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Thursday, September 04, 2008

THE 2008 ELECTION JUST CHANGED.....

And this is how it happened:
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They say that in Alaska, she’s known as Sarah Barracuda.  Don’t miss the rest of this tectonic speech......

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Posted by Earl on 09/04 at 07:19 PM
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

WASHINGTON D.C. REALLY COULD USE A MAJOR SHOT OF *THIS*......

And I’m hoping they get it.....


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I still have my doubts about some of John McCain’s specific policies, but none about anything his VP is saying about him here.  And SHE is just dynamite—if this speech is any indicator, she’s got some genuine political astuteness, wedded to a refreshing love of her country and a determination to see that it gets good honest government.

“Never fall in love with a politician” is still the watchword.....but so long as you continue to keep a critical eye on them, you can also root for the success of those who appear to get it right.

Posted by Earl on 08/31 at 11:15 AM
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

OLYMPIANS WHO LOVE PRESIDENT BUSH

Great story about the women’s beach volleyball players who were visited by the President while he was at the Olympics, and presented him with perhaps the most delicate and potentially embarrassing moment of his Presidency.

After winning their gold medal, they THANKED PRESIDENT BUSH for his inspiration.  Be sure to watch the video.

Posted by Earl on 08/21 at 01:56 PM
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REMEMBERING THE FALLEN

There’s a lady in Utah with over 250 children, so far.....although she’s physically unable to conceive.

This is an artist who loves freedom, and uses her talent to immortalize those who died to ensure that we continue to have it, here in America.

Heroism comes in many forms, and Keziah is truly a hero!

Get your hankie out, and then WATCH THE VIDEO

Hat Tip: BOOKWORM

Posted by Earl on 08/21 at 10:58 AM
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

YOU CAN HELP GET AN HONEST FILM ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE INTO AMERICA'S THEATERS

"Not Evil Just Wrong” is a feature-length documentary that documents the costs of environmental extremism.  Millions of African children are dead of malaria today because of the global ban on the use of ANY DDT, despite a total lack of evidence of harm when used in small quantities to protect poor people’s huts from Anopheles mosquitoes.  The film shows that there will surely be similar effects if the extremist “global warming” policies currently being promoted by Al Gore and his acolytes are actually implemented.  You can check out the trailer:
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and then go to THE WEBSITE to read more, and (if you wish) donate to the fund to get the film into U.S. circulation.

Posted by Earl on 08/10 at 04:41 PM
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

THE CANDY BOMBER STILL LIVES......AND FLIES!

In 1948, Josef Stalin cut off the roads and rails connecting West Berlin with West Germany, hoping to take the entire city into the communist fold. 

Harry Truman decided that the United States would stand by the free people of Berlin, and began the “Berlin Airlift”, supplying an entire city with flour, sugar, meat, even coal, through the bitter winter of 1948-49, until Stalin admitted defeat and opened the roads.

But, it wasn’t ALL about staples.  One young pilot began to drop little handkerchief parachutes with candy packages attached, to children who had never tasted chocolate, and soon many of his fellows started doing the same. 

Children went home and told their parents about what the American pilots were doing, and relations between the people of Germany and the U.S. changed as a result of what HAL HALVORSEN, THE CANDY BOMBER began.

There’s a NEW BOOK out about the Berlin Airlift and Hal Halvorsen’s part in it, and you can watch the AUTHOR SPEAK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS on C-Span. 

Finally, Ruth Marcus points out an important LESSON FOR IRAQ in the story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy Bombers, and MICHAEL BARONE follows up with a similar suggestion.

Posted by Earl on 07/30 at 10:02 AM
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RANDY PAUSCH, RIP

The young (47 years old) father and professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University has died after a brief battle against pancreatic cancer.

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Not long ago, his “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon made him famous, as the apparently fit and healthy young man explained his situation, the way he was dealing with it, and the life and learning that made it possible for him to face the future with such grace.

The guys at POWERLINE have posted an announcement with all the relevant links, including one to the video of his last lecture, and another to a great obituary.

You can get all of it HERE

RIP, Randy Pausch.

Posted by Earl on 07/30 at 09:34 AM
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