We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:25:58 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:43:27 -0600 I have seen a very drastic change in the people's attitude in the last 15 years... And not for the good... At least in the ones living in NYC, Boston, LA, SF, and now DC and NoVA...
I cannot stand people complaining that they cannot get something due to the 'discrimination'   This is their country, their language, they have a back-up of the families and friends.  We came here with just 26 kg of our wordly possessions and in case of my mother, very little English. No relatives, nothing.  15 years later, I am a practicing attorney who has her own practice (still growing) and her own condo (did not want to get a ARM for a mansion), and even my mother can now go to the English speaking doctors without my help.  This country is fanstastic.  The oppourtinities are literally endless, one just needs to want to achieve and to work hard and take responsibility for one's mistakes...  and not the gov't take out the hard-earned money and give it to somebody else who does not want to move their arses to get what they want or take responsibility for their reckless actions...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80109 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80109 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:03:31 -0600
let this now be my own belated words, just for you...

"Welcome to America!  come on in.  set yourself down and make yourself as comfortable as you wish.  may you have every door flung wide open to you, and may you have sufficient leisure time to remind us of what things look like coming from that other side of the curtain.  thanks for participating in the process."
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once bitten twice shy...
that's why we, the former soviet block refugees, get more alarmed than the rest of the Americans when we see Obama's supporters and friends and hear Obama's platform.
Plus, after living in the States long enough to become the US Citizens and being eligible to vote, we know how bad the left infiltrated the education system and where the dangers are. People like your friend do not have that insight.
Finally, it is true that the socialist wealth redistribution scheme has not worked anywhere and it won't survive for long in the States either. Unfortunately, it corrupts and destroys the nations well before it is replaced.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80082 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80082 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:37:53 -0600
Germany and Germans survived the Nazis. But at what cost? To themselves and to others?

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It’s kind of like being diagnosed with testicular cancer. You hope to live through the treatment, but you don’t look forward to what you’re about to lose.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80058 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80058 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:37:34 -0600
If you are under 40 and not Liberal, you have no heart.
But if you are over 40 and a Liberal, you have no brains.

Fear not, I'm over 65 and still have: golf, base, tennis, foot, and volley.

]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80055 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80055 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:30:56 -0600 I'm probably also going to talk to SWWBO about cracking into the investment accounts and perhaps laying in a few more modern bangsticks in anticipation of Carolyn McCarthy getting her wish. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80054 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80054 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:27:47 -0600
As I see it, the 'real' Obama will be revealed to be one of three possibles:

Bill Clinton #2 - this is the best case, with the least damage done largely because he isn't that stupid and the necessary checks and balances come from strife within his administration (ok, household)

Jimmeh Carter #2 - this has seemed the most likely.  Still ok, I think, with little bad getting done due to sheer... well whatever inverted super power Carter had.  I think we can make it through this one as well without it getting too messy.

Hugo Chavez - Another charismatic empty suit swept into power on empty promises with shady associations.  This is the bad one and has a strong possiblity of the phrase 'rooftop recalls' being used which is a very bad thing.

Overall I'm hoping that Reid and Pelosi continue their march of futility and manage to avoid doing too much harm before being howled from the halls of power.

In the meantime I'll do my best to retain respect for at least the ideal of the Office(s) and continue my policy of hoping for the best while stockpiling for the worst. 

I urge you all to allow yourself a short period of heartfelt cussing, maybe a bit of controlled distruction (stress relief), and the morbid consolation that it's going to be very hard for the Dems to avoid the blame for whatever comes.

Joe The Plumber for Congress in 2010!

Palin / Jindal 2012!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80053 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80053 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:23:35 -0600
And if you let lassittude set in, you *will* get rolled over politically.

Now is the time to man the ramparts.  It's out turn to be in opposition.  Oppose!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80051 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80051 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:07:50 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80049 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80049 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:18:09 -0600
                                                                                Spanky]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80046 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/11/and_free_electi.html#comment-80046 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:05:40 -0600