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powerlineblog.com - 4/13/2009
"Easter Miracle"
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That's what some are calling the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips. Jules Crittenden comments: Exactly. God helps those who helps themselves. A 5.56/7.62/9 mm miracle, by the grace of frogmen. The details of the rescue are still not entirely clear, to me anyway. It appears that ...
motherjones.com - 4/8/2009
Another Miracle Brought to You By America's Unions (This Time With Pirates!)
— motherjones.com — Now that the American crew members of the Maersk Alabama have retaken the ship from four Somali... pirates (USA! USA! USA!), it's important to note that like all the people involved with the safe landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson ... (more) Another Miracle Brought to You By America's Unions (This ...

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julescrittenden.com - 4/13/2009
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— julescrittenden.com — Boston Herald on the raid that saved Capt. Phillips, calls it an "Easter miracle." Exactly. God helps... those who helps themselves. A 5.56/7.62/9 mm miracle more like it, by the grace of frogmen. UNDERHILL, Vt. - After a valiant raid nothing short of an ... (more) Free
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Happy Easter!
poligazette.com - 4/10/2009
Happy Easter!
— poligazette.com — To our Christian readers: happy Easter! Enjoy the weekend, the church services, and the time you will... spend with your family / relatives. For your Easter weekend reading pleasure: 1. Christian pilgrims flock to holy city 2. Book of John 3. Paul’s letter to the Hebrews  ... (more) Happy Easter!

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The Moderate Voice:  Reaction Roundup to Captain Phillips’ Release

Brilliant at Breakfast:  Obama scores an early military victory -- and the wingnuts are going crazy

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Reaction Roundup to Captain Phillips’ Release
The Moderate Voice — ... John Hinderaker, amazingly (no! no! I know! even for him!) thinks that this crisis should “be a lesson” to Pres. Obama: “The pirate infestation is a sort of farcical echo of the much more serious problem of Islamic terrorism,” he advised the president. Actually, Somali pirates’ motives are ...

Obama scores an early military victory -- and the wingnuts are going crazy
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... And over at Powerline, there's a post that admonishes President Obama to adopt some of Captain Phillips' humility (I guess because George W. Bush was a paragon of same, right?) ...

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