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Posted at 12:57pm on Aug. 18, 2006 C-130J requests by DOD
By HaroldHutchison
In doing some research for an article for Strategypage.com, I have discovered at least three reports of requests for the C-130J.
The first is a May 23, 2005 report from the Armed Forces Press Service. To quote the report:
The J model's future had been in question when the Pentagon initially acted to cancel the program, but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld restored it to the fiscal 2006 budget request earlier this month.
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Posted at 4:27pm on Jul. 12, 2006 Debunking the anti-war myths...
By HaroldHutchison
Although the former Iraqi regime rid the country of WMDs years earlier, allowed UN inspectors to return to verify dismantlement, and maintained no ties to al-Qaida or other Islamic extremists, the House resolution claimed that the deposed government "constituted a threat against global peace and security and was in violation of mandatory United Nations Security Council Resolutions" and "supported terrorists."
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus
In one sentence, Stephen Zunes has managed to boil down the anti-war argument very clearly. He's also probably written one of the most factually-challenged sentences I have ever seen.
In short, the anti-war movement is basing its calls for protests and "non-violent" action on two big lies. The first lie is the claim that Saddam's regime did not have WMD. The second is the claim that Saddam's regime had no ties to al-Qaeda or other terrorists.
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Posted at 12:46pm on Jul. 6, 2006 An opening for PRI?
By HaroldHutchison
One silver lining in the clouds of an ugly election contest by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is that the PRI could have a chance to reinvigorate itself.
AMLO doesn't seem to realize that the situation he has is different from that the Democrats in 2000 faced in one critical aspect: There is an outlet besides PRD for those who oppose Calderon's policies.
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Posted at 11:33am on Jun. 5, 2006 South Carolina to Repeat Child Molestors: Die.
By HaroldHutchison
With all the complaining about politicans lately, it should be noted when some politicians get it right, as has happened in South Carolina, where the politicans confronted a problem (specifically, there was a nasty case that showed serious inadequacies in the law regarding child rapists), and have passed legislation dealing with it decisively. They have sent it to the governor, who intends to sign the bill.
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Posted at 1:21pm on May 15, 2006 McCain and Luttig... a perfect match...
By HaroldHutchison
J. Michael Luttig is pretty smart - one does not become an appellate judge at 37 by being dumb. Given his young age, it is no surprise to see him take some time off to work in the private sector to get his children through college (even though appeals-court judges are not exactly getting a pauper's salary).
He is also a perfect fit for John McCain on the Supreme Court of the United States...
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Posted at 8:54am on May 10, 2006 Did the Daily Bulletin make it up?
By HaroldHutchison
So says U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Today's report by the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, "U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols," is inaccurate. Border Patrol does not report activity by civilian, non-law enforcement groups to the Government of Mexico. During a detention of a legal or illegal immigrant that produces an allegation of improper treatment, Border Patrol reports the allegation and allows the appropriate consulate to interview the individual in custody.
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Posted at 1:50am on May 7, 2006 Get over it for the country's sake...
By HaroldHutchison
Perhaps a lot of conservatives need to read the Fred Barnes article in the latest Weekly Standard. Because the last paragraph had two critical points that need to be kept in mind.
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Posted at 3:31pm on Apr. 28, 2006 George W. Bush's revenge...
By HaroldHutchison
In all the fuss over big and small issues like the war in Iraq, gas prices, and the latest bumbling from Patrick Fitzgerald (who seems to be on a Lawrence Walsh-esque witchhunt), we sometime miss small items that might prove to be of great import. Like this article from the April 24, 2006 issue of Time. In particular, the second paragraph:
Back at Bush's side, Miers is one of the dwindling number of longtime Texas confidants still at the White House at this time of upheaval. The loyalty is reciprocal--Bush was still hot months later about how she was treated, viewing her as a victim of snobby élitists. To White House officials, Miers is a quiet workaholic who got an inexcusably raw deal.
(emphasis added)
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Posted at 2:06pm on Apr. 25, 2006 The other side of the Shinseki saga...
By HaroldHutchison
It seems Jed Babbin has revealed something interesting in his op-ed in the Washington Examiner.
The big information:
Months before Sept. 11, as Rumsfeld began the transformation of the Pentagon, he ran into contumacious obstructionism from the army and its then-Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki. Shinseki dug his heels in and refused to change much of anything about the Army. Shinseki went as far as to go behind Rumsfeld's back to the Senate where his political mentor (and long-time family friend, Sen. Dan Inouye of Hawaii) and others backed his play.
But for the political cover Sen. Inouye gave Shinseki, he might have been fired then and there. Civilian control of the military means people such as Shinseki cannot be allowed to play the back-channel political games he played again and again. Shinseki stayed, and the Army went on to spend billions on the Stryker armored vehicle, a Cold War style peacekeeping vehicle that is too big and too heavy to be moved by a C-130 tactical airlifter without being partially disassembled.
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Posted at 11:11am on Apr. 18, 2006 Another sign of the conservative civil war?
By HaroldHutchison
The CWA is blasting the networks' decision to appeal fines resulting from FCC indecency rulings. Yet at the same time, other conservatives, like Rush Limbaugh (scroll down for the quoted audio clip) have deep misgivngs.
We know that a lot of these complaints come from one source, an internet complaint generator run by Brent Bozell (who does valuable work with the Media Research Center).
People know how to change a channel or turn the radio/TV off. There's really no need to run to the FCC... unless a person is eager to try to undo the verdict of the free market.
Crossposted at Called As Seen