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AuthorDenny Gillem

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Presidential Debate

Like most of the people in the US, I watched the first presidential candidate debate last evening. I’m not sure what I expected, but I’m glad I heard the two candidates. Sen. Obama clearly made some points over Sen McCain in the area of...

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Vice Presidential Candidates

Now that we know who the two Vice Presidential candidates are, we can look at what they bring to the tables. Both have a son who is in the military. The Biden’s oldest son is the attorney general of Delaware and is a JAG officer in the...

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Nuclear Russia is a nuclear threat

All the talk shows are going on about the election, Obama vs McCain. However, they’ve ignored the most revelent thing to happen in decades–Russian agression. Russia not only invaded the country of Georgia and is not living up to thier...

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Obama and the Pearl Harbor Bomb

I continue to be amazed at how little anything military has penetrated the mind of Senator Obama. He was raised in Hawaii. Most Hawaiians and many Americans know that on 7 Dec 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor (in Hawaii). Many, many Japanese...

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Terrorism coming to the USA

I heard something yesterday that really excited me. I’ve been saying for years that if the US withdraws from Iraq/Afghanistan before the area is stable, then within a year we will have active terrorism in the US; that was one of my points on...

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Voting

This is a political year, in case you hadn’t noticed. Voting in primary elections is vital for good citizens, because it is here that each party’s candidates are selected. In Michigan, the primary election is just a month away, on 5...

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Terrorist Surveillance Bill

The House just passed a Terrorist Surveillance Compromise Bill. This after nearly a year since the Director of National Intelligence warned Congress that we were missing vital intelligence needed to protect the nation. br /br /I have no idea why it...

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14 June

Today is both Flag Day and the US Army’s 223rd Birthday. There’s even a website celebrating the birthday; its: a href=” To all my brothers and sisters in arms in the US Army, you have my greatest respect; happy birthday. To all...

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Torture in Iraq

span style=”font-family:arial;”A compound that had served as an alQaida detention and torture facility was destroyed in March by a B1-B bomber using 6 x 500# GPS-guided bombs to level it—in Zambraniya, a village south of Baghdad...

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