Monday, 19 January 2009
 

Bill Faith; My Buddy
Contributed by The Gray Dog

The following was forwarded to me from Russ Vaughn.  It is difficult to separate, Bill and Russ, as to  who did what first to give birth to Old War Dogs.

By Russ Vaughn

Bill Faith was my buddy, a term that has particular meaning for those who have worn a uniform in service to this country. And though I never met him, nor even heard his voice a single time, that’s how I will remember Bill, as my buddy, someone who served alongside me through victory and defeat, through thick and thin, but who always could be counted on to stand up and be counted when it counted most.

I must first apologize to Bill’s family and all of you out there for being tardy in posting my thoughts on Bill’s passing. Two months ago my wife and I were abruptly thrust into the role of primary caregivers for her almost ninety-year-old parents, a responsibility which has kept both of us away from our computers and me from my blogging efforts. It was only through an email from The Gray Dog, Mike Connelly, that I learned belatedly of Bill’s death.

I don’t even remember precisely when Bill and I became acquainted, just that it was sometime after John Kerry became the Democrat frontrunner in 2004 and this old Vietnam vet, like millions of my brothers, swore to do everything in my power to prevent that traitor from ever becoming commander in chief. Scott Swett, at Wintersoldier blog, first began posting my anti-Kerry rants, which were then picked up by the Freepers and spread to other like-minded sites. Shortly thereafter I received an email from Bill, telling me he would like to post my pieces at his Small Town Veteran blog. As soon as I visited the site, I knew I had found an ally, one who quickly became a long-distance friend and a valued editor of my sometimes rough expositions.

When Kerry was defeated in November 2004, Bill and I, like all our Vietnam veteran brothers who had fought to keep Kerry out of the presidency, were exhilarated and felt that at last we had been exonerated. In sharing that victory, we became buddies, and the bond became even stronger in the summer of 2006 when Bill became webmaster of our new blog, Old War Dogs, which may have been my brainstorm but was Bill’s baby from the outset. He built the pen and the doghouse from scratch and fed and watered that pup every day. And like most proud papas, he could get quickly cantankerous if he felt like someone was mistreating his dog, including me.

Bill kept OWD up and running all through this last election fiasco even though, like me, he was never more than lukewarm to the idea of John McCain as our candidate. But, good soldier that he was, Bill fought the good fight right up until the bitter end. And as bitter as it was for the rest of us, his email telling me that he was going to back away from daily blogging at OWD, made me aware that my buddy was battle weary and in need of some respite. I regret not then realizing just how badly needed it was.

Michelle Malkin’s farewell post to Bill includes my poem, The Sheepdogs, and I thank her for that because there was never a more dedicated Sheepdog than Bill Faith. He loved his flock, both the immediate, his family, especially his new grandbaby, and that much larger flock, his countrymen.

Bill, I’m gonna miss you, Buddy.

Russ Vaughn

Contributed by The Gray Dog on January 19, 2009 at 05:19 PM in Best of Old War Dogs, Bill Faith, Bill's Bites, Coming home, Current Affairs, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Saturday, 17 January 2009
 

Bill Faith - "Aim High" My Friend
Contributed by The Gray Dog

*** Update Sunday January 18, 2009 ***

I should have added this link to Michelle Malkin's article.

Also to Uncle Jimbo's post at BlackFive.

Here are a whole bunch more:

The Rude News

Illusion or reality

WizBang

Another Voice

Confedrate Yankee

The Radio Patriot

Brutally Honest

Bookworm Room

Also, Bill's sister has requested donations be made to Soldier's Angels in lieu of flowers.

Finally, I am unable to approve any comments left for Bill at other posts.  Some of you already have posted elsewhere.  If you wish to leave a comment for Bill please do so at this article, for which I am able to approve comments for.  Thank You.

                                                **********************************************

It is with a saddened heart that I just heard from another Old War Dog, Zero Ponsdorf, that Michelle Malkin reported the death of Old War Dog founder and webmaster Bill Faith.  I missed a couple of opportunities this year as I traveled through Southern Illinois, to stop and meet Bill in person.  This is a mistake I will regret for the rest of my life.

Through an electronic introduction from another Old War Dog, Jim Bartimus, I was introduced to Bill in July of 2005.  It was then that Bill extended the invitation to join the Old War Dogs Blog, and it was the first type of anything in my adult lifetime I had ever joined.

Bill could be cantankerous at times, often causing a bit of dissent among the ranks.  But, I know that Bill’s life centered around two things: Old War Dogs and his Grandson.  His Blogging and love of America, I can speak to.  His abundant love for his daughter and grandson I will leave for others.

Many years later, Bill and I discovered that I had preceded him into the Air Force by a mere week back in the summer of 1970, and that most of our time at Lackland AFB and afterward at Sheppard AFB, had overlapped.  That’s where the similarity ended.  Bill went on to serve in Vietnam, while I defended America from the frozen moonscapes of Alaska.  I think it was our same age, military branch, and the fact that we were both Illinoisans, that caused Bill to always favor my writing and give it a little boost in the Blog position each day.  In fact I was often embarrassed by the favoritism. 

Others, such as Russ Vaughn, JD Pendry, George “Rurik” Mellinger, William “1st Cav” Page and Zero Ponsdorf knew Bill longer and perhaps better than I, although most of us have been strangers to Old War Dogs for a couple of years now. 

A couple of years ago, Bill had entrusted the “keys” to the Old War Dogs Site with me and Russ Vaughn.  I haven’t been in contact with Russ for some time, and I’m not sure how to proceed.  Old War Dogs and Small Town Veteran were 100% Bill Faith.  There is a part of me that says we should keep OWD going as a tribute to Bill, yet another that says it would only be a cheap imitation.  As mentioned before, Russ and JD and perhaps a few others will have more to say on the topic. 

In closing, I simply want to say that Bill was a patriot, a loving father and grandfather, and a clear voice for veteran’s causes throughout the blogosphere.  And for me personally, he was a friend and fellow Old War Dog.  I will miss him.

Mike Connelly
The Gray Dog

Contributed by The Gray Dog on January 17, 2009 at 07:12 PM in Best of Old War Dogs, Bill Faith, Current Affairs, Patriotism, The Gray Dog, US Air Force | Permalink | Comments (15) | TrackBack


Sunday, 19 October 2008
 

An Alphabetical Guide To My Our Russ Vaughn Collection
Contributed by Bill Faith

Updated 2008.10.21

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Note 2008.10.21: Due to some behind-the-scenes changes at TypePad, which I won't even attempt to react to till after the election, clicking the Russ Vaughn "category" link on the sidebar or at the bottom of an individual post only displays Russ's 50 most recent contributions to the site. This post is the only way currently available to access all of Russ's posts since the Old War Dogs site was created.

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Before the Old War Dogs site existed I used to post everything Russ wrote at Small Town Veteran and maintain an alphabetical index of my collection. I let things slide a little while I was busy setting up OWD and it took me till now recently to get around to bringing my index up to date. Enjoy:

A Decades Deep Treasure Trove

A Flagging Campaign?

A Former Ranger Replies To "Good Enough to Die For"

A Mine, By Any Other Name…

A Nation’s Honor Flight

A New Willy

A Painful Lesson Learned

A request from Russ Vaughn

A Turkish Memory

A Useful Death

A**easing the A**easers

Adolph’s Apology

All the Way!

Allah Their Balls

An Obamanation

Another Kerry Purple Heart?

Asshat of the day: Steve Benson

Barry’s Flag Flap

Bastante!

Boneheads vs. Jarheads

But Can He Find Iran on a Map?

Campaign’s Over?

Chains We Can Believe In

Chicken John

Chronic Warrior Syndrome

Cluck, Cluck, Cluck…

Combating Inanity

Condoleezza eyes

Dancing on Your Crank

Debatable Polling

Debunking DeBord

Debutantes of Defeat

Dee, Dee, Dee, Dee… Dee, Dee, Dee, Dee…

Defensive Misgivings

Democrats and Community Disorganizing

Dogged DeLay

Doin’ the Dap

Donny Boy

Don’t Vote?

Down Mexico Way

Dumbass Brian Williams

Electile Dysfunction

Entertaining Considerations

Fairy Harry

Fasting Like They Fight

Fightin’ Side of Me

Fightin' Words

First Secretary of Celebrity

Flight 93 - the movie

Follow the Money, Dick

Food for Thought

Forever Green

Force Multipliers

Forsaken Honor, Forgotten Shame

Get Along Home, Cindy, Cindy

Get Me from the Church on Time

Going to the Dogs

Good Enough to Die For

Guess Who Missed the Bus?

Hallowed Human Shields

Handmaidens of Terror?

Happy 100th, Big John

He's Never Gonna Forget It!

Heroes

Hi Soldier

Higher Education

Homo Republicanus?

How many Liberals does it take to win a war?

I Don't Know War (Author unknown, with remarks by Russ Vaughn)

If— (you want to be a true jihadi)

Jihad Jane

Johnny

Just One Old Ernie Pyle

Kerry & MSM Continue To Contaminate History

Kerry’s Catch 22

Kerry’s Colors

Kerry's Other Salute

Kick-Ass Kerry

Liberal Experts

Liberals love America like O.J. loved Nicole.

Life as it should be, life as it is

Mad How Disease

Madame Savior of the Planet

Mainstream?

Malignant McClellanonoma

Matt Who?

Media Bias? No, By Us

Mi Casa es Su Casa

Mike Nifong’s Crime

Mine Eyes Have Seen…

More Laughable Left Wing Logic

Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Cross

Ms. Underestimated?

MSM in Freefall

My Salute

Naught’s Solved by War?

Nippin' at the New York Times

No Honor Among Sleaze?

No Mourning for Mainstream

Not Even a Contest

Not So Fast There, McCain!

Obama’s Swift Boat?

Obamanomics: Lesson One, The Solution to Inflation

Of Eagles and Chickens

Of Flags and Firefighters

Of Tigers and Puppies

Of Trains, Planes and Liberal Refrains

Old dogs, new tricks

Old Sarge Gets a Care Package

Ominous Obanomics

On Flag-Draped Coffins

Our David, Their Goliath

Out-Dumbed, by George!

Out-Dumbing the Dems (posted with "Out-Dumbed, by George!")

Paristine

Paternity Test? What Paternity Test?

Poisoned Penns

Poor Casey

Poor Lad

Pounding "Punk" into Pulp

Pressious Planning

Proud Thanks

Re: "From 1stCav via email (S. 3622)"

Re: "NCOs are GOD!"

Re-sinking John Kerry

Response to Dr. Gutman

Rough Men

Russ Vaughn comments on "We Were Soldiers ..."

Russ Vaughn, John Werntz:  Memories of Two Wars

Schlock Troops

Scout's Honor

Semper I

Send this Old Warhorse to the Barn

She’s Running Against…

Sheepdogs

Sheez!

Shoo, Hsu, Baby

Should the Press Cut and Run?

Show Your Gratitude

Slicing Enlightenment

So Tell Us, Barry, “Who Else Sent You?”

So you support the troops?

So You Say You Support The Troops? 2d Ed.

Speedy Al

Straight Talk

Strong? Then You’re Wrong!

Stunt?

Submission

Swift Justice

Take America Back?

Take Them There

Tap, Tap, Tap…

Teherani Johnni

Telling Symptoms

That’s The Way They Were Raised (posted with "Proud Thanks")

The Banana Brain Song

The Battered-Left Syndrome

The Berger briefs

The Clueless White Guy Vote

The Eagle and the Serpents

The Empress Has New Rolls

The Flight of the Gray Dog

The Fool and the Traitor

The Gang That Won’t Shoot Straight

The Hastert Protocol

The Involunteers

The Last Battle of Vietnam

The Loony Left Hemisphere

The New Geography

The Night Before Christmas (Cambodian Version)

The “No Right Answer” Game

The Nuanced Hero

The Obama Two-Step

The Question

The Quiet Americans

The Real Command Influence

The REAL Obama Birth Certificate

The Road Less Graveled

The Rookies

The Sore of Gore

The Star Spangled Banter (Zarqawi Version)

The Thought Police Are Here

The Truly Invisible

The Veteran In The Wall

The Whine of Haughty Elitism

The Words of Santayana

Their Veterans’ Day

They were right then, too, weren’t they?

Thin as a Reid

Those liberal geniuses

To Know Him is to Love Him

To Our Sheepdogs

Tony, We’re Proud We Knew Ye

Treasonous Media

Tyranny of the Brazen Few

Unconquered Men

Unsalutable

Veterans' Day

Vet's View

WaPo Weasels

We’re Oh So…

We’ve Established What He Is…

Weighing the Options

What’s Fair Is Fair?

What's in a Name?

When Barry Comes Flyin’ Home Again…

When the World Dials 911

While in Landstuhl the Wounded Still Lay…

Wild Irish Rose

Willful Suspension of…

Wisdom from Warriors

Why not take it a step further?

Why Was It My Son Had to Die?

"You Ain't Gonna Touch This Wall"

"You Ain't Gonna Touch This Wall" -- The MP3

Young Bulls, Old Bulls

Esoteric Diatribe has several of Russ's things from the days before I was on his mailing list. Click here to see the list.

Contributed by Bill Faith on October 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM in Bill Faith, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack


Tuesday, 20 March 2007
 

Military Pride Stickers
Contributed by Bill Faith

Boomer found a sticker shop he thinks you might like. I think maybe he's right. Click here.

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 20, 2007 at 02:11 AM in Bill Faith, Boomer | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Monday, 19 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.19
Contributed by Bill Faith

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:

  • Another Silly Obama Meme
    Ed Morrissey: The early primary race is often called the silly season, but it seems that the campaign of Barack Obama inspires silliness in a league of his own, on both Left and Right. We've already heard carping about Obama's "authenticity" as an African-American on one hand, and breathless speculation as to whether Obama visited a mosque at age eight on the other. Now, to add to the circus of irrelevancy, David Ehrenstein scolds people for supporting Obama out of a desire to find the Magic Negro:

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 19, 2007 at 12:10 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Sunday, 18 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.18
Contributed by Bill Faith

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:

  • March 18, 2003 
    Critter: In the middle of the afternoon, I was dozing in a little hollow in the sand, my head on a sandbag in the shade of the maintenance deuce and a half.  Spec. Willie Cooke, who drove the medic track, and Spec. Emeka “Easy” Ezekwem, one of the mechanics, sat down beside me in the shade and began talking God and war. 
  • VBIED Friday 
    Teflon Don (H/T: Jules C.): We drove back to Ramadi today, once more making the so-called "milk run" back from Falluja. We tend to see it as a short, easy clear- we know well the areas where the bombs normally are, and the road is wide and well-maintained. However nonchalantly we approach the mission, all of us know that there really are no "milk runs" in Iraq: anything can happen, at any time. Today is no exception.

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 18, 2007 at 12:05 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Saturday, 17 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.17
Contributed by Bill Faith

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:

  • March 17, 2003
    Jules Crittenden: Like the rest of the world watching from afar, those of us here in the desert camps in Kuwait sense that we are within days of rolling.  ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 17, 2007 at 12:02 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Friday, 16 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.16
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • On going back again
    Greyhawk: I'm busy these days getting ready for my second tour in Iraq. Sometimes I'm asked why - especially since I'm eligible to retire - I would go back. ...
  • Good News Bad News
    Jules Crittenden: You’ve got your good news, you’ve got your bad news. Now, for some completely different news: ...

Yes, posting's been sorta light today. I was up late last night arguing with an obstinate PC (actually, an IE 7 bug as it turns out) and I plan to start my blogging day earlier in the day tomorrow than I usually do. I can't make it to The Wall but I'll have eyes and ears there with my number programmed into their cell phones and my day will start early, so I decided getting some rest today was more important than most of what I might have posted about otherwise.

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 16, 2007 at 02:53 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Thursday, 15 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.15
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 15, 2007 at 12:18 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Wednesday, 14 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.14
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • Gray Lady Uses Skirts To Hide CAIR
    Ed Morrissey : The New York Times runs a remarkable article today on the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), painting the group as a victim of bigotry and anti-Islamist fear. Neil MacFarquhar uses the latest controversy over Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell's arrangement for the use of a House conference room by CAIR to cast criticism of the group as wholly unfounded: ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 14, 2007 at 12:34 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Tuesday, 13 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.13
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • Video: Ted Koppel talks sense on Iraq
    Ian Schwartz: Ted Koppel’s Nightline program began as a nightly update to the Iran hostage crisis. So in a literal way, he has been covering the jihadi war against the US since 1979. That experience was evident in Koppel’s appearance on Meet the Press Sunday. ...
  • Earmark Reform Out Of Vogue Already? 
    Ed Morrissey: One of the few highlights of the 2006 election came in the form of renewed discussion of the corrosive power of pork-barrel spending. Both parties, despite having long histories of pork production, promised to champion earmark reform and new sunlight on appropriation processes in Congress. The Democrats won the majorities in both chambers, and those of us who demanded earmark reform hoped that we might finally see progress. Unfortunately, we see cloudiness on a Sunshine Week, as Mark Tapscott pointed out today: ...
  • Top general calls homosexuality 'immoral'
    Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving in the military because homosexual acts "are immoral," akin to a member of the armed forces conducting an adulterous affair with the spouse of another service member. ... (Hat tip: Jules C)

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 13, 2007 at 12:17 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Monday, 12 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.12
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • March 12, 2003
    Jules Crittenden: In the morning, the AP's Chris Tomlinson and John Moore, the LA Times' Geoff Mohan and I were told to gather up our gear in the platoon tent at battalion where we had spent the night and come outside to meet our company commanders. ...
  • Should Israel Go Public With Its Nukes?
    Ed Morrissey: It's a question that Ehud Olmert almost made moot last year, after an inartful public statement referred to Israel's nuclear capabilities, but one with even greater strategic implications now. Should Israel reveal its nuclear weapons capability and spell out the terms for its use -- namely, that a strike on Israel by Iran would get a response in kind? Some apparently believe that a Middle Eastern MAD scenario could cool Iranian ardor for their own nukes: ...
  • Get Your Third World Right Here!
    On that most exotic of all exotic global destinations, America, “the nation that never stops giving.”     Jules Crittenden (H/T: JC): I grew up in the Third World. ... “I’d love to live in a Third World country,” a woman said once. “Don’t worry,” I said. “You’ll be living in one soon enough.” The Third World is coming here, in biblical multitudes.  ...
  • Journalism 101: Not A Prerequisite For The Los Angeles Times
    Ed Morrissey: The Los Angeles Times visits the bubbling controversy over Rudy Giuliani's judicial appointments to the municipal bench while mayor of New York City, an issue that has some conservatives concerned over his presidential aspirations. Giuliani has sworn to nominate strict constructionists to the federal appellate bench if elected President, but the Times finds four appointments -- out of 127 -- that fail to fit that mold. And Tom Hamburger and Adam Schreck manage to miss a critical fact about judicial appointments in their supposedly comprehensive look at Giuliani's appointments: ...

I moved some things from this post to The Dhimmicratic party; CAIRing about America

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 12, 2007 at 01:27 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Sunday, 11 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.11
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • March 11, 2003 
    Jules Crittenden (H/T: MM): At 3 p.m., we were finally directed to get on the buses. ... David Bloom of NBC was in the seat ahead of me. ...
  • Spelling it out
    Scott Johnson: The overlap between James Baker's professional interest and his diplomatic hobbyhorse is spelled out in this AP story that appears in precisely one newspaper today:
  • Kerry's Swift Retribution 
    WSJ Opinion Journal: The country long ago moved beyond John Kerry's Presidential ambitions, but the Senator, as he seems never to tire of reminding us, has not. Now Mr. Kerry's throbbing grievances jeopardize President Bush's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. ...
  • Iranian Diplomat Denies Seeking Democrat Nomination
    Scott Ott:  Despite his call this weekend for a timetable for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Abbas Araghchi, told reporters at a multinational peace conference in Baghdad that he has “no immediate plans” to seek the Democrat nomination for the U.S. presidency in 2008. ...
  • Musical chairs in the Senate
    Michelle Malkin: Somehow, I don't this new seating arrangement on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is going to help much ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 11, 2007 at 12:45 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Saturday, 10 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.10
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • Jimmy Carter clears things up
    Paul Mirengoff: Phillip Klein of the American Spectator reports on Jimmy Carter's appearance at George Washington University yesterday. In his speech, Carter took pains to show that he is not anti-Jewish, ... I'm glad he cleared that up. ...

(I've moved some things from this post to another post on the site.)

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 10, 2007 at 12:15 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Friday, 09 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.09
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not related to other posts on the site. If you leave a trackback your post has to include a link to this one and, as always, comments claiming the sun will rise in the west tomorrow, Chimpy McHitlerburton lied, etc. will be deleted without ever appearing on the site.

  • Hillary's shill at CBS 
    Michelle Malkin: Over at the excellent Investor's Business Daily editorial website, IBD editorials, the board looks at the Tiffany Network's decision to hire an old Clinton crony: ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 9, 2007 at 12:45 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Thursday, 08 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.08
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Former Sailor Arrested For Selling Secrets To Al-Qaeda 
    Ed Morrissey: A former Navy sailor and recent convert to Islam has been arrested for espionage, ABC News is reporting tonight. Paul Hall, now known as Hassan Abujihaad, sent information about Navy warships in the months following the attack on the USS Cole -- an attack that killed 17 of his former fellow sailors: ...
  • A Muslim U.S. sailor named "Abujihaad"
    Michelle Malkin: Hassan Abujihaad, a Muslim American sailor who cheered the terrorist attack on the USS Cole, is accused of divulging ship locations to a suspected terror fund-raiser while serving aboard the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer in 2001 and 2002: ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 8, 2007 at 12:23 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Wednesday, 07 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.07
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Islamic charity indicted 
    Michelle Malkin: Reuters reports: A federal grand jury has indicted a now-defunct Islamic charity and five men for illegally transferring funds to Iraq and stealing U.S. government grant money, prosecutors said on Wednesday. ...
  • John Edwards will skip Fox News debate
    Michell Malkin comments here, Allahpundit has more here.

[I've moved a couple of things from this post other posts.]

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 7, 2007 at 12:24 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Tuesday, 06 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.06
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Meanwhile
    Michael Yon: I am back in Baghdad, having driven with Command Sergeant Major Jeffrey Mellinger more than 1,200 miles up and down Iraqi roads over a ten-day period. CSM Mellinger’s direct boss is now General David Petraeus, and although the general has only been commanding the war in Iraq for three weeks, changes he’s made are already apparent. ...
  • "The Geraldo-fication of TV journalism"
    Michelle Malkin: The antithesis of Geraldo is Michael Yon. He's back in Baghdad after traveling 1,200 miles around Iraq. He has much to report. Troop morale across the country, he says, is "good to high." From his latest dispatch:
  • Privacy Board: Terror Surveillance Program Protects Civil Rights 
    Ed Morrissey: After over a year of supervising two of the most controversial programs adopted by the Bush administration after 9/11, a review panel has given both a clean bill of health on civil-rights protections. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Board will announce next week that the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program and the Swift banking transaction monitoring operation contain enough checks and balances to ensure that Americans will not fall victim to their own government: ...

  • NATO Beats The Taliban To The Punch
    Ed Morrissey: The much-anticipated spring offensive by the Taliban just found itself eclipsed by the late-winter offensive of NATO. The West launched a large operation that aims to push the Taliban out of Helmand province, where the Taliban have scored their only success at regaining territory: ...
  • A deserter is sentenced
    Michelle Malkin: Via Yahoo! News: Spc. Agustin Aguayo, a U.S. Army medic who refused to return to Iraq because of his opposition to the war, was convicted of desertion at his court martial Tuesday, and could face as long as seven years in prison.
  • Secret Spy Stuff
    Jules C: A couple of the more intriguing items of the past few days are from ABC’s Blotter, as yet unconfirmed or run widely in the major media. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 6, 2007 at 12:26 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Monday, 05 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.05
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Close the Immigration Vault with Employer Enforcement
    We don’t want and don’t need McCain/Kennedy’s “comprehensive” reform.
    Andrew C. McCarthy (H/T: R J Del Vecchio): Imagine we had only a single, government-chartered financial institution: the First National Bank. Imagine it had begun a new policy: Henceforth, the vault would remain open and stocked to the brim with no guard on site.
  • Mecca Agreement Falling Apart?
    Ed Morrissey: The Mecca agreement between Hamas and Fatah supposedly gave the warring Palestinian factions a basis for a unity government, one that would satisfy Western concerns and allow for aid to resume to the Palestinian Authority. The latter certainly proved false when Hamas refused to allow the PA to recognize Israel and honor its past agreements with the West as the basis of that aid. Now it looks like it won't even produce the unity government it promised, as Hamas and Fatah have begun accusing each other of undermining the pact: ...
  • The Lancet Iraq war study revisited
    Michelle Malkin: The U.K Times Online reports interesting new questions about the infamous Lancet study by Burnham et al which claimed that more than 650,000 Iraqis died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion. Some of those questions are being asked by a Columbia University researcher who collaborated with Burnham et al on the previous version of the same survey:
  • Personal note from a tired Old War Dog to a Filipina Firecracker: Thank you.

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 5, 2007 at 12:10 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Sunday, 04 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.04
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Pulse Taken
    Jules Crittenden: USMC Vietnam vet, former asst secdef, counterinsurgency scholar and Dot homeboy Bing West, back from Anbar and Baghdad with some pointed observations and practical advice at Small Wars Journal. Here’s the quick regional roundup: ...
  • The Italian Job 
    (WSJ Opinion Journal) The capture of an alleged Islamist terrorist recruiter in Milan four years ago in an operation carried out by U.S. and Italian intelligence could have been a model for transatlantic cooperation in counterterrorism. Instead, it is becoming Exhibit A in how European politicians are working against the U.S., undermining the fight against Islamic terrorism and endangering the NATO alliance. ...
  • Britain Terror Exports Up
    Jules Crittenden: Memri cites Aafaq.com’s claim that Britain has become the greatest exporter of terrorism in the world.  Britain’s Muslims, that is. ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 4, 2007 at 12:33 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack


Saturday, 03 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.03
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Osama's last stand?
    ... For the past two days, U.S. and NATO forces have been conducting a major attack against a compound in a remote area of Eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden or another senior al Qaeda leader may be hiding, ...
  • Iraqi Cabinet Shake-up Coming?
    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he will shake up his Cabinet within two weeks and that officials -- including members of parliament -- would face prosecution for ties to insurgents, sectarian militias and death squads. There has been coordination with Multinational Forces "to determine who should be arrested," he said. ...
  • Kharnival of the Iranities
    Jules Crittenden: It’s Open Mike Nite at the Kharnival of the Iranities. Some of our standups will have you howling. Some might merit a polite chuckle. None of it’s really funny at all, but that’s another matter.  ...
  • Al Gore the hypocrite may be the cry....
    the shill for carbon offsets investors is the real story. As Gore jets around the world pounding the drum of global warming and generating fear that if we don't do something right now it may be too late, he quietly pockets the profits from his own carbon offset investment firm for select, high net worth individuals that invests in "green" technology. So, when Gore stumps for global warming, it has the nice (for him) side effect of enriching him and increasing the value of his company. ...
  • Obama’s Pastor Embarrasses Entire Congregation
    Nathan Bradfield: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Barak Obama’s pastor, went on Hannity & Colmes last night to respond to claims that his church is a black separatist congregation. He failed miserably and embarrassed his congregation as well the entire denomination, whatever that is: ...
  • Clintons' Hypocrisy Catching Up 
    Linda Chavez: The Clintons have always behaved like the rules that governed everyone else didn't apply to them. And they've largely gotten away with it -- but perhaps Hillary Clinton's quest for the White House will finally bring this to an end. Two stories in recent days suggest the mainstream media are uncomfortable with ignoring the Clintons' hypocrisy, especially when it comes to money.   ...
  • CPAC: Romney Hits One Out
    Blake Dvorak: Almost everything now being written about the 2008 race should be prefaced with "It's still early but..." With that in mind, Mitt Romney, who's had a tough couple of weeks fending off flip-flopping charges, apparently just dazzled the CPAC crowd, according to some conservative folks in attendance. ...
  • MSM Coverage Of CPAC
    Ed Morrissey: CQ readers have had plenty of moment-by-moment coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, but how has CPAC played to the national media?
  • Romney at CPAC
    John Hinderaker: Last night, Paul wrote that Mitt Romney hit for extra bases at CPAC yesterday. Paul singled out several aspects of Romney's speech as notable. I assume video of Romney's entire speech is available somewhere on the web, but in the meantime, Romney's YouTube site has posted these excerpts. I would judge them as favorably as Paul did the speech in its entirety. Here is Romney on Reagan conservatism: ... 
  • CPAC, The Provocateur Watch
    Ed Morrissey: It remained rather quiet here until just a few moments ago, when Mike Stark showed up and tried to provoke an argument here on Bloggers Row. In case you didn't read about this on Hot Air, Stark showed up yesterday to get an autograph from Michelle Malkin and then started haranguing her about CPAC attendees not enlisting in the military...
  • Giuliani, Romney, McCain camps denounce Coulter’s attack on Edwards
  • Three Leading GOP Campaigns Condemn Coulter's Remarks
    Ed Morrissey: Less than a day after Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot" at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the three leading Presidential candidates denounced Coulter for her insult: ...

Contributed by Bill Faith on March 3, 2007 at 12:08 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


Friday, 02 March 2007
 

Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.02
Contributed by Bill Faith

Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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  • Dirty Little Secret
    Jules Crittenden: Gerard Baker, Times of London, pegs a pending crisis: Somewhere, deep down, tucked away underneath their loathing for George Bush, in a secret place where the lights of smart dinner-party conversation and clever debating-society repartee never shine, the growing hordes of America-bashers must dread the moment he leaves office.
  • Should A Dark Age Fall...
    Jules Crittenden (H/T): “Our culture that … like it or not, and a lot of them don’t … squats across continents like a massive toad, its reach and power far exceeding our military and political influence”.
    • Surge into Sadr City
      Jules Crittenden: This push is coming, and pieces are starting to fall into place.  As Stratfor notes below, it is key for a number of reasons. Sunni pols need to be placated. Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army needs to be removed as a source of instability and Iranian meddling, but Baghdad’s Shiites also need to be protected.  And containing and controlling this sprawl of 2 million is no easy task.  How, and how peacefully all that happens remains to be seen.

    Contributed by Bill Faith on March 2, 2007 at 12:41 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


    Thursday, 01 March 2007
     

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.01
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    • How can we miss them if they won't go away? 
      By: Jay Tea: One of the hallmarks of Hillary Clinton's campaign for coronation the presidency has been her demands that she not be held accountable for any of the misdeeds of her husband's tenure, while reaping the benefits that might be derived from the good parts. And for some reason, a lot of people seem willing to indulge her. ...
    • Six Months or Bust
      Jules Crittenden: UK Guardian, citing “former senior administration official” says the “Baghdad brain trust” of officers advising Petraeus gives the US in Iraq six months before the wheels fall off the cart:    

    Contributed by Bill Faith on March 1, 2007 at 12:07 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack


    Wednesday, 28 February 2007
     

    Your tax dollars at work
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
    By Mike S. Adams. Hat tips: Russ Vaughn, R J Del  Vecchio

    Yesterday afternoon, I logged on to the "Global War" blog (global-war.bloghi.com) of Associate Professor Julio Pino – a Muslim convert who teaches at Kent State University. The heading for the site used to read "The Worldwide Web of Jihad: Daily News from the Most Dangerous Muslim in America." Now it reads "Are You Prepared for Jihad?" IN THE NAME OF OBL. 2007: THE YEAR OF ISLAMIC VICTORY!"

    Hardly able to believe what I was reading, I called Pino at his office in Ohio around 4 p.m. According to his secretary, he had not been at work that day (he only has office hours two days of the week). He was drawing a paycheck from the people of the State of Ohio while trying to launch a Jihad against people like me. In fact, just five minutes before I called he posted an entry under the title "Crusaders Can’t Take Anymore in Afghanistan!" 

    Pino began his morning of not going into his office at Kent State by penning a post under the title “Frightened British Crusaders Rush More Troops to Occupied Afghanistan.” Using terms like “occupation” and “Crusaders” it isn’t really necessary to read these posts in order to ascertain who this employee of the State of Ohio is rooting for in the War on Terror. ...

    Many people believe that Julio Pino deserves to be fired because of his public statements about the War on Terror. I disagree. A simple firing is too light a punishment.

    Dr. Julio Pino, for his decision to "provide battle dispatches, training manuals, and jihad videos to our (enemies) worldwide" deserves to be arrested and sent to an island off the coast of North America, striped naked, interrogated, and, if necessary, tortured to ascertain the extent of his involvement in assisting our enemies.

    After we are done with him, he is free to return to Ohio. That is unless, of course, he is found to be something more than a professorial pansy posing as a genuine Jihadist.  ...

    R J Del Vecchio writes:

    Read this column and you, too, can be depressed by what goes on in this country.  The hell with tolerance, dammit, time is here to come down hard on those who rejoice in their hatred and destructive intentions towards us all. ...

    I want this guy dropped into the mountains of Pakistan with an "Osama is a fag" T-shirt superglued to his torso.  Maybe with one of the Danish cartoons printed on the reverse side of the shirt for good measure.

    Russ Vaughn wants to know: "And taxpayers are underwriting this shit?"

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 07:46 PM in Bill Faith, Islamism Delenda Est, R J Del Vecchio, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.28
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    • Why Confront Islamism? 
      By Amil Imani: Why confront Islamism? Because if we don't it will continue to get more extreme. This is not Islamophobia, as many Muslims and their apologists protest.  A phobia is a baseless irrational fear. Detestation of Islamism, the violent form of Islam, is based on irrefutable facts and it is not only rational, it is ethically imperative.

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 28, 2007 at 12:07 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


    Tuesday, 27 February 2007
     

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.27
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 27, 2007 at 12:15 PM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


    Monday, 26 February 2007
     

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.26
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    • Original Sins, Fair Game 
      Jules Crittenden "Newspapers and leftie blogs are abuzz with the warmed-over news from the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election that Mitt Romney’s got polygamists up his Mormon family tree. Sweetness and Light notes a lack of interest in polygamy, and other stuff, up Barack Obama’s family tree. Wild guess here, but I’m going to take it: ...
    • Gut Strain
      Jules Crittenden: I already had a gut feeling about this.  But apparently the DNA of bacteria we carry around in our guts tells the story of our origins.  We’ve been carrying this stuff around since Africa. Its been evolving. ...

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 26, 2007 at 12:05 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


    Sunday, 25 February 2007
     

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.25
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    • Kharnival of the Iranities 
      Jules Crittenden : The messages on Iran and out of Iran are so mixed, no wonder everyone’s confused.  It’s a regular Iranian funhouse:      
    • Kurds Support Oil Revenue Sharing Plan
      Ed Morrissey : The Kurds have signed off on a plan to share oil revenues that will address many of the Sunni economic concerns that have driven some to extremism. The political breakthrough may help de-escalate the internal conflict in Iraq and allow the Sunnis to feel that they can participate in the representative government without losing everything:

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 25, 2007 at 12:20 AM in Bill Faith, Open Posts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


    Saturday, 24 February 2007
     

    Army refiles charges against cowardly peacenik deserter
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Army refiles charges against cut-and-runner
    Michelle Malkin

    An update on the Ehren Watada case from the Seattle Times:

    Undaunted by an initial mistrial, the Army on Friday refiled charges against 1st. Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis officer who faces up to six years in prison for failing to deploy to Iraq and alleged misconduct.

    "These are serious charges, and the next step will be to set a trial date," said Joe Piek, a spokesman at Fort Lewis, where Watada continues to serve as an active-duty officer. ...

    I'd say ten years of making big rocks into little rock, followed by a quick hanging, would be about right. The "man" is a waste of perfectly good oxygen.

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 24, 2007 at 05:34 PM in Bill Faith, Peacenik Stupidity, US Army | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

    Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.02.24
    Contributed by Bill Faith

    Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."

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    I'm a good twelve hours late getting this up today due to an ISP outage during the night and starting back on my bedtime "happy pills." I'll try to be more organized in the future.

    Contributed by Bill Faith on February 24, 2007 at 12:51 PM in Bill Faith, Open Posts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

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