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Sentinel-Echo responds to criticism

| July 25, 2011 | 12 Comments
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 […]

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WaPo: Is allowing Bush tax cuts to expire a tax hike?

| July 21, 2011 | 6 Comments
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 […]

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Those nutty vets

| July 18, 2011 | 2 Comments
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 […]

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Fox Wars

| July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
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 […]

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Stolen valor for mujahadeen

| July 15, 2011 | 6 Comments
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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Fox News has crossed over from obsessive to retarded

| July 7, 2011 | 13 Comments
Fox News has crossed over from obsessive to retarded

I had hoped since the Casey Anthony verdict the other day, maybe we’d get to hear about the case less – just like I wrongly figured that after Michael Jackson died, I’d have to see less of his disfigured visage on TV. Well, Fox News now has a counter in the corner of the screen […]

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Rethink Afghanistan; The Mayors are Revolting against the Afghan Wars.

| June 19, 2011 | 16 Comments
Rethink Afghanistan; The Mayors are Revolting against the Afghan Wars.

According to Rethink Afghanistan the United States Conference of Mayors is calling for a immediate ending to the Afghanistan War. “The United States Conference of Mayors calls on the U.S. Congress to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs, promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and state governments, and develop […]

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The Palin email frenzy

| June 11, 2011 | 25 Comments
The Palin email frenzy

The Media Palin-hunting-expedition were fed 24,000 pages of email yesterday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from several media outlets. So the journalistic numbnuts descended on Alaska yesterday. The Washington Post has farmed out their research to their readership to plow through the emails for dirt on the former governor. Thus far, […]

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