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“If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” (Ronald Reagan)

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Entries from April 2008

Thoughts on the Popemobile

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I am watching the Popemobile on television as it makes it way down a Washington street lined with devout Catholics and other interested onlookers.
This non-aerodynamic vehicle amuses me greatly. It also motivates my curiosity:
Why is it bullet- and bomb-proof? Isn’t the Pope supposed to be unafraid of the afterlife? When he gets there, won’t there […]

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Tags: Punditry

Big government clears the air (of travelers)

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Other than some excellent spot analysis by travel expert, NBC Today contributor and mega-blogger Peter Greenberg, I have seen little journalistic clarity in the wake of The Great American Airlines Debacle.
For those seeking a real-life example of what happens when the federal government is permitted to run amuck, thereby complicating our lives and creating a huge financial mess, drive over […]

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Tags: Airline rants

Nurturing democracy ‘on the cheap’

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Everytime Sen. Barack Hussein Obama spews his contemptible campaign trail rhetoric opposing the Battle of the Ages being waged in cities and villages across Iraq by courageous patriots, American and Iraqi alike, he often refers to the cost of this war on terror. He even dares to suggest to his spongelike masses that the cost of war hits […]

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Tags: Punditry