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Let’s Not Celebrate Castro’s Communism in Cuba (Updated)

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

With the 50th Anniversary of Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba gaining so much fawning attention from the likes of ABC’s Good Morning, America and others in the mainstream media, I was inspired to share my unique twist on the popular anti-drugs phrase made popular by Nancy Reagan during the 1980s:  JUST CHE´NO! Thanks for the [...]

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Texas Tech Lets Down Big 12, Falls to Ole Miss

January 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Though I only watched portions of the ATT Cotton Bowl today, the parts I watched showed an ugly effort by Coach Mike Leach’s #7 Texas Tech Red Raiders as they lost in Dallas to Houston Nutt’s #25 Ole Miss Rebels, 47-34. Yes, I know; in my “crystal ball” post last week, I predicted the game [...]

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Homicide Stats Don’t Support Gun Ban Scheme

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Homicide statistics for 2008 in Seattle do not justify a proposal by anti-gun Mayor Greg Nickels to ban legally-carried handguns from public property, nor his plan to lobby for a change in the state’s preemption law, according to Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Bellevue, Wash.-based Second Amendment Foundation. “Less than half of Seattle’s homicides in [...]

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Trojans Win Rose, Hokies Win Orange, Fans Bored

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Though college football fans were treated to a back-to-back pair of dull bowl games, I was able to add one more win and one more loss to my predictions record for the bowl game season. In the first game, played in Pasadena, Calif., the #5 USC Trojans defeated the #8 Penn State Nittany Lions, 38-24, [...]

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