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Further Campaign Abuse

Now Tim Walberg has joined the list of political candidates that have abused my private property rights. His campaign has been calling my telephone just like Randy Richardville's campaign.

Please don't vote for Tim Wahlberg, Randy Richardville, or Mike Bouchard in the August 8th Michigan GOP primary.

by Dann 

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Another Abusive Campaign

Randy Richardville is running for the 17th Senate seat. And it is clear that Randy and his campaign has no respect for private property rights. His campaign has called my private telephone at least twice and left campaign messages on my answering machine.

My telephone number is on the Do Not Call list.

My rules for ethical campaigning are simple:

1. If there is a "No Trespassing" sign or a "No Solicitations" sign on the front door, then walk away.

2. If a telephone number is on the FCC's "Do Not Call" list, then don't call it and don't pay someone else to call it.

3. Don't send unsolicited email advertising your candidacy. Since "confirmed opt-in" is the only acceptable list generation method, and since so few marketers are willing to adopt this method, campaigning via email is just plain unacceptable.

The last candidate to abuse my property was Mike Bouchard. Add Randy Richardville to the list of people that I think you shouldn't vote for.

by Dann 

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How To Be A Kid

Courtesy of Fred Reed:

Back before the beginning of time, in the late Fifties when the sun lowered over small-town Alabama like a steaming towel, and it was so humid a tadpole could just about fly, we kids of eleven didn’t have many store-bought toys. We didn’t need’em, neither. On slow barefoot afternoons with nothing to do, we did things anyhow, most of’em the which you couldn’t do now. Some, probably, we shouldn’t have done.

Well, maybe it wasn’t quite before time began, but it was before it got more than a rolling start. Anyway, I’m going to explain to you how to be a kid. This is going to be a technical manual. A few of you already know it. You can hum along.

To begin with, we all had BB guns. It was a rule. You couldn’t be a kid without one. Well, a girl could, and Alabama had some mighty fine girls, but we were four years away from figuring it out. Me and Jimmy Jack ‘Callister and Don Berzette and…all of us, had BB guns and lived as small hunter-gatherers.

Today BB guns would be illegal and send mothers screeching and hiding under sofas and calling for federal help.

We had other fun when I was a sprout. And plenty of it, too.

by Dann 

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Bolton Vs. Kerry

You may not have heard about the verbal fisticuffs that went on in Washington D.C. this week. Our ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, was serving under a recess appointment. That means Congress had not confirmed his nomination and therefore he was serving in a temporary capacity.

He is now being subjected to another set of nominations hearings. Hopefully the Senate will see that Mr. Bolton has been an ardent and effective advocate for the United States inside of an organization known for its self interests, indulgence of dictators, and consistent anti-Americanism.

Mr. Bolton traded barbs with Sen. John Kerry this week over the subject of multilateral negotiations with North Korea.

KERRY: But this has been going on for five years, Mr. Ambassador.

BOLTON: It's the nature of multilateral negotiations, Senator.

KERRY: Why not engage in a bilateral one and get the job done? That's what the Clinton administration did.

BOLTON: Very poorly, since the North Koreans violated the agreed framework almost from the time it was signed. And I would also say, Senator, that we do have the opportunity for bilateral negotiations with North Korea in the context of the six-party talks, if North Korea would come back to them.

I'm always pleased when a deserving Senator is bitch-slapped in such an effective manner. There is a link to the video if you are so inclined and a note at the bottom that refutes Senator Kerry's misstatement [aka 'lie'] regarding the lack of plutonium processing by North Korea under the agreement signed by the Clinton administration.

by Dann 

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Marine Sniper Saves American And Iraqi Lives

"Marine sniper metes out swift death in Iraq's most dangerous neighborhood"

During a large-scale attack on Easter Sunday, Wilson says, he spotted six gunmen on a rooftop about 400 yards away. In about 8 seconds he squeezed off five rounds — hitting five gunmen in the head. The sixth man dived off a 3-story building just as Wilson got him in his sights, and counts as a probable death.

"You could tell he didn't know where it was coming from. He just wanted to get away," Wilson said. Later that day, he said, he killed another insurgent.

Wilson says his skill helps save American troops and Iraqi civilians.

The media should be telling more stories just like this.

by Dann 

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