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Cajun Song Only Scratches Surface About Obama

October 26th, 2009 · No Comments

One year ago this week, I published a post that highlighted a music video, “OBAMA, NO MERCI BEAUCOUP”, written and performed by Poor James and the Swamp Crows. At the time I published it, it had recorded only a few views.  Today, it’s been viewed by more than 10,000 people worldwide.  Band member James Earl [...]

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John McCain Must Be Feeling Re-Election Pressure

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Challenged by Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona and a man with more statewide name recognition than most of the senator’s previous primary opponents, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) must be feeling quite a bit of re-election pressure this time around.  As a result, he’s advertising already. Today, I happened to [...]

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Senator Coburn Offers Wise Post-Election Counsel

November 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments

In my ‘Tuesday Evening Quarterback’ post yesterday, I shared my belief that American conservatives, perhaps, would have preferred someone more like Ronald Reagan to be their team’s starting quarterback (i.e., presidential nominee) and mentioned Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) as a worthwhile choice.  Today, Senator Coburn released the following statement regarding last night’s election results [...]

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Paper: Obama Asked Terrorists to Keep Secret

November 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

If an Israeli news report published today is accurate, Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama asked terrorist leaders of the Palestinian Authority and Fatah to keep a terrible secret. Israel National News reported this today: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama privately expressed his support for a new Arab state within Israel’s current borders, including [...]

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Conflict Exists Over Where Obama Was Born

November 3rd, 2008 · 11 Comments

Though most of the buzz has died down about the matter of Barack Obama’s birth certificate and whether or not he is a legal citizen of the United States, controversy still exists over the Democratic Party presidential nominee’s legal status. Two items found within pdf documents on the web site of Phillip Berg, the prominent [...]

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Israelis Favor McCain, Iranians Prefer Obama

November 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Barack Obama has, according to many news accounts about the 2008 presidential race, won the love and admiration of many people around the world.  Perhaps more worthwhile than the results of any global opinion poll is a look at how Israelis and Iranians would vote if given the chance. Published one week ago, a ynet [...]

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Obama’s ‘Aunt Zeituni’ Living in U.S. Illegally! (Updated)

November 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

Three days after news broke about Barack Obama’s Kenyan aunt, Zeituni Onyango, living in public housing in Boston, more shocking news related to her plight broke this morning.  According to an Associated Press report, she has been living in the United States illegally for more than four years after she had her request for asylum [...]

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