tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54571282011-04-21T18:40:47.825-07:00Just The FactsFacts are the foundation of a free societyJRnoreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1157896449479137182006-09-10T06:44:00.000-07:002006-09-10T06:54:09.503-07:00FOR JACQUELINEKABUL, Afghanistan, 11 September 2006 --This will be my third September 11 in Afghanistan. It’s not an easy place to live or work. Two days ago, a murderer killed two GIs and 17 innocent Afghans by driving a car full of bombs into a Humvee. I’m scheduled to fly down, in a heavily protected Chinook, to the provincial capital of Helmand province, an area that produces almost 50% ofJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1131046045784499012005-11-04T00:22:00.000-08:002005-11-03T11:27:25.796-08:00South Asia Survived Genghis Khan; It’ll Survive Another Year of MeENROUTE TO PAKISTAN, October 21, 2005—As if South Asia hasn’t suffered enough, what with G. Khan invading, Osama and the Taliban setting social policy, and having cricket as its major sport, the benighted area will now have to suffer my presence for yet another year. Having spent the last year helping Afghanistan rush madly into JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1123855535602851072005-08-12T07:01:00.000-07:002005-08-12T09:23:21.470-07:00Rush-bo and I at Afghan Minster of Defense Wardak's home for dinner.Rush was as knowlegable and charming as I expected. A great evening.JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1123852772115441902005-08-12T06:17:00.000-07:002005-08-12T06:19:32.126-07:00A Three-Legged Goat Should Never Stand Outside In The WinterKABUL, Afghanistan, Friday, August 12, 2005 -- Here we are in the midst of a good old-fashioned Kabul summer. You know the kind, where the aroma of rotting sheep fat wafts delicately out from some of the City’s best butcher stalls. Or where the pungent odor of a six-camel caravan softly drifts across the night making us gasp for a JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1104949342816189322005-01-05T10:22:00.000-08:002005-01-05T10:22:22.816-08:00Me and some of The Boys from the Mez 'hoodPosted by HelloJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1104922770213963732005-01-05T02:47:00.000-08:002005-01-05T03:02:05.393-08:00A Great New Year Awaits Kabul, Afghanistan, January 5, 2005 --Greetings from a cold and, I hope for tomorrow anyway, snowy Kabul. It’s Christmas Eve 2004 and I, along with about 70 other State Department employees and some 24,000 US and Coalition forces are getting ready to celebrate the Birth of Christ in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan! When we read news reports from the States about the JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1104921865792714732005-01-05T02:39:00.000-08:002005-01-05T02:44:25.793-08:00Election Day In Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan, October 9, 2004 --I went to a number of polling places in Kabul today and watched as Afghan men and women voted for a president for the first time in their history. The lines were orderly and the voting process that I witnessed was calm and thorough. The pundits, and self-appointed arbiters of what is right with other people have already started their JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1104921547162435232005-01-05T02:36:00.000-08:002005-01-05T02:39:07.163-08:00Kabul, Afghanistan, July 30, 2004 --Greetings from beautiful, downtown Kabul, where some of the worst of the modern world, Rocket Propelled Grenades, (RPG), Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and Music Television (MTV) are mixed with the worst of the medieval world, beheadings; a feudal social system wherein women are treated as chattel; the caste system and tribal rivalries; and prohibiting JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1108789761946560392004-09-18T21:08:00.000-07:002005-02-18T21:09:21.950-08:00BAD CAVIAR IN BAKU MAKES FOR A LONG TRIP HOMEKabul, Afghanistan, September 5, 2004--Much like the Mongol hordes that wreaked havoc on the Holy Roman Empire as they swept their way from the cruel plains of southwest Asia to the effete and ill-prepared society of Western Europe, I made my trip from Baku, Azerbaijan to London, wreaking havoc and destruction on all around me. In my instance, howeverJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1074187522113940882004-01-15T09:25:00.000-08:002004-01-15T09:26:43.216-08:00Spicoli Goes To Iraq
I’ll admit it. When I first saw the blurb on the San Francisco Chronicle today noting that Sean “Spicoli” Penn had been given space in the paper to report on his latest adventures in Baghdad-By-The Desert, (as opposed to Herb Caen’s Baghdad By The Bay,) I did what any normal, red-blooded American male would do. I laughed, shook my head, and mused about the Chronicle being JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073888522604239382004-01-11T22:22:00.000-08:002004-01-11T22:23:20.250-08:00A Terrible Quagmire, I Tell You!
Quagmire. It’s an adjective used almost to the exclusion of all others whenever Democrats, Frenchies and NYT writers, except for John Burns, alphabet news media (ABC, CBS, NBS, NPR, etc) and most other mainstream media types when describing US efforts in Iraq.
You know the meme: “Why can’t Bush and Halliburton, Vice President Cheney’s former company, get JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073801963627687992004-01-10T22:19:00.000-08:002004-01-11T22:23:47.076-08:00Administration Had Plans To Oust Saddam Before 9/11
Big news, my readers. The President of the United States developed a policy to oust Saddam Hussein BEFORE 9/11! This is really big and I’ve got the document to prove that the President’s official policy, well before 9/11, was for regime change in Iraq.
Read it. And remember it when the alphabets and the chattering classes talk about the JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073724040917640972004-01-10T00:40:00.000-08:002004-01-10T00:41:56.436-08:00Charity Held Hostage, Day Number Six
By the way, this is day number six that Ruth Rosen has not collected $100.00 for her favorite charity. Come on, Ruth! All you have to do is cite sources for your quotes. You have them, don't you?JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073722839304578112004-01-10T00:20:00.000-08:002004-01-10T00:23:46.000-08:00The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
One of the most prevalent charges by our friends in the Democrat party, along with their French allies, is that President Bush is guilty of being a “unilateralist.” As with many of the statements made by the anti-Bush crowd, this one defies logic or common sense.
The meaning of unilateral, according to dictionary.com is “Obligating only JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073545358065667092004-01-07T23:02:00.000-08:002004-01-08T21:03:28.576-08:00No Bias Here.
One of the most common points of contention between conservatives and liberals is the conservative's contention that news reporting is hopelessly biased in favor of democrats and liberals. But wait a minute, say our good, liberal friends, "What about Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Debra Saunders and Sean Hannity?" they say. “Why, the airwaves are overrun with angry, white, conservatives, JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073432270522261452004-01-06T15:37:00.000-08:002004-01-06T15:39:34.013-08:00You Think O'Hare On A Friday Afternoon Is Bad?
Andrew Sullivan points out this marvelous example of a Brit obit.
Enjoy!JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073411019729426192004-01-06T09:43:00.000-08:002004-01-06T09:44:51.576-08:00The Good Doctor
Thomas Sowell has a terrific article in the Townhall today about today’s journalists and their confusion about the difference between “objectivity” and “neutrality.” His lede is that the BBC has banned the use of the term ex-dictator when referring to Saddam Hussein! His point that one can be objective without being neutral is one that many journalists, and much of the JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073324020056344732004-01-05T09:33:00.000-08:002004-01-05T09:35:10.606-08:00The "S" Factor
Finally, a brilliant contributor to the Seattle P-I has explained why I like George Bush. It’s ‘cuz I’m stupid!JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073267521809477772004-01-04T17:52:00.000-08:002004-01-05T09:38:22.263-08:00A Soldier's Pride
The following "Letter to the Editor" was taken from the Great Falls Tribune
on Monday, 29 December 2003. This young hero has said it best.
Don't write your congressman to try to get your sons out of here. I want to be here. This is why I want to be a Ranger, why I am Airborne, why I want to be Special Forces. I want to fight then in their home, not mine. I want to bring JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073203038694544902004-01-03T23:57:00.000-08:002004-01-03T23:58:27.920-08:00Here’s a great piece by one of the finest writers and thinkers around, Victor Davis Hanson. It is simply superb.JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073193723680276912004-01-03T21:22:00.000-08:002004-01-03T21:23:13.403-08:00I had a great conversation yesterday. I spoke with Sgt Roy Mitchell, a US Army soldier just returned from duty in Iraq. I called the young Sergeant, to chat with him and, on behalf of my family, thank him for his service to our county. He spent the majority of our conversation asking about my family, how they had celebrated Christmas and how they were doing. He also spoke about his eagerness JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073190930975632712004-01-03T20:35:00.000-08:002004-01-03T20:38:12.436-08:00Still no reply from Ruth Rosen at the Chronicle. Apparently, she doesn’t believe her favorite charity is worthy of a no strings $100 donation! So here’s what I’m going to do: Let’s keep a count of the number of days that Ms. Rosen refuses to respond to my request for facts to back up her charges. Perhaps as the days mount, her ability to do research will improve and she’ll finally be able to JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1073082783138946062004-01-02T14:33:00.000-08:002004-01-03T20:47:53.373-08:00It’s time. The revolution can’t go any farther without me. Bloggers are the new pamphleteers, the direct descendents of Patrick Henry and Ben Franklin. (As well as Ropespierre and Martin Luther. I guess.) This blog, Just The Facts will, as the name states, present facts. It will present accurate information that refutes the factual mistakes made by the leading newspapers and media outlets inJRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5457128.post-1054882522845537172003-06-05T23:55:00.000-07:002003-06-05T23:55:22.873-07:00Welcome to the first day of the Just The Facts blog.
One day, in the not so distant future, I predict that the date June 5, 2003 will be looked upon as having almost the same significance as August 5, 1735. (I’m sure all you lovers of freedom know the significance of that date.) And not because it’s the first day of this blog. No, this date is an important milestone in our history because it JRnoreply@blogger.com