She sure seems like a McCain supporter to me. Watch:
Clinton Administration Toast to Kim Jong Il
In light of President Bush’s speech on North Korea today, I thought I would remind the folks of another way of doing business with the North Koreans.
This is the text of a toast that then Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright made in 2000, to North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il. It demonstrates the difference between the way a Republican and a Democrat would handle a rogue dictator with his eyes on a nuclear prize. I’m siding with the Right on this issue. (Shocking, I know)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman (Pyongyang,
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
For Immediate Release October 23, 2000 As DeliveredToast by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright At Dinner
Hosted by Chairman Kim Jong Il Pyongyang, Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
October 23, 2000SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: Chairman Kim Jong Il, Vice Marshal Jo,
distinguished leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea on behalf of the United States of America, I want to thank
you for your kindness and hospitality.
Vice Marshal Jo, we really enjoyed your visit earlier this month
to Washington and now you have made us feel very welcome, and we
appreciate it very much.The exchange of letters and greetings between Chairman Kim Jong
Il and President Clinton, the exchange of visits by senior
officials from our respective lands, and our recent joint
communique could not have been imagined only a few years ago. We
do not move as rapidly as the performers in tonight’s wonderful
performance, but step by step we are moving toward a fundamental
improvement in our relationship. This will benefit all the people
of Korea and of the United States. I believe that our meetings
during these two days will help us to move further down the road
of cooperation.Mr. Chairman, the process in which we are now
engaged is a process that your father President Kim Il-sung
helped to begin. It can lead to reconciliation and reunification
of the Peninsula and to more normal and prosperous relations
between your government and others in the region and the world.This process will succeed if we all profit from the lessons of
the past and understand that confrontation is not the path to
progress in this new era. We each must meet our responsibilities
to eliminate threats, reduce tension, build confidence, and
expand ties. We each must strive to open new avenues of
communication, commerce and contacts. We must each do our part
if the Cold War is truly to end and along with it the divisions
that have caused such suffering to the people of Korea.There is a great distance between our two lands, but as we are
starting to discover through our visits, distance is no barrier
to closer ties. The United States understands that differences
developed over many decades are real and cannot be eliminated
overnight. We must be pragmatic and recognize that the road to
fully normal relations remains uphill.But America’s symbol is the eagle, a bird that soars. And Korea’s
pride is its mountains, which scrape the sky. There is no
obstacle we cannot overcome if we make the strategic decision to
do so together.Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice Marshal, and our other distinguished
hosts, on behalf of my delegation, I want to thank you again for
your hospitality.I look forward to tomorrow’s meetings and events. And I invite
you to join me in a toast to the health of the people of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and to the growth of
friendship between you and the people of the United States.
AND JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT, IT DIDN’T TURN OUT WELL: N. Korean Nuclear Conflict Has Deep Roots
If McCain is the bad ass Russian, and Hillary is Rocky, I guess that means Obama is Adrian. Right?
A ComeBack? I Hope Not…I want McCain to go against the Eurpoean-like quasi-socialist. Count it.
McCain to Obama: I Must Break You
One good way to decide the next president: A Good Old Fashioned brawl. I got $50 on a McCain knockout.
Editor’s Note: The odds on Obama crying at least once (before and after) the fight are also very high…7 to 2, the last time I checked.
McCain on Wednesday:
“I have the knowledge and the experience and the judgment to lead this nation,” McCain said. “My opponent does not.”
“I admire and respect Sen. Obama. For a young man with very little experience, he’s done very well. I appreciate his very great lack of experience and knowledge of the issues. He’s been very successful.”
Translation: Back off you young wipper-snapper. You are a B.S. artist who has snowed the media and the left in this country, but not me. Oh and you make stuff up too.
(Playing the part of the bad ass Russian: John McCain. And playing the part of Adrian Balboa: Barack Obama…But who plays Rocky? I wonder.)
Dreams From My Father: Audio By Barack
Here’s a link of radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt and columnist of the world Mark Steyn, playing clips from the audio version of Dreams from my Father, and discussing the more interesting aspects of Obama’s first book. Barack reads it himself in the audio version, so it’s pretty interesting.
The bets part is when they discuss the first ever Rev. Wright sermon that Barack heard, called “White Man’s Greed” (You can read more about this sermon at Slate, here)
Bill Ayers: The Purpose Driven Life
For those of you who want to get to know Barack Obama’s Pal, William Ayers a little better the Chicago Tribune (h/t Absurd Report) provided a resume:
7 October 1969 – Bombing of Haymarket Police Statue in Chicago, apparently as a “kickoff” for the “Days of Rage” riots in the city October 8–11, 1969. The Weathermen later claim credit for the bombing in their book, “Prairie Fire.”
8 October-11, 1969 – The “Days of Rage” riots occur in Chicago in which 287 Weatherman members from throughout the country were arrested and a large amount of property damage was done.
6 December 1969 – Bombing of several Chicago Police cars parked in a precinct parking lot at 3600 North Halsted Street, Chicago. The WUO stated in their book “Prairie Fire” that they had did the explosion.
27 December-31, 1969 – Weathermen hold a “War Council” meeting in Flint, MI, where they finalize their plans to submerge into an underground status from which they plan to commit strategic acts of sabotage against the government. Thereafter they are called the “Weather Underground Organization” (WUO).
13 February 1970 – Bombing of several police vehicles of the Berkeley, California, Police Department .
16 February 1970 – Bombing of Golden Gate Park branch of the San Francisco Police Department, killing one officer and injuring a number of other policemen.
6 March 1970 – Bombing in the 13th Police District of the Detroit, Michigan. 34 sticks of dynamite are discovered. During February and early March, 1970, members of the WUO, led by Bill Ayers, are reported to be in Detroit, during that period, for the purpose of bombing a police facility.
6 March 1970 – “bomb factory” located in New York’s Greenwich Village accidentally explodes. WUO members Theodore die in t. The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer’s dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The bomb was packed with nails TO INFILICT MAXIMUM CASUALTIES UPON DETONATION.
30 March 1970 – Chicago Police discover a WUO “bomb factory” on Chicago’s north side. A subsequent discovery of a WUO “weapons cache” in a south side Chicago apartment several days later ends WUO activity in the city.
10 May 1970 – Bombing of The National Guard Association building in Washington, D.C..
21 May 1970 – The WUO under Bernardine Dohrn’s name releases its “Declaration of a State of War” communique.
6 June 1970 – The WUO sends a letter claiming credit for bombing of the San Francisco Hall of Justice; however, no explosion actually took place. Months later, workmen in this building located an unexploded device which had apparently been dormant for some time.
9 June 1970 – Bombing of The New York City Police Headquarters .
27 July 1970 – Bombing of The Presidio army base in San Francisco. [NYT, 7/27/70]
12 September 1970 – The WUO helps Dr. Timothy Leary, break out and escape from the California Men’s Colony prison.
8 October 1970 – Bombing of Marin County courthouse. [NYT, 8/10/70]
10 October 1970 – Bombing of Queens traffic-court building . [NYT, 10/10/70, p. 12]
14 October 1970 – Bombing of The Harvard Center for International Affairs [NYT, 10/14/70, p. 30]
1 March 1971 – Bombing of The United States Capitol . ” [NYT, 3/2/71]
April, 1971 – abandoned WUO “bomb factory” discovered in San Francisco, California.
29 August, 1971 – Bombing of the Office of California Prisons . [LAT, 8/29/71]
17 September 1971 – Bombing of The New York Department of Corrections in Albany, NY [NYT, 9/18/71]
15 October 1971 – Bombing of William Bundy’s office in the MIT research center. [NYT, 10/16/71]
19 May 1972 – Bombing of The Pentagon . [NYT, 5/19/72]
18 May 1973 – Bombing of the 103rd Police Precinct in New York
28 September 1973 – Bombing of ITT headquarters in New York and Rome, Italy . [NYT, 9/28/73]
6 March 1974 – Bombing of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare offices in San Francisco
31 May 1974 – Bombing of The Office of the California Attorney General.
17 June 1974 – Bombing of Gulf Oil’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
11 September 1974 – Bombing of Anaconda Corporation (part of the Rockefeller Corporation).
29 January 1975 – Bombing of the State Department in (AP. “State Department Rattled by Blast,” The Daily Times-News, January 29 1975, p.1)
16 June 1975 – Bombing of Banco de Ponce (a Puerto Rican bank) in New York.
September, 1975 – Bombing of the Kennecott Corporation.
October 20, 1981 – Brinks robbery in which several members of the Weather Underground stole over $1 million from a Brinks armored car near Nyack, New York. The robbers murdered 2 police officers and 1 Brinks guard. Several others were wounded.
1981 “Guilty as hel*. Free as a bird. America is a great country,” Ayers said when interviewed by David Horowitz.
September 11, 2001 “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.” Ayers is quoted in NYT article.
Barack Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) was 20 years old at the time of the Weather Underground Brinks robbery of October 20, 1981
Obama and Clinton: A study in Journailism
As a former Journalism major and government reporter, I have to say, the reporting that Politico did on the Democrats debate is some of the best reporting (honest and fair) that I’ve seen in a while. This is how we were taught to do it, folks. Kudos.
This is why outfits like the Politico and Real Clear Politics are overtaking old-media like the New York Times and CBS News.
A New Day in Journalism? I hope so.
Are You a Bitter American?
For all you “bitter” Americans out their clinging to your guns, religion or anti-immigrant sentiment. Take a look at the following.
These are people who have a good reason to be bitter (How do you stack up?):
(and no, none of these pics were taken in America)
But don’t worry all you bitter Americans, I’m sure government will save you. Just like it saved these people…
