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Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander

Publisher, PatriotPost.US

INSIGHT

“Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.” —Thomas Fuller

“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy and chivalry.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. Wisdom comes of such a recognition.” —Miguel de Cervantes

“Learn all you can, but learn to do something, or your learning will be useless and your vision will depart.” —Booker T. Washington

“You can observe a lot just by watching.” —Yogi Berra

UPRIGHT

“Slowly bleeding our forces by defunding what our commanders think they need to win (the House approach) or rewording the authorization of the use of force so that lawyers decide what operations are to be launched (the Senate approach) is no way to fight a war. It is no way to end a war. It is a way to complicate the war and make it inherently unwinnable—and to shirk the political responsibility for doing so.” —Charles Krauthammer

“[Hillary] Clinton has never gone after a fellow Democrat quite the way she’s going after [Barack] Obama, and it’s an indication of how threatened she is not only by his candidacy but, one suspects, his freshness. He makes her look like yesterday. He makes her look like the old slash-and-burn.” —Peggy Noonan

“So far, candidates have told us very little about where they think the world is headed and what we should do about it. And they’ve shown us little to indicate that they’ve thought seriously about governance and long-term problems like Social Security and Medicare.” —George Will

“For those with the wits to examine the history and science of climate, it is obvious that the global warmers are seeking to deceive whole nations and continents into the destruction of a thriving period of world trade and relative peace we call globalization. Short range, this is occurring today in the Congress of the United States. It must not be allowed to happen and those behind it should be driven from public office at the earliest possible moment.” —Alan Caruba

“A primary job of the federal government is to unify Americans. Besides being our native tongue, English is the language of commerce worldwide. Every student should be able to speak it fluently. That’s the only way to ensure that no child gets left behind.” —Ed Feulner

EDITORIAL EXEGESIS

“[David] Geffen was on to something with his passing mention of the fact that Obama is not from ‘the Bush royal family’ or the ‘Clinton royal family.’ Regardless of what you think of Bill Clinton’s presidency, or his wife’s talent, the dynastic aspect of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy is an issue that will increasingly come to occupy center stage in this campaign. Is the country prepared to be governed, potentially, for 28 years by two families who alternate turns in the White House? The Clinton campaign appears unwilling to acknowledge this concern. The candidate likes talking to audiences about whether the nation is ready for a female president. But the question of whether the country is ready to perpetuate the dueling-family reign by voting in the former president’s spouse is disingenuously left off the table.” —Los Angeles Times

DEZINFORMATSIA

That’s the spirit!: “I think what we’re seeing here [in Iraq]… is what happened back during the Vietnam era when things were going badly and the crusty old Senator from Vermont, George Aiken, said ‘there’s only one way out there, that’s to declare victory and just leave’.” —CBS’s Bob Schieffer ++ “Do you have any idea at all how much money in U.S. taxes have poured down the hole, so to speak, in Iraq?” —CNN’s Jim Clancy ++ Sounds like… Iraq: “The international community… having invested so much… must continue to stay deeply involved. It would not be surprising if, after seven years, interest has flagged. But without more outside help, there is little hope for building a peaceful democracy in Kosovo.” —New York Times editorial

Puff pieces: “Incredible as it may seem, Al Gore is not only totally carbon neutral, but geek-chic cool. No velvet rope can stop him. He rolls with Diddy. He is on first-name basis, for real, with Ludacris.” —Washington Post reporter William Booth under the headline “Oscar Hopeful May Be America’s Coolest Ex-Vice President Ever” ++ See B.S.: “He’s clearly playing it for all it’s worth because now he’s not just another defeated presidential candidate. He’s an Oscar-winning environmental evangelist. With questions about Al Gore’s 2008 intentions still in the air, it was a moment just too good to pass up.” —CBS’s Gloria Borger

The reality check spreads: “If Bill and Hillary Clinton were the stars of a reality TV show, it would be a weekly series called ‘The Connivers.’ The Clintons, the most powerful of power couples, are always scheming at something, and they’re good at it.” —New York Times columnist Bob Herbert

Rewriting history: “A shocking new claim that an ancient burial place may have housed the bones of Christ and a son. This morning a Today exclusive that could rock Christianity to its core.” —NBC’s Matt Lauer

Newspulper Headlines: Sounds Like Him Needs Grammar Lessons Too: “Blair: ME Needs Viable Palestinian State” —The Jerusalem Post

A Novel Way to Avoid Love Triangles: “NASA, Virgin to Collaborate on Space Flights” —The Jerusalem Post

Stay off the Tracks, Poor Walkers: “Streetcars Hurt Poor, Walker Argues” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

An Optimist Would Say It’s More Than Half Full: “World Trade Center Nearly Half Empty” —The Baltimore Examiner

The Old Ball and Chain: “Man Sentenced to Prison, Gets Married” —Associated Press

‘Cmon, Dude! Sentence Us, Please!’: “Pot Growers Plead, to Be Sentenced” —Ionia (MI) Sentinel-Standard

Bottom Story of the Day: “Jesse Jackson Seeks More Diversity in Hollywood” —Reuters (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto)

THE DEMO-GOGUES

Retreat!: “Congress has the authority, and I know it has the responsibility, to get us out of [Iraq]. And we should use every means possible.” —Rep. Lynn Woolsey ++ “We should let the Iraqis know that we are here until this time, and then we’re going to draw back. We’re going to draw our troops out of Iraq. I think a timeline is absolutely important because I think that the people in America don’t want to see another Korean war, another Vietnam war, where it’s an open-ended thing.” —RINO Arnold Schwarzenegger ++ “We would follow basically the pattern which was set or proposed by the Iraq Study Group, which was to set a goal for the removal of combat troops… by March of next year.” —Sen. Carl Levin

On the campaign trail: “Dick Cheney said this is all part of the plan [and] it was a good thing that Tony Blair was withdrawing, even as the administration is preparing to put 20,000 more of our young men and women in. Now, keep in mind, this is the same guy that said we’d be greeted as liberators, the same guy that said that we’re [sic] in the last throes… When Dick Cheney says it’s a good thing, you know that you’ve probably got some big problems.” —Barack Obama

Gender politics: “I’m not running as a woman candidate, I’m running because I think I’m the best candidate to hit the ground running.” —Hillary Clinton *Not to worry; we don’t think of you as a woman.

VILLAGE IDIOTS

So insightful: “I’m old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug, so I’ve been able to enjoy that part of it without losing perspective.” —Al Gore on his Oscar win

Last crazy rant: “If you don’t want to impeach [President Bush], censure him, say to the world something went wrong with our leadership and we repent after our wrongdoing.” —Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan ++ Blame America First: “Sunni and Shi’ite lived together, Christian and Jews lived together in Iraq, you didn’t hear none [sic] of this stuff before America came in. There was no bombing of Shi’ite holy places. You don’t need to look at Shi’ite and Sunni, you need to look at those who came in. After they came in all hell broke loose.” —Farrakhan ++ This week’s “Moral Innumeracy” Award: “Our lives are full of praise, but our hearts are far removed from the prophets that we all claim. That is why the world is in the shape that it’s in. If we would live the life that Jesus taught, live the life that Muhammad taught, we would be in tremendous condition.” —Farrakhan, trying to have it both ways

Don’t know nothin’ about history: “I had never really traced my family history…” —Al Sharpton, who has repeatedly demanded reparations, upon finding that an ancestor was owned by a distant relation of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond

From the “Global Village”: “The train of the Iranian nation is without brakes and a rear gear.” —Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad

Hate America: “We’re at the bottom of all the developed countries in giving to other people.” —Jimmy Carter on American generosity *Speak for yourself, Jimmy.

SHORT CUTS

“Last month, Sen. Barack Obama called for our troops to leave Iraq by March 2008. Last weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton called for our troops to start leaving within 90 days. In this Demented Demagogic Democratic Destruction Derby (military status: 5F) of American national security interests, I suppose former Sen. John Edwards, in an effort to hold on to his title of supremo anti-war candidate, will have to designate it a crime against humanity that the troops weren’t pulled out a week ago last Friday.” —Tony Blankley

“America is now five years on from an… extraordinary event. How have the private and public sectors responded? With longer lines at the airport and the cutting-edge technological innovation of making you bend down and remove your shoes (and even your gel-filled bra) while bored officials wander up the line barking incomprehensible lists of prohibited fluids: that would be a state-of-the-art system for boarding the Mayflower.” —Mark Steyn

“Tom Vilsack has dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Associated Press reports. A stunned nation has only begun to grapple with questions such as: Tom Vilsack was running for president? And: Tom who?” —James Taranto

“When one embarks upon a mission to eliminate speech codes from college campuses it’s tough to know where to start. Some codes ban speech that is merely ‘offensive.’ Some ban speech that is ‘maligning.’ Others ban speech that ‘challenges.’ Imagine a college that guarantees a four-year education without any fear of being challenged. It’s as easy as imagining a worthless college education.” —Mike Adams

David Letterman: “Top Surprises in Barack Obama’s 60 Minutes Interview”: Interview took place in a car as Obama stalked a hunky astronaut; Kept calling Steve Kroft “Doctor”; Criticized Bush for not doing anything to prevent “Norbit”; Announced plans for a lavish Broadway musical “Obama Mia!”; Vowed to reduce Al Gore’s pants size by 2012; Andy Rooney wandered in to complain that there aren’t enough candidates named Chet; Confessed to switching to Geico after seeing those charming caveman commercials; He’s voting for Hillary.

Jay Leno: The state of Virginia’s General Assembly has passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. Not a moment too soon. It’s good to nip these things in the bud before any hard feelings develop. … Speaking of that, according to a new report by genealogists, Al Sharpton’s ancestors were slaves once owned by Strom Thurmond’s relatives. And now Al Sharpton wants a DNA test to see if they are related. And somehow you know this is going to end up that Strom is the father of Anna Nicole’s baby. You know that’s going to happen. … Did you all watch the Oscars [Sunday] night? I tried to TiVo the show, but my TiVo only holds 30 hours of programs. … It was so long that parts of Peter O’Toole were starting to fall off. … Bank of America will be giving out credit cards to illegals. See, this way they won’t need cash. You can buy forged papers and phony drivers licenses on credit. … Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack announced he has dropped out of the race. The reason cited? He’s Tom Vilsack. Now the hard part—telling his supporter. … Hillary Clinton is being pressed on why she hasn’t apologized for voting in favor of the war in Iraq. In reply to this, Hillary actually told voters who are upset about this, “You have other choices.” Something, of course, Bill already knows. … It looks like Hollywood is starting to turn on Hillary Clinton. Hollywood mogul David Geffen—he’s given huge amounts to the Clintons—[said] that Hillary Clinton is too scripted, that Bill Clinton is reckless, and both of the Clintons lie so easily it’s troubling. Bad scripts, reckless behavior, and lying—thank God that kind of thing can never happen here in Hollywood! … Hillary Clinton’s campaign wants Barack Obama to publicly renounce Geffen’s statement attacking the Clintons. Geffen said, ‘I know everyone in politics has to lie, but the Clintons do it with such ease, it’s troubling.’ I think that’s an unfair statement. Just because you’re really good at something doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Veritas vos Liberabit—Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander, Publisher, for The Patriot’s editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm’s way around the world, and for their families—especially families of those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who have died in defense of American liberty, while prosecuting the war with Jihadistan.)