Edward Lannigan has a box full of medals that testify to his heroic service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including his presence at Iwo Jima, the bloodiest battle in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. The battle began 65 years ago this weekend.
In Lannigan's box are two Purple Hearts, a Silver Medal, two presidential citations and other awards attached to fading ribbons, small but poignant recognition of the bravery of a young man — a boy, really — who would return home from war with shrapnel in his skull and only one functional arm and hand.
But the medals are not on display. They live inside the box in a dark corner of the bottom drawer of the desk in his study.
There are many veterans who proudly showcase their war-related decorations. Lannigan is not one of them.
...the battle lines have hardened as Democratic leaders predicted passage of the House bill and GOP leaders vowed to derail it.... the hour of destruction, or manly opposition to the machinations of tyranny, stares you in the face. Every friend to his country, to himself and posterity ... is now called upon ... to make a united and successful resistance to this last, worst, and most destructive measure of administration. ~ Broadsheets printed in the run-up to the Boston Tea Party
"We will pass health care reform," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after Obama's visit to Capitol Hill.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader John Boehner vowed to do everything he can to "stop this from becoming law."
"The American people do not want this," he said. "We're going to do everything we can to make sure this does not happen."
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor said Democrats are joining their side to vote against the bill.
...health care is the fastest way to a permanent left-of-center political culture. That's its attraction for an ambitious president: It redefines the relationship between the citizen and the state in a way that hands all the advantages to statists – to those who believe government has a legitimate right to regulate human affairs in every particular. [...]Amen...
Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks – drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make prudent provision for health care and much else. But the price of being relieved of all those tiresome choices by a benign paternal government is far too high.
Government health care would be wrong even if it "controlled costs." It's a liberty issue. I'd rather be free to choose, even if I make the wrong choices.
I woke up in the middle of the night and realized the trick.Victoria, I think you're absolutely correct. Hitler was a statist. Stalin was a statist. Obama and today's leftists (masquerading as "liberal") are statists. They all place the sovereignty of "The State" over the individual. They all eschew individual liberty. If that means you or I need to do without electricity for 10 hours a day - so be it. If that means the State needs 99% of your income in order to "do good" - so be it. If that means a baby, or the sick, or the old need to die for the good of the State - so be it. They won't ever say it in such blunt terms, but that's what their "welfare" and "choices" and "compassion" boil down to.
You see, evil doesn’t just show up. It disguises itself as something nice; so you’ll let it in. It tricks you.
Murdering babies is called Pro-Choice. Unfair Censorship is called The Fairness Doctrine. Outlandish Taxes and the Death of Freedom is called Cap & Trade. Sounds like Fish & Chips. You gotta figure out the trick.
If the Tax Day Tea Parties had been a top-down operation, as many of the liberals claim, I kinda doubt that they would have been put together as fast as they were. I could be wrong, but that's my sense on it.
Furthermore, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't have taken place in as many small towns as they did. Here in central Florida, for example, I would imagine they would've taken place in Tampa, Orlando and Daytona. Lakeland, maybe. Lithia and Bartow, more than likely not.
So I think that with just a casual glance, one can find that the liberal claim is, as usual, bullshit.
On the American Clean Energy & Security Act:
“I believe this legislation has the moral significance equivalent to that of the civil rights legislation of the 1960s and the Marshall Plan of the late 1940s,” Gore declares in his written testimony. “By repowering America with a transition to a clean energy economy and ending our dangerous over-reliance on carbon based fuels, this bill will simultaneously address the climate crisis, the economic crisis, and the national security threats that stem from our dependence on foreign oil.”
CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen could barely get through her live shot at the Chicago tea party this afternoon. Over shouts of, "You're not a reporter," Roesgen quickly wrapped up an interview with an attendee, then said, "I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government, anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox."
Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult.Hahahahahaha! I must disagree; I think BK quite properly used the "stereotyped image of a Mexican".
An advertisement for Burger King's chili-flavored "Texican" burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. The wrestler teams up with a lanky American cowboy twice his height to illustrate the cross-border blend of flavors.
"The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican," a narrator's voice says.
The much-taller cowboy boosts the wrestler up to reach high shelves and clean tall windows, while the Mexican helps the cowboy open a jar.
Mexico's ambassador to Spain said Monday he has written a letter to Burger King's offices in that nation objecting to the ad and asking that it be removed. Jorge Zermeno told Radio Formula that the ads "improperly use the stereotyped image of a Mexican."
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