Important Stuff -- Or Not: A Good Quote

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

A Good Quote

"I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit, and to mothball his opinions." - Omar Bradley Anybody have Wesley Clark's e-mail address? He needs to know about this.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: That reminds me. Until 1981, former Presidents honored a sacred tradition: the refusal to criticize publically their successors in office. Then came Jimmy Carter,one of the two worst presidents of my age. Later came the other one, Bill Clinton.; 6:45 PM
BB-Idaho said...: Wesley Clark's address? You will also want Maj Gen Paul Eaton's, Lt. Gen William Odon's, Gen Anthony Zinni's, Lt Gen Gred Newbold's, Lt. Gen Bernard Trainor's and Maj Gen John Battiste's. They are retired, they can say what they think, for a change.....or is the 1st Amendment soley for Rush Limbaugh?; 3:33 PM
Lone Ranger said...: Absolutely. I mentioned only Clark because he is the most prominent of the whiners. You are misinformed. A general officer is NEVER retired. He can be called back to duty at any time and he has a responsibility to still respect the Commander-in Chief. It used to be the policy of our retired leaders that criticism of our government stopped at our shores. Then they started criticizing policies that had failed. Now, they apparently consider it their duty to criticize policy before it has ever been tried. Who's the elected leader of this country?; 3:41 PM
BB-Idaho said...: "Richard Pearle a former proponent of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq is now speaking out against what he sees as a Bush administration disaster." ....
"Other leading conservatives, including a former informal advisor to President Bush, Kenneth Adelman, offered their criticism of the handling of the war for the upcoming article."....
"Paul Craig Roberts, who was one of the highest-ranking Treasury Department officials under President Reagan and now a nationally-syndicated conservative columnist, wrote: "an invasion of Iraq is likely the most thoughtless action in modern history." ...I won't go on and on, but the point is - it isn't just
generals (or liberals) its just
citizens voicing opinions; we are a democracy. In the longer run,
diversity of opinion is one of our strengths.; 5:15 PM
Lone Ranger said...: There is a line between expressing one's opinion and undermining the war effort. And it isn't a very fine line. The terrorists have said quite plainly that they don't have to win this conflict, all they have to do is hold out until we quit. It's the same strategy the North Vietnamese used. And every time one of these people "expresses his opinion" i.e. tells the terrorists what they want to hear, we grow that much weaker in our enemy's eyes. and they grow that much more determined.; 7:50 PM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.