The Dr C Robert Jones Situation Report

Excellence in Conservative Media I am broadcasting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/excellence-in-conservative-media Blogtalkradio.com, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker Radio, SHOUTcast And Live365 "The Situation Report" w/ Dr. C. Robert Jones, is an unapologetic, tell-it-like-it-is conservative perspective of the INSANE world of American politics. No punches are pulled, no party lines are toed; just pure, unadulterated hardcore conservative opinion-based news. C Robert Jones a successful and professionally trained Historian and researcher. He is a retired Military officer and holds a Ph.D in History from The College of William and Mary.

Excellence in Conservative Media I am broadcasting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/excellence-in-conservative-media Blogtalkradio.com, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker Radio, SHOUTcast And Live365 "The Situation Report" w/ Dr. C. Robert Jones, is an unapologetic, tell-it-like-it-is conservative perspective of the INSANE world of American politics. No punches are pulled, no party lines are toed; just pure, unadulterated hardcore conservative opinion-based news. C Robert Jones a successful and professionally trained Historian and researcher. He is a retired Military officer and holds a Ph.D in History from The College of William and Mary.

Excellence in Conservative Media I am broadcasting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/excellence-in-conservative-media Blogtalkradio.com, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker Radio, SHOUTcast And Live365 "The Situation Report" w/ Dr. C. Robert Jones, is an unapologetic, tell-it-like-it-is conservative perspective of the INSANE world of American politics. No punches are pulled, no party lines are toed; just pure, unadulterated hardcore conservative opinion-based news. C Robert Jones a successful and professionally trained Historian and researcher. He is a retired Military officer and holds a Ph.D in History from The College of William and Mary.

Excellence in Conservative Media I am broadcasting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/excellence-in-conservative-media Blogtalkradio.com, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker Radio, SHOUTcast And Live365 "The Situation Report" w/ Dr. C. Robert Jones, is an unapologetic, tell-it-like-it-is conservative perspective of the INSANE world of American politics. No punches are pulled, no party lines are toed; just pure, unadulterated hardcore conservative opinion-based news. C Robert Jones a successful and professionally trained Historian and researcher. He is a retired Military officer and holds a Ph.D in History from The College of William and Mary.

Resurgence and Resilience 17 Years After 9/11

In seventeen years we have come to understand the power of faith and the pain of sacrifice more than we ever imagined. And just like the souls of the faithful departed who sought heavenly refuge as they flew from windows above the pool now filled in their memory, the fate of their brothers and sisters who rushed into the burning towers to save them was also sealed. Now sick first responders die day by day in a slow motion replay of nine eleven free fall. So above all on this day we honor the dead, the living and the sick, innocents and heroes all of every color, creed, station.

The search for the Great American Novel should have ended in 1957 when a Russian immigrant named Ayn Rand published Atlas Shrugged. Arresting in its breadth, depth, and style, Atlas Shrugged is a manifesto on politics, philosophy, and economics wrapped up in a compelling narrative featuring larger-than-life (and smaller-than-life) characters.

Atlas Shrugged has shaped the worldview of many devotees of liberty, and it surged in popularity in the wake of the recent financial crisis since it became clear that the government's response to crisis and recession would not be to learn from its mistakes and recede but to expand its reach.

While purporting to be a blessing, this is in fact a curse. The expression is always used ironically, with the clear implication that 'uninteresting times', of peace and tranquillity, are more life-enhancing than interesting ones.

'May you live in interesting times' is widely reported as being of ancient Chinese origin but is neither Chinese nor ancient, being recent and western. It certainly seems to have been intended to sound oriental, in the faux-Chinese 'Confucius he say' style, but that's as near to China as it actually gets. Confucius's actual sayings are as elusive as those of his western counterpart Aesop - we have no written records from either of them.

The phrase was introduced in the 20th century in the form 'interesting age' rather than 'interesting times' and appears that way in the opening remarks made by Frederic R. Coudert at the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, 1939

The Dr C Robert Jones Situation Report Looks at the fact that we do indeed live in interesting times, and what that means for the republic and the world at large. 

Excellence in Conservative Media I am broadcasting live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/excellence-in-conservative-media Blogtalkradio.com, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker Radio, SHOUTcast And Live365 "The Situation Report" w/ Dr. C. Robert Jones, is an unapologetic, tell-it-like-it-is conservative perspective of the INSANE world of American politics. No punches are pulled, no party lines are toed; just pure, unadulterated hardcore conservative opinion-based news. C Robert Jones a successful and professionally trained Historian and researcher. He is a retired Military officer and holds a Ph.D in History from The College of William and Mary.

MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES

 

While purporting to be a blessing, this is in fact a curse. The expression is always used ironically, with the clear implication that 'uninteresting times', of peace and tranquillity, are more life-enhancing than interesting ones.

'May you live in interesting times' is widely reported as being of ancient Chinese origin but is neither Chinese nor ancient, being recent and western. It certainly seems to have been intended to sound oriental, in the faux-Chinese 'Confucius he say' style, but that's as near to China as it actually gets. Confucius's actual sayings are as elusive as those of his western counterpart Aesop - we have no written records from either of them.

The phrase was introduced in the 20th century in the form 'interesting age' rather than 'interesting times' and appears that way in the opening remarks made by Frederic R. Coudert at the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, 1939:

The media is in a frenzy louder than feeding time at the zoo over the guilty pleas by Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, and Michael Cohen, Trump's (former) personal lawyer. Manafort's plea was unrelated to Trump.  Cohen pleaded to tax evasion (also unrelated to Trump), but also two counts of working with Trump to violate campaign finance laws.

Attorney for Michael Cohen, Lanny Davis, discusses Cohen's pleading guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. Davis also says there is no dispute President Trump committed a crime.