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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Will The Violence Coming This Summer Going To Give Obama The Opening He Wants--The Opportunity To Institute Martial Law?

Ruddy on CNN: Trump Rally Violence Shows 'It's Going to Be an Explosive Summer'

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By Cathy Burke | Friday, 18 Mar 2016 11:37 PM

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Violent clashes that have erupted at recent Donald Trump's campaign rallies point to "an explosive summer" as the brash billionaire steamrolls ahead in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy says.

In an interview with "CNN Tonight" host Don Lemon on Friday, Ruddy said flares of violence between anti-Trump protesters and the front-runner's supporters in Chicago and St. Louis portend even worse to come.

"This is all taking place in March," Ruddy told Lemon. "This is only the start. I think it's going to be an explosive summer. It's going to be off the charts."

"I think the various groups that are already out there that have been agitating, they're going to be ramping up and I think you’re going to see a counter side," Ruddy added. "Trump has, whether it's large numbers or not, very devoted followers."

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Maggie Thatcher Tribute

The late Margaret Thatcher was a very important link in ending the Cold War along side her good friend, Ronald Reagan. Her strength of character, her willingness to take on all comers and her desire to improve the world all combined to make her very formidable. We need leaders like her. May she rest in peace.

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Mrs. Thatcher: The Final Word

Thursday, 02 May 2013 11:47 AM

By Christopher Ruddy

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All of the eulogies have been spoken by now for Margaret Thatcher; there is not much I can add about her contribution to the West.

After her passing, I received a phone call from a British friend, a college classmate. "We have no leaders. Where are the likes of Mrs. Thatcher or Ronald Reagan today?" he lamented.

He is right — the West has no great leaders.

How fortunate we were in the middle of the Cold War to find a powerful triumvirate of Reagan, Thatcher, and John Paul II, willing to offer leadership that confronted the Soviet Empire with resolve, causing it to collapse.

Back then there were so many formidable figures: Francois Mitterrand in France, Helmut Kohl in Germany, even Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia.

The picture is bleak now.

President Barack Obama, for all his talk about being a transformational leader, has not lived up to the hype. While his handling of national security matters has, on the whole, been surprisingly good, there is a global perception that he is weak. That is always bad. It is certainly dangerous.

A real leader would have mapped out a strategy for us to play out our role as the great superpower. We have followed in the Middle East when leading is crucial. Israeli President Shimon Peres recently said the region is "disintegrating."

China is rapidly gaining supremacy in Asia. Kim Jong Un and the North Koreans are rattling in their cages, whimsically pointing nuclear warheads.

Vladimir Putin is ascendant in Russia. He is a leader, but he is not our leader.

There were hints we might find a great leader in the West. Germany's Angela Merkel seemed strong. But she is fizzling, and fast.

In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese nuclear meltdown, she moved to shut down every nuclear power plant in her country.

It was a foolish move, and now Germans are finding out they can't generate anywhere near the power they need using "green" technology. Meanwhile, their energy rates are skyrocketing as their economy hits a wall.

France's Nicolas Sarkozy in his early days showed signs of greatness. But he lost power.

And then there is the new Pope, Francis. The early signs suggest greatness.

We need leadership because the world is in crisis. We're still living through the greatest recession since the Great Depression.

The economies in the West have been kept afloat by a massive injection of cash by central banks, which have kept interest rates at the unbelievable rate of zero for a long time. Such extreme measures can only last so long.

We also see growing signs of foreign policy crises on the horizon, in the Middle East and in Syria, on the Korean Peninsula, and in other hot spots.

This moment brings us again to Mrs. Thatcher and her legacy.

I met the Iron Lady on two occasions. The last time was just five years ago, in the summer of 2008. It was in London at the 80th birthday of the longtime chairman of Newsmax, the late Lord Rees-Mogg.

I told the former British prime minister, "Mrs. Thatcher, I want you to know that your legacy will live, not for decades, but for centuries to come."

She looked at me and took both of her arms and brought them close to her chest. "But Chris, I won't be here for centuries," she said with disappointment. I laughed and she smiled.

She will be remembered for a long time. Her championing of the individual over the state, and her efforts to roll back government control of whole industries and stop the expansion of the welfare state — which she saw as nothing more than state-sponsored slavery — is still applauded and emulated.

Interestingly, at the same 2008 party was Paul Johnson, the famed British historian. He seemed agitated about the upcoming election, as it stood fairly clear that Obama would win that November.

I remember Johnson telling me that civilizations commit suicide, and it could happen again with Obama. He said America almost committed suicide during the Carter presidency.

People think a great power like the United States will always last forever, Johnson told me. But they are wrong, he was quick to add.

I believe we will endure — as long as we keep to our founding principles and find leaders like Mrs. Thatcher.

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