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Archive for July 31st, 2008

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

Posted in ME, Troops, milblogs, news, pols on 31 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in Troops, milblogs, news, otb, pols on 31 July 2008 | 12 Comments »

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

Posted in daily quote on 31 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“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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