Straw Poll: Go Vote

Go here to vote in the Freedom Works Straw Poll. The results for Thompson are amazing.

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Bovine Scatology – A Euphemistic Term For TNR’s “Shock Troops”

Bottom line is that this section of the article is total, complete, wholehearted, bovine scatology.
Soldiers at FOB Falcon in Iraq do a thorough takedown of Pvt. Beauchamp’s story, “Shock Troops” published in The New Republic here. No childrens’ skulls as there was no mass graveyard, nor is it possible to run over dogs while driving [...]

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I Hope It’s A Large Memorial…

SAGINAW, Mich. — A 73-year-old man has been ordered to clean a veterans memorial with a toothbrush for taking part in a scam to solicit scrap yards for metal, saying it was to be used to build a memorial for soldiers in the Iraq war.
Philip Kolinski and another man were arrested after scrap [...]

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North Carolina Democrats Vote To Change Electoral System

From The Political Wire:
“In its place, according to the measure approved on a largely party-line vote, would be a more proportional method that would reward the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each of the state’s congressional districts.”
“The Senate already has passed the measure, which would take effect in 2008. A final House [...]

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A Sign of Hope

As newton so eloquently wrote, the Iraqi soccer team won the Asian Cup yesterday for the first time in their history. The weren’t expected to win. They weren’t even expected to come close to the finals in that tournaament. But, against all odds, they did the unexpected. Iraq the Model has a great post [...]

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FIGHT FOR VICTORY TOUR
Want To Support The Troops – Here’s How

Move America Forward is organizing another march to support the troops:
(SACRAMENTO) – With General David Petraeus set to report to Congress by September 15th on the progress of “the surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq, supporters of Operation Iraqi Freedom are preparing to launch a massive public effort to show support for the missions of [...]

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When The Debate Is The Debate…

The debate about the debate on YouTube falls into two positions.
1 – that’s not the type of discourse we should approve. The debates are serious business, about serious issues facing a serious potential president. Did I mention that it was serious?
2 – if we don’t get on board the technology train we limit our [...]

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Harry Potter…the End

I was rather surprised to see nothing had been written about the last of the J.K. Rowling series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So, please allow me to take the opportunity.
To start, I’ve never been a BIG Harry Potter enthusiast. Although I’ve seen all of the films (because the cinematography and [...]

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Schumer the Bully Seeks To Usurp SCOTUS Appointment From The Executive Branch

Schumer, Self-Appointed Liberal Guardian At the Gates, has decided to reverse the role of the Senate in confirming judges.

“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice [...]

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Contempt For Congress

The Wall Street Journal has a must read about the game of Get-Gonzales the Senate is currently playing:
A president removes a U.S. attorney, and Congress demands to see privileged files related to the firing. The president refuses, noting that “these suspensions are my executive acts,” and “based upon considerations addressed to me alone.” The Senate [...]

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News For Trekkies

Live long and prosper.

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Waiting on Fred

I’m on the “I’m With Fred” e-mail list. I got this one yesterday:
In the past few months, I’ve traveled the country talking and listening to folks. I’ve been discussing where I see America going, about what we need to do to keep our nation secure, what we must do to keep this remarkable economy [...]

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Random Blogging Thoughts Part 23

One. If the Falcons’ Michael Vick is in trouble for his supposed involvement in illegal interstate dog-fighting, it begs a question. Have you ever seen Pokemon? This sadistic Japanese kids show, going strong for a decade now, pits preteen kids against each other in what are basically dog fights or cock fights. They capture these [...]

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Democrat Candidates Blow Off Centrist DLC For Blogging Conference

The democrat presidential hopefuls are not interested in moderates or centrist policies. The DLC is meeting this week, but not a single candidate will attend. They are too busy pandering to the far left interest groups:

During the 2004 presidential campaign, political operatives convinced themselves that there were a dwindling few of these so-called swing voters, [...]

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Thoughts on nuclear war

Last week, the six-way talks with North Korea produced fruit: the Norks are shutting down all five of their nuclear facilities. It’s a big—but underreported—victory for the Bush administration. The IAEA is keeping tabs to make sure the facilities are going to complete shutdown and will stay that way. The Norks also have to account [...]

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