October 9, 2009
…he war stops immediately and the US government gains credibility in the Islamic world. Besides we also get an experienced, well trained army that hates Al-Qaeda as much as we do as an added bonus. Unrealistic you say? Look at Somali. Our administration now accepts the Somali non-democratic moderate Islamic government. This thaw in our relationship allowed the US to take out an Al-Qaeda agent in Somali suspected of master minding the 2002 bombing …
Tags: Al-Qaed, Hamid Karzai, Korean War, Somali, Taliban, Vietnam
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January 21, 2012

… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
Tags: Compassionate conservatie, Debate, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, nomination, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan
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January 18, 2012

…urity Secretary Janet Napolitano’s efforts to wipe out the term “terrorism” and replaced it with “man-caused disaster”, an issue of “sensitivity”, an effort falling flat, does a certain hypocrisy prevail? Does one analyze the Somali Pirates execution as torture or righteousness “on 12 April 2009, in response to a hostage-taking incident off of the coast of Somalia by Somalian pirates, three Navy Seals from DEVGRU simultaneously engaged and killed…
Tags: Torture
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October 19, 2011

…t moment we were studying the acoustical properties of falling pins. After much discomfort, it was unanimously agreed that we would give time in our classes to the young ladies, who would solicit donations to send overseas to Somali warlords, in hopes they would release their innocent captives and repudiate 1,500 years of jihadi practice regarding infidel women. I’m sure it worked out just fine. We never got a status report from any of the ransom…
Tags: Gilad Shalit, hostage, Israel, ransom, Ronald Reagan
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November 30, 2011

…of the Obama Coalition”, Thomas Edsall, by pushing “takers” into a non-working, entitlement, nanny state, socialistic philosophical ideology. Republicanism is not lost but it is certainly a candidate for a “Progressive Lite” label….or what as “Congress is Useless” all about? http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/11/congress-is-useless/ And all that is supported in academia today is under the myth of “academic freedom”. Collectivism and totalit…
Tags: First Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State
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October 30, 2011

… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
Tags: " "Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono, Fini Goodman, JR Martinez
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