Archive for June, 2008

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No wonder they hate Boston sports fans

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I spent last week in the seventh circle of hell. I’ve heard others refer to it as Las Vegas. Anyway, I got to watch the Celtics game six clincher at the Wynn Sports Book with, surprisingly, a ton of Celtics fans. It was a good time, the number two highlight of the [...]

Obama’s biggest competitor this fall…his ego

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

From Hot Air,

Chuck Todd analyzed the Barack Obama missteps of the past week and wondered whether Obama realizes how he comes across to voters. Todd believes that Obama has left McCain an opening to claim the mantle of reformer after Obama tossed public financing under the bus, given McCain’s long track record on the issue [...]

Someone You Should Know: Marine Sgt. Merlin German

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us tonight for another edition of Someone You Should Know. This week, he told us the inspirational story of Marine Sgt. Merlin German,
More than a year after Sgt. Merlin German nearly died in a roadside bombing in Iraq, his hands burned into nubs and his body in a wheel [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Tim Russert dead at 58

Friday, June 13th, 2008

From Boston.com
Breaking news 3:28 PM
NY Times: TV journalist Tim Russert dead
According to the New York Times website, Tim Russert, 58, the NBC television journalist and “Meet The Press” host, has died of a heart attack.
Shocking, sad news. Rest in peace.
The first report,

Morning After Update: I spent a lot of time last night watching the [...]

MA Dems trying to criminalize criticism

Friday, June 13th, 2008

This has to be the biggest non-story of the year. Jon Keller, a leading political commentator in these parts for years is being taken to task by the few Patrick administration cheerleaders who are still hanging on for having the audacity to make fun of Deval’s Top 20 accomplishments list.
And what exactly is Keller’s [...]

Someone You Should Know: 1LT Stephen Boada

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us to tell the stroy of Silver Star recipient 1LT Stephen Boada,
In the hills of Afghanistan, a desperate fight raged as Marines fought to the death with the Taliban. One such engagement involved 1LT Stephen Boada. His story, as I’ve pointed out before, is illustrative of the tremendous responsibility young [...]

Jon Henke on The Next Right

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Jon Henke is one of the sharpest guys out there when it comes to the intersection of the new media and politics. He is one of the leaders of a new grassroots community called The Next Right,
The Next Right is the place for wired activists to build a new Republican Party and conservative movement. [...]

Summer music recommendation

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I’ve been cranking lots of classic music from The Band lately, and thought I’d post a few of my favorites for your listening enjoyment. These are from Martin Scorsese’s classic documentary of The Band’s final concert, The Last Waltz.
Up On Cripple Creek

Stage Fright

Further On Up The Road with Eric Clapton

For some inexplicable reason, I [...]

Shameless panderer or ignorant dolt, which is it Barack?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

So much for a “different kind of politics”. Barack Obama is just like every other politician, he ain’t new or fresh. In fact, his ideas are as old and musty as Jimmy Carter’s sweaters. As Hub Blog noted today, Obama is pushing “phony populism economics”. I’ll add that he is completely [...]

Murtha now 0 for 6 in his Haditha Marine Convictions

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Yes, another Haditha Marine has been charged, investigated and fully exonerated. Yes, you’ve heard that before. Six Marines have gone through the process and all six have been acquitted.
Pundit Review Radio was the first show to interview exonerated Haditha Marine Justin Sharratt,

We also spoke to Justin’s father Darryl on several occassions, inlcuding [...]

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