Battle for the Soul of the VFW

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Tuesday November 16, 2010 · 3:27 PM PST

2010/11/16 · 15:27

The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) is a unique organization in the US, in that not only is every state and territory (and many foreign countries) the site of a chapter, or "Post", but that there are only 2 requirements to join: 1. You must be an American Citizen, and 2. You must have served in the military, in combat. Like all such patriotic organizations, the republicans have been trying to (and have) make the VFW an arm of the republican party. The recent shutdown of the VFW PAC by the national leadership is a particularly glaring example of this: but this time there is something different - the veterans inside the VFW, the ordinary day to day members are pushing back.

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Tuesday December 09, 2008 · 10:25 PM PST

2008/12/09 · 22:25

As we all know there has been a lot of push back against the Big 3 bailouts, mostly coming from the GOP. A persistent theme is how the UAW has basically throttled the profitability of the industry with their "outrageous" demands.

This, we all know is a lie.

But they've succeeded in getting the story of the overpaid UAW workers not only on the morning talk shows, but also on Boing Boing.

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 12:39 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 00:39

We're seeing a lot of push back from the WATB of the right. A lot of hot air and time and energy are being wasted on "Breaking Voter Fraud" stories, but only when the democrats are involved.

Now we see that a very literal reading of the law makes the WATB blood boil, especially when it has the magic word: Soldiers.

About 100 ballots are being called invalid by Virginia Registrar Rokey Suleman, since he remarks that they are missing some vital information - namely, witnesses and addresses.

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 6:03 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 18:03

We all make mistakes. We ALL make predictions that wash out. No harm, no foul - just step up and admit it.

Jerome, it's time to eat your shoes.

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What kind of shoe?

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What kind of shoe?

Loafer

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Flip-flop

35 votes

Hush Puppy

39 votes

Steel-toed Boot

86 votes

other?

6 votes

You Are All TRAITORS - Shark Jumping - Hillary-ous!

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 5:20 PM PDT

2008/05/22 · 17:20

There's been a LOT of acrimony from the (formerly known as) "Lefty Blogs" that support Hillary. One of the worst has been Larry Johnson's. Now Larry did a lot of great work getting us the details and background to the Plame outing, and he deserves a lot of props for that.

When it comes to supporting Hillary, his site finally (in my opinion) jumped the shark.

A call for a "Mutiny for All True Patriots"

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I support Obama

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I AM Obama

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I don't know what "vetted" means

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Susan Nunes wants Steve Gilliard’s Wikipedia entry deleted.

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Tuesday June 05, 2007 · 7:14 PM PDT

2007/06/05 · 19:14

Yes, the zombie is alive – SWMNBN – has risen from the muck and is covering one of our departed with slime.

Some people can’t even wait until the body’s cool before they start kicking it around.

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Friday January 13, 2006 · 4:07 AM PST

2006/01/13 · 04:07

OK, there's been a lot of talks around the blogosphere about what are we gonna do, as well as a bit of hand-wringing. Here's the thing - if we are serious about making some changes in how the democrats work, we must stand up. I mean, get the message out to your senators in congress - do the job we expect of you, or start looking for a new job.

Rightwing LIARS - Anything to protect BUSH<sup>TM</sup>

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 11:33 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 23:33

Oh, Powerline, can't your guys write ANYTHING without happily ripping off your human values and dignity faster than bush can say "I understand..."?

Now that the federal response has ramped up and is producing results, there's a good chance that the public will come to view it, and the president, more favorably.

The right is busily engaged in damage control - NO, not flood damage control - not saving American Citizens (the young, the weak, the poor and the elderly) from death and disease damage control - but the ALL IMPORTANT IMAGE damage control.

We knew this was coming, and from the expected Clinton-blaming, and the Democrat-bashing, to the finally out in the open "Welfare Nigger"-bashing. The shocking thing is - this comes from family and friends...

Stop the Blame-Shifting

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 6:25 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 06:25

There have been a lot of reports about how rescue operations were suspended because people have been "shooting at the choppers" stories.

Well the FAA has this to say:

"At the Superdome, we have a report that one shot was fired at a Chinook helicopter," Schneider said, adding that the Chinook is "an extremely large aircraft."
Laura Brown, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Washington, said she had no such report.
"We're controlling every single aircraft in that airspace and none of them reported being fired on," she said, adding that the FAA was in contact with the military as well as civilian aircraft.
Earlier Thursday, the first busload of survivors had arrived at the Houston Astrodome, where air conditioning, cots, food and showers awaited them.

So what's the deal? More below... Read More

The spin continues at the NRO - surprised?

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Wednesday July 27, 2005 · 9:55 AM PDT

2005/07/27 · 09:55

Well, it seems that some of the tools that have permanently attched themselves to the teat of the RNC have their own explanation for the whole Plamegate fiasco.

Evidently it's really simple...

According to Time.com today, a House panel is seeking documents that "reportedly detailed former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's 2002 CIA-sponsored trip to Niger to investigate a report that Saddam Hussein was trying to procure nuclear material from Niger. The memo noted Plame, Wilson's wife had a role in suggesting to other CIA officials that her husband would be a good person to send to Niger because of his experience on the continent as a career foreign service officer."

I get it. These documents that "reportedly detailed former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's 2002 CIA-sponsored trip" if they DO exist, go on to say that "Wilson's wife had a role in suggesting to other CIA officials that her husband would be a good person to send to Niger because of his experience on the continent as a career foreign service officer." Read More

Smarter than your Average GOPer

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Wednesday July 20, 2005 · 5:55 AM PDT

2005/07/20 · 05:55

Is this amazing grey parrot. There's a lot of debate regarding how "aware" animals really are, but all too many stories rely on anecdotes, unconfirmed reports, or even outright hoaxes. This animal, a bird of all things, seems to be the proof that animals can understand an amazing abstract concept: "ZERO"

There are "some people" in the administration who can't bend their heads around this, or even the effects of pursuing "zero sum" policies... Read More

The Love Boat - In Iraq!!!

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Monday July 11, 2005 · 6:51 AM PDT

2005/07/11 · 06:51

So we've heard that some conservative "talking heads" are going to take up the idea first suggested here and will go to that beach-side resort we all call Iraq!

Well you can see an advance peek at the kind of "in depth" "no holds barred" reporting we can expect to see at the swiftreport blog!!!

I can smell the coconut oil, the soft lapping of the waves on the shore, the beautiful sunsets, accented by the pillars of smoke from car bombs - whoops! That's not on the agenda!!!.

What was it that Ricardo Montalban used to say? Ah, "Smiles, everyone, SMILES!!!"

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