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2008-05-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-08 06:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "Beginning in late spring of 2007 with two broad, varied rafts of capable candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, we have somehow ended up with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain."

-hahaha - so true.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-05-08 09:30|| 2008-05-08 09:30|| Front Page Top

#2 My main reason for posting this is because, for me, it provided a missing piece to understanding Dr Rice's general approach to Arab-Israeli conflict. to wit
Hence also the transformation of a proper respect for the presidents office to a style of groveling adulation more appropriate to the court of an oriental despot. Healy offers a particularly stomach-turning example.

Robert Draper, a journalist granted unique access to [George W.] Bush in 2006 and 2007 to write the president's biography, notes that in every cabinet meeting since White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten took over for Andy Card in 2006, Bolten has begun by looking at Bush and saying, "Thank you for the privilege of serving today." At no point, it seems, did Bush thank Bolten for his deference and then tell him to cut it out.

Also, I liked
turned first to the sixth of the books seven chapters: Money: The Forbidden Issue in American Politics, hoping one more time to grasp Dr. Pauls program for our monetary system. It all seems quite logical as you proceed through the chapter, but if I had to stand up and explain it to you an hour later, I would not be able to.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-08 21:09|| 2008-05-08 21:09|| Front Page Top

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