Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Principled Politics – 11/11/09

America's Defense Rests in her Legacy
by W. Thomas Smith at Townhall.com
Young Marines would ask Old Corps veterans questions about whether or not the new breed was as tough and committed as the old breed. Jokingly, the Old Corps Marines would tell the younger guys, "no." Privately, the Old Corps Marines would talk in terms of being personally comforted by the fact that the new breed was - and is - every bit as tough. Read the rest here…

"[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union
we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government...
in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness."
~ Thomas Jefferson

"The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy." 
~ Milton Friedman

Good news, bad news for GOP. Gallup numbers: Up. Grass-roots opinion of GOP elite: Still DOWN. http://bit.ly/2SYaHX

Blind Diversity Equals Death
by Michelle Malkin at Townhall.com
The violence at Fort Hood, President Obama told mourners on Tuesday, was "incomprehensible." The "twisted logic that led to the tragedy," he reiterated, may be "too hard to comprehend." If the Bush administration suffered a systemic failure of imagination on homeland security, the Obama administration is suffering a willful failure of comprehension. Read the rest here…

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: The Myth of the Moderate Democrat
Don't assume that the 38 Democrats who voted against Nancy Pelosi's extremist version of health care reform wouldn't have supported it if their votes had been needed. The days before the final passage on Saturday were not filled with stirring appeals to get Democrats to back the bill so much as an auction to decide whom to let off the hook. Read the rest at Townhall.com

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