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‘LIVE RAID’ Concerts to Benefit Somali Pirates (Updated)

April 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates.
In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in order [...]

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Writer Wrong About Obama’s Defense Positions

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

In the second paragraph of his Salon.com piece today, writer Glenn Greenwald claims President Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of increased defense spending. One needs only visit the Obama-Biden campaign web site or watch a campaign-trail video of Obama to see that the ever-so-hopeful writer is mistaken.
In Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama, [...]

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‘Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians’ List Offered

January 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, released its 2008 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” yesterday.  In alphabetical order below, I offer abbreviated versions of the narratives about these politicians provided by Judicial Watch:
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Let’s start with the fact that Hillary Clinton is constitutionally [...]

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Burris Familiar with Chicago Machine Politics

December 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Who’s missing from the caricature above?  It appears the right answer might be Roland Burris, the former Illinois attorney general picked yesterday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.
I base this assessment upon the content of a National Legal and Policy Center report published over 5 years ago in [...]

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Just When I Thought I Had Seen It All…

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Just when I thought I had seen everything possible related to merging politics and free enterprise, I stumbled upon a post, Obama Condoms vs. McCain Condoms, published yesterday at The Western Standard’s The Shotgun Blog.
Highlighted in the post is an Associated Press article from June, Obama and McCain condoms – ‘for when you just [...]

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