tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post1398306890437651866..comments2023-10-31T02:08:09.462-07:00Comments on Darth Weasel Jedi Mind tricks you: Not that we needed it, but here is one more reason public schools suckUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-42419920103392544302009-07-24T13:42:09.357-07:002009-07-24T13:42:09.357-07:00@Darth
When you say a "justied war" I as...@Darth<br />When you say a "justied war" I assume you mean a war that the US (or the colonies in the case of the Revolutionary War) should have participated in. <br /><br />With that in mind, wasn't the War of 1812 a defensive war? The fact that I have to ask should illustrate that my history on that is a little sketchy, but I surely thought it was.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16620042463245941899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-32358359194366517712009-07-23T15:56:03.140-07:002009-07-23T15:56:03.140-07:00Jesus looking after His own as a hen gathers her c...Jesus looking after His own as a hen gathers her chicks under her wing... now that's a wing I'll put my name under!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-8825201485456156572009-07-23T15:54:10.694-07:002009-07-23T15:54:10.694-07:00I'm reminded of another nation...
"Jerus...I'm reminded of another nation...<br /><br />"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! "For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, `BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!' "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-9677899835645282562009-07-23T04:16:26.228-07:002009-07-23T04:16:26.228-07:00the debt has been growing since Alexander Hamilton...the debt has been growing since Alexander Hamilton left office as Treasurer....though I saw one claim that it was eliminated in 1833-34. First time I had heard that claim. <br /><br />Regardless, the debt has always grown. <br /><br />But it has grown under both party Presidents. To be sure, the magnitude seemed to change under Reagan and that has long been a bad mark on his record.<br /><br />Obama is exacerbating it.<br /><br />The stimulus is irresponsible because much of it is pure and simple pork. Furthermore, it is irresponsible because history clearly demonstrates that packages such as these are harmful to the long-term economy.<br /><br />And further because many of the programs are things not granted to Congress by the Constitution. Specifically Article 1, Section 8. Those are things reserved to the states. It is yet another example of the dangers of centralized authority. <br /><br />The Iraq War had the support of numerous nations. To this day I have never understood the paradox of people saying the President was too stupid to tie his shoes but so smart he hoodwinked dozens of nations. <br /><br />Of course, wars now are not decided on the battlefield but in the court of public opinion. It is disturbing to me that the people I know on the ground there encounter example after example of people grateful for the overthrow of the murderous regime of Hussein, yet in the media we never hear of this. <br /> <br /><br />We all know that with the probably exception of World War II, I do not believe there has been a single "justified war" in history the US has participated in. That includes the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.<br /><br /> But wars happen and happen under all sorts of Presidents. That one would have been much more popular if the mistake of WWI had not been made again where a delay between the agreement of nations that it should take place and the start of it meant opinion changed. <br /><br />Now there is a chance to avoid the mistake of the end of World War I, to avoid the mistake after the Soviet/Afghanistan war, and so forth. But I don't think either the most recent nor the current administration is smart enough to learn that lesson so we will be paying for not taking care of things properly for generations to come.Darth Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371680007744419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-39355813709414424202009-07-22T16:34:49.307-07:002009-07-22T16:34:49.307-07:00Thought provoking.Thought provoking.listen for azurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300428777385011211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11724987.post-45394949755073453752009-07-22T15:25:31.690-07:002009-07-22T15:25:31.690-07:00How come people call the stimulus irresponsible bu...How come people call the stimulus irresponsible but the Iraq war wasn't? 82 percent of this deficit was created by Republicans.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.com