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Must-Read Articles Offered for Morning Reading

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Four news headlines jumped out at me this morning, prompting me to want to share them with you:

Obama’s Silence May Cost Israel — The Israel National News reports that Barack Obama’s absence of any substantive statements about the armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been based on the principle that “there is only [...]

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‘Centrist Cabinet’ Label Matter of Perspective

January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Michael, the creative mind behind My Personal Litmus, makes a good point in both the cartoon above and the narrative that accompanies it:
“I just laugh every time I hear the media mention Obama’s picks as being ‘Moderates’ or ‘Centrists.’  But I guess the view makes perfect sense when you consider where the media is viewing [...]

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Obama Rewrites History, Admits Uncle in Attic

May 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Speaking to a crowd in Las Cruces, N.M., on Memorial Day, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama revealed two things:

That historians had made grievous errors in recording the events and circumstances of World War II; and

That his uncle had lived in an attic for six months after returning from Europe after that war.

Maria Gavrilovic at the [...]

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Veteran Found Guilty in Mexican Flag Incident

April 3rd, 2008 · 23 Comments

If New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has a shred of honor and patriotism, he will immediately pardon Peter Lynch.
Lynch is an Air Force veteran who, on Sept. 17, 2007, saw a Mexican Flag flying on a flag pole on the University of New Mexico campus. Seeing no American flag present, especially on [...]

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Former Clinton Cabinet Member Endorses Obama

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama campaigned in Portland, Ore., today and received what many are calling an important endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Hispanic who served as Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton.
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