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I have not been a fan of Ms. Noonan of late, however something drew me to her column this week. It is one of the most relevant, well written pieces I have read for quite some time. The quiet desperation that so many of us feel is inside her words. Desperation, but courage to face what is coming. I encourage you to read the editorial in total.
1 posted on 02/08/2009 5:22:46 PM PST by Wpin
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So has here flame for Obama diminished as of yet?


2 posted on 02/08/2009 5:24:59 PM PST by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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Hmmm. Maybe the bloom is off the Bambi.


4 posted on 02/08/2009 5:26:58 PM PST by livius
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Noonan was a leading critic of W, McCain and especially Sarah Palin. If bad is coming, she hurried it along.

From her days as a Reagan speechwriter, Noonan has only been interested in her own marketability. Dramatic sighs while mouthing banal observations is her trademark.

She has gained a lot of weight too.


5 posted on 02/08/2009 5:32:05 PM PST by y6162
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Our most productive citizens are our most sophisticated, and our most sophisticated have the least faith in the ability of our institutions to face the future and get us through whole. They have the least faith because they work in them.

This sentence has been bothering me all weekend. She seems to imply that the most sophisticated are the cause of the problems. I think this is true. Gesthner ran the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the most powerful of the Federal Reserve Banks. He was at the center of the shenanigans. Apparently so sophisticated the tax code didn't apply to him. Now, he's going to save the system???

Atlas Shrugged!

6 posted on 02/08/2009 5:32:29 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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I could have written your post. I think Peggy gets drunk with the idea of a charismatic leader who takes the public’s imagination and runs with it. It’s not a particularly conservative idea, except when you consider Reagan, and Peggy’s history with him.

I think reality has settled over her, and she and others are starting to realize they bought into Obama’s BS because of his race—now that they’ve come down, they’re realizing they should have evaluated him on the merits, not on the historical significance of his skin pigmentation.


7 posted on 02/08/2009 5:32:38 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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She states she is inclined to believe that Cheney’s prediction of a large-scale terrorist attack/s is true. And now she questions the Obama administration’s thinking and motives on the recent actions regarding terrorism and terrorist states.

Was she so enamored with Obama’s fake, slick talk that she didn’t see this coming? Did she think that electing Obama would change the world and automatically make us safe. She has proven to be a stupid woman who uses pretty words - kind of like the man she used to admire.

Too late, Peggy, the damage has been done.


8 posted on 02/08/2009 5:32:40 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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Our most productive citizens are our most sophisticated

I beg to differ, knowing the nose she's looling down.

11 posted on 02/08/2009 5:38:32 PM PST by tbpiper
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Ms. Noonan apparently is a highly suggestible woman. The spell is beginning to wear off for her now. Well, well.

Now that she’s losing her Bam goggles, should we expect a less insular, less snotty evaluation of Sarah Palin?

I won’t have any use for her until she does so.


12 posted on 02/08/2009 5:39:20 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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It would have been more admirable for Ms. Noonan to be a clear thinker and incisive observer during the entire process. She is way too old to be granted the indulgence we might give to a sixteen year old in their first romance.

Furthermore, she is one who will say one thing in public and another in private. In other words, she is a liar.


13 posted on 02/08/2009 5:44:33 PM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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"Bracing Ourselves" ... I would like to, but I'm too busy "girding my loins".
15 posted on 02/08/2009 5:48:07 PM PST by The Duke (I have met the enemy, and he is named 'Apathy'!)
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Too little, too late, Peggy. I am afraid that the train wreck has left the station.


16 posted on 02/08/2009 5:56:34 PM PST by NCjim ("Lies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked." - Johnny Cash)
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Brace yourselves for the collapse of fiat currencies. You really want to accept a promissory note payable in...more promissory notes? No thanks, I’ll start trading worth for worth.


17 posted on 02/08/2009 5:57:41 PM PST by Trod Upon (The Left killed my country.)
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I read it in total. She’s still a second rate pigs’ hind teat.


18 posted on 02/08/2009 6:00:16 PM PST by Stentor (No tax cheat left behind.)
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Bump for morning coffee.


19 posted on 02/08/2009 6:06:16 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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I don't follow what Noonan writes. She might be as disgraceful as you all say, but this article is good. I like this part:
On the economy, I continue to find no one, Democrat or Republican, who has faith that the stimulus bill passed by the House will solve anything or make anything better, though many argue that doing absolutely nothing will surely make things worse by not promising at least the possibility of improvement through action.
In other words, the stimulus bill will do nothing economically useful, but it makes people feel good. Sounds right.
21 posted on 02/08/2009 6:29:10 PM PST by tvdog12345
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Still reading..but this stuck out:

“His political mistake, which in retrospect we will see as huge, is that he remoralized the Republicans. He let them back in the game.’

WE???? She sounds sad that the republicans are getting their mojo back!!


26 posted on 02/08/2009 6:53:36 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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i’ve been saying it for months. the dems have until june to crater the US economy and still blame the former administration/republicans.

once its cratered, they will provide various social programs people will need to be able to eat. at that point, we will be in 1930... and the dems will have secured power for 20-40 years

i’m still trying to figure out how to avoid the splatter. keeping your monies in the market is just asking to get hosed. keeping it in dollars or euros... both will plummet. the chinese rmb is one idea, as their unhooking from the dollar is soros end goal anyhow. right now, all i can see is gold, as it has never lost its buying power


27 posted on 02/08/2009 7:01:10 PM PST by sten
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I guess she did not get the job.


28 posted on 02/08/2009 7:04:26 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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I’m visiting this thread only to say that I’m not reading the column. I got sick of Peggy Noonan writing about nothing but how we all feel a long time ago.

It’s the Column About Nothing.

BTW, Peggy. Obama wants the United States to END, and that is the purpose of all his policy choices. He wants an American city to get nuked. He wants to see Americans freezing and starving. He and his buddies will be helicoptered out and spend their days in comfort, courtesy of George Soros.


32 posted on 02/08/2009 8:33:16 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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On your recommendation, I will give her a read, having given up on her a while back. She is lost, but, like George Will, can still express some coherence once in a while.


33 posted on 02/08/2009 8:34:45 PM PST by Defiant (I for one welcome our new Obama Overlords.)
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