Archive for July, 2011

Carters’s Army, or maybe BOHICA?

| July 31, 2011 | 26 Comments
Carters’s Army, or maybe BOHICA?

J. D. offers up some history and perspective at his place. I Remember Carter’s Army I remember President Carter’s Army. I remember Carter’s gasoline lines. I remember Carter’s interest rates. I remember his turn your thermostat down and wear a sweater energy policy speeches. I remember him really showing the Russians how tough we were […]

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More Abdo and IVAW

| July 31, 2011 | 18 Comments
More Abdo and IVAW

My ninjas tell me that ex-IVAW members are flocking to the FBI with information on Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen – the folks I suspect of hiding the AWOL child pornographer Naser Abdo, the latest Islamic terrorist in the Killeen/Ft Hood, TX area. What would former IVAW members have to tell the FBI? I […]

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Just to Lighten Things Up a Bit

| July 30, 2011 | 3 Comments
Just to Lighten Things Up a Bit

How is this bad news? Poll shows drop in beer’s popularity Pollster Nate Silver points out a statistic that might spell doom for the country: “Popularity of beer at record low,” he writes. More for ME! With that note… A refresher course in REAL relevance:

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Just in case…

| July 30, 2011 | 7 Comments
Just in case…

H/T Carrie. I missed this, maybe you did too? Banks Offering Emergency Plans for Debt Ceiling Crisis More banks are announcing plans to help in the event that the federal government debt ceiling crisis results in non-payment of pay for service members and other Department of Defense employees. USAA (my bank) appears to be on […]

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Report: Iraq more dangerous

| July 30, 2011 | 10 Comments
Report: Iraq more dangerous

Who could have imagined that the general climatein Iraq would have gotten more dangerous after the President announced a withdrawal date…well, who besides everyone in the Bush Administration and the whole right side of the country (Washington Post); “Iraq remains an extraordinarily dangerous place to work,” U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart W. […]

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Recruiters urged to reach out to gay recruits

| July 30, 2011 | 14 Comments
Recruiters urged to reach out to gay recruits

…And so it begins (Washington Times link) J.D. Smith, an active-duty Air Force officer who founded OutServe, said the military should think of gays when recruiting. “J.D. Smith” is an alias he uses because the ban is still in effect. “Absolutely, we endorse the DoD advertising recruiting for the gay community, just as they would […]

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Freepers’ Last Stand at Walter Reed

| July 29, 2011 | 15 Comments
Freepers’ Last Stand at Walter Reed

The last of the 328 Friday nights the DC Chapter of Free Republic stood to welcome the wounded troops back from the battlefields of our wars; Code Pink is there in awe-inspiring numbers, too; Well, to be truthful one is Code Pink and the other is union thug Bruce Wolfe. See more pictures at my […]

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Abdo’s accomplices

| July 29, 2011 | 44 Comments
Abdo’s accomplices

My pleas for the identities of the other two people who were questioned in connection with Nasar Abdo’s terror plot haven’t gone unheeded. Someone emailed us last night. I haven’t had time to any research, but maybe you guys can help TSO today while I’m on the road to Walter Reed. But here are the […]

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