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Quote of the Day

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

“Having lived with Global Thermonuclear War with the Soviet Union, Global Cooling, the Population Bomb, DDT, AIDS, the Elbola virus, a half dozen other doomsday issues, and now Global Warming, life like living in one long 1970’s disaster film.” — Mark Urbin

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Monday Book Pick: A New American Tea Party

Monday, February 15th, 2010

A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes by John O’Hara.

This book cover the history of the early Tea Parties in 2009 and provides information on how to “brew your own.” Bonus: Forward by Michelle Malkin!

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Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration.

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

This video is made of pure win.

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Monday Book Pick: Badass

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live by Ben Thompson

As billed, a collection of Badasses through out history. The list includes Alexander the Great, General George S. Patton, Bruce Lee, Chandragupta Maurya, Tomoe Gozen, Carlos Hathcock, and many more.

I have my own six degrees of connection to world class badass, back when I was a little kid, we lived in a D.C. suburb in Virginia while my dad was doing his scenic tour of Southeast Asia courtesy of the US Army.  The school teacher who lived down the street used to babysit for my brother and I.  She was one of the daughters of the USMC’s Lewis “Chesty” Puller. From what I remember, she was nice, but we didn’t get away with anything.

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Spot on statement in reference to our Dear Leader

Friday, October 9th, 2009

By way of Leslie Bates comes this spot on observation:

We should stop the comparisons [of Barak H. Obama] to Hitler. At least Hitler got the Olympics to come to Berlin.

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CONSTITUTION DAY!

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

On this day in 1789, Thirty-nine American Patriots gathered to sign the U.S. Constitution.

Get a copy to carry around and read it in your spare time.  It’s not that long.  Even a U.S. Congressperson could do if they wanted.

Click here for facts about the Constitution.

I can’t stress this enough, read it, learn it, understand it.  Too many people in the federal government don’t want you to do that, which is reason enough to do so.

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The World’s First floating nuclear power plant

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

It’s not the one the Russians are building. Given the Russian’s record of failure with nuclear reactor’s and generally poor environmental record, any buyer’s are doing so at their own risk.

The world’s first floating nuclear power plant was built in the early 1960s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was the MH-1A Sturgis, a converted WWII Liberty ship. The BBC falsely reported that the Russians were building the first floating nuclear power plant back in 2006, and other news agencies are still repeating their mistake.

Also posted at Urbin Technology.

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July 4th Movie Pick: 1776, the Musical

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

1776, Great movie, I watch it every July 4th.

Mr. Reynolds had this clip on his site.

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Happy American Independence Day

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

On this day, in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. It had been voted for, by all thirteen delegations, two days previously.

Also on this day, in 1976, Israeli commandos struck a blow for freedom by rescuing nearly all the passengers and crew of an Air France plan hijacked by Palestinian Islamofascists. The terrorists were held up at the Entebbe airport in Uganda.

Today is also the birthday of my friend Doug Berry, a veteran of the United States Army. Thanks Doug, and happy birthday.