RELEASE NUMBER: 100322-01 DATE POSTED: MARCH 22, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger died from wounds received in combat U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, March 22, 2010) — An Army Ranger died March 16, from wounds received during combat operations March 13 … Continue reading
Ok, so Washington State hasn’t actually seceded from the Union yet. However, according to one Federal judge it must have… “A federal judge ruled Thursday that Seattle’s ban on carrying firearms in city parks and community centers is constitutional.” … “In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Marsha J. Pechman … Continue reading
Gang Legislation is about protecting our residents from criminal street gangs, it has nothing to with “racial profiling” as the ACLU would have you believe. Almost as quickly as the Senate Democrats in Washington State removed the 2/3rd’s requirement for increasing taxes, they once again have gutted, strike that…killed legislation … Continue reading
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Several months after the Texian Revolution had driven all Mexican troops out of Texas, General Antonio López de Santa Anna returned with 2,400 men on this day in 1836 to destroy the insurgent outpost at San Antonio de Bexar. Between 200 and 260 men defended The Alamo, a three-acre compound … Continue reading
George Washington was born in Virginia’s Westmoreland County on this day in 1732. When his father died in 1743, George moved to Mount Vernon to live with his half brother, later inheriting that estate. He learned surveying, worked in the frontier areas of Virginia until the French and Indian War. … Continue reading
Alexander Haig died yesterday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Raised at Philadelphia, he spent two years at Notre Dame before transferring to West Point(1947). He served on Douglas MacArthur’s staff in Korea, participated in and was decorated for valor in four campaigns, worked at the Pentagon, then returned to … Continue reading
It was on this day in 1889 that Grover Cleveland signed the law making the Department of Agriculture a Cabinet-level entity. Agriculture had always been important, of course, but as government became more important the farmers wanted a voice at the most important discussions. I don’t think anybody has been … Continue reading
February 3, 2010 Statement by the Director of Communications Arthur House The article published by Politico today regarding testimony of the Director of National Intelligence before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is inaccurate and irresponsible. The DNI did not criticize the Administration in any way – the assertion … Continue reading
Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo was born at New York City on this day in 1936. (The family uses Alda, a contraction of ALphonso and D’Abruzzo, as their surname for most things, but the birth certificates all use the original name.) He suffered from polio starting at age seven, was bedridden for … Continue reading