ABCNews.com
‘Time is Running Out’ In Iraq
Top Commander of U.S. Ground Forces Says Troop Surge Not Open-Ended
What does that headline say to you? Defeat is imminent.
What the top commander actually said in the article was,
(Lt. Gen. Ray) Odierno said “time is running out” for a number of reasons, including domestic pressures at home. “Not so much the political environment,” he said, “but the support for this in the United States.”
In other words, “time is running out” has nothing to do with the situation on the ground IN Iraq, as the headline claimed. It has to do with how much longer the public can hold off the domestic insurgency.
Gregg had the opportunity to interview David Limbaugh about his most recent book Persecution,
Bestselling author David Limbaugh quotes Democrats to devastating effect as a party that has reduced its mind and heart to the level of intellectual and moral bankruptcy. In this startling new book, Limbaugh shows just how far the Democratic Party has fallen, and why there is little prospect of redemption.
Matt will be on with Laura Ingram tomorrow evening discussing Iraq and the amazing book Blog of War. The station locater is here
Don’t miss it! And don’t miss Matt’s Note to Sec. Gates.
Human Events
My Ideal GOP Presidential Candidate
By Gregg Jackson
There has been and will continue to be a great deal of speculation surrounding which Republican candidate has the best chance of succeeding President Bush in 2008. Some Republicans have suggested that only a “centrist” Republican such as Rudy Giuliani or John McCain can win. If history has taught us anything, it has taught us that checkered pants “Rockefeller Republicans” don’t win landslides. Reagan-style conservatives do.
This past November, voters made it clear that the Republican Party had moved too far left, especially on entitlement spending and immigration. I believe the candidate with the best chance of winning a Reagan landslide would be solidly conservative both fiscally and socially and would be able to clearly articulate a bold conservative vision for America.
Read the whole article.
For years, I have enjoyed Bill Gertz reporting on foreign affairs and national security. He has also written a number of excellent books. On a recent weeknight fill-in for Todd Feinburg I had the great pleasure to interview him. We discussed Russia and China, and how they are flying under the radar screen. It’s ugly all around.
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The pocket presence? Sure, he’s the best.
The quick release? Doesn’t hurt.
The fact that he is money when the game is on the line? Of course.
BUT, the real reason Tom Brady is great, the best quarterback in football, maybe ever, is this,
Brady was interviewed this morning on WEEI at 8:30am, following an all night flight from San Diego. He was jokingly asked by Gerry Callahan how many films of the Colts he had already watched.
Brady answered, “Five.” He watched the Colts last five games on the flight home.
Amazing. We are lucky to have him in town and we should enjoy every minute.
It is so refreshing to hear one of the greatest oratories of all time- Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. It has everything that the great speeches have (One clear theme repeated, alliteration, metaphors, rhyme, biblical references, historical citations to our founding doucments, etc….)
He calls on Americans of all colors and creeds to unite unlike the black separatists of our time like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Dr. Ron Karenga (the founder of the phony “holiday” known as Kwanzaa.) who are constantly dividing people on racial lines.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
The Patriot Post editors have this to say:
Historian Shelby Steele observes, â??There is an awful lot of conservative sentiment in black America, but at the moment, the party line is ruthlessly enforced.â? Indeed, those who followed Martin Luther King when he was speaking of freedom, like Jesse Jackson, tolerate no dissension from their liberal ranks now. They have abandoned Kingâ??s dream, and aligned themselves with political and social agendas obsessed with color at the expense of character.
Black conservatives of national stature, like Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powel, Ward Connerly, Michael Steele, Jesse Lee Peterson, Alan Keyes, Don Scoggins, Alvin Williams, Ken Blackwell, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker and Walter Williams are routinely castigated by Jackson, et al., as â??Uncle Tomsâ? and â??puppets.â? Yet these are the men and women following the call of King.
Let us today remember the great wisdom, insight, and vision of this great figure in American history:
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.