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This war has been going on since radio communications were invented. It's 24/7, 365 days a year, every year since the early 1900's. And the men and women who fight this war never get the recognition that is their due. This is the war of signals intelligence. The soldiers who fight in this war accept that they will never be rewarded publicly for their valor, that whatever medals they receive will never be talked about. These soldiers know that they must take their secrets to the grave. These soldiers are both in uniform and out, in far flung postings around...

The Democrat strategy behind the Murtha ploy was revealed today on Kudlow and Comapany by a Democrat congressman from California. When discussing the war in Iraq and whether or not there would be less troops there by the 2006 election, the democrat congressman stated that there will be less troops only because the Democrats are now demanding a pullout. The Democrats have seen the writing on the wall. Even though their co-cospirators in the media refuse to report it, they know that the US is having major successes in Iraq and they know that the conditions will soon be met...

The American people do not falter . . . . . . Americans have always held firm . . . . . . America will not leave before the job is done. . . . every generation has produced patriots willing to serve a cause . . . . . . the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. . . . the ideal of liberty is worth defending. . . . great turning points in the story of freedom. . . . greatest responsibility as President is to protect the American people. . . . [Our enemies] are...

Watch Kudlow & Company. It's much better than Kudlow & Cramer. Kudlow no longer has to endure Cramer's democrat guests and can invite his own. And so he does -- 95% of Kudlow's guests are Repubicans, whether they comment on money or politics. Ken Melman is on now with NO democrat guests as "balance"! The show is on at 5 PM Eastern and has been going for two hours this week. BTW, Jim Cramer also has a new show. What's it called? When it's on? No idea.

Bill Crystal says that the exit polls are not reliable this election cycle. BIG SURPRISE! It's the first time this new system has been used.

Lately, many members of this site have been posting indignant comments about the so-called "bribing" of other countries to get their cooperation in the WOT. These otherwise well-informed and well-intentioned FReepers risk the appearance of ignorance in these posts, and what's worse, appear to be foolishly taken in by another liberal media distortion. The fact is that the US has been "bribing" these countries since before the 20th century began, and especially in the last 50 years. In fact, it would be difficult to name one country in this world who has not been "bribed" by the US at one...

Bill Gertz just said on Greta Van Susteren that the Threat Advisory System's threat level will probably be raised, possibly as early as tomorrow. This is in response to the threat of a terrorist attack using unconventional weapons against Americans, the same threat that caused the latest State Department warning.

Should we FReep Trent Lott? It's no secret that many here despise Trent Lott, and have done so for a long time. And you don't have to be a political science major to recognize the damage that his latest remarks have done to our beloved party. Rush says that the Democrats will overplay their hand on this. He suggests (tongue in cheek, I hope) that Mr. Lott should emulate Bill Clinton's approach during the Monical affair. Republican strategists -- including Rush -- are now out in full battle gear defending Lott with the "well you're one too" approach, along with...

You and I here at FreeRepublic have known these stories for a long time: Saudis contributing money to terror, Saudis blocking efforts to retrieve kidnapped American children, etc. Suddenly, last week these stories started making the news in the mainstream media. When that happened, I was a bit shocked but elated that these facts were finally seeing the light of day. I suspect many of you felt the same. But at the same time, I asked myself, why are these facts suddenly getting coverage in this media deluge? Now we know. Today, we hear the major announcement from the Saudi...

Did anyone else see Cap Weinberger on Hannity & Colmes tonite? Wow! I was blown away by the man's ability to incinerate the liberal arguments in just a handful of words. Don't ask me for quotes -- I hope someone else out there can supply those -- but I think this man is the quickest quip I've ever seen on the conservative side. And how old is he?

How will Ms. Pelosi do it? Her more moderate supporters in the House say she represent both the left and the right of the Democratic Party. Excuse me, but didn't the Green Party win second place in her district? If she moves toward the center at all, won't her own constituency be angry? Won't she then be confronted with a primary challenge the next election? Dick Gephardt had a secure seat, so he could go toward the center as far as he wanted. Nancy Pelosi has no such leverage in her San Fransisco district. Very interesting...

Do you all remember this quote? The first time I heard it, it sent welcome chills up and down my spine. As this refrain was repeated in one of the best political speeches I have ever heard, I fully realized that a new political steamroller had indeed arrived on the scene. It took a little while, but this steamroller has now finally flattened all of the bloated caricatures that have been lolling on the national scene for the last ten years - just as we all knew that it ultimately would. Since I first heard it, I have been repeating...

Yesterday, braving the warnings of my mother and others, I took the wife and kids on an odyssey of Independence Day Fun. From noon to midnight, we were out there -- having a great time, thumbing our noses at the terrorists, and watching the fireworks. Today, I want to have a peaceful day watching patriotic movies. My kids are content with the 10-15 kids channels on DirecTV (all of which we have to follow carefully depending on the subliminal liberal messages they may contain), but I'll be damned if I can find a decent thing to watch. I have my...

<p>Marc Klass appeared on O'Reilly in the first segment after Talking Points along with two of Elizabeth Smart's teenage cousins. The discussion first centered around today's hints by Salt Lake police that they think they have already talked to the kidnapper and that he/she had better release Elizabeth.</p>

This is just like the election crisis of 2000. During that time, this forum filled up with Bush supporters yelling about the recounts. Many joined local FR chapters to protest. Those chapters organized and planned protests and, guess what? Most times, no one showed up. I know because I organized the Atlanta Area Chapter at that time. We had lot's of members, sure, but only five or six ever showed up for a "protest". The local Republican Party was much more effective in organizing Republican demonstrators. Freeper turnout was always a joke. I see the same thing happening now. And ...

To me, Bush's speech last night was not as enthralling as his speech before the joint session of Congress. It seemed to me that it was an eloquent summary of everything he had been saying since that wonderful speech on Capital Hill, but not much else. Except for one thing, and it really made me sit up and take notice. Here's the quote: We will ask state and local officials to create a new modern civil defense service, similar to local volunteer fire departments, to respond to local emergencies when the manpower of governments is stretched thin. I sat up ...

According to WSB-TV morning news, a Pakistani man has been arrested in Atlanta. He was staying with five other Pakistanis at the Emory Inn and Conference Center Hotel, which is directly across the street for the Centers for Disease Control. He is described by by the DeKalb County District Attorney as "either a terrorist or a thief" . The man was arrested for using a phoney credit card to charge more than $1000 worth of hotel bills. Currently, the story is only on the WSB-TV local news, and seems a bit confused. No article is available to post yet as ...

Does anyone remember the strange case of EgyptAir Flight 990? Something kept nagging at me today on my way home from work. Wasn't there another instance of a suspected suicide pilot in the recent past? That's right, my memory said, something about a crash in Long Island Sound where the pilot was recorded saying prayers to Allah as he drove the plane into the sea. Well, Long Island Sound was not the proper search criteria for the Google search engine (lot's of stuff about TWA Flight 800 and the Kennedy tragedy), but I finally dredged up some links to this ...

Do you remember the Wink? Applause erupted on one side of the aisle, the President paused, looked at the other side, and winked. He then continued, and applause erupted on the other side. Do you remember?

Officer stands down robbery suspect By Joshua B. Good and Ben Smith III Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writers T.R. Thacker&nbsp; A two-county chase of a suspected serial bank robber ended this afternoon when a DeKalb police officer on foot, and brandishing a handgun, blocked the man's vehicle. After a chase through several Atlanta and DeKalb County neighborhoods, authorities arrested Peter John Huhn, 44, of Lansing, Mich., at the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and North Druid Hills Road. DeKalb police officer T.R. Thacker brought an end to the chase about 3:15 p.m. Thacker, a five-year department veteran, had just parked his patrol ...