Posted on 07/05/2003 4:42:20 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
The United States has decide to try six suspected Al Qa'eda terrorists in military tribunals. The European Union has warned the United States not to use the death penalty or it would cause the international coalition to lose its integrity. [Ed. note: PUHLEASE!] Among the six designated are two British and one Austrailian.
An Iranian missile using a North Korean engine has been successfully tested. The tested missile has a range that will reach Israel.
And violence continues in Iraq: one American soldier was killed yesterday, and 12 wounded.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
/john
California is to leading the United States, as Japan was to leading the industrial world ..... Only in the media is California seen as an enlighted leader. That will only be true until the pidgins come home to roost. California has just recently seen a huge influx of roosting pidgins.
In everything from business regulation, to the environment.... from public education to pubic works, California has spent decades teaching us how to eat our cake and have it, too.
To fix California will require very painful medicine. The voters will recall anyone who tries to give it to them.
Later, when I had son stateside, in a normal hospital, he came in at about 1007.50 or so :>
..but we 4 ended up going to Melbourne Beach to Bizzaro's Pizza for lunch..
..we were probably the only 'church clothes' in the small restaurant....
...everyone else was in their suits....swimsuits :))
...then hubby & I went mattress shopping...
..he needs something more firm for his back.
We ended up buying a futon mattress too, for our spare room.
A nice sale was going on.
Now I'm trying to finish Ludlum's book...(probably the last one he wrote before he died)
It's engaging, but a bit too abstract & convoluted for me.
Remember 1981 and 1982. As the money supply was dried up to sqeeze the inflation out of the economy, times got worse. The media called it Reaganomics becuase the economy had gotten worse since 1980. They asked Reagan when he knew his economic policies had worked. He replied, "When they stopped calling it Reaganomics."
In 1982 Reaganomics was on every newcasters lips. If there had been a national recall in 1982, Reagan would have been recalled. His disapproval rating was in the high 50s. The Democrat that would have replaced him would have undone the Reagan fix in a heartbeat. There would have been no booming economy in 1984.
If Republicans or even Democrats were to put the hard medicine in effect to fix California the other party would recall that Governor and undo it before the fix could work.
Under those conditions I am not sure that California can be fixed. I think there will be a mass exodus of good people out of California. The ones left will be the clueless ones.
/john
/john
Reagan's job approval in 1982 fell to 42 percent. His disapproval rate rose to 53 percent. The Democrats were cheering Tip O'Neil for giving into Reagan and his program in early 81. The Democrat strategy concerning Reagan was to "Give him enough rope to hang himself". Remember that in 1981 the Democrats held the house, and O'Neil passed the Reagan economic policy. They were certain that it would fail, and Reagan would be a one term president.
Back then I had access to the ABC backgrounders everyday. I had lunch with Republican Congressmen John Ashbrook, and Dell Latta every few weeks. I was getting the Democratic perspective from John Glenn and now Congressman Sherod Brown. I talked to David Brinkley a couple of times in the summer of 1982. The polls all showed that Reagan was in big trouble. In 1980 Reagan only got 50.75% of the vote. Compare that with Bush Sr and his 53.35% in 1988. Reagan was not in good shape in 1982. He started at less than 51 percent and had experienced a steady decline in job approval by the american people.
The Republicans took a shellacking in the 1982 general election. The Republicans lost seats in both the house and the Senate. If you were a Republican running for office in 1982, Reagan was considered a negative.
The economy started to recover in late 1982 and was booming in 1984. That was when the folly of making the people believe that Reagan was responsible for the economy came home to roost. They had made that case very well in 81 and 82. And Reagan's approval ratings dropped to the low 40's. But when the economy boomed in 83 he went back to 50% approval and by 1984 he was at 58 percent approval. YOu may not like to hnow it, but Bill Clinton had better job approval numbers than Reagan.
People have selective memories. Would you have believed that Bush Sr. did better against Dukakis, than Reagan did against Carter? Well it is a fact. And I stand by the statement that Reagan was unpopular in 1982.
There is a lot of meaning in the Reagan answer to the question, "When did you know that your economic policies were a success?" Reagan replied,"When they stopped calling it Reaganomics." He was saying the media called it Reaganomics when they were certain that would hurt his approval rating. The stopped the instant it started to help his rating. That can only be interpreted that at one time Reagan knew calling it Reaganomics hurt his approval rating .... not helped it.
I just had a tree struck by lightning in the yard. I'm still shaking...
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