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Upon reaching the age of 60, I find that things I never bothered about in my youth are now a daily concern.  I'm not sure whether this means I have grown wiser with age, or perhaps less tolerant of  people who pursue their own agendas with no regard to how this affects our country.

This is particularly true in the mass media and in politics where personal interests come before our national interest.  Self-serving reporters and news readers pontificate without knowing the facts, or, even worse, fully aware of the facts and deliberately slanting them to support their views.  

Artists, musicians, and movie stars address national policies without the slightest idea of what they're talking about and think they can affect public policies simply because they are famous.  Unfortunately too many fans are quite ignorant or they wouldn't be as avid in their hero worship.  It's one thing to praise someone's performance - quite another to fawn slavishly over media-created deities who depend solely on unknown writers to express their thoughts.

The disrupted terrorist plot to blow up airlines from UK to the US should be a wake up call for all those who think negotiating with terrorists is the answer. 

Iran and Venezuela sell us oil - and use the profits to fund terrorism against us - we're paying them to kill us and paying to stop them from doing so - how's that for irony!

If you do nothing else - read this book!!!  Find out where our Party has gone.

The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party by David Horowitz and Richard Poe

Many Ukrainians are Democrats today simply because their parents were.  Yes, Democrats helped Ukrainian immigrants after WWII - but that was the old Democrat party!  We are getting ever closer to fighting terrorists on American streets.  Ukrainian Democrats - and I am one - need to take an honest look at the actions of politicians, not their self-serving rhetoric. Too many voters just pull the party lever without looking at the facts.
Those who do not know history.........and Democrats who ignore history......

Carter's decision to have the Shah of Iran fall is arguably the most egregious U.S. foreign policy mistake of the last 50 years. This Democratic idiot created the radical Islamic Iran of today!  

Clinton started the policy for regime change in Iraq - but did nothing about it; He could have had Osama bin Laden-but did nothing; he gave North Korea billions to stop their nuclear program which they didn't; he sold our missile technology to China; he pardoned known terrorists so his wife could get the Hispanic vote in New York........that and more is all in the record. Democrats will not admit that they led us into our present dangerous world! 

The biggest loudmouths against America - Clinton, Kerry, and Kennedy - have very little accomplishments to show for all their years in office - so they just whine about Republicans and against "the rich" although they're all millionaires!  

Kerry made his money the easy way - he married an heiress, divorced her, and then married a richer widow.

What has she actually done as Senator?    Hillary's poor senate record speaks for itself.   

President Bush - like Reagan, has the backbone to actually do what he says. Forget about any Democrat acknowledging Republican accomplishments. If Bush walked on water - the party line would be "Bush Can't Swim!"

DON'T LIKE HIGH gas prices?  Blame the Democrats! For 30 years, they have blocked every attempt to find oil in the U.S. or build new refineries.  "Big Oil"  does NOT set the price of oil and has to buy it at the producer's price.  The higher cost results in higher profits for oil companies-but also higher taxes paid to the government!

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