Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory...Again

The New Media Journal ^ | Oct 23, 2009 | Richard R. Owens, PhD

[NewMediaJournal]

Never since the mid 1970s when the Watergate Congress insisted on abandoning our South Vietnamese allies after the war had been won have I seen defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in such a bold and decisive manner.

As I survey the scene in America today I’m beginning to wonder if we would be in any worse shape if we’d lost the Cold War. From sea to shining sea Americans watch as the once greatest industrial nation on earth board up our factories and ship our manufacturing capacity to other countries. It seems like every other day the last investigative journalist in America, Glenn Beck is exposing one more Marxist in President Obama’s inner circle. That big lovable fuzz-ball Rush Limbaugh is judged a racist based on manufactured quotes and lies repeated by the President’s trained peacock and the rest of the establishment media while America watches accusations of racism used to squash any criticism of Barak H*@%$*n Obama. Freedom of speech dissolves as we learn it’s profiling for some to mention the man’s middle name while at the same time school children are taught to memorize songs using his middle name extolling his Nobel sized accomplishments, mmm mmm mmm.

Like Iran we’re nearing critical mass. With uninformed voters not knowing know who they’re voting for and uninformed politicians not knowing what they’re voting for does anyone wonder why America’s in trouble? It was bad when our elected representatives voted for bills they haven’t read now under the inspired leadership of San Francisco Nancy Pelosi and Dingy Harry Reid they’re voting for bills they haven’t written yet. In their infinite wisdom they’ve figured out how to score a bill evaluating its impact on our budget before the official language meets the paper, now that’s economy of effort.

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[stumptalker]

Great article! From a Political Science Prof. to boot.

[SJackson]

Never since the mid 1970s when the Watergate Congress insisted on abandoning our South Vietnamese allies after the war had been won have I seen defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in such a bold and decisive manner.

As I survey the scene in America today I’m beginning to wonder if we would be in any worse shape if we’d lost the Cold War

As to the former, I can't blame allies not trusting us, particularly as we reenter sellout mode. The latter, no, American and the world is a better place thanks to Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. There are more of them out there, though I admit I'd feel better if I saw them standing up.

[SJackson]

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