[TomGuy]

That's the 3rd Commencement speaker in recent weeks to get booed. Another was at Hofstra U (IIRC).

I'm listening to the Libertarian Party Presidential debates on CSPAN. Those guys are more OTL (out to lunch) then even John Kerry. All 3 seem to be isolationists. I don't really know that much about the Libertarian Party, but these guys seem about as out of touch with reality as Kerry is.

Several months ago, I read the Constitution Party's platforms. They, too, seem to be isolationists.

It would be nice if we could close our borders and safely isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. But World War I brought us out of that. Today, we cannot be isolated; otherwise, we'd be speaking German or Russian or (if the WoT isn't successful) Arabic. We have to stay strong for ourselves and for those, like the French, who are too blind to see their own future predicaments.

[Howlin]

Be still my heart!

[LonePalm]

Don't you have aything better to do than listen to the Libertarians on a holiday weekend?

Turn on the Yankee game. (Yankees 1 - Tampa Bay 0)
Come over and mow my yard. I'll serve drinks.
Rearrange your sock drawer.
Shampoo and blow dry the cat. They love it.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Would it be fair to say that our founding fathers would also be considered isolationists by you?

[avenir]

"It would be nice if we could close our borders and safely isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. But World War I brought us out of that. Today, we cannot be isolated; otherwise, we'd be speaking German or Russian or (if the WoT isn't successful) Arabic. We have to stay strong for ourselves and for those, like the French, who are too blind to see their own future predicaments."

Well said. Would to God more "conservatives" could see this reality half as clearly. Many are stuck nursing Edenic fantasies.

We ain't in Kansas anymore, Toto.