LOOK BACK

Year end is always a good time to review. And this has been a year with lots to consider. I seemed like for every action there was an equal and opposite reaction. Consider:

The Dems ran everyone in the primaries only to chose the original frontrunner to lose to Bush.

The Yankees and Cards blitzed the regular season only to lose to Boston (Boston?).

Michael Moore got (and gave) the hype, but Gibson stole the show.

Liberal groups spent a fortune to defeat the Prez but W won by 3 million votes. And increased the Rep's lead in Congress.

Reagan died but so did Arafat.

Democracy can't be exported but Afghanistan and Ukraine voted and Iraq will on Jan. 30.

The MSM lied continually to the public but were outed by the Blogosphere.

America stayed the course and will prevail while old Europe dithers and declines.

2004 opened with much hope and ended with a tsunami that killed thousands.

Quite an eventful year. And 2005 looks to be more of the same. It should be interesting. It could offer challenges but also hope. It may prove to be the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning, to quote Churchill.

In any case it will be up to us to face it with courage, optimism and hope. It is the only choice we have. It's how we are built. And it's how we move ahead.

Happy New Year.

HUH?

Even the MSM can't be this dumb!


Pres. Kerry?

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER

Liberal PBS pundit Bill Moyers had a few unrestrained comments on the verge of his long overdue retirement:

"I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people."

PULEEEEESE!!!!

The "mainstream press" has been a virtual subsidiary of the Democratic Party for over 50 years. They actually believe their own partisan lies and think they are mainstream!

EARTH TO MSM: You guys are done. Your one sided, insulting tripe cannot be sold anymore. You have been found out, indicted and sentenced to obscurity by the Blogosphere. You cannot hide nor escape from the truth and the people's rath.

Enjoy your retirement into oblivion Mr. Moyers.

SOMETHING TO PONDER

After all the partisan screaming and swooning between residents of blue and red states, it is important to reflect on the broader outcome of elections. In fact, our system of checks and balances does a pretty fair job of keeping us from going off the deep end. Elections are harshly fought, but we have historically come back together and moved on. That will occur this time as well.

The presidency gets the lion's share of our attention. As it should. Everything is focused on one person and it is easy to identify our successes and failures with one individucal. But no president trys to do a bad job. We have actually been blessed by generally well meainig, if not always competent chief executives. They all faced different challenges and they all contributed to what we are today as a nation. They all deserve out thanks.

Michael Barone has a fine piece on the strengths and limitations of presidential power. Worth a read.