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On June 6, 1944 allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of the European countries occupied by the Nazis. Debbie reminds us over at Right Truth:

We pray for an administration and leadership that supports the military and is equally dedicated to America’s safety and future.

And Arlen of Investigating Obama shares this video of President Ronald Reagan’s speech at Point-du-Hoc given June 6, 1984 (you may have to wait for the video, or try later, as demand is pretty heavy today):

Other resources:

World War II History Info — D-Day

Encyclopedia Britannica — Guide to Normandy 1944

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Let me get this straight.

• Obama’s health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it,
• passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it,
• signed by a president who smokes,
• funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes,
• overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,
• and financed by a country that is nearly broke.

From the wise musings of Aristotle the Hun at The Steady Drip.

The White House request for government informants has not been, shall we say, well received. Here’s one reaction from Joe The Mom blog — Something smells fishy… :

…what may be the most bizarre thing I’ve seen yet from the Obama administration…

President Obama and his cronies, czars and comrades want to know WHO is bringing up concerns on his socialized healthcare plan.

Visit Joe The Mom for the views of a conservative lady “creeping closer to 30.”

We found this terrific listing of Democratic tax cheats and bribe takers written by blogger Dwayne Horner at Townhall — Democrats by the Numbers:

$34,000: the amount of federal taxes that Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (D) failed to pay during his employment at the International Monetary Fund despite receiving extra compensation and explanatory brochures that described his tax liabilities.

$75,000: the amount of money that the head of the powerful tax-writing committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), was forced to report on his taxes after the discovery that he had not reported income from a Costa Rican rental property. His excuses for the failure started with blaming his wife, then his accountant and finally the fact that he didn’t speak Spanish.

$93,000: the amount of petty cash each Congressional representative voted to give themselves in January 2009 during the height of an economic meltdown.

$133,900: the amount Fannie Mae “invested” in Chris Dodd (D-CT), head of the powerful Senate Banking Committee, presumably to repel oversight of the GSE prior to its meltdown. Said meltdown helped touch off the current economic crisis. In only a few years time, Fannie also “invested” over $105,000 in then-Senator Barack Obama.

$140,000: the amount of back taxes and interest that Cabinet nominee Tom Daschle (D) was forced to cough up after the vetting process revealed significant, unexplained tax liabilities….

There is much more, so go read the entire post.

The text of Dwayne’s post has gone viral without attribution to the author as an email entitled Trivia Pursuit…. We were able to source the material through SodaHead, which we recommend as a resource for websurfers. The reference is here, and you can learn more about using SodaHead here.

The British writer George McDonald Fraser has left us at the age of 82. He leaves behind a last testament titled How Britain has destroyed itself, and the flamboyant fictional character Flashman.

Visit Intergalactic Source of Truth and read Colonel B. Bunny’s post George McDonald Fraser (April 2, 1925 – January 2, 2008).

The good colonel also recommends these articles in the British press detailing Fraser’s time with us:

George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser was no Flashman

The last testament of Flashman’s creator: How Britain has destroyed itself.

Two new bloggers have entered the global conversation. Both have adopted the names of Revolutionary war patriots for their Blogosphere personae. And their new blog is called, appropriately enough, Boston’s Patriots.

We like this article, Let’s Call Them What They Are. Here’s an excerpt:

Dictionary.com’s definition of “Jihad” contains numerous meanings of the word including … An individual’s striving for spiritual self-perfection….

Essentially the enemy has altered the definition of this word to suit their agenda. If the idea of jihad as a quest for spiritual perfection is reshaped over time to be viewed in conjunction with the enemies’ use of the same word to justify their acts of evil, then the acceptance of the terminology helps to lay the groundwork for the acceptance of the acts themselves (specifically within their targeted Muslim community).

…In the case of the misuse of the word “jihad”, there is instead an ideal word within the Arabic language to describe the heinous acts falsely committed by the enemy in the name of Allah. That word is: Hirabah.

As defined by Answers.com, “Hirabah” is an Arabic word for “piracy”, or “unlawful warfare”. Hirabah comes from the root hariba, which means “to become angry and enraged”.
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The act of Hirabah calls for strict punishment in the Qur’an.

We encourage our readers to visit this new weblog.

We have added Laconic Blog to our blogroll, and we invite our readers to visit our newest friend.

Their motto:

The guiding philosophy of this blog is conservative small “I” libertarianism: personal liberty, individualism, self-reliance, small government, patriotism, muscular national security in defense of America.

Sounds good to us.

We urge our readers to visit gringoman and read his analysis of the 1983 Beirut Bombing. It has alarming parallels to the virtual treason of today’s media. Read

Over at The Llama Butchers they are doing everything they can to get out the Republican votes. And they have their reasons, as they work and live near the next potential ground zero. To wit:

The punditistas say it’s now a matter of rallying the base, so I feel it’s my obligation to do what I can.

Friends, it’s simple – A Donk takeover in the House or Senate this year would be disastrous to the GWOT in all its theatres and manifestations because the Donks are more interested in getting Dubya’s scalp than they are in actually, you know, fighting the bad guys who’ve vowed to kill us all. In my simple calculus of working in close proximety to the likely next target of said bad guys, that’s a hightened risk I have no interest in taking, either for myself or for my family. Oh, and I don’t particularly care to be taxed back to the Stone Age either.

So, message to GOP supporters, whether RINO, Fundamentalist, Big Money, Security Mom or Whoever the Hell Else – let’s get out there and win this one!

That’s the gist of it, but there is a lot more good stuff over there, so pay the llamas a visit.