EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad. Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted [...]
Entries from March 2011
Two Years Down, 13 to Go for Michael Behenna
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments
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Forget Need for Energy Security, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s Focuses on ‘Environmental Justice’
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Thanks to a conservative friend who works for the Department of the Interior, I’ve been able to share Interior Secretary Ken Salazar‘s departmental messages — on diversity, a Blacks In Government Training and LGBT Pride Month as well as three anti-drilling messages (July 15, 2010, May 13, 2010 and May 6, 2010) — during the [...]
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Board of Aldermen Candidate Alleges Wrongdoing, Calls for Investigation of State Trooper’s Visit
March 17th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Two months after 85-year-old Dolores Sherman announced her name would appear on the ballot April 5 as a candidate for a seat on the St. Peters (Mo.) Board of Aldermen, the first-time office seeker posted a video on YouTube containing some stinging accusations and calling for an external investigation of an incident that involved a [...]
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Jo Ann Emerson Among Nation’s Worst ‘Porkers’
March 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Regular readers of this blog know I’m not a big fan of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, a Republican In Name Only who purports to represent the interests of the 8th Congressional District in southern Missouri. Those same readers won’t be surprised to find me sharing an excerpt from a Citizen’s Against Government Waste news [...]
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Ozarks National Heritage Area Plan Appears Dead
March 15th, 2011 · No Comments
If news published Monday on the front page of the West Plains (Mo.) Quill* newspaper is accurate, one might assume plans to establish the Ozark Highlands National Heritage Area are dead: Group to no longer seek possible formation of National Heritage Area “In light of the situation that has developed and in a demonstration of [...]
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Todd Akin Communicates Sense of Urgency While David Barton Urges Pastors to Have a Voice
March 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
In front of a crowd of almost 200 at Faith Chapel in O’Fallon, Mo., U.S. Rep. Todd Akin and David Barton joined forces Monday morning to implore pastors and church leaders in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District not to buy into the popular misconception that the pulpit is no place for the discussion of political matters [...]
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U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Aviators Risk All to Help Japanese Following Earthquakes, Tsunamis
March 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments
As a former Air Force officer, I like to “talk trash” when it comes to interservice rivalry. Today, however, I must commend the folks serving aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy vessels in the Pacific as they risk radiation contamination while conducting rescue and recovery operations in Japan. The video below tells [...]
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