure on, Mr. Boehner, the debt ceiling is but a distraction, the real Armageddon is the total collapse of the country in a few years with another $10 B in debt!!!
You and the Rs have the fate of America in your hands, be patriots and take a stand for the sake of our very survival.
Dixie Pixie| 7.26.11 @ 10:42AM
The difference between Reagan / Gorbachev and Obama / Boehner is Nuclear Armageddon was a real threat.
So what would a total Federal Financial Armageddon or Obamageddion look like?
I have come up with a few scenarios, possibly humorous.
Obamageddion Scenario #1::::
Obama announced today that since the Federal Government can not handle is financial affairs, then he has no choice but to put the Federal Government into financial receivership.
The Federal Receivership Committee will consists of 3 parts representing the major players of governmental finance.
George Soros, Warren Buffett and Paul Klugman will represent for the Financial Industry.
Timothy Geithner, Ben Bemanke and Douglas Shulman will represent for the Administration.
In a bold move to capture the youth vote, the representatives for the public are animatronic SpongeBob SquarePants, Ariel the Little Mermaid and Witch Hazel of Looney Tunes.
Obama will assume the role of Chairman and tie breaking vote of the Federal Receivership Committee
Obamageddion Scenario #2::::
With the credit limit in place, Obama announced that the Federal Government must cut back its expenses.
After reviewing the federal ledgers, Obama has found that the Confederate States have never payed into the Federal Treasury more than they have taken out, therefore must be cut from the Federal Government.
So in the spirit so dear to the Liberal heart, IE...the support of Rebels everywhere.
Obama has formally apologized for the “War of Northern Aggression” and expelled the Confederate States from the Union.
Texas promptly resumed its independence ways and took control of the Gulf / Texas oil, coal and gas fields making it the 16th wealthiest nation.
Gas prices promptly fell to 50 cents a gallon in Texas Dollars.
Obamageddion Scenario #3::::
With the Credit Cap in place and an election to buy, Obama has decided to raise the 2 Trillion dollars by selling off hard Federal assets.
So all Federal Departments are directed to sell off all assets as fast as possible to raise the prorated financial levies by first quarter 2012.
The Barnacle Brothers will be selling the Strategic Nuclear Forces in their famous 60 Second Sales.
Japan has realized their long cherished dream of acquiring the Hawaiian Islands when they realized they had bought them in the 1980's land boom.
Obamageddion Scenario #4::::
Obama has announced he will be taking over the entire Federal financial structure by privatizing it in his name.
Obama explained that since Congress had abandoned its Constitutional role by not passing a budget nor providing a sound financial base for the Federal Government, he would do so by taking over all Constitutional Duties personally.
Obama then made a major concession to the Republicans in imposing an across the board Flat Tax with no deductions or loopholes.
The Republicans were delighted to hear that all IRS regulations were abolished in favor of a single page Tax Law.
The “Single Page Tax Law” simply states that a person or financial entity such as a corporation would tabulate all income monthly and apply the “Universal Tax Rate” to that calender months income and send that percentage to Obama's Federal Account.
Obama would then personally pay the Federal bills due on the next calender month with that money.
The Republicans were puzzled by the third paragraph, which Obama did not mention in his announcement, which stated there would be a once per year levy of the “Universal Tax Rate” applied to all private assets held and the amount sent to Obama Federal Account by January 1st of the next year.
No one was surprised at the 4th and final paragraph in which the Federal Account Holder [Obama] would have Absolute and Final Authority on all Federal Financial affairs including setting the “Universal Tax Rate” .
Republican joy turned into horror when Obama announced the first “Universal Tax Rate” or Flat Tax was to be 90%.
Obamageddion Scenario #5::::
Nothing happens, Obama and his minions have been lying about Obamageddion all along.
In fact, all of Obama's crises never could happen.
That is why when Obama gets what he wants, he simply drops the “Crisis” and goes on to create another.
In short the joke is on anyone gullible enough to believe in Obama!
George S| 7.26.11 @ 10:44AM
You cannot compare the GOP House or Senate to Ronald Reagan as they are two different political animals. One is a leader and the others are negotiators, give-and-takers, and compromisers.
If Thomas Jefferson could observe the future he would be happy with the way Reagan handled the Soviets and... happy with the way Coburn and Chambliss responded to Hannity.
Our government was purposefully designed to have a commander in chief and a plodding, slow-moving deliberating body of a Senate to counter a more volatile House. The purpose was to prevent a shift in political whims (a la parliaments) that could endanger the Constitution. It is very rare that one party or philosophy wins an unchecked majority in all branches of government, but when it does -- and we get unchecked liberalism -- it destroys our country not because it is liberalism but because our government is designed not to change things overnight. The Constitution, in other words, is the biggest impediment to instantly turning around the Obama agenda. As Hannity found out to his frustration.
Reagan did not need congressional votes to walk out on Gorbachev, he only needed the courage. But such courage was deliberately designed to play a more modest in the other two seats of government.
Oldefarte| 7.26.11 @ 11:24AM
I partially/respectfully disagree with Jeffrey's great article, in that the essential source of this historical problem within our country is WE, US, since these Democratic Party politicians were elected by we/us. We STUPIDLY allowed them to assume control of our government. The Democratic Party platforms and politicians have been liberal/progressive, radical-extremists for my entire lifetime, and yet the voters of this country keep electing them to political office. Why? Are we/us stupid, and don't have the intelligence to understand what they are saying through their message facilitators, the MSM? Do we not understand what THE GREAT SOCIETY, WAR ON POVERTY, CRA OF 1977, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ACORN, LABOR UNION WAGE POLICIES, HUD, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DICTATORIAL POLICIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTIONS OF BUSINESS PRACTICES, etc are all about? Are we/us that stupid that we've historically elected Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, Carter, Obama, Pilosi, Reid, Schumer, Rangel, Conyers, Clyborn, Durbin, etc; and theereafter are shocked/dismayed that our economy is tanking from these excessive liberal DEMOCRAT polices, our unemployment is at 10% and climbing, that our businesses are scared excrementless over what these liberal Democrats will do next to restrict their business practices, that they are restricting the production of oil/gas in this country to the benefit of our enemies in the middle east and Russia oil supplies that we're forced to import, that they're opening the spigits of illegals [and terrorists] entering our southern border for political enhancement purposes, etc? Do we/us get it? It ain't this tea party movement that replacement of BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES that is the answer [though these patriot folks can effectively work within the Republican Party to bring about needed change]. Republicans are flawed but amendable, whereas Democrats are socialists, radical, extrememists domestic terrorists who have politically captured this country and are very close to destroying it from within. Your/mine/our only hope is to ELECT MORE REPUBLICANS NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND, period!!!!!!!!!!
Brian Mc| 7.26.11 @ 1:40PM
Awesome thoughts, Oldefarte...just wish you could have broke it up a little...maybe at "we/us"?
Michael Tomlinson| 7.26.11 @ 11:52AM
The real lesson Repubilcans can learn from the Reagan era is not to trust Democrats and compromise with them as Reagan did on TEFRA and so-called Social Security reform (a massive tax increase on the self-employed). All that came from Reagan's compromises regarding spending and tax increases with Democrats were massive tax increases, the growth of the Departments of Energy and Education and the highest per capita government spending based on the GDP until Obama.
Don't merely call Obama's bluff pass Boehner's plan and comeback next year with significant cuts to discretionary spending like the elimination of AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, leagal aid, funding for the UN until America's budget is balanced, ending the so-called "green energy" subsidies, defunding EPA, abolishing funding for the NLRB, demanding the White House accept major cuts to its operating budget, etc..
Reagan believed he could work with Tip O'Neil. He was wrong and until Obama is gone nothing substantial is going to be accomplished to restore Ameirca to its path of greatness. The GOP should get the best it can now and then do as OLDFARTE says elect more Republicans next year and beyond until the Democrat party is history.
Drunken Sailor| 7.26.11 @ 12:30PM
I can live with that.
Step 1. Pass Boehner's plan
Step 2. Hit it harder just in time for elections
Step 3. Welcome a new Republican Senate and President.
Wayne | 7.26.11 @ 7:36PM
Yet another GOP? What's this, number 4. What's the purpose of negotiating with themselves? It only weakens their position.
Oldefarte| 7.26.11 @ 1:10PM
Correct you are MT! Sadly, we're both aware however that it will be impossible to completely eliminate the Democratic Party, as there are/will continue to be pockets of our population that are majoritively controlled by Democrats, ie California, the northeast, lower Florida, university/college campuses, etc. I just hope that I live to see the day when most of the public will realize the extent that they are being daily/24-7 brainwashed by the MSM, and to begin to cancel their newspaper supscriptions, stop allowing their children to fork over $8/ticket to view Hollywood's latest non-artististic excrement termed 'movies', and to force colleges/universities to either reform the liberal propaganda taught by their extremist teachers to vurnerable students or to replace same with non-propagandizing teachers. Unbeknown to most people IMO is the fact that liberals/Democrats are highly organized in their subsersive methods/means of indoctrination of the public at large, which has to change!!!!!!!!!
Reagan Loyalist| 7.26.11 @ 12:29PM
I know this is a reprint of John Daniel's comment above, but this patriot's quote says, with rich timeless eloquence, what it means to have true conviction and THAT is what Ronald Reagan had and it is the prescription we need to apply to this phony crisis:
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave...it is too late to retire from the contest. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." P. Henry. Speech to the Virginia Convention, March 1775.
Anthony| 7.26.11 @ 1:06PM
Well folks if you were just listening to Rush, and heard what Boehner had to say, the man FOLDED. He and the D.C. boys kicked the can down the road for another 8 months; the deal gives Obozo an immediate $1 Trillion dollars, has puny immediate cuts, and set up a bullshit commission to deal with the more "substancial cuts" down the road.
Boehner gave the game away when he said the pols waited too long and each day 10,000 babyboomers are retiring. I think his knees were buckling as he was talking to Rush.
Game, set and match to the establishement!!!
Washington is of full of cowards and political whores. It's time we took the place over.
Michael Tomlinson| 7.26.11 @ 1:08PM
If Congress is finding it hard to make cuts below are some simple cuts that will not hurt America of Americans. Thanks to Chuck Norris we now have some easy cuts to make now.
Though USAID won't specify exactly how much of its money in 2010 went to mosques, the agency says it committed $18.8 billion for all of its global projects.
The Associated Press reported that since the beginning of last year, the Obama administration has doled out $6 million of taxpayers' money to restore or preserve 63 historical, religious and cultural sites, including mosques and minarets, in 55 nations under the guise of "Cultural Affairs" and "Cultural Preservation 2010 Awards," and they include:
--$50,437 for conservation of Sunderwala Burj, a 16th-century Islamic monument in New Delhi.
--$76,135 for the restoration of the 16th-century Grand Mosque in China, with one of the longest histories and largest premises in the world.
--$67,500 for the restoration of the mid-18th-century Sunehri Masjid (Golden Mosque) in Lahore, Pakistan.
--$77,619 to restore minarets (tall slender towers attached to mosques) in Nigeria and Mauritania.
--$80,035 for the restoration of the 18th-century Sultan Palace of Ujumbe in Mutsamudu, Comoros, with its highly ornate ceilings featuring Arabo-Islamic calligraphy and designs.
--$30,393 for the restoration of the fort at Lamu, Kenya, a significant center for the study of Islamic and Swahili cultures where Muslim religious festivals have been hosted since the 19th century.
--$10,000 for the restoration of the Kofar Kansakali Gate in the medieval walled city of Kano, Nigeria, where the stone laying ceremony was performed by the emir of Kano, Alhaji (Dr.) Ado Bayero, an influential Muslim spiritual and community leader in northern Nigeria.
--$49,135 for restoration of a mid-19th-century hostel in Fojnica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, originally intended to house and feed Muslim travelers for free.
--$53,870 for the preservation of the sixth-century castle in Vushtrri, Kosovo -- a city that overthrew its once-dominant Christian population with a Muslim majority via the Ottoman conquests and a military post for an Ottoman garrison.
--$30,000 for conservation of murals at the early 19th-century palace of Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Cherif, who led a fierce resistance against French forces from that palace in Constantine, Algeria.
--$100,000 for the restoration of 17th- and 18th-century monuments in the kasbah of Mehdia, Morocco, which was built in 1185 by Yaqub al-Mansur, who was the third Almohad emir and the Muslim military conqueror who was responsible for capturing thousands of Christians and killing tens of thousands.
--$450,000 for the restoration of Qala Ikhtyaruddin, the 15th-century citadel of Herat, Afghanistan -- once used by Alexander the Great but also used in more modern times by the Taliban. The extremely large project is employing a host of local Muslims seven days a week via U.S. funds.
Brian Mc| 7.26.11 @ 1:48PM
I think I just puked. There's the press at work for ya...this is the first I've heard of this BS and I'm sickened and infuriated with this revelation, if true. This supposed government of the people doesn't realize how close it is to forcing our hand.
W| 7.26.11 @ 5:51PM
Do you know when these started? under obama or bush or clinton?
The time is now| 7.27.11 @ 3:06AM
I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. And there are 10's of thousands of government lackeys who spend YOUR MONEY with ZERO COMPUNCTION. Time to torch D.C. All of it. We've had it.
"There is a time when talking no longer works, bears fruit. Action is needed. Forceful, deliberate, purposeful action."
AgentRose| 7.26.11 @ 1:18PM
Unfortunately the Republican leadership has been castrated by Obama. They have no more cojones left. We need a new Republican Senate and President. Yes. But we need NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERS in the leadership positions.
Oldefarte| 7.26.11 @ 1:34PM
Absolutely, MT! The government waste taxpayers' income on garbage like you illustrate 24-7, and the sad part is that they harp upon ''''entitlements''''' that need cutting. SS & Medicare are flawed but it beneficiaries all paid for same, and the combining/lumping of these programs with Medicaid [whose beneficiaries did not pay for same] by Democrats is typical. All of the thousands of dollars that you correctly site of federal spending upon these Muslim mosques etc were all initially legislated into existence by Democrat legislators, and not by Republicans. That defines my continuous point, in that the Democrats need to be replaced by Republicans, and until people begin to understand the truth of what you just cited as it reflects upon their personal pocketbooks, the current governmental defecit/debt financial problems will continue!!!
Pat| 7.26.11 @ 1:51PM
The “War” eventually ended as all wars do, but reputable historians cannot agree on the exact date; no armistice was ever signed, no helicopters were seen evacuating civilians from Washington D. C. prior to announcing a negotiated peace. Many historians do place the end of the belligerent phase around the time when the national unemployment rate exceeded 25%. And because, shortly thereafter, the government stopped reporting unemployment numbers - changing the calculation method hadn’t worked to reduce the rate, unemployment had simply continued to rise under the revised tabulation rules.
Some historians have noted that around that same time a Korean-Indian consortium had completed their acquisition of every fast food chain within America, fully automating food and drink sales through robotics while firing all employees – almost a million college educated young Americans became immediately unemployed. A new law requiring at least one living American present in every McDonald’s, Burger King or Taco Bell location was deemed an empty and futile gesture by a widely dispirited American public.
Public sector employment had soared to gradually account for 67% of all working Americans. The unemployment rate among young Americans was estimated, “unofficially”, at 81%, and somewhere around that same time the minimum age for Social Security eligibility was increased to 74 years.
Many attractive young American women posted their pictures and vital statistics on Catch-A-Rich-Chink dot Com, hoping to be a contract bride or second wife to a wealthy Chinese man – the Chinese, with their practice of aborting females and selective gender preferences for live births, were very receptive to the notion of “internet” concubines. Young American males contracted to work offshore as manual day laborers, although many with college degrees found jobs as house servants and butlers within the wealthy Middle Eastern countries. Also, during that period, the National Taxpayers’ Union demanded a 30 hour work week for all remaining taxpayers still employed within the private sector – the same 30 hour work week enjoyed by the millions of unemployed Americans hired under the Federal Employment Stimulus Act.
The Liberal-Conservative War, the 90 Years War, the Great War of Socialist Liberation – whatever you choose to call it was over. Americans, through blood, sweat and tears, had realized their long anticipated dream. Finally and at last, no American would be denied access to any conceivable economic opportunity, every American fully eligible for equal consideration within the health care, food, clothing and shelter “entitlements” – America could now claim, with demonstrable truth, that every American citizen was equal – equally impoverished, but equally entitled.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 2:47PM
Great thoughts and information from Michael T and Oldefarte.
Thank God for real conservative men!!
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 3:37PM
And some others, too. You know who you are.
Tim| 7.26.11 @ 2:56PM
Let the Country Default!
It's the only way we will ever fix this childish political problem.
Doug| 7.26.11 @ 3:29PM
What a brilliant essay, sir!
Tex Expatriate| 7.26.11 @ 4:09PM
Thank you Mr. Lord for a fine essay. You wrote, "And in the end, against all the conventional wisdom of Washington elites, Reagan won. The Cold War ended, the Berlin Wall came down -- and the Soviet Union, unable to sustain its ideology, collapsed in on itself."
It's my hope we can rewrite this in this way: "And in the end, against all the conventional wisdom of Washington elites, Conservatives won . . . and the socialist Democratic Party, unable to sustain its ideology, collapsed in on itself."
Gary B| 7.26.11 @ 5:27PM
The so-called Republicans can not be compared to Reagan, but the Tea Party can. Remember, just like the Tea Partiers, Reagan was despised by the Republican establishment, but he went over their heads to the American people and steam rolled them. Isn't that what the Tea Party is doing? In the end Boehner is just another RINO obstacle.
Remember, what can't go on won't go on. Stick to principles - "No new taxes!" Let the rest of them take the blame for everything else.
TheRightIsAnythingBut| 7.26.11 @ 5:37PM
On their first day in the majority House Republican¬s set a rule that new spending must be offset, without raising taxes, by eliminating or reducing some current government spending. Then they exempted healthcare and finance repeal because it would add to the deficit. Then they exempted all the tax cuts that added to the deficit.
The new rules exempt such items as AMT relief, the estate tax, and trade agreements, or revenue lost from tariff cuts. Literally everything expected to actually pass Congress these next two years that costs money is exempted from the rules Republicans enacted to pay for legislation and balance the budget.
In the first 24 hours in House majority, Republicans set a course for $1.5 trillion in additional costs to the US taxpayer.
Yet only 6 months later, they and their Tea Party minders expect us to believe that they are the stewards of change and fiscal responsibility. Such displays of political hypocrisy and shameless pandering have rarely been matched in American history.
http://www.opencongress.org/ar.....Exemptions
PattyMor| 7.26.11 @ 6:19PM
I'm afraid that the Republicans talk a good game, but play the game very badly. They are already caving. Just how many plans are they going to knock themselves out devising?
They don''t have the fortitude of Reagan to simply walk away and leave the first Marxist President twisting in the wind. No guts, no glory. True in the military and true in negotitating. The House of Representatives holds ALL the cards because they control the spending. John refuses to use the power he has because of fear. We can never win this way.
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.26.11 @ 7:33PM
P,
This is over on AT. It is by Joe Shaffat http://www.americanthinker.com.....again.html
“Rush Limbaugh hosted an interview with Speaker John Boehner. Although Rush did not blast the speaker outright during the interview, he followed the interview with an unmasking of the Speaker's hand waving. For example, the Speaker's bill would allow the new spending right away while pretending that his proposed cuts, which supposedly would take place over 10 years, had anything to do with reality. Rush provided the platform of his show to shine the light that exposed the specious presumptions of the Speaker's plan. Rush reminded everyone of the essentially viable DeMint plan by which the Federal Government would return to the 2008 budget.
Tea Party where art thou? Pick me up on your way to the rally.”
The headline at Fox is that “Boehner’s Plan Blows Up.”
Skippy| 7.26.11 @ 7:19PM
Sounds like they cut even the possibility that taxes could be raised.
Right on!
I like the 5% budget plan.
Each year's Federal Budget would be 5% lower in real, unadjusted dollars than the year before.
Shrink it 5%/year over 10 years and we're getting somewhere.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 8:00PM
Rush has it right. (As usual).
He knows where to put the lame.
While some are busy blaming Republicans for our current mess, he knows whose truly to blame, and it's the Left. He siad this today:
"Under Obama, Limbaugh said, “People's lives are being destroyed here. People know that their futures are being cut out from underneath them. In the past the country was nowhere near as near as risk as it is today. At no time in the past was it accurate to say 'four more years of President X' and this country as we've known it ceases to exist. That is today's reality. Four more years of an unchecked, unstopped Obama and America as we know it is transformed in ways that people have no desire to see it."
Vote Republican.
But only if you do not want to see Obama get re elected. If you do, then stay home and sulk like you did last time, but don't complain about the "retards" like me who bothered wanted to vote him out.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 8:01PM
LOL. s/b "he knows where to put the blame".
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.26.11 @ 9:32PM
Margie,
Scared of the boogy man Obama? Not me, there is not a snowballs chance in hell that he will get elected. The danger to America are those such as you that want to maintain the status quo, two parties, neither function other than to agree to spend more. If you have noticed Obama has served a purpose, he has given impetus to the “Tea PARTY” types that want to get us back on tract. Fear not Obama, he is offal for the jackals, fear for the Boehners, the Grahmnesties, the McCain’s, and the other sellouts who would sacrifice the Nation for their seat in the Legislature. Those phone calls flooding DC, think they are for a balanced approach? “Balanced” still means to most of our representatives alternating spending our money.
Republicans don’t even support themselves; they are so helpless in the face of Obama that every time they “negotiate” they only capitulate. They don’t even capitulate to Obama, he does not even offer up anything; they capitulate and negotiate with each other.
Your way is what we are living today, limp spineless fools, no guts no glory. We are crashing; you and your cast of clowns brought us to this. America gave her best last election, those freshman are the only salvation our Nation has and you want them to be relegated as flunky’s to the very cast and crew that ran us into the iceberg. You had your chance; I doubt come 2012 that the one’s you cherish so will not be sitting at the table, much less holding gavels. Even given the absolute dysfunction of this pretender in chief they have “ganged this” or “behind closed doors that” themselves into irrelevancy.
Don’t look now lady but “Republican” has become a slur; don’t believe it, ask for a donation for a Republican who is running against a Tea PARTY candidate.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 9:41PM
You're nothing but a laughable fool.
I pity you and your ilk.
Only Michael knows "the truth".
LOL.
Sorry liar, I am a conservative to my core~ no matter what you say from the mouth of the Devil himself, whom you serve quite well.
You and Clintypoo* make a fine pair.
Keep it up, Michael.
You aren't for restoring the Republican party~ you want it destroyed, along with anyone who isn't just like you~ a hater and slanderer of conservatives.
You're no conservative~ you're a grown up punk in a 60 some odd year old's body.
Your hatred toward me gets you points only to the Clint/Tim* scum of the earth.
By all means~ keep it up, loser.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 9:50PM
Were you raised by prostitutes or something, Michael?
Because your cheap shots are as cheap as they are.
What is it with liars like you?
Were you not approved of by your Father? Your Mother?
What makes you think you can get away with trying to destroy other's characters?
Do you really believe in God? You must not because if you did you wouldn't be purposely lying like you do.
I always vote and back and send money to conservative candidates~ do you?
Did you even bother voting in the last election?
Or did stay home moaning in your beer, and crying about "all the other bad guys" who you are sooo much better than?
As I said~ you're nothing but a punk in a old man's body.
Get a life, and a clue.
Idiot.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 11:05PM
The Crank Lady Is At It Again.
Get The Net.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 11:58PM
Do you answer Michael's mail, too?
LOL.
Clint| 7.27.11 @ 12:17AM
Do You Blow Bibi ?
Hmmmmmm, Israel Firster Pig?
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 10:09PM
p.p.s. Hey dummy, FYI~ I haven't sent a penny to the Republican party for 7 years. In fact it could be longer than that. Neither has my husband.
We only send our money to individual conservatives, probably the same ones you do.
The only difference between me and you is that you are a nasty, lying old man who enjoys painting people with a broad brush that you don't even know.
How could you possibly call me a RINO when I'm a conservative Republican who actually votes Republican?
A RINO would be someone like you~ by definition~ who won't vote for the nominee if they aren't pure enough.
The ONLY reason I vote Republican, even if it wasn't who I was rooting or, is because I'm actually a grown up.
I understand that it's better to have a Republican admin. in the White House than a stinking Socialist destroyer.
Like I said~ you're just a little boy in a grown man's body who has a chip on his shoulder and enjoys excoriating those of us who do the right thing.
As I also said, I am conservative to my core. But I'm no fool who will allow my vote to go to a Democrat. It's my patriotic duty as an American AND as a Christian to vote for the ONLY opposition party that we have.
Too bad you see fit to try and demonize those of us you hold in low esteem.
Not all of us are willing to sit by and pout and throw stones like you do.
Good luck.
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 11:07PM
The Crank Lady Seems Very Cranky This Fine Evening.
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 11:33PM
Two low life peas in a pod!
Clint| 7.26.11 @ 11:40PM
Crazy & Cranky.
Oh Look !
Harris Poll: If Ron Paul Won GOP Nomination, He Would Split Vote With Obama
The State Column | Staff | Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), an official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has performed well in several polls throughout his campaign. In may, Paul took second place in a CNN/WMUR poll of likely Republican voters. In June, Paul won a Republican Leadership Conference straw poll. At the beginning of July, Paul came in first in a Texas GOP poll, conducted by the Azimuth Research Group.
Perhaps the best indication of Paul’s candidacy so far is a Harris poll released today by Harris Interactive. According to the Harris poll, Obama and Paul would split the vote right down the middle if they were to run against each other in 2012.
Between July 11th and 18th, 2011, nearly 2200 adults were surveyed online by Harris Interactive. According to the Harris poll, 50 percent of those surveyed would vote for Paul if he were matched up against Obama and 50 percent would vote for the President."
Margie| 7.26.11 @ 11:57PM
I'm sorry, but people like you have have nothing to spew but demonic hate filled cursings toward other human beings aren't to be taken seriously.
I suggest the minute, little, itty bitty weirdo faction that you and your Paulbot Lefty Libertarian pals subscribe to go find Michael Scheuer, Adam Kokesh and Mr. Paul, and disappear at an anti-war rally somewhere in Europe while the 2012 elections are taking place.
We won't miss you and your vile pals. Honest we won't.
LOL.
Clint| 7.27.11 @ 12:09AM
You Should Be Sorry.
Aaaaand, What We ?
The Zany Crazed Israel Firster RINO-CINO Marching Society.
You're A Nasty Phoney Pretend Christian Poseur & A Worldclass Asshole.
Deal With It.
Margie| 7.27.11 @ 12:22AM
Everyone's phony to you and your vile pals.
You hate anyone that crosses your path, because your cold hearted, liars that posses no consciences.
You're a possessed individual and unless you repent of your sin you'll die in it and go to Hell.
Good luck.
Hebe| 7.26.11 @ 9:43PM
At day’s end, relentless U.S. government interventionism cultivates more and more lethal enemies and sheds allies.
http://www.summer-products.com
Hilton| 7.26.11 @ 9:47PM
The extremely large project is employing a host of local Muslims seven days a week via U.S. funds.
http://www.ainibag.com
http://www.jerseys-hats-store.com
POST American| 7.26.11 @ 10:41PM
----'80's Show' front op complacency ALERT!----
Fact is, long before Reagan and Gorbachev sat down things has been 'worked out' in good Luciferian Freemasonic style.
Again, STOP being taken in by the front ops.
Keep your eyes on the core agendas of the
ultra-rich, utterly joined, TAX FREE 'benny
violent' parallel government ----of the foundations.
And remember too, Reagan was the very heyday
of RED China sellout.
During this final takedown of American culture'
freedom and sovereignty ----it's just
a tad more relevant.
----------------------Just a tad...
Roger Fortier | 7.27.11 @ 11:04AM
Your comment that Reagan was not a "man of process" struck a chord. I knew many people in the army who were process focused and couldn't solve a problem worth a damn. Watching the pundits and media talk about who's winning the debt ceiling battle misses the point; it's really about getting the country back in shape, and not about short term tactical advantage of politicians who come and go.
POST American| 7.27.11 @ 10:12PM
------------------BOTTOM LINE--------------------
That seamless 'merging'
of the Soviet and American
systems truly the enduring 'triumph'
of Reagan/Gorbachev. Truly.
"We're now ALL under observation, everywhere
and at all times----"
-ALAN WATT
(yesterday's essential coverage)
NOTE: across the old Eastern Bloc and
Soviet Union NOT a single high profile
tribunal for the secret police as they were
'dismantled'.
NOT ONE.
Most disturbing is to learn prime operatives
of the STASI etc. have been working right
here with the Globalists ---for decades.
CHECK OUT the film 'The Chekist' sometime
on youtube. Great background.
And, as ever--
Just keep a goin' -------------------
--------------Playoffs n' nachos n' wampum
Just keep a goin'--------------------------
---------------CAUSE YOU'RE GONE-----------------