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Entries from February 2010

Missile Defense Documentary Demands Action

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent (D-Mo.) and Ambassador Ann Wagner hosted a screening Saturday afternoon of the Heritage Foundation-produced documentary, 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age (see trailer below).  When the film ended and the overhead lights came on inside the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center meeting room, many in the audience [...]

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Roy Blunt Needs Education About Tea Party Folks

February 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) received several early endorsements from GOP officeholders — including Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty — at the kickoff banquet for the Missouri Republican Party’s 111th Annual Lincoln Days Friday night in St. Charles.  During an interview after the event, however, the seven-term congressman who hopes to win the seat being vacated by [...]

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Pawlenty Acts, Sounds Like Presidential Candidate

February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty headlined the Missouri Republican Party’s 111th Annual Lincoln Days kickoff banquet Friday night, delivering a speech that gave many of the more than 850 attendees the impression they were watching a prospective 2012 presidential candidate test the waters. Following speeches by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and three members of the state’s [...]

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Michael Behenna Approaches One Year Behind Bars

February 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Below, I share a message Scott and Vicki Behenna sent today to supporters of their son, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, in conjunction with the fast-approaching one-year anniversary of his wrongful conviction, sentencing and imprisonment by an Army court-martial panel: To the thousands of Michael Behenna supporters, One year ago today closing [...]

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Republicans Stop Anti-CIA Legislation

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) tried to pull a fast one by sneaking anti-CIA language into some legislation. Thankfully, according to the Washington Times, Republicans mounted a campaign against the provision introduced by McDermott and contained in the $50 billion classified intelligence budget that would ban degrading treatment of detainees and punish CIA agents involved in [...]

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Woods Fund Leader Remains Silent About Obama Votes to Fund Arab American Action Network

February 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Two years ago today, I reached out to Deborah Harrington, president of the Chicago-based Woods Fund, to ask whether Barack Obama, acting in his capacity as a director/board member of the organization, had cast any votes in favor of providing grants for Arab American Action Network.  To date, I’ve received no response, and the silence [...]

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Flight 93 Memorial Design Should Spark More Outrage Than New Missile Defense Agency Logo

February 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Earlier today, Drudge Report correctly pointed out similarities that exist between the new logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (below left) and the logo used by the presidential campaign of Barack Obama (below right). It’s another design similarity, however, that deserves more attention and should spark more outrage among Americans. The design of the [...]

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