Oh, yes he did…go there
By Julianal On October 29, 2012 · 1 Comment · In 2012, Bullshit, Georgia Democrats, Military, Only in Georgia, Random
My inbox today, from Better Georgia.
Why did conservative pundit Erick Erickson endorse Democrat and U.S. Veteran Scott Holcomb?
Well, because of you.
You are among more than 540 people who have signed a petition asking Speaker Ralston and GOP House Leaders to denounce the worst ad of this political cycle.
Your action helped [...]
68 years ago today over 100,000 Allied troops crossed the English channel and landed on French soil. This invasion was officially known as “Operation Overlord” we know it as D Day.
Many of the men were trained here in Georgia. One of them was Richard Winters who lead a group of 13 men in overtaking a Nazi gun emplacement [...]
Of ships and sails and basketball court floor wax
By Julianal On November 12, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Campaigns+Elections, Culture, Military, Nuclear, Obama, Random
Last night over Catherine’s shoulder in a bar, no this is not the beginning of a joke. I watched the President give a speech to 7,000 active duty service members, veterans, spouses/partners, basketball players and a worldwide TV audience. The President and First Lady were attending the first ever “Carrier Classic” College [...]
National Veterans Day Ceremony
The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery . The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations and [...]
Judging from the 80 comments on a recent thread, Libya certainly evokes strong emotions. Yesterday, a Libyan woman named Eman al-Obeidi rushed into a Tripoli hotel where foreign press are staying and told the media she had been raped and beaten by Col. Qaddafi’s forces. Within minutes, hotel staff and government officials were [...]
In 2007, Obama said:
“The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.”
Discuss.
There’s a lot going on today at the capitol. DREAM, unfortunately, has already failed, though DADT is on the verge of repeal. As for the latter, I’ve said my piece here before (most immediately, that it’s ludicrous that continue the charade when almost every single one of our allies that are fighting, [...]
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