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WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2008 – The economy in Iraq’s Salahuddin province has made significant gains over the past year due to the rise in agriculture and the improvement of Iraqi security forces, an Army colonel serving there said today. “What we’ve seen over the past year is a marked increase in security,” Col. Michael McBride, commander of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, told to bloggers and online journalists during a teleconference. “From this time last year to today, our attack levels are down approximately 75 percent.” McBride said the security continues to get better across the board,...

NEVER FORGET Posted by Andrew Roman on Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:20:12 AM Two days ago, I posted an opinion piece here called, “September 11th – The Reason.” It was, I felt, an important article to write – one that I had hoped would tap into some of the profoundly deep emotions that still fester in me (and, as I have come to discover, so many others) surrounding the terrorist attacks that took place seven years ago today. Many of you were kind of enough to take a few moments to read it, and I am most appreciative. In it,...

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The Far Left Whack Attack Attacks Masquerading as Journalism Sarah Palin and the smear tactics she and her family have faced from certain individuals of the far left, namely ultra-liberal elitists and the MSM in the name of "fair gaming", has some in the world of journalism taking note and distancing themselves from the modern day French Fops of the Far Left. Tom Gross, a former Middle East correspondent for London’s Sunday Telegraph, writing for the NRO, points out some of the latest smears and rumors that have traveled like wildfire across cyberspace as well as print editions of some...

John Hawkins Yes, There Is An Entire Website Out There Dedicated To Attack Trig Palin... Make no mistake about it; the left's attacks on Sarah Palin's family are meant to be a Mafia style message to other conservative women -- you cross us and we'll come after your children. If you want to see how far they'll go, witness this entry from an anonymous blog dedicated to attacking Trig Palin (I'll leave it to the netroots to actually link the blog because I'm not going to do it). Yes, that's right, some liberal out there has actually created an entire...

ABC’s Good Morning America interviewed 1984 vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro in the 7:30 half hour on Wednesday, asking her about how Palin will handle the pressure of her speech. Robin Roberts tried to get Ferraro, a Hillary supporter, to condemn a video of Palin in a Newsweek interview suggesting Hillary Clinton’s “perceived whining” is not a help to women candidates. Ferraro did lament it briefly, but went on to warn the media: “A lot of those PUMA [Party Unity My A--] people and I will be watching very carefully to make sure that you treat her just like anybody else....

"McCain and Palin are currently close in the polls, but they face an even tougher job of selling this combination than does the history-shattering ticket of Obama-Biden." --John Mashek, US News & World Report USN&WR's John Mashek is a MSM Meme Poster Child What time is it again, guys? It's Beat-on-the-Girl Time!--at least in the Mainstream Media. The MSM spent much of the Democrat primary season shilling for Barack Obama, their 'Chosen One' candidate. In the process, the MSM, in an about-face from their 1990s' coverage, published a stream of unflattering attacks on the Clintons in general, and Hillary Clinton,...

Fox just announced that McCain and Palin will be addressing the attacks TODAY and are angry. They will do so in various forms and are going to demand some retractions from the Obama campaign.

The Blowback on the MSM over Attacks on Bristol PalinPolitical pundits have declared a vicious war against John McCain's VP pick, Sarah Palin, by attacking her 17-yr-old daughter, Bristol. Anger by women voters, in particular former Hillary Clinton supporters, continues to grow against the perceived "tawdriness" against the Palin family, with the Obama campaign, the MSM, and the Left Blogosphere being seen as "co-conspirators". "One hopes that all those pundits are happy now. They have thoroughly embarrassed a 17 year old kid. What happened to those angry threats by Obama warning everyone to Lay Off My Family? Apparently, these slimeballs...

August 29, 2008Defending Against the First Attacks on Sarah PalinBy Patrick J. Casey As John McCain has shocked pretty much everybody with his pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, it's important to prepare for the attacks on her that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. For attack they will, relentlessly. And they'll start with these three things: First - "Palin has no experience". That's an easy one to dismiss. Sarah Palin has had more executive experience, meaning experience in running either a business or a government, than either Barack...

As John McCain has shocked pretty much everybody with his pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, it's important to prepare for the attacks on her that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. For attack they will, relentlessly. And they'll start with these three things: First - "Palin has no experience". That's an easy one to dismiss. Sarah Palin has had more executive experience, meaning experience in running either a business or a government, than either Barack Obama or his running mate, Joe Biden. She has more executive experience than even...

Actually, McCain and his crew are timing this perfectly, while Obama and his camp are showing their rampant inexperience. If McCain had been ripping Obama all along, by now his attacks would have become passé; "just more of the same from McCain." But waiting until now to step up the attack has a threefold benefit ~ very, verrrry smart on JM's part: 1) It's fresh, connecting, and attention-grabbing. 2) Timing has allowed McCain to assemble an aresnal of Obama missteps, so he can keep ramping it up right through the convention. 3) By doing it from now forward (instead of...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN -- Saira Liaqat squints through her one good eye as she brushes a woman's hair. Her face, most of which the acid melted years ago, occasionally lights up with a smile. Her hands, largely undamaged, deftly handle the dark brown locks. A few steps away in this popular beauty salon, Urooj Akbar diligently trims, cleans and paints clients' fingernails. Her face, severely scarred from the blaze that burned about 70% of her body, is somber. It's hard to tell if she's sad or if it's just the way she now looks. Liaqat and Akbar are among Pakistan's many...

Not much to say about this one except I hope it ain’t living in your house.

Even the liberal media have picked up on the fact that McCain seems to have held steady or even improved his poll standing in the last week or so (though Gallup has Obama with a 49-40 lead today it appears to be an outlier). This is especially impressive given Obama's massive spending and his overseas trip, which appeared to be a big success for Obama, as even The Washington Times admits. Obama did look presidential, which may also help him put to rest lingering doubts that some voters harbor. So why hasn't Obama's spending and overseas trip produced a bounce...

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2008 – The number of weekly attacks in Iraq has dropped from about 1,200 a week in June 2007 to about 200 a week now, the commander of the tactical unit responsible for command and control of operations in Iraq said today. Mirroring this reduction in violence has been a 70 percent decrease in roadside-bomb attacks and an 85 percent spike in the number of weapons caches coalition forces have found over the past year, Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, told reporters via satellite from Baghdad at a Pentagon news...

(IsraelNN.com) Jews in Canada and Latin America are on the hit list of Hizbullah terrorist cells, according to an ABC television news report, quoting American and Canadian intelligence officials. They said that the terrorist party, headed by Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, is seeking revenge for the attack last February on Imad Muginiyeh. Israel has denied involvement n the attack on the Hizbullah mastermind, who was assassinated in a car bomb blast in Damascus. ABC said Hizbullah agents have been conducting surveillance on the Israeli embassy in Ottawa and on Toronto synagogues. "They want to kill as many people as they can,...

VICTORVILLE — Sheriff's deputies arrested a physician after he lost patience with a patient's husband, punched him and threw a chair at him, sheriff's officials announced Wednesday. The victim received first aid from the injuries at the physicians office, officials said. Sukalpa John Dutta, 36, was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to San Bernardino County sheriff's officials from the Victorville station. San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies came to the 12600 block of Hesperia Road at 4:37 p.m. after receiving a report of the attack. Deputies said the victim was with his wife whose...

Firefighters in Malmö in southern Sweden are demanding police escorts on calls. The firefighters have had enough of threats and violence in some of the city's rougher areas. After being attacked by stones on a recent call, they are threatening not to take calls to Rosengård without a police escort. They are also demanding shatterproof windows and surveillance cameras on their vehicles. Bertil Ahlgren, a spokesman at Jägersros fire station where two of the men worked, told TT that their work situation was "completely unacceptable". The firemen were attacked twice last week during calls in the city's Rosengård suburb. In...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks. Karzai said Afghanistan has the right to self defense, and because militants cross over from Pakistan "to come and kill Afghan and kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to do the same." Speaking at a Sunday news conference, Karzai warned Pakistan-based Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud that Afghan forces would target him on his home turf. Mehsud is suspected...