What did you actually *do* today to help?
Our new Congress is in place and while the MSM seeks to discount speaker Pelosi with some "catty" remarks of their own I see another sort of cat - one with fangs long enough to reach the internal...
View ArticleFear and Loathing in Freeperville
I recently returned to online activities after a ninety day 'vacation'. I decided to see some new country, so I created a Free Republic login, and what I found in the day and a half my login survived...
View ArticleCommunicating in the native dialect
Yesterday I wrote up my experiences during the day and a half I was permitted to post on FreeRepublic.com and I was honored by having the diary recommended. Today I'll follow up on my promise - some...
View ArticleCivil Wars: Past, Present, and Future
The United States is exceptional in many ways but one of the more historically notable ones is the nature of our civil war; a clean geographic divide between regions with functional governments...
View ArticleHarlan K. Ullman, neocon whoremonger
Another scandal for the Bush administration. The money line? Palfrey's civil defense attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, told CNN that it was his understanding that Ullman used the business' services...
View ArticleWe're talking about emigrating
The long term outlook here is not so good. The economy will hit the skids on the slow motion collapse of the housing market. The wildfires of the west will eventually burn until they hit the high...
View Article$3,200,000 wasted in NE-03
Nebraska's Carhenge was initially slated for $25,000,000 in Homeland Security dollars to ensure its safety against terrorist attack. Google tells me this was later reduced to $3,200,000. Never heard of...
View ArticleA San Francisco liberal in Scott Kleeb's NE-03
OK, so I'm not exactly a San Francisco liberal, but I've been to the Bay Area twice in the last year. Work took me west across Nebraska over the weekend, I had some time to kill on Sunday, and I spent...
View ArticleCrying Alone(They're deploying to Iraq)
I just got the call. My girlfriend's unit is going to Iraq. We met online and we've been dating since the first of the year, Ms. Army Reserve Captain and I. She is a very rare sort of specialist as...
View ArticleAn invitation to dine with Bill Richardson
This evening, Friday May 25th, there will be a small fund raising reception for Governor Bill Richardson in downtown Albuquerque. The event will be held on the roof of the 219 Central Avenue North...
View ArticleThe three biggest hurricanes of the 21st century
The 21st century has been truly monumental in terms of the hurricanes we've experienced, but three of them truly stand out from the rest. Hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen, because...
View ArticleIran gasoline rationing? Iran strike may be imminent.
I got up this morning, saw that Iran had implemented gasoline rationing, and my heart sank. I strongly suspect they're doing this not so much because their current use/production is out of whack, but...
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