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Summer of 68?
Michele and others are very concerned that the divide between left and right in America will lead to another Summer of 68 this summer. I disagree. Blogs reflect very little of American political life, or American life in general. One of the greatest errors that we bloggers can make is to believe that we are anything but a small, tiny minority of Americans. The other error being that everyone believe the way we do because all the bloggers we read agree with us. Michele relates two acts of vandalism. We need to be careful that we don’t inflate that to two thousand acts by assuming that a small set of data is an accurate measure of the entire set. The summer of 1968 has grown in myth and lore over the last 40 … Read entire article »
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Sleep Well, America!
In 1980, Communism, the Soviet Russian version, was winning. Slowly, but winning none the less. Thirty years of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction, had taken its toll of America’s spirit and America’s military. We knew that the Russians would come through Fulda Gap, not if but when. We were outnumbered and outgunned in Europe and around the world. In our own hemisphere, the hemisphere of the Monroe Doctrine, the Soviets had footholds in three nations and were about to make that four or five. The President of the United States talked about our national “malaise”. Then, the nation asked Ronald Wilson Reagan to be its President. When you tuck your children into bed tonight, remember Ronald Wilson Reagan and thank God for his life. Bless him because your children can sleep without fear of … Read entire article »
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Reagan’s Last Laugh
Friday will be Ronald Reagan’s last laugh. Why? It’s been declared a Federal holiday, with all governmental offices closed. While Federal employees will be paid, by closing the offices, the government will spend far less than usual on that day. Reagan cuts big government one last time. … Read entire article »
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Reagan Quote
Hugh Hewlett My theory of the Cold War is that we win and they lose. quoting Peter Robinson in the Wall Street Journal – subscriber only … Read entire article »
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Reagan Quotes
via Right Wing News And how stands (America) on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she’s still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home. 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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and … Read entire article »
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Ronald Reagan, R.I.P.
God bless you, Mr. President. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide now have the chance to enjoy God’s gift to humanity, freedom, because of you. I don’t know how God will judge your life, but I hope the choirs of angels sang for your walk through the Pearly Gates. For a man that the loony left derided as dumb, asleep, a puppet, you sure made a difference in those eight years. George Bush can take hope from that, I think. The lefty snobs have been wrong before, and it led to changes that will reverberate for generations. I believe it will happen again, and these eight years will finally address the menace of Islam that has been ignored for so long. Go in the peace of God, Mr. President. Know that you … Read entire article »
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Four Freedoms
In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any … Read entire article »
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Remember the Alamo
Commandancy of the Alamo Bexar, Fby. 24th, 1836 To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world Fellow Citizens & Compatriots I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender nor retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, & of everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving … Read entire article »
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- Declaration of War 1812 (in 129 days)
- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 134 days)
- General Hull Invades Canada (in 153 days)
- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 160 days)
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Days of Yore Commentary
November 24th, 2004 | Comments Off
skippy linked my Days of Yore page [THANKS!] and his post produced a nice comment from one of his frequent commenters. I’m going to post it, and my reply, becuase I think it’s a good discussion to ponder. Thank you skippy for linking to these–it doesn’t go through Chuck’s usual heavy-on-bandwidth flag waving. Or thank you Chuck for omitting that! We shouldn’t fall under the dark spell of the reactionaries who think they own history along with everything else, and will pretend that those were the good old days, and they were good because they follwed the quack theories they now claim are “traditional.” In the good old days there were a lot of leftists and radicals around; they took over some of these western and prairie states under the banner … Read entire article »
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