{"id":14457,"date":"2009-09-18T10:31:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14457"},"modified":"2009-09-18T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T15:38:18","slug":"busy-day-for-a-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14457","title":{"rendered":"Busy day for a Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m so delinquent posting today. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with a reporter from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/\">Stars and Stripes<\/a> doing an information dump on the subject of the IVAW. I don&#8217;t have high expectations for the resulting article, but I take a measure of comfort in the fact that at least he asked me about them.<\/p>\n<p>While I get back to the business of blogging, here&#8217;s some interesting links I ran across while catching up;<\/p>\n<p>My mentor, drinking buddy and pal Matt Burden (otherwise known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2009\/09\/blackfive-for-office.html\">Blackfive<\/a>) has announced what some of us have known for a week or so; he&#8217;s running for Illinois State Representative.<\/p>\n<p>I felt bad that I didn&#8217;t cover the story about SFC Jared Monti&#8217;s Medal of Honor Award ceremony yesterday, but <a href=\"http:\/\/tankerbabelc985.vox.com\/library\/post\/sfc-jared-monti-awarded-medal-of-honor-posthumously.html\">Tankerbabe<\/a> does a better job than I could anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Our buddy, DanNy from <a href=\"http:\/\/nygoe.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/18\/civil-war-soldier-returns-to-new-york\/\">Gathering of Eagles NY<\/a> has a great post about a Civil War soldier returned to New York from the Antietam battlefield where he died in AMerica&#8217;s bloodiest day. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/17\/AR2009091704805.html?hpid=topnews\">Washington Post<\/a> finally notices the ACORN sting more than a week after it began.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/elections\/2009\/09\/18\/congress-targets-acorn-bipartisan-way\/\">Fox News<\/a> reports that centrist Democrats are applauding Republican efforts to shut down ACORN.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/sep\/18\/us-missile-plan-veers-more-in-line-with-russia\/\">Washington Times <\/a>charges that the Obama Administration canceled the placement of missiles in Eastern Europe as a precursor to nuclear talks with Russia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ap.stripes.com\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_DRILL_SERGEANT_COMMANDANT?SITE=DCSAS&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">Stars and Stripes\/AP<\/a> report on the first woman to lead the Army&#8217;s drill sergeant school.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Malor at <a href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/292490.php\">Ace of Spades<\/a> reports that the Baucus bill got booed by Democrats. <a href=\"http:\/\/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/opposition-to-obamacare-builds-56-now.html\">Gateway Pundit <\/a>says 56% oppose the health care bill.<\/p>\n<p>The irrepressible Michelle Malkin writes about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2009\/09\/18\/acorns-illegal-alien-home-loan-racket\/\">ACORN\u2019s illegal alien home loan racket<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you have more links, leave them in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m so delinquent posting today. 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