tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post637789691669568485..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Compare and Contrast: Obama and CruzStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-63837799387722990822015-12-09T22:08:55.666-08:002015-12-09T22:08:55.666-08:00Rumsfeld was a major player in the New Order. He i...Rumsfeld was a major player in the New Order. He interrogated every US officer up for a star. My info was he bullied, intimidated, and brainwashed them into Yes Men.<br /><br />A retired officer had first hand knowledge. He said, "Be prepared to place your stars on his desk if he traduces your Fundamental Ethics".<br /><br />Far as I know, nobody did.<br /><br />If I had remained much longer, my own Ethics would have been damaged. I resolved to NOT allow that to happen. -- Rich LaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76814660674104417532015-12-09T14:36:26.166-08:002015-12-09T14:36:26.166-08:00I was a military speechwriter for 20-odd years. Du...I was a military speechwriter for 20-odd years. During most, History & Tradition & Respectful Honor for former heroes and great leaders was coin of the realm. <br /><br />We stand on their shoulders, we follow their example, take confidence from their achievements, express gratitude for what they bequeathed to us.<br /><br />A few years before I retired, things changed. Speeches had to be Numbers, Bottom Lines, New Initiatives, Jargon, Tech, Procurement, "dollars" - and the wonderfulness of the Speaker.<br /><br />A Flag Officer's Aide came to my office. "NO MORE HISTORY! None." In Flag offices, books by tycoons and get-rich-quick replaced History, Biography, Strategy.<br /><br />I was told my Memorial Day Speech "is too depressing". Jeepers. It's the day we honor those who died for us!!! Usually given in Cemeteries.<br /><br />My last MD speech was trashed, in the garbage. Replaced by something from a Pentagon LT. One para about dead yadda yadda. The rest - see above.<br /><br />I was replaced by a guy who Cut & Pasted from the Web. They liked it.<br /><br />So it's not a new thing. I got out just in time. -- Rich LaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68289600414013756092015-12-09T13:35:55.287-08:002015-12-09T13:35:55.287-08:00Anonymous 10:03 AM: Typos? AO, you are a true jack...Anonymous 10:03 AM: Typos? AO, you are a true jackass. <br /><br />Thanks for your concern over my failed wisdom. Sensitivity to simple errors is a choice. I can be sensitive too sometimes, but a blog is "forever" so worth correcting I think. (I recall one old college math teacher used to give a silver dollar for every new error found in his text book. I was too proud back then but I'd tell other students to call them out.)<br /><br />I see Stuart has an email listed, StuartSchneiderman@gmail.com, so if I used that there'd no less need for name-calling.<br /><br />While I'm here, I'll share a few Lee Zeldin video I found, from our new first GOP Jew in congress. I see we can all be glad that Israel's interests are now represented by a forceful advocate.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgTQ3q_0lk Congressman Lee Zeldin on Israel<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFGSX8Ghbc Rep. Lee Zeldin Speaks on House Floor re: Effort to Defeat ISIS (6/17/15) <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Y3Ib-iv5g CPAC 2014 - NY State Senator Lee Zeldin (NY-3) <br /><br />Maybe he can also advocates to help Obama's agenda to get Congress to declare war on ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh?<br /><br />And I while I see he doesn't have any statements about Chanukah on his website, but here's an opinion on Obama's speech. <br />https://zeldin.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lee-zeldin-president-s-address<br />-------<br />... ISIS must be wiped off the face of the earth. The liberals in government and in the media just absolutely refuse to get to the heart of that reality and confront it head on. Their losing approach is the greatest victory that this terror group has achieved thus far in America. The President and his minions in Congress want to talk about anything else at all. <br /><br />Radical Islamic extremism must be destroyed. Right now we do not have a plan to win. We are running in place at best. This isn't about trying to take out some of the bad guys and disrupting some of their command and control. This is about annihilating the threat.<br /><br />If we want to pursue related domestic priorities, it should start by fixing our visa waiver program and stopping the influx of Syrian refugees. That may not sound PC, but this is about securing our country, not winning the hearts and minds of the most out of touch bleeding heart liberal in our country.<br /><br />As far as our strategy overseas, another disappointing game being played is telling the American people that there will be no boots on the ground while placing boots on the ground at the same exact time. This shouldn't be about what rhetoric best serves domestic politics. This should be about which actions best serve our national security. Set up our troops to win or do not send them at all. Give their commanders the flexibility and resources to accomplish the mission. Don't limit the rules of engagement to tie their hands behind their back. We can and must win this effort. It's time to turn this around.”<br />------<br /><br />It sounds like he's following Iran's rherorical lead, (i.e. wiping people off the map) and I have to assume he's more literal (world is real thing) than figurative here (maps are abstractions). <br /><br />So he wants us to declare war, but first we need a plan how to win.<br /><br />Obama said he's ready for opinions, although he's also sort of stubborn about avoiding another Iraq war, so its going to take some serious bipartisan convincing.<br /><br />What we do know is wars are usually good patriotic times where people rally behind the president, which is bad for electing the opposition, so clever republicans will have to wait until 2017 before they declare war. D'oh!Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74990136093509684302015-12-09T10:03:49.530-08:002015-12-09T10:03:49.530-08:00First, a couple typos?
Paragraph 3 (-clear): Stati...First, a couple typos?<br />Paragraph 3 (-clear): Statistically, the truth is clear clear.<br />Paragraph 6 (out --> our?): One notes with some chagrin that out president issues proclamations for Earth Day and for Ramadan, but not for Easter.<br /><br />And on:<br />Stuart: ... Which of the two showed the most respect for Judaism? <br /><br />My question doesn't start with a need for "respect": Which of the two is campaigning for attention and votes? I know it's unfair to judge a person's motives when they want something from you, but at least for Cruz, and you can assume he's trying harder.<br /><br />Both Obama and Cruz, by their status as lawyers, we can assume they're both reasonably intelligent, but did they really write these themselves? It would be interesting to also know who wrote both of their public statements. It would make sense of Obama's speech writer was a liberal Jew, and Cruz's statement writer was a conservative Jew.<br /><br />And if both speeches were written by Jews, it makes me wonder how they might compare notes and see what common ground they share. Do the left and right Jews have anything in common any more? Ideally you'd want to see Chanukah/Hanukkah as an opportunity to bring all Jews together, on common ground of heritage, rather than a preaching to partisan choirs, if that's what they are indeed doing.<br /><br />And ideally they wouldn't be trying to make those bridges through Christian proxies, but maybe that's the only connection left and right Jews have now-a-days? That would be sad. I admit I don't know.<br /><br />Someday we'll have a Jewish President I'm sure. For now all we have is Bernie Sanders on the social justice side of the fence. I wonder why?<br /><br />And myself, I think Cruz is at least as hopeless to imagine as a nonpartisan leader as Sanders. They both only know how to preach to their respective minorities, and they can give their long winded speeches in the Senate, but no one believes they would be able to reach across any aisle for bipartisanship. They can't even make sufficient friends on their own sides to pass anything but wind.<br /><br />My other Jewish choice for future president would be Minnesota's Al Franken, but another liberal. It does look like Left/democrat Jews are more politically ambitious (or successful) than right-leaning Jews, assuming party purity:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_politicians<br /><br />Hurray! I see one young one from New York!<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Zeldin<br />http://www.jta.org/2014/11/04/news-opinion/politics/lee-zeldin-wins-in-new-york-restoring-jewish-gop-presence-in-congressAres Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com