Posted on 01/11/2013 3:15:22 PM PST by qaz123
If you had buttonholed me in the Senate mens room circa 2003 and told me that a decade hence Joe Biden would be Americas vice president, John Kerry secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel secretary of defense, Id have laughed and waited for the punch line: The Leahy administration? President Lautenberg? Celebrate lack of diversity! But even in the republics descent into a Blowhardocracy staffed by a Zombie House of Lords, there are distinctions to be drawn.
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What enabled Great Britain and so many other European nations to be able to spend their money on social programs and not their defense, was the fact that there were US military bases EVERYWHERE. When you know that the most incredible military machine is going to protect you and it won't cost you a dime, you have the luxury of spending your money on other things.
“A force for good”
Mark Steyn's way with words is unsurpassed.
When are they going to put “moobs” into the Oxford English Dictionary?
LOL Has ‘manssiere’ made it yet?
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