edited by: Ted McLaughlin,
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“Our hearings are more about listening to ourselves than listening to our witnesses, and I plan to follow in that tradition.”
– Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sept. 11, 2007
to Gen. David Petraeus and US Ambassador Ryan Crocker
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded.
Staff Sgt. Richard P. Ramey
27 years old from Canton, Ohio
703rd Ordinance Compan, supporting the 82nd Airborne Division
February 8, 2004
[...]
Last year, I participated in an online effort to remember and commemorate each one of the people who died in the terrorists’ attack on the World Trade Center back on September 11, 2001. On this sixth anniversary of that attack, I am reprinting the tribute that I presented one year [...]
You know it’s going to be another rough season when just winning a game is enough to warrant a “Breaking News Alert” email blast from the local newsmonger:
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Or at least, that’s what they say. And some of them truly do, to their credit.
Then there are the other ones. The snakes. You know, the ones who want to run our country (and our troops) into the ground. Guys like Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich is currently [...]
“I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospect for health.”
Further proving his reputation as a gifted judge of character with an exceptional intellect, the former congressman from Tennessee [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded.
Sgt. Willard T. Partridge
35 years old from Ferriday, Louisiana
170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade
August 20, 2005
[...]
Work hard –millions on Welfare are depending on you!
[...]You know you’ve made a bad film when it’s compared unfavorably to the “similar but far more engaging ‘An Inconvenient Truth’”:
It’s a good thing Leonardo DiCaprio made so much money from “Titanic” a decade ago. His environmental documentary, “The 11th Hour,” has been a total bust at the box [...]
John Edwards is very fond of his “There Are Two Americas” speech, and this week he issued yet another edict from the America of the “haves” to us peons that live in the America of the “shouldn’t haves.”
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group that he would [...]
Law enforcement teams across the nation have taken tremendous strides this year to protect innocent animals from the viciousness of evil men.
In March, Texas authorities raided a “well-organized cockfighting” operation in Montgomery County (just a few miles northwest of Houston), arresting 100 people (including 25 illegal immigrants) and rescuing [...]
His Highness Gov. Rick Perry is at it again:
Leading a large delegation of Texas executives trying to drum up business in Mexico, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill that would legalize millions of workers.
“We need those individuals to continue [...]
Yesterday, New Orleans city councilwoman Shelly Midura felt the need to blast President Bush, castigating him in an open letter on the lack of support and financial aid the federal government has given to New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Among other things, Ms. Midura apparently blames [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Randy Thorsvig.
Ken Leonard (on the right)
From High Point, North Carolina
Every once in a while you run across one of those [...]
Mike McGruff, local blogger and reporter on Houston’s ABC affiliate KTRK, has posted a great interview with USMC Gunnery Sergeant Jeremy de Vries. Sgt. de Vries offers a fresh, experienced perspective on at least one aspect of the [...]
Around our office, we’re calling today “National Ammo Day Jr.” (not to be confused with the real National Ammo Day), in response to the Brady Bunch’s latest day of anti-gun demonstrations.
Drop by your neighborhood firearms store and buy a box of ammo today. Or better yet, if your [...]
David Vitter. Mark Foley. And now Sen. Larry Craig. What is happening to the Republicans on Capitol Hill? Aren’t we supposed to be the party with morals?
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a [...]
Against my better judgment, I actually watched a little bit of the Houston vs Dallas pre-season game this weekend. I wanted to see for myself why a couple of my work buddies have been predicting the Texans will have a stellar year (read, “break .500″) this season.
I must say, [...]
It’s not even eight o’clock, and I’m already seeing signs that it’s going to be “one of those weeks.”
Need a good smile to get your Monday started out right? Well, this little princess has got the means to do it. I’m embarassed to say that I couldn’t do as good [...]
The European Union apparently has solved all of its own problems with crime and society, and suddenly has found itself with enough free time to lecture Texans on how to handle our own affairs:
The European Union on Tuesday urged the governor of Texas to halt executions in the United [...]
…and while I am not always very virtuous (especially in that regard), I’ll ask my regular readers to be patient for a few days. The kids are back in school but work and home schedules are all cattywampus until we get carpooling, after-school care and the rest of life at [...]
(Former) Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pled guilty earlier this week on charges of running and financing a dogfighting operation, hoping for a reduced sentence like his three cohorts received.
Court documents released last weekshowed that two of Vick’s alleged partners said he helped kill dogs that didn’t fight well, and that [...]
We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
– (origin unknown)
[...]After last month’s uprising over Congress’s proposed illegal immigrant amnesty bill, you would think our government might have gotten the message that Americans are tired of lax border security and the total non-enforcement of our immigration laws. But apparently, there’s at least one branch of the government that still [...]
One of the things I love about The Drudge Report is how Matt Drudge always groups up related news articles. For instance, this morning these two headlines were grouped together, pointing out a cause-and-effect that few others would have been bright enough to link:
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Kat.
Sgt. Michael J. Stokely
23 years old from Sharpsburg, Georgia
1st Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team
[...]
The Democratic Congress has decided that it’s time to pull out of Iraq. The mainstream media has told us that Islamic extremists are just misunderstood and would happily leave us alone if we simply let them be. Ron Paul has announced the key to American supremacy is to hide within [...]
Ppbrrppbbrrppt!
Rove’s departure leaves Dems without
favorite targetKarl Rove, one of President Bush’s most important advisers and the architect of his presidential campaigns, is leaving the White House, he announced Monday.
The departure of “boy genius” Rove is the latest in the exodus of top staffers from the [...]
The Democratic Golden Boy and foreign policy genius seems to be a gift that just keeps on giving.
His recent bravado on the campaign trail may have seriously endangered upcoming democratic elections in Pakistan.
Tariq Azim, the deputy information minister [of Pakistan], … said talk from the United States about [...]
I always hate agreeing with Al Gore about anything, but for once it looks like he’s right. Global warming has finally hit Texas.
The problem is, it’s a month and a half late!
The first seven months of the year were the wettest on record in Texas, further confirmation of the [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Gary.
Col. James W. Harrison Jr.
47 years old from Missouri
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combined [...]
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that illustrates the idiocy behind so much of the “environmental hysteria” that infects so many among the far left as this video.
Last spring, famed magicians/entertainers Penn & Teller decided to join in the Earth Day festivities at the 2006 WorldFest by circulating [...]
President Bush and new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met yesterday at Camp David, the first face-to-face between the two leaders since Brown took over the reins of Parliament earlier this summer. And while Pres. Bush maintained a positive attitude about the Brits’ continued commitment to the ongoing war on [...]
If there’s one thing Pres. Bush knows, it’s how to handle the press:
Bush’s relations with [British Prime Ministrer] Brown seemed considerably warmer than those with the British press, especially with a BBC reporter who had asked the president previously whether he was “in denial” about Iraq.
“You better cover up [...]
Yesterday:
Today:
U.S. entrepreneur / Cosmonaut Anousheh Ansari
Tomorrow:
Yup, I’d say we’re [...]
A federal judge in Pennsylvania yesterday blocked the anti-illegal-immigration ordinances enacted in Hazleton, PA, which were the basis of similar ordinances passed in cities and towns (like Farmers Branch, Texas) around the nation.
In a strongly worded opinion handed down at the U.S. District Court in Scranton, Pa., Judge James [...]
Certain Washington insiders have been praising the foreign policy genius of presidential candidate Barack Obama lately. Okay, so it’s actually just been the Democratic senator himself piling on the praise, but that hasn’t stopped him from proclaiming his own brilliance.
Obama has been feuding with [Sen. Hillary] Clinton over their [...]
I can just see the new John Edwards campaign signs already:
In a campaign stop among New England environmentalists on Tuesday, aspiring first lady Elizabeth Edwards announced a new push for living green that the Edwards household will be modeling:
“We’ve been moving back to ‘buy [...]
“All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us… They can’t get away this time!”
– Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, United States Marine Corps
[...]Not even counting their lackluster record and recent string of post-break losses, the past week has been a pretty rough one for the Houston Astros.
First came the news on Saturday that star pitcher Roy Oswalt was sick and would be missing at least one game, possibly two. Then [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Robert.
Lt. General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller
June 26, 1898 - October 11, 1971
Lieutenant General Lewis [...]
Presidential (soon-to-be-) candidate Fred Thompson is in Texas this week, and he will be “appearing” on the Voice of Texas with State Senator / talk radio host Dan Patrick this very afternoon at 5:00 (Central).
You can listen in from the Houston metropolitan area on KSEV 700 [...]
I took the family to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus over the weekend. First time to the circus for Little Cowboy, and it was fun. Not nearly as big a show as the three-ringed wonders I remember as a kid, but we had pretty good [...]
If you’re planning on having one of these any time soon…
…you better check the label first.
Luckily, we don’t have to worry around the LoneStar household. First, we don’t go in for that sissy “hot dog chili sauce” stuff — we use the real [...]
In light of a recent Houston Chronicle report, blogger Bernard of A Certain Slant of Light asks a very relevant question: Why does a sanctuary city (Houston) get anti-terrorist funding from DHS?
As one commenter pointed out: The federal government finds it necessary for public safety to force [...]
One of several big problems associated with the overwhelming influx of illegal immigrants is that of identity theft. Fake documents are easy to find on both sides of the southern border.
[DHS spokesman Russ] Knocke says Customs and Border Protection officers across the nation have seized move than 90,000 fraudulent [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded.
Cpl. Clinton Warrick (soldier on the left)
Medic with the 2nd Platoon, 300th Military Police Company
Even after having been thrown several meters, knocked [...]
…on the way to the crime scene:
[Dallas Police] Officer Charles Jeffers told investigators he’d stopped to use the restroom at his home Sunday night while on his way to investigate a burglary. He let a woman he knew into the house, leading to her accidentally shooting the Taser, according [...]
They’re a little late to the party, but at least they finally showed up:
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the 12- and 11-year prison sentences given to ex-agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, respectively. And they [...]
When it looked like his pet amnesty bill was about to get canned … again … last month, Teddy [hic] Kennedy condemned Republicans for not offering any alternatives other than keeping “undocumented workers” down by enforcing the status quo:
Those who are most critical of this bill have offered only [...]
Remember a couple of years ago when Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a handful of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad? A few Muslims got a little piqued, words were bandied about, some rocks were tossed, maybe a riot here and there, embassies were overrun, people were killed, yada yada yada.
Then the [...]
… and stability begets economic growth, which in turn begets security and starts the wheel turning again. One of the things I learned in 11th grade economics, and it looks like one cavalry division out of Fort Bliss is taking it to heart in northern Iraq:
Security leads to growth. [...]
I had ethnic food for lunch today:
Leftover slow-cooked, melt-in-your-mouth Texas BBQ brisket…
…French fries…
…and an Eskimo pie for dessert.
And yes, I’ve already got that triple bypass penciled in on the calendar…
[...]Remember last December when I.C.E. officials arrested almost 1300 illegal immigrants in a set of raids at six Swift & Company meat processor plants around the nation? Well, the residents (notice I didn’t say “citizens”) of one Texas Panhandle community — where one of the raids nabbed 295 “undocumented” [...]
If this isn’t a load of Texas chutzpah, I don’t know what is:
Gov. Rick Perry — while emphasizing the important [sic] of local, state and federal authorities working together to secure the border — continued to bemoan the Washington part of the equation in a speech today to the [...]
I’ve been told I have a warped sense of humor, but this Fort Worth Star-Telegram headline just got the redneck in me laughing too hard to pass up:
Hicks buys trailer park near stadium
Okay, so maybe it’s only funny if you use a good ol’ Texas twang as you say [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Sunni Kay.
Ryan Rahe has been active in the Special Olympics since he was in Middle School. The now 25-year-old has [...]
In case you, like me, managed to miss the entire Live Earth spectacle this weekend, you can find reports of the ecological extravaganza all over the web. You can even go back and watch videos of much of the event at the MSN-hosted official web site for the event, [...]
How does that old kids’ rhyme go?
“I scream, you scream, we all scream when we’re being beaten with a baseball bat by the local ice cream man“?
[...]Here’s some interesting “ought-to-know” information for all cell phone users:
Under federal law, deactivated cell phones still must be able to access 911. Many deactivated phones will contact an emergency call center if the user holds down the nine key.
Here’s the bizarre news story behind the helpful hint.
[...]Last summer, the kids and I put together a nice little homemade birthday card to send to President George W. Bush in celebration of his 60th birthday. We never got any response, and didn’t expect to. 
Heck, with all the [...]
The Houston Chronicle’s Matt Stiles offered this interesting bit of historic trivia in his Independence Day post:
According to the U.S. Census, there were roughly 2.5 million people [PDF] in the 13 colonies when the Declaration of Independence was signed. There are about 2.2 million in Houston, and 3.8 [...]
Inconvenient Truth-teller, global warming prophet and possible presidential candidate (again) Al Gore will be hosting a live webcast this afternoon to shed more light on how we Americans have been so irresponsible in taking care of our planetary home:
Al Gore wants to hear from you! Get [...]
An unexpected note of reverence and respect from famed comic Red Skelton, who gives the best explanation of the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance I have ever heard:
[H/T: Squawkbox of Lone Star Times]
[...]
On this Fourth of July, a day in which we celebrate the birth of this great nation, we must also remember the brave men and women who [...]
Looks like more bad news for John McCain’s presidential aspirations:
Spread some butter on this guy — he’s toast.
Yesterday afternoon, Senator McCain’s two top campaign aides, campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief consultant John Weaver, held a somber conference call with reporters to relay the bad news: The McCain campaign [...]
In spite of what you hear from the American media and congressional Democrats, there’s still plenty of good news coming out of Iraq to go along with the bad.
For instance, just last week the U.S. Army helped coordinate a recruitment drive for the Iraqi police force. The drive was held [...]
Did you hear the one about the Aggie biological weapons laboratory?
Unfortunately, neither did the CDC until over a year later.
[...]This is one of the main reasons I find myself praying for rain most holidays:
An accident involving gasoline and fireworks left a 2-year-old girl hospitalized Monday in critical condition, officials said. The toddler accidentally was set on fire late Saturday by a sparkler.
The child suffered second-degree burns to more [...]
Some idiots lit off a 5′ strand of black cat firecrackers right in front of our house at 1:00 this morning. Then another one twenty minutes later, and again a little after 2:00. Half an hour later the rain started — a full blown Texas bone-rattling thunderstorm. Needless to say, [...]
There are only 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary and those who don’t.
[H/T: Brendan; buy the T-shirt here]
[...]Last week we heard these words from the U.S. House of Lords regarding the illegal immigration amnesty bill:
“We are in trench warfare, and it’s going to be rough,” said Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter, a chief sponsor of the legislation. “But we are going to see the will of the [...]
Just a reminder to be in prayer for the men and women serving in our military. These brave sons and daughters are risking their lives for the safety and security of our nation and her people, and of many others around the world. Please lift them up in prayer every [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded. This week’s soldier was suggested by Jenn.
Staff Sgt. Darrell R. Griffin Jr.
36 years old from Alhambra, California
2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, [...]
Over the weekend, it seemed like you couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing the talking heads gossiping about one of two stories: either the tragic confirmation of the death of missing pregnant Ohioan Jessie Davis or the (almost as tragic) squeals of delight over the release of party-girl [...]
We are one step closer to legalizing millions of illegal occupants of our country. Shortly after noon today, the United States Senate voted 64-35 in favor of cloture on the Bush-Kennedy-McCain amnesty bill (S. 1639).
The following Republican senators betrayed their constituency and their country by joining the Democrats [...]
Sen. Trent Lott made the news recently with a statement that really riled many conservatives — not too smart for a Republican who has already been run out of his leadership position once over things that he said.
This time, the targets of his remarks were conservative talk radio hosts [...]
Just a great Texas photo to start the week. From the Yahoo! News Photo page:
A Male Northern Cardinal, right, feeds a female on top of a bird feeder in Tyler, Texas, on Sunday, June 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Dr. [...]
“Hi, Kyle.”
I can hear it all now: my first visit to the local Bloggers Anonymous chapter meeting, clinging to fellow addicts all trying to kick the habit together.
Sound ridiculous? Not any more so than this obsessive news:
…[I]f the American Medical Association has its way, video game addiction could become [...]
Remember that Bushism that riled so many liberals after 9/11: “Anyone who is not with us is against us”?
Well, after looking at the words and actions coming out of Washington lately, I’m beginning to wonder if anybody is for us. Take these three issues from the past week, for example:
Kasiah Hancock is a tough ol’ broad with a tender, loving heart.
“I don’t know how political I am. I don’t get into all that crap. I just love freedom, okay?”
And she has turned that love for freedom into a labor of love for the families of fallen American soldiers.
Kasiah [...]
Remains of the old Brunson Movie Theater on Texas Ave.
Baytown, Texas
Photo by Nada Elsayed, The Baytown Sun
I happened across this photo from the Baytown Sun this morning and was immediately taken back through a flood of [...]
Tonight, Texas will have one less murdering scumbag to deal with.
It’s been almost 17 years, but I still vividly remember following this case in the Houston news. The murder took place just blocks from our church, and the gruesome violence of the crime and the senselessness of the attack [...]
Senator John Cornyn’s recent comments on the undead Bush-Kennedy-McCain amnesty bill:
I am very troubled by the process being used to consider this bill. Although I have worked diligently for comprehensive immigration reform, the Kennedy bill as written is unacceptable. I don’t believe it’s enforceable, and I think it will [...]
The weekly “Wednesday Hero” posts are the brainchild of Indian Chris of Right-Wing & Right Minded.
Lance Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby
21 years old from Overbrook, Oklahoma
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary [...]
Last night was big on news for Houston baseball fans. The “Good Guys” actually showed up at Minute Maid Park for the second night in a row with a 
Sicko producer and “documentarian” Michael Moore recently took a jaunt down to Communist Cuba for a chance to spread more anti-American propaganda, and it may land him in 
