Daily Archives: October 8th, 2007 «

 

Meet Maj. David Rozelle

Posted by: ST on October 8, 2007 at 8:02 pm » 2 Comments

Just got done reading this wonderful story about Maj. David Rozelle, who lost his right foot in a landmine explosion in Iraq on June 21, 2003. Via Griff’s Notes: It’s Maj. David Rozelle, the Administrator for the Amputee Care Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Maj. Rozelle was leading a convoy in Hit, Iraq, [...]

 

Tuesday night’s GOP debate: How will Fred Thompson do?

Posted by: ST on October 8, 2007 at 4:33 pm » 4 Comments

The next GOP debate, sponsored by CNBC/MSNBC/Wall Street Journal, will be held in in Dearbon, MI (careful, candidates – that can be a crazy place sometimes) tomorrow afternoon. As MSNBC’s First Read blog reports, all eyes will be on Fred Thompson: All eyes are on Fred Thompson this week as he makes his debate debut [...]

 

Fleet Week in San Francisco

Posted by: ST on October 8, 2007 at 2:59 pm » 2 Comments

In spite of the loony left’s attempts in SF to ground them, the Blue Angels (seen in practice photos here) flew proudly over SF skies this past weekend as part of their 26th annual Fleet Week. The Examiner’s John Upton reports: After efforts led by local peace groups and Supervisor Chris Daly failed to rid [...]

 

America-hating on Columbus Day

Posted by: ST on October 8, 2007 at 12:48 pm » 2 Comments

There’s always at least one liberal in the crowd who will use a holiday as an opportunity to bash America, and today is no exception. James Carroll writes today in the Boston Globe about a “troubling” turn in our history and – yep – you guessed it, it’s George W. Bush’s fault. Jules Crittenden delivers [...]

 

Terrorists on the run in Iraq

Posted by: ST on October 8, 2007 at 9:43 am » 4 Comments

Omar Fadhil from the Iraq the Model blog has a piece up today at the Wall Street Journal that talks about indications that the terrorists are losing in Iraq: BAGHDAD–The latest chapter in al Qaeda’s war manual in their war against the Iraqi people and the Coalition is this: raiding remote peaceful villages, burning down [...]