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RIP, 2LT William F. Buckley, Jr.
Rest in peace, Sir, and thank you for your service and your words over the years.
Over ten MILLION words, many of them very large.
You were an amazing man, the likes of which we may not see again. A true Renaissance man.
For those who are not familiar with the man, please read the following obit, from the NY Times, no less.
When a conservative rates that kind of farewell, he must have done something rare and memorable in his life. He also lived to demonstrate that you do not have to hate your opponent to effectively oppose him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/bu...hp&oref=slogin
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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