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Welcome to ChronWatch -- Striving for Balance in the News A Congress of Captain Queegs Written by Raymond Kraft Friday, November 24, 2006 In 1951 Herman Wouk wrote a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel entitled ''The Caine Mutiny,'' starring the fictional Captain Phillip Francis Queeg. The 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg received seven Oscar nominations. If you haven't read the book, or seen the movie in the last few years, it's worth a trip to the bookstore or the movie store to refresh your memory. In ''The Caine Mutiny,'' Captain Queeg is a Navy captain of the U.S.S. Caine...

Lib/Dem/Soc/Commies -- You've Forgotten The Lessons Of 9/11 Written by Doc Farmer Monday, September 11, 2006 Author's Note: This is a request to most of my conservative, patriotic readers. Please don't read it with yourself in mind. Instead, send it along to every lib/dem/soc/commie discussion board, mailing list or group you can find. Send it to every lib/dem/soc/commie media outlet. Call every lib/dem/soc/commie talk show with it. This message is for them, and it's high time they heard it. Five years. It's not that long a time, when you consider the history of our nation. It's a mere blink of...

It has become fashionable for Democrats and other Liberals to intone the relentless mantra, "George Bush has made too many mistakes in Iraq!" at every opportunity, without ever bothering to explain exactly what those mistakes were and why they were mistakes, as if it were a self-evident truism. I understand this: they are determined to define themselves as the Un-Bush, right or wrong. They would rather be wrong than admit that George Bush has ever done anything right. Inexplicably, many Republicans and other Conservatives have fallen into the bad habit of intoning their own obsequious shibboleth in reply, "Yes, America...

Note: Sgt. Steve Boggess is one of ChronWatch's newer writers that editor Gregory Borse, Barbara Stock, and I have worked with recently. Steve is currently stationed in Germany, but was on duty in Iraq when he first contacted us, saying that he aspires to become an op-ed writer and political commentator. He expected to be reassigned back to Iraq soon. We were sorry today to receive the e-mail message below from his wife, Rhonda. I hope that you will include Steve in your prayers. And I think it would be excellent if ChronWatch readers would send get-well messages to this...

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Today's Poll: Question: Today, who is the most bitter and disappointed journalist? Dan "fake, but accurate" Rather, Michael "we deserved 9/11" Moore Judy "registered Democrat" Woodruff Mr./Mrs. Robert "Iraq better off under Saddam" Scheer All of them, except for Fox

The Lies of Michael Moore in ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' Written by Doc Farmer Wednesday, June 30, 2004 A half-truth is the worst kind of lie. I’ve been getting a lot of guff from some of the lib/dem/soc/commie participants on the ChronWatch Forum for daring to comment on the movie, '''Fahrenheit 9/11,''' without seeing it. My view was that if you could smell a large pile of manure, you didn’t have to jump into it to experience it. However, that did little to satisfy them. '''Coward!''' they cried. Moreover, I didn’t want to spend my hard-earned money to fatten up an already...

"Evil Had Triumphed, Until...." Posted by Mike Denunzio Thursday, April 24, 2003 Mike DeNunzio is the chairman of the San Francisco GOP. Evil had triumphed: Mass murders with use of chemical weapons, prisons for children, torture chambers, and the worse is yet to come. A brutal dictator living in marbled palaces with gold fixtures dining on delicacies, deprived a terrorized nation of nutrition and health care. Despite these facts, good men and women, brilliant academics, informed diplomats, elected officials, celebrities, and respected religious leaders, protested and opposed military intervention. This Holy Week offered a time to ponder why good people...

"ChronWatch’s List of War Heroes: Our First Try" Posted by Tom Sparkman Tuesday, April 15, 2003 ChronWatch recently ran a story about the Big Losers of the Iraqi War, which was a big hit on this site. It was also posted on some other sites, where it was equally popular and generated lots of comments. On the Free Republic discussion site, members expanded the list to nearly eighty losers, and suggested that ChronWatch should draw up a companion version: ChronWatch's List of Winners following the Iraqi conflict. Below is our first try at nominating the big winners of the war....

"President Bush: We Owe This Man!" Posted by Fernando Oaxaca Monday, April 14, 2003 It is Day 23 of Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began on Thursday evening, March 20, 2003. Less than three weeks have sped by since the ''Decapitation Strike'' of bunker-buster bombs dropped from an American B-1 flying over Baghdad, guided to a building where Saddam Hussein, his sons, and other Iraqi leaders were supposedly meeting. The resulting Iraqi casualties of that night attack are not known yet, but the violent overthrow of Saddam¹s Iraqi Regime soon followed. Today that regime change is viewed as a good thing...

"Freepers Add to ChronWatch "List of Losers"" Posted by Tom Sparkman Monday, April 14, 2003 The ChronWatch article, “Who were the biggest losers” was posted on Free Republic. The article asked the reader to nominate other “losers.” It attracted 74 reader responses. Here they are:

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"Somebody 'Splain This to Me" Posted by Doc Farmer Saturday, April 12, 2003 Editor's note: Doc Farmer, who resides and works in Doha, Qatar, has been spending some of his Arabian nights thinking about the situation back in the USA, and he'd like for someone to 'splain a few things to him. In fact, quite a few things. He writes: I'd like to get some explanations on some things I keep hearing from the lib/dem/soc/commie group, as well as some quiet musings of my own, and I hope you'll be kind enough to oblige this query. -How can a war...

"Who Are the Really Big Losers of the Day?" Posted by the ChronWatch Founder, Jim Sparkman Wednesday, April 09, 2003 As the Iraqi War comes to an end, who are the big losers? -Saddam, of course, is the biggest loser, and good riddance! -The liberals, who just love to protect their favorite dictators. -The anti-American crowd here in the U.S. and the French. -The anti-Bush critics. -The U.N. Debating Club. -Saddam's minister of information, whose reports have been worthy of a ''Saturday Night Live'' performance. -Those who put out those stroies about our military ''Quagmire.'' The retired generals on TV...

Liberal Media Incite Andrew McCrae to Violence? By the ChronWatch Founder, Jim Sparkman Tuesday, December 03, 2002 Senator Daschle blames Rush Limbaugh and Fox News for inciting their listeners and viewers to go out and do violent things. Andrew McCrae shoots a police officer in Red Bluff, and he cites the shooting as a protest against ''police state'' tactics and especially corporations, in general. Therefore, is it logical to blame the liberal media, like the Chronicle for leading Andrew McCrae over the edge. Note his personal message below. It's a ''business beware,'' and ''all corporations are evil,'' message worthy of...

SLLOTW Winner! By the ChronWatch Founder, Jim Sparkman Wednesday, November 13, 2002 It's amazing what goes through the mind of a true liberal. Just check out this guy's thinking in his Silliest Liberal Letter of the Week Winner. Editor. WAR IS HELL Editor -- I ask George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of their oiligarchy (sic) to view the first 30 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" several times in a row before they again contemplate sending Americans through similar hell in Iraq. The hoped-for result of their petro-politics is not worth the...

Veteran's Day Speech by Partick Mallon It is very humbling as one who has never served in the military to be afforded the opportunity to speak on Veterans Day. Looking around this audience, being in the company of soldiers who have at one time subordinated their own personal interests to the life-threatening responsibility of wearing the uniform, serving their country. Saying goodbye to family. Being in harm's way. Not knowing when, or if, you’re coming home. Veterans Day gives us all a chance to say thank you. To pause in our busy lives and recognize the sacrifice someone else has...

''Lenny's Laughs'' for Saturday By Lenny Santee, www.Chronwatch.com Saturday, November 09, 2002 ''Counting Sheep'' A shepherd was tending his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new Jeep Cherokee appeared out of a dust cloud, advanced toward him, and stopped. The driver, a 24-year-old young man wearing a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses, and a YSL tied, leaned out of the window and asked our shepherd, ''If I can tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?'' The shepherd looked at the young guy, then at his peacefully grazing...

Election Results By Leo Lacayo, Chronwatch.com Friday, November 08, 2002 CHRISTOPHER L. BOWMAN: Writing for LEO LACAYO, who is undergoing emergency oral surgery. Member Elect of the San Francisco City and County Republican Party With currently 97% of the precincts statewide reporting (most of the remaining 3% from Orange County with as many as a million absentees and provisional ballots still being counted, Bill Simon is 356,000 votes behind Gray Davis -- 47.1% to 42.0%. McPherson is behind 49.8% to 41.4%, Olbert is behind 46.6% to 41.9%. McClintock is behind by only one point -- 45.7% to 44.7%, Conlon is...

Nancy Pelosi: Great for the GOP! By Leo Lacayo www.Chronwatch.com Saturday, November 09, 2002 Nancy Pelosi, 62-year-old congresswoman from California, is expected to win the Democratic position of minority leader of House of Representatives, now that Rep. Martin Frost of Texas has withdrawn from the race. Having Pelosi in that position is the best news ever for the GOP and for the people of the United States of America. Pelosi's only in the Congress because she is the favored icon of the far-left wing of the Democratic Party in San Francisco, where voters are so un-American they actually have demonstrations...