Posted on 06/27/2011 4:13:46 PM PDT by Kaslin
The media have recently been so preoccupied with a congressman's photograph of himself in his underwear that there has been scant attention paid to the fact that Iran continues advancing toward creating a nuclear bomb, and nobody is doing anything that is likely to stop them.
Nuclear weapons in the hands of the world's leading sponsor of international terrorism might seem to be something that would sober up even the most giddy members of the chattering class. But that chilling prospect cannot seem to compete for attention with cheap behavior by an immature congressman, infatuated with himself.
A society that cannot or will not focus on matters of life and death is a society whose survival as a free nation is at least questionable. Hard as it may be to conceive how the kind of world that one has been used to, and taken for granted, can come to an end, it can happen in the lifetime of today's generation.
Those who founded the United States of America were keenly aware that they were making a radical departure in the kinds of governments under which human beings had lived over the centuries and that its success was by no means guaranteed. Monarchies in Europe had lasted for centuries and the Chinese dynasties for thousands of years. But a democratic republic was something else.
While the convention that was writing the Constitution of the United States was still in session, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin what the delegation was creating. "A republic, madam," he said, "if you can keep it."
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Everyone is wrapped up with tabloid type govt. When they put something out like Mr Weiner, you need to look around that and find out what is REALLY happening. What else are they playing behind the scenes...
History will show that Universal Suffrage was the downfall of the American Republic.
Historians will never admit that.
The Casey Anthony trial is on. You can’t expect us to pay attention to boring things like Iran or the economy.
Proof positive that the likes of Weiner do NOT belong in government and having Free Republic available is mandatory to maintaining our freedom.
Democrats and the MSM are on a slow serial killing spree of our freedoms.
You are very welcome. Yes we are indeed
Just to be clear - you aren’t lumping we Land-owning, Educated, Informed, Gun-toting, Bible-thumping, God-Fearing Conservative WOMEN in that group, are you?
I didn’t think so... :)
I changed the channel on FOX News on Saturday, because all they had on was the trial, even after the court was postponed until today. I watched instead old western movies on AMC and Encore Westerns
The Great. Goes without saying.
Iran unveils underground missile silos
Jun 27 03:05 PM US/Eastern
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9O4D8UG0&show_article=1
The media have recently been so preoccupied with a congressman's photograph of himself in his underwear that there has been scant attention paid to the fact that Iran continues advancing toward creating a nuclear bomb, and nobody is doing anything that is likely to stop them.Our troops haven't come home from Iraq, they were shifted to Afghanistan. Turkey's about to invade Syria, which will tie down their army for years, probably, and piss off the Iranian mullahcracy, while ingratiating the Turks with the US.
I didnt think so... :)
FReepmail.
My mom is addicted to the Casey Anthony trial. 24/7 coverage down in Florida. Lord help us.
(thanks for da ping, Jazusamo.)
I don’t blame you. I get my news on line where read what I feel is important and read more than one side of any issue.
Our biggest problem is that we have so many ignorant, moronic, selfish, and ill-informed voters.
It is my opinion that voting is a responsibility and should be treated much the same as driving. Therefore, every citizen who wishes to have the right to vote should pass the same written test that legal immigrants take for citizenship.
Several of the chatters in the room were I chat are also addicted to it. Some of them have condemned the mother of Casey Anthony because she testified that it was she who did the search for chloroform. The pundits believe she testified that she did it, because she wants to save her daughter.
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