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‘The name says a lot, doesn’t it, senator?’ (Update)

November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

What did Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith mean when, while speaking with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) this afternoon, he asked the senator the question, “The name says a lot, doesn’t it, Senator?”
It turns out he was alluding to the Muslim name of the alleged main suspect in a shooting spree that has reportedly left [...]

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Attorney Calls for Formal Investigation of DoD Contract for Study of Portable Lie Detectors

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

In a post almost seven months ago, I reported on a claim that the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, a hand-held portable lie detector system made by Lafayette Instrument Company, was never tested for countermeasures before it was deployed to troops in combat zones and that it was the success of National Institute for Truth [...]

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Question: ‘Why Didn’t Voters Pay Attention?’

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

“Why didn’t voters pay attention?” is a question I asked myself after taking a fresh look at “Foster Friess on Barack Obama: Rhetoric vs. Record”, a video which first appeared in a post on this blog Oct. 28, 2008.

Narrator Foster Friess, a successful businessman and Army veteran living in Jackson Hole, Wyo., begins by [...]

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Evangelist Experiences Unusual Day in Seattle

October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: It’s Friday afternoon and a good time to share a story originally published on a blog belonging to my friend and one-time boss, Ron English.  It’s appears below as told by his friend, Ron Zywotko:
I was in Seattle preparing for my next meeting when I received a call from the pastor. He confirmed [...]

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Honoring Fallen Heroes — July 21, 2009

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments

U.S. Army soldiers pay final respects during a memorial service July 20, 2009, honoring three fallen comrades killed in action from a rocket attack on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 16, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 34th Infantry Division’s 34th Military Police Company, Special Troops Battalion.

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