julescrittenden.com - 1/9/2009
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Found at bloody Antietam 146 years later, by a hiker who spotted human remains by a groundhog hole. Archaeologists uncovered a young New York soldier, apparently a forgotten battlefield burial. ABC2:
Archeologists are now working to find out as much as they can about that soldier, and give him ...
weeklystandard.com - 1/9/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Al Kamen reports : Former assistant secretary for
Europe and Eurasia Elizabeth Jones, now at APCO Worldwide,...
is being talked about to become assistant secretary of state for Middle East matters. Jones, who served as the United States ...
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Return of the Lobbyists
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 1/4/2009
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Gross. The mainstream media reaches new depths of
Obama idolatry. Toker in Chief becomes child's role model....
Spleef anyone? From the Washington Post : Sherry Jones was driving her 13-year-old son, Malcolm, to school the other morning when he ...
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WaPo Obama Idolatry: St. Barack Is New Parenting Tool
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Antietam
Neptunus Lex —
The 17th of September, 1862 remains the bloodiest single day in American military history. More than 20,000 young men in blue and butternut fell that day, many of them never to rise again.
146 years later, the blood has dried, but the ground continues to give up its secrets.
Let Jules tell the tale.
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. —
... . But we have graphics! It's going to be a crazy busy day today, but I had to share that one with you. Jules Crittenden has a good one: Found in the hallowed ground at bloody Antietam 146 years later, by a hiker who spotted human remains by a groundhog hole. News, history and eyewitness accounts follow if you click this link . Welcome home, soldier. For those of you who just can't wait for the Presidential Inauguration, ...
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