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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
On Feb. 17, I joined
a group of prominent conservatives assembled for the purpose of unveiling a
document dubbed The Mount
Vernon Statement. It was intended to emulate an earlier articulation of the
principles that unite the right issued 50 years ago at the Sharon,
Conn., home of William F. Buckley Jr.,
known as The Sharon Statement.
The Sharon document advocated victory over totalitarian Communism. By contrast, the Mount Vernon document made no mention at all of today's totalitarian ideology - what
authoritative Islam calls Sharia - or
the threat it poses to America, let alone declare that victory should be our
purpose in dealing with this menace.
Still, the Mount Vernon Statement is a paragon of robust national
security-mindedness in contrast to what took place in the succeeding three days
at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
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TRANSITIONS |
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Written by Dr. Joel Wade
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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Today many of us are engaged in transitions - or potential transitions - that we would not have chosen.
My wife and I have friends who have had to move to another town just in order to make ends meet. I have one friend who has had to close a very large and - until very recently - very successful business, because there were just not enough customers to support it. My family has had to adapt to a more financially careful lifestyle with the drop in values of our investments.
It's not uncommon to go through a time of stunned inaction, or frantic anxiety, or troubling soul-searching during such times. It's my experience that most people try to avoid transitions, and it's no fun to be thrown into one involuntarily.
But the interesting thing is how quickly you can adapt to a new set of circumstances. That moment of transition - like the moment jumping into a swimming pool - may not be pleasant, but if you get moving purposefully, often the most disturbing part only lasts for a moment. Then you get on with trying to adapt, cope with, and make the best out of the new situation.
There are some strategies for handling this well.
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THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM |
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Written by To The Point News
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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HALF-FULL REPORT 02/19/10 |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Jaime Glazov, managing editor of Front Page, is a friend and all-around good guy - but his diatribe
on Moslems
hating Valentine's Day is proof he's never been to Bahrain.
I just took this picture in a Bahraini shopping mall:
What Jaime says about Valentine's being hated by Jihadis and
banned in Saudi Arabia
is certainly true. But Moslems in places
like Bahrain
and Qatar (both
of which border Saudi) love to celebrate it and are free to.
It's seriously counter-productive not to make and promote
the distinction. It's a serious mistake
to paint all Moslems with a Jihadi brush.
The gulf between Jihadis and Moslems who just want to live normal lives
needs to be widened, not narrowed. Jaime
gives the impression he's unaware of the very existence of the gulf. Correcting this impression is something he
might consider.
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Who knew Bill Gates is a glowarming idiot?
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ARABIAN WONDERLAND |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
Manama, Bahrain. This is a tale of a very different Arab
sheikhdom from Kuwait. Let's start with drunk Saudis.
A drunk Saudi is a very amusing spectacle. Saudi Arabia
is the most uptight, rigidly repressed place on the planet. What the map above doesn't show is a causeway
enabling Saudis to drive to the island
of Bahrain, the Arabian Wonderland,
where they proceed to unrepress themselves.
Sober, Saudis are arrogant putzes sneering at American
infidels. Smashed, they are still
obnoxious but very friendly. They keep
saying, "My friend," and talk nonstop in increasingly unintelligible English
until they pass out. This upsets the
hookers, for an unconscious customer, no matter how rich, is of no use to them.
Bahrain
has a history as old as civilization...
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THE ELECTRONIC POLICE STATE |
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Written by Paul Rosenberg
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Perhaps you saw the story headlined
on Drudge (2/11) about the Obama Administration asserting that Americans have
"no reasonable expectation of privacy" regarding their cell phone
conversations.
It's yet another sign of the emerging Electronic Police
State.
When we think of a "police state," most of us summon images
of Nazi storm troopers or Stalin's henchmen dragging people out of their houses
in the middle of the night. These images are accurate enough, but they reflect the
conditions of the world over a half-century ago, and they really do not very
well reflect what is happening in the world today.
In other words, these images are mostly out of date. The
modern police state is generally silent and transparent. It is electronic.
I want you to think very hard and long on this: any email you have ever sent
can be grounds for felony federal wire fraud prosecution threatening you with
20 years in prison. The email, or "electronic transmission," does not
itself have to be fraudulent. It can still be "wire fraud" if it is only
somehow "involved" in what the government deems to be a "fraudulent scheme." Nervous now?
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WHY JEWS SHOULD SUPPORT SARAH PALIN |
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Written by Caroline Glick
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Sarah Palin, who is considering a run in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries,
is using her public platforms to reassemble the coalition of security hawks,
social conservatives and blue collar workers that propelled Ronald Reagan to
the White House in 1980. Her support for Israel serves her in building support among both security hawks
and social conservatives.
Unlike Obama's empty protestations of support for Israel, Palin's support is obviously heartfelt and therefore will
not diminish while Obama remains in office. And as Palin becomes stronger, her
ability to influence the US debate in a manner that constrains Obama's freedom to
intimidate Israel into allowing Iran to become a nuclear power will rise.
In spite of Palin's extraordinary support for Israel, the American Jewish community overwhelmingly rejects her.
As Jennifer Rubin noted in her article, "Why Jews hate Palin," in Commentary
magazine, Jews disapproved of Sen. John McCain's choice of Palin as his
running-mate by a 54 to 37 percent majority. The sneering broadsides published
against Palin by leading American Jewish writers are legion.
In her article, Rubin gives a number of reasons for American Jews' rejection of
Palin.
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A WACKO WHITE HOUSE |
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Written by Jack Kelly
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
Iraq "could be one of the great achievements of (the Obama)
administration," Vice President Joe Biden told CNN's Larry King Feb. 10.
This statement was fascinating, on at least three
levels.
First, it's a breathtaking lie. What turned
around the situation in Iraq was the troop surge President Bush ordered in January,
2007. Then Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden strenuously opposed it.
Second, it assumes the American people are
idiots. It's not exactly a secret that Sens. Obama and Biden opposed the
troop surge. They spoke about it often. There are plenty of
television news clips attesting to this.
Third, it indicates that after a year in office
the Obama administration is so hard up for "accomplishments" that it feels
compelled to claim credit for the leading accomplishment of its much maligned
predecessor. You might say this was just Sloe Joe -- but he's not the only wacko in the White House.
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A GODFATHER MOVIE IN AFGHANISTAN |
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Written by Ralph Peters
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
The capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar -- the Taliban's equivalent of
Gen. Stan McChrystal -- by Pakistani agents and CIA operatives is a big
win.
Subordinate only to Mullah Omar, the Taliban's CEO, Baradar ran the Taliban's
military operations in Afghanistan.
Responsible for the upgrade in insurgent tactics -- fighting smart, rather than
just fighting -- he also created the Taliban's hearts-and-minds campaign.
For two weeks, he's been under interrogation by Pakistan's
Inter Services Intelligence agency. The CIA's also involved in the questioning
on some level -- but the ISI always holds back some chips.
The grab won't affect the ongoing fight for Marjah in Afghanistan,
but the loss of Baradar's operational savvy could degrade future Taliban
operations. And if he sings -- as we're told he's doing -- it could be the
biggest anti-Taliban bonanza since 2001.
Or maybe not.
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POLAND VS. GREECE |
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Written by Richard Rahn
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Which
was the only country in the 27-nation European Union to register economic
growth without going through a recession last year? The surprising answer is
Poland.
Over
the past couple of weeks, Greece has been grabbing the headlines as a poster
child for bad fiscal management. The Greek tragedy is threatening to undo the
Eurozone and cause a pan-European financial crisis.
There
is no mystery as to why Greece is in the financial soup - its politicians have
continued to spend far more than the government receives in taxes. The more
interesting question is: What did Poland do right - and will Poland be better
off or worse off if it joins the Eurozone?
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YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY |
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Written by Dr. Joel Wade
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
If you were to contact me for life coaching, I would have a conversation
with you first (at no charge), so that we can see if I can help you. In some
form or another, I always ask what you want to accomplish, and what your life
would look like if you achieved your goals.
And then I also ask whether or not you think you can reach these goals. This last question is very important, because
if you really think that you can reach your goals, you probably will.
If you don't think that you can reach your goals, then I know that part of
our work together will be to clear whatever's in the way so that you do think that you can reach your goals.
This reflects a very simple truth of human nature, but one that a lot of
people miss: You believe what you say. There are big implications in this for your success and happiness in life.
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ZERO AND THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR |
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Written by To The Point News
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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HALF-FULL REPORT 02/12/10 |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 12 February 2010 |
Happy Valentine's Day!
I am far away from my Valentine of almost three decades, as this Sunday
the 14th I'll be in Bahrain,
but we'll celebrate the love we've shared for all these years as soon as I get
back home.
For those of you lucky to be home with a loved one, taking
the time to celebrate that love is certainly worth devoting this coming Sunday
to. It's also worth devoting a bit of
time today reflecting on a common love all us TTPers share - our love of our
country, the United States of America.
Being outside the US
always gives you a special appreciation of our country. America
has put itself through troubling and dangerous times recently, but I am
becoming more confident by the day that these times are coming to an end...
Now for a personal note of appreciation to all of you who
sent me condolences for the passing of my friend, Charlie Wilson. As many of you know, Charlie was my best man
at my wedding with Rebel, and we worked closely together on Reagan Doctrine
strategies to terminate the existence of the Soviet Union.
For the story regarding this, see Charlie Wilson and
Ronald Reagan's War from December 2007.
It will give you insights on what really happened - and what the book
and movie Charley Wilson's War got
right and what it got very wrong. Plus
there are some great pictures of Charlie.
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A BACKDOOR TO SABOTAGING IRAQ |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 |
Kuwait. Surely you didn't think I'm buried under Washington's Super Blizzard this week - especially since Jim DeMint (R-SC) has promised it won't stop snowing until Algore cries uncle?
Nope, I'm in sunny Kuwait, where it's 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. One reason I'm here is to see how the Obama Justice Department - which we could appropriately term Zero Justice - is making a backdoor attempt here to sabotage America's (so far) successful war in Iraq.
First, though, we need to answer the historical question - what has Kuwait got to do with Hanukkah?
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THE ARROGANCE OF MEDIA AIRHEADS |
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Written by Jack Kelly
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Friday, 12 February 2010 |
Eve Ensler, writer of the radical feminist "Vagina Monologues" play,
tittered with Joy Behar on Ms. Behar's talk show Monday about how stupid Sarah
Palin is for not regarding earthquakes and tsunamis as proof of anthropogenic
(man-made) global warming.
"I just think the idea that she doesn't believe in global warming is
bizarre," said Ms. Ensler, who was on the show to promote her new book.
"Every scientist at every note believes in it but Sarah Palin doesn't," Ms.
Behar said.
"We just have to walk around the world at this point and look at what is
happening to nature and earthquakes and tsunamis," Ms. Ensler said.
"Right," agreed Ms. Behar.
Earthquakes are caused by sudden shifts beneath the surface of the
earth. What happens in the atmosphere has no effect on them. Likewise, a tsunami is a giant ocean wave
caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor, not by changes in atmospheric
temperature.
Ms. Ensler and Ms. Behar are airheads who think they're smart. They
are -- alas -- typical of believers in AGW, particularly of those in
journalism.
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