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Caldwell cleared of “staring at Senators”
The Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General has cleared Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV of the specious charges brought against him by Rolling Stone Magazine and LTC Michael Holmes who claimed that Caldwell employed psychological operations against visiting Senators, according to the Associated Press; The office of the Defense Department inspector general wrote […]
Issa: White House intimidating witnesses
The Washington Times reports this morning that Congressman Darrel Issa is accusing the Obama Administration of intimidating witnesses in the “Fast and Furious” probe. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, said at least two scheduled witnesses expected to be asked about a controversial weapons investigation known as “Fast and […]
NYT: The Norway slaughter is the fault of US bloggers
You knew that somehow it has to be our fault that Anders Behring Breivik murdered scores of Norwegians on Friday, and the New York Times is quick to point fingers; The author of a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism withdrawn by the department after criticism from conservatives repeated on Sunday his […]
Sentinel-Echo responds to criticism
Frankly Opinionated emailed the managing editor of the Sentinel-Echo, Carrie Dillard, about their false reporting of Curtis Barger’s awards that I wrote about yesterday. Here’s their response to him; On behalf of the Sentinel-Echo news staff, I would like to express our apologizes for the error regarding the medal of honor statement in the article […]
WaPo: Is allowing Bush tax cuts to expire a tax hike?
The Washington Post asked Grover Norquist that question, in an obvious attempt to trap him…and it worked. Norquist answered that “no” it wouldn’t violate the promise that most Republicans made to the public. Let me tell the Post that Norquist doesn’t speak for me or my vote. Of course, letting the tax cuts expire is […]
Those nutty vets
Olga sent us a link last week about James Hackemer, the legless iraq veteran who fell to his death from a roller coaster in my old stomping grounds at Darien Lake amusement park. I thought that it was a tragedy, but there wasn’t much I could say about it. Until today when our buddy David […]
Fox Wars
Cortillaen sends us a link from US News which recounts some of the email exchange released by Judicial Watch between White House officials in regards to attempts to block Fox News correspondents access to the news; “In an email on the night of October 22, 2009, commenting on a report by Fox News Channel anchor […]
Stolen valor for mujahadeen
Scott sends us a CNN article about famed anti-terrorist and former terrorist Walid Shoebat who has been making the speaking circuit condemning Islamic terrorism as a former participant since 2001; It’s a message Shoebat is selling based on his own background as a Palestinian-American convert to conservative Christianity. Born in the West Bank, the son […]
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