It’s Hot
Very Hot
and humid
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So What’s Everybody Talking About?
July 13 - 16, 2006
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July 13th, 2006 at 8:47 am
How we win…
There are many politicians that are advocating withdrawing of our troops from Iraq. They may call it Redeployment, or advancing in a new direction or whatever new term they want.  It is nothing more and nothing less than retreat. Abandoning the offens…
July 13th, 2006 at 10:57 am
The Medal Of Honor…
On this day in 1862 - The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was first authorized by the U.S. Congress.
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. It is bestowed “for conspicu…
July 13th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
The MSM Spoonful of Sugar…
From CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — British and Australian forces handed over security responsibility for relatively peaceful Muthanna province to Iraqi forces on Thursday in the first such transfer of an entire province.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki …
July 13th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
It’s not Cashmere it’s Muslin - Bombs over Bombay…
It’s quite simple. It’s not border disputes; it’s not sectarian violence; it’s nothing to do with Kashmir.
Before I tell you, here’s the background:…
July 13th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Actor Red Buttons dead at 87…
I remember Sayonara, though it became relevant to me after I met and married my Philippine born wife while serving in the Navy. Military policy certainly changed in the 40 years in between then and the movie’s setting….
July 13th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
When you can no longer be right-wing…
Richard A. Yonuger, a rather intelligent young man of the right wing persuasion checked himself into a major teaching hospital in New York last week. What happened next will astound you. The author of “Why We are Right in Iraq” ……
July 14th, 2006 at 7:16 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Dr. Jim Duncan, Superintendant of Wilson County(TN) Schools….
July 14th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Last.fm off air?…
So I went to start my Last.fm neighbor radio today to listen to some tunes while I work, and it timed out. Ok, I figure something’s wrong with the neighbor radio option. I then choose similar artist radio and nada. I then to the website and it…
July 14th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Static Scoring is Wrong Again…
Today at Human Events Online, political scientist Mike Franc discusses the effects of the 2003 tax cuts. The most important paragraph is this one. [The Congressional Budget Office] informed lawmakers in May 2003 that the tax cuts would cost the……
July 14th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
The best of the ducks this week!…
Here’s a recap of my favorite posts of the week in case you missed them. I hope to be spending most of the weekend out and about with the lil’ duck, and NOT at the computer….. we’ll see, eh??
Lil’ Duck’s recent adven…