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March 28th, 2008 at 20:03
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March 28th, 2008 at 20:03
200+ Billion Barrels of Oil underneath North Dakota
According to Next Energy News, maybe as many as 500 Billion Barrels of Oil are sitting in the Bakken Formation underneath North Dakota.
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March 29th, 2008 at 01:45
Ye Olde Goracle Bloviates On Skeptics
Sad, really
Self-avowed “P.R. agent for the planet” Al Gore says those who still doubt that global warming is caused by man – among them, Vice President Dick Cheney – are acting like the fringe groups who think the 1969 moon landing never r…
March 29th, 2008 at 06:45
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March 29th, 2008 at 08:11
In Which I Set the Record Straight
There are some rumors I need to quash before they spread too far. First, we all have lame days, and even a superior life form has accidents. I hurt my eye, and it got a little swollen. While it is…
March 29th, 2008 at 12:16
Muslim Reaction to Fitna – Threats
Wilders merely asks Muslims to begin reforming Islam, to tear out those pages of barbaric, racist, anti-Jew, anti-infidel, murderous, primitive, inhumane, misogynistic, savage, cruel, intolerant, noxious, evil, vile filth from the Quran. Is that too m…
March 29th, 2008 at 16:18
Green Thumb Sunday
JoinLast week I posted a shot of just that single pink lily that’s so huge. Here’s the entire group. Of course this is prior to the hard freeze we had this past week. Everything still seems to be alive but…
March 29th, 2008 at 17:23
Sunday Reading List 3/30/08
A Muslim Response to Film FITNA, HAHmed .. lets use this opportunity to help show our non-Muslim brethren the truth of the Quran and the beauty of Islam. If people have questions regarding the verses cited – we should all
March 29th, 2008 at 19:20
Weekend Hodgepodge
Podcast Show Notes
A key Barack Obama supporter is indicted. (Hat Tip: Don Surber.)
Hillary’s religion issues. (Hat Tip: Right Mind.)
McCain shows terrorism naivette while allegedly blocking an immigration enforcement bill. (Hat Tip: Michelle Ma…
March 30th, 2008 at 02:16
OPEN THREAD TRACKBACK THINGY
Don’t be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald Reagan
40th president of US (1911 – 2004)
Trackposted to Rosemary’s Thoughts, Democrat = Socialist, Adam’s Blog, Right Truth, A Newt One- MAF letter, Cao’s Blog, The Amboy Times, Co…
March 30th, 2008 at 09:16
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March 30th, 2008 at 09:17
Another Barack ******* Obama Apology
Number 78 in the Obama Heartfelt Apology series.
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March 30th, 2008 at 10:57
Excitable Andy Once Again Proves He Is Not A Conservative
Believe it or not, this idiocy is actually new as of Saturday, March 29th
I posted about Philip Gourevitch’s and Erroll Morris’s superb and disturbing recent piece on Abu Ghraib here. What it shows once again is how Abu Ghraib was never, ev…
March 30th, 2008 at 11:28
Hillary The Deadbeat
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March 31st, 2008 at 05:35
War News: Iraq, Al Sadr, Iran and Basra
Just a few days ago, the Leftinistra and the Anti-Americanists were clasping their tiny hands together in solidarity and rejoicing that “Iraq was falling apart”. Those of us “in the know” knew better but the news media did their own style of gleefu…
March 31st, 2008 at 09:13
Congress to vote today on Jewish refugees issue in
The American Thinker reports that Congress is set to vote on an important issue that’s been long ignored
March 31st, 2008 at 13:47
Beautiful Murderer
This story has been around since last fall, but I just found it today and found it very disturbing. This is an example of the main stream medias ability to put a pretty face on an ugly, grotesque, horrific act.
The picture above is of a lovely you…
March 31st, 2008 at 14:03
Sgt. Matt Maupin Remains Identified in Iraq
This is not surprising news, but its certainly not what was hoped for.
(CNN) — After nearly four years of hoping, waiting and praying, an Ohio family learned Sunday their missing son died in Iraq.
March 31st, 2008 at 14:16
Another Democratic Superdelegate is Facing Crimina
What is with these guys? There’s Kwame, Spitzer, Patterson and who else?
Puerto Rico governor, Obama supporter, indicted
Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila (D), who is a superdelegate supporting Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president, …
March 31st, 2008 at 14:36
MURTHA: TRAITOROUS FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE
So far Murtha & Time magazine have been criminally wrong in their attempted lynching of eight U.S. Marines.
Time magazine, with an assist from the Pennsylvania Democrat, sparked a legal and media inquisition against eight courageous United States …
March 31st, 2008 at 14:41
Lillian Asplund Leaves Titanic Memories as Its Las
Lillian Asplund was born in southern Sweden. Her father was a laborer who had dreams of moving the family to California so he could build a better future for his family as part of the American dream. He copied what California had to offer his family …
March 31st, 2008 at 16:29
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