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Entries from February 2011

Super Bowl Ad Targets Wrong Audience

February 4th, 2011 · 3 Comments

While many Americans will park in front of their televisions to watch football on Super Bowl Sunday, others will tune in just to see the commercials.  Unknown to most Americans, one commercial will be seen only by members of the U.S. military deployed overseas.  Sadly, it’s a spot that probably needs to be shown to [...]

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Sheriff Joe Blasts ABC Over Biased 20/20 Segment

February 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Only hours before ABC is set to air a 20/20 story that portrays the Arizona immigration law as something it’s not, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired off a scathing letter to the man behind the segment, 20/20 correspondent John Quinones. Watch the teaser for the “What Would You Do? segment below, then read Sheriff [...]

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Black American Dreads Black History Month

February 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

By Lloyd Marcus, Guest Blogger & Proud Unhyphenated American I can’t help imagining Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus and all of the other race profiteering usual suspects joyously awakening Feb. 1 with a song in their hearts, “It’s The Most Wonderful Month of the Year.” Ah, yes!  Another Black History [...]

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‘TICKING TIME BOMB’ ID’d in Fort Hood Report

February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

A TICKING TIME BOMB. Those four words appear atop a report compiled by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) on the “COUNTERTERRORISM LESSONS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO PREVENT THE FORT HOOD ATTACK.” Wondering what conclusions Senators Lieberman and Collins reach in developing the special report as members of the U.S. Senate [...]

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Organizing for America ‘Astroturf’ Effort Exposed

February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

A friend of mine who is on the e-mail list for the Barack Obama front organization, Organizing for America, shared the latest electronic message he received from the group late this morning.  It appears unedited below for your reading displeasure: (Name removed) – Yesterday, Democrats in the Senate successfully blocked the repeal of health reform [...]

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Why Are States Embracing Federal Control of Education While Siding Against ObamaCare?

February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

As evidenced by two recent reports, a chasm exists between the ways state government officials nationwide view federal control of education and health care: On Feb. 2, the Heritage Foundation published an article in which they highlighted the fact that the majority of states (see graphic at right) have succumbed to pressure to adopt national [...]

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Ecuadoran Government Officials Play Key Roles in $113 Billion Shakedown Lawsuit Against Chevron

February 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Carter Wood of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Shopfloor blog is, perhaps, the only person on the planet who has written as much as I have about the $113 billion lawsuit in which Chevron Corp. is entangled in Ecuador.  Below, with his permission, I share his latest article, In Chevron Shakedown, Ecuador’s Government [...]

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