THE 4TH OF JULY IN SAMARRA, IRAQ


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Posted at 2:54am on Jul. 4, 2008 Fourth of July Tribute 2008

By civil truth

Iwo Jima (second ) flag raising

Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.
-inscription on the Iwo Jima Monument

Three of the six Marines in this photograph died in later fighting on Iwo Jima. A fourth lived the rest of his life a broken man, wracked by survivor guilt. Overall, 6,825 Marines perished in the battle. [Source]

Liberty may be free, but it is not cheap.

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Posted at 2:29am on Jul. 4, 2008 Cockstradamus: Webb will be the VP on the 2008 losing ticket

By gamecock

Given the liberal left domination of the MSM, leftist democrats Mondale, Dukakis and Kerry led by much larger margins over Presidents Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 in past June-Sept leap years than Obama currently leads McCain in most of the between election polls this year.

[And no, so far no hen has exercised any leap right to propose matrimony with THE Carolina rooster so far in 2008 A.D.]

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Posted at 11:29pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Lobbyists

By tjasko

Lobbyists

Not too long ago, Obama announced that Democrats will no longer accept lobbyist donations. Of course, the DCCC and DSCC have declines to abide by this ban, so maybe he meant "the Democratic party, except for those parts in Congress." Oh, and at least 2 DNC vice-chairs are registered lobbyists, so it's apparently still okay for lobbyists to wield major influence in the Democratic party. Not to mention that state lobbyists, former lobbyists, and unregistered lobbying firm partners are still perfectly fine to give money, among other exceptions.

Anyway, even if all lobbyists were truly cut off, that would just make the Democratic party all the more dependent on Soros.

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Posted at 11:05pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Obama a Foreign National?

By mycountryfirst

Hello all:

I'm a dem who will be voting McCain...I don't post here much but have vowed to give you all whatever you need to defeat Obama. Perhaps you already have seen this information.

Not a prolific blogger, but I do read a lot. Many of us who know Obama is a threat to the US are doing what we can to expose him. An important recent discussion is going on regarding Obama's duel citizenship or, his actually not being a "natural born citizen" (canada or kenya) as required for POTUS.

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Posted at 9:24pm on Jul. 3, 2008 GOP House Candidate to Tour ANWR

By BrianFaughnan

Polls show support for expanded drilling here in the U.S. on the upswing -- including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Some Americans however, remain resistant to drilling because they believe it will mar the unspoiled beauty of the Refuge. To help highlight the fact that the ANWR's Coastal Plain is... ugly, Congressional candidate Craig Williams is taking a trip to the site of the proposed drilling:

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Posted at 8:54pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Is it a Flipflop if You Don't Flip?

By Shoebox

In an interview this week with "Relevant," a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain "a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother."

Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term."

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Posted at 8:40pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Fred's Remarks to National Right to Life: A Message to all Patriots [annotated]

By kiana

[Try reading the site before posting sometime -- especially if you're doing a three-line link dump that involves no analysis or commentary, and therefore simply wastes space that other, thoughtful writers could be occupying on the User Diary list.

Sen. Thompson posted this speech here on RedState before he gave it to National Right to Life. There's no need to spam us with links to go somewhere else to read what is already on our front page.

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Posted at 8:28pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Obama is nothing. No Dem nominee since Fritz has been something.

By Mark Kilmer

Barack Obama is not any particular thing, ergo he is nothing.

He's ready to refine his position on Iraq and troop withdrawal:

Obama told reporters in Fargo, N.D., that he is “going to do a thorough assessment."

"When I go to Iraq and I have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I'm sure I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies," he said, according to CBS News. “I have been consistent, throughout this process, that I believe the war in Iraq was a mistake.”

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Posted at 8:26pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Senator KKK Byrd Mocks Bunning on Senate Floor

By dld1717

he full dialogue
Oh, the full dialogue from the blogpost below according to WaPo's Paul Kane (and other reporters in the gallery) who heard the full shouting match between Sen. Robert C. Byrd and Sen. Jim Bunning, shouting from their seats across that aisle at each other:

Bunning: "Regular order!"

Byrd: "Who said that?"

Bunning: "I did."

Byrd: "Who are you?"

Bunning: "I'm a senator."

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Posted at 7:57pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Existential Struggle: Thoughts On the Eve of Independence Day

By TheSophist

In a recent post of mine, I have had the pleasure to engage in civil, reasoned discourse about the propriety of using or not using torture in our War against Irhabis. In that discussion, it struck me that there is an unspoken assumption that underlies all of our thoughts about the War, about what's right and wrong, and about our policies.

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Posted at 6:14pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Why GC always says "Independence Day" and never "The Fourth"

By gamecock

By Mike DeVine, Legal Editor for The Minority Report and The HinzSight Report

I view this National Holiday as an opportunity to push back against the Left in the cultural political correctness war.

We don't depart friends on December 22 with a hearty, "Have a Merry Twenty-Fifth" or on Dec 28th with "Have a Happy First."

Independence Day connotes that we had to do something to be Independent.

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Posted at 5:31pm on Jul. 3, 2008 From my cold, dead hands.

By Mord

At what point will GW hysterics be seen as the people they really are? I Predict it will be fairly soon, the more we hear about people like this.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/03/2293369.htm?section=justin

(this is from Hotair.com)

This is in Australia, so it doesn't have much to do with here and now, but it is a good example of what I think is going on.

1) Take any aspect of society that you dislike. In this case I imagine that "Professor Michael Prather from the University of California" might have a problem with watching television or something.

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Posted at 5:27pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Barry caves again - "not wedded to a particular timeline on Iraq"

By bs

Promoted from blogs. But don't worry that we'll stop at this - we all want a slice of this one. - Moe Lane

Hey, Moe - the reversal cometh.

The Politico is reporting that The Obamessiah, the One who was to be our savior from Iraq, is now backing off of his dogmatic "get the heck out of Iraq NOW" position.

The Spelunker now says

“I am going to do a thorough assessment when I'm there," he told reporters in Fargo, N.D., according to CBS News. "When I go to Iraq and I have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I'm sure I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies."

Really. Well, I'm just floored. Who would have thought that he would have caved on yet another position?

Read on.

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Posted at 5:06pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Hang 'em high, boys

By Flyover Country

Via the wonderful Rachel Lucas, we have today's winner of the "Most In Need of A Serious Beating" video. The cell-phone video purports to show a 16 year-old Georgia male sending...and I cannot believe I'm writing this...an 8 month-old baby flying across a living room. He does this by placing the infant on an inflatable pillow, and jumping on the far side...ever seen one of those big inflatable water games at camp or a waterpark, where you sat on one end, and someone jumped onto the other to send you airborne? Something like that. The video is below, but seriously, remove all throwable objects from your immediate vicinity. You've been warned.


Read on...

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Posted at 2:58pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Through The Looking Glass

By DrJaysonFoster

~ Dick Morris' June 25 column included this gem: "(Obama) wants to cover 12 million illegal immigrants with federally subsidized health insurance, dramatically driving up costs and forcing federal rationing of healthcare. As in the U.K. and Canada, you will not be permitted certain medical procedures if the bureaucrats decide you are not worth it..."

Providing free medical care for illegal aliens is guaranteed to lure countless additional "uninvited guests" into America. Obama has handed the Republican nominee a devastating weapon with which to destroy him. If only John McCain were still alive...

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