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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
John Kerry: American Soldiers Are Terrorists — John Kerry appeared yesterday on the CBS talking-head show, "Face The Nation", to discuss the war in Iraq with Bob Schieffer. Just as in his speeches on the Viet Nam War, Kerry has slipped into deep Left-speak in an attempt to gain national traction for his pose as a party leader.
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Michelle Malkin:
THANK YOU, JOSHUA SPARLING — Lots of readers watched Fox & Friends this morning and e-mailed about the disgusting greeting card a wounded soldier received while hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Thanks to reader Shari for taking these cell phone camera shots of the card displayed by co-host Brian Kilmeade:
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Stuck On Stupid, Hugh Hewitt, RedState.org, The Truth Laid Bear and All Things Conservative
Two Babes and a Brain:
This Will Make You Sick... During our visit to Walter Reed, we all piled into a room of a young soldier who had just come out of surgery. His parents were there to take care of him. His room was decorated with autographed photos...one from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac who had visited the previous day …
Smash / The Indepundit:
A Blue Day for CodePink — SUNDAY was another perfect day here in San Diego. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and across the street from Balboa Naval Hospital, a handful of anti-war protestors were preparing to rally under the banner of CodePink.
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Two Babes and a Brain:
Here It Is.... Here is the "Get Well Card" that one of our bravest received at Walter Reed... Simply disgusting. — Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Here It Is....: — » THANK YOU, JOSHUA SPARLING from Michelle Malkin — Lots of readers watched Fox & Friends …
Opinion Journal:
Kerry Supports the Troops — The old proverb is right: A haughty, French-looking Massachusetts leopard who by the way served in Vietnam doesn't change its spots. John Kerry* appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer yesterday, and his comments on U.S. troops in Iraq were vintage 1971 (link in PDF, quotes on pages 3-4):
MSNBC:
Transcript for December 4 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the president digs in again on Iraq. — (Videotape): — PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH: We will never back down, we will never give in and we will never accept anything less than complete victory.
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: — "A year ago, I asked [Irving] Kristol after a lecture whether he believed in God or not. He got a twinkle in his eye and responded, 'I don't believe in God, I have faith in God.' Well, faith, as it says in Hebrews 11:1, 'is the substance of things hoped for …
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Sally Buzbee / Associated Press:
AP Shocker: Iraq VP Disputes Bush on Training of Forces — DUBAI The training of Iraqi security forces has suffered a big "setback" in the last six months, with the army and other forces being increasingly used to settle scores and make other political gains, Iraqi Vice President Ghazi al-Yawer said Monday.
Neil Winston / BBC:
Five die in Israel suicide blast — A Palestinian suicide bomber has killed five people and injured dozens in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. — The bomber attacked the Sharon shopping centre, the scene of previous bombings, at about 1130 (0930 GMT), injuring some 40 people, several of them seriously.
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Wall Street Journal:
Raising the Bar: Even Top Lawyers Fail California Exam — Former Stanford Law Dean, — Becomes Latest Victim; — A Mayor Tries Four Times — Kathleen Sullivan is a noted constitutional scholar who has argued cases before the Supreme Court. Until recently, she was dean of Stanford Law School.
James M. Buchanan / Cato Unbound:
THREE AMENDMENTS: RESPONSIBILITY, GENERALITY, AND NATURAL LIBERTY — INTRODUCTION — A central message of public choice theory tells us that if politics generates undesirable results, it is better to examine the rules than to argue about different policies or to elect different representatives.
New York Times:
Fixing the Game — The rules of American democracy say every president may install his own team of like-minded people in the government - even at a place like the Justice Department, which is at its root a law-enforcement agency and not a campaign branch office.
Joel Brinkley / New York Times:
Rice Chides Europeans on Detention Center Complaints — WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chastised Europe leaders today, saying that before they complain about secret jails for terror suspects in European nations, they should realize that interrogations of these suspects …
Jim Hughes / Denver Post:
Blogger keeps heat on Churchill — When reporters call, Ward Churchill says he has a list he can look at to see what they've written about him. — But the controversial University of Colorado ethnic studies professor says he doesn't need any reminders for Jim Paine or Paine's blog, PirateBallerina.
R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's hopes dashed for quick end to case Judge dismisses one felony indictment but upholds another — AUSTIN — A senior district judge today dismissed one felony indictment but upheld another against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, dashing DeLay's hopes for a speedy resolution to his case.
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