Comments on: He Took a Shoe for His Country http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Farewell, President Bush | The Anchoress http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-153318 Farewell, President Bush | The Anchoress Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:01:51 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-153318 [...] took a shoe for his country, and for your safety and [...]

[...] took a shoe for his country, and for your safety and [...]

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]]> By: scriptamanent http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-153079 scriptamanent Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:14:31 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-153079 When Aznar gave Bush political support in 2003, he got opposition rates up to 80% in Spain. But he did the right thing. That's why in Spain he will never be forgiven. In Europe and particularly in Spain, even part of the right-wing have adopted the discourse of the left, and they just parrot the anti-Bush and anti-American rhetoric. It is sad to see the decadence of many Europeans, the lack of faith in our values. It is even worse to see the same syndrome in many Americans. You wouldn't believe the levels of Anti-American hysteria they have in Europe, particularly in the left, but not exclusively. In Spain, we went from Aznar, who supported Bush and stood for the right thing to do in Iraq, to Zapatero a clown that cowardly retired the troops from Iraq. Shame on us.

When Aznar gave Bush political support in 2003, he got opposition rates up to 80% in Spain. But he did the right thing. That’s why in Spain he will never be forgiven. In Europe and particularly in Spain, even part of the right-wing have adopted the discourse of the left, and they just parrot the anti-Bush and anti-American rhetoric. It is sad to see the decadence of many Europeans, the lack of faith in our values. It is even worse to see the same syndrome in many Americans.
You wouldn’t believe the levels of Anti-American hysteria they have in Europe, particularly in the left, but not exclusively. In Spain, we went from Aznar, who supported Bush and stood for the right thing to do in Iraq, to Zapatero a clown that cowardly retired the troops from Iraq. Shame on us.

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]]> By: If you were First Lady… | The Anchoress http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-153054 If you were First Lady… | The Anchoress Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:31:17 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-153054 [...] From the UK: History will show that Bush was right For his country: He took a shoe. [...]

[...] From the UK: History will show that Bush was right For his country: He took a shoe. [...]

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]]> By: DaNang67 http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152962 DaNang67 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:41:05 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152962 Unless I misheard a short while ago, it was announced on Limbaugh that Ramos and Campion had their sentences commuted today.

Unless I misheard a short while ago, it was announced on Limbaugh that Ramos and Campion had their sentences commuted today.

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]]> By: Wordsmith http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152960 Wordsmith Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152960 @<a href="#comment-152949" rel="nofollow">SBSmith</a>: Jack <a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/celebrating-the-last-full-day-of-43/" rel="nofollow">Bauer</a> pulls through in <a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/president-bush-commutes-sentence-of-border-guards-compean-and-ramos/" rel="nofollow">the final hour</a>! :)

@SBSmith: Jack Bauer pulls through in the final hour! :)

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]]> By: SBSmith http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152949 SBSmith Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:15:21 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152949 President Bush has done many things right and I am grateful for the years after 9/11 in 2001 that we have had with no more attacks. But I will also always be disappointed in him for not pardoning border agents Ramos and Compean. Today is the last day and I don't see him doing it today. I am Very disappointed in him.

President Bush has done many things right and I am grateful for the years after 9/11 in 2001 that we have had with no more attacks.

But I will also always be disappointed in him for not pardoning border agents Ramos and Compean.
Today is the last day and I don’t see him doing it today.

I am Very disappointed in him.

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]]> By: Missy http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152934 Missy Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152934 "When I left here, I didn’t have much in the way of a life plan. I knew some people who thought they did, but it turned out that we were all in for ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author. We begin to understand that life is ours to live but not to waste and that the greatest rewards are found in the commitments we make with our whole hearts — to the people we love and to the causes that earn our sacrifice." Love the quote, it is so true, thanks for finding and sharing it Wordsmith, this was excellent!

“When I left here, I didn’t have much in the way of a life plan. I knew some people who thought they did, but it turned out that we were all in for ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author. We begin to understand that life is ours to live but not to waste and that the greatest rewards are found in the commitments we make with our whole hearts — to the people we love and to the causes that earn our sacrifice.”

Love the quote, it is so true, thanks for finding and sharing it Wordsmith, this was excellent!

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]]> By: Mike's America http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152925 Mike's America Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:26:36 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152925 One of your best posts Wordsmith! A full five eagles! <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/mikesamerica/eagle50.gif"/><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/mikesamerica/eagle50.gif"/><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/mikesamerica/eagle50.gif"/><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/mikesamerica/eagle50.gif"/><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j191/mikesamerica/eagle50.gif"/> I want to emphasize this: Students at Yale turned their backs on the President while delivering the commencement address and faculty protested. President Bush had only been in office for four months (not five). This just shows that no matter what Bush did, the left immediately regarded him as an enemy deserving disrespect. And what do you bet some of these same loons will be among those demanding respect for Obama? It's amazing that these loons have poisoned the well of political discourse and now complain about how bad the water tastes. They will reap what they have sown. And just as history has shown Reagan to be the greatest President of my lifetime, it's quite possible that Bush will come in as #2.

One of your best posts Wordsmith!

A full five eagles!

I want to emphasize this: Students at Yale turned their backs on the President while delivering the commencement address and faculty protested. President Bush had only been in office for four months (not five).

This just shows that no matter what Bush did, the left immediately regarded him as an enemy deserving disrespect.

And what do you bet some of these same loons will be among those demanding respect for Obama?

It’s amazing that these loons have poisoned the well of political discourse and now complain about how bad the water tastes. They will reap what they have sown.

And just as history has shown Reagan to be the greatest President of my lifetime, it’s quite possible that Bush will come in as #2.

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]]> By: Erika http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152921 Erika Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:12:29 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152921 Thank you, from a South African expat in the US. Pres. Bush is a great man.

Thank you, from a South African expat in the US. Pres. Bush is a great man.

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]]> By: DaNang67 http://floppingaces.net/2009/01/19/he-took-a-shoe-for-his-country/#comment-152918 DaNang67 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:02:32 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=15547#comment-152918 Wordsmith at his finest. I especially enjoyed the link to the Weekly Standard article by Galertner. That article is such a good read... It frames a lot of the debate in a way that offers well considered insight. I wish a few of the left would read it and understand. Instead, they'll feed at the trough of Moulistas and Huffington with their visions of utopian progress reinforced daily.

Wordsmith at his finest. I especially enjoyed the link to the Weekly Standard article by Galertner. That article is such a good read… It frames a lot of the debate in a way that offers well considered insight.

I wish a few of the left would read it and understand. Instead, they’ll feed at the trough of Moulistas and Huffington with their visions of utopian progress reinforced daily.

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