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gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 12 hours ago
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Harris Himes , the minister who witnessed Kenneth
Gladney’s beatdown at the Russ Carnahan town hall in...
August, cannot believe that only misdemeanor charges were filed against the SEIU thugs last week. The Russ Carnahan supporters beat, stomped ...
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Reverend Who Witnessed Gladney Beatdown Cannot Believe ...
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horsesass.org - 48 hours ago
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1. Roger Rabbit spews: The revenue benefits of
legalizing marijuana are minor. Projected revenues of $22 million...
amount to less than 1/1200th of the state’s revenue needs. The real story is on the spending side — enforcing the laws against marijuana ...
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mahablog.com - 3 days ago
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mahablog.com —
As we settle into collective amnesia over Iraq,
the Brits actually are holding a public inquiry into...
how they got themselves into that misbegotten adventure. In today’s news we learn from Sir Christopher Meyer, former ambassador to Washington, that at least some people in the British ...
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Set the Iraq Record Straight
mudvillegazette.com - 7 days ago
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"As presidential historian Robert Dallek reminds us, 'war
kills off great reform movements'," the Members said, noting...
that World War I ended the Progressive Era, Korea ended Harry Truman's Fair Deal and Vietnam ended Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. "The members" noted in the excerpt from ...
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War and progress
themoderatevoice.com - 7 days ago
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themoderatevoice.com —
WASHINGTON — When there is no good solution
to a problem, a president has three options. One...
is to avoid the problem. The second is to pick the least bad of the available options. The third is to mix and match among the proposed solutions and minimize the long-term damage any decision ...
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Obama’s Third Afghan Way (Guest Voice)
fivefeetoffury.com - 7 days ago
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fivefeetoffury.com —
From HNN: Neil Sheehan, who was no supporter
of the Vietnam war, wrote a devastating review of...
Lane's work in the New York Times Book Review. He found that Lane had interviewed men who had never served in Vietnam and who had otherwise lied about their service. Sheehan had been in ...
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'False atrocity tales from the war in Vietnam'
hnn.us - 7 days ago
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In 1968, Terry Whitmore, a Marine who had
been wounded by North Vietnamese mortar fire at Con...
Thien and was recuperating in Japan, boarded a plane that took him to a press conference in Moscow and then on to Stockholm where he made his new home. ...
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False Atrocity Tales from the War in Vietnam
americanthinker.com - 8 days ago
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americanthinker.com —
During the Vietnam era, some men were willing
to go to jail rather than serve in what...
they considered an immoral war. A LOT more just cut and went to Canada. I can't speak for all my brothers in Vietnam, but I know the vast majority of soldiers with ...
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American Thinker Blog: Praising Saul Alinsky and ...
bravenewconversations.com - 9 days ago
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bravenewconversations.com —
Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh – Free Episode
November 19th As an introduction to Brave New Conversations,...
we are inviting you to view the first half of this historic Conversation a full 30 minute episode for free! In this special episode, Daniel ...
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Brave New Conversations
pbs.org - 9 days ago
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The origins of the Vietnam War lie in
1945, when the British ignored Ho Chi Minh's declaration...
of independence and restored French rule to the country. After a protracted conflict with Ho Chi Minh's nationalist forces and a massive defeat at Dien ...
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Bill Moyers Journal . Johnson's Escalation of Vietnam: A ...
blackfive.net - 9 days ago
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blackfive.net —
What is that old saying? The best revenge
is living well? Navy Commander Hung B. Le, who...
as a 5 year old in 1975 spent 2 days with his family bobbing about in the South China Sea after they fled South Vietnam ahead of communist forces bent on the ...
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What a GREAT Story!!
themoderatevoice.com - 9 days ago
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themoderatevoice.com —
timely. appropriate, right
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On the Military Draft and True Patriotism
news.yahoo.com - 10 days ago
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news.yahoo.com —
DANANG, Vietnam On the day his side lost
the Vietnam War , Hung Ba Le fled his...
homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer ...
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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
youtube.com - 11 days ago
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youtube.com —
Daniel Ellsberg (the man who helped end the
Vietnam War when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to...
the New York Times) and Matthew Hoh (the first known US officia...
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Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh in Conversation (video)
youtube.com - 11 days ago
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youtube.com —
Daniel Ellsberg (the man who helped end the
Vietnam War when he leaked the Pentagon Papers to...
the New York Times) and Matthew Hoh (the first known US officia...
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A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg and Matthew Hoh (video)
nytimes.com - 13 days ago
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nytimes.com —
If history is a guide, then the recent
suicide bombings in Baghdad show that the insurgency in...
Iraq is far from over. Contrary to much of what is written and said, victory is not near and the notion that the “surge” of troops was some great, decisive ...
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Chimera of Victory
thedonovan.com - 16 days ago
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thedonovan.com —
There have been seven Medals earned on this
day in history. Three of them on the exact...
same day. The first three are naval Medals, earned for lifesaving activities, as allowed by the law until the establishment of the Navy and Marine Corps ...
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Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 14 November
julescrittenden.com - 16 days ago
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julescrittenden.com —
Briefly spotted at Harvard University this past week.
Crittenden at the Weekly Standard: It was like a...
fleeting glimpse of an alternative world: the greatness of the past and what might be in the future, brought together for a moment at Harvard ...
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Alternate Academia
themoderatevoice.com - 18 days ago
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themoderatevoice.com —
As is part of a great American tradition,
a lot was said and written in honor of...
our veterans this past Veterans Day. And, as it has become customary during the past few years, a lot has also been said and written about our newest veterans, the troops who have served so honorably and bravely ...
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“Supporting the Troops,” Revisited
thedailybeast.com - 18 days ago
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thedailybeast.com —
Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's closest adviser, says
Afghanistan isn't threatening to become another Vietnam. It already...
is. America's unwise, unwarranted, and sadly unwinnable war in Afghanistan-hastily initiated and then abandoned for Iraq by...
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America's Next Unwinnable War
blogs.wsj.com - 18 days ago
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blogs.wsj.com —
President Obama faces a choice: a surge in
Afghanistan, or the start of a withdrawl. What is...
delaying his decision?
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Afghanistan: When On Earth Will Obama Make a Decision?
minx.cc - 19 days ago
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minx.cc —
I have adopted a tradition of my Dad's
(two tours in Vietnam) for Veterans Day. He works...
half a day because he is not a State or other government employee who gets a free day off, and then he heads...
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A couple of Veterans Day notes
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 19 days ago
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
CAP has the day off for Veterans’ Day,
as does much of Washington DC though not, as...
best I can tell, the non-DC private sector economy. I sort of wish we called our November 11 observance Armistice Day like they do in other countries. ...
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Veterans’ Day / Armistice Day
thehill.com - 19 days ago
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President Barack Obama will mark Wednesday's Veterans Day
holiday with a wreath-laying and speech at Arlington National...
Cemetary. The president will travel to the Virginia cemetary tomorrow, where he'll lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unkowns, the ...
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Obama to mark Vets Day with wreath-laying at Arlington
courant.com - 19 days ago
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courant.com —
Mike Forgach doesn't remember exactly when he was
exposed to Agent Orange, but he knows the experience...
changed him forever. The 65-year-old Newington resident blames Agent Orange, a defoliant with a dioxin byproduct used during the Vietnam War , for ...
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Government Recognizes More Illnesses Tied To Agent ...
military.com - 20 days ago
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military.com —
Veterans with 0% service-connected conditions, but receiving VA
compensation Veterans seeking care only for disorders relating to...
Ionizing Radiation and Project 112/SHAD Veterans seeking care for Agent Orange Exposure during service in Vietnam ...
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VA Health Care Eligibility
newsweek.com - 20 days ago
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newsweek.com —
We must dispense with a dangerous myth. In
an effort to pressure the president to send 40,000...
more troops to Afghanistan, armchair commanders have dusted off the old canard that "we could have won in Vietnam if only … " Some revisionists contend we ...
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Senator Kerry: Vietnam Could Not Have Been Won | ...
themoderatevoice.com - 21 days ago
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themoderatevoice.com —
The entire world is puzzling over the mortifying
attack by U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan,on...
his fellow soldiers. According to Luis Lema of Switzerland’s Le Temps , whatever was going through his head – the lessons learned will not be encouraging. For Le ...
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A ‘Double Lesson’ at Fort Hood: Le Temps, Switzerlanda
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 21 days ago
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Representative Joseph Cao is a freshman Republican who
won 49.6 percent of the vote against a corrupt...
incumbent in a district that’s 64% black and has a median income of $25,000. I think it should come as no surprise that someone in that ...
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Right-Wing Unleashes Racism on Rep Cao
eleven-eleven.org - 21 days ago
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eleven-eleven.org —
The Eleven Eleven Campaign is a project of
Beyond Tribute.org. The Beyond Tribute Coalition consists of 11...
Charities that specialize in Direct Services and/or Advocacy for Veterans of all eras and conflicts (see below for Coalition partners), ...
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About « Eleven
newsweek.com - 21 days ago
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newsweek.com —
Stanley Karnow is the author of Vietnam: A
History , generally regarded as the standard popular account...
of the Vietnam War. This past summer, Karnow, 84, picked up the phone to hear the voice of an old friend, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. The two men ...
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Rereading Vietnam May Help Prevent Same Mistakes | ...
twitter.com - 22 days ago
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 22 days ago
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So who is Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the
one Republican who voted yes on the House Democrats'...
health care bill? Cao was first elected to Congress in 2008 from the solidly-Democratic New Orleans district, winning a shocking victory against Democratic ...
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Who Is Joseph Cao?
newyorker.com - 22 days ago
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newyorker.com —
On MSNBC’s “Ed Show” just now, substitute host
David Shuster’s guests were Markos “Kos” Moulitsas, the founder...
of Daily Kos, and Tom Tancredo, the former Colorado congressman and 2008 Republican Presidential ...
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Thank You, Markos Moulitsas
thinkprogress.org - 23 days ago
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thinkprogress.org —
Today on the Ed Show, former Republican congressman
Tom Tancredo tried to argue that all veterans are...
unhappy with their health care under the Veterans Administration — as proof of why government-run care doesn’t work: Every veterans ...
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Tom Tancredo storms off the set of MSNBC during debate ...
dailykos.com - 23 days ago
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dailykos.com —
A few minutes ago on The Ed Show,
Tom Tancredo tried to make the case against government...
health care by claiming that the Veterans Administration is unpopular with U.S. military veterans. The only problem for him was that he was up against ...
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Chickenhawk Tancredo storms off set after Markos ...
huffingtonpost.com - 23 days ago
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huffingtonpost.com —
On MSNBC Friday night, David Shuster (filling in
for Ed Shultz) addressed hateful signs at Thursday's Capitol...
Hill "House call" against health care reform. But the discussion escalated into a fight that led a Republican guest to walk off the set. ...
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Tom Tancredo Walks Off MSNBC Set Because Of Markos ...
truthdig.com - 24 days ago
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truthdig.com —
George McGovern has been a witness to history,
as both a scholar and the first senator to...
oppose the Vietnam War. At a recent Truthdig event, he shared his insight into past and current events, from Lincoln’s greatest ...
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Sen. George McGovern on the Presidency From Lincoln to Obama
weeklystandard.com - 25 days ago
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weeklystandard.com —
From David Corn, in response to John Boehner
tweeting a story from the AP titled "Thousands rally...
to protest Pelosi healthcare": And hundreds of millions don't. Good point, Corn. Just like the hundreds of millions who didn't march on Washington ...
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Twitter of the Day
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com - 25 days ago
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The Associated Press screwed the pooch*, in multiple
ways, in its reporting of the release by the...
JFK Presidential Library of previously classified recordings of President Kennedy's meetings in 1963 with advisors about Vietnam. The ...
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AP Screws The Pooch On Kennedy, Vietnam & Afghanistan
weeklystandard.com - 28 days ago
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weeklystandard.com —
Is there a growing revolt of senior military
leadership over Afghanistan? Experts say no but Rolling Stone...
says yes . In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink ...
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Rolling Stone: Afghanistan Surge is Really About Gen ...
directorblue.blogspot.com - 28 days ago
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directorblue.blogspot.com —
Criminal. Irresponsible. Outrageous.Even before the government takes over
the entire health care industry, its spending was completely...
out of control:Jim Bianco of Bianco Research crunched the inflation adjusted numbers. The bailout has cost more than all of these big budget government ...
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Ship of State
