Quote by Ed Koch former Dem. Mayor of NYC

[sfga6970]

I think that these comments are relevant. Ed Koch was the Mayor when this City was in a steep decline and he was instrumental in bringing it back. I believe there are many words of wisdom in this quote.

“I believe this war of civilizations... is one of the most important wars we have ever fought. In the Revolutionary War back in 1775-1783, we had extraordinary leaders, including George Washington... We forget that he lost almost every battle at that time, but he ultimately won the war... In World War II, American casualties totaled 291,577 dead and 671,846 injured. Under the extraordinary leadership of F.D.R., the Allies ultimately won the war, despite losing a number of battles... Why do I recite these historical facts? Because I believe that the U.S. is faltering in the current war... and we are losing our will to prevail. We are losing our fighting spirit as a result of fighting between Republicans and Democrats on just how to prosecute the war... [Making] our involvement in Iraq a partisan issue and characterizing the president’s efforts to protect the homeland from terrorists in an adversarial manner is endangering the country at a moment in time when we are facing an existential threat to our very survival as a nation.” —Ed Koch, former Democrat mayor of New York City

The bolding is mine.

[Snowden]

He's right. Between the politicians and the cooperating media, we are seeing the courage and determination of this nation sliding into a side pocket so they can do their political death dance.

There's a time for politics, but this most definitely is not it. We need to unite as we've never needed it before, but it's not happening. Unless it does, we can kiss our freedoms goodbye, along with the Constitution and everything we hold dear and necessary as a nation.

What is happening to us? What do we watch and what can we do to counter it?

[Scrappy]

Vote against those who are contrary to the country's current endevors.

If we pull out of Iraq to soon, we will face another Germany, but with more loyal allies. It boggles my mind that people either don't know history, or choose to ignore it.