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Think they’d do this to Murtha or Kennedy
An ABC news crew tried to corner Jim Bunning on his decision to block a bill which included extending unemployment benefits; Bunning later explained; “I support extending unemployment benefits, cobra benefits, flood insurance, highway bill fix, doc fix, small business loans, distant network television for satellite viewers. If we can’t find $10 billion to pay […]
Iranian Influence in Iraq: Getting the Facts Straight
A frequent argument against American policies in Iraq is that we have in essence made Iraq a proxy state of Iran by removing the Baathist regime and allowing the Shia majority to take control of a majority of the new government. This argument has become more frequently used to the attack the war in Iraq, […]
TAH in TAT
Here’s the link for the General Ballduster McSoulpatch at The Army Times. Schantag learned of McManus when a friend’s brother sent her photos he took of McManus at the Dec. 12 inauguration for Houston Mayor Annise Parker. Schantag posted photos of the man to the P.O.W. Network site and sent them to This Ain’t Hell, […]
Pre-blue jeans George Will
Back in 2001, I had the pleasure of a few minutes conversation with George Will at the University Club in DC. Since then, he’s gone off on weird tangents and I’ve pretty much ignored anything he’s said. But, this video from CPAC is the George Will with whom I talked that winter evening. It’s 25 […]
So? What’s your point?
Headlines at the Washington Post this morning scream 75% back letting gays serve openly. The article goes on to describe the results of an ABC/Washington Post poll; Three-quarters of Americans say that they support openly gay people serving in the U.S. military, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a finding that could lend […]
About that jockstrap…
The local news station, which will remain nameless, since they don’t want to mention us, discovered that the reason Michael McManus is wearing a bandage on his pointy noggin is because he had a panic attack when the feds came to arrest his pathetic ass; His attorney says McManus’ head was bandaged today because he […]
Unanswered Questions About Repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
In the President’s State of the Union, just like he did as a candidate and on multiple occasions during his first year as President, Obama promised to work towards ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. The Obama Administration has said it does not have the power to end DADT through executive order and […]
What was Lloyd Woodson planning?
I don’t know. His Navy career was brief. He enlisted in 1988, went AWOL in 1989, turned himself in and was discharged in 1997. His estranged wife who had a restraining order against him said he never laid a hand on her. He had some semi-auto weapons that scared the Jersey media (like that’s hard). […]
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