Monthly Archives: August 2007

20070813 Patriotic Poetry and Hope

While the political world continues to hyperventilate about Iraq and all that goes with that conflict, there are growing signs that more and more Americans get the point of what is going on there and in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The news gets more hopeful. The polls reflect a greater sense of optimism. People who believe in the right of Americans to defend themselves and their liberty are stepping up to the plate. Continue reading

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20070802 Man Knows Not His Time

My prayers and my thoughts go out to the victims and the families of the I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota. I pray that God will comfort those who have lost and that He will heal those who have been injured. … Continue reading

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20070802 Of Challenges and Money

Laughing Wolf over at Black Five recently issued a challenge to Paul McCleary of the Columbia Journalism Review for both of them to embed with military units at Forward Operating Base Falcon, the recent center of the firestorm regarding probably fabricated emails published in the New Republic. If you have no idea what in the world I am talking about, here is a Google search of the topic at Black Five. At any rate, Mr. McCleary accepted this challenge, and now Laughing Wolf is working to secure the funding to make such an embed a reality. Continue reading

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20070801 Media- On Bad Reporting

The moral of the story? The MSM cannot be the only source of our daily news simply because they do not report just the facts. I do not claim that the sources I direct people to are any more unbiased, but misrepresenting facts to tell a story is lying, not bias. Continue reading

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20070801 Terrorism Close to Home

Quid Facis relates an article about a terrorism trial happening just 50 miles from where I live, work, and go to school. Terrorism is real, present, and a threat to all of us, even in the heartland. Our prayers and … Continue reading

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