Eight VFF Combat Vets Return to Iraq to Assess Situation on the Ground

Below you will find one of the finest groups of men in which America is honored to be considered their home. Eight of them shall undertake the grueling task of going back to Iraq to report about the situation on the ground…the TRUTH this time. Apparently that is NOT something they teach in journalistic ethics [...]

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Politician vs. Statesman

I read something this evening that I had not heard about anywhere else expect over at Blackfive’s. He led me over to Mrs. Greyhawk’s wonderful article at the Mudville Gazette that distinguishes the true difference between Sen. Obama – a politician – and Iraq’s Minister of the Interior Jawad Karim al-Bolani – a true Statesman.
Why [...]

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Founders’ Daily Quote: 31 July 2008

“I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy lot and an abhorrence of slavery.”
–Patrick Henry (letter [...]

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Pentagon: Surge a success by any measure

by Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON (June 24, 2008) — The surge in Iraq has been a success by any measure, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said during a news conference June 23. The policy, announced by President Bush in December 2006, pushed additional brigades in to Iraq to provide a security umbrella so the [...]

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Sheikhs discuss upcoming elections in Samawa

by Capt. Robin Worch
1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
SAMAWA, Iraq (July 28, 2008) – More than 500 tribal leaders gathered in Samawa to discuss upcoming Iraqi elections and issues affecting their tribes, July 16. “This is the spirit of democracy that is encouraging progress throughout Muthanna and Iraq,” said Paul O’Friel, a provincial reconstruction team leader [...]

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Founders’ Daily Quote: 30 July 2008

“The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate
authority.”
–Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 22, 14 December 1787); Reference: Hamilton, Federalist No. 22
I hear ya, Alex, but they won’t listen to us. [...]

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Founders’ Daily Quote: 29 July 2008

“Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.”
– Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1742)
Reference: Poor Richard: The Almanakcs for the Years, 1733-1758,
intro by Van Wyck Brooks (94)
Cross-posted @ Rosemary’s Thoughts.
May you walk with the LORD always, and when you cannot take another step, may He carry you the rest of the way until you [...]

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From Vegas to San Diego – We Was a Shakin’ and a Rollin’

At approximately 11:42 am, there was an earthquake with a magnitute of 5.8 (estimated. We now know it was 5.4). I’m fine, but it felt like it lasted for over a minute, but it was only about 30 seconds. The reports are coming in fast and furious. I cannot type that fast! lol.
Am I [...]

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I owe MOPHSF and you an apology

This is more than a correction, because I crossed the line. I used language that was hurtful and uncalled for, and I jumped the gun on an article I wrote before having all the facts. I will not put on a defense, because there is none. What I can do is to stop name calling, [...]

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Konar, Afghanistan: ‘Almost’ Poppy Free

I have found this article, written by Navy Lt. Neil Myers Special to American Forces Press Service, at DVIDSHub. It is amazing to me that we do not hear more of these stories from Afghanistan, but the media wants us to believe this is the forgotten war. Forgotten by who? Not you. Not me. Maybe [...]

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