Archive for June 12th, 2006

Jun 12 2006

US Cracks Down On Taliban

In the wake of the death of Zarqawi, US and coalition attention is now refocused on the Taliban and Afghanistan. In recent fighting the US appears poised to getting close to Talbin leader Mullah Omar given this recent report from Qatar: Afghan and United States-led foreign forces have killed 27 Taleban fighters in the latest […]

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Jun 12 2006

Mankind’s Best Friends

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** Bumping This To The Top Today ** Living in a family which is 2 to 1 ladies to gents, I cannot refer to the wonderous relationship between dogs and humans as ‘Man’s Best Friend’. Especially today, since the Strata family lost one of its dearest members – our 13 year old Cocker Spaniel. He […]

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Jun 12 2006

Self Centered Journalists

*** You know Jay at Stop The ACLU is going to have something interesting to a say on this – check it out *** You want to know why the ACLU and its media partners want to end the NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program and NOT identify terrorists in the US who are in contact with […]

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Jun 12 2006

Tides Turning On The Left

I think America is ready to finally leave liberalism to the dustbin of history. Not all Americans – there will always be the KoS deadenders. But America as a whole will finally bury the movement this year. Mac Ranger points us to an illustrative piece at the Huffington Post as one life long liberal, who […]

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Jun 12 2006

Hardline On Deportation Hurting Reps

One of my favorite Reps, JD Hayworth, may be in trouble this fall because of his unbending stance on immigration. If Democrats want to challenge reps, they should get off the scandal mongering (without proof to back it up, smearing someone’s good name is as bad as any corruption to most Americans). Instead, they should […]

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Jun 12 2006

Where Will Jihad Go After Iraq

If and when Al Qaeda loses in Iraq (and I think it has already lost, the media just refuses to admit the fact Iraq will not now be toppled by a bunch of blood thirsty foreigners which the Iraqis fear more than follow) the question is what next? Well, more like where next? To survive […]

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Jun 12 2006

Changing The Face Of Social Welfare

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People on the right tend to rant against the prescription drug benefits that went into Medicare/Medicaid under Bush. Of course, that makes sense if you are blindly against all social programs whatsoever (like education for all funded by all). The fact is, drug treatments are an essential element of reducing costs because drugs are much […]

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Jun 12 2006

The Council Has Spoken!

The results of the Watcher’s Council weekly selection of top posts are out and here are the results. In the council category first place went to Abolish the “N” Word by ShrinkWrapped, with a rare three-way tie for second between  A Word About Courage by Right Wing Nut House, The Influence of Immigrants on American […]

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