Today our country is 234 years old and in spite of the ‘fundamental transformation’ that has been painfully straining us over the last 18 months, there are some things ‘on being American’ that even he can’t ruin!
One thing in particular that Barack Obama can’t quench is that joyful American spirit in full display [...]

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politics really does makes strange bedfellows. i’ve been a somewhat annoyed fan of hillbuzz for a long time. though they are primarily liberal and frequently wrong (heh) they have always been an honest blog of great integrity and good reading.
i’m publishing their post below in its entirety and i know its [...]

Posted in George W. Bush, awesomeness, heroes, military, patriotism, presidency 15 Comments »

thanks to friends all over the blogasphere, the Marine Team is holding on to the lead - swatting back the army, navy, and air force - in the valour-it fundraising contest. if you have contributed, thank you. if you are still considering it, please go here. it means so much to so [...]

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it was the deadliest day of the iraq war for american military women…
“Just as Padmore reached the scene, he saw Saalman staggering toward him, her charred, flayed hands held up before her, her eyes vacant in a blackened face. She’d lost her rifle during the explosion. “Sally, pull yourself together,” he said. “You are not [...]

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have you seen it? if you have, then you’ll understand perfectly why this video by los angeles ’street artist’, saber, is one of 20 finalists chosen in the dnc’s ‘Health Reform Video Challenge’. but apparently a contestant whose video didn’t make the final-20 is complaining that a video ‘defacing the flag’ won’t do [...]

Posted in democrats, freedom, healthcare, liberals, liberty, moonbats, patriotism, ugly stuff 26 Comments »

i have to say i love the military - all branches - but i especially love the marines. the fundraising competition between the 4 teams (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines) is really starting to heat up — like this horrible, horrible accusation by the air force team that we marines eat puppies!

marine baby [...]

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“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference to the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem…” President Ronald Reagan
cassandra reports that yesterday was a good day for project Valour-IT and Marine team.
we took an early and commanding lead only to [...]

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american exceptionalism is basically the belief that america and her people, through the birthright given to us by our founding fathers, are uniquely qualified to lead the world to peace and prosperity. our country is a place filled with people who have dreams; people that can become successful and go where their passions in life [...]

Posted in barack obama, blowhards, freedom, hopechangery, liberty, patriotism, speechless 37 Comments »

this is what ‘we the people’ looks like.

9/12 march on dc

in spite of what those on the left will say, the crowd is estimated at 1.5 to 2 million. you can see a time lapse aerial video of the crowd here and a national park service crowd estimation tool here.
want more great [...]

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i remember everything. all the details about everything.
it was eight years ago and much of it seems like yesterday to me. i got up early that morning at 5:45 west coast time. for some reason i just couldn’t sleep. i turned on the tv and saw the early coverage [...]

Posted in George W. Bush, freedom, liberty, patriotism, terrorism 51 Comments »