A better question would be: When did we stop being better off?
I can point to a personal timeline when things started going South into the “not better off” category. In 2000, there was a lot of griping over the presidential election but that’s not when things started going bad. Although there was the contested election [...]
Plenty although the MSM and some of the establishment would like to sell us on him.
I always appreciate NRO, even during the times I heartily disagree with them. And this piece is part of the reason why:
McCain Mirage
Senator John McCain’s ascendancy in the Republican presidential race has been truly remarkable. Yet, it’s no groundswell.
To this [...]
They will get worse.
While the media is deciding who will be the next president, Russia is flexing its muscles in anticipation of a much weakened United States. China has already thrown its weight around and continues to do so. In addition, they court our enemies.
In the meantime our politicians promise us the moon while they chip [...]
lobbyist, nor even an NRA official. The best speaker, hands down, was a young army NCO. Everyone I asked agreed with that assessment. I can’t express in words how amazingly his speech, his story, his utter love for this country moved me. [snip]
This young NCO, a man I won’t identify by name to a wide [...]
Pretty much says it all, don’t ya think?
The original image can be found here: http://templar.osmthu.org.uk/hillary.jpg . I thought it only polite since he provided such a nice easy image to use.
I’ve been thinking (sometimes a dangerous thing). With all the demoguogery aimed at the military and the almost sure Democratic victory in ‘08, there’s a lot to ponder.
During the Clinton years, the military was gutted, greatly defunded, and benefits taken away from retirees and some taken away from short timers, too. Other changes that occurred over time [...]
President Bush’s speech comparing the Iraq War not only with the Vietnam War but World War II and the Korean War sent ripples through the political landscape. Those ripples prompted one newspaper to dedicate a whole web page to a comparison of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, much to the chagrin of the Democratic Party [...]