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CBS Apologizes, Says They Were Duped Apologizing for a “mistake in judgment” in its story questioning President Bush’s Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National…

September 21, 2004February 13, 2021
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Well darn

(Via The Register) It seems belle de jour has given up blogging. Well, OK. Over on the left, there used to be a “Guilty Pleasures”…

September 18, 2004February 13, 2021
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You mean mine isn’t bigger than yours?

(via WorldNet Daily) It would seem the cops don’t like competition, at least on the Taser front. Salient quotes: Private citizens can now own a…

September 18, 2004February 13, 2021
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If these are his supporters, I’m glad I’m not one of them

(via Worldnet Daily) From the “A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words” Department.

September 18, 2004February 15, 2021
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“If Mexico is so great, how come they all want to come to the United States?”

Fred has had his say-so again, this time on the tide of illegals flooding over the southern border. Here’s the nut of the column: Now,…

September 18, 2004February 15, 2021
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The AWB may be gone, but the ATF isn’t

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has long been known to be one of the Federal government agencies that is abusive of their…

September 16, 2004February 13, 2021
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Wictory Wednesday

Once again, The Freeholder is happy to note Wictory Wednesday. Other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are The polls are continuing to look better. The Electoral Vote…

September 15, 2004February 13, 2021
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K’plah!

(Via El Reg) In celebration of 10 years on the web, Deutsche Welle has developed a Klingon homepage. While they kindly provide it in English,…

September 15, 2004February 15, 2021
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Ahnuld, you Girlieman

(Via WorldNet Daily) You knew this was coming–California is banning the .50 cal rifle. Knowing CA legislators, they’ve also banned big muzzleloaders and probably shotguns…

September 14, 2004February 15, 2021
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Comments? What comments?

While modifying the colors to match my website, I’ve just realized and fixed an embarrassing gaffe–the comment settings were, well, not right. Apparently when you…

September 14, 2004February 15, 2021
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An “Oh, crap”

Due to family problems, Chris Muir has stopped producing Day By Day, one of my Daily Reads. Chris believes that Day By Day will return…

September 14, 2004February 15, 2021
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A “Hallelujah!”

Connie du Toit is blogging again! Yipee! For those who don’t know, Connie is Kim du Toit’s wife. She is an excellent writer and a…

September 14, 2004February 15, 2021
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Oh yeah!

The word from on high: Semiautomatic Assault Weapon Update By statute, the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices expired…

September 13, 2004February 13, 2021
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Dead. Dead, dead, dead, DEAD!

(Everyone else stole my best ideas for a title. Kim du Toit got my “Ding, dong, the witch’s dead” line. Guess I have to get…

September 13, 2004February 15, 2021
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A few thoughts about the War on Terror

and then I think I’ll shut up for the day. Here’s my take on the War on Terror. This is a war, but it isn’t…

September 11, 2004February 15, 2021
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Memos, memos

I note, with some embarrassment, that while I was looking at “the memos” and trying to figure them out, others were far ahead of me,…

September 11, 2004February 15, 2021
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Past and Future

Today is the third anniversary of 9/11. There’s a lot packed into those 7 words. Like most people, I can remember that day with crystal…

September 11, 2004February 13, 2021
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Even more on the memo thing

I’ve been looking at those .pdfs some more. I’m no document expert, but I’d stake money on them not being done in the 70s. Like…

September 11, 2004February 15, 2021
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.pdfs of the memos

FOXNews has .pdfs of the “60 Minutes” memos here. Two memos have superscripts in them unlike anything I’ve ever saw done by a real typewriter…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
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Kerry on the AWB

Add guns to the list of things Kerry is Klueless about: Kerry Ties Weapons Sales, Terror Worries John Kerry linked U.S. assault weapon sales to…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
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Well, I guess I’m an idiot

Heinz Kerry: ‘Only An Idiot’ Wouldn’t Like Kerry Health Care Plan When I first heard this one, especially given that my original source was a…

September 10, 2004February 13, 2021
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Democrat dirty tricks?

Could the Dems be so scared of losing (or so intent on winning) that they will do whatever it takes–even fabricating evidence? Independent document examiner…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
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Clinton’s bypass

I wasn’t going to be petty (yeah right!), but since no one else I’ve been reading seems to have picked up on this, I thought…

September 10, 2004February 15, 2021
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Zing!

(Before getting to the topic at hand, I’d like to note an unimportant and artificial milestone: This is the 200th post to The Freeholder blog.…

September 10, 2004February 13, 2021
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The AWB is coughing up blood

After 10 long years of “The Evil Black Guns That Scare Us Ban” (also known as the 1994 Assualt Weapons Ban), the end is near.…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
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You can’t reason with hurricane season

You have to feel for the people of the Caribbean and Florida. It seems they’ve joined the “Hurricane of the Week” club. I don’t recall…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
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Implosion?

You can tell that Kerry the Ketchup Boy is behind in the polls–the Dems have started dragging out every old crappy charge (and a few…

September 9, 2004February 15, 2021
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Stuck at home

Well, The Freeholder has had to avail himself of modern medicine–they took out my gall bladder yesterday. I’ll spare you the gory details–let’s say that…

September 9, 2004February 13, 2021
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Another Wictory Wednesday

Once again, The Freeholder is happy to note Wictory Wednesday. Other Wictory Wednesday bloggers are We’re entering the home stretch. The polls are looking good,…

September 8, 2004February 15, 2021
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The obligatory political post

I can’t seem to have a blogging session without a political post. So let’s get it over with. As a North Carolinian, I detest one…

September 7, 2004February 13, 2021

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