The day to day mechanics of recovering from Hurricane Katrina are mind boggling. Though, my mind is boggled easily. Still and all, think of all the small businesses on up and what they’ll need to do to get back into business.It’s business recovery that will drive everything else. The region needs the gas stations, food [...]
The ladies in the office went out to lunch yesterday. To the House of Poon.
That news made me stammer.
You’ve met this hero before. The other soldier who helped rescue Lt. Ayres also got a Silver Star. His name is Lance Cpl. Abraham McCarver.
Leatherneck Magazine
If SSgt Sagredo was going to die, he had determined he wasn’t going to die in that house. He was going to die moving toward Alpha Co to the east.
Only [...]
Duke Cunningham has pled guilty, and it’s a sure sign, for the moonbats, that all Republicans are corrupt. Well, I’ll see your Republican and raise you two Democrats.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A federal judge Tuesday sentenced former Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker to more than 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay a $150,000 fine and [...]
DoD News
Consider the progress of the Iraqi security forces over the past year. In August 2004, five Iraqi army battalions were effectively in the fight. Today the number is 95.
In July 2004, there were no ready operational Iraqi army [...]
Old media uses outdated images to portray conditions at Guantanamo Bay.
I’d like to express the policy of this blog:
You Big Mouth, You! strongly supports the use of violent force to save lives of its workers (er, that’s me), readers, advertisers, or unrelated onlookers should they be kidnapped, held hostage, or caught in the middle of a conflict situation. The use of grossly excessive or gratuitous [...]
The phrase is “Victory in Iraq” but the reality is that we win if Iraq wins. A richer, freer, more liberal Iraq means we win, too.
National Strategy for Victory in IraqVICTORY IN IRAQ DEFINED
As the central front in the global war on terror, success in Iraq is an essential element in the long war against [...]
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LA Times Fails Reporting Standards
UPDATE 1999 scandal: It appears that the LA Times was involved in a tit-for-tat news for money arrangement. Maybe that’s the key, enough money and the scandal vanishes. Or, one could conclude that Old Media are just much higher paid prostitutes.
Salon 11/5/99: Two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Business Journal broke the story (that was [...]
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