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Conservapedia. FactCheck.org. An Online Political News Magazine - eTalkinghead. Blog of the Moderate Left. Strong Moderate. Donklephant. THE NEW MODERATE. The League of Ordinary Gentlemen. By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast. The Moderate Voice. Eunomia. Mira Rapp-Hooper criticizes the idea that Crimean annexation has damaging implications for U.S. security commitments elsewhere: According to this narrative, Washington’s failure to uphold the 1994 Budapest Memorandum portends U.S. complacency if Japan faces an attack in the East China Sea.
It is tempting to attribute this to an acute case of “resolve anxiety,” but it is also important to parse why the failure of one international agreement does not imply the frailty of them all. If the United States is to remain powerful and engaged in the world at a time of great resource constraints, it will need to choose its battles wisely. This, in turn, requires that we acknowledge that not all international commitments are created equal [bold mine-DL]. In this case, Rapp-Hooper is comparing the Budapest Memorandum with the U.S. Rapp-Hooper continues with a discussion of credibility: Cursor.org - Table of Contents page. See Who's Giving & Who's Getting.
Sorting out the truth in politics. Pension Tsunami. Legal Affairs. Ginandtacos.com. Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting. Glassbooth. Political Base - Election and Candidate Information. Politics Explained. FEUDALISM: You have two cows.
Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. FASCISM: You have two cows. PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The Progressive Magazine since 1909. Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865. Fascist America, in 10 easy steps. Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand.
The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio and TV stations, issued restrictions on the press, tightened some limits on travel, and took certain activists into custody. They were not figuring these things out as they went along. If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration. It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. 1. OpenCongress. Beyond Delay. FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check.