Posted on 02/29/2012 11:18:46 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
It is to be hoped.
(((BLUSH))) I've laid low for a couple months, give or take. I do that from time to time to recharge the batteries. Also, the 10th Amendment Division™ appeared to have just about reached the end of its rope. After roughly two years of steady discussion and occasionally intense debate re the 10th Amendment, the group seemed to want to hibernate. I realize it's difficult to maintain focus and sustain the energy necessary to keep a topic front and center. Human nature I suppose. Hopefully enough enthusiasm can be regenerated for what may be the single most viable option for resurrecting our republic. We'll see...
Good to "see" you again.
I’m a Southerner and I work in Chicago, but I live 30 miles west. Where I work and where I live are like two different planets. You are right about Chicagoans: They are some of the most intolerant bigots there are, and not just towards Southerners, though they do have a profound passion in their hatred of Southerners. But where I live, 30 miles west of Chicago, it’s quite different. Still Yankeeland, but nowhere near as bad as Chicago. I’m headed back to Dixie when I retire in four years.
“but right now the realistic choices are Santorum or Romney.”
Santorum is crashing and burning, and it’s no one’s fault but his own. I am all for Newt, but I’m a realist and I don’t see him seriously challenging Obomney during the primaries. Our only choice — and hope — is for a brokered convention.
I agree that Hillary has done badly as SOS (basically, Bambi has humiliated her time and again by simply leaving her out of the loop - and she didn’t have enough clout or chutzpah to stand up for herself). She gives the impression of being tired, and I find it hard to believe that she’d be much of a draw now.
The premise (I guess) is that people from the south are racist. This is silly on the face of it. But when you consider how many people originally from the north (where ever that may be) now live in the south (and remember only people FROM the South are racist), how well would Gingrich’s racist message actually play in the South (where ever that may be)?
I agree, Gator. Assimilate or get out. No more “Coexist” crap. Diversity is dead!!
I did notice that you were gone and thought we’d lost you. The 10th is an important enough issue, considering the way it’s being trampled by the Demwits, to be kept alive, discussed, and defended.
I don't think the Dims have acted alone in the trampling of the 10th and other inconvenient parts of our Constitution. Assorted RINO's and other miscreants are just as culpable. The one thing I feel very strongly about is that for Americans to regain anything resembling original intent of the Founders, We The People AND the states will have to TAKE BACK the powers originally bequeathed the people and the states to exercise. IMHO the states have a much bigger hammer to use against the federales in that effort. For things to get back to anything approaching the original design, DC will have to be pummelled into submission to the sovereigns - that's us. The states willing to flex that muscle on our behalf against leviathan will need all the support we can give them.
It seems simple to me. The states are in the best position to help us restore our freedoms and liberties stolen by the feral government.
Funny how I never see any mention of how the communists have used the unions and the civil rights movement to infiltrate every facet of our existence, and will not stop stealing money via the electoral process until they decide to take it all at gunpoint.
There is no putting those horses back in the barn.
There was no right to vote in the Constitution because the Founders were clear that they didn't want everyone to have a right to vote, for that would make us a sure to fail democracy.
They studied history, and knew that democracies don't work.
"Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death." James Madison
Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams: letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.:Thomas Jefferson
We are doomed, only a matter of time.
If Newt wants the best, he had better pick West.
If history holds any lessons for us, it's that you just may be right about that. So, what do we do in the meantime?
Crediting Clinton for the reforms of the Congress led by Newt Gingrich is sort of like crediting Gorbachev for the reforms imposed by the Reagan administration.
I’d give Clinton some credit. (Yeah, I am fond of the guy, I admit - he was an amazing ally to the UK, with longstanding ties and a firm understanding of our rather baffling culture. His wife, on the other hand scares the pants off me!)
I was digging around and found a segment where both Pres. Clinton and Speaker Gingrich were both interviewed (seperate segments) on the same show (it was in December). Their respect for and liking for each other was obvious. Will try to find the link again if you like, I forgot to save it to bookmarks.
Thank you for posting that. Hopefully it will help but Super Tuesday is fast upon us.
Go Newt~!!!!
I've always felt than Gingrich and Clinton had a lot more in common that their lack of schlong control. Clinton, though, was far, far worse, IMHO.
It is a testament to the power of the enemedia that Clinton can remain so popular with women and Gingrich can have such high negatives when Bill was clearly the bigger pig of the two. I don't even recall any allegations that Newt ever raped anyone. Do you?
It is not the one I originally found - that was two video segments on the same page with some talking head and had Newt laughing at the interviewer and pointing out that of course Clinton can’t be drawn too hard - his wife is Sec of State for the current administration after all!
You know how hard it is to repeat a link chain after a month or so! But the expression is the same. There is a definite fondness and respect there.
I honestly think that one of the reasons Clinton is still popular is precisely because of his bad boy image. One of the few Dems in recent year who believed enough in America and American exceptionalism to work with his idealogical foes and accept their point of view enough to sign it into law.
He is no saint, though like I say - I just like the guy. I could have a beer or two with him, no problem at all. We’d argue like fury, but it would be in fun, not anger.
We cynics here in Europe are a lot more relaxed about the sexual behaviour of politicians, figuring “they are going to do it, so lets just know about it and make sure it doesn’t influence the running of the country.”
Look at Belusconi - tag teaming 17 year olds (and before you get upset, they were of legal age). Sarkozi - sleeping with an ex supermodel (hoo boy, I’d go for it!) while divorcing. Merkel - please don’t even make me think about her having sex at all!
I do keep expecting to wake up one morning and see Speaker Gingrich getting Cain’d. Those media charges were total BS and everyone knew it, yet they sunk him.
The MSM have tried it twice already with the Speaker. Once with his (frankly insane) second wife and once with hints and nods about “secret info” from that Californian bint that I refuse to even name. You know full well that 90% of the people watching immediately thought of some sex scandal there.
As far as the Speaker goes, what did he do. He married a woman after he was statutory raped. He left her - on her request and married a lunatic. He then married his current wife. OK, there was some overlap. Lot of people do the same. It isn’t right - cheating never is - but it is not really a huge issue for me.
FRegards to you!
I understand why a lot of men like Bill Clinton. I'm less understanding why so many women do.
Just out of curiosity, which gender are you? Are you a Brit or an American ex-pat over there?
One of the things I really miss about working in Japan is the endless parade of people which I worked with from all over the world. Because I'm not the type who is easily offended (or at least doesn't show it), I got a real education on mindsets all over the globe as opposed to the American or Japanese way of doing things. Discounting these two (of whom I am a product and therefore probably a somewhat biased observer), I enjoyed the Brits second only to the Singaporeans.
I asked the wife. She just said he is a charming rogue!
Me - Male, English. She is Italian/Spanish.
I do love the constant interaction with completely different cultures. Got hooked on that back in the army days and made sure to continue it ever since. It adds a lot of interest to life.
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