tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87263404873038110752012-02-07T18:07:21.840-08:00ProudGulfWarVet65http://www.blogger.com/profile/03437331392845844186noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726340487303811075.post-88999763464503698192010-03-20T02:59:00.000-07:002010-03-20T04:33:20.487-07:00

Imagine, if you will, the charismatic man who has never invented anything, never sold anything tangible, but claims to have come up with the perfect wheel.The square wheel.Yeah, I know...nothing wrong with the shape of a wheel as we know it. The tire on the wheel wears over time, but it can be replaced, even recycled. One can purchase recycled tires, even, but they remain circular. If properly

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The title is in quotes because it is the title of the source article.Why is the national security community treating the "Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010," introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration's choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A

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The title is in quotes so that there's no mistake-this is meant to highlight a newspaper commentary. Depending on your news-gathering habits (dead-tree, online) you may not have seen this. If not, you're probably not a Briton. That is, a citizen of the UK/Great Britain or whatever you want to call it. The British press is, if nothing else, more open and honest than the leftist toadies

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Please read this before proceeding, if you haven't already seen it. It's a good and instructive article-bottom line, has-beens and wannabes are trying to hijack the Tea Party movement. In the former category I would place Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey, a pair who have devolved into Beltway guys-they've gone native. Conventional wisdom, you know-they're just full of that, among other things.

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I've been holding off posting for some time, in part (but not in toto) because my computer and connection aren't/haven't been especially reliable. My connection is a little better, and (PLEASE?!?) I should be getting my new CPU this coming weekend. It's a helluva good deal for 5 c-notes; a TB hard-drive (compared with this old 40 GB fossil) and at least triple the processing power and

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A new Commander-in-Chief. Clown-in-Chief, really. Are we there yet? Are we tired of this pretender? This guy's from my own home state, and I sure as hell didn't vote for him-not in '04 for Senate, and not last year.We've all been swindled. Some of us saw it coming once the nominees were pretty much decided a year ago; some have come to this conclusion in the mere two months since the Anointed

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Good God...it's March already. Daylight Saving Time already. How does one save daylight?! If I could figure that out, I'd be a gazillionaire. I will at least concede that I don't have the intellectual firepower to do so. I especially like this bit:In the United States, Daylight Saving Time commences at 2:00 a.m. to minimize disruption. However, many states restrict bars from serving alcohol

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As everyone must know by now, Fred Thompson announced on the 22nd that he has abandoned his campaign for President after his not-so-great showing in the South Carolina primary.This is disappointing to me, of course. Some might interpret it to mean that the 'conventional wisdom' of the DBM and the 'conservative' pundits in the Beltway was right all along...Fred didn't really have his heart

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This one is pretty short and sweet, so the whole thing is here. There are a few things I feel deserving of comment; I will highlight and enumerate them, then comment below. Protecting Life Fred Thompson is pro-life. He believes in the sanctity of human life and that every life is worthy of respect. (1) He had a 100% pro-life voting record in the Senate and believes Roe v. Wade was a bad

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It ain't over-not at all. I'm with Fred for as long as he's in it, which I expect to be until at least Super Tuesday. There's been some dissing of South Carolina voters on account of the outcome, but I'm not going there; Fred displayed his class, thanking and encouraging his supporters, in this video, and that's good enough for me.At any rate, McCain's chances elsewhere in the south aren't

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During my inactive period, I signed on at a website called Vets4Fred, and I find it appropriate to point to it here and now, as I note Fred Thompson's 'white paper' on the troops, veterans, and national security issues. South Carolina has a significant population of military members, and likely a considerable number of retirees and veterans as well, and that state holds its primary vote today.One

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Just a sampling of what can be found here:THE PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLEAMERICAN VALUES AND AMERICAN SOLUTIONSGovernment should offer intensive English language instruction to all who need it, including stipends to help immigrants attend the programs. (83 to 15) [Paid for by whom, pray tell?]When applying for a temporary worker visa each worker should take an oath to obey American law and be

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"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead." - Chinese ProverbA friend of mine sent me a message a while back lamenting the sometimes rancorous rhetoric among conservatives in this contentious primary season. I haven't replied yet, as I wanted to give some thought to it first, and I've decided to address those concerns here, because I believe this can be a helpful

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Well! Obviously things haven't panned out as I'd hoped. My intent was to hold off on Fred: Part III as I cogitated on how to proceed, and in the meantime I'd invited a couple of good friends (one of whom is a Gold-Star father) to compose guest-posts. A little topical diversity is a good thing, it seems to me. But things didn't come together as I'd have liked, and life got busy. Working four

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I was determined to get that first part "to press" yesterday morning in order to give myself a bit of a prod to keep on it, but it was meant to be introductory in nature anyhow. Still, haste makes waste-it's true-and in my rush I omitted a couple of things I consider worth clearing up before I proceed, but I don't want to go back and edit Part I and risk confusing anyone. In fairness to myself, I

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Yes. The best, the only. Not the better (or lesser) of two evils. No evil to see here, unless one buys into the idea that Fred took the role of a white supremacist in a 'Wiseguy' story-line because it appealed to his true nature. That's bullclinton, but the leftists will try to portray any southerner who isn't one of them as a klansman. (Some words which are usually capitalized by the MSM

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My MLF (that's Mark Levin Fan for you initiates) friend Trent has some great conservative-themed t-shirts and other items for sale here. Above is the latest offering. Trent's donating a portion of the proceeds of all sales to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to the children of our fallen or disabled warriors in this War On Barbarism, throughout the run of

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Several months ago I posted this little rant, and Thursday night into Friday morning (at work) I gained a bit of new perspective. Not to say that the experience changed my perspective, but it certainly expanded it somewhat.I was stuck in a fairly small production area (a room, basically) with two women and a young guy who was nominally in charge but was out of the room most of the time, and

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Is this thing on? Testing...one, two, three...Yhello!Very good, then! Those of you who are familiar with Mark Levin (most of you, I would imagine) will understand the title of this post. If you stumbled in here by accident and are not familiar with Mark but you're curious, check this out. It's in my blog/site links, but I wanted to be clear right up front...I am indeed a conservative.I

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