When we got on his case about having an “Office of the President-Elect” – going through Dad’s papers, I came across this letter transcribed here:

Office of the President-Elect

Richard M. Nixon

Washington, D.C.

December 2, 1968

Mr. G. Noonan

(Address Redacted)

Dear Mr. Noonan:

As you know, I have pledged to bring into this Administration men and women who by their qualities of youthfulness, judgment, intelligence and creativity, can make significant contributions to our country. I seek the best minds in America to mee the challenges of this rapidly changing world. To find them, I ask for your active participation and assistance.

You, as a leader, are in a position to know and recommend exceptional individuals. The persons you select should complete the enclosed form and return it to you. I ask that you then attach your comments. My staff will carefully review all recommendations for inclusion in our reservoir of talent from which appointments will be made.

I will appreciate greatly, Mr. Noonan, your taking time from your busy schedule to participate in this all-important program.

Sincerely,

Richard M. Nixon

RMN/jww

Enclosures

The family hope is that we didn’t have a hand in recommending anyone eventually convicted. Be that as it may, Obama ain’t the first megalomaniac elected President, it would seem.

Sorry I’m late off the mark, boys and girls, but I wasn’t feeling well last night:

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. – Dwight Eisenhower

Kinda describes the Obama Administration in a nutshell, doesn’t it?

This is the natural result:

The U.S. government is pouring billions into General Motors in hopes of reviving the domestic economy, but when the automaker completes its restructuring plan, many of the company’s new jobs will be filled by workers overseas.

According to an outline the company has been sharing privately with Washington legislators, the number of cars that GM sells in the United States and builds in Mexico, China and South Korea will roughly double.

The proportion of GM cars sold domestically and manufactured in those low-wage countries will rise from 15 percent to 23 percent over the next five years, according to the figures contained in a 12-page presentation offered to lawmakers in response to their questions about overseas production.

You see, if we had allowed GM to go bankrupt and, perhaps, be broken up in to its component parts, the only losers in the deal would have been GM’s senior executives and the corrupt bosses of the UAW. The way of Obamunism, though, is to ensure that the senior executive and corrupt union bosses come out with as little harm as possible. And you pathetic, little liberals actually thought that liberal Democrats were on your side – that is just too cute for words!

I forgot to mention this earlier, but last Saturday I went on my very first wild turkey hunt. It actually wasn’t just my first wild turkey hunt, it my first experience hunting anything. I went with my future father-in-law around 4:50 am. About 15 minutes in we heard a turkey roosting up in a tree about 25 yards away. He gobbled off and on for about an hour. Finally, at about 6:05 am he pitched down, and in a manner of seconds I took my safety off and shot. Got him right in the neck.

Here is me with my game after my successful first hunt:

My turkey weighed in at 20.02 lbs., had 27/32″ spurs, and a 10″ beard.

So, as a new hunter, I’d love to hear from other hunters who visit Blogs For Victory. What do you hunt? How long have you hunted? Any tips for a new hunter like me? I know my first hunting experience was easier than maybe most are, so I’d love to hear about some of your own.

Iowahawk strikes again, and I have to quote:

Dave Burge

It’s time to get back on topic on HARDFIRE! Okay Garofalo, you said Fox was behind the resurgence of populist paranoia. Elaborate!

Janeane Garofalo

Just look at all the paranoid teabagger Nuremburg parties. Do you really think those were spontaneous? Here’s how it works. Skull and Bones calls Cheney. Cheney calls Rove. Rove calls O’Reilly. The next thing you know there’s a zombie army of Klansman goosestepping all over the town square of East Bum(expletive deleted), Idaho, looking for tax cuts and lynching trees.

Dave Burge

Are you saying they’re all racist? Even the little kids and old ladies?

Janeane Garofalo

What other possible explanation could there be for opposing Obama? Look, if the white hood fits, wear it. Actually those little kids and old ladies are the probably the worst. Those kids are already hopelessly brainwashed by Fox. You’d be surprised at how many times a day children run from me in terror. And don’t let the sweater vests and Wal-Mart applique jeans fool you, those midwestern nazi grandmas are one snap away from blowing up their mobility scooters in front of a federal building.

From Paul Kane at the Washington Post:

Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used. 

In a 10-page memo outlining an almost seven-year history of classified briefings, intelligence officials said that Pelosi and then-Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.) were the first two members of Congress ever briefed on the interrogation tactics. Then the ranking member and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, respectively, Pelosi and Goss were briefed Sept. 4, 2002, one week before the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

It is pretty sad isn’t it? That Democrats are so desperate to appease their liberal base that they will publicly oppose methods of interrogation that have kept our country safe and without another terrorist attack? Why would anyone want to placate a group of people who care more about terrorists than the lives of Americans?

Really does mean having a steady aim:

A group of college students said they are lucky to be alive and they’re thanking the quick-thinking of one of their own. Police said a fellow student shot and killed one of two masked me who burst into an apartment.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones met with one of the students to talk about the incident.

“Apparently, his intent was to rape and murder us all,” said student Charles Bailey.

Bailey said he thought it was the end of his life and the lives of the 10 people inside his apartment for a birthday party after two masked men with guns burst in through a patio door.

“They just came in and separated the men from the women and said, ‘Give me your wallets and cell phones,’” said George Williams of the College Park Police Department.

Bailey said the gunmen started counting bullets. “The other guy asked how many (bullets) he had. He said he had enough,” said Bailey.

That’s when one student grabbed a gun out of a backpack and shot at the invader who was watching the men. The gunman ran out of the apartment.

The student then ran to the room where the second gunman, identified by police as 23-year-old Calvin Lavant, was holding the women.

“Apparently the guy was getting ready to rape his girlfriend. So he told the girls to get down and he started shooting. The guy jumped out of the window,” said Bailey.

A neighbor heard the shots and heard someone running nearby.

“And I heard someone say, ‘Someone help me. Call the police. Somebody call the police,’” said a neighbor.

The neighbor said she believes it was Lavant, who was found dead near his apartment, only one building away.

Bailey said he is just thankful one student risked his life to keep others alive.

“I think all of us are really cognizant of the fact that we could have all been killed,” said Bailey.

I’ll bet it was the criminal – desperately looking for a way out after coming up snake eyes in the crime lottery. Armed people are free people – and safe people.

Powerline has the disgusting video of people going through a market clearing out all Israeli products. The action takes place, apparently, just down the road from Paris’ holocaust memorial, on the site where 65,000 French Jews were deported to death camps. “Never Again” has turned into “As Soon as We Get the Chance”.

Are we seriously going to let this fool get away with this statement?

“We can no longer afford to spend as if deficits don’t matter and waste is not our problem,” [Obama] said. “We can no longer afford to leave the hard choices for the next budget, the next administration — or the next generation.”

Need we be reminded…

Mr. Obama’s budget predicted total deficits for the next decade of nearly $7 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office analysis of his plan put the figure at nearly $9.3 trillion, or a third higher.

Here’s an interesting look at the deficit… from the Bush years through the projections of the next ten.

Excellent advice from a rightwing extremist to the current occupant of the White House:

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business. – Calvin Coolidge