Interesting article by Jim Buckley. George Allen Sr. was a great head football coach for the Washington REDSKINS, now the Commanders. Allen Sr. was crafty, smart and unpredictable. Unfortunately for him, he never won a Super Bowl. I followed him closely because he was opposite my favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys and had a fierce rivalry with legend, Tom Landry.
Allen Jr. seemed to be a very savvy and capable politician, too bad he ultimately lost to the slippery and obnoxious, Tim Kaine. Kaine’s recent performance during Senate confirmation hearings of Pete Hegseth should serve as an embarrassment for Dems. Kaine comes off as a truly strange and vindictive guy.
As for Allen’s take on energy, I am in agreement. The method of how we transport oil via trucking compared to having a pipeline is not only archaic, but involves much more risk and cost. Further, the concept of having mini nuclear reactors makes much sense, especially when the alternative is BESS battery storage facilities. Yes, our entire energy policy here in California is over regulated and punitive against fossil fuels, making our cost as consumers much higher.
Great seeing you and other SB conservatives yesterday, Jim.
Unfortunately, Allen was the last Republican Senator from Virginia. He lost a very close race to Jim Webb in 2006. It was said he lost because he called an Indian guy from the Webb campaign a "macaca", supposedly a racist term. It was a media hit job that falsely tried to paint him as a racist. Many people may not know that his father was a famous NFL head coach. He was considered a serious candidate for president until he lost the Senate race.
BTW, Jim Webb, former Secretary of the Navy under President Reagan was the last serious and sane member of the Democratic Party. Since then, well we all know…they have TOTALLY gone off the rails!
Great article Jim - love this guy Allen. S o o o sensible - he shouldda been a Republican! :) Sure glad to get his pov on nuclear. I've often wondered why we don't use it - it's obviously safe or it wouldn't be powering our aircraft carriers.
About the only thing I disagree with him on is that @#$%^&^^ Joe Biden! _THE_ most worthless President and human being since Traitor Obama.
Earl: Allen is and was a Republican. As for his kind words about Joe Biden, it's probably that old Senate camaraderie that requires all senators to be courteous to each other. Joe Biden was the absolute worst president in this nation's history and I believe he'll go down that way in the annals of the U.S. Kamala was among the most incompetent vice-presidents, but there have been some real stinkers (Agnew comes to mind) in that category so I can't give her a "worst" status, though she's clearly in the top ten. What a miserable four years they brought us (though the stock market took them in stride).
Hi Jim, sorry to go off topic, but it is my nature posting here.
I'm watching the SB Planning commission meeting live on You Tube right now. I wish everyone here could watch it in real time and we could comment to each other.
The topic is Capitol Improvement Projects for the next few years. I kid you not, the chairman said this, "Did you just say B as in billion dollars?" And so goes the five year CIP plan.
Sounds like a really informed person. I keep asking why the people governing this state don’t take a lesson from the Israelis and use whatever energy source is adequate (not wind or solar) to produce useful quantities of water . Our state desperately needs more energy and water. They supply it to Jordan by the way. Newscum and his Marxist/ Weiner cronies are destroying our state and driving sane people East to live in much less hospitable climates to be free of the madness of Californistan. Who will be the Moses to lead us out of our Egypt ?
California should "take a lesson from the Israelis"? The ones who committed genocide with our money? The ones who destroyed churches and hospitals? How could a medical doctor think this, no less write this?
J. did you know that Nagasaki was the heart and soul of Christianity in the East and Catholicism in Japan since the 16th century?
95% of Japan’s Christians/Catholics lived in Nagasaki. The epicenter of blast was 1,650 feet above Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
“On August 9th 1945, as the local Catholics prepared for the Feast of Immaculate Conception, the pilots of the Boxscar were instructed to look for the spire of the Urakami Cathedral as they dropped the 'Fatman' bomb.”
You don’t find it curious that a Christian nation, as we certainly were in 1945, dropped the atom bomb on top of the largest Christian church/cathedral in the Orient? In a city that contained 95% of Japan’s Christians?
How is it a stereotype? I don't like stereotypes. I'm going exclusively off the comments I have read, including yours. You claim you (and most here) oppose all of Biden's wars, but if memory serves correctly, you supported the genocide in Gaza. I know others here do too because of what they wrote. I do not know how you feel about our invasion of Iraq or a potential war with Iran, but I already know your opinions on Palestine, which were so strong that you argued with those of us who opposed genocide. And what about the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? In all you wrote about it, you really didn't condemn it. I wrote much less, yet said it was wrong.
Nagasaki was not the first target for the second atomic bomb. It was going to be Kokura - but was covered with clouds that morning. The second target was Nagasaki.
J. You sure seem to know a lot about this issue which is utterly unknown to 99.9% of Americans.
The atomic bomb is/was a weapon that indiscriminately exterminates all living things in its blast area. I don’t think it’s a military practice to exterminate your own natural civilian allies in your enemy’s territory. Especially in light of the Christian themes of morality that were used to sell WWII to the American public. If we needed to destroy critical Japanese infrastructure we could have used more targeted/conventional bombs. Not genocide Japan’s Christian minority by dropping the 2nd (unnecessary) atom bomb over the top of the largest Christian cathedral in all the Orient.
But hey, move along everyone. Nothing to see here…
JL is quite versed in history. We trade barbs on many issues but I rarely quibble with their historical background. And sadly the point of dropping both bombs was not to destroy critical Japanese infrastructure - but to demonstrate the crazy power of these devices to force a surrender of a country that wasn't likely to surrender until a grossly bloody ground attack was mounted and won against their forces.
Interesting article by Jim Buckley. George Allen Sr. was a great head football coach for the Washington REDSKINS, now the Commanders. Allen Sr. was crafty, smart and unpredictable. Unfortunately for him, he never won a Super Bowl. I followed him closely because he was opposite my favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys and had a fierce rivalry with legend, Tom Landry.
Allen Jr. seemed to be a very savvy and capable politician, too bad he ultimately lost to the slippery and obnoxious, Tim Kaine. Kaine’s recent performance during Senate confirmation hearings of Pete Hegseth should serve as an embarrassment for Dems. Kaine comes off as a truly strange and vindictive guy.
As for Allen’s take on energy, I am in agreement. The method of how we transport oil via trucking compared to having a pipeline is not only archaic, but involves much more risk and cost. Further, the concept of having mini nuclear reactors makes much sense, especially when the alternative is BESS battery storage facilities. Yes, our entire energy policy here in California is over regulated and punitive against fossil fuels, making our cost as consumers much higher.
Great seeing you and other SB conservatives yesterday, Jim.
Unfortunately, Allen was the last Republican Senator from Virginia. He lost a very close race to Jim Webb in 2006. It was said he lost because he called an Indian guy from the Webb campaign a "macaca", supposedly a racist term. It was a media hit job that falsely tried to paint him as a racist. Many people may not know that his father was a famous NFL head coach. He was considered a serious candidate for president until he lost the Senate race.
BTW, Jim Webb, former Secretary of the Navy under President Reagan was the last serious and sane member of the Democratic Party. Since then, well we all know…they have TOTALLY gone off the rails!
Terrific interview, questions and answers. I write this from Cottage Rehab. So don't have much to say except looking forward to more.
Thank you. I hope you recover quickly!
Hope to see you home soon. Best wishes!!
Pol - you _still_ at Rehab? Hurry up and get well soon!
This is a great article. I really appreciate the read. Thank you.
AMERICA. IN. GRIPS. OF. OLD. MAN. ON. THE .EDGE. OF. DEMENTIA. HANDING. USA OVER TO FOREIGN. MADMAN.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
Is the old man going to fire musk and then resign?
Not likely before mid July…
Great article Jim - love this guy Allen. S o o o sensible - he shouldda been a Republican! :) Sure glad to get his pov on nuclear. I've often wondered why we don't use it - it's obviously safe or it wouldn't be powering our aircraft carriers.
About the only thing I disagree with him on is that @#$%^&^^ Joe Biden! _THE_ most worthless President and human being since Traitor Obama.
Earl: Allen is and was a Republican. As for his kind words about Joe Biden, it's probably that old Senate camaraderie that requires all senators to be courteous to each other. Joe Biden was the absolute worst president in this nation's history and I believe he'll go down that way in the annals of the U.S. Kamala was among the most incompetent vice-presidents, but there have been some real stinkers (Agnew comes to mind) in that category so I can't give her a "worst" status, though she's clearly in the top ten. What a miserable four years they brought us (though the stock market took them in stride).
Good read Jim - thanks.
Agree.
Hi Jim, sorry to go off topic, but it is my nature posting here.
I'm watching the SB Planning commission meeting live on You Tube right now. I wish everyone here could watch it in real time and we could comment to each other.
The topic is Capitol Improvement Projects for the next few years. I kid you not, the chairman said this, "Did you just say B as in billion dollars?" And so goes the five year CIP plan.
Sounds like a really informed person. I keep asking why the people governing this state don’t take a lesson from the Israelis and use whatever energy source is adequate (not wind or solar) to produce useful quantities of water . Our state desperately needs more energy and water. They supply it to Jordan by the way. Newscum and his Marxist/ Weiner cronies are destroying our state and driving sane people East to live in much less hospitable climates to be free of the madness of Californistan. Who will be the Moses to lead us out of our Egypt ?
California should "take a lesson from the Israelis"? The ones who committed genocide with our money? The ones who destroyed churches and hospitals? How could a medical doctor think this, no less write this?
Newscum and Californistan. So much class from an "MD".
Newsom is problematic, but I agree this MD commenting has no class.
J. did you know that Nagasaki was the heart and soul of Christianity in the East and Catholicism in Japan since the 16th century?
95% of Japan’s Christians/Catholics lived in Nagasaki. The epicenter of blast was 1,650 feet above Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
“On August 9th 1945, as the local Catholics prepared for the Feast of Immaculate Conception, the pilots of the Boxscar were instructed to look for the spire of the Urakami Cathedral as they dropped the 'Fatman' bomb.”
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/2021/8/8/lubyxf9jdoqr8ms29oo755ia1wu2mw
You don’t find it curious that a Christian nation, as we certainly were in 1945, dropped the atom bomb on top of the largest Christian church/cathedral in the Orient? In a city that contained 95% of Japan’s Christians?
It was wrong. But you won't find many on this page who oppose war or military aggression by the US.
How is it a stereotype? I don't like stereotypes. I'm going exclusively off the comments I have read, including yours. You claim you (and most here) oppose all of Biden's wars, but if memory serves correctly, you supported the genocide in Gaza. I know others here do too because of what they wrote. I do not know how you feel about our invasion of Iraq or a potential war with Iran, but I already know your opinions on Palestine, which were so strong that you argued with those of us who opposed genocide. And what about the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? In all you wrote about it, you really didn't condemn it. I wrote much less, yet said it was wrong.
Nagasaki was not the first target for the second atomic bomb. It was going to be Kokura - but was covered with clouds that morning. The second target was Nagasaki.
J. You sure seem to know a lot about this issue which is utterly unknown to 99.9% of Americans.
The atomic bomb is/was a weapon that indiscriminately exterminates all living things in its blast area. I don’t think it’s a military practice to exterminate your own natural civilian allies in your enemy’s territory. Especially in light of the Christian themes of morality that were used to sell WWII to the American public. If we needed to destroy critical Japanese infrastructure we could have used more targeted/conventional bombs. Not genocide Japan’s Christian minority by dropping the 2nd (unnecessary) atom bomb over the top of the largest Christian cathedral in all the Orient.
But hey, move along everyone. Nothing to see here…
JL is quite versed in history. We trade barbs on many issues but I rarely quibble with their historical background. And sadly the point of dropping both bombs was not to destroy critical Japanese infrastructure - but to demonstrate the crazy power of these devices to force a surrender of a country that wasn't likely to surrender until a grossly bloody ground attack was mounted and won against their forces.