April 22, 2008
Quote of the Day
'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as
taking sides," Obama said. "There are a lot of people in the world to
whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem
itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air
and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less
bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If
that were our anthem, then I might salute it."
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
And this clown wants to be POTUS (and ergo CiC of the US Military) ??!!?
And peole are seriously taking him to heart? What went wrong in this country for this idiotic,racist,moronic clown to even be in the race at all, much less the frontrunner for the Demoncratic Party?
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April 17, 2008
Quote of the Day
“Freedom is not only a gift, but also a summons to personal responsibility."
Pope Benedict XVI
TOO BAD THAT FAR TOO MANY OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS FACT.
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April 16, 2008
Quote of the Day
''If you want to kick the tiger in his ass, you'd better have a plan
for dealing with his teeth." --
Tom Clancy
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April 14, 2008
Quote of the Day
This quote is as true today as the day it was uttered:
“[April 15] is the last day for filing income tax returns—a day that reminds us that taxpayers pay too much of their earnings to the Federal Government. And Americans will continue to pay too much money to the Federal Government until the Congress acts on our proposals to reduce tax rates across the board... While April 15 serves as a reminder, the people of the United States truly do not need to be reminded. They are victims of inflation, which pushes them into higher tax brackets. They are robbed daily of a better standard of living. They are discouraged from work and investment... Taxes are much too high to deal in half measures... The choice before us is clear. I strongly feel that the great majority of Americans believe that nothing would better encourage economic growth than leaving more money in the hands of the people who earn it. It’s time to stop stripping bare the productive citizens of America and funneling their hard-earned income into the Federal bureaucracy. Today is a day when the people reaffirm their commitment to our system by contributing a portion of their income to the Government. Americans have always been prepared to pay their fair share, but today they should make it clear to all elected officials that government has gone beyond its bounds and that the people will not tolerate the ever-increasing tax burden they have experienced in recent years.” —Ronald Reagan
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April 09, 2008
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“Barack Obama is not an idiot. He is a brilliant orator who exudes charm and arouses near-worship from his host of giddy, hypnotized supporters. He is also a committed socialist and a talented salesman for his brand of Marxist snake oil. Beware of camels bearing gifts, and politicians promising utopia.” —
Michael Reagan
In the 1930's there was another Socialist gifted with the power of great oratory, that swayed the emotions of his fellow citizens, promising Utopia, and leading them to follow him to the gates of HELL itself :
I'm not saying Obama is Hitler, Obama isn't nearly that intelligent or capable; that meme is the province of the Progressives; but I AM saying beware of the Golden Tongue Orator promising Utopia on Earth, lest you be fooled again.
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Obama's a socialist? Hitler was a socialist? What definition are you using of social? If it comes from the party's name for itself, North Koreans, by the same logic, are democrats. If you want some solid authentic connections with Hitler, look at Bush's family:
Investigator John Loftus: "As a former federal prosecutor, I would make a case for Prescott Bush, his father-in-law (George Walker) and Averell Harriman [to be prosecuted] for giving aid and comfort to the enemy..."
Posted by: Karlo at April 09, 2008 03:26 PM (o6Nj+)
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Sorry to burst your bubble Karlo, but Hitler WAS a socialist. He called HIMSELF a Socialist. The Nazi party was predicated on the individual subliminating him/herself for the greater good of the State...government control in/of all aspects of life; if thats not socialism, I don't know what is.
I find the lack of real education on the Nazi period in American public education to be nothing short of criminal. We are setting ourselves up to repeat the tragedy here.
I came from a country that experienced the tragedy that was Naziism in spades; my own grandfather was sympathetic to the Nazi ideals, so don't EVEN try to tell me what Hitler was or wasn't. My family lived it and passed on the warnings so that NEVER AGAIN would it arise without a fight.
Both Obama AND Hillary are socialist in their views. "we will take from you for the common good" ring a bell? McCain isn't much better, but at least he would advance that agenda at a slower pace than either of the two "Progressive" would be candidates.
As to those "Hitler connections"..the same could be said of Lindburg, Ford, Rockefeller and a great number of other industrialists of the era. I suppose we should brand all those as Nazi fellow travelers as well.
Posted by: Delftsman3 at April 09, 2008 09:09 PM (hQNov)
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You're confusing dictatorship with socialism. Socialism's an economic theory that affects laws about ownership. Nazi Germany definitely had plenty of private ownership and plenty of profiting large business conglomerates. If that counts as socialism, Japan and Korea must have been socialist during most of the post WWII period. That fact that a party calls itself something is absolutely meaningless. North Korea calls itself the a democratic republic after all and yet doesn't even have the faintest link to democratic ideals. The Nazis, before they killed Jews, gays, gypsies, and little old ladies who didn't raise their salute high enough, were busy killing socialists/communists of every stripe. They evidently felt that communists were the greatest threat to what they were trying to do.
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Not to interrupt Karlo's ramblings, but... Delfts, you've been tagged! http://yeahrightwhatever.blogspot.com/2008/04/tagged-with-memoir.html
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Yes, there was "private ownership" of industry in Nazi Germany, Karlo, BUT it was controlled in EVERY aspect by the Party; NO decisions were made by the "private owners", so it was private in name only. It was Socialism plain and simple.
EVERYTHING was done in the name of and done only by the will/control of the State. and all Socialist/Communist states end up being dictatorships, so that assertion is a straw man that shows that you really don't have a grasp of the history of every such state.
It's true that the Nazi state treated the Poles, Russians and all the other Eastern European residents initially worse than the Jews; this was because the Slavic peoples were considered as Sub-human; to be exterminated just like the Jews were, but the Jews were already under control in the German state at the time, so it was less urgent to exterminate them at the time.
Like I said Karlo, my family LIVED it, breathed it, some died under it, and in one case assisted in it; DON'T tell me what some ivory tower socialist professor claims from the perspective of dry theory, I come from a grounding in PRACTICAL experience albeit second-hand in my personal case.
Posted by: Delftsman3 at April 10, 2008 10:52 PM (hQNov)
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I don't think I've talked much about theory. Your response to my claim that the German's initially went after socialists and communists (pretty much the same thing, at this point in history) is to conflate this with the German land grab in Poland, etc. The socialists the NAZIs initially killed as they consolidated power were pretty much all Germans. But how can this be? Does this mean that the NAZIs (socialists in your version of history) were, for some reason, most afraid of . . . socialists. Isn't this a bit odd? One rightwing meme that makes it impossible to talk about anything is this idea that everything outside of the sphere of rightwing acceptability is the same thing: socialists are the same as NAZIs which are the same as Muslims trying to resurrect the Caliphate which are the same as Sunni gangsters trying to get back into power in Iraq which are the same as American academics. When we mix so many ingredients into the same porridge, it ends up tasting a lot like stone soup.
Posted by: Karlo at April 12, 2008 02:30 PM (Wa8PO)
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Funny you sould mention the equation of the Muslim Caliphate equaling the Nazis...Read history and you'll notice that the Mufti of Jeruselem WAS a Nazi collaborator. Islam is very much the same as Nazism if you substitute religious duty for the Aryan Race duties. Islamic leaders in the late 30's and 40's were very connected to the Nazi's; look at rallies in thje radical Islamic world today and you'll still see remnants of that connection... the goose step, the Roman salute, and the fanatic devotion to charismatic leaders.
Nazi's were Socialists under the definitions of the time and under the current definitions if you look at the actual results of their policies and not just the dry definitions of current academics.
And no, they didn't go after German Socialists, they went after German Communists, as they were considered collaborators with the Slavic communists, and thus anti-Aryan. You are ascribing current labels to past events and they DON'T necassarily apply. The move into Poland was for land that Hitler considered essential to the German State's future, and the fact it was occupied by Slavic people just made it more just to take, since such peoples were obviousley inferior and subject to the will of the Aryan race. You must remember that Nazi's considered themselves the forerunners of the master race on Earth, and anything they did was justified by that belief, all other peoples were merely servants to that race at best.
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April 08, 2008
Quote of the Day
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald Reagan
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April 07, 2008
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. --
Thomas Edison
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April 06, 2008
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"I don't know..but I do know that I can't believe that any deity would be so cruel as to allow Satan to turn someone's kids into dim-a-crits just to prove a point...but I wouldn't put it past public education.." --
GUYK
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April 05, 2008
Quote of the Day
"Self-control is what makes a good shot. Self-control is also what makes a good man. The two ideas are not necessarily coincident, but there is a connection."
Col. Jeff Cooper, Author of
Art Of The Rifle
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April 03, 2008
Quote(s) of the Day
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. --
Ronald Reagan
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Thomas Jefferson
(square these two quotes with: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." AND " We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society." -- Hillary Clinton)
And in light of the Bosnia 96' "misspoken" claim of sniper fire and the revelation of her 30+ year old examples of malfeasance and dishonesty, I think this quote shows Her Cankledness's true hubris:
"The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not." -- Hillary Clinton
Indeed, we are tired of your involvement in Whitewater, Travelgate, the FBI Files scandal, Cattle Futures scandal...atcetera,etcetera,etcetera.
Mrs Clinton,if you had the slightest shred of decency you would retire from public life and try to redeem yourself by actually helping society in a truly useful capacity ....might I suggest street sweeping?
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April 02, 2008
Quote(s) of the Day
"ItÂ’s getting nasty. Hillary and Barack really going at it. TheyÂ’re insulting each other, trading barbs, attacking each otherÂ’s credibility. In fact, the only break they take from attacking each other is when they promise the American people, if elected, they can unite the country." --
Jay Leno
"About this business of Hillary coming under intense sniping, I have some sympathy. The Clintons got away with this sort of thing for so long that you can’t blame them for wondering how they missed the memo advising that henceforth the old rules no longer apply.”—Mark Steyn
"I am not criticizing Democrats for being partisan; I’m suggesting they are cynically insincere or grossly self-deceived when they pretend to aspire to bipartisanship. They don’t seek compromise; they want the unopposed implementation of their unadulterated liberal agenda.”—DavidLimbaugh
“I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word ‘fair’ in connection with income tax policies.”—William F. Buckley Jr.
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