Weighted down with sundry items ranging from guns and trench shovels to a radio set, Sgt. Derrick Deamer, left, and Pvt. Clem Williams wear full battle gear as they chat in the British sector of the Naktong River front, September 1950.
Both men were with the British forces fighting with the UN Troops against the Red Chinese troops.
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I’ve never liked the term “flip-flopping.” Sure, it’s effective. Candidate Kerry-era pundits would be hard-pressed to define their success in the spotlight without the catchphrase.
Today, I’m finally allowing myself to embrace the term. Thanks, Newt.
I should have realized Gingrich’s pontifications on the Libya intervention redefined what it means to flip-flop. His stance brushed every side of the debate. However, it wasn’t until today that I was completely blindsided by the former House Speaker’s brazen buffoonery of contradictions.
Let’s follow the pro-Ryan, anti-Ryan, pro-Ryan trail.
A few weeks ago in New Hampshire, Gingrich told Swampland’s Jay Newton-Small that he would have voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare overhaul plan. When asked if he thought it could save the health care system, he replied:
“No, I think it’s the first step. You need an entirely new set of solutions.”
Now let’s fast forward from “I think it’s the first step” to “too big a jump.”
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Gingrich referred to Rep. Ryan’s Medicare plan as “right-wing social engineering:”
I think that that is too big a jump. I think what you want to have is a system where people voluntarily migrate to better outcomes, better solutions, better options, not one where you suddenly impose upon the–I don’t want to–I’m against Obamacare, which is imposing radical change, and I would be against a conservative imposing radical change.”
To be fair, he also gave a shout-out to “left-wing social engineering.“ Did I mention Gingrich once supported the individual mandate?
Now let’s rewind from “too big a jump” to Gingrich thinking this “right-wing social engineering” business was a pretty good idea in ‘95. From the LA Times’ archive, via ThinkProgress:
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) promised Friday that congressional Republicans would devote all future savings from Medicare to assure the solvency of the imperiled health care program rather than to balance the federal budget.
[…] One alternative would be a voucher program, in which beneficiaries would choose among several competing private health plans. However, he pledged that “anyone who wants to” would be permitted to stay in the present system, which allows unrestricted choice of doctors and hospitals.
Partisan pundits rejoice: Newt Gingrich has given me no choice but to embrace the term “flip-flopping.” [photo via]
THIS. so much.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llap0zwSLZ1qzr73ro1_1280.jpg)
I’ve never liked the term “flip-flopping.” Sure, it’s effective. Candidate Kerry-era pundits would be hard-pressed to define their success in the spotlight without the catchphrase.
Today, I’m finally allowing myself to embrace the term. Thanks, Newt.
I should have realized Gingrich’s pontifications on the Libya intervention redefined what it means to flip-flop. His stance brushed every side of the debate. However, it wasn’t until today that I was completely blindsided by the former House Speaker’s brazen buffoonery of contradictions.
Let’s follow the pro-Ryan, anti-Ryan, pro-Ryan trail.
A few weeks ago in New Hampshire, Gingrich told Swampland’s Jay Newton-Small that he would have voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare overhaul plan. When asked if he thought it could save the health care system, he replied:
“No, I think it’s the first step. You need an entirely new set of solutions.”
Now let’s fast forward from “I think it’s the first step” to “too big a jump.”
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Gingrich referred to Rep. Ryan’s Medicare plan as “right-wing social engineering:”
I think that that is too big a jump. I think what you want to have is a system where people voluntarily migrate to better outcomes, better solutions, better options, not one where you suddenly impose upon the–I don’t want to–I’m against Obamacare, which is imposing radical change, and I would be against a conservative imposing radical change.”
To be fair, he also gave a shout-out to “left-wing social engineering.“ Did I mention Gingrich once supported the individual mandate?
Now let’s rewind from “too big a jump” to Gingrich thinking this “right-wing social engineering” business was a pretty good idea in ‘95. From the LA Times’ archive, via ThinkProgress:
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) promised Friday that congressional Republicans would devote all future savings from Medicare to assure the solvency of the imperiled health care program rather than to balance the federal budget.
[…] One alternative would be a voucher program, in which beneficiaries would choose among several competing private health plans. However, he pledged that “anyone who wants to” would be permitted to stay in the present system, which allows unrestricted choice of doctors and hospitals.
Partisan pundits rejoice: Newt Gingrich has given me no choice but to embrace the term “flip-flopping.” [photo via]
THIS. so much.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Launch seen from a commercial plane window, captured by Stefanie Gordon.
Stunning.
This is just insanely perfect.
One for the history books.
Perfect
(via poptech)
Coming to PopTech isn’t just about absorbing an onslaught of mind-blowing ideas; it’s about heightening your senses. We’ve woven various methods of perception into each conference. Today, we bring you PopTech in 5 senses.
“Use all of the richness of your senses to communicate with one another and understand just how important it is to reassure one another using these ancient and well-adapted modalities.”
— Nina Jablonski at PopTech 2007
Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Even though I’m in the midst of a cheating marathon (lots of birthday parties and friends visiting in late April and early May, not to mention STRESS EATING), I managed to cook a paleo meal last night.
All ingredients, all organic, all the time:
Wild-caught Shrimp
Kale
Thinly Sliced Red Onion
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Nijmegen, September 20th 1944: A soldier of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne lies dead at the bottom of some steps at the North ramp of the Waal River Bridge.
Submitted by prettygirlfromraleigh:
This is my Sheltie Tomi. He’s 11 years old but he still acts like a puppy, in this picture he had just finished playing in the lake.
