Category Archives: military

The War on Military Recruiters

By Headmistress | Published: June 1, 2009

One dead, one wounded in today’s shooting of an Arkansas recruiter’s office. Shooter an anti-military Muslim convert. When will the left take responsibility for their inflammatory anti-military rhetoric? (tongue in cheek question) Plenty of other acts of violence against recruiters and their offices have occurred in the last few years. Is Holden going to send […]

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Lemon, Salt, and an Empty Chair

By Headmistress | Published: May 26, 2009

Scrolling through a friend’s facebook pictures, I came across this one, and swallowed hard. I recognize this place setting. I know what’s on it and why, and I know who isn’t sitting at this table: The table is set with a white tablecloth, ablack napkin and white candle, and a plate with only a slice […]

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President seeks to outsource Veteran’s medical care

By Headmistress | Published: March 17, 2009

Making it impossible for vets to get third party medical care: “It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan,” said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. “He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about […]

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Playing a Shell Game with the Military

By Headmistress | Published: March 9, 2009

And playing the public for fools. Of course, that part’s working pretty well. …removing a Brigade from Iraq (or from the schedule to go to Iraq) and replacing it with another Brigade is no way to accomplish a “drawdown” (except in newspaper headlines). And in newspaper headlines, that is how it was depicted, although no […]

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Haditha

By Headmistress | Published: June 20, 2008

Most of the Haditha Marines have been exonerated, though the government is appealing. In an interview with nationally syndicated radio talk host Michael Savage, the lead attorney for Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani said he and his client will look into suing Murtha and the Time magazine reporter, Tim McGuirk, who first published the accusations by […]

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