Monthly Archives: November 2009

NY-23: The race that won’t die.

by Mike Due to some balloting errors a recanvassing of the NY-23′s eleven county districts shows that Dour Hoffman is behind Democrat, Bill Owens, by 3,026 votes. Rather than the 5,335 as was originally thought. This means the race will … Continue reading

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A Veteran’s Day Poem

by Mike Provided by a reader and friend. In honor of veteran’s who have served and are serving. He was getting old and paunchy And his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, Telling stories of the … Continue reading

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Gallup and Rasmussen: Republicans ahead of Dems in Generic Congressional Ballot and Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

by Mike Two polls released today show an interesting trend that is starting to shape up the battlefield for 2010 and are sure to linger into 2012. First off is the Gallup Poll. For the first time, specifically according to … Continue reading

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John Allen Muhammad, the DC sniper, is executed by lethal injection.

by Mike After moving to Washington DC seventeen days after September 11th, 2001, I figured I had witnessed a city which had faced the pinnacle of fear and uncertainty. Not quite. I sat by and watched two more unnerving events … Continue reading

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President Warren G. Harding: The best and the worst of 882 days in office.

by Mike Around here,  it isn’t hard to figure out that we have a certain affinity for American Presidential history. Which brings me to Jason’s post on Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, and an essay … Continue reading

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Well said, Mr. President. Your best moment yet.

by Jason To say we’ve been critical of President Obama on here in the past would be charitable. We’ve met him at every turn when we thought the need warranted it. But we have never been rabid, baseless, nor reactionary … Continue reading

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George Bush and a touch of class.

by Mike One of the biggest problems I personally had with George Bush was his relentless ideal never to fight back during his Presidency. The former President seemed more preoccupied with the maintaining the integrity of his position rather than … Continue reading

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Congressional Democrat Logic: The house is on fire, so let’s remodel the bedroom then arrest the carpenter.

by Mike Ridiculous title? Not really when you look at what is unfolding in our government these days. Many of the situations that are in the backdrop of the political melodrama of health care reform range from pathetic to sheer … Continue reading

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Now this is a Nobel Peace Prize winner: Sgt. Kimberly Munley

by Jason New York Daily News | Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s rampage The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood by pumping four bullets into the crazed gunman … Continue reading

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Mr. Sinh Tho Nguyen’s shore to shore journey is finally at an end.

by Mike Amid the horrible news coming out of Killeen, Texas here is a little inspiration. Back in late July, Jason posted a story about Mr. Sinh Tho Nguyen, an Army National Guard Veteran, who was walking across America to … Continue reading

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U.S. soldiers gunned down on U.S. soil

by Jason I’ll cut to the chase. This was planned and carried out as evident from multiple shooters. One of the shooters, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, is a convert to Islam — the religion we’ve all grown to know over the … Continue reading

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Outside experts and former officials say Obama’s national security team is ‘incredibly weak’

by Jason President Clinton once quipped, “foreign policy is not what I came here to do,” I think we can make the same case for President Obama. Except unlike Clinton, Obama inherited two wars and highly focused GWOT policies on … Continue reading

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Conservatism and Western Civilization: A Historical Tradition

If I were super smart, talented, and motivated I may be able to write something like this one day. But I am none of those things. At least not to the point to where I could produce and essay like … Continue reading

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About that pesky NY-23…

by Mike Don’t think it represents something? Think again. The NY-23 has some meanings to both sides of the aisle that are extremely important. No matter how you try and spin it, no matter how you try and slice it … Continue reading

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