During the Cold War, a U.S. Air Force Starfighter radioed to an airport in England asking for permission to land. Starfighters were difficult to fly, and many crashed. Air traffic control told the pilot he was using a frequency reserved for emergencies and should switch to a different one, to which the pilot responded with the laconic bluntness of his caste, "Listen, pal, when you've got a Starfighter strapped to your a--, that's an emergency."
Whether the amusing story is true or apocryphal, it captures the fact that an emergency can be real and must be dealt with immediately or it can be an exaggerated claim cited for convenience.
Increasingly, Democrats conjure up emergencies to camouflage long- standing policies, to press electoral advantage, to extend government overreach, and to assault freedom. Incoming administrations are shocked shocked, they tell us to discover the appalling state of affairs left by their predecessors, and they solemnly announce that emergency remedial action is unavoidable.
#1: Gatlin To: tankumo (#0)
Gatlin posted on 2021-01-28 20:07:55 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#1)
Instead of citing all the POWER that everyone agrees with about Biden's power centrist theme ( all EOs; about 34 in one week ) ... could you be so kind as to tell us AN OPINION based on your personal perspective?
buckeroo posted on 2021-01-28 23:03:31 Reply Private Reply
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Gatlin posted on 2021-01-29 02:40:36 Reply Private Reply
#4: IbJensen To: tankumo (#0)
The Central Socialist Government just grows and grows and grows as more highly paid jobs are added to the burgeoning octopus. A proper president believes in lean government. This mistake is still tryinjg to figure out where baby monkeys come from. His picks for secretaries has been wrong-headed in evry instance.
All politicals, with the exception of two or three keep referring to our form of government as a democracy. It is a Republic. We keep talking about bringing American democracy to countries less fortunate. It is nothing but a time bomb.
IbJensen posted on 2021-01-29 08:27:42 Reply Private Reply
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Gatlin posted on 2021-01-29 09:14:34 Reply Private Reply
#6: buckeroo To: Gatlin, yukon (#3)
Did you have a lover's quarrel with yukon AND as a result, did you, in fact, murder him?
buckeroo posted on 2021-01-30 11:19:05 Reply Private Reply
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Gatlin posted on 2021-02-02 05:48:23 Reply Private Reply