Monthly Archives: February 2007

Wolfhounds Build Respect In Iraq

From Defend America When they arrived six months ago they knew coalition success in their area of operation would hinge on integrating Iraq’s tribal culture. For centuries, tribal sheiks have influenced the social, economic and political landscape of the predominantly Arab southern portion of the Kirkuk Province. So they began the arduous process of building […]

Stop The ACLU Blogburst: 2/15/07

From the official blogburst at Stop The ACLU © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Lawyers representing a Massachusetts school district named as a defendant in a parent’s civil rights complaint have said teachers at Estabrook Elementary School have a “legitimate state interest” in teaching the homosexual lifestyle, and parents have no input into those decisions. “of the people, […]

Michelle Manhart, Air Force SGT Who Posed Nude, Discharge?

I have to wonder what the motives of the USA Today were. Intentionally misleading/lying? Simply clueless? Flame bait? Traffic bait? Their headline reads "Drill sergeant who posed nude discharged." That couldn't be farther from the truth, as the story itself, taken right from the AP, shows An Air Force drill sergeant and former Iowa National […]

Climate Change May Affect Travel Clock

Funny stuff from Columbus A handful of citizens on Seventh Street rubbed their eyes more than twice when they looked out their windows Tuesday morning and saw a flock of 200-300 robins. That's right – robins – the first harbingers of spring were huddled together in trees and on snow-covered rooftops more than a month […]

Thursday Linkfest: Pardon The Border Agents

This is just plain sickening, if true World Net Daily’s Jerome Corsi — author of the best-seller “Unfit For Command” — is reporting that the Mexican government was directly involved in the initation of the investigation against Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean which led to their arrest, conviction and imprisonment. Corsi, quoting members of […]

Culture Of Corruption: Jim Black To Plead Guilty

This will probably only matter to those in North Carolina, but, hell, I live in North Carolina Former House Speaker Jim Black is expected to plead guilty to a public corruption charge in federal court in Raleigh on Thursday, ending the career of North Carolina's most powerful speaker of the modern political era. Under the […]

Senate Democrats: Islamic Detainees Deserve Rights

So, remember all those folks rounded up on the battlefields of Afghanistan, fighting against us, wearing no uniforms, and now at G'itmo? The Geneva Convention makes them enemy combatants. Heck, they could be considered spies and executed. Well, the Defeatocrats have made their support of them official A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday […]

American Soldier Held In Iraq Alive, On Video

Rusty has an important post on this over at the Jawa Report. Definately, check it out. This is good news, Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie is still alive, and, God willing, will remain so.

Iraq Closing The Borders With Iran And Syria: ‘Bout Damn Time!

Seriously, what in the hell took so long? BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital […]

Today’s Global Warming Humor: Climate Change Hearing Cancelled Due To Snow

Via Drudge: The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is entitled “Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?” It's 32 […]

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