Sunday Evening Open Thread
The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is tomorrow. In honor of that, here's your Sunday night movie:
An Uncle to Trust -- By: Jay Nordlinger
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
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Hey all. Been missing you all this weekend as i've been out getting stuff done! I can't wait for Sarah to finally come out of hiding and start putting the smack down on this crazy liberal mess!
Good Evening... Y'all......Hey Bean Counter!...Ciao!
Hey defend!...Did you take the job?
MusT read!!!
chttp://pajamasmedia.com/blog/sarah-palin-and-the-dysfunctional-political-class/
Just so y'all know, I won't be on for the next two weeks starting tomorrow. The bad side of Jane got caught by the parental units.
Jane...What?....Tell me you just a little bad?
Great read Deidre....
Yes. My feeling exactly. I'm just really tired of hearing commentary about Sarah Palin and not hearing from Sarah Palin directly.
I figure after the book tour, we'll have a much clearer picture about her intentions for her political future as well. Obviously, many of her supporters couldn't care less if she runs for anything again, but there are a lot of us who would like to see her on the hustings again. Anyway, clarity about her goals would help all of us to move forward more effectively.
Um, no, it was really bad. And no, you're not gonna know what I did. I'm gonna try to keep my halo on this site, no matter how crooked it may be.
I don't want to Know...I want you to think...before you do something...
I will miss you....Be. Good.
Well, I can't think of a worse punishment than not being able to check in on the C4P peeps.
Most of the time I'm good. Ask my parents. But sometimes I toe the line and yes, I get in trouble. Ah well. I learned from my mistakes so that's good.
My laptop is staying in "THE OFFICE" (Mom's) for two weeks and it can be only used for schoolwork. At the end of two weeks the parental units will "reevalutate" the "situation".
If you havent seen the 60 minutes interview of Andre Aggasi done by our dear friend Katie Couric, you will want to see this.
She is one pathetic piece of crap. As a former user myself, I completely support Aggasi and am happy for him that he came out and was honest about his drug use.
I hope it helps set him free. Take a look.
http://tinyurl.com/y98gj6p
Also, Bill Owens breaks 4 campaign promises in first hour of congress. When will these people ever learn?
http://tinyurl.com/ygvghjg
Counting down the the next Facebook post where our Lady Sarah speaks on the 'Fall of the Wall' and inserts some juicy Reagan references and quotes........
We'll miss ya and your encouraging and inspiring youthful perspective Gurrrrrl..... gives us hope for the Future. Tell your folks you need to at least have access to C4P for research for your civics and current events classes! ;-)
Regarding the questions asked to Haley Barbour about Sarah Palin ...
It reminds me so much of 2001 when week after week after week the media asked every Democratic office holder what they thought of Joe Lieberman and whether he would be the party's presidential nominee in 2004.
Oh wait ...
On second thought, it reminds me more of 2005 when the press was eagerly anticipating the release of John Edward's memoir which was already a bestseller before it was released, and everybody was breathlessly asking: Is he qualified to be president?
Oh wait ... oh nevermind!!!!!!!
My Dear Friends in Sarah,
I have a few thoughts to share with you on this Sunday evening. I also have some reflections on what Sarah's book tour, verily a book tour and more than a book tour, will mean to the people of this country. However, I shall reserve these reflections for a few days down the road!!
TRADITION, THE YANKEES, REAGAN AND SARAH, THE HOLY TRINITY, THE DISCONTENTS OF "LIBERALS"
Well, this AL fan (Oakland Athletics) would like to extend congratulations to the American League's New York Yankees on their Series victory. I thought it was one of the better Series in recent years. I think the apex may have been Johnny Damon's great at-bat and subsequent, daring dash for second and third against Brad Lidge last Sunday.
Now, I know that many people resent the Yankees; indeed, there are ample and more than ample grounds to justify such sentiments. I feel them myself oftentimes (Jeter's play against Jeremy Giambi and the A's in '01, for example). However, I do not think I am alone in sensing that something just seems more "right" with the world when the Yankees are World Champions. The feeling has something to do, I think, with the great Yankee tradition. Ruth, Gehrig, Joltin' Joe, Yogi, Mickey, Whitey, Maris, Reggie (a great Athletic too), the current Yankees...so many others. We all have a sense of and taste for tradition and history. There is something planted deep within us that rejoices in the sheer continuity of things.
I see the same phenomenon at work in politics right now. We have all longed for a "second" Ronald Reagan, for an inheritor of his mantle and mandate of conservative principles in governing, for a leader who would resurrect and resuscitate his legacy. We have now found that leader in Sarah. But what is it that impels us to think in these terms, to view our affairs in the language and concepts of tradition, succession, handing on?
I think that the idea of "tradition" is at the very heart of human nature. "Tradition" derives from the Latin "traditio"; this noun in turn comes from the verb "trado." This, in turn, is composed of two words, "trans" and "do," literally, "to give across," "to hand across, "to transmit." I believe that there is an eternal sweetness sensed by humankind when we hand something over to others, especially when the "traditio" is to our nearest and dearest, and crosses generational lines. Think, for example, of the joy a father feels when he teaches his son or daughter (Chuck and Sarah!!) to hunt, to fish, to appreciate literature, to love sports!! I deem these bonds, father-son, father-daughter, mother-son, mother-daughter, to lie at the essence of humanity. As a Catholic, I will suggest that this verity is to be explained in that man is created "In God's image" and because Eternal Relationships lie at the heart of the Godhead. Think of the timeless Love betwixt the Father and the Son, the Love that is the Holy Ghost/Spirit. We faintly reflect in our beings the splendid, deathless fountain of Beauty that is the Divine; I think this is why our greatest happiness oft derives from bringing children into this world and transmitting to them everything we have and are!!!
Why do "liberals" always seem to loathe tradition, and to attempt to sever the bonds and links that conjoin the generations, one to the other? Fundamentally, I think it is because many of these poor people hate God and hate Man. So, naturally they are opposed to a trait that is of the quintessence of humanity, and that reflects God.
Anyway, I'll wrap this up. We are still free to hate the Yanks, in spite of these thoughts. However, I do think this thesis helps to explain [...]
Still in the phone interviewing process. Another set up with the medical director for Monday evening. It's taking a while because of the 5 hour time difference... fitting in phone calls with all of our schedules and the time differences and all.
Thank you for continuing to ask... I am excited about heading to Alaska though and things are progressing well!
Counting down to Lady Sarah's next Facebook post regarding the 'Fall of the Wall' complete with juicy Reagan references and quotes...... 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2......... ;-)
In case you guys didn't hear, David Frum is at it again with his article "Palin Fantasy." Who honestly cares what David Frum thinks? And he is wrong about Sarah Palin hurting the John McCain ticket. She was (the only) positive thing about that campaign.
She'll do it tomorrow on the actual anniversary. Me thinks I am beginning to find our Sarah a little more predictable as I become more acquainted with who she is and how she works!
Desktop has been on the fritz, I have beem on blackberry and laptop, following the threads. Frum is an uncommon idiot, in this crowd, he was actually arguing that the stimulus had saved jobs
that essay, my dear friend, is a home run.
Good luck, defendA!!!!!
Brianus
We will miss you, Jane. Take care!!
Brianus
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2009/11/09/palin_speech_highlig.php
Op-ed on Palin's pro-life speech.
emily, i respect you a bunch, but I am taking your parents side on this one...
and I will miss you, too.
Thanks, dear friend. God bless you and your family on this beautiful, hope-filled Sunday eve in the autumn days, the November days!!
Brianus
I am glad to know I "parked" one for ya!!!
Indeed. Wasn't it the case that McCain/Palin was in the lead up until the massive economic collapse? Then things changed.
So essentially, Obama won on the economy. Not necessarily because he was perceived to know anything about economics (his current track records clearly shows he's economically illiterate) but rather because he wasn't Bush and, by extension, not a Republican.
blablablablabla...
Put Palin's name at the top of the Article and someone actually reads this Bum...UGH!...Hey Frum...Your in Fantasy Island!
I'm actually glad you sided with them...I do now myself. What I did was wrong so I get the consequence. "For every action there is a consequence"
Good night, and see you in two weeks! (Hopefully)
-Emily <3
I am embarassed that so few of my adult "peers" are apparently willing to accept personal responsability for their actions. You are an inspiration and gleaming ray of hope. Hang in there!
Yanks fan since they got Reggie.
One has never had an economic meltdown so close to the election, a September surprise, occurring with a direct competitor to Goldman Sachs, which was the firm at the very heart of the subprime mess.
frump
You are so right. If I could have left a comment on his article I would have said almost the same thing. I would have said: "Sorry Mr. Frum, but I think you have us confused with someone that gives a damn what you think on almost any subject and especially the subject of former Gov. Palin."
And McCain suspended to go to DC and appear helpless.
Curious, eh?
I think that an interesting strategy during the September economic meltdown would have been if McCain had been silent about his intentions on his vote with the TARP bill. Once Obama voted for it, I think it would have been savy for him to vote against it. Not only b/c I believe that that the TARP bill was a bad one in many ways, it would have also been politically shrewd.
By voting for it with Obama, he basically was unable to differentiate himself with Obama. It's hard to say if that would have made a big difference, but it would at least given him some ammunition to differentiate himself from the opposition in the 3 debates. And while this is just me speculating, I think Sarah's gut told her to go against TARP, but she had to show support for it since McCain was.
Good to hear from college-age conservatives, more hope for the future!
Here are the nice comments in the Op-ed..." Opponents characterize her speech as colloquial, and they denounce her as a quirky, uneducated woman who has no business in politics. But people who tend to criticize a speaker’s demeanor tend to be ignorant of the facts. When they don’t have a legitimate counterargument using concepts and ideas, they resort to vilifying peripheral aspects to discredit the figure’s reputation. When you don’t have the support of popular opinion, you not only stand the chance of failure, but also utter humiliation. How do you stand up against the rising of the tide? You stick to your principles and morals while maintaining a degree of honesty in every situation you are confronted with. Doing so makes you a truly respectable person in society. It is too bad it also makes you a minority"
Yes, Reggie was a peerless clutch performer, both for Oakland and for New York. In fact, it is a testament to the grit of the '72 A's that they took down the Big Red Machine without Reggie (injured scoring the winning run, a steal of home, vs. Detroit in the ALCS)
Take care!!
Brianus
This to me was the most pivotal point of the campaign. All along we got the stupid line from McCain if you put pork in a bill "I will make you famous". Then what does he do? He votes for a bill that has $150 Billion in pork. What a fool this man was. Voting for TARP is what cost Norm Coleman his job. It almost cost Saxby Chambliss his job.
DefendA'.... Gee, how did your reply get waaaaay up here? Actually, it already IS tomorrow in Germany, I figure the next Facebook post for right around midnight tonight.......
Emily,
Take care of yourself! Praying when you get back you will be feeling better, and you will know what is going on. Gonna miss you! I will be praying for you!:)
Anyone know when Sarahpac reports again?
Frum ia a deeply delusiona; figure, the Obama fantasy has been painfully real though as were those who ignored this reality:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6526030/Fort-Hood-gunman-had-told-US-military-colleagues-that-infidels-should-have-their-throats-cut.html
Praying for you, defend!:)
I dont know how my reply ended up way up there :)
I have been thinking all day about the power America showed as the Berlin Wall came crashing down. The statement that was made about freedom and liberty. The principles that Sarah and Reagan stand for won that day and were heard around the world.
I long for the day that those principles reign again. I long for the day when out of control government is put back in it's place. And I hope that America, the center of freedom, never loses sight of what made it great.
Right now, Sarah is the only one I see actively voicing the principles that brought that wall down.
LOL!!!! Thanks, Recovering!!
Brianus
Feb 5th
Mel...you made my evening great with this movie. Thanks.
Mel-
I was young when Reagan was president, I remember many of the events, but seeing this all compiled together in this movie made me appreciate so much this man that loved his country.
I watched the whole thing, and I am now writing this in tears. Seeing the masses at the end of free peoples all because this wonderful man had the courage. The blathering imbecile Teddy Kennedy and his rhetoric sickens me, what a piece of crud. Now we fast forward to 2009 and an infantile president that is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. This really is a sick and twisted world, isn't it?
What an absolute wonderful video to post on a site dedicated to our Sarah. May her book be a monumental best seller. Our freedom fighter in a skirt, heels and lipstick -- God love her!
wildmanbill: once i heard that the katie kat was doing the interview, i turned it off and will wait to watch Amazing Race. i cannot stand Corruded Curic...cannot stand her at all...
...I forgot to say thank you for putting it up. so...THANK YOU
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Hey all! Have you read Obama's statement on the health care legislation passage? I found something that I agree with him on!
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGMmWn
See the first 10 words of the second paragraph:
"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece"
:)
Sorry Brianus ; I grew up 4 blocks from Yankee Satdium, and got my Butt kicked every other day for wearing my N.Y. Giant hat. I was a Say Hey, Willie Mays fan.
But I'm glad the Yankee's won.
sarah rocks 2012
piece of poopy.
Brianus
Thanks a million...
What a pleasurable piece to end this great day in Gods Creation... Handing Reagan's torch to our brave, Lovely, incomparable Sarah, how prophetic.
Incomparable? Oh! how TRUE.
wise comments
Thanks AK
piece of nure, with a ma in front of it.
ma-nure.
I liked this quote for the movie:
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." - Winston Churchill
The one virtue that Gov. Sarah Palin has head and shoulders over ANY other possible GOP competitor is courage. The country needs a courageous leader, not another nerd brainiac from the ivy league.
piece of the surprises the White House laundry workers find in A Certain Someone's underpants.
Bestbud, you are most welcome, my friend. God bless!!!
Brianus
piece of Depends Saturation Level 4.
Anything higher and it is not solid.
I blame Bush for my comments.
Indemind, that was brave of you!!! Many people still regret the loss of the Polo Grounds, Ebbet's (spelling?) Field and the NEW YORK Giants and the BROOKLYN Dodgers. Willie was a great player!! I saw his 3,000th hit at Candlestick Park many years ago, AL fan though I am.
God bless!
Brianus
Sapwolf, Amen, my brother, Amen...I think, of all her qualities, I love Sarah's courage, her raw guts, her spine, her heart the most!!
God bless!
Brianus
Mel,
Thanks so much for the Sunday movie!! I am enjoying it little by little, as I do other things too.
God bless!
Brianus
Thank you, Nancy! I knew if I posted that, someone would run with it. :)
Lacrimae mihi etiamnunc volvuntur...tears still flow for me, when I think of her going forth, all alone, all alone, on 3 September, 2008, with everything on the line for her and for our nation to deliver the speech...all alone, against the savages of the left...all alone, and yet not alone, for she had the Lord, she had her family, she had all of us who love her and were praying for her, right by her side!!!
Brianus
Whitney,
Well, it felt like something made for my maturity level.:)
piece of how Obama makes Americans feel like.
I want to be like Mia when I grow up!
This is an open thread...right?
piece of the way Obama makes Americans feel like.
That was lovely Brianus...well said!!
Cruela,
Did you lose a bet with her too?:)
No.. I just missed you saying that!
Thanks, JP, and God bless you!!
Brianus
LOL! She will be so happy!:)
LOL!
Ditto for me.
I was a teen when Reagan was first elected.
He was the first Prez I voted for...his 2nd term.
Did you see how he was disoriented at the end?
My heart broke...he appeared to be showing signs of the Alzheimers.
He was a good and faithful servant.
This movie is a great playbook on how to defeat the beast again.
I truly believe that Sarah will lead the charge!
...that is neither Nobel or a Prize.
...of paper we can use when they ban the 'soft' toilet paper because it isn't 'environmentally friendly'.
It certainly isn't reading material! lol!
How about them Cowboys? Yea baby.
How about them Cowboys? Yea baby!
Texas is Sarah Palin country.
Anyone hear something about Obama going to Alaska this week?
How about them Cowboys? Yea baby!
Texas is Sarah Palin country.
OT,
While I like Sarah's courage at calling-out the media......I hope she backs off of doing it herself because it could backfire and they stop reporting about her. Just a thought, but the last of honest journalism in todays media truly frightens me.
"last" = lack
I was reading something posted at Redstate, the author was stating that "But Nidal Hasan’s murder of twelve soldiers at Fort Hood will be all the more agonizing for the families because there is simply no making sense of it. It had no meaning"
Oh, Please! What kind of ridiculous soul searching is this? No meaning?
Since the begining of time there has been war, and since the begining of time there have been traitors. Men on one side of the conflict that defect to the other side and help them in their cause.
This attack was treason, pure and simple. Hasan sided with the fundamentalist Islamic terrorist enemy and for that he deserves to die.
No soul searching, no second guessing as if we some how are responsible, no piling excuses on Post Traumatic Stress since there was none.. excuses are always available, rationalizations are alway provided, but what remains indisputable is the premeditated act of buying a high capacity gun, saying goodbye to friends and handing them with goodbye gifts, and then methodically shoot his fellow soldiers. When some wounded managed to leave the building, he chased them ouside the building to finish them off. That's where officer Munley ran into him and finally stopped him.
He picked a defenseless, target rich objective and was very successful (44:1 ratio).
He should be tried in a military court, tried for treason and murder, and sentenced to death.
No liberal bleeding heart excuses should be allowed to modify that outcome.
God bless those soldiers that died for our country.
ummmm....We need Medication on aisle 5...The woman with the two tone hair...
Well, my beloved Raiders stink again this year...so I cannot say much against the Cowboys!!!
God bless, Jean!
Brianus
Amen, toughluck!!! Military officers constitute a fraternity, a "Band of Brothers (and Sisters)." For an officer to do what this person did, is, in my opinion, even worse than an enlisted person's doing it.
It is the betrayal not only of country, but of sacred bonds of the uniform and of the "commission" and trust that is borne by all officers.
God bless!!
Brianus
That was a uncharacteristically clueless pice at Red State, you'd half expect Chris Buckley to have written it. We would recognize this more clearly had it happened in Kabul or Karbala, but this was a terrorist attack all the same
I came across this blog and this note to the Ft. Hood soldiers.
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2009/11/to-soldiers-of-fort-hood.html
Mel,
Thanks for posting this video. I've watched half of it and will watch the rest of it tomorrow. For me, the fall of the Berlin Wall was the first "world news event" that I remember. I was 6 when it happened. I'm just now fully understanding the impact of Reagan on this and the impact of the fall of the Soviet's Communist power on many throughout the world.
Thanks to a suggestion ( I'm sorry I don't remember from whom) here on C4P during spring, I read The President, The Pope, and the Prime Minister by John O'Sullivan. It proved to be a great and informative read. Thank you to whomever for the recommendation, and I would recommend it to anyone else as well.
What abut the canary who stuck her claw in an outlet?
I liked the touch of Canadian in there Whit..."Abut"...LOL!
Ay! The potential for a Canadian-like medical system has affected my typing.
hey, as a canadian, the medical system here is good...as long as you do not get really sick...a collegue at work went stateside to have his shoulder fixed and it was a wonderful thing now, he is as right as rain, eh
Is that the one to suck up to the Natives?
He's going to help them soooo much, you know, by getting rid of offshore drilling. I paraphrase, of course.
Obama's going to help them by fixing the environment. LOL! And nobody calls out this garbage?
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/05/05greenwire-you-will-not-be-forgotten-obama-tells-tribal-l-62171.html
No way they'll stop reporting on her, that's about the only way they can get hits on their stories most of the time. See for yourself, check a column or news story about anything else, and most of the time you'll find few and even no comments left, a pretty good indication that few people bothered reading it. Then check a column or story about Gov. Palin, and there are pages and pages of comments. That's why so many people stick her name into the story or column even when it has nothing to do with her, they know that Google Alerts will pick up on it, and spread it around, and people will read it.
Fround this at Texas 4S/P
Sunday Coming...... "It is a reference to a very famous sermon by a black preacher. He said it many times during the sermon. It is in reference to Friday the day that Jesus died but Sunday the day that He rose from the dead is coming. It's saying that it might be seem dark and horribly foreboding right now but a Sunday is coming by the grace of Almighty God." sarah 2012
Parents who take an active role in their children's lives - imagine that.
Latest word is Obama's landing at Elmendorf ARB near Anchorage on a brief stop-over on Wedsnesday...Then continue on to Asia.
A good crowd of us will be protesting his desecration of Alaskan soil outside the base's gates.
All right! Good for you!
Uffda- Your blog's great...And our Alaskan family is envious that we couldn't attend ourselves.
*I meant Sarah's Right-To-Life' speech.
From the Frum Forum....The Palin Fantasy
http://www.frumforum.com/the-palin-fantasy
Hack, Hack
sarah rocks 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjMI2lAxvA - Video of that part of the sermon. It'll get you all fired up!
10:37 pm Alaska time and the "WALL" Facebook post is up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:37pm Alaska time and Lady Sarah posts about the "Wall"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djN6-_evPY&feature=PlayList&p=39584B98EB3D3979&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5 - 54:30
10:37PM Alaska time and Lady Sarah Facebooks about the "Wall"!
Now that's a LOTUS post. Awesome stuff!
I swear this woman must read C4P.
Here is the "Wall" Facebook note.....
Commemorating a Victory for Freedom Yesterday at 11:35pmTwenty years ago, the ultimate symbol of the division between freedom and tyranny was torn down. The Berlin Wall was constructed for one purpose: to prevent the escape of East Germans to the freedom of the West. The Wall’s cold, gray façade was a stark reminder of the economic and political way of life across the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
Ronald Reagan never stopped regarding the Berlin Wall as an affront to human freedom. When so many other American leaders and opinion makers had come to accept its presence as inevitable and permanent, Reagan still hammered away at the Wall’s very premise in human tyranny, until finally the Wall itself was hammered down. Its downfall wasn’t the work of Reagan alone. Our president’s actions were joined with the brave acts of many individuals who stood firm and united in facing the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall came down because millions of people behind the Iron Curtain refused to accept the fate of enslavement and their supporters in the West refused to accept that the “captive nations” would remain captive forever.
Though that long, tragic episode in human history had come to a close finally with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it wasn’t the “end of history” or the end of conflict as some had hoped. New conflicts confront us today throughout the world which call for courage and resolve and dedication to freedom. The new democracies and market economies that have emerged in Central and Eastern Europe still require our friendship and alliances as they continue to seek security, prosperity, and self-determination. But as we reflect on present and future challenges, let’s take time to celebrate the anniversary of this awesome victory for freedom. The downfall of that cold, gray concrete Wall should be a lesson to us in hope. Nothing is inevitable. Tyranny is no match for the hope and resolve of those who work and fight for freedom.
- Sarah Palin
Four on topic Facebook missives in two days....... our Lady is gonna get carpal tunnel syndrome......
I feel bad that Emily/Jane is gonna miss this tomorrow...... :-(
Obamas healthcare plan will have a global impact. I know that quite a few people from Australia go to the United States for medical procedures that can't be performed in Australia.
This healthcare plan will eventually kill off American entrepreneurship and innovation. Cures for many diseases may never be found now.
Now is the time to fight before it is too late.
Just my 2c
"To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom." - Barry Goldwater
Thanks for the motivation:)
I'm about halfway through that Reagan movie. I'm running in and out. I wasn't alive when all this was going on, I had no idea Reagan suffered so many setbacks before he finally got it.
Hope springs eternal.
It also struck me how Reagan was seen as extreme and his ideas rejected. He went to doing radio commentaries that committed conservatives listened to (dare I say, Facebook?).
I get the sense that Palin is Reagan compressed. Reagan had years and two terms to develop his experience and philosophy; Palin got a crash course because of the urgency of the moment. Would it have been nice to give a little more time to warm up in the ballpen? Sure. But it is what it is. You can't blink.
"bullpen." Sheesh.
To mangle a quote from Lady Sarah...."When a door opens ya gotta go through it....."
This is historic for me because I graduated from High School the week after the fall of the Berlin Wall. 20 years flies by.
My History exam paper still had questions on the Cold War, Nuclear Bombs and the Iron Curtin.
I was Staff Duty Officer in my unit stationed in Germany on that day. The phone calls were pouring in.
Yes, she is Reagan compressed. The timeframe does not diminish her possibilities though. With technology and the speed of communication today, life in general is compressed. It all just moves faster and Sarah's role in history fits just as easily as Reagan's.
JP-
I meant to mention that exact thing seeing how he had the signs of Alzheimers and how Gorby took care of him, his former foe. Touching stuff.
I was not as wise as you, only becoming a conservative during Bush Sr. term. I was one of the clueless dumbasses on the other side. Young, naive, ignorant, raised in a family of staunch Democrats. I have seen the light, and there ain't no goin' back :)))
I'm sure it was great but saw Yankees in the title and couldn't read any further; I think my eyes gave out ... ;)
There have been persisent strong rumors that Sarah was against voting for the TARP.
And this may have been the turning point that started the civil war in the campaign.
Don't know if we'll ever know, however ...
Oh, I caught hell from many for my vote!
I come from a family of staunch Dems too.
I voted my heart then and still do, but now I study the candidates more.
Reagan was a good man and while I can't claim to have understood conservatism then as I do now, it was his character that moved me...just like Sarah.
Truly good people that are incorruptable are extremely rare.
My life up to that point had opened my eyes to people and their dark sides.
The lesson for me was that good, decent people exist and if we are fortunate, they lead.
My mom instilled in her 5 children a love of country and how precious our right to vote is.
She's in her 70's now, suffers from dementia and resides in a nursing home.
A few months ago, my sis introduced her to the newly elected county sheriff, who was bringing his daughter dinner. She works at the facility.
With the sheriff's hand in hers, she turned to my sister, and asked in a stage whisper, "Is this the one we voted for?" :-)
LOL, hrh...thanks!!!
Brianus
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