tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76047397263149318912026-08-18T12:02:49.346-07:00Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-91184094772288665412011-07-11T09:59:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.954-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-P7Di4yspT_jVd3ixWDZcpgLgQRkIX5HVsAcq3u54v2bt7DzkRjt1QnATXdqkX-FdVS9jxJVAgCl1XYgSj_zWdin3CBuAVoKC4zSuJvRw9QynvbKmmapqm-sds2jZOQLeRzZeSIvn/s1600/rn.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-P7Di4yspT_jVd3ixWDZcpgLgQRkIX5HVsAcq3u54v2bt7DzkRjt1QnATXdqkX-FdVS9jxJVAgCl1XYgSj_zWdin3CBuAVoKC4zSuJvRw9QynvbKmmapqm-sds2jZOQLeRzZeSIvn/s320/rn.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628141555290072354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /></span><span id="aptureStartContent" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="body">Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-66439362592306082732010-10-08T15:48:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.940-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcYgh4a0joBKDbha1Tf3ZDPb-710MRT1OgUVcy1Ec8WqZq6Ean4t2zZo80iWSuQ9m2NkjgByvtOJf3KJc7ahWY1Jkfe4IFVN-2e1Y5sucligQBEhVi89egCCphkH_GJCn9hUOYD65/s1600/547px-NixonPiano,1962.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 493px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcYgh4a0joBKDbha1Tf3ZDPb-710MRT1OgUVcy1Ec8WqZq6Ean4t2zZo80iWSuQ9m2NkjgByvtOJf3KJc7ahWY1Jkfe4IFVN-2e1Y5sucligQBEhVi89egCCphkH_GJCn9hUOYD65/s400/547px-NixonPiano,1962.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525810853962177634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Try and fail, but don't fail to try...</span></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-57192796636274704212010-10-08T15:46:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.918-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp97a0hs2eQ8To8xN2M6qOcoyKTFKIZKlYUJDr7Med9ZTWM5vhLTZnOgYrGq6KG1YK6CHMYKlMCV6txulRfL6tyTn6SWqLy-ZRsR17hh52vQMLa9t32_C4vnBBStbhCfYuOz87fgW/s1600/800px-Elvis-nixon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp97a0hs2eQ8To8xN2M6qOcoyKTFKIZKlYUJDr7Med9ZTWM5vhLTZnOgYrGq6KG1YK6CHMYKlMCV6txulRfL6tyTn6SWqLy-ZRsR17hh52vQMLa9t32_C4vnBBStbhCfYuOz87fgW/s400/800px-Elvis-nixon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525810416148206226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I....</span></span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-36750136291096749472010-10-08T15:44:00.002-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.909-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTI0ZXMSmo486Q9Emd0JVP1LAr-mwBfx8qAwbL7CBjye-XCZTrFeqtEGX9Lsd11-bTlspepQ1ibYCQTWZYpDaiM7CSF-4emLK-KNcpMdAyhYOJsGYN7g7L7AXeLohA_NI74og_lLl/s1600/Leonid_Brezhnev_and_Richard_Nixon_talks_in_1973.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525810144943857522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTI0ZXMSmo486Q9Emd0JVP1LAr-mwBfx8qAwbL7CBjye-XCZTrFeqtEGX9Lsd11-bTlspepQ1ibYCQTWZYpDaiM7CSF-4emLK-KNcpMdAyhYOJsGYN7g7L7AXeLohA_NI74og_lLl/s400/Leonid_Brezhnev_and_Richard_Nixon_talks_in_1973.png" style="display: block; height: 318px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 455px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span class="body">The Cold War isn't thawing, it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping, it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting...</span></span></div> Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-23125155255949619372010-10-08T15:44:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.900-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyHQBh0R02JWruRN9v4MgydwF_EHyTh9390GuJGdh_HzpihrR3bylupS6-2QOtu5mvleByTwTzorf2jb6YlZwVDwEeVv-bzPtbzCpVlNFxzxLO_9YHz_aR2Yca6z9xN5fnT7M9Fei/s1600/Nixon_1973_inauguration.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyHQBh0R02JWruRN9v4MgydwF_EHyTh9390GuJGdh_HzpihrR3bylupS6-2QOtu5mvleByTwTzorf2jb6YlZwVDwEeVv-bzPtbzCpVlNFxzxLO_9YHz_aR2Yca6z9xN5fnT7M9Fei/s400/Nixon_1973_inauguration.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525809816595397570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-67614402346055430432010-10-08T15:43:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.945-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNYYxxtTMei1dXMln-7EjCHpBCNcYduJa2V3WgN6zDELoBuzkC5Tyl4RBqDkgRoyJIYNwhMHmyf7UvwGQ_OxVRAkd0io8MFfMvQwt_d-YN12XPawAy8AE0YiLIvCTh4-1KMQhIdFj/s1600/Nixon_and_khrushchev.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 467px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNYYxxtTMei1dXMln-7EjCHpBCNcYduJa2V3WgN6zDELoBuzkC5Tyl4RBqDkgRoyJIYNwhMHmyf7UvwGQ_OxVRAkd0io8MFfMvQwt_d-YN12XPawAy8AE0YiLIvCTh4-1KMQhIdFj/s400/Nixon_and_khrushchev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525809632411242434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet...</span></span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-62497968821021631092010-10-08T15:41:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.931-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnDxhV1-ysC-fLJjsjCLctcC4sbLBLJvSqfepLTYLQfRKmA0oqhEGgUSsgeOgdMY1Vkp94aO5l3c-qAjcclbY1mbdQsKlN3ZcMIOBll1FfA6g_CC0N28lr3voqH7pBi2CoJlFRX6R/s1600/Nixon_Mao_1972-02-29.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnDxhV1-ysC-fLJjsjCLctcC4sbLBLJvSqfepLTYLQfRKmA0oqhEGgUSsgeOgdMY1Vkp94aO5l3c-qAjcclbY1mbdQsKlN3ZcMIOBll1FfA6g_CC0N28lr3voqH7pBi2CoJlFRX6R/s400/Nixon_Mao_1972-02-29.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525809244642917826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-23445443431041185932010-10-08T15:40:00.002-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.905-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hjspH8x6rCPGJhIspyHzpojtTHIhfihK7yM4pc1b4kuwEV-BU3FTQbLRS3yM5C7dxg3ohvphpTgBwCUTOnc9-P6gJlxiZIKU-CKZORjV5Thrf3T28CprDjCexNT4UvqKsY99TpL4/s1600/Nixon_shakes_hands_with_Chou_En-lai.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hjspH8x6rCPGJhIspyHzpojtTHIhfihK7yM4pc1b4kuwEV-BU3FTQbLRS3yM5C7dxg3ohvphpTgBwCUTOnc9-P6gJlxiZIKU-CKZORjV5Thrf3T28CprDjCexNT4UvqKsY99TpL4/s400/Nixon_shakes_hands_with_Chou_En-lai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525808997822090082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">I played by the rules of politics as I found them.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-61748197420775911182010-10-08T15:40:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.927-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCuTN-oWtm9DsER0B4LrJQd-NOmaRbzPsKLnNLXbMz7p0_onEteevsQk-3xrwbpweb-dSXwmIONojwNNJ_9rQEpTmGYpYbO991llLAN1wYmQbasuIAK-8C2puhD-jk6ACp0Xqh5ES/s1600/Nixon-depart.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCuTN-oWtm9DsER0B4LrJQd-NOmaRbzPsKLnNLXbMz7p0_onEteevsQk-3xrwbpweb-dSXwmIONojwNNJ_9rQEpTmGYpYbO991llLAN1wYmQbasuIAK-8C2puhD-jk6ACp0Xqh5ES/s400/Nixon-depart.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525808848196898466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-81900246507153203602010-10-08T15:38:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.949-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItpBKmlHj6lkPkK_ulFGnEPOXVggHgbINoLM1_cTLl88s3MOW4pmcGgkAVqHHMxslOoNXJIi2ke3WKL6J7dEklPvNNL8pXQ3goAuANswX4v5encgu3EQpRMsLmflwssR2oQSxNGxa/s1600/Nixons_in_Ghana_1957.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 429px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItpBKmlHj6lkPkK_ulFGnEPOXVggHgbINoLM1_cTLl88s3MOW4pmcGgkAVqHHMxslOoNXJIi2ke3WKL6J7dEklPvNNL8pXQ3goAuANswX4v5encgu3EQpRMsLmflwssR2oQSxNGxa/s400/Nixons_in_Ghana_1957.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525808454619291282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-49803832071891293832010-10-08T15:37:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.913-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4Y_TvC7Z30spzh4t_OwLs0JYov34haFd2cIZfqUpTKN31r97p_dRKhM13tS95zA4fLVrLelRzFHObQEU2nCF_gtnR-ZGXUHqn6GgAi4agtQQBX3VtYju7bsuDJC90coLNMKI77XB/s1600/Richard_Nixon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4Y_TvC7Z30spzh4t_OwLs0JYov34haFd2cIZfqUpTKN31r97p_dRKhM13tS95zA4fLVrLelRzFHObQEU2nCF_gtnR-ZGXUHqn6GgAi4agtQQBX3VtYju7bsuDJC90coLNMKI77XB/s400/Richard_Nixon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525808213870818002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-61009558714370168112010-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.922-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCiWUdzf9siWPXm7jPxQeKrsCSLqUhFXjdLqk1HI1QwjyWnZrbtKWunG9eY3R7eGpKj91rfbRzIuKXG48_zieaSxi6PSKwCfd0OCEuXWT7yQXoklen7I-K9MX-dQP2s2JMhrCq1dq/s1600/Richard_Nixon_candid_in_the_Oval_Office.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCiWUdzf9siWPXm7jPxQeKrsCSLqUhFXjdLqk1HI1QwjyWnZrbtKWunG9eY3R7eGpKj91rfbRzIuKXG48_zieaSxi6PSKwCfd0OCEuXWT7yQXoklen7I-K9MX-dQP2s2JMhrCq1dq/s400/Richard_Nixon_candid_in_the_Oval_Office.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525808036226816578" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.</span>..</span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604739726314931891.post-65606183803483140522010-10-08T15:26:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:24:06.936-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.com