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A Great Time For Partisanship

There are often times when a bipartisan effort is called for, when the right and left come together somewhere in the middle. We haven’t seen many bipartisan efforts over the last 6 years for good reason – the polarization is … Continue reading

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Logic Stew for July 12th, 2006 – Geneva Schmeeva, Expensive Lessons & Level Battlefields

I’ve got to laugh to keep from crying… After 6 Years Bush Decides Laws Might Apply To Him TooIn a rather remarkable turn of events, the Bush administration has bowed to the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Geneva Conventions … Continue reading

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Eyes Wide Open

The Eyes Wide Open National Guard Memorial will be in Fargo on July 8th and 9th, 2006. It will be on display in the Nativity School Gym. Saturday morning the exibit an opening prayer ceremony at the Nativity School Peace … Continue reading

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Twenty

Please take a moment to watch this video by The Robert Cray Band for the song "Twenty". http://www.afsc.org/iraq/cray-video.htm "Standing out here in the desert, trying to protect and oil line.I’d really like to do my job, but this ain’t the … Continue reading

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Logic Stew for July 5th, 2006 – CIA loses interest in Bin Laden, Lieberman may run as Independent, Bush spends 4th with his dwindling base

It’s Independence Day and I’m looking back 230 years and forward 230. Where will this great country be when it’s twice as old? I hope for our sake, and that of the world, that we stop repeating our mistakes and … Continue reading

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Think Tanks And Body Armor

I posted to following item in the Hottalk blog in responce to a discussion about a lack of trianing for our troops before going to Iraq: In the months leading up to the war, Donald Rumsfeld was made aware of … Continue reading

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Off Center’s Logic Stew for 6/7/06

Well we all survived the day of the beast – or so it would seem. Of course the day had no real biblical significance anyway… The current calendar system was adopted, adjusted and rearranged to the point that it has … Continue reading

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Logic Stew: A Change in Format

I haven’t posted in awhile – not because I haven’t had MUCH to say about what’s transpired in the past month but simply because I haven’t had the time. Being a dad to two young kids this time of year … Continue reading

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The Bible According To Rumsfeld

Joshua 6 (New Standard Neocon Version)    Meanwhile, the people of Baghdad had been locking the gates in their town wall because they were afraid of the Americans. No one could go out or come in.    The ROVE said … Continue reading

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All Used Up – Who Will Support Our Wounded And Forgotton Troops?

"Those who have risked their lives for our freedom have the respect and gratitude of our nation" – George W. Bush, 11/11/2005 Renee DiLorenzo was a beautiful young woman from Lynden, Washington – just across the border from Vancouver, Canada. … Continue reading

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