AN EXTRAORDINARY FAREWELL
Words, important for all Americans to hear, have been inscribed now into the historic record of the US Senate, but first they should be heeded. What Senator Richard Lugar said in his farewell to the Senate is counsel and wisdom to this generation and to the future.
Lugar is the most senior Republican in the senate and has served there 30 years. He is widely considered to be one of the most intelligent Senators in history.
Lugar is the most senior Republican in the senate and has served there 30 years. He is widely considered to be one of the most intelligent Senators in history.
Link here to see Lugar's farewell on the Senate floor.
Lugar's 15 minute farewell could well save this nation years of acrimony and heartbreak.
He cautioned his own party.
"...Republicans must be willing to suspend reflexive opposition that serves no purpose but to limit their own role in strategic questions and render cooperation impossible."
Lugar is one of the nation's leading thinkers on foreign policy. He chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has advised Presidents.
"All parties should recognize the need for unity in the coming year when events in Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea and other locations may test American national security in extreme ways."
Americans are fortunate Lugar will continue to work on nuclear non proliferation and the cooperative threat reduction program that he and former Senator Sam Nunn started after the fall of the Soviet Union. They deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Their work to stabilize and control nuclear and chemical/biological weapons is one of the great chapters in world history.
I wrote earlier about Lugar's impact and my history of covering him. You can link to that post here.
If you have any interest in the state of American politics, I urge you to see the C-SPAN file on his farewell.
I wrote earlier about Lugar's impact and my history of covering him. You can link to that post here.
If you have any interest in the state of American politics, I urge you to see the C-SPAN file on his farewell.
THE KING TIDE
It's called the King Tide and indeed it is.
It is the rare cosmological and natural phenomena where the tide is so high, the beach disappears.
Here are a few frames of the same beach, before the King Tide.
See the difference in boulder before and after-
See you down the trail.
Many will miss the wisdom and contemplation of LUGAR, Senator Extraordinaire; We in Indiana will miss him even more. The way he was ousted in that last election was improper.
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Now to a tenure of teaching at the University of Indianapolis... along with all your knowledge.
Thanks for keeping track of Lugar's farewell. He has carved out a remarkable contribution to Indianapolis, Indiana, the United States and the world community. He was never a soundbite politician exuding telegenic charisma but one who thought before he spoke and challenged us all to do the same. I second the Nobel nomination
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