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Where I give you my slightly quirky opinion, and you can give me yours, as long as you're man or woman enough to be civil and control your language.
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About Me
- Joe
- I was born in Miami, Florida, the son of an Air Force officer, traveled the world, was saved at age 17, and have served the Lord since. That's me on the left and my lovely wife, Bonnie...the pretty one...on the right.
There Are But A Few Rules To Follow
1. Absolutely no foul language (including the use of asterisks). If you are not man or woman enough to control your language, you are not welcome here...go somewhere else.
2. I am not looking for strings of commenters arguing with each other, so confine your comments to the topic at hand and address your comments to me, unless you can be exceptionally gracious and polite.
3. Since this is my blog, I am the sole arbiter of what can be placed on this blog. My decisions are final and without recourse. All anonymous comments, unsigned, will be deleted, as will ad hominem attacks against me or others.
4. Within the scope of those rules, you may feel free to have fun here (I sure will). Sarcasm, wit, half-wit, nit-wit, parody, satire, puns (especially puns), etc. are encouraged.
FOUR PRINCIPLES THAT DEFINE TRUE CONSERVATISM:
1. Respect for The Constitution
2. Respect for Life
3. The Smallest Possible Government
4. Individual Responsibility
This blog is about my philosophy of government, which is a very conservative philosophy.
You are not required to agree with me (although you would be better off if you did).
I am biased toward conservatism, and make no apologies for that.
Freedom means not being controlled by the government, that being the very reason we declared our independence from Great Britain.
2. I am not looking for strings of commenters arguing with each other, so confine your comments to the topic at hand and address your comments to me, unless you can be exceptionally gracious and polite.
3. Since this is my blog, I am the sole arbiter of what can be placed on this blog. My decisions are final and without recourse. All anonymous comments, unsigned, will be deleted, as will ad hominem attacks against me or others.
4. Within the scope of those rules, you may feel free to have fun here (I sure will). Sarcasm, wit, half-wit, nit-wit, parody, satire, puns (especially puns), etc. are encouraged.
FOUR PRINCIPLES THAT DEFINE TRUE CONSERVATISM:
1. Respect for The Constitution
2. Respect for Life
3. The Smallest Possible Government
4. Individual Responsibility
This blog is about my philosophy of government, which is a very conservative philosophy.
You are not required to agree with me (although you would be better off if you did).
I am biased toward conservatism, and make no apologies for that.
Freedom means not being controlled by the government, that being the very reason we declared our independence from Great Britain.
Government's job is not to provide things for people, but to provide the opportunity for people to persue the things they want via the vehicles of freedom and responsibility.
Some of My Favorite Bloggers
NATIONAL BLOGS & STUFF
- American Spectator
- American Thinker
- Big Government (Breitbart)
- Big Journalism
- Breitbart TV
- CNS News
- Cato Institute
- Contact Your Congressperson
- Contact your Senator
- Daily Caller
- Darwin's God
- Drudge Report
- Everything About Congress!
- Fox Nation
- Gateway Pundit
- Heritage Foundation
- Hot Air
- Insta Pundit
- Joe's Jottings (My Other Blog)
- Kingdom FM Christian Radio
- Mark Levin
- Michelle Malkin
- News Max
- NewsBusters
- On Racism & Republicans
- Politico
- Real Clear Politics
- Right Scoop, The
- Rush Limbaugh
- Sean Hannity
- WINK News Radio
- Wall Builders (A Web Site)
- Weekly Standard
- What's Happening in Congress
SPECIAL STUDIES
BHO-THE CONSUMATE AMATEUR
WHY I CALL HIM "PRESIDENT BO"
I call him "President" out of respect for the office. I call him "BO" (as in Body Odor) because his agenda stinks.
I also refer to him as our "Acting President."
I also refer to him as our "Acting President."
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12 comments:
Joe - Ha ha.
Joe, is pointing out that Presidents Obama and Clinton did not serve a way of mocking them, or saying that you believe our presidents should have military experience?
DM: I mock their character, of which they have very, very little that's good. I also believe military experience helps the person who is going to be the Commander In Chief of the military. That sort of makes sense to me. Doesn't it to you?
No Joe, it doesn't, necessarily.
None of the following Presidents had military experience..
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lincoln only served in his state militia.
While some of these guys were nothing special, others were pretty good presidents.
One could also argue that GW Bush's experience did not give him any special insight into military matters, as he basically bungled the entire Iraq experience until the surge.
DM: I stand by my statement. It makes sense for the Commander In Chief to have had military experience.
"Lincoln only served in his state militia."
Only?
"...he basically bungled the entire Iraq experience until the surge."
Balder-ever-lovin-blue-eyed-dash.
Joe, it's not even in dispute.
1. The reason for going in was wrong. No WMD.
2. We were not prepared with sufficient armor for our troops, resulting in countless deaths and preventable injuries.
3. There was no plan for the peace, or the time after Saddams overthrow.
4. The CPA disbanded the entire military leaving hound refs of thousands of Iraqis unemployed with no way to feed their families. They quickly became insurgents.
5. Billions of dollars have been spent, or lost, and cannot be accounted for.
6. Bush left office with a SOFA that dictated when our troops had to leave.
7. The admin claimed thus would be a "cakewalk." How did that turn out?
Really Joe, not even a majority of GOP Presidential candidates now believe we did this right, given what we now know.
In regards to Lincoln, most accounts agree he saw no combat and his words did not want to. He was discharged a captain, but reenlisted as a private because he was unemployed and had no money.
Those are not very sterling military credentials. Don't try and make the Illinois Militia into something it wasn't. Least not, his service.
We'll have to agree to disagree on military service, for as many good leaders with a service record, there are others without one.
DM: Please note that I said (and I quote, as indicated by the quotation marks), "I also believe military experience helps the person who is going to be the Commander In Chief of the military."
I did not say it was a requirement.
Dave has quite properly demonstrated that his limited experience did nothing to help Bush exercise prudence before the Iraq fiasco.
You also picture Nixon. Did his experience prevent him from carrying on with the insane idea that the Vietnam war could be won (let's save Vietnam from the Vietnamese)?
It didn't help him idnore Kissinger (the old Foggy Bottom Bombardier) and prevent the disasterous spread into Cambodia.
How did their experience help them?
Joe, it's interesting that the one with extensive command experience in the group you pictured is also the president who warned us about the power of the military industrial complex.
We still aren't listening regardless of who's in the WH.
Joe, I think GWB demonstrated a love of soldiers that it does seem that Obama is missing, at least publicly.
But perhaps it was his bravado, brought on by his experience, that caused him to go into Iraq without sufficient planning, relying solely on his hope in the ultimate superiority of our military.
I think an argument could be made that a civilian will make the military and the Pentagon think through their plans better knowing they will be facing a more skeptical audience.
But that's just me.
But as Ducky asked, could you explain how GW's experience, apart from his emotional attachment to our soldiers, helped him make better decisions during the Iraq war?
Good point on Ike Ducky...
But to listen to him would mean dismantling the economy of congressional districts across the country.
Great strategy of our congress wasn't it? Build every weapon system in every district and then it is impossible to ever suspend, or terminate a weapon, because of impending economic devastation...
It's unfortunate, Dave and may be a reason that TPP eventually passes.
I notice Joe's been quiet.
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