From: http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2006/09/who_was_the_edu.html   Who Was the "Educated Persian?" Since the Papal Brouhaha erupted I have been very interested in identifying the "Educated Persian" with whom Manuel II Palaiologos carried on his famous religious debates. The answer is fascinating. First, it is important to note that the political relationship between the deteriorating Byzantine empire and the rising Ottoman empire was an extremely complex one, but s...

Just in case you ever hear someone say we do not have a strategy for winning in Iraq, you can ask them to read this. Victory in Iraq is Defined in Stages * Short term , Iraq is making steady progress in fighting terrorists, meeting political milestones, building democratic institutions, and standing up security forces. * Medium term , Iraq is in the lead defeating terrorists and providing its own security, with a fully constitutional government in place, and on its way to ...

I got this e-mail today, and thought I would respond. -----Original Message----- From: Fix America [mailto:fixamerica@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:27 AM Subject: A Letter to All Who Voted for George W. Bush from Michael Moore Sunday, September 11th, 2005 A Letter to All Who Voted for George W. Bush from Michael Moore To All My Fellow Americans Who Voted for George W. Bush: On this, the fourth anniversary of 9/11, I'm just curious, how does it fe...

Aug. 13, 2005 Release A050813a Task Force Freedom Soldiers find chemical production facility MOSUL, Iraq - Coalition Forces, acting on intelligence from detainee interrogations, raided a suspected insurgent chemical production facility and chemical storage locations on August 9th. The early morning raids, conducted by Task Force Freedom, uncovered what technical experts assess to be a “clandestine chemical production facility” and possibly related storage sites. Military officials...

Now those of you that read my stuff know I do not like to post Op eds very often. But here is one I could not let go. You can not believe what this supposed Senator from Ill said on the Senate floor yesterday: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r109:3:./temp/~r1091nyhMx:e22835 Here is the text: Unfortunately, the President rejected Secretary Powell's wise counsel, and instead accepted Alberto Gonzales' recommendation, issuing a memo setting aside the Geneva Conventions and conclud...

I posted my 400TH pro-military video today on my YouTube Channel!!    http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3rdID8487 I have had over 181,000 video views, which is a good start. I am up to over 1000 a day. Maybe just maybe a few of those have a better idea of what is really going on in Iraq and AFghanistan from watching one of these. Just thought I would toot my own horn for a minute!.. 

I posted this as a response to one of my post, but thought it deserves its own post. In response to Sen. Durbans comments on the Senate floor on June 14th, I decided to write to my Senators here in Florida. Here is what I wrote them: Sen. Nelson, Sir, I respectfully would like to know if you plan on rebutting Sen. Durbans comments he made on June 14th on the Senate floor. And if you are not, would you please in the name of those of your supporters who think his actions were harmful. ...

OK Yesterday on my way home from work I had an eye opening epiphany. For the last few years I have been trying to understand why leftys think the way they do, and why they see things in a completly different light than those on the right. I have been listening to their outlooks and opinions on issues that interest or concern me. I have even tried talking to a few lefty's to see what they think on issues. Many times these talks resulted in me walking away even more befuddeled than when the con...

OK OK I have not been around in a bit but I have to say this issue brought me out of my slump. Our local School Board had to decide on a few extra days to put into the school schedule to make up for some missed days due to our hurricanes. So after passing around a few ideas they decided to use a few holidays to make up the days. Here is where it rubs my rubarb wrong. The school board picked Veterans Day as a school day and left MLK Day as a holiday!?!?! What in effect they are saying is th...

John Kerry Confuses Himself With Bob Kerrey Of course John Kerry is afraid to run on his left-wing Senate record, but does that mean he should pose as a colleague? Imagine the screaming headlines and nationwide media ridicule if President Bush confused himself with another pol. But don't expect the New York Times and company to report this: In trying to defend his horrendous record on intelligence "and spin their way out of his lousy committee attendance record," Kerry's campaign "c...

Anarchist 'Ruckus Society' trains for blockades, chaos, disruptions © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Some of the groups organizing protests at this summer's Republican National Convention in New York – including one anarchist outfit planning disruptions – get funding from a foundation chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of the presumed Democratic Party presidential nominee, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. Heinz Kerry, worth as much as $1 billion according to some estimates, has ...

Subject: Bush in church, Very interesting I'm at the 8:00am service at my church, St. John's Episcopal, at Lafayette Square, across from the White House. (I wanted to go early because I was going with Alice and Brent for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel in Manassas.) Much of the service was uneventful--nice, but uneventful--until it comes to the part of the service when the priest says, "Greet one another in the name of the Lord." I turn to my right to exchange the peace with my friend...

July 8, 6:03 PM EDT AP Poll: Bush Gains Slight Lead Over Kerry By RON FOURNIER AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush has opened a slight lead over John Kerry while regaining the confidence of some voters on the economy and other domestic issues, according to an Associated Press poll…. Voters said they were feeling better about the economy and no worse about Iraq, a sign that Bush may be regaining his political footing just as Democrats make a high-profile push toward th...

The left is in total meltdown. I have never seen such idiots doing such stupid things. Now they blame Bush for hurricanes??? They are putting up billboards to blame him for the recent Hurricanes here in Florida. This really shows how desperate they are. I have never heard of anyone blaming a human for the weather before. Maybe in jest, but not seriously. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200410\CUL20041026a.html This is after the researchers say global warmi...