Posted in October 21st, 2014
Episode 88 of the Consider This Podcast has been released; conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has accused Republicans in the House of Representatives of obstruction by not passing bills. What he’s not saying (and what you’re not hearing, depending on your source of news) is that there are hundreds […]
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Posted in September 17th, 2014
Episode 87 of the Consider This Podcast has been released; conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. The President has, in the past, said some things about the situation in Iraq and some of the players that he’s had to take back recently (or at least ignore). Now, we all know that Presidents can’t be perfect prognosticators. They […]
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Posted in March 13th, 2014
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BBG Watch Commentary U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a leading Senator on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, is urging the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to continue operating Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Balkan Service and Radio Free Iraq. According to a press release from the senator’s office, Senator Wicker […]
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Posted in January 17th, 2014
In the midst of growing concerns with the United States’ relations with Middle Eastern countries, many experts and policymakers have been speculating upon the best plan of action moving forward. A recent prediction of a grim future in Afghanistan shows how tensions with Iraq are also mounting. With the threat of fractured foreign relations looming […]
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Posted in September 5th, 2013
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I agree with the one who told the parable of the Good Samaritan: that those who passed the man hurt by thieves would be partly responsible if he died. Yet life is a bit more complicated in reality. A few days ago, Kerry (said that he will) hold objectors to Obama’s wishes as responsible for […]
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Posted in May 21st, 2013
In the forward to Jay Riedel’s new book “Memories of a Fighter Pilot,” General Charles “Chuck” Horner, USAF (ret.) writes, “No fighter pilot is ordinary, but Jay’s story is extraordinary. “ Extraordinary? With all due respect to the good general, I would say that Riedel’s story goes beyond extraordinary, by a large measure. Consider […]
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Posted in December 13th, 2012
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Ah yes. If you even tried to question the original spin of the Obama administration that the attack on the Benghazi mission was about an X rated porn film clumsily redubbed to seem as if was about the Prophet, you are an evil Republican trying to politicize national defense. That spin managed to silence Romney, […]
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Posted in October 18th, 2012
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A lot of the news about the Middle East is politicized in the US press, but today’s reports are not good. The Reuters news agency Religion section has this article, that cautions: The fabric of Middle Eastern society has fundamentally changed. Being Muslim has replaced being Arab as the primary identifying factor. The consequences are […]
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Posted in June 9th, 2012
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In Syria, the war is getting nasty. One recent massacre of women and children is being touted as the reason for someone (NATO? Turkey? The UN?) to step in and stop the killing. And news reports of the government bombing civilian areas make many shudder. StrategyPage points out that a lot of the massacres are […]
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Posted in November 22nd, 2011
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“Traumatic grief, with its unanswered questions, its numbing shock, its horror, its ability to sear disturbing images into our souls that cannot be erased by sleep or by time–this process follows the same general path both for persons and groups.†When 12:30 struck, none of us fourth graders knew that our young president was being […]
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Posted in October 27th, 2011
As the world is playing catch with the events in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and other Arab Spring focal points, Iran is very busy. Trying to keep people oppressed in light of Arab Spring revolutions surely keeps the regime in Iran occupied. But more than that, viewing once strongman like Mubarak and Gadaffi defeated, jailed […]
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Posted in May 29th, 2011
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Well, this year’s Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally got some publicity today when Sarah Palin and family accompanied them as private citizens. As the mother of an Iraqi veteran, she is entitled to this. Most of the half million attending the rally seemed pleased. So of course most of the press coverage was about Andrea Mitchell […]
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Posted in April 8th, 2011
By Jefferson Flanders The reasons for American disagreement over President Barack Obama’s decision to go to war in Libya can be found in historical and fundamental differences over the proper role of the United States in world affairs. While it’s easy to see any argument over US foreign policy in the traditional terms of internationalists […]
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Posted in March 2nd, 2011
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While the US headlines were full of Charlie Sheen’s rants and news of labor union protests in Wisconsin, here in the Philippines, the headlines are about our stranded OFW (overseas foreign workers) in Libya. Every paper has photos of those who escaped arriving at the Manila airport, and the Philippine Inquirer notes that the government […]
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Posted in February 22nd, 2011
I can already smell the bong resin emanating from the radical marijuana legalization crowd that supports Ron Paul to the point of being cult-like, breathing down fire upon my comments section. You would have thought I punched the pope at Christmas mass after my last article on Ron Paul. I feel very strongly that Ron […]
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Posted in October 12th, 2010
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A lot of nonsense being written about Afghanistan: Some see it as a hopeless war, but the dirty little secret is that Afghanistan is about protecting India and the Silk Road (the central Asian countries with their oil and gas resources) for India and China. But what to do about Afghanistan? It’s not true that […]
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Posted in September 9th, 2010
If you fail to respond to all these conditions, then prepare for fight with the Islamic Nation. The Nation of Monotheism, that puts complete trust on Allah and fears none other than Him. The Nation which is addressed by its Quran with the words:
“Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers. Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of believing people.
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
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With all the hyperbolic political rhetoric in the blogosphere, one wonders if the American people are indeed “having a temper tantrum”. Or maybe the patience of the American people with political correctness is now finished. Example one: After years of the American public watching news reports of suicide bombings, or lashing raped women, destroying Hindu […]
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Posted in July 20th, 2010
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There is a minor kerfuffle in the right wing blogs about Michael Bellesiles being caught publishing fiction as truth. The right wing has it in for Bellesiles, since he once faked data on gun ownership in early America, trying to prove no one owned guns then (and ergo the second amendment was meant to refer […]
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Posted in July 10th, 2010
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I can see the outrage by animals lovers everywhere after they read the AP headline: Baghdad kills 58,000 stray dogs in 3-month span It’s all about rabies. One reason that Islam says that dogs are “unclean” was because stray dogs carry rabies and other diseases. (These edicts did not go against hunting or watch dogs, […]
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Posted in July 6th, 2010
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Reporters are busy reporting the story of the day, but often they miss the big picture, preferring to report stories as a race horse betting game. Example: Michael Steele said that Afghanistan is the President’s war. What will Rush say? Will that make Obama’s popularity poll go up or down? Time out, fellahs. Because a […]
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Posted in June 22nd, 2010
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General Mc Chrystal has committed a major breech in protocol when he openly criticized the President and the President’s plans for Afghanistan in an interview in the Rolling Stone. For the sake of our democracy, such behavior cannot be tolerated. He needs to be relieved from duty. Why do I say this? No, I am […]
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Posted in April 6th, 2010
Wiki Leaks has posted a full version and a shorter version of a military operation in Iraq. They call it  Collateral Murder. I am angry at these bleeding hearts who think that war is where everyone fights fair and plays fair. Wiki Leaks proclaims they have scientifically analyzed this video and declare that murder was […]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2010
That was then: We are in a war because the Generals want to play with their toys and don’t give a damn how many people get hurt in the process. We are in a war without direction, or discipline, led by a disengaged simpleton who will do whatever he is told by the unelected war […]
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Posted in February 13th, 2010
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A small factoid on StrategyPage: the last decade has produced, for the first time, a large number of female combat veterans. There are nearly a quarter million of them, including over 5,000 receiving disability benefits (for injuries received in combat, or non-combat, operations). Until recently, the “official” story was that woman were not allowed to […]
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Posted in January 30th, 2010
Seeing Tony Blair yesterday at the Iraq war enquiry made me realise just how good a politician he was – surely the best communicator of modern times and intellectually robust as well. But, and it’s a massive but, his driving force was (and is) utterly wrong. It wasn’t socialism, or Europeanism, or Anglo-Americanism or any […]
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Posted in January 8th, 2010
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Pacifism –noun 1. Opposition to war or violence of any kind. 2. Refusal to engage in military activity because of one’s principles or beliefs. 3. The principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to war. In my post yesterday I mentioned that a so-called conservative friend on my facebook […]
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Posted in January 8th, 2010
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In my daily attempt to shed light on the liberal’s statist agenda that seeks to convert our fine republic into a socialist doormat for the world, I come across a great many characters with quite a few interesting viewpoints. Throughout 2009, as President Obama and the liberal congress made it increasingly obvious that the oath […]
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Posted in November 25th, 2009
Today saw the first day of a public inquiry taking place in London into the events surrounding the British Government’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003. The hearing, conducted by retired civil servant Sir John Chilcot, aims to help answer key questions such as whether the government put pressure on legal experts, notably the then […]
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Posted in November 10th, 2009
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The NYTimes has an article on “violence” at Fort Hood. At Army Base Some Violence is All To Familiar” the headlines cry. Yes, one more “Ain’t it awful” report on how violent veterans are, without mentioning that the “violent crime” rate is still lower than that of Chicago. The problems of violence on military bases […]
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