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Entries from August 2011

Wood Prompts Feds to Raid Gibson Factories (Update)

August 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Hats off to the folks at Gibson Guitar Corporation for standing up to what they aptly describe as bullying by the federal government.  It seems, according to the headline of the American guitar maker’s news release today, the feds believe wood is illegal if U.S. workers produce it, so they raided Gibson factories in Nashville [...]

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Here’s A Sneak Peek of My New Book

August 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Here’s a sneak peek at my soon-to-be-published book about Army Special Forces Sergeant First Class Kelly Stewart?  I’ll show you the whole thing — all 329 360 295 pages of it — as soon as my assistant, Butters, and a few other folks finish the final edits. UPDATE 9/29/11 at 8:20 p.m. Central:  Three Days [...]

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Ohio Republican Congressman Has Cops Seize Cameras From Constituents at Town Hall Meeting

August 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments

Apparently, U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot and members of his staff failed to read my May 27 post, Photographers’ Rights for Citizen Journalists.  If they had, they would never have tried to scam constituents in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District by having a police officer confiscate their video cameras for trying to record a public meeting with [...]

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Wrongly-Imprisoned Soldier Writes to Supporters

August 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1LT 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 of [...]

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Wallbuilders’ Rick Green to Speak in St. Louis Area

August 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Are you concerned about passing the torch of freedom on to future generations?  Make plans now to hear Rick Green of WallBuilders.  He’s speaking Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Central at First Baptist Church of Wentzville, Mo. Green brings a dynamic speaking style and a Biblical worldview that’s well worth hearing, especially during these troubling times. [...]

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It’s Time to Get Our Economy Back on Track

August 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Democrats complain endlessly that “millionaires and billionaires, big oil companies and corporate jet owners” are not paying their fair share.  It’s all political flim-flam, which is what Democrats do best, and it’s all beginning to wear a bit thin.  If nothing else, their propaganda writers need to take a [...]

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Weekly Recap: The Week of August 14, 2001

August 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment

In addition to passing the 240-page mark of my book about Army Special Forces Sergeant First Class Kelly A. Stewart, I spent quite a bit of time shipping a son off to college almost 800 miles away.  As a result, I kind of coasted this week when it came to writing for this blog.  Below, [...]

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