davidl on December 18th, 2011

Some folks at the New York Times seem to think this is a  reason for celebration, via Doug Mataconis, Otside the Beltway:

BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning,

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davidl on July 15th, 2011

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Making Dumbo and the ‘rats pay the price for throwing Granny under the bus, from Mark Tapscott,Washington Examiner:

So when Obama threatens not to pay Social Security checks on time, the proper response of congressional Republicans should

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2011

(Rochester, NY)– I’m home as this is written, and will be heading for York,PA in a coup0le hours, then to Schenectady New York. about 500 miles worth of driving, but a fairly easy lope, all considered. 

  • Thoughts on July 4th:

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davidl on May 16th, 2011

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Noted in passing, I see that the Dope from Hope. b/k/a Mike Huckabee is not running for President.  If Mr Huckabee wants to be President, he should run as what he is, a democrat.  Good riddens

Meanwhile, Dumbo, b/k/a Barack

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davidl on May 4th, 2011

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Question Mr. President, from Ann Althouse:

So… was bin Laden shot because he resisted — the official story — or because a live, captured bin Laden would have torn the Obama administration apart?

More over, did the White

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davidl on April 10th, 2011

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Oh Boy, after shocks in Egypt:

CAIRO (AP) — Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire inside a central Cairo square demanding the resignation of the military’s head after troops violently dispersed an overnight protest

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davidl on March 26th, 2011

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Dumbo Lost, Barack Obama clueless, from Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal:

It all seems rather mad, doesn’t it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn’t take place within a less hospitable context. The

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davidl on February 4th, 2011

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Egyptian democracy still born, Robert Springborg, Foreign Policy:

The Obama administration, having already thrown its weight behind the military, if not Mubarak personally, thereby facilitating the outcome just described, can be expected to redouble its already bad gamble. Fearing

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davidl on January 31st, 2011

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An armed society is a polite society, armed citizens protect their lives and their property:

CAIRO (AP) – When Egypt’s police melted from the streets of Cairo this weekend, the people stepped in.

Civilians armed with knives,

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davidl on December 11th, 2010

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Think, the New York Slmes goes stupid:

The Senate Stands for Injustice

On one of the most shameful days in the modern history of the Senate, the Republican minority on Thursday prevented a vote to allow

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davidl on September 24th, 2010

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One dumb idea, Shikha Dalmia, Forbes:

Don’t Ask, however, will eventually go given the growing and overwhelming public opposition to it – even in the military’s own ranks. That is not the case with the Dream Act on

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Eric Florack on June 29th, 2010

Good evening Mr. And Mrs. America and to all the ships at sea, and welcome to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the web; The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

  • THE ULTIMATE INSULT? Apparently those who don’t like the tea party

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Eric Florack on January 19th, 2010

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  • BROWN/COAKLEY: The polls won’t close until 8:00 eastern time tonight, and my guess is we will see several days of

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Eric Florack on November 12th, 2009

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  • OBAMA’S POLITICAL IDEALISM OVER REALITY:

    WASHINGTON -AP- President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his

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Eric Florack on November 11th, 2009

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  • YET MORE FT HOOD: Let’s have a look at the comments of Steve Hayes from last Night’s Brett

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