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watersblogged! · 1d ago

'Bayonets!'

And while we're on the subject of Memorial Day and Chamberlain, here's what may be the greatest fifteen minutes of martial heroism I've ever witnessed on the screen. Again, it kind of reminds one of what Memorial Day is all about.At the summit of Little Round Top, the afternoon of July 2, 1863...

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watersblogged! · 1d ago

In memory of the fallen- and of those who didn't fall

What eff Daniels as Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain says here about the 20th Maine and the Army of the Potomac is true of the American fighting man and woman of every war.Thanks to you all. The world owes you a debt it can never fully comprehend.

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watersblogged! · 1d ago

Dragon docks with the ISS

A spacecraft named Dragon made history today. And- surprise!- it was American, not Chinese.It had help from the International Space Station, of course.SpaceX's Dragon capsule- an unmanned version this time- was captured by a nechanical arm extended from the International Space Station today, marking

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watersblogged! · 1d ago

Same-sex "marriage" is not about same-sex "marriage"

Interesting article over at the National Review Online entitled "The Gay Divocees," by Charles C.W. Cooke. It goes a long way toward proving a rather central point about the same-sex "marriage" controversy: it isn't about same-sex "marriage" at all.19 states and the District of Columbia have institu

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watersblogged! · 1d ago

The Kings make the Blackhawks look bad

Steve Rosenbloom of the Trib nails it: the longer the Kings hang around in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the worse the Blackhawks look- and the more depressing it becomes that GM Stan Bowman apparently doesn't have a clue.The Kings are everything the present edition of the Hawks stopped being when they

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watersblogged! · 1d ago

Try again, Mr. President

The Obama campaign's over-the-top smear campaign against Mitt Romney's record at Bain continues. It's a smear campaign so outrageous that increasing numbers of prominent Democrats are crying foul.Now, possibly the most reliably left-wing American newspaper that isn't The New York Times- the Washingt

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Does Iowa Republican platform committee know how to read?

Tuesday night I went to the meeting of the Polk County Republican Central Committee, where, due to a change in legal requirements (the Central Committee is the nominating body for county offices if there is a special election), I had to be chosen as one of the two members from my precinct who would

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Romney re-takes lead in Rasmussen tracking poll

Today's Rasmussen daily presidential tracking poll: Romney 45%, Obama 44%, Third Party 6%, Undecided 5%.With margins this far into the margin of error, of course, the change in leads probably doesn't mean much. If anything, we simply have further reinforcement of the point that this November's elect

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watersblogged! · 2d ago

Rasmussen daily presidential tracking poll for 5/12/12

Romney 50%, Obama 42%, third party 4%, undecided 3%.The Rasmussen poll is the only major poll which surveys only likely voters, as opposed to registered voters. This has two consequences. First, Rasmussen polls consistently show Republican candidates doing better than other polls do- or, perhaps mo

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Obama retains one-point lead; thoughts on that "third party" stat

Figures for the Rasmussen Presidential Daily Tracking Poll for 5/24/12: Obama 45%, Romney 44%, Third Party 6%, Undecided 5%.Meanwhile, the Gallup website has an interesting analysis of ten key factors in what is shaping up to be a very close election.I'd be interested to know about that "third party

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