tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post2305634425455791769..comments2023-09-17T01:59:30.592-07:00Comments on <b>Remembrance in Spacetime</b>: My Modest ProposalTheBigHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-42548780224850723652012-01-11T15:18:04.110-08:002012-01-11T15:18:04.110-08:00I like your choices. Mine are similar:
#1-2: Wash...I like your choices. Mine are similar:<br /><br />#1-2: Washington-Lincoln or Lincoln-Washington<br /><br />#3-4: Jefferson-Truman or Truman-JeffersonTheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-83325962965589045342012-01-11T15:16:43.978-08:002012-01-11T15:16:43.978-08:00Interesting commentary, mon ami. I especially like...Interesting commentary, mon ami. I especially like your take on Ron Paul; he is, IMHO, a lunatic of weight.<br /><br />But I was really asking a simpler question, namely: If Obama were to authorize a strike against Iran, you stated that you might rank him 4th best President, ever. So I am curious which 4 former Presidents you currently rank best.TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-2040928402758478252012-01-11T15:14:02.725-08:002012-01-11T15:14:02.725-08:00BTW, who are your top 3 choices? And whom would Ob...BTW, who are your top 3 choices? And whom would Obama displace as #4, in the event?TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-49614847309032224552012-01-03T06:10:56.637-08:002012-01-03T06:10:56.637-08:00Ahhh. I like that question. My top three are Washi...Ahhh. I like that question. My top three are Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. After that, things get a bit more fuzzy. <br /><br />Jackson was so good he spawned the term "Jacksonian Democrat", implying strict constructionist legal views, laissez-faire economics,and policy focus on the situation of the average wage earner rather than Wall St or the entitlement class. <br /><br />I like FDR's belated commitment to defeat of the Axis, but I abhor his economic policies. <br /><br />Reagan gets a lot of love and certainly deserves an aircraft carrier and an airport for his confrontation with the Soviet Union. <br /><br />Harry Truman is somewhere close to #4 for his brass 'nads. <br /><br />Dwight Eisenhower gets the Lifetime Achievement for pre- and post-White House unadorned, pure competency. <br /><br />My #4 vote? Jackson or Eisenhower.secular apostatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-67715990801833193002011-12-29T06:54:56.234-08:002011-12-29T06:54:56.234-08:00I've concluded that the Lesser of N Evils Prob...I've concluded that the Lesser of N Evils Problem is NP-complete, and given N=6 (excluding Ron Paul) it's not computable in my lifetime. <br /><br />One by one, in order of preference:<br /><br />(#6) Bachmann - Pretty, fairly articulate, nice nails, Oral Roberts University graduate and all that implies. <br />(#5) Santorum - Intelligent, articulate, can work with Congress. Reasonable foreign policy. His social policy is a perfect example of why devout Roman Catholics can serve as valuable voices for the Nation's conscience but should stay out of politics.<br />(#4) Perry - My early pick. Seems to have good instincts, but inarticulate. Would be fun to get drunk with. Obama would wipe the floor with Perry in a debate. We've already had one Texan that couldn't defend his policies.<br />(#3) Huntsman - In my opinion, the smartest guy in the pack. Good executive skills, great foreign policy experience, but I have major doubts about his isolationist tendencies. <br />(#2)Romney - A technocrat's technocrat. Could serve effectively in the EU (and that is not a compliment). Voted for him in the TN primary last time, after Fred Thompson dropped out.<br />(#1) Gingrich - Gingrich makes my teeth hurt. I despise the man. Has potential to be a a master politician or a major moron. Would probably wipe the floor with Obama in a debate. May be a Goldilocks sociopath (just sociopathic enough to be an effective President, but not too sociopathic).<br /><br />I think the nominee is going to be either Gingrich or Romney, neither of which I particularly like. In a runoff between those two today, I would probably vote for Gingrich, as much as I dislike him (then go stick my hand in a running garbage disposal).<br /><br />The only close call between any candidate (excluding Ron Paul) and Obama would be Bachmann. I'd have to think hard about that matchup. If I thought the Senate was going to go Republican, I might vote for Obama. I like Bachmann a lot, personally (and her hotness certainly doesn't hurt). But politically, she's just too dogmatic for a libertarian-leaning conservative like me.<br /><br />In my personal opinion, Ron Paul should be confined to the either the Gibbering Ward of the Bates Motel or Congress. Fits in socially in either place.Secular Apostatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-39463937882332199912011-12-23T14:50:43.817-08:002011-12-23T14:50:43.817-08:00He would certainly get my vote for President. And ...He would certainly get my vote for President. And maybe even for the 4th Best President Evah.<br /><br />A nuke in the hands of demented, Islamoterrorist Persians simply does not compute. It's a geopolitical singularity. It cannot be.Secular Apostatenoreply@blogger.com