EDITOR’S NOTE: One week ago, I shared news about two Army panels getting ready to review the case of 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, the Army Ranger convicted of unpremeditated murder in the death of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Today, I share an update from [...]
Entries from December 2010
Soldier’s Parents Offer Update on Clemency Hearing (Update)
December 6th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · al-Qaeda, Army, Army Clemency Boards, army court of appeals, army ranger, Baghdad, clemency, Iraq, michael behenna, Ranger, scott and vicki behenna, Soldier's Parents Offer Update on Clemency Hearing
Oklahoma Sooners Win Big 12 Championship!
December 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Oklahoma Sooners came back from an early 17-0 deficit to tie the game late in the second quarter and went on to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 23-20, in the the Big 12 Championship game played Saturday night at “Jerry World” in Arlington, Texas. In case you missed the game last night, the video above [...]
Tags: · Arlington, big 12, big 12 championship, College Football, cornhuskers, football, jerry world, nebraska, nebraska cornhuskers, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma Sooners Win Big 12 Championship, sooners, texas
Obama Administration Snubs Jobs, Energy Security With De Facto Offshore Drilling Moratorium
December 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments
Despite published reports that an offshore drilling moratorium would cost the United States 175,000 jobs per year through 2035 and despite the fact that 61 percent of voters favor offshore drilling, the Obama Administration decided yesterday to go the other way. Citing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a chief reason, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar [...]
Tags: · american petroleum institute, deepwater horizon, domestic energy resources, drilling leases, Energy, energy security, foreign energy sources, gulf of mexico, interior secretary, Jack Gerard, jobs, Ken Salazar, moratorium, natural gas, Obama, obama administration, Obama Administration Snubs Jobs Energy Security With De Facto Offshore Drilling Moratorium, offshore drilling, oil
Wheelchair-Bound Woman Passes Through OKC Airport Security Wearing Only Her Underwear
December 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tonight, I came across a very intriguing story about a lady who went through security at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers International Airport while seated in a wheelchair, carrying a dog and wearing only her underwear. I share it with you, not because I came across it a short time after I publishing a an airport [...]
Tags: · Airport, Airport Security, enid, facebook, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, passenger-friendly screening technology, pooch, security, underwear, wheelchair, Wheelchair-Bound Woman Passes Through OKC Airport Security Wearing Only Her Underwear, will rogers
Passenger-Friendly Screening Technology Ready (Update)
December 1st, 2010 · 36 Comments
Full-body scans, pat-downs and other procedures wouldn’t be necessary at the nation’s airports if the federal government, including the Transportation Security Administration, would only turn to a safer, touch-free, passenger-friendly technology with nearly four decades of success behind it. Because of its timeliness in relation to current events, I share a slightly-modified version (below the [...]
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