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Entries from December 2009

Obituary Omits News About Barack Obama’s Past

December 29th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Thomas Lifson, editor at American Thinker, reported late Sunday on the death of Percy Sutton, a Tuskegee Airman who went on to become a civil rights attorney, prominent business owner and president of the New York City borough of Manhattan.  In his piece, he reported that The New York Times had missed the boat when [...]

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Video: Air Force Jet Cruises Thru Grand Canyon

December 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I woke up to find a friend had forwarded a link to the Air & Space Magazine video below which shows an Air Force pilot tearing through the Grand Canyon at 300 knots in his Lockheed T-33 trainer back in 1959 — before modern flight restrictions came into play. Having not had a cup of [...]

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White House Press Corps Emits Sucking Sound

December 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In the middle of reading a CBS article about President Barack Obama’s day in Hawaii, I think I heard a sucking sound — you know, the kind of sound that comes members of the White House press corps generate as they suck up to the current head of household at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Here’s why: [...]

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Listen to WBAL-AM’s Shari Elliker Wednesday (Update)

December 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Be sure to LISTEN LIVE to Baltimore’s WBAL-AM Wednesday, 9 a.m. to Noon Central, as I will be a guest on The Shari Elliker Show to discuss my post, Stats Reveal Truth: Guns Don’t Cause Crime, and other topics. UPDATE: Segment starts at 10:45 am Eastern / 9:45 am Central. UPDATE #2:  Segment just got [...]

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Getting to the Bottom of the Keith Gladney Firing (Update)

December 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Less than 48 hours before Christmas, Keith Gladney was fired from his job as a St. Louis County (Mo.) Animal Control Officer, according to a BigGovernment.com article published the same day.  Why is his firing important?  Because, as you’ll see in reviewing the points noted below, integrity of government is at stake: PUNCHES THROWN First [...]

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Bomber Not Part of Larger Plot, Just Al-Qaeda?

December 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Homeland Security Secretary Janet “Big Sister” Napolitano says there’s no indication that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man involved in the Christmas Day attempt to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253, was acting as part of a larger plot.  So exactly what is Al-Qaeda — small potatoes? See also: Was Morgan Hill Attack a ‘Dry [...]

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Homeland Security’s Napolitano: ‘System Worked’

December 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano can’t seem to get her story straight. On Sunday, she told a CNN “State of the Union” audience “the system worked” to stop the attempted Christmas Day terrorist bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam.  A day later, she said airline security failed.  Finally, the [...]

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