tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4346404692749046977..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: While we return the bust of Churchill ....CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7073453052911059442011-07-08T17:48:19.086-04:002011-07-08T17:48:19.086-04:00Bollix.
On further examination, even the CDR woul...Bollix.<br /><br />On further examination, even the CDR would find this was not a guberment event. It was the "Friends of Reagan" or sommat.<br /><br />The Ambassador was busy, I gather, hosting the annual 4th of July picnic - and attending the private "Friends of Ronald" event. Typically, I was not invited to either.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13989455<br /><br />In my day, our QMCS would not stand for such sloppiness.Kris (your favorite former QM1)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81152183135183864312011-07-08T15:40:53.746-04:002011-07-08T15:40:53.746-04:00It's a Conservative-led coalition government, ...It's a Conservative-led coalition government, not a Conservative government.Simon Harleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-1406582277853168452011-07-06T21:29:43.165-04:002011-07-06T21:29:43.165-04:00Sal - did you leave out the last para on purpose.....Sal - did you leave out the last para on purpose...showing that the Amb was at the unveiling of a statue of Pres Reagan earlier that day on purpose? Lol. Not enough room for the whole story? Personally, I don't give a hoot about Pres Reagan's birthday, or parties for same, geez it isn't like he was F.D.R. He deserves one ninth of the credit for being in office and holding the line, like the other Cold War Presidents, no more, no less. All else is revisionist bunk.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-65760720302417867622011-07-06T18:53:56.642-04:002011-07-06T18:53:56.642-04:00Thanks much!Thanks much!Chapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-36434979075057416932011-07-06T15:01:53.605-04:002011-07-06T15:01:53.605-04:00Sorry, andrewb. One is a head of state. The othe...Sorry, andrewb. One is a head of state. The other, the US diplomatic representative to the UK, in an event where an American President is being honored. <br /><br />The diplomatic faux pas is entirely and completely ours.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53069550549867032412011-07-06T14:59:22.466-04:002011-07-06T14:59:22.466-04:00While I agree this is a boneheaded move by the Amb...While I agree this is a boneheaded move by the Ambassador, apparently the Prime Minister (its a Conservative government!) couldn't be bothered to attend either.andrewdbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-75778317697155868832011-07-06T10:06:16.341-04:002011-07-06T10:06:16.341-04:00FCC - go to Pilsn (I love that city both for the b...FCC - go to Pilsn (I love that city both for the beer and the spirit!)<br /><br /><a href="http://mommylife.net/archives/2011/05/memorial_day_cz.html" rel="nofollow">http://mommylife.net/archives/2011/05/memorial_day_cz.html</a><br /><br />sorry about the website, but the blog entry is good...<br /><br />Or for those too lazy to read:Aubreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53575290839004378472011-07-06T10:06:14.874-04:002011-07-06T10:06:14.874-04:00Is is possible the ambassador was really busy? I ...Is is possible the ambassador was really busy? I suppose so. It is probable that he was a partisan hack and that's the reason the didn't attend? Absolutely.Wharf Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78354046971216021522011-07-06T09:07:42.327-04:002011-07-06T09:07:42.327-04:00A graceless, inept, ill-mannered, partisan foreign...A graceless, inept, ill-mannered, partisan foreign policy that has succeeded in offending and isolating our allies and emboldening our enemies. <br /><br />Yeah, bask in it. The willful destruction of your country. <br /><br />B Hussein may have been born here, but his hatred of the land of his birth has been thinly concealed. Elect him again, and we stand the chance of being governed by United Nations mandate. As I recall, they have no Bill of Rights.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-47498712828703565202011-07-06T08:39:22.690-04:002011-07-06T08:39:22.690-04:00I don't mean to throw base aspersions on chara...I don't mean to throw base aspersions on character around, but this is not exactly unknown behavior from our Progressive friends. Given this example, why should one not conclude that the only way the Democratic party will ever allow an American to be acknowledged as someone worthy of honor is if he is/was a Democrat, and one useful to their current causes/campaigns? For so it would seem.<br /><br />Perhaps they should change their name to the "Churlish Party"...P.S. Wallacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-42589277617951442602011-07-06T07:13:56.968-04:002011-07-06T07:13:56.968-04:00Nice! I was surprised when I discovered in 1991 t...Nice! I was surprised when I discovered in 1991 that Prague's main train station (Hlavni Nadrazy) is dedicated to Woodrow Wilson. I wonder where the Reagan street is?FCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-41698109753035691552011-07-05T23:53:31.029-04:002011-07-05T23:53:31.029-04:00I'm sorry - I tried to get around autostart - ...I'm sorry - I tried to get around autostart - but there doesn't seem to be a way.CDR Salamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39381311275479765152011-07-05T22:35:07.966-04:002011-07-05T22:35:07.966-04:00Dang auto start! Why can't the Telegraph get ...Dang auto start! Why can't the Telegraph get its digital house in order? The Grauniad always has the bestest digital PDA geegaws, and the Telegraph is nowhere to be seen and its video autostarts...Chapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-62671887981802255962011-07-05T16:25:47.040-04:002011-07-05T16:25:47.040-04:00Another bone headed stunt. Here's to hoping th...Another bone headed stunt. Here's to hoping that someone gets elected who understands that we are close, very close cousins and asks for Winnies head back, please?Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-3380820386413317392011-07-05T14:54:19.835-04:002011-07-05T14:54:19.835-04:00Susman has succeeded in doing exactly what Body Od...Susman has succeeded in doing exactly what Body Odor sent him there to do: kill the special relationship.Salty Gatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-53783416813284487522011-07-05T14:30:50.183-04:002011-07-05T14:30:50.183-04:00According to the US embassy spokesman: "Ambas...<i>According to the US embassy spokesman: "Ambassador Susman was pleased to be invited to the dinner but was unable to attend."</i><br /><br />To borrow a simple, yet sublime, question from below: <b>Why?</b>Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-51663185013734007862011-07-05T12:10:14.194-04:002011-07-05T12:10:14.194-04:00About the Waterloo celebration, lack thereof. I...About the Waterloo celebration, lack thereof. I'm not surprised. Napoleon was the ruler of an authoritarian government, purpotedly "revolutionary" in nature and "for the common good of the people", but that had a ruthless efficiency imposed by the central goverment and that ended up being more about the glory of the state than anything else; a template and antecedent for many of the ways that modern Europe is goverened today (or that the elites would like it to be ruled).<br /><br />I'm quite sure that there are many in the U.K. government who think the wrong side lost. Birds of a feather, and all.Burkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8465821760537392562011-07-05T11:27:17.934-04:002011-07-05T11:27:17.934-04:00another one -surpris, surprise - gets home in Buda...another one -surpris, surprise - gets home in Budapest, home of 1956 anti-Soviet uprising...<br />http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2011/07/04/video-reagan-statue-unveiled-budapest-and-street-named-him-pragueewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-58747063419394319882011-07-05T10:06:37.314-04:002011-07-05T10:06:37.314-04:00There is precident for this sort of thing. During ...There is precident for this sort of thing. During the American Civil War, the working men of Manchester refused to process southern cotton in their mills, and tjey went on strike, The strike spread to the dockworkers who refused to unload southern cotton from vesseks, and to others who refused to transport it to warehouses, etc. Thousands of families were near starvation because of principle. When word of this action reached the North, groups formed to raise money for their assistance. More than 10,000 pounds sterling was raised for their relif, a very large sum in those days. In addition to those funds, Lincoln arranged for 13,000 barrels of flour to be sent as relief.Greatful Mancunians sent a letter to Lincoln, and he responded to them positively.<br /><br />Finally, the mills relented and agreed not to process any southern cotton, and the men returned to work. The Mancunians never forgot, and they secured a statue to Lincoln. The plinth on which it stands us engraved with the words of his letter.<br /><br />Here's a pic of the statue.<br /><br />http://www.wkiri.com/albums/1003-manchester/IMG_9184.jpgAW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23119329751522598372011-07-05T09:18:12.897-04:002011-07-05T09:18:12.897-04:00Yay to our good friends. Someday we will get the ...Yay to our good friends. Someday we will get the nimrod out of the WH and put someone in who appreciates our friends, With the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid" rel="nofollow">insanely audacious ideas </a>and our <a href="http://lubbockonline.com/stories/072009/nat_465896992.shtml" rel="nofollow">can-do attitude</a>, there's no end to the havoc we can wreak together on the bad guys out there.<br /><br />Someday...DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-77120505843811497102011-07-05T07:54:09.817-04:002011-07-05T07:54:09.817-04:00GASP! A statue to Reagan?! And Condie is speakin...GASP! A statue to Reagan?! And Condie is speaking without a teleprompter! And, what is this, a Priest to do a Blessing and Benediction?! <em>Barack Obama, Eric Holder CALL YOUR OFFICES!</em>Salty Gatornoreply@blogger.com