Swanky Conservative

Found in documents secured from one now-deceased Al Zarqawi:
1. To improve the image of the resistance in society, increase the number of supporters who are refusing occupation and show the clash of interest between society and the occupation and its collaborators. To use the media for spreading an effective and creative image of the resistance.
Mainstream [...]

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From The Corner on National Review Online, Jonah Goldberg posts this email from a Canadian:

This week the US “is prepared to provide Iran with some nuclear technology if it stops enriching uranium, diplomats said Tuesday”.
And if I understand correctly you’re deciding on whether or not to give Hawaii away.
All this in addition to having a [...]

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The newest darling of the antiwar left turns out to be a bonafide fraud. Per the US Army:
“Initial research by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg shows no Soldier with the name of Jesse Macbeth having ever been assigned to the Special Forces or the Army Rangers — which are, in fact, [...]

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Burkett and Whitley’s book, “Stolen Valor,” cracked the facade of the Myth of the Vietnam Vet. This myth holds that the American Soldier, once a veritable Boy Scout, or a poor colored American with nowhere else to go but the Army, was forced by the cruel American War Machine to commit acts of unspeakable [...]

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Got an email from Mrs. Greyhawk this morning. I’m going to repost most of it here:

A fellow MilBlogger is in need of our thoughts and prayers. Greg at Greg Note’s has recently returned from battle in Iraq, safe and sound. However, he now faces a new battle from within. He has been diagnosed with colon [...]

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This morning Glenn Reynolds writes:
I think that a GOP disaster is now officially looming.
And with that, we have a Blogosphere Cronkite Moment. For those either too young to remember or who haven’t heard of the incident, Walter Cronkite (incorrectly in my opinion) declared after the Tet Offensive that the war in Vietnam was unwinnable. That [...]

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Southpark is the best.
“C’mon guys, Al Gore doesn’t have any friends.”

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How the environmental movement views science:

Methinks Al Gore and friends should rethink the title of their propaganda film. Yes, propaganda. Imagery used in this trailer include Hurricane Katrina and September 11. Yes, the emotional strings tied to the terror attacks against the World Trade Center are being plucked by Gore and his partners in this [...]

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I almost hate posting this on Tartan Day, but you can’t ignore history in the making. Not a very happy Gathering of the Blogs, here.

Frank at General Quarters touches on the five Scottish regiments that have been combined into one, the Royal Scottish Regiment. Gone are some of the most proud and storied moments in [...]

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On the loss of his grandmother, who died unexpectedly at the age of 91. The deaths of family members is never easy. It seems Glenn’s grandmother lived a ripe full life, though, and that should be celebrated. Glenn posted a recent photo of her and one from 1938. What I noticed was both shhowed a [...]

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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Irving police made a sweep of the inside of bars and arrested some 30 people on charges of public intoxication.
The arrests were “concerned saving lives, not individual rights” according to the TABC. Some arrests were even made in hotel bars, and involved people registered at the hotel - with [...]

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