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Congress Leads Border Patrol Down Wrong Path

December 28th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Less than a week after another Border Patrol agent was killed by Mexican bandits, Congress forwarded to the White House a bill that, within two years of its enactment, will result in Customs and Border Patrol heading down the same misguided path the Department of Defense took in 2007 when it comes to interrogation technology. [...]

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Ten ‘Mama Grizzlies’ and a ‘Fat Guy’ GOP Future

December 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger It has not been a good year for President Barack Obama and the Democrats. And while most of the bad news was generated by Obama himself and the “ship of fools” he has surrounded himself with in the White House, it was congressional Democrats who paid the price Nov. [...]

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GITMO Remains Open Despite Obama Efforts

December 27th, 2010 · No Comments

President Barack Obama cited national security interests, foreign policy interests and the interests of justice when he announced 23 months ago he would close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months.  Despite more than 140 mentions of GITMO on the White House web site since then, the facility remains open.  To celebrate that, I [...]

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World Too Dangerous for Well-Intentioned Amateurs

December 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sixty-six years and six months ago, the largest amphibious force ever assembled sailed across the stormy waters of the English Channel, bound for the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France.  Nearly half of the 156,000 invasion troops were Americans.  They and the troops of allied nations suffered massive casualties [...]

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Mirrors in Space to Fight Global Warming?

November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments

So-called “climate scientists” at the Cancun Climate Change Conference think putting mirrors in space and sprinkling iron in the sea might cut global warming, according to a report in the U.K. Telegraph newspaper today.  But I don’t buy it. Since President Barack Obama moved into the White House and put up a mirror into which [...]

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White House Issues 111 ObamaCare Waivers

November 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The White House granted waivers allowing 111 organizations to escape the unfair, unConstitutional, job-killing aspects of President Barack Obama’s health care reform (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”).  The Fox News Channel video below explains. To read other BMW posts mentioning ObamaCare, click here.

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Army Sergeant to Receive Medal of Honor Tuesday

November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

On Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern, Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta of Hiawatha, Iowa, will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama during ceremonies at the White House.  In the video below, Sergeant Giunta describes not only the mission which resulted in him being awarded the nation’s highest honor but he feels [...]

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