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All new video ... news stories from the top blogs ... Tweets ... huh? ... it's the all new www.radioviceonline.com .... head on over cause that's where we live now.

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Hey folks ... we have moved to a bigger and better site that we think puts Radio Vice Online in a whole new class.You will continue to see posts from Mel and video clips and comments from me ... plus ... so many extras including live chat, live video blogs, photos, comments and much more.So head on over to ... wait ... not till 10 AM ... see ya then.

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Here's the list that separates fact from fiction on Sarah Palin ... have at it ... it's all sourced. Apparently, yes, they have also made the claim she is from another planet. Why not? And while we are at it ... why not cross check this list with some of the outlandish claims made by Bill Curry in the Courant. Can't wait to see the retraction.How daffy is Palin? She stood before a convention that

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Of all the Palin kids that captured the hearts of America convention night ... little Piper took the prize. First her little wave when she was introduced ... then ... you remember this shot, where she smooths Trigs hair ... kinda gets ya right? Not so much the cynical main stream media ...Newsbusters points this out this morning ... tender moment turns media's stomach. Ugggggh. I am so

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Nice piece on Steve Schmidt, the man who took control of McCain's campaign when it looked like all was lost. Apparently not when you have Steve Schmidt in charge.Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser to McCain who worked on President George W. Bush's campaign in 2004, could barely hide his fury in the coming days, as he announced — to anyone who would listen — that he would personally make certain the

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Obama's been constantly harping on the "get it" phrase. He "gets it", she "doesn't get it" ... get it? Well it appears Sarah doesn't just get it ... she's got it.Seems like it was just three days ago that they were clobbering her for her hair style. Oh wait ... it was three days ago. But that was Boston ... this my friends is LA!

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That "my friends" is a bounce! Now, I do not put much faith in these polls ... people's opinions swing all over ... but I bet its making the Obama folk freak a bit which is reason enough for me to post. As Allahpundit at Hotair would say "Dude ... where's my bounce?"McCain leads Democrat Barack Obama by 50%-46% among registered voters, the Republican's biggest advantage since January and a

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Now I'm not a believer in polls. But I look at the numbers like everyone else and this I could NOT believe. If you had asked me 6 months ago if this was possible I would've told you you were insane. Unbelievable. Just goes to show what sittin' back, layin' low and hosting town hall meetings can do for you. Oh yeah, and picking Sarah Palin as your running mate. But still two long months to

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OK ... it is a little gross ... I will admit ... but overall not too bad ... and a nice break from Palinmania ... but be forewarned. A Fox reporter is mooned on live TV this afternoon and may I say this is the perfect storm ...Live TV ... A bar ... Key West

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From Michael Yon: Some excellent British combat photographers went along for the Kajaki mission. SGT Anthony Boocock, RLC, shot the photos below, and gave them to me after he returned from safely the mission. These photos are property of the British MoD:Success in Afghanistan and a dire warning from Michael Yon ... please check out this column. The British and Canadian soldiers there risked

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Some pretty funny bumper stickers here.

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It took Bill O'Reilly to get it out of him. Aired last night was the first piece of Bill O'Reilly's sit down with Barack Obama.The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.”Now if you watch the video (link below), you'll see he dances around why he didn't support the

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It happened four times during McCain's acceptance speech. He not only handled it with class and dignity he turned it to his advantage. I know you want to stop me, he said ... so I will just say it again.BTW ... she's claiming she was mishandled ... the video indeed shows otherwise. Go here to see (H/T Instapundit)

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You see, stuff like this is why John McCain has a chance in November. The nastier and more disrespectful the other side gets, the more people get behind John McCain and Sarah Palin. Americans don't like dirty play. They want straight up, straight forward people without the nonsense. Disrupting the nomination speech??? Just straight up childish and rude. There's a time and a place and that wasn't

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Michele Malkin is keeping us up to date on the latest attempt from the wacko media to TRY to smack down Sarah Palin. And I say TRY, because I don't think there's any stopping her no matter how hard they try. America likes her, and America understands her when she speaks. Read Michele's column here.~Post by Mel

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I am sorry I forgot to post this. In many ways it was the most important part of the speech. Trig is her newest child and has Down Syndrome.

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What makes this so funny is its so true. I followed this as it unfolded and have the sound as well. Right after the Georgia invasion McCain called on Putin to put the tanks inreverse, Obama called on both sides to cool down. By the time it was all over Obama was echoing McCain.

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She cut him to pieces ...

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Here's the immediate reaction from Chris Wallace and Karl Rove: a pit bull in heals indeed.

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on ... taxes, big government, terror ... and empty speeches. And now you know why they called her "Sarah Baracuda" Last post ... rest on the show tomorrow

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She took on the oil companies, took their leases, taxed em and gave the money to the people. So tell me again why you don't like her? Oh yeah ... she sold the plane.

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Coming from a former, and may I say award winning, journalist ... this is the money line. Take that MSM!

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I grew up in a small town ... she spoke for all of us tonight.

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Got it Senator ... a budget, employees, citizens, accountability. Small town America.

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Ummm ... no wonder they are afraid ... just a small town girl with small town values. Look out Joe Biden. Here comes Sarah Baracuda!

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I'll just let her talk. The speech tonight was a home run ... err ... hat trick

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It's the question the media has never asked. I wonder why.  Then there's Alan being Alan. My guess is the media never asked because it doesn't want to know the answer.

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I like Newt's style ... my guess is Sarah would win.And while you are at it ... take the poll over at Glenn Reynolds Place ... seems great minds.

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Another example of fair and balanced reporting. Michelle Malkin is the best.US Weekly for Palin and then US Weekly for Obama. Michelle Malkin says when you learn who the publisher is ... it's no surprise.And while you are at it read her latest column at TownHall on sexism in this race.

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Over at Hot Air they caught this in an hour I missed. This is pretty doggone good and Newt's frustration is understandable. Memo to reporters ... keep pushin ... you are turning Palin into a hero.BTW ... I worked with Ron Allen. I always found him to be a smart hard working independent reporter so I have no idea if he's been infected by MSNBC disease. Here's hoping he has not.

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I'll be glad to get back to normal CT!!! I don't have to worry about getting sprayed with bleach walking down the streets of CT. I actually hadn't heard about what happened to the CT delegates until I called home tonight. As I mentioned before, I was at a veteran's event today so I was out of the news loop. I hope that they are ok. If I was here tomorrow I'd try to connect with them to make sure

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It's just one more great Powerline Post ... as as they put ... "Two more howlers by Obama."John asks ... ya think the media could spare a little time away from Bristol Palin's baby to cover the Obama gaffs?John the answer we know is no ... fortunately there will be so many more.

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I'm attending veteran networking events off site today, which is my reason for being here, so I'm excited for that. Hopefully there are still windows in the building we're going to.Before I leave, one more word on the protesters. As I was watching the video coverage this morning, I was struck by how the only thing they seem to be doing is terrorizing people. Everyday folk are scared. Everyone has

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Many of our show's favorite bloggers and may I say more than accomplished will be playing a big part in the new "Pajamas TV" enterprise ... (including show regulars Powerline) ... webcasting live and on tape from the RNC. If you have not gone there and watched you should make a point of doing so. The coverage is inclusive, insightful and complete. These people are hardly teens in their basement

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I wonder if he has an 800 number too. This video is for entertainment purposes. Senator Kerry on ABC's This Week responding to McCain's pick of my girl Sarah as VP. He says he alone knows who Senator McCain really wanted but picked Palin anyway because of Rush Limbaugh and ...... well just watch the video ... as Allahpundit says at Hot Air ... the money line is at the end.I am still not sure what

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Editor's Note: Mel will be posting from the RNC this week. A veteran of the Iraqi war as an Army MP she is with the Veteran's For Freedom Organization.UpDate: Video added below. ( We are reposting the video. You Tube has been burping)We got it, you made your point. We know how you feel. It's what we hear in the MSM everyday. I just hope you realize that all you're really accomplishing is making

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On Fox News Special Report Mort Kondracke weighs in on the Bristol Palin story. Just as on CNN (see post below), there's a verbal smack down, only this time by Bill Kristol.Mort says this should show conservatives that abstinence education just does not work because Bristol Palin just didn't have birth control at her disposal. Kristol and the rest on the panel go nuts. Enjoy, for entertainment

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CNN analyst Bill Bennett smacked down CNN for it's "investigation" of both the Sarah Palin pregnancy and the pregnancy of unmarried daughter Bristol Palin. First here's the report by someone named Kiera Phillips (no keys in TV anymore so excuse the spelling), Kiera tells us CNN sent her there to look into a rumor (that Sarah's youngest child was actually Bristol's child) that had no basis other

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Although I have to say not very impressed. They were trying to hold hands and block traffic, traffic that wasn't even going to the RNC. Not quite sure the point. But the police were great, calm and reserved. Not quite sure how they do it but they were absolutely professional. I thanked them as I walked by, the police that is. Not the protesters.Mel

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On my connection plane in Philly. I'll post any fun or interesting happenings here!!!Mel

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I was watching the briefing/q&a with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and was disgusted. The media's not showing concern for the people, they're asking Katrina questions so they can sit and wait for things to go wrong and nail them. I just find it so sad. This time should be about helping the people in harms way, not making this yet another political football.~Post by Mel

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Much is being made on political web sites and in the main stream media about which voters Governor Sarah Palin can and cannot deliver come November. Dissatisfied Hillary supporters? Republican Women? Feminists? Some conservatives and many liberal pundits don't like the choice, calling it a desperate pander to lure unhappy and hurt Hillary voters. Possibly, but I don't think so. But even if that

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Recognizing the strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq and expressing gratitude to the members of the United States Armed Forces who made that success possible.IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 31, 2008Keep reading. How anyone can NOT vote for this I do NOT understand. We'll keep you posted.~Post by Mel

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A great Veteran's perspective on the DNC from David Bellavia, a founder of Vets For Freedom and outstanding soldier. I had a hard time picking my favorite part to share but here it is.......When the Democratic party’s mainstream proposed cutting the funding for the war in Iraq in August 2007, Sen. Joseph Biden responded eloquently: “There’s no political point worth anybody’s life out there. None.

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I am just in love with this woman. Anyone out there know where I can get "Sarah For Vice President" stickers made? This video is from the Draft Palin For VP site courtesy of Michelle Malkin ... who BTW says "I'm Impressed." Hey, who wouldn't be?

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Obama and the gang love the phrase "get it", as in "We get it, this little girl gets it, I get it, McCain just doesn't get it." Get it?Well Scott over at Powerline gets it for sure:

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Mel brought this to my attention. Thought you would like to read this post at Power Line.http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/021362.phpSorry about the format. This was posted from my new 3G iPhone.Jim

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Here we go, didn't even take a day for it to start. Now Gov Palin can take it, I have no doubt about that but it is ridiculous. I'm usually the last to bring up the woman stuff, it's not my style nor how I operate. I'm not about excuses or pity but this bothers me. If it was people making comments about Sen Obama and African Americans it would be the leading news story. People would be outraged.

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Really, I truly try to keep an open mind when I watch these things. I could go on and on about what I thought about this speech. It actually angered me at parts. But I'm not because I feel it can summed up in one post from the blog on Pajamas Media by Stephen Green.8:58PM I’m sorry I didn’t practice my George Costanza, because this was the speech about nothing. Read here.You really must read.

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Jim Geraghty dissects the statement. A must read.......goes line by line of incidents that occurred during the Clinton Administration. Read here.~Post by Mel

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Another right on by Pete Hegseth. How the Dems are STILL trying to stick by the surge didn't work is beyond me. Here's the first few lines.....Denver — Yesterday, I once again watched Speaker Nancy Pelosi stubbornly deny the success of the surge. Under questioning from Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press, Pelosi insisted that — despite dramatic improvements on the ground — the surge has not been

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Hey ... our friend Capt. Peter Hegseth has a new ad ... and here it isThanks Peter ...

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If you want to hear what the "new" Democrats consider the role of the Federal Government should be go no farther than Governor Duval Patrick's speech last night. We're all kids on the playground and the government is Mrs Jones. And people in Connecticut ask "Why are you a conservative". Just remember everyone will be watching what you do ... and its OK.The Money Line: Scroll forward to 05:01:12

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Pretty nice ... pretty fast ... pretty effective ... but likely preaching to the choir.www.obamapicksbiden.comOh ... and I like the countdown "gaffe" clock at the RNC

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Sorry ... sitting here late ... but ... you just have to chuckle ... err ... chortle .... ummm.OK ... one more time from the peanut gallery.Obama is change we can count on ... and he will bring about change because he's against the Washington insiders and lobbyists and the war and ... oh never mind. (Thanks to Instapundit)As HOT AIR points out (image from Hot Air) ...  if there's anyone who can

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Here's the link again for this outstanding and FACTUAL analysis on the Iraq War and the Georgian situation.~Post by Mel

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Here's a link to my original post last week about the outstanding articles of Pete Hegseth and the crew about their return to Iraq for analysis. Below you will find the links to the articles since this post. Pete is brutally honest in his evaluation, he states what's working and what needs work. Please read.Arsenal for Iraq-racyWhy Victory In Iraq Matters~Post by Mel

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Didn't even know this was there ... worth the watch. Not surprisingly ... only a little more than a hundred views. Pass the word.and here's the link to Free Tibet TV. Thanks.

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Hey, she's just saying what everyone else is thinking ... even the NY Times.Darragh Murphy of PUMA (Democrats fighting for Hillary still) Debates MSNBC's David Shuster. She may be a Hillary supporter but she's no Obama supporter.Shuster calls her on the size of her organization ... PUMA has raised just $50,000 ... the lack of support. Then reminds his audience she gave John McCain $500 in 2000.

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McCain has a new ad! I love it!Thanks to Powerline for pointing this out. Here's their take.

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It ain't easy being a reporter trying to cover a Tibet protest in China ... off to prison with you.Then there's CNN's report on crews getting shot at in GeorgiaThen there's this report of a Georgian woman getting shot while covering the invasion ... while Russian troops watch.Finally here in the US .... it's Gitmo for protestors!

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Reminds me a little of National Lampoon's summer vacation ... but when the NY Times wonders where Obama is during this Georgia crisis? Read the article here and Hotair's analysis.And how about poor Poland ... they agree to a missile defense system and now they are a nuke target.Meanwhile we have the original Senator Obama who wants to disarm America

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Thought you might like to see "Early" Obama defense priorities ... disarm America and talk with the Russians. Courtesy Powerline.

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Here's the first paragraph, a great read........Russia invades Georgia. China jails dissidents. China and India pollute at levels previously unimaginable. Gulf monarchies make trillions from jacked-up oil prices. Islamic terrorists keep car bombing. Meanwhile, Europe offers moral lectures, while Japan and South Korea shrug and watch -- all in a globalized world that tunes into the Olympics each

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Here's the post Jim was talking about........~Post by Mel

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Here's the link with the best info and analysis, including a handy map to help understand geographically what's going on. Click here. You will recognize this site as it also has the best analysis on Iraq and I highly recommend and have talked about on multiple occasions. www.understandingwar.org~Post by Mel

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For those that don't know, Vets For Freedom sent eight US Iraqi War Veterans back to their "old stomping grounds" during their tours in Iraq. They have been studying, learning, observing, seeing the changes first hand. Take the time to read some on the ground accounts you will find no where else.I've highlighted Pete Hegseth's articles here for easy reading since he's the most we're familiar with

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I am catching up on some of the better articles I have failed to post ... but now that the Festival is over ... here's one requested often in the last month: Canadian Health Care We So Envy Lies In Ruins.

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Here's a little more ammo for those of you arguing the "Drill Here, Drill Now" case. From IBD Editorials ... Energy Myths

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Here's the article by Deroy Murdock on why drilling for oil has never been safer and in fact cleaner than Mother Nature herself!

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This may be Neil Cavuto at his best ... trust me. Congressman Eliot Engel from New York tries to explain why a windfall profits tax is good for America. Neil Cavuto isn't buying. Everytime Neil asks him to define windfall, or to explain how it will lower prices, Engle screams "68 million acres". Neil just can't take it anymore and responds in kind ... "You're not answering the question

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Another great piece by Pete Hegseth......read full piece hereIn fact, just one question entered my head when I finished reading: Why now? Why would Sen. Obama — or any legislator, for that matter — write such a piece before visiting the country for himself, seeing the situation with his own eyes, and speaking with commanders and troops who actually know what’s going on?~Post by Mel

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Bet you haven't seen any of this on the nightly news. The MASSIVE success in Iraq doesn't fit into their game plan. And that's sad. The turn around the last year in Iraq is remarkable. Too bad the MSM doesn't share that with the American people....That soldiers are looking elsewhere for a battle is a testament to how much Iraq has changed from a year ago, when violence was at its height. Now

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They're already starting to crumble.........I've been leaning towards the word arrogant lately when listening and reading about Senator Obama. Guess I'm not the only one..........Read full article here, it's a good read broken down point by point.Privately, however, there is a different message coming from some Democratic quarters on the Hill and on K Street. Some Democratic leadership staffers

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I suppose its progress ... at least in the empire state it will be a slow bleed.The poll found 75 percent favor a circuit breaker, even it it means raising income taxes on those who earn more than $1 million annually. At the same time, 69 percent supported Gov. David Paterson's plan to cap property tax increases at 4 percent per year -- down from the 74 percent last month who said they agreed

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Outraged ... outraged, I tell you. I am so sure Fox 61 will be here any minute to get my take on this Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist's depiction of John McCain.And the media will be all over this and it will be the subject of talk show fodder and Obama of course will reject it and .... oh ... never mind

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I am sure the mainstream media will be outraged over this too."University students Rachel Evans and Amber Pike, who challenged the legislation, said they and other protesters would now hand out condoms, stickers and leaflets to pilgrims. "Symbolic coat-hangers", designed to draw attention to the problem of backyard abortions, would also be distributed ... Evans said protesters wearing T-shirts

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Read the actually apology yourself. He's not apologizing for WHAT he said. He's apologizing for what it might do to the campaign. So he meant what he said, but just didn't want people to know because it would hurt the campaign. Read article here."For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize,"~Post by Mel

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Talk about a slap in the face, but we all knew it was coming. The left can't have one of "their own" standing up for something he believes in. And may I say he's been RIGHT. He gets national security. His party doesn't. So now they're calling to use him for the majority but after they can stack up some more on their side in the next election, they'll kick him to the curb. How nice. Read

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From the "You can't make this stuff up" category.I rail continually against the "do as I say ... not as I do" politicians that continually ask for sacrifice from the people, while the so called "public servants" stuff their bellies with the fruits of our labor. I just never thought the pork belly pols would be so literal about it. Getty Image/ From UK Telegraph

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Hugh Hewitt has discovered its powerful stuff ... the question is ... do the Republicans have the guts or will they leave it up to the rest of us. I vote the rest of us.While many voters know that Obama used drugs as a young man, they haven’t heard the senator describe his drug use in those terms, or in his own voice. Nor have they heard him extensively quoting from the first sermon he heard from

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Sometimes I sit behind the microphone in stunned disbelief at my former colleagues in the MSM. Let me say first that we all carry with us preferences and biases but in journalism (as opposed to what I and others do which is commentary) a reporter and editor are supposed to isolate them and at least attempt objectivity (as opposed to feigning it).Today I urge you to read a series of posts at

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This is a great letter that along with the text, proceeds to address each of his "miscomments" with the facts. This is my personal favorite. Another home run hit by Pete Hegseth.“I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be President.”FACT: If serving your country, volunteering for combat, resisting the enemy, and receiving seventeen decorations for

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~Post by Mel

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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. - A 150-pound sea turtle raised by humans returned to freedom on Monday after nine years of captivity, swimming away after the veterinarians who cared for her helped steer her toward the ocean.Continue reading here.~Post by Mel

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But I thought they were all in Iraq and we were broken and we didn't have any troops at home, they were all over seas........oh wait, I don't listen to the left. Read article here. But on the serious side, the fires are no joke and we wish them luck and cooperative weather.~Post by Mel

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Conservative 247 has a very nice round-up indeed on the Wes Clark incident. I will try and get the video up ... and some others ... but for starters check out the site.

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In the words of Majority Whip James Clyburn ... "Now that would be a problem for us ...". Indeed. Via Instapundit.The White House sees the progress in a particularly positive light, declaring in a new assessment to Congress that Iraq's efforts on 15 of 18 benchmarks are "satisfactory"—almost twice of what it determined to be the case a year ago. But of course ... the AP makes sure we know ... its

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Oh good grief ... here we go again. McCain flashes his temper at the Sandinista's? And this is bad because... ?"McCain was down at the end of the table and we were talking to the head of the guerrilla group here at this end of the table, and I don't know what attracted my attention," Cochran said. "But I saw some kind of quick movement at the bottom of the table and I looked down there and John

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Ya know ... I really would answer these questions. Someone needs to ask ... these two terrorists still on the guest list?Thanks to Tigerhawk.

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(Picture from Hartford Courant)On my way into work this morning I was listening to an amazingly inspirational and well know song "Shout To The Lord", on my IPOD. Then when I arrive I pick up the Hartford Courant and find this headline: "Poll Finds Many In State Unsure About God". Discouraging to say the least.Then as I burrow into the article Elizabeth Hamilton writes:"... Connecticut (along

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An Op Ed from Pete Hegseth from earlier in the month, a must read if you missed it. Read here~Post by Mel

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Anyone who's been touched by this disease knows how important this is. Read discovery here~Post by Mel

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Here's just some fun political humor courtesy of Michelle Malkin........In response to Barack Obama’s foreign policy adviser endorsing Winnie the Pooh as a “fundamental text on national security” this week (yes, it’s true), readers and bloggers are having brutal fun with Photoshop.Continue reading and see the rest of Photoshop pictures.......Also continue looking at Michelle's site, she has a

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Always a good story......read here~Post by Mel

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80% of their habitat destroyed. I think the panda deserves a little more attention than the polar bear right now. Read article here~Post by Mel

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This is sad and disgusting but not surprising. The vandalized statue was a statue honoring deceased WWII veterans. While sometimes soldiers get warm reactions and appreciation, there's a entirely different side. A disappointing side. A side that makes you temporarily wonder why you risked your life for this great, and at times, ungrateful country. Here's a piece from the Courant

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Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn in as US citizenBOSTON (AP)—Big Papi has found a new nation to call home.David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.The 32-year-old slugger from the Dominican Republic posed for photographs and shook the hands of many other new citizens

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