Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 218

Unwinnable War?

by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Taliban Are Winning: U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Rising Casualties." Thus ran the startling headline on the front-page of The Wall Street Journal. The lead paragraph ran thus:
"The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the [...:]

Angry White Men

by Patrick J. Buchanan
To hear the Obamaites, those raucous crowds pouring into town hall meetings are "mobs" of "thugs" whose rage has been "manufactured" by K Street lobbyists and right-wing Republican operatives.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs compares them to the Young Republicans of the "Brooks Brothers riot" during the Florida recount.
But is it wise for the [...:]

A GOP That Can Say No

by Patrick J. Buchanan
Reports of the death of the Republican Party appear to have been premature.
Not since Sen. Bob Griffin derailed LBJ's scheme to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren with crony Abe Fortas, before Nixon got to the Oval Office, has the GOP defied this city and voted to reject a liberal judicial activist for [...:]

Time To Go, Grampa

by Patrick J. Buchanan
With "controlling costs" a primary goal of Obamacare, and half of all medical costs coming in the last six months of life, "rationed care" takes on a new meaning for us all.
London's Telegraph reported Sunday that the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, known by its Orwellian acronym NICE, intends to [...:]

WebNote: Working on Site Today

Dear Brigade, I'll post this note whenever I'm working on the site so you will not be concerned.
Thanks to the last hacker attack, I'm taking the time to redesign the site, add new features, and give it a complete makeover.
So if you see odd colors, misaligned columns, error messages, etc, just know I'm probably [...:]

Tell Israel: Cool the Jets

by Patrick J. Buchanan
July 31, 2009

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who is wired into the cabinet of "Bibi" Netanyahu, warns that if Iran's nuclear program is not aborted by December, Israel will strike to obliterate it.

Defense Secretary Gates' mission to Israel this week, says Bolton, to relay Obama's red light, was listened to attentively, but [...:]

PJB: Tell Israel: Cool the Jets

by Patrick J. Buchanan
July 31, 2009
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who is wired into the cabinet of "Bibi" Netanyahu, warns that if Iran's nuclear program is not aborted by December, Israel will strike to obliterate it.
Defense Secretary Gates' mission to Israel this week, says Bolton, to relay Obama's red light, was listened to attentively, but [...:]

WebNote: Almost Back to Normal

UPDATE: Site is up — for now. Hopefully I have closed all the holes the hackers used to attack us. I used the basic configurations just to get us up and running. I will be adding all the regular features one by one, testing as I go, to make sure they do not [...:]

Has Obama's Luck Run Out?

by Patrick J. Buchanan

"The sound alone was worth the $24 billion!"

So said fellow Nixon speechwriter Ray Price as the mighty Saturn V rocket lifted Apollo 11 and Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins off the launch pad, three miles away, on the start of their voyage to the moon.

It was a splendid moment in that first year [...:]

PJB: Has Obama's Luck Run Out?

by Patrick J. Buchanan
"The sound alone was worth the $24 billion!"
So said fellow Nixon speechwriter Ray Price as the mighty Saturn V rocket lifted Apollo 11 and Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins off the launch pad, three miles away, on the start of their voyage to the moon.
It was a splendid moment in that first year [...:]