Monthly Archives: October 2006

Project Valour-IT

Blue Crab Boulevard has joined the effort to raise money for Project Valour-IT. Being from an old Army family and having a son serving active duty in Iraq, this site is officially on the Army team. Which should rightfully strike … Continue reading

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Did Someone Say They Don’t Have A Plan?

It turns out the Democrats do, indeed, have a plan for the first 100 seconds of the next session of Congress should they take control of the House. Internecine knife fights. As Democrats enter the final days of their push … Continue reading

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No Good Plans

Peter Brookes, writing at Real Clear Politics, has a sobering look into the future at what Democratic control may bring to America's defense and foreign policies. It isn't a pretty picture. Many of these things have been mentioned here before, … Continue reading

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Ponies For Everyone!

I mentioned before the hyperventilation I see here on the comment threads and on other blogs. These are the commenters that say something to the effect that with a Democratic victory in Congress the nightmare will be over or some … Continue reading

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The Business Of Illegal Immigration

Authorities in Arizona have broken up a very large operation that smuggled illegal immigrant into the United States from Mexico. 40 people have been arrested so far, while more are still being sought. This was a family run business that … Continue reading

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North Korea To Rejoin Six Party Talks

Surprise: Bush's policies toward North Korea have struck pay dirt. China has announced that North Korea will return to the six party talks. They effectively caved in completely. Chinese, U.S. and North Korean envoys to the negotiations held a day … Continue reading

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Credibility Problem

Why the Democrats have a credibility problem on national defense, part 2,578. John Kerry on America's soldiers: “You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an … Continue reading

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Flailing

Blog P.I. has an interesting analysis of the building rage in the netroots left over the imminent defeat of Ned Lamont. This is fun to read just to read the kind of frothing that is going on even before the election. Also not … Continue reading

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Set Up

Pat Santy gives voice to a very dark, but very plausible, scenario. All the cheerleading, hype and distraction may only be a setup for what is to come afterward in the election. We have seen headline after headline proclaiming that … Continue reading

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Enormous Development In MD Senate Race

A group of black county officials from one on the most important counties in Maryland have broken with the Democratic party. The officials are backing Michael Steele in his bid for the US Senate seat in Maryland. This is a … Continue reading

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Scary Stories

Well, here at last is the Democrats trying to lower expectations. But there is one problem. They actually sound scared right now. What if the polls are lying to them? But Democrats have learnt from bitter experience that breaching the … Continue reading

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Venezuela Caving?

Venezuela is signaling that it may consider the Dominican Republic as an alternative candidate for the UN Security Council seat that (T)Hugo Chavez could not succeed in buying. I am not conversant enough in Latin American relations to know whether … Continue reading

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Connecting The Dots

I have absolutely no idea who Paco is, but that person has been good enough to mention and link the Crabitat several times over in Tim Blair's comment section, according to the Sitemeter logs. The most recent link was one … Continue reading

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Worst Campaign Season Ever

Well, the Dems and their fellow travelers in the media wanted it to be all about protecting the young and the innocent when the Foley scandal was being pimped as the October surprise. But now it gets down to the … Continue reading

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