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DOUBTING MCCAIN |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |
Whoa... what a firestorm.
At the insistence of many TTPers, last week's How the Clintons Will
Destroy John McCain was made a free access article and promptly went viral
over the Internet, becoming explosively controversial.
As you can see from the comments on the Member User Forum
(201, a TTP record), the response from TTPers was overwhelmingly positive. I also received a number of responses from
personal friends. Most were very
supportive, a few were vehemently upset, with most of the latter assuring me
that I remained their friend nonetheless.
I cannot adequately express how much this meant to me.
Then there were those among the latter whose friendship I
have lost. I am most regretful of
losing that of Jim Warner's. Jim had
been a dear friend of many years. I
know of no finer man than Jim Warner, a man of unquestionable character and integrity.
As a captured POW held by the Communist Vietnamese for over
five years, and a cell mate in the Hanoi Hilton of John McCain's for over a
year, Jim felt it necessary to write a rebuttal to my article - without
mentioning either my name or the article - in FrontPage
Magazine.com.
It is easy to understand Jim's desire to defend his
cellmate with whom he suffered indescribable horrors at the hand of the
communists. Thus the excruciating irony
of Jim's article - for John McCain possesses a fraction of the integrity and
decency of character of Jim Warner. I
would trust my life to Jim Warner without a moment's hesitation. I would not trust my life to John McCain for
a moment.
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A STRANGE AND ORDINARY WASHINGTON DINNER PARTY |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
A couple of nights ago, I attended a dinner party at the
Capitol Hill home of a friend of mine.
There was good wine, good food, and good conversation. Every night there are dinners like this held
all over Washington, the normal rationale for which is a guest of honor.
In this case, the guest of honor was the leader of a political party in Pakistan,
Imran Khan. This resulted in a quite
strange yet equally ordinary evening in DC.
The charismatic and strikingly handsome Imran Khan is one of
Pakistan's greatest celebrities. While
other countries go crazy over soccer, Pakistan's sport is cricket - so the
entire country went delirious with joy when its national team won the 1992
Cricket World Cup. Imran Khan captained
the team and almost singlehandedly won the final game.
The Oxford-educated cricketer then married, in 1995, the
daughter of one of England's richest men, billionaire Sir James Goldsmith -
Jemima Goldsmith converting to Islam beforehand. The following year, with $8 million of Sir James' money, he
founded his own political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement
for Justice).
As he spoke to us and fielded questions, attired in a
Saville Row suit and with an accent of impeccable Oxbridge English, he was
urbane, witty, charming, and articulate.
He is also an airhead.
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TIMEOUT FOR STORYTIME |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
It's time to take a break from the wearisome incessancy of
politics and presidential campaigns 24/7.
So gather around, boys n' girls, and let me tell you a story about moral
debauchery during the greatest age of intellectuality mankind has ever known,
about kings and concubines, dukes and adulterers, heroism and war, with an
ending that will change the way you look at the most mundane everyday thing.
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NO PAULISTA |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
I might as well confess upfront
- I have misgivings about writing this.
It's because a good number of TTPers, several of whom I've come to know
and like personally via our Rendezvous, are passionate "Paulistas," or
advocates of Ron Paul (R-TX) and his campaign for the presidency.
My misgivings come not from fear
of offending them but my regard and respect for them. They are decent, sincere folks who truly love their country. They are also smart and not easily conned,
politically or otherwise. So there has
to be a lot in Paul's message that's worth their passion.
That said, I'm no Paulista, and
it's about time I explained why.
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WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM MEN IN BLACK ABOUT 2008 |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
Nope, this is not an alien joke like Alien Al, much
less one regarding the PIAPS, who was born only 3½ months after Roswell.
It is about the history lesson taught so arrestingly by
Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K in Men In Black.
2008 is going to be a stressful year for a lot of
folks. The fate of America, the fate of
Western Civilization, the fate of mankind, will be decided this year - as far
as folks who enjoy being Drama Queens are concerned.
As we plunge forward into the fateful unknown of 2008, let
us, then, take a deep, calming breath and listen to the soothing words of Agent
K.
His partner, Agent J played by Will Smith, is freaking out
as a newbie man-in-black, unglued over the alien threat that will destroy the
Earth in the next half-hour.
Agent J: Man, we ain't got time for this... I don't know whether or not you've
forgotten, but there's an Arquillian Battle Cruiser that's about to...
Agent K: Kid, there's
always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an
intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this little planet,
and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they... do...
not... know about it!
Welcome to the history of the
world.
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