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In a previous post, I gave you information about a protest against Obama’s health care policies that will be held in San Francisco tomorrow.  I hope that many of you in the Bay Area can attend. After passing on that news, I turned to the SF Chronicle, and saw a headline that Obama, afraid of [...]

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You must read today’s article from Robin of Berkeley.  End of story.

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If you’re ticked off about the Senate Committee vote on health care on Tuesday, and worried about what’s coming up next, TELL THAT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA!! Thursday, October 15, 2009 Powell across from Westin St. Francis, San Francisco Around 5:00 pm Bring signs but, please, keep them focused on the issue, which is that the [...]

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Cougar (slang):  An older woman who dates younger men. I don’t know if Meredith Vieira is getting any action, but she’s hoping — and, really, can you blame her? Hat tip:  CDR Salamander

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In his latest opining about world events, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has certainly managed to assure that every one of his illustrious predecessors is rolling in his grave.  Please recall that Williams is the same Church prelate who advanced Sharia law. He’s now calling for the end of economic growth the save the [...]

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Well, before you show them these pictures, I should warn you that many are genuinely stomach churning, at least to the Western eye.

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William Kristol, Liz Cheney (Dick Cheney’s daughter), Debra Burlingame, Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame III’s sister (his plane was hijacked into the Pentagon on 9/11) have started Keep America Safe, an organization specifically aimed at tracking national security issues.  The mission statement is simple, and should resonate with every American who believes in American exceptionalism, recognizes [...]

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Okay, Steven Chu wasn’t as explicit as my post caption suggests.  Nevertheless, buried within his peculiar remarks about companies deserting the U.S. Chamber of Congress is a profound disdain for the American way of doing business: Our energy secretary applauds and encourages companies to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its position on climate [...]

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I don’t usually post pictures of feet (especially my own) on my blog, but I did want to justify how much I needed the strong hands that helped me aboard the USS Green Bay: By the way, everything that looks faintly purple in that photo is indeed purple.  It’s not just a trick of light.  [...]

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Thanks to the Navy League, I’ve just returned from a delightful evening aboard the USS Green Bay.  I knew the evening was going to be lovely even before I boarded the ship.  Although a nasty storm is threatening to hit the Bay Area tomorrow, the drive into the City was exquisite.  The air was clear, [...]

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I have to admit that I don’t read Free Republic, primarily because the site’s organization doesn’t work well with the way my brain seeks out information.   There’s so much information there, I simply get overwhelmed.  I recognize, however, that it is an extremely valuable resource, both as a source of information and as a [...]

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Sure, they’re foofy dogs who lend themselves to jokes but, really, this is too much!

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See what you think.

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‘Cause we’re all reading of the same stuff, I suspect many of you are already familiar with the fact that, when journalist Phelim McAleer asked Al Gore an inconvenient question about climate change, his fellow journalists turned off his mic.  After all, the best way to deal with inconvenient facts is to ignore them. I [...]

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Just got the following message: Citizens in Action is providing Americans who are opposed to the proposed health care legislation  with an easy and effective way to fax the 31 Senators who could vote one way or the other on health care reform. Because the first important Senate vote is Tuesday, the time to act [...]

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I remember the huge buzz that surrounded Matt McConaughey’s debut in motion pictures.  I remember it not because I was particular taken with him, but because he was from Texas, a place I value.  I also remember how quickly I realized that, despite the buzz, McConaughey wasn’t going to set the world on fire.  He’s [...]

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Just one of the best romantic songs evah written:

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We used to view ourselves as a shining City on the Hill, a nation that hadn’t always done right but that, more than any other nation, had changed the world’s concept of liberty — and that in the last century had saved more people from tyranny than any other nation in the history of human [...]

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Courtesy of the Navy League, we spent several hours yesterday enjoying the hospitality of the crew of the USCG Cutter Pike, an 87′ Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat.  In other words, we spent the afternoon on an active duty patrol boat.  Rather than a chronogical recitation of a day that was basically very relaxed [...]

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I’m not going to comment on the merits of Obama’s decision to reverse “don’t ask, don’t tell.” I’m just going to point to the fact that, once again, he’s dropped a policy bomb on a weekend — this time, on a late Saturday night.  Methinks he’s trying to slip one past the masses. And Politico [...]

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Gone for the day to watch the Blue Angels. Here’s an open thread, complete with some Bugs Bunny:

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I’ve never heard of John Legend, but I’m prepared to listen to him, because of his stand-up position on Polanski:

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I’ve blogged more than once about the fact that, when I meet with people in the military, they seem to have a purpose and meaning in their lives that I don’t often see in other people.  I’m not the only one who figured that out.  A very popular young actress in England joined the WRENS [...]

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