Every time Muammar Qaddafi makes the news, I’m reminded of something that happened almost 25 years ago when I was serving as an Air Force public affairs officer at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kan. After the Libyan dictator was blamed for the deadly April 5, 1986, bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. service [...]
Entries from February 2011
Turmoil in Libya Brings Back Memories
February 21st, 2011 · No Comments
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Nullification or Partition: The Choice is Ours
February 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Listening to the news reports out of Washington, especially in the wake of Barack Obama’s weak-kneed budget proposal, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the early decades of the 21st century in the U.S. will be characterized by one of two governing principles: nullification or partition. Thomas [...]
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Public Broadcasting Boss Responds to Cuts
February 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to cut funding for public broadcasting entities do not need to be educated by people like Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Why? Because they know the funds those entities receive will be used to produce programs promoting liberal ideology and [...]
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Ford Risks All in Joint Venture With Russians
February 19th, 2011 · No Comments
Officials at Ford announced Friday they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Sollers OJSC, a Russian firm, “under which the parties intend to launch a new 50:50-owned joint venture called Ford Sollers for the production and distribution of Ford vehicles in Russia.” More from the news release appears below: The proposed joint venture will [...]
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New Ad Targets Wisconsin Public Employees Claiming to Suffer From ‘Electile Dysfunction’
February 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Six months ago, public school teachers in Milwaukee were demanding free Viagra® as part of their contract. Today, I spotted an advertisement that seems to take into account that unconventional demand. It’s aimed at those teachers as well as other Wisconsin public union employees upset over their loss of collective bargaining rights and the prospect [...]
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The DNC is a WMD
February 18th, 2011 · 5 Comments
A realization suddenly popped into my head today: The Democrat National Committee is a Weapon of Mass Destruction. While the Democratic National Committee might never discharge a nuclear, biological or chemical weapon, the things they support — such as the public sector union employees protests in Madison, Wisc., among other things — are nearly as [...]
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Chrysler Pushing ‘Foreign Policy’ Ad Campaign While Ex-Dealers Sue Government for Millions
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments
Chrysler will soon begin an advertising/marketing push to cast the automaker’s dealers as “embassies,” according to an Automotive News report*. The push will coincide with the new brand tagline, “Imported From Detroit,” introduced in a Super Bowl XLV commercial featuring the rapper, Eminem. One would think, however, that Chrysler might want to focus on “domestic [...]
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