I read Al Haig's gas meter one time. He lived in Bethesda, off River Road.

That's my brush with greatness.

RIP, General.

 Unless he proved his loathing for his country after his service, the media will still show its hatred for him

So I guess when Colin Powell kicks it we will get weeks of coverage saying he was the greatest general, not only in american history, but in all history. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he endorsed barack obama solely based on race.

After reading that citation you get pissed that the media vilifies him for taking charge in the chaotic situation after Reagan was shot.

yeah i think he was just trying to calm people down and let them know everything is alright. The media treated it like he was staging a coup and the phrase, "I am in control here" was the code phrase to set everything into action

Haig was the best thing ever to come out of Lower Merion.

What is little know is that Haig tried to get the Argentinias to back down over the Falklands. He tried to prevent the war that followed but couldnt get it done.

That said I think he played a major role in switching the emphasis from a peaceful solution to backing the Brits and Thatcher. Thought Reagan himself was the major force behind that decision.

Posted by: Dell at February 20, 2010 09:59 AM (H/+W/)

Absolutely. Haig said nothing about taking over anything, as the slimy press had tried to imply. He merely stated that the White House was not in chaos or lacking appropriate leadership. The press' twisting of Haig's actual words (cutting off the actual quote is what most of them did) was just pathetic. His quote was:

"As of now, I am in control here in the White House, pending the return of the vice president."

As usual, Haig was only being factual and reasonable.

A real american hero. Loved his country, loved his troops.

May this man rest in peace.

@22

good thing he didn't succeed, it was nice to the the Brits put the Argies in their place, and winning the war helped get Thatcher re-elected

He was telling the nation that the nation is intact.

It was leadership. A general knows the troops need to know a man is leading.

Early in his career, he gave daily briefings to MacArthur:

Serves with MacArthur in Korea

Wow - what a career - to start out with Mac and end with the Gipper.

See you on the other side Sir, Where the Truth shall set us all Free.

In memory of those who did not return

When you go home, tell them for us, and say

For their tomorrow, we gave our today

I too remember the press furor over Haig's comments after the assassination attempt. I was 10, I think. Gotta love Reagan for installing such a hard ass at State.

Let's be realistic, though. There were people in the administration who disliked Haig and used his comments as a means of removing him from his position.

RIP sir.  I was in my teens during the Reagan years, and remember Haig vividly as one not to be messed with.

Let's be realistic, though. There were people in the administration who disliked Haig and used his comments as a means of removing him from his position.

In retrospect, you have to wonder how much of that was Nancy's doing.

Nancy has since proven to be a flaming libtard, and both of the Gipper's children by her [Patty & Ron Jr] are just hardcore nihilists [neither one of them gave the Gipper any grandchildren].

Really ironic that Reagan's only conservative children came from Jane Wyman [and I'll bet she rued the day that she ran off with Lew Ayres].

Nancy has since proven to be a flaming libtard, and both of the Gipper's children by her [Patty & Ron Jr] are just hardcore nihilists [neither one of them gave the Gipper any grandchildren].

I think  Ron jr can't have kids because he like Andi Sullivan doesn't realize his favorite drink is infact used to make babies, not gargle.

[Patty & Ron Jr] are just hardcore nihilists [neither one of them gave the Gipper any grandchildren].

Yeah, but Ronny, Jr. has tried soooo hard to get pregnant.

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr.? Did he go by "Cuffy"?

i was wondering that too. Atlas Shrugged didn't come out til 1957 back when he was just a soldier. It must have been a more common name

>>  I was in my teens during the Reagan years

you are a youngstah!

which is cool. I was once.

To read through the lines on his citation, "as taught", you want a 3-1 advantage when attacking. You will destroy your opponent at 3-1. Col. (Hero) Haig, as stated, was 1-3. That is a Little Big Horn situation. Truly, personal leadership in action! He was the "real deal" hero, not a "political general".

not a "political general".

So you're saying, he wasn't a General  Weasely Clark?

RIP General Haig.

Glad we found out that he wasn't "Deep Throat." 

I am damned sick and tired of hearing about this "I'm in charge" crap.  The President had been shot and the VP wasn't in Washington.  People were understandably freaking out and Haig was trying to reassure them.

RIP  Gen. Haig

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Nancy has since proven to be a flaming libtard, and both of the Gipper's children by her [Patty & Ron Jr] are just hardcore nihilists [neither one of them gave the Gipper any grandchildren].

Really ironic that Reagan's only conservative children came from Jane Wyman [and I'll bet she rued the day that she ran off with Lew Ayres].

The story I heard about Jane Wyman was that she simply had no interest in living the life of a politician's wife, and made that clear to Ronald Reagan.  He didn't give up his political career (thank God)......and she left. 

Many decades later after Reagan died however, Wyman had only kind things to say about him personally.

BTW, I've noticed the same thing about the kids.  The ones he had with Wyman turned out to be 24 Carat human beings.  The ones he had with Nancy.....not so much.

"As of now, I am in control here in the White House, pending the return of the vice president."

And what better person to be in control then a bad-ass decorated general. Libs should thank their lucky stars that he was there.

And Wallace referenced how Weinberger and Baker were ticked at Haig at what they saw on TV. Talk about ridiculous ... stunningly ridiculous.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner of Meteors, and Buckets of Scorn for the Left at February 20, 2010 12:12 PM (erIg9)

For a career military guy to go get deep in the cesspool?  "The sense of duty is strong in this one."

Despite being a committed Democrat, there were many times during the 90s where I kept thinking we really could have used Haig being in charge there.

A man of service and honor, RIP General Haig.

He's in charge of Heaven now.

RIP

BTW, I've noticed the same thing about the kids.  The ones he had with Wyman turned out to be 24 Carat human beings.  The ones he had with Nancy.....not so much.

As a believer in genes vs environment, the kids with Wyman were adopted and Nancy's were biological. So whomever genes Marueen and Michael carried were superior to those that Nancy produced. I have to say that she did love Ronnie and it always seemed that she thought the sun rose and set on him. Since I can agree there, perhaps that kind of mother warped those kids into some kind of attention seeking freaks. Just sayin'

Chris Wallace just smeared Haig over the misquote

Genes again

Dave in Texas

small point but Haig was the General's Aide of General Almond X Corp. during the Korean War and was not really in harms way.  however, he did accompany General Almond when he visited the besiged perimeter of Task Force Faith but that was only an in and out trip via helicopter.

his shooting war was in Vietnam where as a battalion ? commander he participated in some of the earlier search and destroy missions.

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at February 20, 2010 12:52 PM (EWvJ6)

How do we know? Haig was up for a game, but Kobe kept ducking him.

Posted by: Antimatter at February 20, 2010 12:08 PM (gbCNS)"

Then, just as it is now, the left prefer a  lip biting faux-tears phoney or a narsisstic cokedout robotic puppet.  They don't want real men to lead us.

To the person upthread asking about the name Meigs. I don't know if he is related but an officer by the name of Meigs fought in the Connecticut-New York theatre in the Revolution. Conducted several amphibious raids in and aroung Long Island Sound. Meigs Point in Madison is named for him.

I have heard that other, later members of the family also served honorably.

And he never tried  to stop Nancy Pelosi from flying military aicraft while drunk on her ass.

RIP General

Dave,

Thanks for posting about his war experience. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't even know anything about it.

133 "   confirms one's worst doubts.
Posted by: gomm at February 20, 2010 02:25 PM (Ibk1S"

One's worst doubts?  To say that your "worst doubts" at that time were that a good strong Secretary of State was holding down the fort until a Vice President made it home, then your priorities suck. 

Pretty in Pink---you're right. You can always notice a lib by their suppositions (and their inability to capitalize and punctuate).

The left wasn't worried about the Soviets, they like them. They admired them and they were taught in school that Reagan and his team were dangerous.

There wasn't a damn thing scary about the military unless you are a bad guy. At the time the bad guys were communists. I hate this mindset. They hate the strong me who kept and keep us safe and admire the losers, whimps, pussies, and politicians who put us in danger...Haig took an oath to uphold the constitution and meant it. Oh, and it was the real constitution not the "living document". Obama--not so much.

IIRC Patty had pretty good tits back in her day. Which is nice.

But the point is that she never gave the Gipper any grandchildren to suckle at those tits.

Which, in the end, makes the tits pretty much useless.

What a waste.

we lost an icon, godspeed general

and 139   You can always notice a lib by their suppositions (and their inability to capitalize and punctuate).

hey!!!!!!!!!

There wasn't a damn thing scary about the military unless you are a bad guy.

unless you are the father of girls, them sailors............

Posted by: gomm at February 20, 2010 03:44 PM (Ibk1S)

There was no "gaffe". Why don't you bother looking upthread to see what Haig actually said, instead of repeating the lame stream smear? It's only been posted 5 or 6 times, already, and it was perfectly correct and appropriate.

Posted by: dagny at February 20, 2010 04:01 PM (yHj7D)

And Powell isn't very bright, either. But, it is amazing how Powell could screw up one thing after another and still advance so quickly.

The remark was a non-controversy. He said "we are in charge until the Vice President gets back". Perfectly fine thing to say. The media made a production out of it. However, if Hillary got up and said we are in charge until the VP gets back, you would want someone to delay the VP. Hillary is certainly ambitious but how well do we think Biden would do in a crisis? It would at least be amusing.

Posted by: gomm at February 20, 2010 04:16 PM (Ibk1S)

Interesting description. But, you are wetting a chicken in certain, unspeakable, ways.

Posted by: gomm at February 20, 2010 04:16 PM (Ibk1S)

You type like a 9-year-old and you make contradictory and nonsensical statements, so you must simply be an idiot.

Rest In Peace General.

Hand Salute

Didn't she once pose for nude pics in some magazine (Penthouse?), or does my memory just suck?

Playboy in 1994.

Posted by: gomm at February 20, 2010 04:16 PM (Ibk1S)

the russkies weren't sending any nukes over and the civil infrastructures weren't unraveling.

Yeah, that was the cold war. Reagan stopping flying nukes. It didn't have anything to do with soviet aggression around the world.

do you think the president's office has a big machine in it and someone has to be sitting at the controls, pushing buttons and pulling levers?

If it does then Obama must be pulling buttons and pushing levers

Didn't Patty write for Playboy?

That was little Ron.

Posted by: Blazer at February 20, 2010 04:28 PM (t72+4)

It's your turn to bring him to the meeting, fucker.

Posted by: Blazer at February 20, 2010 04:28 PM (t72+4)

It's your turn to bring him to the meeting, fucker.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 20, 2010 05:28 PM (I30wK)

Posted by: Popcorn at February 20, 2010 05:29 PM (OOehk)

Yeah, about how she's a paranoid schizophrenic and doesn't remember anything about the shooting.  Totally believable. 

Posted by: Popcorn at February 20, 2010 05:29 PM (OOehk)

Posted by: Tami at February 20, 2010 05:38 PM (VuLos)

You ain't kidding! I was feeling really good about things after watching all the speeches over the past few days and seeing how fired up everyone seems to be.

Then this crap happens.

199 It makes no sense.  They go ape shit over Cheney's surprise appearance...they loved Marco Rubio...but Ron Paul wins the straw poll?! 

You know who this benefits?

Mitt Romney.

I'd like to point out to all of you who are piling onto gomm about his comments,  I SAW THE PRESS CONFERENCE where Gen. Haig made  his statement. I remember the I am in charge here line. It made me nervous, too. At the time.

I don't have to remind you all about editing, do I?

The final part of his (Haig's) statement was edited out...I didn't know that until I saw the full UNEDITED segment this morning, and that changed my opinion of General Haig quite a bit.

And, I'm no spring chicken, either. Heh...

BTW, gomm, you need to look at Mcarthur's history a little closer, 'cause IIRC, he did run for the Presidency. Didn't get the nomination.

Shit...I post a comment at 172, hit post, and we're up to 207....

Gotta be quick, here!

Forgive them, gomm, they know not what they say ..., well, most of the time, but sometimes they're marginally coherent ...., although it's hard to tell with Blazer, whose middle-of-the-night rants have become part of the folklore here.

Bless you, my son.

Your tactless, inappropriate and inane opinions are always welcome here.

Posted by: Blazer at February 20, 2010 05:37 PM (t72+4)

So of the top 2 vote getters at CPAC, one wants to retreat from the world with our troops and thinks we should listen to Bin Laden as to why we were attacked. The other championed a hge big government entitlement and cant decide how he feels about life depending on what office he is running for.

And this is CPAC? The supposed pinacle of conservatism? I am glad Palin is up at the Iron Dog instead that starts tomorrow.

Yeah, thats not good.

Actually, he said this

"Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending the return of the vice president and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course."

Hero though he is, that is wrong.

I think with Ron Paul's recent win he will blow the lid off the 9/11 Moon Landing Gold Standard FDR knew about Pearl Harbor WHO POOPED IN MY UNDERWEAR scandal.

Ron Paul winning the CPAC presidential straw poll?

I'm waiting for Breitbart to storm onto the stage, kick the podium over and shout, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?"

I wondered about Palin's decision to skip CPAC.

I think Coulter was scheduled to speak but dropped out as well.

Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at February 20, 2010 06:32 PM (2pjaO)

Speaker of the House is 2nd.  President pro tempore of the Senate is 3rd.

This is the correct order

He skipped over two people.

Apparently, it wasn't the Tea Party Convention in danger of being "hijacked," but CPAC.

'Tis indeed an interesting turn of events.

If the CPAC straw poll was so damn easy to hack, why didn't we just stuff the damn thing with ACE votes as a write-in?

I'm really disappointed NONE of you morons thought of that one.

I think that would have scared the "Peggy Noonan" country club Republicans senseless.

Hero though he is, that is wrong.

I like this guy. Perhaps he could liven things up here by giving us his interpretations of various passages from the U.S. Costitution?

Is he crying again yet?

No, just sweating alot, lol.

Fuck off, troll.

Tell ya what  Father O'Brien andTSDP, if you don't agree with the principles he's talking about then it's quite possible you both might be *progressives*, or worse...

LOL

I'm waiting for Breitbart to storm onto the stage, kick the podium over and shout, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?"

Posted by: ErikW at February 20, 2010 06:31 PM (xOg+T)

Posted by: Bugler at February 20, 2010 06:59 PM (YCVBL)

Hell yes.  Felt like I was at church, and loving it.

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 20, 2010 07:04 PM (9IHmo)

Ace doesn't get into cans of Sterno, cans of Sterno get into Ace.

Thank you, I'll be here all week!

Andrew Breitbart is quickly becoming my f'king hero.

Me too. I suspect we'll be hearing from him quite a bit from now on. He guest hosted for DM a couple months ago and dropped many hints that he's loaded for bear.

The Red Army Faction tried to assassinate General Haig, the Supreme Commander of NATO, with a land mine in June 1979.  His motorcade was racing through Belgium when the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof gang, detonated their mine a hair too late to take Haig out. 

Back then, the Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof gang was stalking US generals in Germany to kidnap or kill them.  Generals homes on base were surrounded by bomb revetments to defend against RPG attacks.  When generals went outside base in civilian clothes, they carried a concealed pistol to defend themselves.  It was only a couple years later after the attack on Haig that US Army General Dozier was kidnapped by the Italian Red Brigade.  If you were a US general in Europe back then, you really had a target pinned on you.

Posted by: ian cormac at February 20, 2010 07:13 PM (MZoau)

Good Lord.  That's the friggin' cherry on top.  That's it, I'm adopting This Is Dumb People's politics.

ok...Beck's reading of the poem on the Statue of Liberty was freakin' awesome.   THAT'S how it should be always read.

I kind of stopped watching him a while ago, because he seemed to be going off the rails on some things, but that was a killer speech.

jane, where in s. ga.?  west side?

i thought beck's speech wasn't "tight" enough.  one or two tangents that didn't really add to it.  believe it or not, Newt gave a helluva speech.  Newt can really give a speech.

And, what the hell does the Republican Party have to do to send the Ronulans back to their planet? 

Is Windjammer Barefoot Cruises still in operation? Tell the Ronulans that a special cruise for them has been arranged by Paul and that it will be free beer and weed for the entire duration. Sail them into the Bermuda Triangle and forget about it.

jane!  hot damn.  I'm in Lunenburg Co., Va, known as the "old free state" because we seceded before the Commonwealth of Virginia could get themselves to it.

so technically, we may not have been taken back into the Union so we are still a foreign enemy.

like Beck, I like history.

yep, i'm bored, too.

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And, notwithstanding Mark Sanford's well documented personal meltdown, he is prepared to sue the Feds for cancelling Yucca Mountain, future nuclear waste storage facility, which impacts nuclear waste storage in South Carolina...He's going out swinging!  Sad to see him done politically, he's a game rooster when it comes to fighting the good fight...

Hey did you hear about the dog who saved a 3 year old from freezing? wow How cool is that?

http://tinyurl.com/yl46gx5

Posted by: conscious, but somewhat incoherent at February 20, 2010 07:37 PM (Vu6sl)

Newsletter?

Newsletter?

Posted by: FUBAR at February 20, 2010 07:38 PM (1fanL)

bunk

Posted by: one for the suggestions box at February 20, 2010 07:39 PM (ITzbJ)

The porn star is scary looking.  I can't figure out how people with lots of money end up with bad boob jobs.  Another one is tubby.  The night club manager is ok.  Seems like one other was decent.

Tiger was slumming.

Posted by: Dead People at February 20, 2010 07:44 PM (tMSKg)

Heh.  Sing us a song, you're a piano man!

Posted by: kelley in virginia at February 20, 2010 07:28 PM (Oan2w)

Posted by: Concerned Morons at February 20, 2010 07:51 PM (UOM4

Well its a good thing AoS isnt my go to blog when I want to stay on top of current events.

Word.

FUBAR, you're killing me.  I dunno if I can ever open one of your links again...

Beck's CPAC speech was freakin' AWESOME!

can we get a CPAC post?

So, is Alexander Haig still dead?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2010 11:05 AM (9Cooa)

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, our representative at the UN, always advocated...and remember this was in the 1980s...that for six months of the year, the UN should meet in Moscow, so that all the countries could see just what a workers paradise it was.  UN management rejected that idea.  Go figure.

RIP General Haig.

"I imagine if we were at a wake after a few hours we'd open the bar, be playing music, and resting our drinks on the coffin."

When I die that is officially my request, as of now.

Isn't that the very definition of an Irish Wake?

I'm game!

Then why can't these fuckwads just spam the Congressional votes and kill this health scare for us, once and for all? Dammit. Ronulans, use your mad spam skilz for the good of mankind!

Posted by: Salem Communications at February 20, 2010 08:10 PM (U6Xkc)

You got a problem with taking the weekend off?

If you're bored here, you can go watch Mike Huckabee interview Michelle Obama about her fat kids.

It's a treat, I tell ya.

Cox Communications brings this special report:

You have hit the end of the internet, sign off now.

Mr. Hague.

Rest with the angels, thank you for your service to our country.

I am about to change the channel away from the interview, but I wanted to see if Michelle is sticking with the passable Cindy Brady lisp that she was using during her Haiti relief commercial.

Rest In Peace...

the bloggers at Ace must be at a super secret meeting  and we weren't good enough to be invited , i say blogger wannab's unite, or at the least say something profound.

Don't look at me, i have nothing relevant to say.

Posted by: Miss Marple at February 20, 2010 08:29 PM (4DwVn)

Very interesting. Thanks for the info, Miss Marple.

They seem quite congenial, Jane D'oh....they're getting on like a house on fire.

I strongly dislike Huckabee, as well, and think of him as the shyster type.

Anybody see the video of Breitbart blasting the Salon reporter that called James O'Keefe a racist?    He be all up in his face.   I heart AB. *sigh*

http://tiny.cc/SSe8q

If you're bored here, you can go watch Mike Huckabee interview Michelle Obama about her fat kids.

It's a treat, I tell ya.

Posted by: Who Knows at February 20, 2010 08:22 PM (7FgWm)

No thanks, I like my eyes too much to abuse them in that way.

I couldn't turn the channel fast enough.   I can't stand Huck, anyway, but no way in hell am I going to watch the Wookie.   Ewww.

Posted by: Salem Communications at February 20, 2010 08:10 PM (U6Xkc)

LOL - In lieu of a revolution in this country, I suppose an insurrection here tonight will suffice.

Posted by: Miss Marple at February 20, 2010 08:29 PM (4DwVn)

Very interesting. Thanks for the info, Miss Marple.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at February 20, 2010 08:33 PM (A46hP)

Yeah, no doubt.

It's a treat, I tell ya.

500! yeeehaaaaw.

Anyone seen my chainsaw?

So, is Alexander Haig still dead?

As dead as Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Dave,

Thanks for the story about a hero.  I had no idea that General Haig was such a great man.  I guess I had been listening to the dominant media...

Haig was a real man. Anyone who had the pleasure to know him was better for it.

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