Palin to resign

[RedskinRat]

Back to Palin. She's a religious lunatic (but hot).

Please, Sarah, don't run for any other public office.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Slingin Sammy, that's the type of info I was looking for. Very good stories...

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Slingin Sammy, that's the type of info I was looking for. Very good stories...

I was out in your neck of the woods yesterday visiting a company in Clifton Forge. Very long but relaxing ride on 64 coming home.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I was out in your neck of the woods yesterday visiting a company in Clifton Forge. Very long but relaxing ride on 64 coming home.

Oh yeah? What company out there? I work at W&L... maybe five minutes from the interstate.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Oh yeah? What company out there? I work at W&L... maybe five minutes from the interstate.

TransCore, the contractor that handles the EZ Pass system for VDOT.

[firstdown]

It seems the people on the left have a thing for Palin. I find it funny how they say she is so dumb and they want here out of politics. If I was on the other side I'd want them to keep the so called dumb people around so winning elections would be that much easier.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by firstdown

It seems the people on the left have a thing for Palin. I find it funny how they say she is so dumb and they want here out of politics. If I was on the other side I'd want them to keep the so called dumb people around so winning elections would be that much easier.

The problem is there's a ton of dumbass people who relate to her and would vote for her because of this.

[12thMan]

I just love how every international and domestic crisis is a reflection of President Obama's perceived strength or weakness and requires immediate U.S. intervention. Take for instance the North Korean vessel recently suspected of carrying small arms and other illicit weapons. That same ship, Kang Nam, has now returned to North Korea without docking or unloading it's materials in a foreign port. Yet that developement has flown under the radar and those same critics, who blasted the president for not being "tougher", are nowhere to be heard from now that it appears that the U.N. Resolution had more bite than some had originally thought.

My point is this, if we're going to critique the president or Sarah Palin for that matter, afterall this is a Palin to resign thread, let's be fair and balanced, as one of my favorite networks likes to say. Where the president is wrong, he should be held accountable and taken to task. And where he's shown sound judgement early on, there's no crime in acknowledging that.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I just love how every international and domestic crisis is a reflection of President Obama's perceived strength or weakness and requires immediate U.S. intervention. Take for instance the North Korean vessel recently suspected of carrying small arms and other illicit weapons. That same ship, Kang Nam, has now returned to North Korea without docking or unloading it's materials in a foreign port. Yet that developement has flown under the radar and those same critics, who blasted the president for not being "tougher", are nowhere to be heard from now that it appears that the U.N. Resolution had more bite than some had originally thought.

My point is this, if we're going to critique the president or Sarah Palin for that matter, afterall this is a Palin to resign thread, let's be fair and balanced, as one of my favorite networks likes to say. Where the president is wrong, he should be held accountable and taken to task. And where he's shown sound judgement early on, there's no crime in acknowledging that.

The thread has veered off a bit, sorry about that. But to your point, while I disagree with VP Biden on most things he was correct in his assessment prior to the election that there would be a foreign policy crisis early on that would be a challenge to Obama. The N. Korean situation is most certainly either a test to Obama or a display for potential arms buyers.

I hadn't researched the UN Resolution on N. Korean arms shipments thoroughly. The resolution states that the ship must be docked before it can be boarded and inspected, stopping the ship on the high seas is not in the resolution. So the Obama Admin did the correct thing in shadowing the ship and not stopping the ship while at sea. However, I stand by my position on the missle tests.

Another point I forgot to credit the Obama Admin on was the handling of the Somali pirate situation. Well done.

To be fair and balanced, the Bush Admin got crapped on by N. Korea also. And while N. Korea is near Russia, it's probably not within Palin's foreign policy grasp because it's not right across the Bering Strait and can't be seen from her back porch.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

The thread has veered off a bit, sorry about that. But to your point, while I disagree with VP Biden on most things he was correct in his assessment prior to the election that there would be a foreign policy crisis early on that would be a challenge to Obama. The N. Korean situation is most certainly either a test to Obama or a display for potential arms buyers.

I hadn't researched the UN Resolution on N. Korean arms shipments thoroughly. The resolution states that the ship must be docked before it can be boarded and inspected, stopping the ship on the high seas is not in the resolution. So the Obama Admin did the correct thing in shadowing the ship and not stopping the ship while at sea. However, I stand by my position on the missle tests.

Another point I forgot to credit the Obama Admin on was the handling of the Somali pirate situation. Well done.

To be fair and balanced, the Bush Admin got crapped on by N. Korea also. And while N. Korea is near Russia, it's probably not within Palin's foreign policy grasp because it's not right across the Bering Strait and can't be seen from her back porch.

I can live with that assessment.

As far as the resolution goes, Japan is trying to authorize its coastguard to inspect North Korean ships in line with a UN resolution. Basically, they could inspect ships both on the high seas and in Japanese waters. However, inspectors would first be required to get approval from the captain of any ship targeted and from its country of origin.

As far as the missle launches go, what else can we do. Put Kim Jong in timeout? Unless we actually shoot down one of their missles, which is highly unlikely, I don't see what other viable options are on the table.

[MTK]

I'll take this a little further off course.

Biden was in my area yesterday speaking. I got caught up in his motorcade taking him back to the airport. I was heading north, they had the entire southbound side of the highway closed off, choppers in the air, cops everywhere, and every overpass closed off. I thought there was some sort of mega accident going on until I saw the motorcade racing down the highway. I waved but I guess he didn't see me.

Pretty cool, not something you see around here every day.

[BringBackJoeT]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'll take this a little further off course.

Biden was in my area yesterday speaking. I got caught up in his motorcade taking him back to the airport. I was heading north, they had the entire southbound side of the highway closed off, choppers in the air, cops everywhere, and every overpass closed off. I thought there was some sort of mega accident going on until I saw the motorcade racing down the highway. I waved but I guess he didn't see me.

Pretty cool, not something you see around here every day.

I grew up just outside of that area, and Shenandoah High (where Biden spoke) was in the high school athletic conference my high school was in. At least in the 1980's, Shenandoah was the beast of the conference. During my senior year, they beat us 40-0 in football. Of course, we only won 1 single game that year, so the score said as much about us as it did about them.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

I grew up just outside of that area, and Shenandoah High (where Biden spoke) was in the high school athletic conference my high school was in. At least in the 1980's, Shenandoah was the beast of the conference. During my senior year, they beat us 40-0 in football. Of course, we only won 1 single game that year, so the score said as much about us as it did about them.

What HS did you go to?

Shen usually fields very good football teams. Their school history is pretty impressive

288 Wins 71 Losses 4 Ties

24 League Championships

10 Super Bowl Championships

8 Undefeated Seasons

Ranked # 1 in New York State 3 Times

Ranked in the Top Ten of New York State 17 Times

[saden1]

Damn, I thought I was brutal but Peggy Noonan done murked her.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by saden1

Damn, I thought I was brutal but Peggy Noonan done murked her.

A very good opinion article. We should all take note of these words:

"Here are a few examples of what we may face in the next 10 years: a profound and prolonged American crash, with the admission of bankruptcy and the spread of deep social unrest; one or more American cities getting hit with weapons of mass destruction from an unknown source; faint glimmers of actual secessionist movements as Americans for various reasons and in various areas decide the burdens and assumptions of the federal government are no longer attractive or legitimate.
The era we face, that is soon upon us, will require a great deal from our leaders. They had better be sturdy. They will have to be gifted. There will be many who cannot, and should not, make the cut. Now is the time to look for those who can. And so the Republican Party should get serious, as serious as the age, because that is what a grown-up, responsible party—a party that deserves to lead—would do."