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States Of The Union

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 13, 2008 · Comments (26)

While I was at the World War II Memorial, an idea struck me for a photo collage. One that would have a certain meaning to it. So I took photos of selected states' names engraved on their pillars, and arranged them in a very specific order: My photos of Massachusetts... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (9 votes cast)

Happy Birthday, America!

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 4, 2008 · Comments (11)

Back before fireworks and cookouts and beer and parades, Independence Day was about one thing, and one thing alone: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (15 votes cast)

The Best Of Imperialism, The Worst Of Imperialism

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 1, 2008 · Comments (28)

A little while ago, I made an offhand comment (appropriately enough, in the comments section) about how America has been, arguably, the least successful and the most successful colonial power the world has ever seen. (Hat tip to my Blue colleague, Steve Crickmore, for provoking that thought.) At the time,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (22 votes cast)

Too Good To Leave In The Comments

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: June 24, 2008 · Comments (50)

A certain troll rolled out the lie so popular with the Left, that 'America is in the worst mess it has ever seen'. That moronic claim was quickly and efectively rebutted by a reader who signed himself "Mark L", a response so effective that I think it deserves its own... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (54 votes cast)

Happy Birthday Army, and Happy Flag Day, too!

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: June 14, 2008 · Comments (1)

It's the Army's 233rd birthday. Blackfive brings us the birthday message from Kenneth Preston, the Sergeant Major of the Army: Here's a nice tribute video that made me tear up a little throughout: To those currently serving, or who have served: thank you. Let's all remember today the patriots who,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (10 votes cast)

Remembering D-Day

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: June 6, 2008 · Comments (3)

I'm just going to round up a bunch of different things for you to read, because really, how do you sum up how momentous this day was? Michelle recommends reading Ronald Reagan's Pointe du Hoc speech, an excellent suggestion. She also brings us this sad but true video about what... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (8 votes cast)

The Davidian Raid 15 Years Later

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: April 17, 2008 · Comments (52)

April 19 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of one of America's most shameful events; the murders of dozens of helpless victims, including two pregnant women and twenty-one children, at the Branch Davidian compound assault in 1993. While at the time the FBI repeatedly insisted, even under oath, that they used... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (27 votes cast)

Bush 43 and Pope Benedict XVI

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: April 16, 2008 · Comments (19)

Here's a link to a transcript of their remarks at the White House's welcoming ceremony. * * * For my money the best quote from the president was: In a world where some no longer believe that we can distinguish between simple right and wrong, we need your message to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (22 votes cast)

DNA busts cave-pooper - 14,000 years later!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 4, 2008 · Comments (13)

The recent consensus has been that the earliest humans in North America were the Clovis people, roughly 13,000 years ago. Newly discovered fecal fossils in Oregon indicate people were pooping here at least 1000 years earlier, though. Consider, if you will: it is 10,000 B.C. You are Og the caveman,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (7 votes cast)

Smithsonian Institution: not smarter than a 5th grader!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 3, 2008 · Comments (13)

When you're the nation's leading Museum of Natural History, you don't expect to be perfect - but shouldn't you be smarter than a 5th grader? Apparently NOT, since an 11 year-old just caught them in a basic mistake, reports the Associated Press: Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian?... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (7 votes cast)

Pearl Harbor Day

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: December 7, 2007 · Comments (3)

It's quite common on Dec. 7th to see and hear from the MSM President Roosevelt's "day of infamy" speech. Certainly that's understandable. FWIW, however, my favorite Pearl Harbor (connected) speech was uttered a few years later: The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (24 votes cast)

How To Judge?

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: December 3, 2007 · Comments (5)

Betsy Newmark has touched on one of my favorite topics, ranking the U.S. Presidents. Like me, she laughs at the arrogance of elitist partisans judging George W. Bush as one of the worst Presidents, on what amounts to no more than purely subjective criteria. Unlike me, she thinks we must... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (14 votes cast)

Assassination: Still a Threat

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: November 22, 2007 · Comments (8)

Today is a grim anniversary, marking 44 years since President John F. Kennedy was gunned down while in a motorcade to a speaking engagement in Dallas, TX. The event is singularly memorable in American history, the kind of gruesome reminder that terrible things can happen anywhere, to anyone. Some people... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (10 votes cast)

Thanksgiving and "The Tragedy of the Commons"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 22, 2007 · Comments (20)

We might do well to remember the first Thanksgiving at the Plymouth Colony was only possible because they abandoned the failed socialist model for a community and adopted property rights and responsibilities instead. John Stossel in his Creators' Syndicate column: When the Pilgrims first settled the Plymouth Colony, they organized... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (14 votes cast)

On War

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: November 11, 2007 · Comments (13)

This article is slated to publish at 11:00 Eastern today -- the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It marks the 89th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, rather quaintly called then "The Great War" or "The War To End All Wars." I... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (27 votes cast)

Winston Churchill to No Longer be a Part of British History - in Britain

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 14, 2007 · Comments (18)

And that's not the only change to Britain's history curriculum. Betsy Newmark, a history teacher herself, has all details: Secondary schools will strip back the traditional curriculum in favour of lessons on debt management, the environment and healthy eating, ministers revealed. Even Winston Churchill no longer merits a mention after... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (21 votes cast)

Lady Bird Johnson dies at 94

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 12, 2007 · Comments (3)

Former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson has passed on. My thoughts and prayers for her family and friends. CNN reports: Lady Bird Johnson, who was first lady during the 1960s and in her later years became an advocate for beautifying public landscapes, died Wednesday, family spokesman Tom Johnson said. She... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (16 votes cast)

231 Years Ago...

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 4, 2007 · Comments (40)

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (76 votes cast)

"Presidential" Crisis Management

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: June 21, 2007 · Comments (11)

Those who have been to my personal site will have observed that I paused my 'Major League Presidents' competition after 41 contests. Basically, that's because I have a ton of work to do, including my summer classes. But I am also not entirely satisfied with my numbers, and I am... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (14 votes cast)

20 years ago today

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: June 12, 2007 · Comments (27)

On this day in 1987, President Ronald Reagan addressed a teeming crowd at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, yards from communism's most enduring symbol, the Berlin Wall, and challenged Gorbachev basically to put up or shut up on his claims of a "new" Soviet policy. "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (20 votes cast)

D-Day Remembered

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: June 6, 2007 · Comments (19)

In remembrance of D-Day, I'm posting Ronald Reagan's beautiful tribute to those American soldiers who fought on the beaches of Normandy and saved the world from a great evil. He gave this speech in Pointe du Hoc, France, on June 6, 1984: We're here to mark that day in history... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (18 votes cast)

65 years ago today

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: June 4, 2007 · Comments (18)

65 years ago today, the war in the Pacific reached its turning point. Less than seven months after Pearl Harbor, the Empire of Japan was planning another attack. This time, it was our outpost on tiny Midway Atoll. The plan was to take this foothold and threaten an invasion of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (24 votes cast)

No, Jimmy Carter Is Not The Worst President Ever

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: May 27, 2007 · Comments (21)

I have heard and read a lot of people who think James Earl "The Rabbit" Carter is the worst President in U.S. History. The charge seems to be in riposte to his claim that George W. Bush is the worst President in history, supported by, well, Jimmah's opinion and nothing... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (22 votes cast)

Myth busters needed

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 14, 2007 · Comments (68)

A little over a week ago, I got into a tussle with a commenter/twit in the comments thread of this posting. In it, he mocked Victor Davis Hansen's assertion that "democracies don't go to war with each other," calling it bogus. I challenged him to cite a few examples of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (11 votes cast)

Global War - Part 2

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: May 7, 2007 · Comments (26)

There is an understandable focus on American actions and intentions, especially since the MSM is obsessed with finding fault with any and all American objectives. However, in both historical and modern contexts, there are a number of significant players, whose objectives are every bit as "global" as those of the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (17 votes cast)

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