17 December 2006 - Granite Grok

December 17, 2006

And they wonder about the tank joke….

Yahoo News is reporting PARIS (Reuters) – France has decided to pull its special forces out of Afganistan after a NATO-led stabilisation force extended operations to the whole country, the French defense ministry said on Sunday. The Americans, Dutch, Candians, and the Brits have been complaining that other NATO governments (and not their soldiers) won’t …

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NOW he targets “earmarks”

President Bush discussed the economy and the topic of so-called federal "earmarks" in this week’s radio address. THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Christmas is fast approaching, and I know many of you are busy trying to finish up your holiday shopping. This week, we received good news about the economy that should brighten the season and …

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Never thought of it this way

We hear so much about school vouchers.  Many liberals decry them – when they say "public education", they always mean "taxpayers paying for public schools".  Many conservatives, many (not all) favor vouchers, where parents can use these at any school they believe is best for their child.  My take on it is that public education …

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Slave Reparations – uh-uh

(H/T: FoxNews) If you are unfamiliar with the notion of slave reparations (yup, a few of my notions about it too) can be seen here. Federal Appeals Court Rejects Slave Descendants Reparations Claims The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that slave descendants have no standing …

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