Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
I seem to remember hearing about a man who beat the Russians almost two decades ago, bringing an end to the Cold War. I also recall he was frequently quoted as saying: “Trust, but verify.”
I hope the new administration shares the policy.
Then I am spared the worst of evils.
Medvedev: “Obama= doormat”
Hmmmmmm. Charismatic Senator, with a glamourous wife, wins the Presidency, and the world is full of hopenchange. Meets with the Russian oligarch, without preconditions, within six months. Unmitigated disaster, which the newbie characterizes as “I’ve got a terrible problem if he thinks I’m inexperienced and have no guts.” Six months later, international challenge, with no response. Six months after that, nuclear missiles sixty miles off our shores.
His biographer goes on to say, “He now needed to convince (the oligarch) that he could not be pushed around, and the best place currently to make U.S. power credible seemed to be in (a war zone).”
I am sure all of you can recognize the parallels, and make the necessary substitutions.
With Hilary Clinton being considered as the Sec. of State, and the Stalinist / Leninist / Democrat party shaping foreign policy, the only question in my mind is – will BO petition for us to be annexed to China, Russia, Mexico or Iran, as a suburb? Perhaps whichever one offers him the biggest slice of the pie?