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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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WHERE ARE ALL THE LIBERAL ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS?
August 14, 2008 -
August 21, 2008
A week after Russian tanks, infantry and bombers began their devastating assault on neighboring Georgia the international community is still talking about how to respond. Actions speak louder than words, and Russia’s actions are proving much more deadly than the timid words of “peace” conveyed by diplomats.
The United Nations has dithered and delayed while the civilian death toll mounts, proving international organization to be as useless as it is inept. By the time the U.N. finally gets around to sending a “harshly worded letter” the Russian troops will have concluded their military operations. Russia will also have sent a clear message to any other former Soviet-satellite thinking about getting too cozy with NATO and the West.
While death and destruction rained down on the Georgian civilian population, the liberal anti-war activists in the U.S. remained silent. We have we not seen a single major protest rally in the streets of New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and the other havens of the Left. Why have they missed this opportunity to condemn the Russian war machine for the atrocities being committed in Georgia?
The most remote and obscure third-world village never seems to have a problem rustling up an American flag to burn in front of the television cameras to protest U.S. policies. They can even quickly craft a suitable substitute from construction paper and tape if an actual flag is not handy. Yet a week after Russia invades Georgia we have yet to see anybody burn a Russian flag. Not one!
The design of the Russian flag is not particularly complicated, just three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red. Sort of like a sideways, dyslexic French flag. Actually, burning in a crumpled heap it would probably be hard to tell the difference. So why have the anti-war flag burners been so slow to mobilize? Perhaps this is a reflection of the Left’s overriding concern over “global warming” and the fear that we may be just one flag burning away from planetary destruction!
Cindy Sheehan and her Code Pink crowd have not yet taken up residence outside of Vladimir Putin’s summer home to protest his deadly war. Nor have the “human shields” who received so much pre-war attention in Iraq been able to find their way to Tblisi to put their bodies between the Russian tanks and the Georgian civilians. With the airlines cutting back it must be hard to make those international connections work these days.
None of the three traitorous Congressmen who travelled to Iraq to back Sadaam Hussein in 2002 have appeared in Georgia to denounce the “imperialism” that Russia is pursuing. Perhaps the three (Jim McDermott, David Bonior and Mike Thompson) are not as anti-war as they claimed to be. And Congressman Dennis Kucinich is not yet calling on the Russian Parliament to impeach Vladimir Putin for his “war crimes.”
“Peace in our time” presidential candidate Barack Obama has blamed “both parties” for the bloodshed. This presumably marks the sort of “change” we can expect from an Administration that will blame a country being invaded in equal proportion to the one that invades. We can only assume that the Obama Justice Department will be just as quick to assert that rape victims must share equal responsibility with the rapist.
While the Russian army prosecutes a brutal and unprovoked attack on a tiny, nascent democracy that just happens to have a major oil and natural gas pipeline running through its center we hear and see absolutely no opposition from the Left. Silence speaks volumes. In this case that deafening silence says very clearly that the Left is not actually anti-war; they really are just anti-America.
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AL GORE HITS THE WATER! -
August 5, 2008 -
August 12, 2008
Former Vice President Al Gore, the self-proclaimed global guru of green, has made a lot of money from the hysteria he has created about the so-called “crisis” of global warming. He has profited from best selling books that tout the looming climatic catastrophe, including “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Earth In the Balance.” He won an Academy Award for a movie about his slideshow presentation that focuses on his “sky is falling” message about a world on the brink of environmental disaster thanks to... |
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CONGRESS NEEDS TO STEP UP FOR MILITARY VOTERS NOW! -
July 31, 2008 -
August 6, 2008
When Election Day arrives in November hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines will be serving far from home on the “Frontlines of Freedom.” Many of those serving our nation in uniform will have gone through the complicated process of registering to vote from overseas, navigated the confusing and time consuming twists and turns necessary to obtain an absentee ballot, and then gone the extra mile to mail that ballot back to their home state. Unfortunately, the time process f... |
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IT IS BODY DOUBLE TIME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. -
July 24, 2008 -
July 31, 2008
As the primary election day looms in Tennessee it is important to remember that politicians really will say, or do, anything to get elected. Some use nuance or half-truths to hide who they really are. Others go with the full-on lie, recognizing that the more outrageous the statement the more likely it is that a significant number of people will fall for it.
During a press conference in Jordan earlier this week Presidential candidate Barack Obama touted the passage of a bill out of the S... |
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WILL BREDESEN ALTER THE TENNESSEE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN 2009? -
July 15, 2008 -
July 22, 2008
Despite the looming Presidential free-for-all in November, 2008 is not shaping up to be a particularly explosive political year for Tennessee. John McCain seems to have a comfortable lead in Tennessee and Barack Obama is not expected to spend significant time or money pursuing the state’s eleven electoral votes. Lamar Alexander is a safe bet for re-election to the U.S. Senate despite what may be a dismal election season for Republicans nationally. Although Congressional approval ratings have s... |
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IS RUSH WORTH $400 MILLION? -
July 7, 2008 -
July 14, 2008
News reports that talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh had inked a new eight year contract with his syndicator, Premier Radio Networks, for a reported $400 million payout immediately produced breathless outrage from some in the media ranks. “Is he worth that,” they asked with derision dripping from their lips. “Is ANYBODY worth that amount of money?” The short answer is “yes.”
Rush (who is among a tiny group of super celebrities who have achieved one name status) is not stealing this money, n... |
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