Noted in passing: The “Vets as Murderers” meme as pushed by the NYT being reacted to by Phil Carter:
So, basically, the reporters went trolling on Lexis-Nexis and other databases to find “murder” within the same paragraph as “veteran”
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Christopher Hayes, in Nation, writes of “Return of the Swift Boater:”
More than three years after John Kerry’s bitter defeat, at the dawn of what looks like a far more promising campaign cycle for the Democrats, the
NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio —AP- The last World War I veteran in Ohio, and one of only three known remaining U.S. veterans of the conflict, has died. J. Russell Coffey was the last WWI vet in the state, according to the
I’ve gone to some lengths to point up where Hollywood has failed us by turning left. My favorite Jersey Girl, Michelle, points up that Hollywood may seem the monolithic leftist bloc.. but it’s not…
We do a lot of Hollywood-bashing
Rich Texas bastard T. Boone Pickens boasted that he would give $1 million to anyone who can disprove “even a single charge” leveled by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who he funded to the tune of $3 milion. Kerry
Hands down, the strangest line I’ve ever seen, from a local paper in Anderson SC
About 3 p.m. Nov. 3, the woman, who is divorced from the 60-year-old man’s son, reportedly accused her new husband of hiding “five
Betsy Newmark, yesterday:
Mackubin Thomas Owens had a great column yesterday in honor of Veterans Day. He noted the proclivity of those in the media to treat those in the military as either victims or monsters. He notes that since
Bit notes: Its veterans day. Today is a day that we set aside to honor those who have served as true. To honor those who have proudly worn the uniform and have helped keep this nation in pursuit of its
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Just One Minute quotes the Boston Ledger:
John Kerry: I’m Now Prepared to Fight Off Swift Boat Veterans
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, perhaps preparing to get back into the presidential ring one day, claims he’s now armed with
Manu Raju at The Hill:
Senate Republicans said Thursday they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.
Do you understand the impact of what’s being
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Mike Goldfarb at the Weekly Standard:
The Wall Street Journal reports on the stunning success of Representative John Murtha in channeling taxpayer dollars to pork-barrel projects in his district, including awards for companies under FBI investigation and others which show
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Yes, E-Mailers, I did in fact see the Military Times story linked over at Memeorandum.
And no, I didn’t jump all over it, because frankly I’m just so (beep) tired of having to re-hash this stuff over and over. Guess
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Jake Tapper, ABC News, reports on the opening day of Wabbit season:
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., the dean of the New York congressional delegation, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, longtime political booster of Sen. Hillary Clinton,
Sad news from Dallas, tonight….
Army Spc. John Austin Johnson seemed to have a gift for evading tragedy. During two years in Iraq, the soldier from Fort Bliss, in West Texas, survived five improvised explosive device blasts and several
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The Wall Street Journal, today, reminds us of the massacre that wasn’t;
The incident at Haditha–or the massacre, as it is often called–is due for a wholesale rethinking. The allegations are that in 2005 U.S. Marines went on a killing