en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/657425 Comments by Canaan http://buchanan.org/blog/alienated-radicalized-2641#IDComment39626558 Yagur, you recited the left wing catechism of post-9/11 threats to liberty -- much of which alarmed me too. But threats to liberty come in many forms. No one ideology can watch out for them all. So here's the American pact. Liberals watch the front door, conservatives watch the back. Liberals watch out for police state and theocracy, conservatives watch out for the state seizing irresistible amounts of economic power. Liberals watch the executive branch, conservatives watch the judicial branch. You say conservatives didn't complain about Bush. But the left can't conceive that checks and balances apply to the courts too, not just to the Executive. Let's say, both sides have their assigned watches. And thank God for that. You sound quite negligent re the state adding enormous corporate power to the law-making power, the police power, the taxing power, the judicial power, and control of the military. Its too much power. It's inherently dangerous. And no, I hope the Oath Keepers do not wait until the threat is urgent. It's one of the most basic American principles -- we don't wait until its too late. We don't let tyrants plant their seed in the soil. By the way, the President has said so many things he doesn't believe, I put no faith in anything that comes out of his mouth. The slanders against heartland Townhallers show how little he meant his 2004 convention speech. I don't go back to Nixon, but as a very noisy liberal activist, I've never felt personally targeted by a Republican White House or House Speaker in the way that Biden, Jimmy Carter and Pelosi have slandered dissenting Americans. Biden said "calm down or you'll be arrested!" You're not alarmed when a former President plays the race card to stifle dissent? When the White House attacks a news station? You're asleep at the switch, my friend. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:34:39 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/alienated-radicalized-2641#IDComment39626558 http://buchanan.org/blog/the-affirmative-action-nobel-2545#IDComment38503006 A well-deserved spanking for the Nobel Committee. I'm guessing Obama has decided to reject McChrystal's troop request -- I can't imagine he'd accept the Nobel if he was still considering it. By accepting, Obama shows he doesn't care if it appears he's being manipulated by Europe. I still don't care what the continent that invented Communism, Facism and Colonialism thinks of the United States. A great litany of hawkish peacemakers from historian Pat. He could have added Eisenhower who brought peace the hard way by crushing the Nazis, then ended Truman's Korean War. Our hawks' record of bringing peace is a good fact-based lesson to offset the Nobel Committee's hallucinogens. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:27:15 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/the-affirmative-action-nobel-2545#IDComment38503006 http://buchanan.org/blog/the-generals-war-2459#IDComment37445139 James Jones does not inspire confidence: "Other factors must go into the final decisions on strategy and force levels." Presumably, political factors. “It’s better for military advice to come up through the chain of command.” Like Chinese whispers? No, McChrystal should consult directly with C-in-C. Biden? Next. Pat Buchanan slammed Bush for playing the 'Hitler' card. I say ditto for the 'Viet Nam' card. We didn't have good reason to be in Viet Nam in the first place, so it's not really parallel to Afghanistan. Neither the Hitler card nor the Viet Nam card can be trump cards in foreign policy. I think Former Secretary Eagleburger is right. Send the 40,000, but that's it. Is it really that easy to put Americans to sleep -- just wait 'em out for 8 years. Tue, 6 Oct 2009 05:41:56 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/the-generals-war-2459#IDComment37445139 http://buchanan.org/blog/race-and-stupidity-2214#IDComment35246440 "Whenever you here the line, "I want MY country back," folks, that's code. " Yes, it's code for "I want my country back." I watched Bush re-election returns come in with anti-war friends in 2004 -- after Bush took Ohio, we said "Not tonight, but we will take our country back!" When Pat says stupid, he means politically stupid. White missionary Jimmy Carter portrays President Obama (nominally the most powerful man on earth) as the 'poor little victim of racism.' To project strength, FDR hid his disability. Yet Obama wears his victim status on his sleeve like some poor race cripple? You'd think Carter would remember how we demonized Nixon, how Ford was savagely ridiculed -- it's the only way he was elected. The anti-Obama protests are no more hostile than our protests against Bush. When we weren't calling Bush Hitler, we were calling him the Antichrist -- as is our 1st Amendment Right! Americans eat Presidents for breakfast. Now an ex-President demands kid gloves for the poor black President who, despite all the powers of Article II, needs the White Missionary to come to his aid like some Third World tsunami victim. Carter patronizes Obama -- and does it maliciously, because he can't possibly be that stupid. He's trafficking for attention, just like Maureen Dowd. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:38:27 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/race-and-stupidity-2214#IDComment35246440 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/16/breaking-acorn-suspends-operations/#IDComment34732650 Will that 'independent review' be performed by an 'independent artist?' Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:38 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/16/breaking-acorn-suspends-operations/#IDComment34732650 http://buchanan.org/blog/human-events-vs-pat-buchanan-2140#IDComment34241616 So are these people accusing the Israeli Supreme Court of anti-semitism? As I read Pat's book, which causally links both world wars, Pat argues that if Churchill had not been incompetent, Hitler would never have come to power. You can't read Pat's analysis of WWII apart from his take on WWI and the diplomatic screw-ups in between the wars. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:57:56 +0000 http://buchanan.org/blog/human-events-vs-pat-buchanan-2140#IDComment34241616