tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62281522011-09-05T02:51:52.111-07:00Politics. Business. Law. Culture. Rather, a portal into the thoughts of a young thinker with aspirations in all of the above. (The author is an ex-Air Force Intel, current struggling law student, family man of faith. And a Conservative, sired by Conservatives.)Punctilioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867137440312413537noreply@blogger.comBlogger1361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228152.post-1152316732434070582006-07-07T16:58:00.001-07:002006-07-07T16:58:54.006-07:00

The Southern Poverty Law Center is evidently very concerned about the possibility that white supremacist gang members may be joining the military. I just have to speak up about this one. I served six years in the Air Force, a very left-leaning Clinton military with many problems derived from the poor leadership of that President. I served in at least four different locations and there were

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The Southern Poverty Law Center is evidently very concerned about the possibility that white supremacist gang members may be joining the military. I just have to speak up about this one. I served six years in the Air Force, a very left-leaning Clinton military with many problems derived from the poor leadership of that President. I served in at least four different locations and there were

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For a moment, let me sound like a clandestine Democrat caller to a right-wing talk radio station:I am a Republican sired by Republicans. My parents wanted to donate extra to Reagan's first presidential campaign, so they signed me up as an infant and donated another $1000. I have always voted party line, I have listened to right-wing talk radio (Rush, Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Medved, Dennis

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So airlines (yes it's been awhile) want to charge extra for the "comfort of aisle seats? Ever had your elbow hit by the cart a dozen times during a flight as the stewardess passes by? Or have someone trip onto you when the plane shifts slightly during flight as they stumble half-drunken, half-sleepily into your arms? All 300 pounds of them? Brilliant idea. How about increasing service,

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The oppressed members of the Religion of Peace had no choice but to behead the schoolgirls. i'm sure they asked for it, had it coming to them, or whatnot. Hopefully the assailants will soon get to meet Allah.

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Note to archaeologists: If an ancient statement designates a specific place for a biblical site, look there first. Turns out, where John said the Pool of Siloam was, it was. Exciting, though, that it can be found where it's supposed to be, even after a do-gooder Empress of the Byzantine empire recreates the site elsewhere to legitimize the claim. All this, only a few days after other

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The environmentalists have a long and sordid history of murdering our astronauts. In the name of saving the world from freon and asbestos, they have pushed NASA out of safety and into greenified compliance. In the words of the liberals: how many astronauts have to die for this? And murder is not too harsh a word; after all, it's depraved-heart murder. They have nothing in their hearts but

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Start out by reading this snippetabout Leftists encouraging their fellow jerks to take put dog-crap on Karl Rove's lawn... with detailed directions to his house and everything. ...because of course, Leftists have enough self-control to resist dropping their pants right there to leave their own droppings. At the end, you'll see these fatal words: "I think this kind of suggestion shows the utter

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Start off by reading Ann Coulter's effective slam on Joe Wilson IV. Remember that this blogger has a bit of intel experience behind him. Which, of course, is why I never liked Smokin' Joe's account of his Africa trip. Imagine an interchange like the following, occurring in Niger shortly after Joe gets off the plane: Joe Wilson IV: Hello, Bellman, I'm happy to be here in the heart of Africa,

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The Islamists haven't a single ounce of sensitivity in them. And their insistence in always being on the offensive makes them only look more and more crude... and that goes for the UK Islamists as well as our own (i.e., CAIR). Why am I fuming? Because in the wake of a single Muslim dying at the hands of several UK teens, all the Islamists can do is to scream, "Backlash!" The root problem is

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Blogger studies for the Bar Exam. Please see archives for fantastic blogging over the last few years... well, not fantastic. Howabout... periodic.

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A tragedy, of course, that Pakistan has such high temperatures atm. Even worse, if you look at the picture of the Pakistanis desperately cooling off in the river on Drudge you'll notice the only people bathing are men... Typical, of course, Muslim nations letting their women bake in burkas whilst their men sip margaritas on the riverbed. That diversity is just beautiful.

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Democrats are scrambling to be first in line to justify Ralph Nader's N-bombs. Now look: Nobody should be using that word. It's insensitive and ignorant. But suddenly, if you spend your best years in an Ivy League university, if you are as white as Casper, and if you spend your life doing nothing for minorities while reaping their votes, you can use it. There will be token scoldings (See

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I'm an unfortunate Cingular customer. Their service is awful. For example, right after my old carrier was gobbled up (AT&T), a Cingular customer representative actually told me it's not Cingular's job to ensure I get a cell signal. I had called to complain because in 6 distinct, well-populated areas of San Diego County, I was losing all of my calls or unable to get a signal at all. Silly me.

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Tryin to figure out why it took so long to decide:Not guilty on conspiracy, lewd act on a minor x4, attempt to commit a lewd act on a minor, intoxicating a minor x8, Maybe the jury wasn't paying attention - so long, you know, they might have been sleeping.Of course, it's brilliant of them to believe the scary-looking white guy who likes to sleep with little boys, and disbelieve the little boys.

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Admittedly, I wasn't a stellar law student. But I did get the gist of my favorite professor's wisdom -- that shareholder battles largely died away until they recently came back around into the courts' favor. It looks like Disney's Eisner-Iger-Roy-Gold fight is going forward. Yes, yes, I know no actual trial has taken place yet, but it's allowed to happen, which is a really big deal. As I see

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Bill Press writes the longest whine heard from a man since Pat graced the screen on SNL... or was that a woman? At this point, I'm not sure what to make of Bill. He uses Felt-Throat as a launching pad to cry out for a hero to rescue the world from the evils of the Bush Presidency. He wants a traitorous FBI agent to expose the Administration and all its secrets, to throw open the vaults of

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Bill Press writes the longest whine heard from a man since Pat graced the screen on SNL... or was that a woman? At this point, I'm not sure what to make of Bill. He uses Felt-Throat as a launching pad to cry out for a hero to rescue the world from the evils of the Bush Presidency. He wants a traitorous FBI agent to expose the Administration and all its secrets, to throw open the vaults of

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As someone who shaves from chin to crown, I take a special interest in the latest-and-greatest from the world of razor blades. I never liked the idea of vibrating blades on my skin -- I have nightmares about that kind of thing. Well, it appears that apart from driving fear into my heart, the claims that they do any good are false. I'll stick to self-powered sharpies thank you.

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No, the fact that I'm bald doesn't mean I'm anti-Semitic or that I otherwise affiliate with any white supremacist organizations. No, the fact that I'm a Caucasian male doesn't mean I hold any unbecoming prejudices. The folks who harbor the deepest bigotry these days are the various extremist groups. In the Arab world, the extremist Muslims think any dead Jew is a good Jew. Unfortunately, the

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I was watching Law and Order: Criminal Intent last night. I therefore saw the big insult... essentially, there was a John Muhammad-style father-son sniper duo. They were white supremacists, of course, because the murderers they were emulating were... white supremacists. At any rate, when Vincent diNofrio's character is trying to figure out whodunit, he or his partner suggested they look for

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President Bush signed a bill which will do more to protect the family than almost anything else that has occurred during his Presidency. Finally, families will be able to filter out movie indecency without risking jail time. This blogger would buy edited movies or technology to skip the bad stuff, if it were available. But all attempts to do so thus far have been blocked by the Anti-Family

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The Democrats finally are floating a competing idea for the Social Security debate. Except it is not an idea. They don't want any Social Security money going to personal accounts. instead, (drumroll please), they would give Americans permission to save more of their own money. Well whoop-de-doo. Last I checked, we could save money if we wanted to. They want to make 401(k)s more popular, etc

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All right, righties and lefties alike, you need to read Ann Coulter's latest focusing on the Terri Schindler-Schiavo mess. Keep in mind that Ms. Coulter is an attorney and knows a little bit about the Constitution. This blogger has been quite saddened by the ignorance of the Constitution by some on the right half of the spectrum who are forgetting how exactly this mess happened. They also seem

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The whole Schindler-Schiavo affair is problematic. He wants to move on, but why does that necessarily mean she has to die? He wants what's best for her, but why doesn't that mean another decade in the loving arms of her parents? He allegedly is money-hungry, maybe even harboring a life insurance policy on her; why wouldn't he take the San Diego businessman's $1 million? This late in the game,

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The Supreme Court abolished the laws in 19 states allowing the execution of 16- and 17-year-olds who commit capital murder. The Court took a departure in the sort of extreme case they usually rely on to change the law. In the typical case, they would be looking at an innocent 16-year-old whose knife slipped just as he thought "I could just kill this guy" and is facing capital punishment.

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As an avid listener of conservative talk radio, I thought the whole world knew what General Mattis said in the forum where he was illicitly recorded. As it turns out, I wanted to play the audio for my wife. So I went to CBS, read the article and watched the clip, and then it dawned on me. CBS left the part out where Mattis said the people he liked to shoot were the ones who beat their wives

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Georgia and the Ukraine are in a life-or-death struggle to break free from centuries of Russian influence, and the Russians aren't going without a fight. No one needs a link to know the story of Ukraine's President Yuschenko, and the suspicion that Russia played a hand in his dioxin poisoning (but there it is anyway). Now Georgia, which has suffered much, just lost their Prime Minister Zhvania

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I think Vladimir Putin is doing a wonderful job. Not only has he managed to institute a flat tax and enjoys the benefits of a limited government us conservatives only dream of, but he managed to disappoint Mikhail Gorbachev. If Gorby is unhappy, well, he was perfectly happy being a dictator of the greatest world evil until the rise of Islamo-fascism. (no comments about me being a bad blogger

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NAFTA has been a mixed story of success and failure. It appears now that we just can't get enough, that the three governments (US, Canada, Mexico) are looking into ways to make it stronger. The plan in the works approaches EU-style dissolution of borders -- a rose is a rose by any other name. The problem here is that we cannot accomplish the EU type of integration with our backwards, leeching

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With the disastrous leadership of Terry McAuliffe coming to a close, the Democrat Party is naturally looking for a new Chairperson. A name near the top of the list appears to be Howard Dean. Let me get this straight: McAuliffe led the most extreme, left-wing party this nation has seen in mainstream politics. And Howard Dean is overtly more extreme than McAuliffe on any given Sunday. If the

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If John Kerry had won, he would have been the undeserving beneficiary of today's fantastic economic data. Economists had predicted 169,000 jobs; we added 337,000 jobs and revised upward the previously criticized job numbers for the past couple of months. The stories on the radio and on the big news sites speak of a "bad" statistic that came out concomitantly with the job numbers. The bad news?

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LT CMDR Scott Speicher's fighter jet went down in the first days of the Persian Gulf War I. After being declared KIA, the Pentagon (a couple years ago) changed his status to MIA, then Missing Captured, and President Bush swore to find him. Well, we may have found his remains in a place we didn't expect -- and far from his plane. If the remains are his, then Saddam was holding onto him for

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When I was in the Air Force, I heard stories of operations handed to National Guard units that would go awry because the National Guard training isn't always in sync with the training from Active Duty units. This latest story is kind of similar, but not really. A National Guard F-16 strafed an elementary school in Jersey. I feel bad for the pilot; a court-martial and public shame will follow

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A lot happening in these few days after the election. First, the eternal optimist, Peggy Noonan, resurfaced in a new article, finding all the reasons to be happy after this election. It is a big lovefest, her article, and I recommend its reading. Second, Yassir Arafat is fading quietly into the night. If I could cheer loudly over the Internet, I would. The world will be a much safer place

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It really could have been a lot worse. If any State had been closer, if Florida hadn't finished with a 300,000 vote margin, it would have been 2000 redux. I don't want to gloat, because I didn't earn this one -- GWB did. Look at the mandate handed over by the people: 54-45 (probably 55-45 after FL recounts for Mel Martinez) in the Senate, a 29-seat lead in the House, and a President firmly

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So Newsweek's polling shows a Bush bump... so what? John Zogby has Bush in a slump. Which to believe? I'm personally skeptical about Zogby's ability to forecast this one as he is apparently telling anyone who will listen that Kerry will win. Zogby also wrote an article to that effect which also served to encourage all Arabs to vote for Kerry. Zogby may simply be too personally concerned with

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Senator Kerry can't be happy. The whole nation got an absolute confirmation that Bin Laden is still alive and well, waiting to strike. I admit, I thought odds were on Bin Laden dying at Tora Bora, bombed into oblivion. Reality remained as harsh as his reappearance. He calmly tries to convince Americans that he really had no choice but to order the 9/11 attacks because of the evils of the

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"October Surprise" is a colossal misnomer. It really should be "Republican Surprise". Iran Contra charges, 25-year-old DUIs, all point to a surprise always intended to disloge a Republican contender. Now comes the missing Iraqi explosives exposé. The real problem: CBS News would have gotten away with it if the NYT hadn't, in their eagerness to defeat their hated President, rushed forward with

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All you ultra-conservatives out there: read Pat Buchanan's latest article. I'll try to sum it up: He says he was right on Iraq (don't go in), on NAFTA and Free Trade (Don't do it!), and everything else. But he looks to the disastrous effects of a Kerry presidency, to the issues that provide the common ground and the protection for our future. He knows that Bush has appointed conservative

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John Kerry says he'll chase war criminals with the same veracity that he chased the Viet Cong. This is truly precious. Let's see, he admitted to commiting war crimes in that hunt... Please, please don't make me spell it out.

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There are reports of voter intimidation during the early-voting period. It is shocking and yet not unexpected. Almost every other day there has been one report or another about a Bush/Cheney campaign headquarters being vandalized. Do the Democrats, in their desperation, think this sort of bullying will work? Do they think they can scare us away from the ballot box? If you were to ask a

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More evidence that the War on Terror is producing results: Syria just admitted they have been holding onto Saddam's money -- for safekeeping, for sure. It makes me wonder what else they've been holding onto for Saddam... but too much investigation into that possibility would put egg on too many Leftists' faces, so we probably shouldn't try to find out.

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It's awfully superflous to say, "Charles Krauthammer is right." However, in his latest column, he's spot on. The Michael Moore-Jimmy Carter-John F. Kerry party is itching to throw Israel to the wolves. They are infatuated with power and they see only pure numbers: 20-or-so Muslim nations vs. 1 Hebrew nation. Kerry would gain esteem throughout the world if he'd cast aside Israel as his

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I'm sure we all remember the old anecdote about the scientist trudging through the Rain Forest, finding a plant that could have cured cancer, and going home for the night. When he returns in the morning, evil loggers have torn down the forest and the cure for cancer is gone. Well, that anecdote might be able to die its long-overdue death. A scientist in the Australian rain forest found a fern

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One thing we learn in grad school is the necessity of reinventing your business to keep it alive. The U.S. Airline industry has evidently not yet implemented that strategy. How many millions of dollars do they have to lose, how many of their compatriots in the industry, do they need to lose before they start reinventing? As the article says, the big four are all losing money; stalwart U.S.

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It turns out I made comments on the other blog re: whether Bush was at best a useless fool or at worst a deserter, and instead of a discussion with that blogger I have encountered the source of his information. That source is unhappy b/c I wanted to post blogger v. blogger, instead of mostly invisible comment links. Although this is a conservative blog, usually free from wanton bursts of

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A distinguished blogger recently wrote that Bush was, essentially, disliked by the Air National Guard -- or at least he was of no value to the ANG. Not thinking to work within the blog system and just cite him and respond, I posted a comment. Basically, I said Bush's plane was decommissioned, so of course he was unneeded. The blogger responded: I suggest that you check your "established

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First, why vote for Bush: We have four years of his leadership. In that time, we have gotten to know the man who holds the Presidency. We know he will command with strength in times of weakness abroad. We know he will stick to principle. Something remarkable about our President is that he extends Conservative ideals into areas traditionally outside our grasp – health care, education,

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The Catholic Church may be set to excommunicate Senator Kerry -- a remarkable development on the eve of the most important election in memory. Interestingly, the line of "I personally disagree with abortion but I will always support a woman's right to choose" exactly provides the grounds for the excommunication. Kerry likes to take both sides of every issue, but he cannot back away from this

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I am not particularly familiar with Cybercast News Service, but after an admittedly brief investigation, it appears legitimate. Now, those who have been paying attention might remember that Iraqi Prime Minister Alawi had presented some of Saddam's Intelligence Service documents to the world which were largely ignored because they're not as sexy as 'Bush lied, kids died'. So, if you want to

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Listened to the 1st half, watched the 2nd. Kerry stuck to the offensive throughout, but Bush was surprisingly solid. Admittedly, Prez Bush repeated himself a few times, returning to the topic of Education whenever the pressure got too strong. But President Bush reminded America of 1) exactly how liberal Senator Kerry is; 2) that he'll stay on target re Iraq; 3) that the economy is swinging

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CNN Reports that the CIA is keeping the top Al-Qaeda criminals in Jordan. They're also complaining that the CIA is using "banned interrogation techniques" on these poor people. So let's see: we might be making uncomfortable the dozen or so people who would know the most about when the next large lot of Americans is slated to die. Just watch the outcry begin. Moveon.org, Michael Moore, and the

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I'm beginning to like Dick Morris' play-by-play of the election. This guy knows his elections. The latest installment of his analysis puts Bush back ahead. It's nice to know Bush learned from his 1st-debate mistakes. I know several left-of-center folks from New York, Boston, and other Northeastern cities who would normally vote Democrat in a heartbeat. With the War on Terror, however, the

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Drudge is reporting that Superman (Christopher Reeve, for the vegetative among you who know not) died. A sad day for the world when the Man of Steel finally goes. His debilitating injury was hard on those of us who spent our youth wishing we could be like him, to fight for Truth, Justice and the American way. Now he can go fight for those ideals on the other side. You can also see here in

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This blogger has a big problem with the Left's proclamation that Senator Kerry's Vietnam service is so much vastly more valuable than President Bush's National Guard service. There are several reasons why it is a dangerous path to tread. First, President Bush flew F-102s, gas-guzzling rockets with a little pilot compartment on top. Anyone who touched those planes risked their lives. Instead

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Victor Davis Hanson takes the reader back to the days of our march to victory in WWII. Reading the history books, we would think everything largely went off without a hitch. Hanson provides a little perspective on the battles, on Hitler/Saddam comparisons, and more. This perspective is quite lacking in most present commentary as everyone wants a clean, bloodless win where villains who can do

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Kyle Williams may be the brightest teenager in America. And now he drives home the notion that fringe conservatives must vote for Bush. I have heard many whisperings about trying to split the branches of government. This argument takes the "every vote counts" argument to a ridiculous conclusion. It assumes your one vote not only makes a difference but can craft an outcome you desire. We

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WARNING: [limited] GRAPHIC PHOTOS. World Net Daily puts to rest the silly idea (Thank you left-wing US Senators) that our "torture" of prisoners with panties, leather and dogpiles is equivalent to Saddam's torture. Click on the link above to see amputations. The article lists medical experimentation, etc. that puts Saddam clearly within the ranks of the Hitlers of history. One more reason the

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Although I would personally prefer an article on why everyone should vote to reelect our President, this negative article on why not to vote for John Kerry will do. Joseph Farah discusses the wannabe's history of goldigging, as well as Kerry's inability to find work outside of government at any point in his life. The article is just as amusing as it is informative -- a brief, worthwhile read.

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The New York Times has essentially admitted that they were duped on WMD and anyone else could have been just as easily duped. They admit much information came from the best intelligence the civilized world has to offer. They also admit poor reporting and investigation. It is a big step in the right direction, but they omit other sorts of poor reporting, such as the many stories poorly

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Since we entered Iraq, the media and the Left have endlessly criticized the President for: 1) Not making the case for going to Iraq; and 2) Not having an exit strategy. What the President did last night at the Army War College was: 1) make the case; and 2) outline the exit strategy. What do his critics now say? "He didn't tell us anything" and "It was really boring". What did everyone expect?

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I never really liked Chalabi. Now, I know our intelligence services shouldn't have either. It really is bad news -- that he was passing sensitive information to the Iranians. The Newsday story linked above speaks of the Iranians using Chalabi and his ICP to provoke us into ousting Saddam. Assuming this story is entirely accurate, then Chalabi can have no further importance to the

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Walter Williams, truly out of character, writes a pointed piece on the so-called torture in Iraq. He puts it into a context the media has failed to do so far, explaining what Koreans and Vietnamese inflicted on our boys in bygone wars. The truth is, the media is thirsting for a Nixonian downfall. They will use whatever untruths are necessary to bring down this Presidency. Thus far, they

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In the investigation into the 3/11 Madrid bombings, fingerprints from an Oregon attorney have shown up. These prints are the first link to any American -- wonderful. I'm sure this development will end up hurting the President - what did the President know and when did he know it? Why didn't he warn all the countries of the world that we might have terrorist sympathizers roaming in their

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It is time to pull out of Germany. Germany enjoys billions of US dollars propping up their lagging economy, money received through the presence of our bases. But they despise our military activities and envy our world power. They now seek to absolve themselves of their guard duty at our military bases. They have long since traded military effectiveness for increased social services; Germany

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Two days ago, this soft-toothed blogger was wondering when replacement teeth would be invented. Well, the Brits will be marketing stem-cell teeth as soon as possible. Priced at around $2500/tooth, it will be a steal. (Hattip: Slashdot.) Now heroin addicts will no longer permanently suffer one of the more visible side-effects of heroin abuse (i.e., being so comfortable they forget to brush

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Problems in the Kerry camp [again]. Finally, Pat Buchanon writes reasonably -- something largely absent from his work over the last couple years. He writes about his first encounters with Kerry's antiwar group while he (Buchanon) was working for the Nixon Administration. As it says in the linked article, the group's meeting allegedly discussed assassinating Senators John Stennis, Strom

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A final note regarding the train explosion in Youngchon. See this link for before and after shots of the city. There's no better visual than that. (Make sure to follow the instructions and click on the arrow at the bottom or you won't see the "after" shot.) Looks like a nuclear bomb went off. Maybe we should act against North Korea before we're looking at such before and after shots of, say,

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Apparently, part of the inflated death toll after the Youngchon explosion was due to North Koreans running into burning buildings to rescue portraits of Kim Il-Sung and/or Kim Jong-Il. This is what happens when secularism takes over: the leaders of the country become the religious figureheads. It was, of course, by design. The North Korean sickness is a cancer in the hearts and minds of all

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By now, everyone is familiar with the Youngchon disaster. True, this blogger would love for the explosion to have been a mistimed assassination plot to finally take out one of the world's greatest evils. But reality was probably far less interesting. Chances are, the city of Youngchon normally runs as smoothly as it can with a starving and enslaved populace. But the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-Il,

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Hello everybody! Puntilious has been gracious enough to invite me to be a fellow blogger and it is much apprectiated. I am a blogging virgin so I hope everybody bears with me while I figure this out and can hopefully enlighten everyone with a different (and often contentious) viewpoint. Talk to you soon.

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Joseph Farah talks about sexuality from the meat-and-potatoes man perspective. In his article about the "Retrosexual", he reveals how simple life is when you're not a metrosexual, transsexual, homosexual, bisexual, or any other variant of humanity. There are fewer choices to make and more time in the day, to be sure. A must-read for the average intelligent person.

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Now, this blogger is no conspiracy theorist. But let us assume one thing: the Clinton Administration was desperate for a legacy -- a legacy that did not include national disasters. Keeping that fact in mind: were I running the show and buildings and airplanes were blowing up around me, I would want it to appear an accident or a lone gunman. Whisperings of TWA Flight 800 have been circulating

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The same fantastic human being who thinks that parents should be able to euthanize disabled children thinks Bush is morally stunted. This claim comes from the same man who also believes that animals should have the same rights as humans (because us evil, narrow-minded humans engage in discriminatory "speciesism". Some idiots have given him awards for ethics. Perhaps the utter absence of ethics

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It appears my home is about to start shaking. It's amazing that geologists can dig one hole and determine that all hell is about to break loose. And I'm concerned with the term "frequent" -- in my lifetime there have been like 4 or 5 earthquakes that have made big news (San Francisco, Northridge were the worst). So are we talking yearly? These geologists really need to be more specific. I'm

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(Hattip to Slashdot.) In some states, it appears a person can violate "illegal wiretap" laws if he or she saves the text of an online chat conversation (or Instant Messenger). It's silly, really. Totally understandable are those laws that prevent one party from recording the spoken conversations on telephone lines. Spoken words are inherently temporary. But when a person writes or types

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The US has announced the beginning of a withdrawal from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Korea. Every blogger gets to be a little prescient now and then. Maybe not for the specific reasons I had -- Rumsfeld has been pursuing a general military restructuring since Bush took office -- but I'm sure the RoK's recent unfriendliness helped a bit. It's about darn time we let them run their own border

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'The Alamo' and its measly $9.2 million opening weekend should send a strong message to Disney that Americans are sick of Hollywoods penchant for rewriting history. We simply do not want our heroes trashed. In typical Eisner-Disney fashion, the Americans are scum and the Mexicans are saints. We can handle a few jokes, even in bad taste, but it appears this movie was one bad joke.

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Perhaps it's time for a little perspective on Iraq. First, a few facts. 1. We have over 100,000 troops (only about 35,000 fighting men) in a country that hasn't had a lot of love for Americans in a long time. 2. Woven in among the native Iraqi populace are several thousand foreigners, on extended vacation to learn how to kill Americans. 3. Here at home, a significant percentage of the

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A soldier in Kuwait racked up $3,000 in past due cell phone bills. First of all, T-Mobile just earned a little warmth in this blogger's heart. The company will cover the bill because he's a soldier. But seriously, he's an irresponsible soldier who should learn how to type. Email can be just as meaningful (and you can save it for later). And with the break he's getting, I'm worried other

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Cal Thomas writes about Dubya's most valuable asset: Laura Bush. Essentially, the First Lady is calm under pressure and generally resides above the fray. When questioned, she takes it all in stride and is her husband's greatest advocate. In truth though, a wife is always her husband's greatest asset. Wives keep us in line; moderate our excesses, remind us of our humanity, and all before

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In another must-read, Dennish Prager defines "Judeo-Christian". The secular Left resoundly criticizes the application of this label on our great Nation, but it's a futile denial. Prager outlines a bit of the history behind it all and then explains exactly why we need to continue to recognize our country as such. Particularly interesting is his segue from the Pacifists' oft-quoted Isaiah

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A judge has ordered California to pay a retroactive welfare increase. On its face, this move would just be another insane move by a California court. But it really bears more sinister implications. And the judge does not get a pass from this Blog simply because it relies on existing State law. The judge really should have invalidated this law. An explanation is in order: In 1998, the

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Readers can now post comments to anything on this blog. Comments are, of course, highly encouraged. Any suggestions can always be sent to punctilious@cox.net (request a reply if you want one). To post a comments, click on the "Comment" link under each post.

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Conservative analysis regarding the 9/11 Commission has ranged from muted to outright distaste. Dennis Prager actually got emotional about it today. He sees the Left as unpatriotic in their insistence on holding the Commission. He rightly pointed out that everyone waited four years to analyze the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor. I have to agree with him that forcing such analysis during

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In conversations with more Left-ward thinkers than myself, my friends ridicule the very possibility of any concept giving rise to a slippery slope. In debates on TV and the radio, the speakers similarly treat any slippery slope arguments. Britain often supplies a good litmus test of where some of America's progressive laws can lead. Take this article about a man who was sentenced for

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Nothing harms a military more than extended peacetime operations. The final step in the last round of peacetime (ending around 9/11/01) were endless self-reflections culminating in "don't ask, don't tell". In fact, shortly before I discharged, I had to sit through a briefing where the Airmen were told in no uncertain terms the new USAF policy. If we caught someone in such a sex act and

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The Democrat power-base in this country is an amalgamation of various disaffected groups. Whether you believe there is any basis for their allegiance to the Party is best left for a different day. But the African-American lobby is one that has stuck with the Democrat party for quite some time now. How far will the Democrats go in favor of another famed constituency? The gay-rights lobby

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(Note: this post is a rare "journal"-istic venture. The author was compelled to write the following despite the departure from the usual format.) I'm in New Orleans, alone, for a meeting. The group of participants in the meeting all want to go into the French Quarter (Bourbon Street, of course). That visit confirmed my opinion of this city: I am simply amazed at the sorry state of Humanity in

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Manning shortfall in Iraq? Move the whole operation out of Korea and into Iraq. Only slightly more dangerous and a less hostile populace. No more "Ugly American, Go Home" -- just a few car bombs. After all, we have about 25,000 troops in Korea, more or less permanent. We could easily put together a new network of bases similar in shape and style to what is in Korea. We wouldn't have to

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It's time to pull every last troop out of South Korea. Now, look. I spent 16 months of my life studying the Korean language, culture and history at the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, California. I then spent another year in Korea itself at Osan AB. I know very well how much money and blood has been spent on that country. I also know that they were helpful in Vietnam;

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See my post below regarding Kerry's Big Lie (foreign leaders) and the scrambling Globe reporter. Now contrast this development with Bush's 2000 pop quiz on world leaders, thrust upon him in a seemingly innocent interview. See how intellectually dishonest is the claim that the media is not leftist. Right.

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Take the World's Shortest Political Quiz. I don't think it's entirely accurate. It has me as 30% centrist (on the border btwn Centrist and Authoritarian). And I'm only 7% Right-Conservative? And over 19% left-liberal?? Right.

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I'm torn about the effect of the after-bombing vote in Spain. On one hand, there are the slippery-slopers. Take, for example, Powerline which quite reflects my gut feeling of the impact of the Socialists' sweeping return to power directly after the bomb blasts (and David Horowitz reflects echoes that view). On the other hand, Hugh Hewitt feels otherwise. I hope he's right, that it's just a

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Although Instapundit is concerned about the French bolstering the Chinese war posturing by sending a naval contingent to participate in war games, I have an explanation for the development. France is joining China just in case Greenpeace tries to stop the military exercise. If they faced any larger enemy, China would have to spend most of the exercise making sure the French weren't surrendering.

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Instapundit entirely reflects my beliefs on the retraction by the Globe reporter. Journalist Healy is so obviously going out on a very thin limb to try to save Kerry's reputation. If Kerry didn't say "foreign" I don't see why he wouldn't have corrected it all himself -- a stiff defense immediately after the controversy began could have saved his reputation. Would a leftie reporter go this far

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Dennis Prager is a man who makes me feel smarter just by listening to his radio show. This week, he has written a column about the worldwide shift from higher principles to emotional decisionmaking. In a nutshell, a majority of the people in the Western world are replacing the Bible with their inner compass. It's silly to rely on something as outdated and "open to interpretation" as Scripture,

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On 3/11, 911 days after 9/11, evil struck again. At last count, almost 200 dead and about 1400 injured in blasts in Madrid, Spain. Although the perpetrators are not positively identified, there are whispers of ETA, an alleged letter connecting it all to Al-Qaeda, and too many unanswered questions. An act of evil on a key ally in these trying times. Everyone should say a quick prayer for our

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Krauthammer's "Gibson's Blood Libel" is as shortsighted as it gets. He is entirely unhappy with Mr. Gibson and his Passion movie. Unlike most of Krauthammer's work, he is blinded by emotion and completely reason-free. It appears the only Jesus movie he'd be happy with is one without Jesus. He attempts to reason that there are gaps in some Gospel accounts that are filled in others, so any

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