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Luis Palau
Quotes of the Year - 2007
I found interesting and wanted to pass along a list compiled by Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations as the “most memorable” quotes of 2007. This is a good list, but I would quibble with the order of ranking. To me his #10 is clearly the number one quote of the year. Find out why HERE. Hope you find this interesting and returns your thoughts to events of this past year.
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- “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” Andrew Meyer UF student as he was being hauled away by campus police during speech by Sen. John Kerry (Tin Soldiers and Kerry Coming…………)
- “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us.” Lauren Upton, Miss Teen USA contestant from SC when asked why one-fifth of Americans cannot find the U.S. on a map. (Excuse me………?)
- “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country.” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a speaking engagement at Columbia University New York. (I wonder why they don’t have any…..?)
- “That’s some nappy-headed hos there.” Radio personality Don Imus referring to the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. (Another example that no evil deed goes unrewarded)
- “I don’t recall.” Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ repeated response to questions from Congress about the firing of U.S. Attorneys (sounds like the HRc “I don’t recall video” compiled by her detractors when discussing the finding of the “lost” Whitewater papers in her office and other matters, all of which the media didn’t seem to find as humorous as this Gonzales response…..hm…….)
- “There’s only three things he (Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11).” Senator Joe Biden (the man that graduated from the lowest quartile in his class and would be President.)
- “I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating.” Harry Reid on VP Dick Cheney. (Harry….would you like to go over those percentages again?)
- “(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom.” Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, explaining why his foot touched a police officer in the airport restroom. (And his hand signaled he was ready for action by reaching under the stall into the next stall…..ha.)
- “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” Senator Joe Biden, referring to Senator Barack Obama. (Wow……two entries from Mr. “C’s get degrees” himself all in one year.)
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“I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.” Former President Jimmy Carter, on the Bush administration. (Coming from the actual worst President in history (HERE) this must be some type of put on. I would rank this quote as number 1 for 2007.)
- “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” Andrew Meyer UF student as he was being hauled away by campus police during speech by Sen. John Kerry (Tin Soldiers and Kerry Coming…………)
Don’t Ask…..Don’t Tell II
The LA Times is reporting HERE that Hillary is now in a “Don’t Ask” mode following a few faux pas of the previous weeks. It seems that Hillary’s current campaign strategy is to arrive at a campaign point in Iowa and give the “stump” speech that she wants told and then when her speech is over for the loud speakers to rev up with her campaign theme song (which was that now? …….. “It Ain’t Me Babe?” …….what?)
Even to reporters she is not answering any questions. When asked about her take on the Bhutto assassination by a reporter she simply looked at the reporter, turned around and walked away. It seems that Chelsea is working under the same template where she refuses to comment on anything. Not overtly by saying “no comment” but simply by ignoring the questioner.
So now we have the Clintons instituting “Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell II” as a campaign strategy. This reminds me of the beginning of her campaign where she took off on her “listening” tour to see how the “people” felt about things. She said there would be plenty of time for her to comment on her views, but it was important that she only listened at that point to see what the public wants. She must have found out, because she changed nearly all of her previous positions on things to accommodate them in order to be elected.
Come on, do I have to say it again. This lady is one crafty con artist. Whoever gave her and Bill the moniker “the grifters” sure had it right. Not only has she changed every position to appease the immediate crowd, she has contradicted herself so many times now that her only option is to not comment and trust that everyone still believes the lies that were crafted for their demographic when they first heard them. I wonder if Obama and Edwards are going to allow this to pass unchallenged.
Clinton to Abolish the Relationship of Supply & Demand and Risk Premiums
I know who I am voting for now. It will have to be HRc. This person is not just a candidate, but some kind of deity. She has promised HERE that if she is elected that the price of oil will immediately drop because [get this] …”I predict to you, the oil-producing countries will lower prices to stifle Americas incentive to develop alternative energy.” Does she not know that the oil producing countries don’t set the price of oil, the market does? They can only “attempt” to control the supply of oil and to bring down the “market” price of oil they will have to produce more oil, something that cannot happen easily or is easily sustainable.
Further, the largest market component of the price of oil today is the “risk” premium that is built into the market value. This is a premium that is inherent in the price of oil in view of the possibility of the curtailment of supply due to Middle Eastern hostilities. I believe that you can equally argue that a precipitous withdrawal from the Middle East by the U.S. could actually increase this risk premium.
To me the most obvious and likely cause of a reduction in the price in oil following an HRc election victory would be the decrease in aggregate demand that would be caused by the world wide recession that could very likely be provoked by the tax policy that HRc has asserted during her campaign. If you think this is greedy Republican talk, just sit back and watch. Hopefully your job is protected……
Moving Toward a “Bionic” Reality………
Well I got home form the hospital yesterday with a seemingly successful Heart Pacemaker surgery. Surgery was a breeze, but the left shoulder is quite sore. The only bad part is lifting only 10 pounds for 4 weeks, 2 weeks no driving and no showers (looks like sits baths and chauffeurs). So now lets see what artificial parts I have: Electronic Pacemaker, Mechanical Aortic Heart Valve, and a synthetic (plastic or nylon or something like that) Ascending Aorta, a laser “mazed” heart but at least one real biological feature of a single Heart-By-Pass. Only God knows what is next. Sheesh, it hurts just writing it down. Maybe I’ll soon get back to writing some posts so you can jump back down my throat, but try and avoid the left shoulder for a couple more weeks, okay? Anyway, have a Merry Christmas and HNY………………from NSL
P.S. Headed back to the Southern Command on Jan. 5th.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White . . . . . . .
And the Seven Dwarfs
It seems that the Democratic slate is apoplectic about the recent so called NIA (National Intelligence Assessment) and they are ready to further sacrifice the security of the nation over an automatic presumption that the report is just what the headlines suggest. And to think they want to be President. Not one of them is up to the challenge.
This report was written by 3 members of the State Department with know hostility to the Bush foreign policy in Iran, Iraq and N. Korea and does not alter the risk assessment at all. Even if taken at face value, the pursuit of the “components” of a nuclear weapon is not on the critical path in the time line of development at this stage in Iran and can be subsequently augmented while the real game is in the reprocessing of fissionable uranium material. This is a flat out program that has been launched by Iran to make them energy independent (Ha). If they spent a fraction of this money on producing a single gasoline refinery they would be independent. If you believe their spin you should have your voter card cancelled, because you are the threat to the security of the country.
I am quite certain that these candidates (along with senators Reid and others) are quite willing to take this opportunity to trash the security of the country as an acceptable cost in order to try and tie Bush’s hands and gain political advantage. I think I would trust the Mosad estimate ahead of the left leaning Department of State (as well as the above Disney characters) which takes nearly hostile exception with this report. The only purpose this report has served is to hamstring the diplomatic and sanction approach to solving the problem and consequently increase the prospects of hostility. Isn’t it also interesting that the Democrats that have spent the last 6 years trashing the intelligence community in the US are so quick to accept this report without additional consideration of the impact on our National Security. Do you think they would have all signed up to “neutralize” Iran as fast if the report indicated that Iran is on the verge of a weapon?