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Herbert Harris  an 86 year old veteran receives the medals he earned in WW II  http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_228172935.html?start:int=0 Like EVERY hero whose story I have posted here he insists he is not one.  Modesty seems to be in direct proportion to the amount of courage one has.  Herbert Harris provided the gas for Patton’s tanks.   Maybe he can [...]

NRO links to this interview in the NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/magazine/17wwln-Q4-t.html Brigitte Gabriel is a courageous woman trying to warn the world of the dangers of Radical Islam. But the bimbo from the Times who interviews her sounds like she is being fitted for her burqa. Like I said yesterday, every day it feels a little [...]

I feel that I had been had since 1989! It seems the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was more of a chapter seven bankruptcy where one can re-organize ones affairs. In this case the former USSR now Russia didn’t pay off its debts to the western banks but it is now going [...]

Contrary to “pundit wisdom” and media hype, America is not really aching for a leftwards turn. The Republican Party suffers from a pervasive and inexplicable failure to identify some key points of distinction between themselves and their Democratic opponents on issues that speak clearly and forcefully to the public consciousness – and to run with [...]

Waaaa HOO!!!  USA women go 1 and 2 in the All Around Gymnastics competition.  I am so happy for Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, under incredible pressure they went out, kept their focus and were fantastic!!  What a great picture http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080815/ids_photos_sp/r3188309882.jpg/ And shame on President Bush for not going to the gymnastics competition while he was [...]

Over at NRO corner.nationalreview.com they printed a letter from the most Quixotic man in America who thinks that electing Obama is going to do what Obama claims it will do “Should Obama win the Presidency, racial tension stops. Doesn’t matter who tries to bring it up- the American Public will take the attitude of “It’s [...]

About a month ago we bought a backyard playset for our son.  My back went out, and most of our weekends are occupied anyway so it looked like it would never get done.  What to do?  Pay someone to put it up, of course.  Where to find them? HirePatriots.com This site is set up to match [...]

Howdy all, a few Interesting Items for your information. Enjoy – In this issue: 1. OODA Loop 2. Vickers 3. Hillary 4. Intimidation 5. Georgia 1. OODA Loop. Colonel John Boyd was the father of modern fighter aircraft, fighter training, strategy, thinking and tactics. He created the concept of energy maneuverability. Most importantly, he created [...]

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2IyNmMzNTU3NWJkOWNjZTM3MjM1YTdlOGJlZWI2ZTg= 25 More Hints You’re Not Voting for Obama   [Peter Kirsanow] Judging by emails, some of you are still undecided. So here are some more helpful hints: You’re unlikely to vote for Obama if you….. 1. aren’t registered to vote in France or Germany. 2. believe Gen. Petraeus is more important than Al Gore. 3. [...]

In one of those rare moments of rationality a California Court of Appeals threw the home schooling hot potato out of court and to the State Legislature.  http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080809-9999-1n9homeskl.html So suddenly we have a Constitutional Right to home school again.  Everyone who thinks their gun rights are safe now, should remember courts are just making this [...]

I loved this story in the Weekly Standard about conservatives in Hollywood http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/385rlkfy.asp   Each person in the article was trying to hide their conservatism from the other till they realized they were all conservatives together.  We need to develop a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy secret handshake or pass phrase so we can identify each other.  [...]

I have been a gymnastics fan since Olga Korbut way back in 1972.  So when I first started watching gymnastics the US team had no chance of getting a medal let alone a gold one.  So on a day like this I am especially happy to see that the US lady’s, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, finished [...]

After the Obama hype-fest the media has indulged in for the entire year, it is good to remember that hype isn’t necessarily about politics.   Hype has just replaced journalism.  There is no information gathering or sifting and weighing facts, there is just one big hype-fest after another.   Take poor Michael Phelps, the Obama of the [...]

I ran across this posted in one of the other fora I frequent: THE IRISH – ARE SUCH CLEAR THINKERS Thoughts from across the pond An email from Ireland to the brethren in the States…a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: ‘We, in Ireland, can’t figure out why people are even bothering to hold [...]

A week ago The U.S. House went on vacation without voting again on any energy legislation. Several Republican members of that lower house of Congress stayed behind to protest their madam Speaker. Many of these congressmen use the social media, twitter.com, to communicate with the citizens. After the closure of the lower House on August [...]

Boy it is so hard to keep up with the Democrats re-invention of the Commandments.  First it is okay to commit adultery as long as it’s done privately, but then they decided it was okay to commit adultery in the White House as long as the intern is over 21.  Now it is okay to commit adultery but only when your wife [...]

John Derbyshire has an interesting article today about the history of Chinese Olympians http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTc1OWYzYWU5YjE3NzRkZjdhNTA5M2QyZmU2OGMyYTg=   It reminded me of my favorite Chinese Olympians and one of the greatest skating performances in history.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kql3sf_crA