Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The nature of most modern flash mobs is that they’re anything but spontaneous, meaning that the word “flash” is a misnomer. Sometimes, though, real flash mobs do happen, with large groups of people coming together spontaneously for a single purpose. When they’re ugly, they’re the L.A. Riots. And when they’re
Continue readingJury rigging: “Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand. Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of damage or loss of the original
Continue readingChris Hayes got himself a great spanking because of his inability to acknowledge military heroism: CHRIS HAYES: Thinking today and observing Memorial Day, that’ll be happening tomorrow. Just talked with Lt. Col. Steve Burke [sic, actually Beck], who was a casualty officer with the Marines and had to tell people
Continue readingI promise that this post will be a review of Marcus Luttrell’s Service: A Navy SEAL at War. First, though, I have to start with the ridiculous, before I can give proper context, not to the sublime (because war isn’t sublime), but to the important and meaningful. The ridiculous is,
Continue readingOn this day, as I do every day, I spare a long moment to give my deep and abiding gratitude to those who have served this nation and died in that service. Thank you.
Continue readingI got an email Virtual Boots on the Ground, which I’m reprinting below. I can’t decide if this is a gimmick or a wonderful idea. On the principle that there’s no harm if it’s a gimmick and a lot of good if it’s a wonderful idea, I signed up. Dear
Continue readingPrivate Chris Kershaw, 19, a British soldier, didn’t really send a gift from the other side. What he did, though, was think about the ones who would be left behind in the event he died in battle, and he left them a letter: The youngest of six British soldiers blown
Continue readingI got myself a copy of Marcus Luttrell’s Service: A Navy SEAL at War, which I am very much looking forward to reading. I loved his Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10, even though it made me cry — which
Continue readingSgt. Gary Stein was discharged from the Marines because he created a web page critical of President Obama. Despite the fact that I agree with Sgt. Stein’s political views, I think the Marines did the right thing. One of the things that makes our military great is the fact that
Continue readingI got an email from Andrea Shea King (the Radio Patriot) that had in it a picture of Keanu Reeves and a headline about a post with one former Navy SEAL’s challenge to Barack Obama because of the latter’s narcissistic reliance on the SEALS as his own personal campaign tool.
Continue readingObama’s War on Women backfired when one of his operatives made a stupid attack against Ann Romney and Moms. Obama’s Dog War against Romney backfired when it turned out that he’d dined on dogs. Now, it looks as if Obama’s “I killed bin Laden” shtick is going to backfire too:
Continue readingEven if you’re not a member of the Navy League, I thought you’d find interesting this email I received (emphasis mine): Dear Navy Leaguer: The sea services need our help. As you may be aware, The Budget Control Act of 2011 mandated $487 billion in security cuts over the next
Continue readingThe Left periodically floats the idea of reinstating the draft. They dress it up in an “everyone should share the burden” argument, but it’s pretty clear that the goal is to create a Vietnam War dynamic, in which young people take to the streets to protest a war, not because
Continue readingUsually, Marines are there to help us. Today, though, you can help out a Marine — America’s Sergeant Major, who blogs at Castra Praetoria, is in a dead heat at the Milbloggies for best Marine Milblogger. Mike’s not only a friend of mine, but he runs a wonderful blog, one
Continue readingTwo people sent me a link to stories about Naomi Wolf castigating singer Katy Perry for making a “shameless” piece of video “propaganda” celebrating the U.S. Marines. One sent me the link because he knows that, I went to school with Naomi. The other sent me the link because he
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