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Substance/Style

Watch this video "The Power & Danger of Iconography" and how the democrats are plastering conservatives. Fantastic! Frightening.

Since my first days in the blogosphere, I heard about the website Eject!, Eject!, Eject! The author was praised as a "must read" and "invaluable". But just as I arrived, the author, stopped blogging to write a book. I next learned that his name was Bill Whittle, and everywhere I looked in my corner of the blogosphere, everyone was recommending his collection of essays, Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War . He later came back to the blog world, and I found his essays too long for my short attention span, but I could see that they were an interesting read. Now, Bill is making videos for PJTV, and... Wow! Bill Whittle is fabulous! Also watch the one "Beyond the Angry Mob" I'll be an avid watcher of BIll's from now on. Might even have to donate to PJTV or run for congress!

Like Glenn Beck?

Then boycott the boycotters: HotAir

Wal-Mart, CVS, Best Buy join Glenn Beck boycott

Prepare for Re-Education

Chuck Norris:

"Dirty secret No. 1 in Obamacare is about the government's coming into homes and usurping parental rights over child care and development.

It's outlined in sections 440 and 1904 of the House bill (Page 838), under the heading "home visitation programs for families with young children and families expecting children." The programs (provided via grants to states) would educate parents on child behavior and parenting skills. "

Foot in the door

" ...every time Nancy Pelosi says ObamaCare will pay for itself--she's lying" says Michael Graham. He references Charles Krauthammer's article that rejects the notion that National Health Carre will "save" money. National Heath Care is about socializing America. It's not a new topic. Just listen to Ronald Reagan, 48 years ago.

Ok, no one is looking. Go!

Classic Friday afternoon press release by the President. Minimal press (public) attention. Corner

On page 11 of the 533 page Friday afternoon document drop from the White House, a quote from an e-mail referring to the disastrous Air Force One flyby of lower Manhattan: "3 million New Yorkers did not have a need to know."

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Page 196:, from USAF Maj. Susan Romano, Director of Public Affairs at the Headquarters of 1st Air Force (AFNORTH): "Nothing like having everyone point the finger at someone else so we ALL look like a big bunch of buffoons... can you say, Moe, Larry & Curly!??!?!"

8000 Words

Crowley Helps Gates

Bush vs. Obama Pitchers Dual

The Sky is Blue

Victor Davis Hanson make an equally obvious statement. Although who else hears it?
The Corner:

Over the last eight years we saw Fahrenheit 911, Syriana, Redacted, Rendition, Stop Loss, Lions for Lambs, In the Valley of Elah, and a host of other movies released about the U.S. war on terror and the Iraqi conflict. The general theme was that George Bush lied and so destroyed the Constitution and put us into Iraq, where we are waging an amoral war, among other unmentionables.

Are there additional such movies in the pipeline? After all, U.S. policy under President Obama has largely adhered to the Petraeus/Bush plan in Iraq; Obama actually accelerated operations in Afghanistan where losses are spiking. Renditions and tribunals continue. So do Predator strikes, as well as wiretaps and intercepts. Guantanamo, while not in the daily news as before, remains open. Have suddenly, say, between November 2008 and today, the above policies changed in any measurable manner, or, was the furor simply that the policies per se were never the problem, just the person who implemented and oversaw them? Take him away, and presto, the same policies become fine — and thus no longer warrant the best and brightest in Hollywood to offer much needed exposés?

Michael Yon Photoessay in Afghanistan

Michael Yon. He's traveling in Afghanistan with Lithuanian troops. He does a masterful job of giving you a sense of the life he is traveling through. Enjoy and make a donation if you can. He is fully supported by donations.

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The base at Chaghcharan sits at nearly 7,500 feet above sea level, so at night the Milky Way hovers in magnificence above the clean, dry air. But come morning, the stars fade as the sun rises with blinding vengeance.

As we rolled to find the Kuchi nomads and their camels, the six vehicle convoy kicked up “moon dust,” which reflected the bright sun, causing instant blindness as if driving through white clouds. The convoy had to space out, else the vehicles would be driving dangerously close through the arid fog of dust. As we passed villages made of stone, mud, and straw, the white smoke from their cooking fires hung low, just above the villages, lightly blanketing their dwellings, as farmers were already heading to the fields. The Afghans are a hard-working lot. The cruel mountains must have killed off the lazy ones a long time ago.

Makes Me Sick

Look at this headline. This is great news! Half a million people lost their jobs! Thanks for the positive spin, AP.

565K new jobless claims, lowest level since Jan. (AP)