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The flip-flopping Daschle continuesWow, Daschle is now saying Ellsworth was overblown:Former Senator Tom Daschle says the debate over the future of Ellsworth Air Force Base during last year's Senate race was overblown.Daschle says it's impossible to tell whether this year's base closure process...Nuclear War In Iraq?
Are we waging nuclear war in Iraq? Was Osama not behind 9/11? These aren't new allegations, as anyone who regularly follows the trials and the trevails of the Great American Moonbat can tell you. Now, according to Cindy Sheehan, we...Science Fictional Wisdom
It?s a done dealFirstly, it should be noted that the Chief is a aficianado of science fiction - particularyly "hard" science fiction, as well as military science fiction. (No warlocks, dwarves or dragons PLEASE! Tolkien is good, but forget the rest.)
I just completed reading THE WATCH ON THE RHINE by John Ringo & Tom Kratman, with the setting of a sort of mass - horde invasion of the planet by some hungry and rapacious aliens who have us on the main menu. There are several books out there in this universe, of which this is the latest.
Without going into all the gory details (and are there EVER gory details that could be gone into) this latest effort is placed in Germany, and the surviving Waffen-SS, after galactic technological rejuvenation are brought back to join the fight. There are lots of interesting developments in this - for example a "Judas Maccabeus" Jewish SS Brigade (phew!) - but this is all just background for the purposes of this post.
The following part of an "Afterword" is the real substance I wanted to pass on (emphasis added):
Right now, Western Civilization, however much many of its members may refuse to admit it, is involved in a world war. No, it has seen no entire cities destroyed; no trenches have drawn their scars across entire continents. It is a world war all the same. Moreover, it is a world war that is putting to the test every notion of individual liberty, freedom of conscience, and rule of law that the West prizes. And should we lose we will see, or our grandchildren will, the erasure of all that is good in Western Civilization.We cannot afford to lose. Yet winning will have its price, too. Just as the invasion John described is ordained to change humanity into something that one of Hitler's Waffen SS would recognize and call home, so too will this war change us. Because side by side with the virtues of Western Civilization are paired vices that may destroy us: a narrow legalistic mindset, an emphasis on form over substance, and an unwillingness to do the ruthless and violent things we must if we are to survive. This list is not exhaustive. Perhaps worse than these things, however, the West has nurtured at its own breast a set of execrable, vile, treacherous and treasonous villains that seem to seek at every opportunity to do all they can to ensure its destruction.Yet there is hope. "Survival cancels out programming."Indeed!
From the Argus Leader:And a national defense analyst says the steps taken by the commission Wednesday are a good indication that Ellsworth has a strong chance of being removed from a closure list.I think the handwriting is on the wall,...Novak on BRAC & Thune
You Could Drive A Prius From LA to NYC For, Like, $75Never one to pull his punches, Robert Novak does a thorough political analysis of the situation with Sen. Thune, the Pres., the BRAC process, and South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force Base. It ain't a pretty picture.
The real acid test will be when the final BRAC recommendation is out later this week.
I agree with Glenn. Make 'em all fly commercial....Ellsworth Saved
Ellsworth AFB, located just outside of Rapid City, SD, received 8 of 9 votes yesterday by the BRAC committee to be kept open. Here's an AP story on yesterday's happenings. Pending approval by Congress and the President, it looks like...Vegetarian Battle
Denise Ross of the Rapid City Journal is talking about the twin press releases from the SD state parties regarding the Democrats' new vegetarian spokesperson....
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