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Winning Hearts and Minds

January 27th, 2013

By Jan Barry Fifty years ago, I turned 20 in Saigon, a very drunk and slap happy soldier in the service of the US Military Assistance Command Vietnam. We were making war, when we weren’t doing Happy Hours in every bar from Soc Trang to Da Nang, under slick counter-insurgency slogans like “Winning Hearts and […]

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Tags: Agent Orange, anniversary, poetry, PTSD, suicide, veterans, war, WHAM
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What’s a Conservative to Do?

November 28th, 2012

By Dan Miller Things are getting worse and we have to do something. But what, how and when? We can continue to lick our wounds, gripe as the situation deteriorates or try to ignore the problems. Alternatively, we may be able to do something useful. The situation is deteriorating. David Solway asked at PJ Media […]

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Tags: conservatives, movies, music, Republican, spending, taxing, TV, welfare
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If Reason and Compromise Don’t Work, How about Music? Civil War Could Be a Bad Alternative

November 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller Music and verse have long encouraged churches, nations and others. Perhaps it’s time to try that again. Yesterday, I posted this piece because it provided a brief respite from the horrors of what now passes for civilization. It includes two YouTube videos of “flash mobs” doing their bit for good and a […]

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Tags: Civil War, free stuff, Irish, music, Obama, rebellion, religion, slavery, union
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This Flash Mob Provided Some Happiness

November 24th, 2012

By Dan Miller My wife, Jeanie, told me about this flash mob. We need more like it.

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Tags: European Anthem, flash mob, Impossible Dream, Man of La Mancha
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Here Is a Great New Ad for Our Historically Sexy President

October 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller Could it possibly be real? It seems to be. This ad says “Paid for by Obama for America” as well as Vote.BarackObama.Com. Could even The One we have been waiting for be this sleazy?

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Tags: ad, campaign, election, Lena Dunham, Obama, sleazy, video
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