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April 29th, 2008 at 06:02
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April 29th, 2008 at 06:03
Redneck Mansion
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April 29th, 2008 at 06:24
In 2001, Democrats Told Us The Drilling In Anwr Was Not Viable To Our Needs Because It Would Take 5 Years To Benefit
Seven years later, where are we?
As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the…
April 29th, 2008 at 23:27
The problem is ignorance, as Obama turns tail and denies Rev. Wright and his church
As I type this, Barack Obama is on television denouncing his ‘old uncle’, his 20 year spiritual adviser and mentor. Seems Obama’s political advisers got through to him, advised him his campaign was in the crapper thanks to Rev. Jeremiah
April 30th, 2008 at 04:28
On the ground: Inside Iraq.
Matt (www.Blackfive.net) has an incredible video that takes a look at the situation in Iraq by interviewing Bill Roggio (www.LongWarJournal.org) and another man who is also with the Long War Journal. It is 22:54 minutes long, and it is very insightful…
April 30th, 2008 at 04:31
New Eagles UP! blog: Talon.
Tomorrow (Monday, April 28, 2008) is the scheduled day for the opening of a blog for Eagles UP! I have been asked if I would like to participate, and I jumped at the opportunity to support our troops and write news that is seldom heard or read…
April 30th, 2008 at 04:38
Another anchor on the GWOT.
As I have stated several times before, the DoD is at war and the DoS is asleep. This is a disaster. Not it could be a disaster, it is. The State Department has now declared that the words ‘jihad’ and ‘mujaheddin’ are unacceptable language to be used by our government. Okay. Then what, pray tell, do we call these animals that are whacking off people’s heads? …
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April 30th, 2008 at 07:42
Pink’s Get Punked
…via Gateway PunditBand of Mothers protests Code Pink; Medea gets indignant…”I have a message for you, Medea, get out of our country,” said Perlson, who carried a sign that said “The original Med…
April 30th, 2008 at 08:15
Wicker on the KC-45 Contract and Boeing’s Challenge
A while back I sent Sen. Roger Wicker (the replacement for Trent Lott) a note telling him my opinion on the Northrop-Grumman/EADS KC-45 tanker contract for the new USAF aerial refueling tanker. I got a letter back from the Senator the other day concern…
April 30th, 2008 at 10:26
Smiley Face Killers: Life Imitates Grand Theft Auto
The news today from the land of the crazies is an apparent series of murders of athletic college-age men by drowning, their bodies found near a smiley-face graffito.
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:52
Blast from the Past: Bill Buckley on the Trojan Horse of American Public Education
All the way back in 1952, before the days of Student Loans and Grants for every ordinary college student at public or private universities, Bill Buckley wrote about the plan to transform all private universities from independent entities into clients o…
April 30th, 2008 at 10:57
Ann Coulter and the Wright Stuff
I have always seen Barack Obama as a basically decent guy who simply lacks the experience to be effective going toe-to-toe with this nation’s enemies. There is, however, another Obama out there, the soft-spoken paranoid lunatic described by Ann Coulte…
April 30th, 2008 at 11:06
The Rise of Hillary and the Fall of Obama?
Podcast Show Notes
The fall out from Obama’s former pastor’s latest tirade has created problems and despite Obama’s unbelievable denials and attempts to disassociate himself have left many on the left concerned (see here.) while R…