Dann Todd's 'Dain Bramage'^**

New Feature

I just found this site that offers a Quote for the Day. I can't endorse every quote that will appear automatically, but I hope they will provide food for thought.

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Emminent Domain Seizure.....For 6000???

Robb Allen has the story of a Florida city that is seizing 2000 oceanfront properties to build a yacht club. These folks get a pittance and the mayor gets a shiny new plaything.

Do we need any further demonstration of why Kelo vs. New London was such a bad decision??

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Attempt To Blow Up A Marine Fails

And after the field medics get him patched up, he salutes his attackers as only a Marine knows how to do.

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A New Comic Strip

Check out Gaggle. It has a conservative bent to it, but that isn't all bad.

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A Military Briefing

I can recall in the 1970's that my church had invited some Army officer to give a briefing on nuclear weapons capabilities. Specifically, he talked about Soviet vs. US capabilities and various nuclear weapons reduction programs. It was very interesting and informative....even for someone that wasn't very old.

Word comes that Lt. Gen. David Petraeus recently spoke at Princeton on the subject of our successes in Iraq. He said that minus some of the classified information, this was essentially the same briefing he gave Congress.

The whole thing is worth your time. There's also a link to video footage if you are so inclined.

by Dann 

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So Are The Poor Over-represented In The Military??

Go find out for yourself.

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The Value of Constitutional Government...

....affirmed by our first President.

There is no doubt that amending the Constitution to create and then repeal alcohol Prohibition was an exercise in Constitutional government. So tell me again, how were we able to ban marijuana and create the Social Security system without similar exercises??

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On Bill Bennett

Most people have probably heard about Bill Bennett's recent faux pax. He made a statement on his radio show that one could reduce crime by killing all the "black babies". [note: link opens to a notoriously liberal media review site]

He then followed up by saying that such a thing would be reprehensible. As if that fig leaf would cover his sin.

It is statistically correct that adult blacks are more likely to be on the punishment end of our judicial system. One could then infer that blacks are therefore statistically more likely to commit crimes.

What those statistics leave out is that the end result of criminality is dependent on a whole host of things that have nothing to do with race. Poverty, education, upbringing, and individual decisions all have a bearing on whether or not one becomes a criminal.

Mr. Bennett's statement contains the assumption that the differential rates in crime between blacks and whites is explained by some sort genetics defect. His statement is reprehensible, repugnant, and wrong. He deserves all the scorn he is currently receiving.

by Dann 

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Oh, Those Wacky Protesters

Zombietime has a photographic analysis of a recent anti-war march in San Francisco. His conclusion?? That the communists that are organizing these marches would prefer it if we would just ignore the man behind the green curtain. And that the media is perfectly willing to follow that request.

Via the Blogfather.

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