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Entries from March 2009

Our enemies sense weakness

March 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Frank J. Gaffney Jr. The Washington Times President Obama‘s stewardship of the national security portfolio to date amounts to a wrecking operation, a set of policies he must understand will not only weaken the United States but embolden our foes. After all, the communist agitator Saul Alinsky, a formative influence in Mr. Obama’s early years [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Moonbat Lunacy · National News · National Security · Politics

Friday Night Blues – Etta James

March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

My friend, Hoosier Army Mom, had a special request to feature one of her favorite Blues artists, Etta James, for RC Friday Night Blues. Etta James has had an illustrious career, winning four Grammys and seventeen Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Friday Night Blues · Just for Fun · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs

Monstrously Anti-Life

March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Quin Hillyer American Spectator Abortion is a tough, tough topic. That’s why I’ve never written a single column, in all my years as a journalist, directly about abortion. Oh, sure, I’ve touched on it in passing — quick lamentations about the pathetic legal reasoning of Roe v. Wade and its embarrassing progeny such as [...]

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Tags: Our Community · Politics · Pro-Life · Religious Freedom

Deep Waters

March 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Dave Jeffers Eighteen months ago today my son Sergeant Eddie Jeffers went to be with Jesus when he gave up his spirit on an Iraqi desert floor. Eddie was only 23 ½ years old when he died, but he had lived the fullest life of most men I know. More importantly he had touched [...]

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Tags: American Traditions · Our Community · Our Faith in Jesus · Patriotism · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs

Tax Day Rochester NY Tea Party, April 15, 2009 11am

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

There’s going to be a Tax Day Rochester NY Tea Party! April 15, 2009 starting at 11am Genesee Crossroads Park Downtown Rochester NY From Fed-up Americans mobilize: More than 150 tea parties: A revolution is brewing as American patriots and free-market advocates unite in protest against out-of-control government spending – with a wildfire movement of [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Conservatism · Economy · From the Liberal's Mouth · National News · Our Community · Politics · Socialized Health Care · State Politics · Taxation · Tea Party · Veterans Affairs

Feds undercut civilian supply of ammunition

March 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Policy leaves manufacturers without brass for cartridges By Drew Zahn WorldNetDaily A recent government policy change has taken a bite out of the nation’s already stressed ammunition supply, leaving arms dealers scrambling to find ammo for private gun owners. Georgia Arms is a company that for the last 15 years has been purchasing fired brass [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Communism and Socialism · Nanny State · National News · Politics · Second Amendment

An open letter to Bob Lonsberry

March 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Lonsberry wrote a column today against the tea party, outright fabricating things like us asking for money and/or trying to anoint ourselves as some type of new political leader… I left him a comment on his site, but since it doesn’t seem to have appeared, I figured I’d post it here so as to not [...]

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Tags: American Traditions · Conservatism · Economy · Nanny State · Our Community · Patriotism · Politics · State Politics · Taxation · Tea Party

Friday Night Blues – Lead Belly

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m featuring legendary Blues pioneer, Lead Belly, in this weeks edition of RC Friday Night Blues. This is the only known video of Lead Belly, from a movie shot in 1945. From his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame webpage, where he was inducted in 1988 under the “Early Influence” induction category”: “Huddie Ledbetter, better [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Friday Night Blues · Just for Fun · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs

The “Commando” Rochester Tea Party

March 12th, 2009 · 43 Comments

By rochester_veteran On a cold and very blustery day, approximately 40 concerned citizens met at a downtown Rochester, NY park on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, to participate in our local version of the Tea Parties that have been sweeping the nation! NY Governor Paterson was here for a “town hall” meeting at the Rochester Convention [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Conservatism · Economy · Energy · Free Republic · Gathering of Eagles · Our Community · Patriotism · Politics · State Politics · Taxation · Veterans Affairs

Serve your country best by serving God first, Archbishop Chaput tells USAF cadets

March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Catholic News Agency Colorado Springs, Colo., Mar 10, 2009 / 10:11 pm (CNA).- Archbishop of Denver Charles J. Chaput addressed Catholic cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Monday, telling them the military profession is “honorable” and urging them to become virtuous leaders who serve their country best by serving God [...]

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Tags: National Security · Our Faith in Jesus · Patriotism · Supporting the Troops · Women Warriors