Posted on 12/28/2003 1:42:55 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
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Tartaglia plays new-kid-on-the-avenue Princeton as well as Rod, the closeted Republican investment banker, while D'Abruzzo gives life and voice to the boyfriend-searching Kate Monster and the boyfriend-stealing Lucy T. Slut. Link
No doubt the puppet clinton is caressing is Lucy T. Slut.
Definitely gay. Bunky didn't donate any handbags on that occasion, but gave up two of his favorite feather boas for the cause.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
WHICH dashing Democratic presidential candidate used to be infamous for trying to steal other guys' girlfriends? The lusty lawmaker had a habit of doggedly pursuing attractive young women after meeting them at D.C. dinner parties even if they were already spoken for. (PageSix)
New Year's Eve party news:
New Yorker Denise Rich is throwing open her Aspen home, where guests including Natalie Cole, Joan Collins and husband Percy Gibson, Mariah Carey and Shannen Doherty will toast the New Year with Veuve Clicquot. source
But where will Chelz 'n' Ian, and the Clintoons be partying? More to the point, where will Chelsea be doing nasty table dancing?
December 31, 2003 -- EVEN if terrorists attack our homeland before the stroke of midnight, 2003 will still have been a year of remarkable progress on every front in the global War on Terror - and the greatest year for freedom since the Soviet Union's collapse.
A decisive government in Washington, backed by the courage and common sense of the American people, worked with allies around the world to carry the fight to the terrorists' home ground. We continued to seize the strategic initiative from the most implacable enemies America has ever faced.
Unless we choose to defeat ourselves, there is no chance of a final terrorist victory.
In 2003, a new generation of enemies learned that America not only fights ferociously, but follows through with tremendous residual power. In one of history's great paradoxes, the provocation of 9/11 - intended to humble us - unleashed our dormant might and rejuvenated the historical trend toward liberty. The Twin Towers fell, but two years later America towers over the world as never before.
The autumn of 2001 saw our initial counterattacks, while 2002 broadened the international struggle and improved our domestic preparedness. But 2003 was our breakthrough year - 12 months of successes that changed the course of history.
Consider just a few of our achievements:
* We deposed and captured one of the world's worst tyrants, liberating 25 million people and demonstrating the inherent weakness of dictatorships.
In doing so, we destroyed a regime that had terrorized its own people and the region. We drew an unmistakable line between America's reinvigorated support for the liberation of the oppressed and "old Europe's" cynical defense of the status quo.
* The stunning campaign that took our troops to Baghdad in just three weeks made it clear to the world that no other state or combination of powers can oppose us militarily and left us with the most experienced, combat-proven forces of our time.
* Our president's courageous decision to target Saddam himself while sparing innocent Iraqis upset the traditional rules of warfare, according to which the draftees die while the ruler survives by signing a peace treaty.
Even though our attempted "decapitation strikes" failed, the message sent to the world's dictators and sponsors of terror had far more force than Western pundits yet realize. And our ultimate, humiliating capture of Saddam left every remaining tyrant worried that he might topple next.
* As a result, Libya has opened its nuclear facilities for inspection, while Iran hastened to strike a no-nukes deal with European governments anxious to save face after their support of Saddam backfired disastrously. North Korea has grown remarkably subdued. Syria treads cautiously. No tyrant wants G.I. Joe as his houseguest.
* Even Saudi Arabia, the great incubator of terror, has become newly cooperative, both because the terrorists - predictably - bit the many hands that fed them and because Riyadh's relative importance has declined precipitously with G.I. Jane in Baghdad.
* We've continued to kill and capture terrorists by the thousands, dismantling their networks, seizing their assets and destroying their bases. Terrorism won't disappear in our lifetimes, but its reach and capabilities have been powerfully reduced.
* Our president had the sound instincts to realize that you can't treat the deep cancer of terrorism with a topical salve. Apprehending terrorists isn't enough. Meaningful treatment of this long-untended disease requires radical surgery and great risk.
Those naive or disingenuous voices insisting that our liberation of Iraq was a diversion from the War on Terror refuse to accept that the problem isn't a few deadly fanatics but a suffocating civilization.
The administration's resolve to force change in the Middle East was as crucial as it was courageous. We can't force Iraqis - or anyone else - to succeed, but we've done what no others have dared: We've given tens of millions of long-oppressed human beings a chance to live in freedom.
Much of this century will be shaped by what they make of that great chance.
* Most vitally for Americans, our government kept our country remarkably safe. Terrorists yearned to strike us massively, to punish us for our successes, while proving that they remain a potent force. Instead, our federal, state and local authorities achieved new, if still imperfect, levels of cooperation and blocked each terrorist attempt to wound us.
Politically motivated critics charge that the War on Terror has been a failure, despite the obvious proof to the contrary: Our enemies have been unable to harm our homeland. And while we will be struck again eventually - no defense is perfect - every day of safety is a victory.
Two Thousand Three was a year that changed the world. For the better. The reverberations will echo for decades.
Not every result will please us. We will not turn broken states into little Americas overnight. Each culture has its own strengths and weaknesses. But we're making a noble effort to help the wretched of the earth make their societies better.
Perfection belongs to God. Progress is the best that humans can do.
Whether facing down Taliban remnants in Afghanistan or shaming the rest of the world into providing more assistance to Africa's struggle against AIDS, we've made an epochal break with the tradition of wealthy states embracing easy short-term solutions instead of engaging long-term problems. Future historians will regard 2003 as one of the dates when history made a great turn, as a global 1776.
Yet 2004 is going to be a year of decision in the War on Terror. As our presidential election approaches, the terrorists remaining at large will sacrifice their last reserves in an effort to dislodge President Bush, freedom's great crusader, from the White House.
The terrorists will seek to convince American voters that the War on Terror is failing, paving the way for the electoral victory of a weakling and allowing them to surge back into vacuums created by an American retreat.
Their last, desperate hope will be to hit us so hard that we elect a coward in place of a hero.
I'm betting on American guts. And glory. Ralph Peters NYPost
Democrats appear likely to nominate Howard Dean, rather than someone like Dick Gephardt or Joe Lieberman or Wesley Clark [Clark??!! What a hoot! A freakish creep who couldn't challenge his way out of a wet paper bag. Oh please dems, nominate Clark!] who could present a stronger challenge to President Bush in the general election. In doing so, Democrats are also setting the direction that they want their party to follow -- the extreme left.
But under the arcane nominating rules, [Have there ever been a bigger bunch of babies on the planet (besides actual babies)? Everytime the game doesn't go their way... CHANGE THE RULES! WAAAAHHHHH!] Dean will most likely be the Democratic nominee. Sensing this, Al Gore recently rushed to endorse Dean. In doing so, Gore hoped to imitate Nixon. Nixon knew Goldwater would lose in 1964. But Nixon realized that Goldwater's overall philosophy was a winner, so he supported Goldwater wholeheartedly, hoping to inherit his support in 1968 and with that the presidency. Gore believes that the same will happen to him. [They don't even like Gore anymore! They wanted him for prez so badly, now he's not fit to shine clinton's shoes.]
But Gore is miscalculating. The country is more conservative and grows more so daily. Gore and Dean are out of touch with a majority of Americans with their support for same-sex marriages. In foreign policy, they resemble Neville Chamberlain more so than Harry Truman. And by backing them, the Democrats are consigning themselves to minority status for the long term. Link
That's right dems... enjoy your stay in the recycle bin of history!!
From The Gift of Life Donor Program:
The cornea is the clear "window" in front of the eye, which allows light to enter. Disease or injury may cause it to become cloudy, decreasing vision or causing blindness. The first cornea transplant was performed in 1905. More than 700,000 people have received cornea transplants since 1961. Corneas can be preserved for up to 10 days before transplant. The body does not reject a transplanted cornea. The condition of the donor's vision does not impact donation.
So most of us would qualify as cornea donors - and one last opportunity to truly help someone else.
Indeed!
Thanks, BWB. I'm emailing this article to friends and family. What an accurate and uplifting perspective for ringing in the 2004.
This will be my new tagline since it bears repeating.
Two Thousand Three was a year that changed the world. For the better. The reverberations will echo for decades.
More feel good stuff!...
Cute Cute Cute! Go here for feel good pictures of U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Orphans.
JOHN KERRY ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATING PRINCE VALIANT....
Thanks to My2Cents for the caption!
Hugh Hewitt, in the Weekly Standard, has a really different take on Dean's veep pick...and his campaign strategy.
Hewitt thinks Dean won't wait for the convention, but will announce his running mate in the spring. He thinks Dean will choose Kwiese Infume (or John Lewis?)...go for a big turnout in the black vote. And he thinks Dean will lurch LEFT, not to the center, once he locks up the nomination.
Very interesting take. The WashPost also reports today that
With just one exception, every fundraiser Dean attended outside Vermont in 2002 was organized by gay men and lesbians, as were more than half the events in the first quarter of 2003, according to Dean advisers.A gay/black coalition? I guess a lot of guilt-ridden white lefties would be attracted to such a cause. But enough to win outside the bastions Dems will win anyway?
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