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House Debate – Iraq –

“I can’t help but feel through eyes of a combat-wounded Marine in Vietnam, if someone was shot, you tried to save his life. . . . While you were in combat, you had a sense of urgency to end the … Continue reading

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Oops, I did it again

More plagarism from Ann Coulter – Rude Pundit is on it, from chapter one of her new book: Here’s Coulter from Chapter 1 of Godless: The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in … Continue reading

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Colbert Drops it like it’s Hot at Knox U.

My favorite parts: Also globalization, e-mail, cell phones interconnect our nations like never before. It is possible for even the most insulated American to have friends from all over the world. For instance, I recently received an e-mail asking me … Continue reading

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Zarqawi Killed…a photo of Frank Drebon (Police Squad) shows up on deadissue 36 hours prior…coincidence?

MANY of the professionals I come across in the field have had much to say about Frank throughout the years, and almost all of it has been negative.  You’ll notice that his actual face won’t show up for a couple … Continue reading

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Gay Marriage Week…Enter the Raffle, Win a Prize

War?  What are you talking about?  Budget?  Who told you the military’s operational budget hasn’t been approved yet for the current year?  Do you honestly think the Senate would put that aside with a war in full gear?  Wait, there … Continue reading

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Evan, My Nephew

My two personal favorites out of the newest my brother has sent. The one with him sleeping is incredible!

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Ran into a Marine at the Hardware Store

My mission was to secure two three pronged extension cords shorter than 5 feet in length, and on my way to that aisle in the store, and elderly man asked for some help.  Something to do with a large filter … Continue reading

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Opening the Pool – My Virgin Excursion

Pictures will accompany this post once I find the cable that connects the camera to the PC…feeling guilty right now as I’ve had several posts on the slate to show off the deadissue children, which now total four…I’ve got pictures … Continue reading

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Kerry vs. Swiftboaters – Some Evidence

The article contains a LOT of information, as the archives were delved into, rendering the mountain of hearsay irrelevant.  It’s interesting that Kerry didn’t think to have all of this on hand during the campaign, like he thought that his service … Continue reading

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AJ Soprano Goes to Washington

The similarities between Tony Soprano’s son AJ and President Bush are undeniable.  Earlier in the season, AJ paid a visit to Uncle Junior with a hunting knife stashed in his shirt.  After bungling the murder attempt, orderlies piled on him … Continue reading

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Scumbag

President Bush (5-23-06):  It is a difficult task to stop suicide bombers. That’s the — but that’s one of the main — that’s the main weapon of the enemy, the capacity to destroy innocent life with a suicider. I can … Continue reading

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Baghdad ER

It’s a documentary shot in Baghdad at a hospital mostly, but footage from patrols is also a part of it.  Heart wrenching, void of any director commentary, no manipulated shots or short piece editing done for effect, no soundtrack, nothing … Continue reading

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Tonight’s Episode of ‘The Sopranos’

Very dark…

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Thinking ‘Outside of the Box’

When you ponder the enormity of earth and its wide array of life and death scenarios, eventually the reality of how miniscule a single one of us truly is can cause the mind to shift into overdrive.  In the case … Continue reading

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That *%&!*$& Border

Sorry for hitting this up again so soon, but the sheer stupidity of it all is so rich, you’d swear it had to be a government operation.  Let me take you into the negotiation room for this brilliant exchange: Army:  … Continue reading

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A Fence on the Border

It ensures one thing and one thing only…government’s gonna be spending a LOT of dough every year fixing it.  Then of course there will come the day when some politician wins by running on the “tear down that fence” platform, … Continue reading

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College Begins

To study is to cut some grass or knock out a set of pushups – accumulative progression that relies on consistent effort in pursuit of a goal.  As a younger man (look at that, I just sounded like Morgan Freeman) … Continue reading

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truthout.org: Rove Has Been Indicted

Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report – Saturday 13 May 2006 Probably a year ago I made a bet with Lee from RTFTLC … Continue reading

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Spider Bite Story

Sonicrusk posted about spiders a little while back, and it reminded me of a story. One that brings out the true coward inside all of us…well, inside of me anyway. Jimithy Johnson, welder by trade, can’t call him a friend … Continue reading

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Feds out to nab ‘The Prophet’

As a matter of principle, polygamy doesn’t offend or scare me in any way.  My belief is that families are the engine that runs every successful nation in the world, and as long as whoever is up to it, more power … Continue reading

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Soldier I Just Spoke With

He walked into the mini-mart with his Class A uniform on, specialist, with three rows of medals and a mountain division patch. I asked if he was stationed at Fort Drum, he was. Asked if he was deploying to Iraq … Continue reading

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Rove’s Legal Strategy

By the looks of it, Rove was counting on Cooper keeping his mouth shut, in a jail cell for however many months or years.  The following exerpt is from the new issue of Newsweek.  Luskin, Rove’s lawyer, finds out that his … Continue reading

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Comment Carnivale – #1

Let’s face it…my best writing ends up scattered across the net, in comments, message boards, skanky cyber-bathroom walls (my best limericks are the stuff of #2s miles away from home, so says my $30/hr life coach Murma…I know that sounds … Continue reading

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Filibuster in the Senate – Tax Breaks for Big Oil

Senator Wyden is the hero this week, as my ambivilent-streak concerning the Democrats may be coming to an end quite soon.  The profits have been obscene for oil companies for a while already now, and in spite of this, Republicans … Continue reading

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The Davinci Code – Part 2 (a Movie with Tom Hanks)

This is going to cause a lot of babbling when it comes out.  Expert analysts on the TV hashing it out for days.  As if…what?  We censor it?  On Malacay in Kansas’s behalf?  We pass a law, and anything Malacay finds … Continue reading

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Mary McCarthy Didn’t Leak Info – Fired for What?

Source – MSNBC McCarthy has contributed a total of $7,000 to Democratic political causes over her lifetime, including $2,000 to the Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. Her husband is a landscaper, and they live in Bethesda, Md. This, in and of … Continue reading

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Can’t beat em’, Hire em’!

On Cheney and Rumsfeld orders, US outsourcing intelligence tasks to terrorists in Iraq The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation … Continue reading

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Max, Sam & the job market

My boys are 9.5 months old as of today, so I arranged for them to get their union cards yesterday, took them down into the coal pits for an up close look at where daddy goes for 12 hours every … Continue reading

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Puffy McMoonface Resigns

Here’s what the President had to say about the resignation of his press secretary: “One of these days, he and I will be rocking in chairs in Texas talking about the good old days of his time as the Press … Continue reading

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Oprah’s Finally Getting Serious

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