He ended his 34 years as an Army Officer yesterday. Al-Qaida couldn’t stop General Stanley McChrystal but Rolling Stone Rag/Mag sure did — which frankly still bites.
Wearing his own Army combat uniform for the last time, McChrystal received full military honors, including a 17-gun salute and flag formations by the Army’s Old Guard. [...]

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yankee fantasy camp; our blog friend ken suited up in pinstripes; on fox’s ‘hannity’ friday night. we won’t mention the “OMG!!!!” text message or was it email (?) he got from me at the end of the show!

yay ken — you looked great out there! boo yankees! go dodgers!!

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always beautiful, especially at christmas.

arlington national cemetery

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let me just say it: i am no mike huckabee fan. i feel he was a pivotal player in why we ended up with rino mccain as the gop candidate in the 2008 presidential election, and ultimately obama.
if huckabee is entertaining a 2012 presidential run, the fact that he granted clemency [...]

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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 [...]

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it’s well known that a Marine remains faithful to the mission at hand, to each other, to the corps and to country, no matter what. corporal jason dunham did that.
it’s jason dunham’s birthday today. he would have been 28 years old. do you know his story? when he was only 22 [...]

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they join knowing the risks, certain they will be the ‘first to fight’. they defined the standards of pride, honor, courage, esprit de corps, and military prowess. and baby, when you are in serious trouble, you want to see the marines!
so i’ll borrow a toast from former commandant of the Marine Corps, general [...]

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as you can see the Marine Team is in the lead for the project valour-it fundraising competition. thank you so much if you’ve donated and if you haven’t, the competition goes through veterans day so you still have a wee bit of time!
you can go here and make your contribution now and [...]

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‘Everyone likes the Marines because they unapologetically like to kill bad people.’
now if THAT doesn’t make you go support project valour-it, nothing will!

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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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