Jewish Odysseus: YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO MUCH OF THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE...

Sunday, May 20, 2007

YOU CAN NEVER GET TOO MUCH OF THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE...

"In closing let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future.

I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright new dawn ahead."

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: I love the picture phil. I don't think I've seen that one before. Can I borrow it? I sure do miss him. what do you think of Fred Thompson? He reminds me of Reagan - ya think?

chase; May 20, 2007 at 9:38:00 PM PDT
Jewish Odysseus said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; May 21, 2007 at 7:32:00 AM PDT
Jewish Odysseus said...: Be my guest, Chase, I linked it from the Reagan Library site--you cd spend a whole day just looking at the photos there!

That was from 1964--here is the link:

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/h43-11.jpg

As for Thompson, he's OK, but he's 3d on my list right now...
1--NEWT
2--Mitt
3--Fred

Newt reminds me the most of Reagan, he's a truly historical figure. If you removed 2 individuals from the Repub party the last 40 years, they'd amount to about ZERO.

One was Reagan.
The other is NEWT.

Which is why they hate him so much.; May 21, 2007 at 7:35:00 AM PDT
David said...: That is a great picture indeed, and nobody and I are with you, Phil, in that we both are quite into Newt. We quite like Mitt as well, and need to know more about Fred. Rudy does have a warm way about him and I will always love him for throwing the Saudis' money back in their faces.; May 24, 2007 at 3:08:00 PM PDT
Nancy Coppock said...: I'm with you fellers (O Brother Where Aren't Thou) I have a calendar of Reagan, and I am reinvigorated every time I glance up and see it.

I also agree about Newt. He got my Dad fired up back in the 80's with his special order speeches on CSPAN run in the early a.m.'s. Newt is an idea man, and at this time of two distinctly divergent visions for the nation, I'm looking for a leader that has the vision of freedom.

I am ready to send the Democratic Party to the ash heap of history like the Federalist Party that was defeated by the republican vision of Thomas Jefferson. This is what I write about on my own blog. I believe this is an important age and it is so cool to be in the movement.; June 8, 2007 at 4:15:00 PM PDT
Jewish Odysseus said...: Nancy, I gotta say I am impressed by someone like you, who stands up for freedom under your real name...I've been reluctant since my first online Islamic death-threat back in 1994 (I had insulted the Religion of Peace).

I think Newt may be too clever by 1/2, I think he needs to plunge in if he wants it.; June 8, 2007 at 8:36:00 PM PDT
Jewish Odysseus said...: Marzouq, thanks for the input, but I'd prefer Gingrich/Thompson. ;- )

I welcome you to this blog, standing shoulder-to-shoulder against the forces of Satan.

And thank God for the BLESSED CLARITY that he has shown us, through his vessel, Hamas. If only we are wise enough to see it for what it is.; June 17, 2007 at 1:48:00 PM PDT

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The Odyssey by Homer, Chapter 21:

For long Odysseus stood with the bow in his hands, handling it as a minstrel handles a lyre when he stretches a cord or tightens a peg. Then he bent the great bow; he bent it without an effort, and at his touch the bow-string made a sound that was like the cry of a swallow. The wooers seeing him bend that mighty bow felt, every man of them, a sharp pain at the heart. They saw Odysseus take up an arrow and fit it to the string. He held the notch, and he drew the string, and he shot the bronze-weighted arrow straight through the holes in the back of the axe-heads. Then as Eumæus took up the axes, and brought them outside, he said, ‘Thou seest, lord Telemachus, that thy guest does not shame thee through foolish boasting. I have bent the bow of Odysseus, and I have shot the arrow aright. But now it is time to provide the feast for the lords who woo thy lady mother. While it is yet light, the feast must be served to them, and with the feast they must have music and the dance.’ Saying this he nodded to Telemachus, bending his terrible brows. Telemachus instantly girt his sword upon him and took his spear in his hand. Outside was heard the thunder of Zeus. And now Odysseus had stripped his rags from him and was standing upright, looking a master of men. The mighty bow was in his hands, and at his feet were scattered many bronze-weighted arrows.