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Looking at the left though an accountant’s eyes

The blogger known as Patterico is involved in a back and forth with some folks on the left. He’s been accused of all sorts of nastiness, especially being truthful, which hurts the left most of all. Two organizations are involved in this spat. One is the Justice Through Music Program (JTM), and the other is Velvet Revolution (VR). Let’s examine some of the facts available online for these groups. Justice Through Music Program JTM is registered as a 501 ( c)3 charity with the IRS. It is a Maryland tax exempt non-stock corporation, formed in 2004. The articles of incorporation may be found at this link. All online tax returns for JTM can be found at this link. The two directors, upon incorporation were Jeff Cohen and Brett Kimberlin. The address on the last … Read entire article »

Filed under: Analysis, Blogging, Original writing, Other Bloggers, Reporting

American volunteers in Haiti

I highly recommend that you bookmark this link. It is the on-going story of some Americans, ex-military and firefighters and medical personnel, who packed up a rucksack and went to Haiti. “Normal” is a word I wouldn’t really use down here, but I suppose we are developing a little bit of a morning routine. We packed medical supplies, reviewed our possible missions for the day, mixed up oral rehydration salts, and headed out to the general hospital. (No soap opera jokes, please; we’ve told them all several times.) Our numbers and logistical requirements have grown to the point where we were traveling in two tap-taps and a rental Suzuki from the DR… We looked carefully at the buildings as we drove along (occasionally being cheered on by locals shouting “We love you! … Read entire article »

Filed under: Disasters, Other Bloggers

Free speech doesn’t come cheap

MilBloggers Supporting CJ Grisham It’s not a complex issue. Without violating operational security, do milbloggers, the families of milbloggers and supporters of milbloggers have the right to blog without sanctions from their command? We have experienced military censorship without rationale here at America’s North Shore Journal. We posted a three part series about a nasty little firefight in Afghanistan, with video and photos. One of the participants approached us with the story, that had taken place months before. Several weeks after publishing the series, that participant contacted us with a plea. Would we please take down the series? Despite originally receiving approval from the PAO at his command, he was now under severe pressure because of the story. He was told that it violated Opsec. This was nonsense. The story was months old and … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging, Military, Other Bloggers

September 11 – more than we could bear

The following was first printed here on September 9, 2003. That night, my eyes and lungs still stinging, I walked up the Great White Way. It’s a section of road to which all others like it are measured, one which has made audiences laugh and cry for over a century. Tonight it was dark, but many of us came anyway, unsure what to do or say. We heard stories of the Pentagon, and the Heros who died in a Pennsylvanian field. It all felt far away, surreal, impossible. We heard Air Force jets overhead, and what seemed an endless cry of NYPD and FDNY sirens through the night, while we fought shock and horror. Giuliani said more would be dead than we could bear, and he was right. For months I walked … Read entire article »

Filed under: Other Bloggers, September 11, War on Terror

Marine Corps officers in training blog their experience

Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) and Officer Candidate School (OCS) have joined forces to provide America with an inside look at the making of a Marine officer. In an unprecedented initiative, the Corps has opened its doors to offer the public direct insight into the transformation men and women undergo to become Marine officers and learn what they go through to earn the right to lead Marines. This is the first time candidates, the term used for men and women attending OCS, have been engaged in an official effort to share their experiences with the public in a social networking forum. Six candidates will provide blogs at http://our.marines.com/ocsblog to present the American people with a unique look at their journey. The candidates are attending OCS through the Platoon Leaders Class (PLC), … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogging, Marines, Military, Other Bloggers

God Bless the Hoft Family

Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft has lost his mother. Our sympathies to Jim and his family on their loss. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Other Bloggers

Send a Blogger to Afghanistan

Andrew Lubin, who blogs at The Military Observer, is headed back to Afghanistan, and is asking for support to help pay travel expenses. Andrew asked us to mention that his book “Charlie Battery; A Marine Artillery Battery in Iraq” is available for sale off his website, www.andrewlubin.com. Book sales are his primary source of funding his embeds. This is his fourth trip to Afghanistan, along with multiple past trips into Iraq. His work also appears Leatherneck, Small Wars Journal, Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute), and others. He’s one of those few free-lance correspondents who goes out in the field with the Marines and soldiers; he understands both the strategies and tactics over which he writes. He has embedded and written from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beirut. “Charlie Battery; A Marine Artillery Battery in … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Blogging, Iraq, Other Bloggers, War on Terror

Philadelphia Tea Party

How to Find a Tea Party Near You Pajama’s Media list of parties National Tea Party Day site Tax Day Tea Party site, by state Twitter search on topic My mother video taped the Tea Party in Phila. on Sat Feb 28th. It’s on Youtube. July Linett (www.becauseitstrue.org) Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for American Tea PartyTime for a Tea PartyTea Party VideoTea Party News and ViewsAcorns and Oaks – Seeds of ChangeTea Party and TodayPhiladelphia Tea PartyUpcoming Tea PartiesMy Last DollarRochester Tea Party a SuccessLocating a Tea Party Near YouTea Parties and FreedomAndrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum MovementRochester’s Tea Party on Tax DayTea Party Turnout NationwideWhy Hold a Tea Party Protest?More Rochester Tea Party PicsTea Party Set to MusicLooking for a July 4 Teaparty?Rochester, N.Y.’s 2010 Tea PartyRochester NY’s … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Politics, Other Bloggers, Politics, Pork Busters

Acorns and Oaks – Seeds of Change

How to Find a Tea Party Near You Pajama’s Media list of parties National Tea Party Day site Tax Day Tea Party site, by state Twitter search on topic Eric Florak says it well: Call it what you will , but conservatives organizing protests is something unheard of in recent times. That it happens at all with conservatives, is a huge story. we expect the left to be generating these kind of things. Not the right. It’s also true that that lack of protest over the years, probably accounts for a large part of the amateurish nature of the whole thing. This is out of character for conservatives. That they do reach so far out of their character to do things like this, indicates the degree of anger going on. As I’ve suggested before in … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Politics, Other Bloggers, Politics, Pork Busters