We thought the Great Senate Seat Auction Scandal had faded into the past. But in Barack Obama’s Chicago, political scandals have many lives.
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich or “Blago” as he was affectionately known, was impeached for seeking bribes in return for an appointment to President Obama’s former Senate seat. In the subsequent fallout, Roland [...]
The purpose of the original chart (all the blue parts) and the report it came from was to help sell the “stimulus” package, or “recovery plan,” by planting in the public mind the perception that experts had done the math and knew how the government could “save or create 3.5 million jobs,” by borrowing and [...]
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas W Parsons
John William Finn: First Medal of Honor Recipient of World War II
During the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, on 7 December 1941, Lt. Finn promptly secured and manned a .50-caliber machinegun mounted [...]
“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells
A nobler history than pillared piles,
Or the eternal pyramids.”
~James Gates Percival
Michael A. Monsoor: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Iraq
President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor at the White House April 8, 2008. Petty [...]
Raymond R. Wright: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Vietnam
While serving as a rifleman, Spc4 Raymond R. Wright, 22, distinguished himself during a combat patrol in an area where an enemy ambush had occurred earlier.
Spc4. Wright’s [...]
They fell, but o’er their glorious grave
Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
~Francis Marion Crawford
Audy Murphy: Most Decorated Soldier of World War II
Near Holtzwihr France, on January 26, 1945 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men [...]
Originally published in 2008
Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for heroes interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, Washington D.C.
World War I
By virtue of an act of Congress approved 24 August 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of [...]
On June 6, 1984, the 40th anniversary of the World War II, D Day invasion, President Ronald Reagan honored the memory of brave American soldiers with a speech at the U.S. Ranger Monument, Pointe du Hoc, France.
We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent [...]
The establishment media are on their knees in praise and worship of President Obama for “hitting head on” the controversy over Notre Dame, a Catholic University, inviting him to speak at commencement, even though his position on abortion conflicts with church doctrine.
But in reality, he went through his entire speech without a single word [...]
Nancy Pelosi has given several contradictory statements regarding her role in the Congressional committee that oversees CIA’s secret operations, including aggressive interrogation techniques that have been called “torture” by some politicians.
The political-media establishment, including Commentators on the right have focused on Speaker Pelosi’s embarrassingly incompetent press conference yesterday where she was incoherent in her attempt [...]
