After posting on DADT, I googled some of the latest on the discussion and found this. Mr. Nigrosh's article is full of the usual college freshman, leftish boilerplate and name calling, all designed to cut off debate. In a sophomoric touch, he generously allows that he has no problems with the Republican Party as vital to the two party system, but later says republicans are "confrontational, dismissive, arrogant and closed minded." Yet, he wants to encourage debate.
December 15, 2010
The Inspector Clouseau of World Leaders
I came across this funny 2008 Daniel Craig interview in Parade magazine. In the interview, which I vaguely remember at the time, Craig was asked who would make the better Bond, then presidential candidates Obama or McCain?
“Obama would be the better Bond because—if he’s true to his word—he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M,” he adds, mentioning Bond’s boss, played by Dame Judi Dench. “There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.”
“Obama would be the better Bond because—if he’s true to his word—he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M,” he adds, mentioning Bond’s boss, played by Dame Judi Dench. “There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain.”
December 9, 2010
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Imperfect as it is, the 1993 Clinton Administration compromise, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), struck a delicate balance between allowing gays to serve and the maintenance of good order and discipline in the military.
However, time marches on, and so does the left. The central, brilliant insight that competent revolutionaries share is that success lies in attacking the cultural pillars of society. Chief among those is the martial spirit of the armed forces. Polls consistently show that of all American institutions, the military remains the most revered. So while many Americans favor repeal of DADT on “fairness” grounds, the hard left knows that attacking the warrior ethic is a critical step in creating an orthodoxy of moral nihilism in the U.S.
However, time marches on, and so does the left. The central, brilliant insight that competent revolutionaries share is that success lies in attacking the cultural pillars of society. Chief among those is the martial spirit of the armed forces. Polls consistently show that of all American institutions, the military remains the most revered. So while many Americans favor repeal of DADT on “fairness” grounds, the hard left knows that attacking the warrior ethic is a critical step in creating an orthodoxy of moral nihilism in the U.S.
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