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July 14th, 2007 at 13:42
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July 14th, 2007 at 13:51
Weekend Open Trackback – July 13-15, 2007
Weekend open trackback! Leave a trackback of your best post for others to read.
July 14th, 2007 at 21:22
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July 14th, 2007 at 22:02
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is ExpressJet.
July 14th, 2007 at 23:32
China Suspends Some U.S. Food Imports
China is retaliating against U.S. business interests because someone had the gall to point out that the Eastern Asian country is quietly poisoning themselves and the rest of the world with substandard products that wouldn’t be fit to feed to a do…
July 15th, 2007 at 01:13
Hillary Girl Is Hot
Yeah, yeah, it is all the rage. I just turn the sound off. Taryn Southern is pretty hot (good for traffic whoring, too  
Softcore political porn! Sweet! Screenshots
Nothing like a hot woman in a patriotic bikini!
Bet you missed that part in the …
July 15th, 2007 at 02:18
China Beats Our Meat
China is actually like a terrible virus that doesn’t care if it destroys its host. It’s bad enough that China makes inferior and dangerous products, it also kills the local industry of its host country.
July 15th, 2007 at 02:36
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July 15th, 2007 at 05:34
Pulling strings
I served in the Navy. During that time, I know of no one having strings pulled for them.(But I did see plenty of kissing up to superiors. LOL)
July 15th, 2007 at 07:11
A Cheesehead for Pork
The level of contempt that Rep. David Obey (D-WI) Chairman, House Appropriations Committee has for the American taxpayer is both galling and stunning. He considers $29 billion in pork-barrel spending unimportant and the stories about fraud and wast…
July 15th, 2007 at 09:40
Text Messaging While Driving Kills Teenaged Girls
Just before five teenaged girls died in a head-on collision with a truck, text messages were being sent and received on the drivers cell phone.
July 15th, 2007 at 12:01
The Border Fence that isn’t
Now that you have read the bill, here is the bad news, the DHS isn’t following the law. So far, only “Fourteen of the 700 miles of the fencing required by the Secure Fence Act have been built, in Arizona, and it is a single rather than double layer…
July 15th, 2007 at 12:47
Maybe McCain Was Right
John McCain has been in the Senate a long time and has run for President before without success. His campaign is in trouble and I do not imagine he will be around much longer. He has angered the base with his appeasement of Liberals and his desire t…
July 15th, 2007 at 13:08
Sunday Reading List 7/15/07
Must Read, “Time to Become Vigilant is Running Out…”, by R.J. Godlewski An idiots’ guide to Islam (by an Idiot), British Bull$hit Corporation -BBC, don’t miss this one. If Cindy Sheehan won’t do it, I will, Blog of the Seven
July 15th, 2007 at 17:53
Shocker: More allegations of privileged treatment of Paris Hilton in prison,
I confess. The supreme arrogance and idiocy of Paris keeps me running stories about her long after she really deserves it. But it just kills me what is coming out.
Now, Hilton and her worshipers leeches suck ups sycophants supporters as well a…
July 15th, 2007 at 20:47
Spirit of America Hearts for Baghdad Project
*New Project: Troops volunteering and “winning hearts” in Baghdad
*Scouting Project Update
*Brief updates on SnakeEaters, Afghan Farmers
July 15th, 2007 at 20:49
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Broward Circuit Judge Charles Kaplan.
July 16th, 2007 at 01:32
The Bambi Carbon Offset
Carbon offsets are becoming Big Business these days. It does not matter how much energy you use, how much fossil fuel you burn, how much Carbon Dioxide you return to the atmosphere. All you have to do is purchase a Carbon offset and you have compensa…
July 16th, 2007 at 02:22
Two brother gored simultaneously by same bull in P
Two brothers from Ohio got up close and personal with the horns of a bull during the nine-day running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
July 16th, 2007 at 02:48
Too Late Nick
The classless Nick Saban again speaks about his departure from the Miami Dolphins.
July 16th, 2007 at 04:57
What Happens If You Leave Iraq Early
Truth and Hope Report Podcast Show Notes
A satirical piece by Scott Ott raises a serious point about withdrawing from Iraq. There is no easy way out. We either fight the war in Iraq now, or we’ll be forced to fight a much larger war later.
Then w…
July 16th, 2007 at 16:09
Shiny Pebble: Sen. Clinton, Meet Professor DiLorenzo
I wish Senator Clinton would read How Capitalism Saved America, by Thomas DiLorenzo, who, unlike Senator Clinton, has a deep insight about the Robber Barons—or, at least read Chapter 7, which is on the Ludwig von Mises Institute Web site….
July 17th, 2007 at 04:57
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July 17th, 2007 at 11:20
Soldiers are Idiots; Teenage Girls are Brilliant
Dave Pierre over at Newsbusters points out the – well, I’d say “stunning” but it’s not; I’m quite numb to it after so much repetition – hypocrisy of the left on the war in LAT Writer: Joining Military Not ‘A Well-Inf…
July 17th, 2007 at 13:59
A Cat’s Love
Sometimes humans can be annoying. Sometimes they make no sense. But we don’t forget their kindness, and we know there is love in their hearts. So, we love them back. It’s not a crazy love. It’s a moment of warmth,…
July 18th, 2007 at 07:07
[...] Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, 123beta, DeMediacratic Nation, guerrilla radio, Adam’s Blog, Big Dog’s Weblog, Right Truth, Shadowscope, Webloggin, Phastidio.net, Leaning Straight Up, , Faultline USA, Right Celebrity, Woman Honor Thyself, Wake Up America, Stageleft, Walls of the City, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, The Pink Flamingo, CommonSenseAmerica, Public Eye, The Yankee Sailor, and Church and State, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. [...]
July 18th, 2007 at 10:58
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August 10th, 2007 at 13:00
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August 10th, 2007 at 13:14
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