Some Things Never Change.....1864 or 2004?

I just finished reading a biography on Lincoln. If you look to the left on my blog, you can see a direct link to the book I am quoting from. Here are just a few nuggets.



Republican platform:
"Full Protection of the laws for soldiers of war."
"Economy and rigid responsibility in public expenditure."
"Monarchical Governments to beware of threatening republican governments."

Their main "moral values" issue (slavery) had been attacked by activist judges (Dred Scott.)

In August of the election year the Republicans were in despair and convinced they would lose the election, George Strong put it this way, "Our progess (in the war) is slow, wretched finances,.....but if the national backbone become diseased and degenerate into cartilage or gelatin we are a lost people."

Political leaders in the party, afraid of losing the election urged the President to contact the enemy and discuss ending the war.

At the Democratic convention they adopted the following platform:

the platform expressed gratitude to soldiers and sailors for their sacrifices, promised them protection and care, but they wanted out of the war.

Their Candidate (McClellan) was a former war hero, that some considered a traitor.

When things turned for the better in the war during the campaign, the Democrats started acting tougher. In fact McClellan took opposing views to the party platform, and the party faithful, and after we started winning again, he was determined to crush the enemy.

High turnout at the polls ended up being good for the Republicans....New York City went overwhelmingly for the "Party of Peace -- the Democrats (68%)" while the rest of the North went to the Republicans (55%). There were also threats of riots when they lost.

More Iraqi Blogs

I have added some more Iraqi Blogs. I am not filtering for pro-US Commentators, most of the ones I have posted so far are pro-US, but this is just a coincidence.

The Iraqi Holocaust

Iraqi Bloggers Central

An Iraqi's Thoughts

neurotic Iraqi wife

A Family in Baghdad

Inside View From Iraq

Iraq Kids

Good News from Iraq

Despite what you read and hear on our riduculous media outlets in the US, there is good news in Iraq. This article is very long, but this stuff is so under-reported that you must read it.

OpinionJournal - Extra

Republicans Vs. Democrats

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered
altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet
him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air =
balloon approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet =
above sea level. You are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and =
100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is
technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your
information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much
help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you have no idea where you are or where you're
going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect ME
to solve your problem. You're in EXACTLY the same position you were in
before we met, but somehow, now it's MY fault."

Iraqi Blogs

I am going to post some blogs from several Iraqis inside Iraq right now. Neither the conservative media nor the liberal media is giving us a true picture of what is going on there.

Healing Iraq
Mesopotamian
Iraq at a Glance
Hammorabi
Iraqi Letter to America
Iraq Files

Remember Arafat's victims

You are going to see a lot in the media today and this week about that monster Yasir Arafat. I would go as far as President Bush and say God Bless his soul, but I refuse to honor the life of a brutal terrorists.

From the Boston Globe article today let's remember a few of Arafat's MANY MANY forgotten victims.

Perhaps his signal contribution to the practice of political terror was the introduction of warfare against children. On one black date in May 1974, three PLO terrorists slipped from Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot. They murdered two parents and a child whom they found at home, then seized a local school, taking more than 100 boys and girls hostage and threatening to kill them unless a number of imprisoned terrorists were released. When Israeli troops attempted a rescue, the terrorists exploded hand grenades and opened fire on the students. By the time the horror ended, 25 people were dead; 21 of them were children.

Thirty years later, no one speaks of Ma'alot anymore. The dead children have been forgotten. Everyone knows Arafat's name, but who ever recalls the names of his victims?

So let us recall them: Ilana Turgeman. Rachel Aputa. Yocheved Mazoz. Sarah Ben-Shim'on. Yona Sabag. Yafa Cohen. Shoshana Cohen. Michal Sitrok. Malka Amrosy. Aviva Saada. Yocheved Diyi. Yaakov Levi. Yaakov Kabla. Rina Cohen. Ilana Ne'eman. Sarah Madar. Tamar Dahan. Sarah Soper. Lili Morad. David Madar. Yehudit Madar. The 21 dead children of Ma'alot -- 21 of the thousands of who died at Arafat's command.

Wictory Wednesday

Today we're helping the Republican National Committee by donating at

Oinery Soldier

Oinery Soldier! 



Queen is exposed to Highland game
By Anil Dawar, Daily Mail
10 November 2004
Having one's picture taken sitting next to the Queen is usually no sniggering matter.

Particularly when it's an official photograph of the battalion in full uniform and Her Majesty is there in her role as commander of the armed forces.

But Colonel Simon West didn't appear to be taking the occasion too seriously yesterday.

In his cap, jacket and spats, his hands on his knees and his ankles crossed, he sat proudly in the front row of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, next to the Queen.

But unlike his comrades, he hadn't taken the time to adjust his sporran and kilt for decency.

So the kilt flapped about for all the world to see. And judging by the grin on his face, the colonel knew exactly what he was doing.

Onlookers said the Queen didn't notice what was happening next to her. But she does not exactly appear comfortable in the photograph.

She was visiting the battalion at Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Kent, to present medals after their recent tour of duty in Iraq.

Visiting Iraqi's

A good friend and fellow Bengals/Reds fanatic worked in Butler County, Ohio on the GOTV program for President Bush. Check out his letter to the editor in the Enquirer today.

On Monday, while working the phone banks at GOP headquarters in Butler County, we had a visit by a State Department-led group of foreign visitors. Included in the group were five or six Iraqi nationals. When we explained to them what we were doing, they came over to all of the volunteers, profusely thanking us for what we were doing. A number of them said that we had sent them a "savior" and that they prayed for our country and our people. When they left, many hugs and handshakes were exchanged.

I'm not one that is prone to outward displays of emotion, but this was a genuinely moving experience and a perspective that we don't usually get from the American media.

Divided Nation?

Divided Nation? 

I would like to Thank Geoge Soros, Michael Moore, the Hollywood Left, Ron Reagan (not junior), the New York Times, CBSNEWS, Reuters, Black Jacque Chirac, and all the other WAY-LEFT liberals, that fired up our base.

Until the Democrats turn to the normal part of their party like Evan Bayh, Harold Ford, Joe Lieberman, John Breaux, and the like this map will continue to be mostly red. Stop attacking our Religion, stop telling us morals don't matter, stop telling us that killing babies in the womb is a "Woman's issue"

Divided Nation?

Divided Nation?  

I would like to Thank Geoge Soros, Michael Moore, the Hollywood Left, Ron Reagan (not junior), the New York Times, CBSNEWS, Reuters, Black Jacque Chirac, and all the other WAY-LEFT liberals, that fired up our base.

Until the Democrats turn to the normal part of their party like Evan Bayh, Harold Ford, Joe Lieberman, John Breaux, and the like this map will continue to be mostly red. Stop attacking our Religion, stop telling us morals don't matter, stop telling us that killing babies in the womb is a "Woman's issue"