Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddowis an American television host, political commentator, and author. She hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States. She holds a doctorate in politics from Oxford University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth1 April 1973
CityCastro Valley, CA
CountryUnited States of America
As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.
In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station.
The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility.
Fascist political gatherings tend to encourage or at least expect a little violence around the edges, particularly against counter protesters.
When it starts to seem like you have popped into bed with a specific party, it makes it difficult for people to believe you are not doing someone else's bidding for them.
we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or dealing billions of dollars a year of arms to our ally of the moment that can serve as a regional rival to our enemy of the moment, is not always the best way to make threats go away. Our military and weapons prowess is a fantastic and perfectly weighted hammer, but that doesn't make every international problem a nail.
I have learned when two Republicans are talking about legalizing drugs to shut up.
Donald Trump removed all doubt. He is running for president as a fascist demagogue.
When Conservatives crusade against government while they are trying to be appointed to head the government, I think that's weird!
The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway.
The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.
[To Timothy LaHaye:] So, Mr. LaHaye, when the Rapture happens, can I have your stuff?
People who disagree on important issues don't agree on the facts.
Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.