Posted on 09/11/2006 8:35:59 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
I've felt he's been dead for years... NOTHING has surfaced in the past 4 years to make me think otherwise.
Liberals like to flock together in crowded places so they cna stay hidden. It's sad that 10% of the geography of NY State determines the liberal governing of the whole State. But that's the whole country. Only about 5% of the geography of the United Sates is glue counties. 95% of the countries geography goes Republican. It's quite a contrast. There are two America's like Breckgirl said. The Democrat America is 5% of the land, with the radical half flocking to the largest cities with the highest crime rates. Go figure. That's a stat the liberals never want to talk about. All the highest crime rates are the blue counties in the country. BIG surprise.
the mods can tell who puts up the keywords. THat's not the worst one.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558268/posts
ROCKEFELLER SEDITION: WHO IS CALLING THE SHOTS?"
Rockefeller memo, Sen. Evan Bayh, FoxNews | 01.14.06 | Mia T
Posted on 01/14/2006 5:42:32 PM PST by Mia T
ROCKEFELLER SEDITION:
WHO IS CALLING THE SHOTS?"
We have carefully reviewed our options under the rules and believe we have identified the best approach. Our plan is as follows:
1) Pull the majority along as far as we can on issues that may lead to major new disclosures regarding improper or questionable conduct by administration officials. We are having some success in that regard. For example, in addition to the president's State of the Union speech, the chairman has agreed to look at the activities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense as well as Secretary Bolton's office at the State Department. The fact that the chairman supports our investigations into these offices and co-signs our requests for information is helpful and potentially crucial. We don't know what we will find but our prospects for getting the access we seek is far greater when we have the backing of the majority. (Note: we can verbally mention some of the intriguing leads we are pursuing.)
2) Assiduously prepare Democratic "additional views" to attach to any interim or final reports the committee may release. Committee rules provide this opportunity and we intend to take full advantage of it. In that regard, we have already compiled all the public statements on Iraq made by senior administration officials. We will identify the most exaggerated claims and contrast them with the intelligence estimates that have since been declassified. Our additional views will also, among other things, castigate the majority for seeking to limit the scope of the inquiry. The Democrats will then be in a strong position to reopen the question of establishing an independent commission (i.e. the Corzine amendment).
3) Prepare to launch an independent investigation when it becomes clear we have exhausted the opportunity to usefully collaborate with the majority. We can pull the trigger on an independent investigation at any time-- but we can only do so once. The best time to do so will probably be next year either:
A) After we have already released our additional views on an interim report -- thereby providing as many as three opportunities to make our case to the public: 1) additional views on the interim report; 2) announcement of our independent investigation; and 3) additional views on the final investigation; or
B) Once we identify solid leads the majority does not want to pursue. We could attract more coverage and have greater credibility in that context than one in which we simply launch an independent investigation based on principled but vague notions regarding the "use" of intelligence.
In the meantime, even without a specifically authorized independent investigation, we continue to act independently when we encounter foot-dragging on the part of the majority. For example, the FBI Niger investigation was done solely at the request of the vice chairman; we have independently submitted written questions to DoD; and we are preparing further independent requests for information.
Summary
Intelligence issues are clearly secondary to the public's concern regarding the insurgency in Iraq. Yet, we have an important role to play in the revealing the misleading -- if not flagrantly dishonest methods and motives -- of the senior administration officials who made the case for a unilateral, preemptive war. The approach outline above seems to offer the best prospect for exposing the administration's dubious motives and methods.
KPRC in Houston I think is the most reliable.
http://kprcradio.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes
Thanks. Definitely go out of your way to point that out to a liberal sometime. I have yet to find a liberal that has a rational response to it. It really verbally neuters them. It's pretty cool seeing that blank look with no response and a hint of rage behind their eyes because they know you just nailed them. It's quite satisfying.
http://www.coffeeshoptimes.com/willey60.html
Excerpt From Kathleen Willey's Interview with 60 Minutes
March 16, 1998
Hakuna Makaka, my friends!
Gotta admire those Kurds. They suffered terribly under Saddam who would have wiped them out had he the means. Then we had to have flyovers to keep Saddam from slaughtering them all. I always thought that was Bush 1's penance for abandoning the Iraqis after Gulf 1.
Yeah, I understand the significance of it yet such wonderful accomplishments are brushed aside by the Two Great Ones and their minions that they get the Royal She back in power to lead this country to nowhere.
Man, I can rant guys. Don't get me started. I'm in a mood.
Any libs out there?
The FBI boss who cut the surveillance of the Brooklyn bombers was fired and Christie Whitman hired her as our Superintendent of Police. So we know more than we ever wanted to know about that office of the FBI.
Same guy who helped hillary's lawyer/lover fulfill his Arkancide.
Go 24/7. It's worth it!
The dittocam rocks.
Can the admin mods track the poster, and check other posts to see if it is indeed a troll? If so, I'll be glad to hold him down while you smash him, Pyro.
Any liberals out there?
I listen to WKRC and have a steady stream
Bastard!
Are you a liberal? I asked you a question!
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