Quote of the day
posted at 10:25 pm on October 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Among these crosscurrents, my thesis is simple: The question of whether America is in decline cannot be answered yes or no. There is no yes or no. Both answers are wrong, because the assumption that somehow there exists some predetermined inevitable trajectory, the result of uncontrollable external forces, is wrong. Nothing is inevitable. Nothing is written. For America today, decline is not a condition. Decline is a choice. Two decades into the unipolar world that came about with the fall of the Soviet Union, America is in the position of deciding whether to abdicate or retain its dominance. Decline–or continued ascendancy–is in our hands.”
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What will Mr. Nobel Peace Prize decide?
Schadenfreude on October 9, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Give the Nobel to Krauthammer!
KS Rex on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
It is not so much about decline. Nothing is inevitable, obviously, but America is headed into dissolution.
progressoverpeace on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Dr. Krauthammer is the voice of reason…I wish obama would pull his head out and listen to him…
It IS Nobel Peace Prize’s choice…..I WANT IT TO BE OUR CHOICE AND I SAY HELL NO. YOU WANT TO BE A LIMP WRIST, MOVE TO FRANCE. WE ARE AMERICA.
HornetSting on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
America, what will you decide?
Schadenfreude on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
After he wins the superowl or the Stanley Cup?
Old Texan on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Sometimes I wonder if Krauthammer would make a great President.
If he ran, I would vote for him.
Saltysam on October 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM
This is the conservative manifesto for the current times.
Read it, learn it, live it.
SteveMG on October 9, 2009 at 10:34 PM
That’s a tad pessimistic. This administration too shall pass. America is sufficiently strong that it cannot be broken by the missteps of any single administration.
nyx on October 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Well, if BHO wins the Heisman, we will be on our way.
d1carter on October 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
It’s decline.
And I’m not sure I care.
Horatius on October 9, 2009 at 10:36 PM
If America votes for Obama again in 2012 it will seal its fate.
Crux Australis on October 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
misslizzi on October 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Yes it is… Chose wisely come elections, Americans.
MeatHeadinCA on October 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM
If America is in decline it is because blind (or malevolent) leaders call retreat, progress.
The Rock on October 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM
One can only hope you are correct but frankly I’m just not that sure anymore.
rplat on October 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM
World Series, duh.
misslizzi on October 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Thank God there are still people like Charles Krauthammer in this country. He is a refreshing voice of reason and I respect and concur with his views.
Flyboy on October 9, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I don’t see us ascending relatively faster than China without widespread deregulation and tax reform… and that’s just economically speaking. We would also need strong American-centric leadership, which we currently do not have.
Like Lee Smith said in that Slate article, soft power is derived from our hard power capabilities.
Free Constitution on October 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM
No it won’t seal its fate.
:)
Sapwolf on October 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I choose to ascend in whatever form necessary, i.e. without New England, west coast, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania…
SouthernGent on October 9, 2009 at 10:44 PM
yes, decline is choice. but choice can be done incremently over time, as we have done.
the question is: is there a tipping point, or event horizon, after which the momentum and associated feedback sytems drastically limit our future choices
r keller on October 9, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Sadly, I believe you are very much mistaken.
Aviator on October 9, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Dr. K is the most articulate conservative writer and thinker. The comments after each of his WaPo columns are simply unbelievably repulsive.
d1carter on October 9, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I love that man’s brain…
… I’ve been hearing about America’s decline since 70′s.
We are exceptional…
mjbrooks3 on October 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Brett Baird said on the “great American panel” tonight on Fox News that although Krauthammer was not on the panel tonight, they had throughout the day received so many emails stating “I can’t wait for Krauthammer tonight” that they had him in a short segment by phone.
Marcus on October 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Long article, but once again the prescription is for a change in policy, but I don’t know how hopefull I am that enough new leaders will be voted in to effect such change. People are increasingly immoral and stupid, foolish and ignorant, and it is the people enmass that need the change.
AnotherOpinion on October 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
The current Foriegn Policy of the United States is an
exercise in contraction.It begins with the demolition
of the moral foundation of American dominance.
partial speech,from Krauthammer.
————————————————————
Liberals warped view,of everyone and everything being equal!
Except for Liberals that is!!
Me thinks,the Leader of America,Hopey/Changey is unfit,
and unbecoming, from the Office of the President!!
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Krauthammer is a smart man.
I think Obama does not believe that we are any better as a nation than any other.
So, where are these people? When tsunamis hit, when disaster strikes, when it comes time to fight AlQaida, it seems it is just us out there getting lectured by everyone else.
Given the history of the world, what right have any of them to judge us?
Terrye on October 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM
After he wins the superowl or the Stanley Cup?
Old Texan on October 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
World Series, duh.
misslizzi on October 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM
misslizzi: And Obamas next trick,is to pull Rahm out of a
hat!Ugharoo!!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Palin for the Nobel Peace Prize 2012!
GunRunner on October 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM
See the whole speech here:
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/video/wriston/
BJ* on October 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM
I’m scared we will make the wrong choice.
andy85719 on October 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM
How do we go about setting term limits on our Congress?
d1carter on October 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM
As an Australian I want a strong USA. I don’t like having to look over my shoulder at China or Indonesia.
The world without at least one strong country is a recipe for disaster.
Crux Australis on October 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Given the history of the world, what right have any of them to judge us?
Terrye on October 9, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Terrye: Time for another,’The Americans,by Gordon Sinclair’,
and btw,this is the America I know!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_okAgAUGE
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM
With Boxer and Barmy Fwank and Peelosi and Harry Red and Maxine Weeweewaters, and Joe Bidet in power, how can we possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile the Anointed One wins Girl of the Year from the Girl Scouts.
Dhuka on October 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM
I choose continued ascendancy…
… and for the sake of my Grandparents who left their homes in Italy to come here in hopes their children could do better, for my family who have struggled and dealt with success and death, for my children who’s country I fight for, and to their children, I will not go quietly into the night.
… No matter the popular culture, the propagandist education and Hollywood spin machines, nor the MSM performing oral se% for their Democrat overlords, nor any foreign body giving a medal for the “hope” of our demise.
A Japanese Admiral once was quoted why he didn’t want to invade the United States of America….
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Teh Gelding…
… enjoy your medal.
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM
I wish his entire column, here, was required reading for every American and taught in our schools. Of course, most people, including me, would have to have a dictionary handy. CK is one of the most brilliant human beings in our country, today.
Star20 on October 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM
… enjoy your medal.
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Seven Percent Solution: Surreal ain’t it!
Obama hasn`t one accomplishment,
and yet,gets the Noble prize,
its ORWELLIAN,me thinks!!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM
The more I read of this guy, the more of a fool I realize he is. Call him Mr. Post-modern Krauthammer.
Skidd on October 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I wish he’d write another book. We could really use something like that, to go with Liberty and Tyranny.
Rosmerta on October 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The fate of America is not yet written. Nothing in human affairs is inevitable. If America withers and dies it will do so where it has always lived and thrived – in the hearts and minds of its people. The foulest treachery can never destroy it nor can the most eloquent leadership breath life into its rancid corpse. It lives or dies with us!
If we have the courage to stand up and be free, to assume the responsibility for ourselves, then America can live on in a sunlit world to be the hope of all humanity. But if we fail – if we cower in nightmares of victimhood and anxious dependence, waiting passively to be saved by some promised messiah, then we stand at the terrible edge of a new dark age. For if America dies, the small star of hope for all the world flickers and dies with it and “the last best hope of Earth” will have indeed been meanly lost.
It’s not up to some leader or messiah to save America. It’s up to us – Americans!
Lew on October 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM
I’m glad Obama won the Nobel Prize b/c that award is a POS so it was well deserved.
lavell12 on October 9, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The more I read of this guy, the more of a fool I realize he is. Call him Mr. Post-modern Krauthammer.
Skidd on October 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Skidd:Your in the wrong mode,switch out from your Left mode
and click right mode,in your brain,it`’ll become clear
to you,in a matter of moments!!
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:18 PM
HOW LONG BEFORE HE MAKES A DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN?
WHAT’S BARRY WAITING FOR, LEAP YEAR?
GarandFan on October 9, 2009 at 11:18 PM
THIS is the moment we have been waiting for? For a Marxist POTUS and incompetent Socialist Democratic Party to lead America over the cliff, like so many dimwitted lemmings?
Star20 on October 9, 2009 at 11:20 PM
I haven’t had the pleasure..it’s bad enough on here:
Ripping on Krauthammer or Bolton is just pathetic. Neither one of them is vitriolic, they both speak FACTS with reason.
BigWyo on October 9, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Marcus: because CK’s voice is too pertinent to ignore
Willie on October 9, 2009 at 11:22 PM
My stool did more today than Obama has done in his career…
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Obama clearly has made his choice to bring America down, and he is implementing that. Maybe what Dr. K is referring to is the choice Americans will make at the polls in Novembers 2010 and 2012.
GaltBlvnAtty on October 9, 2009 at 11:24 PM
America is without a doubt a country in decline. Economically, morally, culturally…Whether it’s temporary or permanent remains to be seen.
therightwinger on October 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Thanks, canopfor! That video was very uplifting.
mrsmwp on October 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM
yes an “ascending” U.S. was handed off to us by our parents and look at what we’re handing off to our offspring! Shameful. This generation of highly educated will go down in history as the most stupid collection of morons in human history. DD
Darvin Dowdy on October 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Decline being a choice is overly simple, but largely on the mark. However, we have had no administration or congress in this unipolar world that has made the choices to secure dominance. The opportunity to make Krauthammer’s ‘choice’ seems to have past.
From here on out, the reality of relative decline is something best understood sooner rather than later, even while we try and figure out how to either slow or reverse it.
ernesto on October 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM
If you’re going to take a fairly unorthodox position, like calling Krauthammer a “fool,” you might want to back it with a little evidence, or at least explication.
notropis on October 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM
HOW LONG BEFORE HE MAKES A DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN?
WHAT’S BARRY WAITING FOR, LEAP YEAR?
GarandFan on October 9, 2009 at 11:18 PM
GarandFan: Hopey is waiting for Bill to step out into
the terrace,lick his finger,thrusting it into
the air,and see which way the political winds
are blowing,then they will debate that data,
until the problem goes away,ahem!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:29 PM
What an inspirational statement! THANK YOU Dr. Krauthammer!
cannonball on October 9, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Not necessarily. Phoenix rising … A nation based on the American foundations and traditions must continue. There has to be a truly individualistic nation somewhere in the world.
Unfortunately, breaking something (especially something amazingly complex) is the easiest thing to do. They are running our monetary system into the ground, at a very bad time. The credit crisis is not over. This is just the eye of the storm, to my mind. And, the way this Congress rams stuff through when they think they are able, is quite disconcerting. It only takes enough of a expansion of the federal government, or encroachment into the states and people’s everyday lives, to blow this nation apart.
I guess the proper analogy is that of a 12 year old playing as captain of an aircraft carrier. It’s a very dangerous situation, especially if the kid is actually being taken seriously. Our 12 year old is arrogant, stupid, and hates aircraft carriers. Put that ship in dangerous waters, and you pretty much know it’s f#cked. And the Nobel Prize shows that the world is egging the kid on and daring him to do silly, stupid sh!t.
The world really doesn’t know what it’s in for. Neither do the leftists, here.
progressoverpeace on October 9, 2009 at 11:39 PM
and btw,this is the America I know!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_okAgAUGE
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Thanks, canopfor! That video was very uplifting.
mrsmwp on October 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM
mrsmwp:-:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Like everyone else I have to admit I’ve had moments of doubt regarding the momentum of America, which on the face of the factoids, seems to be the case.
Some years ago I was donating blood, as was my habit, but due to a lack of focus, failed to have breadfast that day, and started to pass out on the table. A nurse slapped me silly and brought me around just before the room went black.
I’m kinda wondering if this Administration and Congress is the slap America needs to bring it back from the brink of a malaise blackout? Providence alone may be guiding the events to restore us from the abyss.
Believing that more people prefer the September 2009 America over the September 2001 America would strain credulity a bit too much.
Robert17 on October 9, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I was channeling The Precedent, here …
progressoverpeace on October 9, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Surreal ain’t it!
Obama hasn`t one accomplishment,
and yet,gets the Noble prize,
its ORWELLIAN,me thinks!!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM
My stool did more today than Obama has done in his career…
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Seven Percent Solution: No sh*t,ahem,tee-hee!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:42 PM
You are right. We did, after all, survive the Clintons
alohapundit on October 9, 2009 at 11:42 PM
+7%…!
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Wow
Wow
Wow
That explains why Obama keeps trashing our country :-(
and gets rewarded for it
macncheez on October 9, 2009 at 11:46 PM
And now, catch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper.
I think that Krauthhammer is going a little too much Philosophy Professor here. He also needs to catch up on his Schopenhauer.
MB4 on October 9, 2009 at 11:47 PM
How Liberals think
If you have 50 minutes, I highly, HIGHLY recommend watching this video by the Heritage Foundation given by Evan Sayett. It is so true in many ways. Don’t let the 50 minutes scare you, they go by very quickly indeed.
alohapundit on October 9, 2009 at 11:47 PM
whoops forgot to post the link. Here it is.
alohapundit on October 9, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Doesn’t history seem to be repeating itself?
1. Republican president becomes very unpopular and a Democrat is elected by a wide margin.
2. Democrat is elected on a message of hope and change, but doesn’t deliver.
3. Democrat apologizes for America and emasculates military.
4. U.S. economy begins to crack, other countries look for other places to put money.
5. Federal Reserve policy leads to monetary instability.
6. Dollar drops precipitously.
7. Botched deficit spending [tax refunds of the 70s].
=== Things that have yet to be realized ===
8. Major foreign policy crisis [could be Afghanistan]
9. Democrat loses in landslide.
10. U.S. recovers.
andy85719 on October 9, 2009 at 11:50 PM
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Tav on October 9, 2009 at 11:52 PM
whoops forgot to post the link. Here it is.
alohapundit on October 9, 2009 at 11:48 PM
alohapundit: Thanks for the link,after I get done murdering
Nazis that are asking for it in Call of Duty
game playing,I`ll sit back later,tea in hand,
and I`ll watch it!! Thank-you!:)
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
I think conservatives need to create their own awards and give it to people who merit it, Reagan, Krauthammer, Thatcher, Neda & Iranian protestors, Thatcher, Chinese & Cuban dissidents, etc.
cubachi on October 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
DEGRADATION IS A CHOICE; and an easy one. Like voting “PRESENT”.
IS THAT WHAT “WE THE PEOPLE” WANT FOR OURSELVES?
Do you want to surrender yourself to a cowards resolution?
Cybergeezer on October 9, 2009 at 11:57 PM
To do is to be.
- Descartes
To be is to do.
- Voltaire
They is no be.
- Charles Krauthhammer
Do be do be do.
– Frank Sinatra
MB4 on October 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Wow
Wow
Wow
That explains why Obama keeps trashing our country :-(
and gets rewarded for it
macncheez on October 9, 2009 at 11:46 PM.
—————————————-
+7%…!
Seven Percent Solution on October 9, 2009 at 11:45 PM
—————————————————–
macncheez/SPS: That video is as true then,now and will
be in the future as well!:)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Krauthammer, yeah! What a marvelous name! I think I’ll change mine by deed poll. And, if I were blatantblue or lorien, I’ll put in the obligatory “I’d hit it!”
Fortunata on October 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Amen, Krauthammer. Amen.
Thank goodness America is getting its head on straight.
Black Yoshi on October 10, 2009 at 12:03 AM
To do is to be.
- Descartes
To be is to do.
- Voltaire
They is no be.
- Charles Krauthhammer
Do be do be do.
- Frank Sinatra
MB4 on October 10, 2009 at 12:00 AM
MB4: We do Weed UP do do,MMMMMMM MMMMMMM MMMMMMMM!!hehe:)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:03 AM
I had Rush on the other day and heard the two nitwits in Detroit talk about their stimulus money they were in line to get. After about the second time he played it I was so mad I could bite nails in two.
Our country will come around, it’s starting to happen. When enough people finally get their head out of their a$$ and get mad, it will happen.
kam582 on October 10, 2009 at 12:05 AM
To be honest – it’s not just one administration. We’ve been on an unsustainable trajectory since the New Deal. No government can take care of all the people’s needs. This world has hardship in it. Some people are lifted up and some are smacked down. It is not fair – but it is the nature of the world. No human institution or government can change that.
Let’s say that Obama, Pelosi, and Reed resigned today. And lets say all the Democrats walked out of Congress and we replaced them with Republicans …
Is anyone under any delusion that the problems would be fixed? We still serious shortfalls in Medicare, Social Security and Prescription drugs at the 75 year point – and that was before the depression hit. We have to make major cuts to entitlements and we have a population of clingers that need to be taught independence.
To do these things – we cannot simply rely on the old GOP Ayatollahs. They will gain power – and they will hold it a few years before squandering it. They will never address the issues.
We need to get grassroots patriots into government to fix it. But even then – even if they address the issues that need to be addressed and fix Medicare, Social Security and other entitlements – the things they do will not make them popular with huge swaths of the nation. And the things they do could cause unrest within the nation.
This is the dark position we find ourselves in. We know the cure – but the cure could kill us.
HondaV65 on October 10, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Do or do not, there is no try.
-Yoda
I know yoda and Obama is no yoda – Lloyd Bentson
All ears and no wisdom – Hillary Clinton
Laura in Maryland on October 10, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Can of whooparse in one hand and a cuppa in the other???
Love it!
Laura in Maryland on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Are we not still Americans? Let’s stop complaining about the current administration’s colossal power grab and start rejecting it outright. Enough already – we can say no without fear and we must.
There are a myriad of us with the testicular fortitude and belief in our generous exceptionalism to reject their agenda. We no doubt outnumber the progressive union socialists. The collective polls indicate that the majority of us do not want the current health care reform. Why then does the administration wish to shove it down our throats? What is in it for them and theirs?
One last point, where does the Constitution grant the Federal government the ability to impose health care coverage upon us as a people? Where is the Constitutional challenge to the entire notion? Anyone?
Speak loudly and boldly – 2010 is just around the corner.
bbh on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
This is exactly why I have been saying about The Precedent looking to do nothing but exact revenge on us. Krauthammer
talks about the white-guilt side of modern liberalism, but that is only half of it, and The Precedent is from the other side. He represents the jealousy and hate rooted in the third world, that have now been unleashed on our nation from within. The Washington junta on the Hill are of the white-guilt side of modern liberalism. The Executive is from the third world anger side of modern liberalism. This is the situation we are in.
progressoverpeace on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Krauthammer, yeah! What a marvelous name! I think I’ll change mine by deed poll. And, if I were blatantblue or lorien, I’ll put in the obligatory “I’d hit it!”
Fortunata on October 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Fortunata: It sounds like a soldiers nic-name in World War
Two,like,
hey Sarge,is Krauthammer back yet,from hammering
those *krauts!!!!!!!hehe:)
*(canopfor wants to make it clear,that Krauts is
from WW2,and is the lingo that was spoken,just
in case a troll,manages some fake outrage,over
said word!)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Reagan said freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We have a generation who has never had to take any responsibility. We have a President who does not share any experiences of America with the rest of us. What he has grown up with is a far left view of America as evil. He is carrying out the Cloward – Piven strategy. His intention is to bankrupt the country so we are no longer a superpower and assume our “rightful” place in the world. Socialization of healthcare has nothing to do with healthcare and everything to do with control. If that succeeds America as we have known it will be gone.
Aviator on October 10, 2009 at 12:11 AM
This is exactly why I have been saying about The Precedent looking to do nothing but exact revenge on us. Krauthammer
talks about the white-guilt side of modern liberalism, but that is only half of it, and The Precedent is from the other side. He represents the jealousy and hate rooted in the third world, that have now been unleashed on our nation from within. The Washington junta on the Hill are of the white-guilt side of modern liberalism. The Executive is from the third world anger side of modern liberalism. This is the situation we are in.
progressoverpeace on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
progressoverpeace: El Bingo!:)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:13 AM
canopfor on October 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Can of whooparse in one hand and a cuppa in the other???
Love it!
Laura in Maryland on October 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Laura in Maryland: Shhhhhhhhhh,loose lips sinks ships!!hah:)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:14 AM
I know that, dude, that’s why I’m reveling in it. I just hope that some German reading this doesn’t try to demonstrate a sense of humor, because that would be just toooo alarming.
Fortunata on October 10, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Do you care to explain this little
pile of droppingspearl of wisdom, or are you just another hit-and-run skiddmark on the underdrawers of the blogosphere?hillbillyjim on October 10, 2009 at 12:20 AM
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on October 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM
No Charles, it has been given to those, like yourself, that voted for Obama.
Kini on October 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Very interesting article from 1971:
http://books.google.com/books?id=SEAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8-IA2&dq=Soviet+Union+growing+economy&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1985&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=Soviet%20Union%20growing%20economy&f=false
See page 7. Deja vu. Just switch China and Japan around call the Soviet Union Russia.
andy85719 on October 10, 2009 at 12:24 AM
There was never a real communist decline. There was a change of tactics that would allow the free world to embrace Communism by the law of degenerating democracies, whereby an ever expanding democracy will eventually, and always, devolve into parasite v host and the parasite will always win by the simple fact that most people will choose to be parasites instead of hosts.
Buddahpundit on October 10, 2009 at 12:25 AM
No – the cure will not kill us. Indifference and apathy, on its continued trajectory will deplete our nation. The cure will sustain the great nation for whom so many have sacrificed.
Seriously, why does the tone of most of these posts sound defeated? The fight, regardless of party affiliation, for economic and moral responsibility has begun again. I rejoice in the new found activism of conservatives of both parties.
bbh on October 10, 2009 at 12:26 AM
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:11 AM
I know that, dude, that’s why I’m reveling in it. I just hope that some German reading this doesn’t try to demonstrate a sense of humor, because that would be just toooo alarming.
Fortunata on October 10, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Fortunata: Yup,no kidding! Well it appears its gonna be a
quiet thread on a Friday night,so,I`m off to a
German village,to snuff out some Nazis!!:)
Nite Hot Air:)
canopfor on October 10, 2009 at 12:29 AM
I’m starting to feel better. Obama getting the Nobel is like a TIME cover featuring a snorting Wall St bull laced by a red ascending chart line.
In Wall St parlance, it’s time to short Obama. He’s peaked.
Funny how Obama got the Nobel just like he got the presidency. Even many of his admirers thought he would certainly win someday, but NOW?
It’s also time to realize that given Obama’s fantasies, the fact that he hasn’t accomplished anything meaningful is very good news. The sword of govt tyranny still hangs over our necks, but we still breathe. It’s 13 months until the next election.
The economy and Afghanistan await. There is no hiding place.
Meremortal on October 10, 2009 at 12:31 AM
never too late to turn it around, friends.
never.
blatantblue on October 10, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Ya Know???????
tbear44 on October 10, 2009 at 12:33 AM
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