Today, this Oklahoma native was fortunate to stumble across the text of a 35-page speech delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate March 13 by a man for whom I have the greatest respect and admiration, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). Although that speech received little or no attention in the form of mainstream media [...]
‘Earmarks, the Gateway Drug for Overspending’ (Updated)
March 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Writer Highlights Serious National Security Gaffe
March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I couldn’t believe what I was reading in The Washington Times. In the first of a three-part series published this morning, Bill Gertz outlines how someone in the U.S. Government seems to have decided once again to risk national security by outsourcing contracts to overseas companies. In much the same way national security appears to [...]
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Blogger Nominates Two for Inaugural Space Flight
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth. That news, the lead in an Associated Press article linked on Drudge Report this morning, prompted me to want to nominate two individuals to occupy the [...]
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