Citizenship Applications From Veterans Backlogged
These people served our country, now the simple act of becoming a citizen of the country they served is proving nearly impossible. We owe them more than this. About 7,200…...
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Video Of US Soldiers Throwing Puppy Off OF Cliff Outrages The Masses
I guess a lot of people are ticked about this video apparently showing a US soldier throwing a puppy off of a cliff while a buddy jokes around. My reaction? …...
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Gloria Steinem: McCain’s POW Years No Qualification For President
Much like attacking his citizenship, I’m not sure attacking McCain’s POW ordeal or his honorable service to this country in the military is a wise thing. Aside from being stupid…...
Friday, February 29, 2008
US Soldier Gets To Fry CBS Reporter With Heat Gun
Living out a fantasy I think most soldiers, and probably most of the public, has had at one point or another. What a lucky, lucky guy. ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Pelosi: Bush’s “$10 Trillion” War Will Never End
Does anyone really take this woman seriously when she says ludicrous things like this? Washington (AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a recent Pentagon projection shows the troop buildup in…...
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Obama’s “Our Troops Don’t Have Guns” Story Is Bogus
What’s funny is that the media is reporting it as though it isn’t bogus even as they bring up facts which prove it is bogus. Obama claims that in Afghanistan…...
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Media’s Priorities In Covering Iraq Just Plain Suck
Which isn’t exactly news, I guess, but check this out: Today Shiite strong man Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to another six-month cease fire, which is great news in terms of military…...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Petraeus To Call For More Troops Out Of Iraq By July In Response To Military, Political Progress
Turns out that President Bush and General Petraeus (General Betrayus to the Democrats and their friends at MoveOn.org) were right about this new strategy in Iraq. At least so far.…...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Obama Using Dead Soldier’s Bracelet As A Stage Prop
This sort of political theater is just plain irritating. EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - Barack Obama is wearing a wristband in memory of a soldier killed in Iraq, given to him…...
Friday, February 15, 2008
America To Shoot Down Spy Satellite
But don’t worry, we’re just disposing of it. Not sending a message to, oh I don’t know, China. The military hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week…...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Berkeley City Council Backs Down From Booting Recruiters But Refuses To Apologize
The folks on the council actually had the temerity to say that they support the military. They just oppose military recruiting. Some on the council had pushed for issuing an…...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Harry Reid, Democrats Pander To Anti-Military Nut Jobs In Berkeley
Senator Jim DeMint was trying to push through a bill to deny the city of Berkeley any federal funding should they follow through on their threats to give military recruiters…...
Monday, February 11, 2008
North Dakota Media Ignoring Sioux Manufacturing Scandal?
Over the last week or so a major story of national interest (John Kerry certainly seems interested in it) has broken in North Dakota. It involves a business owned by…...
Sunday, February 10, 2008
“If It Bleeds It Leads” Media Attitude On Iraq Is Pro-America For Once
Because right now it’s Al Qaeda in Iraq doing the “bleeding.” Both figuratively and literally. There was a time, not so long ago, when the only news out of Iraq…...
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Toledo Mayor Gives Marines The Boot
This seems totally unfortunate, and totally unnecessary. A company of Marine Corps Reservists received a cold send-off from downtown Toledo yesterday by order of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. The 200 members…...
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Dishonest Sioux Manufacuting Company Loves North Dakota Democrats
Here’s a list of government grants and contracts for Sioux Manufacturing (SMC), the company that just paid $2 million to settle a lawsuit over faulty helmets, many of them secured…...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Sioux Manufacturing (SMC) Pays $2 Million To Settle Lawsuit For Faulty Helmets
But then gets a $74 million contract to manufacture new helmets to replace the faulty ones they sold the federal government in the first place. Netting them a $72 million…...
Monday, February 04, 2008
Bulletproof: Defense Contract With Tribal Business Puts Soldiers At Risk
July 21, 2006, there was a raid on the Sioux Manufacturing (SMC) plant in Ft. Totten, ND which is on the Ft. Totten Indian Reservation. SMC is a company owned…...
Sunday, February 03, 2008
The Giant Behind The Giants
Touching... May 7, 2007, Baghdad: Lt. Col. Gregory Gadson is driving back from a memorial service honoring two American soldiers killed by a roadside bomb. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., he…...
Saturday, February 02, 2008
The Changing Media Narrative On The War And The Military
Have you noticed a shift in the sort of news stories the media is publishing about the war and the military? Of late, we’ve seen a lot of high-profile news…...
Friday, February 01, 2008
Jim DeMint In Response To Anti-Military Ordinance: No Federal Funds For Berkley
I’m on board. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says the City of Berkeley, Calif., no longer deserves federal money. DeMint was angered after learning that the Berkeley City…...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Army Suicides Up 20% In 2007
The media, always looking for yet another negative headline to run about our military and/or the war (remember when they were erroneously reporting that the war in Iraq was turning…...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Berkely City Council Opposes Military Recruiters For The “Health And Safety” Of Their Youth
It’s a liberal twofer. Military hatred that’s for the children. Members of the Berkeley City Council showed their opposition to a Marine Corps recruiting office in Downtown Berkeley last night.…...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Hillary, Barack And Edwards Agree: No Federal Tax Dollars For Anti-Military Universities
The Young America’s Foundation has put out this press release: Debating January 15, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama all went on record saying they will vigorously enforce the…...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Mark Steyn Rips The New York Times Over Bogus Veteran Murderers Story
The public editor at the New York Times may not have wanted to take his newspaper to task for their bogus story about murderous American veterans, but Mark Steyn sure…...
Friday, January 18, 2008
Is Byron Dorgan A Theocrat?
In an initiative that, frankly, didn’t get a whole lot of media attention in North Dakota (probably because Byron didn’t send out a press release given that most of the…...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
New York Times Embarrassed By Reality: Vets 82% Less Likely To Murder Than Average Citizen
Remember that New York Times story from a few days ago which suggested that soldiers returning from war were more likely to commit acts of violence? Bill O’Reilly covered it…...
Sunday, January 13, 2008
The New York Times Smears Our Veterans As Criminals
In an article where the subtext is that war turns our soldiers into criminals, the New York Times notes that a couple of hundred veterans, including 121 from the Iraq/Afghanistan…...
Saturday, January 05, 2008
What Would Have Happened If Democrats Had Gotten Their Way On Iraq?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell takes a look back at the Iraq debate over the last year: A year ago today, Democrats in Washington sent a letter to the President…...
British Soldiers Returning From Afghanistan Not Allowed To Wear Their Uniforms In Public
Wow... Scores of soldiers flying home from Afghanistan on Christmas leave were ordered to change out of their uniforms on a freezing runway before being allowed into a civilian airport…...
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