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Robinson: Republicans want us back in a recession

| September 24, 2010 | 6 Comments
Robinson: Republicans want us back in a recession

Eugene Robinson, quite possibly the only columnist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for cutting and pasting Obama Campaign press releases and calling it an opinion column, writes in the Washington Post today that Republicans’ “Pledge to America” will send us back to the 2009 recession. I’m not willing to concede that this recession has […]

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Bill Ayers denied emeritus status

| September 24, 2010 | 7 Comments
Bill Ayers denied emeritus status

Bev Perlson sent us this link last night about Robert Kennedy’s son, Christopher, lobbying the University of Illinois trustees against Bill Ayers, the terrorist linked to bombings in the 60s as well as the current president. Ayers was applying to the board for “emeritus” status with the university which brought him some benefits. …in an […]

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The rest of the “Freaked out” conversation (Updated)

| September 9, 2010 | 48 Comments
The rest of the “Freaked out” conversation (Updated)

UPDATE: I just got confirmation from Jose Vasquez, the executive director of IVAW, that Matthis has finally resigned from IVAW. Jose seemed to be quite distraught. I think there were tear stains on the email. Since I’ve had some requests for the rest of the FaceBook conversation, and I see Chris Capps is still camped […]

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Freak out

| September 8, 2010 | 62 Comments
Freak out

One of my moles sent me a screen shot of a conversation at Matthis’ Facebook and it’s actually pretty funny. It seems that they all think Army Sergeant is an old friend of TSO and me who we convinced to join the IVAW to spy for us. Their evidence? She was at the wedding last […]

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Under the Hood resuscitation

| August 31, 2010 | 20 Comments
Under the Hood resuscitation

As we reported a week or so ago, Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, TX is about to go out of business because of a lack of funds and a functional business plan. So Ann Wright and Code Pink want you to give your money to the experiment in mental masturbation; The former Army colonel […]

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VoteVets on Cordoba House

| August 28, 2010 | 37 Comments
VoteVets on Cordoba House

I hinted in the TAH Facebook Fan page about this the other day. Those peckerwoods at VoteVets have decided that President Obama’s endorsement of the building of the Cordoba House is the greenlight they need to weigh-in on the issue. First Tony Camerino, VoteVets member who blogs at VetsVoice writes in the Huffington Post; Imagine […]

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Peace with Honor Reloaded.

| August 25, 2010 | 9 Comments
Peace with Honor Reloaded.

Well at least people are starting to think about what happens with Afghanistan when we leave. The bad part it is just a re-visited plan used over 35 years ago. How to Leave Afghanistan Without Losing I am going to start were it goes wrong. In conjunction with the disengagement process, the agreement would set […]

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Under the Hood protest update

| August 23, 2010 | 54 Comments
Under the Hood protest update

Apparently, the Army rolled out their buses for the deployment of 3rd ACR to Iraq at about Oh-dark-thirty this morning and the meth-heads of the Under the Hood cafe were out in force – a force of four people. Bobby Whittenberg, Chrystal Colon, Cindy Thomas and of course, Matthis Chiroux. Here’s the video – it’s […]

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