So Much for the "Peace Dividend"
December 31, 2004
“How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of every hostile nation?”
–James Madison
Federalist No. 41
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December 30, 2004
“That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People.”
–Benjamin Franklin
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December 28, 2004
Just for fun.
Tsunami Video
December 28, 2004
Cheese and Crackers has some links to video of the tsunami in Asia.
The Dot Blog Boom
December 28, 2004
PatrickRuffini has some interesting insights on the next step for the blogsphere.
Here’s the Fortune article to which he refers.
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December 28, 2004
ME NO MAKE MOTHER EARTH MAD: IowaHawk has the story.
WAR IS BAD….NO DUH! Outside the Beltway found the source and has more links to other stories.
HONOR THE SOLDIERS: Hoosier Parliament has a link to a slideshow honoring our brave soldiers in Iraq. It’s a must see!
PROTESTORS: Captain’s Quarters has a letter from a Lt. Col. assigned to the Pentagon who wonders why no peaceful protests in support of the war occur to counter the “moonbat” protests now taking place.
CALIFORNIA YANKEE’S FIRE: Our hearts go out to California Yankee who gives us an account of the fire he endured at his home during the holidays.
GEORGIA GOV. RACE ABOUT TO HEAT UP: Erick Erickson has the inside scoop.
GUARANTEEING THE U.N.: Right Voices informs us how the U.N. requests a guarantee for a loan to build a new New York based facility. I am sure this rings true for Americans who are feeling so bad about their stingy ways.
LA SHAWN’S 2005 WISH LIST: La Shawn Barber shares here Blogsphere dreams for 2005. La Shawn, Opinion Times is as good a name as Instapundit. I’ll apply! And it will allow me to fulfill my dream of properly naming the mass of bloggers out there.
DUKE HOSTS PRO-TERROR CONFERENCE: Power Line informs us that Duke University gladly hosted a conference held by a pro-terrorist organization. “Duke president Richard Brodhead. . . found the decision to host the pro-terror organization to be “an easy one” given ‘the importance of the principle free expression.”" Your tax dollars at work! Doesn’t the Patriot Act address such issues? Would love to know know the Homeland Security Department would handle this one.
WINTER WONDERLAND: Hoosier Parliament praises the outgoing Governor of Indiana for his prompt attention to the recent snowstorms. NOT!
THE ISLAMOFASCIST NEWS CYCLE: Froggy Ruminations notes the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of Osama Bin Laden’s spin machine. With due reservation, we at Opinion Times announce the impending irrelavence (though continued malevolence) of Osama Bin Laden.
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December 28, 2004
This story makes a good point.
Beware of language for those who might be offended.
Sphere: Related ContentAl Qaeda and Bin Laden Powerless to Change Iraq
December 27, 2004
Though many are calling the war in Iraq a disaster (on the left and the right), we’re winning. And this most recent video of Osama Bin Laden proves it.
All Bin Laden now has to show for his attempt to cause the downfall of America on 9/11 is reduced to praise for Al-Zarqawi’s efforts in Iraq. He has done nothing worldwide or in the United States to prove he has anything like the network he once operated. All he has left is a cache of weapons delivered to al-Zarqawi’s people by Saddam Hussein prior to Allied Force occupation of Baghdad after the invasion of Iraq.
Though we would like to see more tangible progress internationally (as though Afghanistani elections were not enough), this seems to be proof that we are winning the international war on terror. Once Iraqi elections are held, the death knell of al-Qaeda will have been delivered. Bin Laden (or whomever may have fabricated this most recent video) knows with successful Iraqi elections their time of international influence will have come to a close.
Sphere: Related ContentA Must Read Email From an American Soldier!
December 27, 2004
I found The this link on Amy Ridenour’s website. It is a fantastic letter from Iraq.
It’s a much different perspective of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Against all reporting inthe MSM, he acuatlly has a human side to him. When confronted with a severly wounded soldier when visiting a military ICU unit:
“[the recently wounded] young soldier, who had just lost his left hand and right eye from an explosion, came to the defense of the Secretary of Defense, stating ‘Mr. Rumsfeld, I want you to know, that you are doing a fantastic job. I know that you are taking a lot of heat for the problems with getting armor for vehicles. I want you to know that things are vastly improved. Our vehicles are great, and I have never searched through junk piles for scrap metal.’At this point, Rumsfeld looked choked up, and I had a lump in my throat and and watery eyes. It was moving. What makes a man who has been so close to death, and maimed for life, come to the defense of the Army’s highest ranking official? Loyalty, I dare say. Did Rob think Mr. Rumsfeld was having a self-esteem problem? In his greatest hour of need, his thoughts went to the emotional needs of another. I found it quite amazing, and moving. “
Bravo Mr. Secretary. We are all praying for you! And we believe you are doing a fine job!
Sphere: Related ContentMrs. Victor Yushchenko
December 27, 2004
Amy Ridenour turns out to be a friend of Kateryna Chumachenko Yushchenko, the wife of Victor Yushchenko, the recently elected President of Ukraine.
It turns out that she knows her very well and is claiming that the former Reagan administration official will be a strong advocate of freedom in the former Soviet bloc country.
So now, fellow bloggers, I will go out on a limb — a very sturdy one in this case — and tell you that when you read tea leaves on anything related to Victor Yushchenko, look for comments made by his wife, and trust them to be true.
Let’s hope her predictions are true. If so, then we can look for great things there. Ukraine has an abundance of natural resources, is the European agricultural “Bread Basket” and has other advantages which would allow it to have great influence because of its probable economic growth.
If Putin’s Russia doesn’t successfully undermine the democratic process–as it apparently attempted to do in the recent elections–, this should be a great success for democracy world-wide.
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