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| 2004-03-22 | ||
The good news is that, in 1972, there were only forty-three free countries in the world. Today there are eighty-nine. We are about to add Iraq to the list no matter how messy that effort may seem. Americans are dying there for the same reason they died in far greater numbers to free Europe and Asia in the last century. That's what free people do. They fight and they die to free others because it is the right thing to do and because a free world is a safe world. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 As long as we are fallen beings, there WILL be tyrants. In fact, there will be a big one during the Tribulation. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-3-22 8:57:46 PM |
#12 #4 Parabellum:. In Geneva, The U.N.'s Successor May Be Testing Its WingsGod, I hope this flies so high and so fast that the propwash from its wings pushes the U.N. into the deepest part of the ocean! (Yeah, yeah - I know it's a mixed metaphor. So sue me.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-22 3:46:45 PM |
| #11 A> "OK call me dumb, but what happened to the remaining 5%?" The article seems to be using the statistics of FreedomHouse, and its charts for the year 2003. The 5% belongs to "Partly Free" countries, which are neither full-fledged dictatorships nor can be considered free. Countries like Russia, Indonesia, Nigeria, so forth... |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-3-22 1:03:40 PM |
| #10 Badanov's obviously a member of Red Sox Nation! |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-22 1:03:21 PM |
| #9 That be in those French and Swiss banks A. "Cowboy up" is the real deal. It's about getting your gear and yourself straight. A beautiful thing. The movie 'Open Range' has alot of that. Good article. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-3-22 12:56:54 PM |
| #8 From the article:- "the free nations produce 89% of the world's economic output; the dictatorships just 6%." OK call me dumb, but what happened to the remaining 5%? |
| Posted by: A 2004-3-22 12:10:46 PM |
| #7 I hope you are right. But after the defeats in Spain and Germany, I wonder about the ability of the press to turn W's victories into defeats. I don't think that ability should be underestimated. http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?i=1&n=1 |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-22 9:22:01 AM |
| #6 I think you mean "Saddle up", Badanov. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-3-22 9:01:58 AM |
| #5 B, why be disheartened. Sure, 2004 will be a catfight, but in the end Dubya will walk away with a landslide. Why? Things are improving greatly and the democrats know it. The previous year has been spent talking down the economy just so their nominated leftist can run on a higher taxes platform. Oopsies! Not happening. In fact, now that Kerry has expressed his desire to raise taxes and spending, he has to do these intellectual gymnastics to keep from defining his positions on the issues. With the economy improving dramatically over the next three quarters, the democrats are spooging all over themselves at the possibility of taxing the living sh*t out of all those higher incomes and new businesses so they can fund their socialist agenda, and so they can bring down the defenses of the USA. They not only want the barbarians at the gate. They want YOU to fix them dinner and tuck them in your bed. All ya gotta do is show up to the voting booth in November and you can send the left a message: You run the coutry? You who want to get into the White House so you can treat terrorism like a mugging, like you did 1993-2001? You want to raise taxes? You want to pass into legislation Teddy's, Elenor's, Eleano's, Yassir's, Linda Corrie's Sean Penn's, Al Qaeda Patty Murray's, Baghdad Jim McDermott's and Naomi's agenda? Cowboy up. We have a long ways to go. This election will be a referendum on the left, not Dubya. It is about whether this nation wants to let the leftists define the national agenda: allow leftists to define for us social and foreign policy, or do we want those policies to be defined by what is in our national interests. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-3-22 8:45:16 AM |
| #4 Here's more from Jonathan Rauch. In Geneva, The U.N.'s Successor May Be Testing Its Wings |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2004-3-22 7:25:21 AM |
| #3 great article. I'm feeling very disheartened about the upcoming election - so this was a nice pick me up for the morning. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-22 6:42:05 AM |
| #2 "It is time to let the world's remaining dictators know their time is up." I think that's precisely what our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq were intended to do- and we're not through, yet. Bush said this was going to be a long war, and 2025 sounds like a good target date for the demise of the last dictatorship on Earth. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-22 6:09:58 AM |
| #1 Hey, Dr Steve, Thanx! I think this is more than just interesting, I think it almost kicks ass. It certainly accurately defines who be the asshats and who be the Good Guys. It correctly states the UN case. It correctly summarizes the strengths and weaknesses and the lost benefits of having all of those motherfucking dictatorships, pathetic socialist jokes, and the few remaining utterly idiotarian holdout communist regimes. It kills me to have to say that I've never even heard of the Community of Democracies, before. And my knowledge of Amb Palmer is almost equally scant. I will begin to remedy this immediately! Everyone here in RB should read this article. Though I am not a fan of Z-Big or Kissinger, with whom Palmer has been closely associated and apparently are participants, I will take it on its face as an improvement, for now, while I bone up. Personally, I am VERY favorably inclined to Bush's approach - if allowed to play their games, the ME assholes would make the process take several generations... and this is something that it appears the CD accepts. In the end, I believe they will fail to grasp the opportunity and fail to appreciate the magnitude of benefit for Bush's ME Initiative. But hey, that's just me, eh? I think there's this 40km-wide strip of land... Thanx, again! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-3-22 1:35:47 AM |