Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States was [...]
If Wizards In Winter is my favorite Christmas song, than this is my second. This is one of the funniest songs I’ve ever heard. Makes be proud to be a Redneck.
Merry Christmas From The Family by Robert Earl Keene [...]
Number of comments: 1 I actually hesitate to blog about this because I’ve learned that people can get so emotional about this subject it’s hard to stay objective (and I include myself in this). From what I understand there is an independent investigation into whether data was actually hidden or manipulated. So it’s probably [...]
Here’s an article on the first group of Marines that will be deployed to Afghanistan under President Obama’s planned surge.
Camp Lejeune’s 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, “will deploy in the near future,” said Col. David Fuquea, chief of staff for Lejeune’s 2nd Marine Division. He declined to say when the unit [...]
Number of comments: 2 The Corps of Engineers is not a "scapegoat"~Bob Bea ~In their Point of View “Ruling scapegoats corps for disaster” (The Times-Picayune, November 25, 2009), Rob Young and Andrew Coburn discuss the recent ruling by the Federal District Court in Robinson v. United States that the U.S. Army Corps of [...]
Number of comments: 0 Coburn offers amendment to remove Gulf Coast money from healthcare bill~Tony Romm ~A $100-million earmark for Gulf Coast recovery in the healthcare bill believed to have swayed Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-La.) early support may soon be no more. An amendment introduced Wednesday by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) would strip' [...]
Number of comments: 0 Corps ruling won't lead to greater liability~Joseph Bruno ~Rob Young and Andrew Coburn irresponsibly suggest that Judge Duval's ruling that the Corps of Engineers' gross neglect in the operation and maintenance of the MR-GO caused the flooding in St. Bernard and the Lower Ninth Ward "will open the door'" [...]
Spc. Michael P. Garton & Spc. Rolando R. Flores
Spc. Michael P. Garton, a gunner with the Personal Security Detachment, with the 36th Sustainment Brigade out of Temple, Texas, and a Texarkana, Texas, native, relaxes on a Humvee and shares a laugh with Spc. Rolando R. Flores, a gunner with the [...]
Number of comments: 10 I thought this post at LGF (Why I Parted Ways With The Right) was interesting. I think his reasons for no longer identifying himself with the Right are the same complaints that many on the Right have with people on the Left. Each side sees the worst in the other [...]
Number of comments: 10 In a speech to the Corps of Cadets at West Point last night, the President outlined the critical steps necessary to bringing security to Afghanistan and eliminating terrorist safe havens that threaten regional and global security.
The NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) objective is equally clear: We will work toward [...]
Number of comments: 3 I would like you all to welcome “The Princess of Perky,” my sistah from another mother, Nikki. She is a spitfire and I think she will have a lot to add here and maybe stir things up a bit for Reasic – LOL! I’ll let her do an intro post [...]
Number of comments: 0 Baby I'm A Saints Fan! That's why I say WHO'DAT? When the Patriots took the field, Saints fans responded with mostly boos ... at 99 decibels. And when the Saints came roaring out of the tunnel to start the game, the fans roared right back: at 105 decibels. And' [...]
If you’ve never heard Trans-Siberian Orchestra then you’re missing out. They’re unlike any band I’ve ever heard. The best way I can describe them is a mixture of Beethoven, Metallica & Pink Floyd. If you’ve ever seen one of those videos of homes with Christmas lights set to music then [...]
Number of comments: 0 Fishermen asked to watch for predatory tiger shrimp ~Amy Wold ~These large, non-native shrimp occasionally appear off the Louisiana coast, but so far they don’t seem to have established themselves. Instead, the only confirmed tiger shrimp catches this year have been adults, said Marty Bourgeois, [...]
Da'Glory, Da'Dirty, Da'Coast ~There comes a time every few years when a player gets you excited . . . really excited. Few players have the crowd pumping ferocity as' [...]
Number of comments: 1 Rear Adm. Ned Deets
Rear Adm. Ned Deets speaks with Frank Chebatar, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, at the conclusion of the base consolidation ceremony. The two bases consolidated to form Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so [...]
Number of comments: 2 Today is the sesquicentennial anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.
Science and biology have come a long way since Darwin. We have a better understanding of how all living things on earth share a common ancestry. But the theory of evolution by natural selection is [...]
Number of comments: 5 Preliminary Thoughts on Leslie Jacobs for Mayor of New Orleans ~Huck UpChuck ~"When questioned about her positions on some of the hot button social issues of the day, such as the pro-life/pro-choice and gay marriage debates, she seemed reluctant to reveal herself and actually punted altogether on the gay" [...]
Number of comments: 0 The Corps' invented crisis ~Fix the Pumps The Corps arguments against Option 2 boil down to three contentions: 1) They are not authorized by Congress to build Option 2. 2) They haven't been given enough money to do so, according to their own estimates. 3) They don't have enough' [...]
Number of comments: 2 How come nobody ever told me that this song existed? I could have been grooving to Luke and Han all these years and didn’t even know it.
Star Wars Disco by Maco [...]
USA Today Stretches Truth Condom Over MR-GO Ruling ~Should they ride the lawsuit's momentum and try to extract potentially billions of dollars from the federal government to compensate Katrina victims? Or should they keep the focus on getting federal help for' [...]
This week marks the 150-year anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Speaking of books on evolution, I just finished Richard Dawkins’ most recent book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
Here are a few choice quotes:
…a good theory, a scientific theory, is [...]
Number of comments: 0 Breaching Federal Flood Denial ~The Palm Beach Post~H/T~Levees.org ~The federal government's failure after Hurricane Katrina — "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" — might turn out to be nothing compared with its failure before Katrina missed NOLA.
Number of comments: 0 Corps' MR-GO claims should be settled, and fast, attorneys say ~Mark Schleifstein ~Winning Attorney Pierce O'Donnell said the Obama administration has two choices in responding to Duval's Wednesday ruling. "The Justice Department could continue the scorched earth policies of the prior administration and stonewall the people of New Orleans'" [...]
Number of comments: 7 I finally got to watch Star Trek last night. A movie that I had been waiting to see for almost two years. And I’ll say it right off the bat, J.J. Abrams nailed it. He got it right. It was the best ST movie since ST IV: Save The Whales, [...]
A Holiday Edition of Soldiers Angels Web Surfing because time is running out to get those cards and packages in the mail in order for them to reach our troops in time for the holidays......
View From the 8th Floor says
Adopt A Troop.Send Letters. Send Care Packages.
Ballseye's Boomers has a great [...]
Number of comments: 4 They tell us Sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in [...]