JANUARY
29, 2007 --
LPR
IN Washington …
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Rev.
Jesse Jackson addressing the January 27 anti-war rally at the
National Mall. More LPR images of the rally and march, and
of the
National Review conservative summit -- next week.
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JANUARY
29, 2007 --
The
State of the State of the Union Address …
LPR
was impressed by the President's delivery and, particularly on Iraq,
by his accommodating, reasoned, resolute tone.
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
The
Democratic Response from Senator Webb …
A challenge
to President Bush to follow the Democrats' lead -- or else.
On PBS, liberal Mark Shields simply gushed at Webb's gratuitous snipes at Mr.
Bush and he was just about seconded by the co-opted David Brooks, with moderator
Jim Lehrer smiling quite broadly.
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
Time
to Change the Names?
If Senator
Clinton wins the Democratic 2008 presidential nomination, LPR proposes
that the Dems change their name to Team Clinton. And, of course, if
Jeb Bush gets the Republican nomination. we should go from referring
to Republicans as the GOP (Grand Old Party) to GOB (Grand Old Bushies).
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
LPR
at the Pump …
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The
gasoline pump price indicated in this photo, taken last week,
was still in effect the morning of January
23, suggesting that the price of crude oil drops somewhat faster than
the price at some pumps.
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JANUARY
29, 2007 --
LPR
Has Not Seen …
… this
December 11, 1941 FDR quote cited in New York Times editorials on Iraq:
" 'In time of war there can be no domestic partisan politics.'"
Source:
Thomas Fleming,
The New Dealers' War, p. 136
(Basic Books paperback)
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
And
How About This?
If Senator
Clinton wins the White House, next election, let's have Chelsea, on
victory night, announce she is forming an exploratory committee for
2016.
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
LPR
wonders …
… if
it would have made a difference to Democrats had President Bush declared
that the aim in Iraq was not to stop terrorism, but … to stop
ethnic cleansing.
JANUARY
29, 2007 --
LPR
Doesn't Hear Anyone …
… condemning
attacks on civilians in Iraq.
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JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Sticker
Shock Syndrome …
The
sobering reality of sticker shock
Is not the instant fear of going into hock
But the follow-up reaction to the exorbitant price
That we gradually -- accept meekly as mice
JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Now
THAT'S some SUV …
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… photographed
in Manhattan, last
week, at 86th Street and Broadway.
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JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Rush
Caller Has a Point …
Recently
a woman called Rush Limbaugh on the air
Remarking about a media reaction that wasn't there
To the stock market rise after the Bush January 10 address
No credit to Prez for the rise; more carping on Iraq's mess
JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Hazardous
to Our Health …
How
about a surgeon-general's warning that the parking policy of
New York City causes a great amount of stress and therefore might
result in, among other
things, high blood pressure that is perhaps as harmful to health as certain
fats.
JANUARY
16, 2007 --
LPR
On Moving …
Beware
of movers who remark, on arriving, that the move is unexpectedly
difficult and they might have trouble doing it -- and end up
charging about twice the fee originally agreed to, with the moving
party concluding it has no choice, if the premises are to be
vacated on time.
JANUARY
16, 2007 --
LPR
On Taxi Travel …
Take
down some identifying number or name as soon as you get going
-- just in case you might leave something -- keys, for example
-- in the cab. This could save you from being locked out of car
and home.
JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Finally …
… some
of radio's conservative microphone-huggers have dropped the ready
response to callers, unhappy with Republican candidates, that
they should stick with Republicans, no matter what.
LPR agrees with the view, expressed by Rush Limbaugh and others, that lots
of Republicans stayed home, November 7, because they just could not vote for
the Republican, no matter what -- and this is why there are Democratic majorities
in both houses of the 110th Congress.
LPR would recommend an FYI approach to voting: Follow Your Inclination. Who
knows? FYI votes might turn third parties into majority parties.
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JANUARY
4, 2007 --
Gates-gate …
"Gates
meets with Iraqis on military aid"
A news item that had me think of Microsoft's Bill
Imagine all the attention that might have been paid
If the Gates was not Robert facing Dems on the Hill
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
Common
sense?
To me
, the Iraq matter kinda seems plain
What we first do is win, and then we train
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
Memo
to Yahoo …
Justice
Brennan in New York Times v. Sullivan noted that we have a tradition
of lively, even nasty political speech. He did not try to change that
tradition. Why do you?
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
Do
we need legislation …
… to
stop people from crossing streets speaking on cell phones and ignoring
traffic?
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
LPR
Calls on Congress to Approve "The White House Is not a Family
Heirloom Amendment" to the Constitution …
To wit:
The son, step-son, son-in-law, daughter, step-daughter, daughter-in-law,
spouse, former spouse, aunts, uncles, first cousins of a president
are eligible for the presidency or vice presidency no less than 24
four years from the November 1st of the year in which said president
was
on the ballot in the general election for his last term as President of the
United States.
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
The
World War II Comparison …
Critics
of President Bush have been pointing out that the war in Iraq has lasted
longer than our involvement in World War II. LPR has not, however,
heard anyone
compare the number of military deaths we have suffered this December to the
number of casualties we had in Europe, alone, December 1944. Check it out.
PS: Our War for Independence lasted longer than our involvement in Iraq.
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
LPR
Requests Clarification …
If we
are at war in Iraq, who is the enemy? (Beyond the concept of "terrorism," that
is.) Are we, ourselves, at war, or are we really helping one side in
a civil war?
Who are the belligerents in our war in
Iraq -- or in the Iraq Civil War? If the major
antagonists in Iraq are the Shiites and Sunnis, is the Bush Administration
influenced by the concerns of the Saudis toward their Sunni brethren in Iraq?
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
Rule
Britannia?
The
Brits created Iraq a bit more than 80 years ago. Any Bush critic ready
to tell Tony Blair to deal with it? Oil got your tongue??
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
No
More Appeals for Saddam?
Is that
it? One appeal and Saddam Hussein is out?
Doesn't this mean he can't go on trial any more as had been previously reported?
Or will his other trials be held in extreme absentia? Poor Saddam. Once Washington
worked with him. Back in the days when he aggressed against Iran!
BTW--wonder how Manuel Noriega is doing in one of our federal prisons.
Should Saddam claim that failure to put him in a federal pen denies former
tyrants equal treatment?
Then again, Milosevic did die in custody. Wonder if the cause there was … polonium.
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
LPR's
Hunches …
… That
NATO went after Milosevic mainly because Europeans still blame Serbia
for igniting World War I.
… That
considering the Arabs did not cut off oil to us after President Truman
recognized the State of Israel in 1948, the 1973 oil "embargo" -sending
prices way
up-had more to do with an end to the oil depletion allowance over here, that
the Yom Kippur War over there.
JANUARY
4, 2007 --
LPR
is not surprised …
… that
House Democrats in the majority, now, are reported by The Washington
Post, in its lead story, January 2, to have decided to forget about
promises to
involve the Republican House minority in developing legislation.
It is unfortunate for these House Democrats that this indication of not keeping
one's word was reported the day of the funeral of President Ford, acclaimed
as a politician who was honest and KEPT his word.
Nor
is LPR surprised …
… ...that
gas prices are again zooming upward. LPR has not, however, seen the
Ford funeral cited in explanation for reinvigorated greed at the oil
companies.
Well, people, are we gonna take this renewed assault on us the way … Republicans
take getting bashed by Democrats: In suffering silence?
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