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I'm taking the evening off to spend with some good friends in Philadelphia but wanted to underscore the point that this writer and The Washington Note are committed to trying to get this country's policy course on a much better track in 2006 than during these last several years.
2005 was a fascinating and important one for me personally and for this blog -- particularly after helping to keep John Bolton -- and his supporters George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Karl Rove -- from having the legitimacy of a Senate confirmation in his role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Be sure to watch for the launch of Bolton Watch in the next couple of weeks.
There is much we need to do next year, and we'll start tomorrow afternoon -- but the rest of you have a fantastic evening and great new year.
I'm in Philadelphia at the home of a great and whacky friend who also writes a creative, personal blog.
She's a dramaturg, and a nut, and a friend of mine (and also John Malkovich's. . .for a kick, see this link).
Now, I need to get back to the party and to discussing what the Founding Fathers here in Philadelphia would thing about our current wannabe monarch.
Happy New Year, seriously.
-- Steve Clemons
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re: "discussing what the Founding Fathers would think ..."
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson
Happy New Year, 2006
I hope you took Oakley with you... you host appears to live in some kind of countrified area, where he can run without fear of SUVs full of aspiring soccer stars and modern dancers.
(and please don't tell me you put him in a kennel. My two dogs are always happy to have company...and I'd hate to think that a dog as obviously human as Oakley was being subjected to the same kind of treatment that Bush thinks is appropriate to anyone of the Muslim persuasion who questions US policy...)
Yes, I second lukasiak, and hope that Cordelia has the good dog sense not to mention to Oakley 'bout his missing balls. Imagine the humiliation! Hang in there Oak, ole boy. Steve, maybe you can get him some nice prostetic balls this year. It might give him more self-confidence and put a hop in his step!
Happy New Year Lukusiak! I love your city and am enjoying myself up here despite the gloomy weather. I'm staying downtown on Chestnut Street, and it's an interesting place just to walk around. Hope you and your family had a great night.
Regarding Oakley, he is extremely well taken care of. He is being taken care of by friends at my house and theirs when I'm away and was not sent to a kennel.
Less Geld -- I admire your passion, and Oak appreciates your concern. However, what's done is done -- and he has managed to be quite a happy pup (now 3 1/2 years old) who has way more hop in his step than you or me. He's quite a runner...
In any case, back to work. . .
Steve Clemons
Steve,
Thanks for all your good work at The New America Foundation and on TWN. For those of us out here in Bushland (red, purple and blue!) who feel particularly disempowered, it's good to know that your voice is speaking truth to power. Best wishes for a good 2006 to both you and beautiful Oakley.
PS: The link to your friend's blog appears not to be working!
Steve's friend's blog link is now working.
Sorry for the false alarm, Steve.
Speaking of shaking things up in 2006 -- as some of you may have heard, former Reagan administration Secretary of the Navy James Webb is seriously considering running against George Allen for the Senate this year, as a Democrat, and is expected to make a decision in January.
There are a number of reasons he's of interest as a candidate, but in particular, for me at least, is his hard-hitting criticism of the Bush administration's foreign policy, from a decidedly 'realist' perspective. Win or lose, I think he'd make a very interesting contribution to the foreign policy debate within the Democratic party.
I've blogged about his foreign policy views here:
Fighting Smart: James H. Webb, Jr.
I'm also involved in an effort, along with several other Virginia Democrats, to generate some buzz in the blogosphere, and solicit pledges of contributions and volunteers, to help convince Webb that there will be a good deal of support if he decides to run:
Draft James Webb
Since this race isn't at the top of the priority list for the DSCC, showing that we can raise funds online is critical.
Again, the reason I think this might be of interest to a good number of TWN readers is his decidedly 'realist' foreign policy worldview -- a Webb candidacy has the potential to make a significant contribution to the debate on foreign policy within the Democratic Party, whether or not he wins against George Allen.
My thought for getting our politicians to look at the nation's real problems is to return the capital to Philadelphia. There, the pols would have to deal with ther realities of urban life, the loss of manufacturing jobs, etc.
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