Well SaveTheGOP is begining to earn a bit of a name for itself, as I was checking our refferers (sites that link to us) I discovered a certain www.bluelight.nu linked to us in regards to Canada and missile defense… well… apparently this is a site dedicated to “responsible” drug use. (ie there was an ad for an ecstasy tester so you know you have the “real deal”) .

The New Bluelight is an international message board that educates the public about responsible drug use (with a focus on MDMA) by promoting free discussion.

MDMA=ecstasy apparently

The person who linked to us just quoted part of the blog post with a frowny face next to it, no real commentary. Well my point was, we are atleast getting read by some people.

Apparently Bush’s little trip hasn’t had much popular appeal. I’m willing to bet Bush did some good work behind the scenes with a smirk and a little Bush chuckle. Anywho, I really just posted this article so I could put up this simpson’s quote:

Mr. Burns: Oooh, the Germans are mad at me… I’m so scared! Oooooh, the Germans… Uh oh… (chorus of Germanic-sounding voices saying ‘Stop it, Burns’) The Germans are coming after me… Oh, don’t let the Germans come after me… Oh, the Germans are coming after me… No, they’re so big and strong… Protect me from the Germans! The Germans!”

Kickin’ ass in the morning. I don’t think he ever bothers taking names.

It is wise to cite and publicize our errors — and there have been many in this war. Humility and circumspection are military assets as well. And we should not deprecate the danger of our enemies, who are cruel and ingenious. Moreover, we should never confuse the sharp dissent of the well-meaning critic with disloyalty to the cause.

But nor should we fall into pessimism, when in less than four years we have destroyed the two worst regimes in the Middle East, scattered al Qaeda, avoided another promised 9/11 at home, and sent shock waves of democracy throughout the Arab world — so far at an aggregate cost of less than what was incurred on the first day of this unprovoked war. Car bombs are bad news, but in the shadows is the real story: The terrorists are losing, and radical reform, the likes of which millions have never seen, is right on the horizon. So this American gloominess is not new. Yet, if the past is any guide, our present lack of optimism in this struggle presages its ultimate success.

A final prediction: By the end of this year, formerly critical liberal pundits, backsliding conservative columnists, once-fiery politicians, Arab “moderates,” ex-statesmen and generals emeriti, smug stand-up comedians, recently strident Euros — perhaps even Hillary herself — will quietly come to a consensus that what we are witnessing from Afghanistan and the West Bank to Iraq and beyond, with its growing tremors in Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, and the Gulf, is a moral awakening, a radical break with an ugly past that threatens a corrupt, entrenched, and autocratic elite and is just the sort of thing that they were sort of for, sort of all along — sort of…

The Canadians have officially ended two years of debate and will not be joining us in protecting North America from a missile attack. I suppose we shouldn’t be too surprised at this decision, but I had hoped that we could defray the costs of this program, even if it was only be a few hundred million, by enlisting the help of our fearful neighbors. Great quote that “says it all”:

Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew, however, indicated the ultimate decision had always been in U.S. hands.

“Would it have been otherwise?” he replied when asked whether Canada’s refusal to join means the country now officially relies on the United States for protection.

These spoiled little children want the dessert without eating their dinner first. I wish the Canadians shared a contiguous border with a nation like Sudan instead of us, then we could watch them squirm, or at least attempt to behave like men.

There has been a lot of talk recently on the coming divorce between Libertarians and Conservatives., as Instapundit noted here. As a conservative, well very conservative, blog I think this is something worth weighing in on.

First, being at CPAC I would not say Libertarians were poorly recieved. The ACLU, Libertarian Party, and others libertarian groups were there, as well as “conservatives for peace.” The problem really is on your definition of liberatrian. The problem is that libertarians particularly on college campuses, which is what many on the right judge libertarianism, is viewed as libertine, which is not just that all should be legal, but it should be socially approved. Drugs, prostitution, and other “vices” are the key issues to these folk, and the fact is that it is a highly immature philosophy. As these libertines grow up they quickly become either social conservatives also or apolitical for the most part. True libertarians, instead, are those who view government as damaging in all that it does.

What does this mean? Well for example, a more conservative libertarian will admit that prostitution is a moral evil, but that the situation is actual made worse by government intervention. The split between libertarians and conservatives is well overstated, because in the end both know they come to the dance only through the centre-right alliance. Libertarians would be foolish to think they could make common cause with liberals, because in the end even on “social liberalism” Liberals are about big government. It isn’t just about abortions, its about government funded abortions, not just about gay marriage, but federal bennefits, not just about soddomy laws as it is about the usurpation of federalism. In the end, libertarians have little recourse, and for the most part have rightly judged the centre-right coalition as their best hope.