Posted on 02/05/2010 8:10:31 PM PST by Bigtigermike
All too true! But where is a case of a strong nation whose leaders are bowing to Islam at every turn while fighting them overseas? And even in Afghanistan Gen McChrystal allows our soldiers to be killed or wounded rather than the enemy; same with Mullen, same with Casey, the despicable POS. Gates sees nothing wrong with these insane ROE. It goes all the way to the top—Barry, and before him, GB; Bill Klinton, & GHWB. How many of our best & brightest are in the brig because they killed the enemy before he killed them? In the case of a Navy SEAL, he is accused of slapping a prisoner (one of those who horrendously murdered the 4 contractors in Iraq.) This SEAL now may even be tried in an International Court! Tell me this isn’t madness, and try to find another country who has ever so insanely eaten its own. And continues to tear our country apart here at home.
His recent posts are posts made by an angry individual who not only belittles Sarah, but also insults her supporters with the same sickening and misguided passion of the Sarah haters.
If this is the same poster who only a few weeks ago was part of the “Palin Fringe” (as he calls us now), and throws insults our way, insisting we are “not very smart or really knowledgeable” and are “ill-mannered, uncouth, mental slobs,” I have no respect for him because he doesn't have credibility. He accuses us of the same ill-manner that he is afflicted with – insulting Palin supporters with such contempt demonstrates that he isn't very smart himself, and certainly not a gentleman.
He has gone from being a Sarah fanatic to being a Sarah basher. Sarah hasn't done anything to merit such hostility from anyone in the so called ex-Palin fringe. Though I don't agree with Palin's endorsement of McCain, nor her decision to campaign for him, I don't believe in Jla's insistence that she is being hypocritical, but rather that she is doing it out of loyalty - something Jla has demonstrated that he knows nothing about it.
I guess he will soon be joining the chorus of trash-flappers in his denunciation of Sarah and her family - though I warn you Jla, I'm not afraid, and I usually reply in kind.
Yes, that would be the very same jla...!
I think the question is, if Alaska is so flus with oil and gas revenues that they can afford to send this kind of money to EACH AND EVERY resident of the state, then why are ANY taxes paid by residents of the other 49 states going to it?
I thought the gas taxes you pay were state and federal. The taxes you pay stay in your state or go to the general fund. They don’t go to Alaska.
The gas and oil tax revenue collected from oil companies and paid into Alaska coffers were mandated by state Constitution to revenue share with the people of Alaska when the pipeline was proposed.
Alaska takes care of their own. The lower 49 could probably do the same thing with their state resources but for some reason choose not to.
I guess I don’t understand the question.
You can believe that, it's you're right, but I don't buy it at all.
It's your right to disagree, as you pointed out, but it's a little hard not to buy it: it's a tautology. Nobody's "presidential" before he's president. Beforehand, he's a fine fellow, he's a candidate, good wood, etc. -- but it is the decision of the People that makes him "president" and gives him the chance to show he's "presidential". Some of the examples I gave, like Harry Truman (and I'd add Chester Arthur to that list), were of people whom the voters would not have elected even a few years before their inauguration, who "grew into" the office.
With all the others, we're just guessing and so are vulnerable to disappointment. As with George W. Bush.
I'm reading a biography of Julius Caesar. His dealings with the Gauls were rather sterner stuff than we've seen out of any U.S. administration.
His purposes aren't ours, of course, but there is a way to deal with people who are fanatically dedicated to killing you that doesn't involve kissing the ring of an Arabian king.
Sure there are ways. But our dhimmi leaders cringe at the thought of using them. They can’t even protect our borders.
My main point: approaching this as if it's something new or unheard of is a mistake. It feels new because it's the first time it's happened to us.
The first time this really hit home for me was when I read a book by Taylor Caldwell called "A Pillar of Iron." It's about Marcus Tulius Cicero and the decay of the Roman Empire. It's historical fiction, and Caldwell researched her history thoroughly, so historically, it is accurate. I first read it about 30 years ago. The cultural parallels between Rome and the U.S. were mind-boggling. It was an eye-opener for me as a young person (in my early 20s). In my ignorance, I'd thought what was happening in the U.S. was new. It wasn't. It wasn't then, and it isn't now. To approach it as if it was is a mistake.
I might have read "Pillor of Iron", if not, then I will. Oh, and "Captains and Kings"--loosely based on the Kennedy dynasty (or would-be dynasty)...starting with the patriarch as a boy, coming to the land of the free. Quite a story.
But people turning on their fellow Americans of course is nothing new; what I wonder is if any other country in the world ever allowed an invasion of foreigners to the point where the natives were displaced and outnumbered, bankrupting the treasuries, and at the same time allowing the sworn enemy (terrorists & their supporters) to influence every aspect of our laws & culture. Helping to cut our throats, so to speak. I have heard a radio talker say no nation on earth has ever done this , because it amounts to national suicide.
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