Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 160

Yankee Utopians in a Chinese Century

By Patrick J. Buchanan

For those who can yet recall the backyard blast furnaces of Mao's China in the 1950s and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to re-instill peasant values in the 1970s, the news was jarring.

In 2011, said the Financial Times, China will surpass the United States as first manufacturing power, a title America has [...:]

The Prisoner of Gen. Petraeus

By Patrick J. Buchanan

President Obama is being hailed for toughness in his firing of Gen. McChrystal and brilliance in his replacing him as Afghan field commander with Gen. David Petraeus, who managed the George W. Bush "surge" in Iraq that saved this nation from an ignominious defeat.

Herewith, a dissent.

By firing a fighting general, beloved of [...:]

Another Failed President?

by Patrick J. Buchanan

In Year One of the Reagan Revolution, in which he was a shining star, Budget Director David Stockman told reporter William Greider: "Kemp-Roth (President Reagan's 1981 tax cut) was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate. … It's kind of hard to sell 'trickle down.' So the supply-side formula [...:]

Obama vs. the U.S. Army

By Patrick J Buchanan

In confiding to Rolling Stone their unflattering opinions of the military acumen of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones, Dick Holbrooke and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff were guilty of colossal stupidity.

And President Obama had cause to cashier them. Yet his decision to [...:]

What Price Afghanistan?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

"The narrative … has been too negative."

So says Defense Secretary Robert Gates of political and press commentary about the war in Afghanistan. It reminds him of the pessimism of June 2007, before the Iraqi surge began to succeed, said Gates.

But the narrative is coming now not just from critics of the war [...:]

Bailing Out Politicians Now?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Even lifelong Democratic pol Steny Hoyer, majority leader of the U.S. House, is balking at Barack Obama's latest bailout proposal.

"I think there is spending fatigue," said Steny. "It's tough in both houses to get votes."

Hoyer was referring to Obama's weekend letter to Capitol Hill calling for a $50 billion bailout of state [...:]

What's the Mama Grizzly Up To?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

When Sarah Palin, in a rambling lakeside announcement last July in Wasilla, said she was quitting as governor of Alaska because of the abuse she and her family were taking from petty politicians and a feral press, she was written off as dead by the pundits.

"A quitter, can't take the heat," was [...:]

WebNote: I'm Taking Some PT….

Dear Brigade, Sorry for the lack of updates to the site and email list. I must take some PT – personal time off from the Web for the next month or so. Our beautiful daughter will be married in late-July and I have much to do to prepare for the big event – and all [...:]

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VIDEO: Ron Paul: U.S. Shouldn't Support Israel's Gaza Blockade

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