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Tag Archives: War
The Afghanistan War: "They Were Children When the War Began"
I periodically write about our heroes who continue to make the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan.I do so in part to remind myself — once a young, gung-ho supporter of the Vietnam War — that wars come at a price, a very heavy price.More… Continue reading
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Tagged afghanistan war, Began, Children, Heroes, part, price, quot, sacrifice, supporter, ultimate sacrifice, vietnam war, War
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Recessions & Recoveries: The Real Story
There appear to be, roughly, three types of recessions.There are post-war recessions. These are easy to understand. There’s an abrupt decline in military spending, demobilization reintroduces a large number of people into the work force, and businesse… Continue reading
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Tagged amp, consumer, decline, demobilization, Machine, military spending, number, Post-war, recessions, Recoveries, story, time, War, war machine, work
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DGA Files Complaint Against Fox News For Illegal Contribution To GOP Candidate
Keeping up its war with Fox News, the Democratic Governors Association on Thursday filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing the network of making an illegal in-kind contribution to gubernatorial candidate John Kasich (R-OH).The com… Continue reading
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Tagged allegation, association, bill o reilly, candidate, decision, democratic governors association, fox news, gop candidate, Illegal, illegal contribution, John Kasich, nathan daschle, network, News, ohio elections commission, republican senate, senate candidate, Show, time, War
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Ed Schultz vs. Glenn Beck Over Rally
There’s a new war of words between Ed Schultz and Glenn Beck.Schultz, who — like Beck — hosts both a radio show and a cable news show, diminished the significance of Beck’s rally this week by saying that he could easily bring 300,000 people… Continue reading
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Tagged Cable, cable news, Ed Schultz, Glenn, glenn beck, mdash, new war, News, radio, radio show, rally, Show, significance, War, war of words, week
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Obama, the Truth Will Set Them Free
President Obama mentioned a soldier from the Army’s 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, who stated that he wished those who are no longer here could have seen the withdrawal.In last week’s LA Times, Ned Parker reported comments from the same Army 4th B… Continue reading
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Tagged 4th brigade 2nd infantry division, 5 million, army, billions, Brigade, Bush, deep trouble, father, Free, hammer, la times, medical claims, Pentagon, soldier, stomach, THEM, volunteer soldiers, War, withdrawal
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Prohibition and Civil Unrest
We read of it nearly every day: Mexico appears to be imploding. Murders, assassinations of local politicians, kidnappings. A war between the drug cartels which acted with what appeared — from the outside at least — to be governmental neglect if not … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, cocaine withdrawal, drug cartel, drug cartels, drug gangs, drug prohibition, Felipe Calderon, illegal drug sales, illegal recreational drugs, lone survivor, murders, neglect, police, prohibition of alcohol, Prospect, solution, survivor, unrest, War, Zetas
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Journalist At Center Of Bogus Laredo Ranch Story Accused of Plagiarism
If you spend enough time getting to know bloggers, you’ll find that plenty of them have a story or two to tell about their uneasy relationship with traditional media outlets. Most of the time, the story will be about how some obscure writer took on an… Continue reading
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Tagged acclaim, Accused, bulletin, conroy, death, death story, drug war, heavy lifting, journalist, laredo, narco news bulletin, obscure writer, passion project, plenty, ranch, story, time, traditional media outlets, uneasy relationship, War
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Iraq/Afghanistan: A Promise Kept, A Promise Deferred
President Obama wants credit for keeping his promise to end the war in Iraq. Some credit is due: the President reaffirmed his commitment to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, as required by the agreement between the U.S. and Iraq. B… Continue reading
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