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Office of the DNI responds to Politico.com
February 3, 2010 Statement by the Director of Communications Arthur House The article published by Politico today regarding testimony of the Director of National Intelligence before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is inaccurate and...
Treating Terrorism as a Crime…Nine years later!
The FBI said today that they are announcing the addition of two individuals to our Most Wanted Terrorists list, along with substantial rewards for information leading to their capture. Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is sought for his role in the October...
Students Beware: Longer School On The Horizon
If Mr. Obama has his way, students in the U.S. may be in for longer school days, a longer school year or possibly both. In a statement quoted from the Associated Press, Mr. Obama warns that American youngsters spend too little time in school, putting...
Obama Administration fixed to damage U.S. - Israeli relations
Secret U.S.-Israel nuclear accord in jeopardy. This was the head line of the Washington Times (I get the e-edition ) this morning. The article written by Eli Lake goes on to say, that "...President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear...
Service Itself is our Honor
I received this from a fellow 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association colleague of mine today, I wish I could say I wrote it myself, because the author truly understands what it is to be a soldier, and as I read it, I thought to myself, I could not...
“The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office”
Dean Gooderham Acheson was born at Middletown, Connecticut on this day in 1893. He was educated at Harvard, then went on to Yale Law School, and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. He served as Undersecretary of the Treasury under Roosevelt...
Stormwater Assessment in Sunnyside
Those that live in Sunnyside know that the most contentious issue currently in front of our Council is the Stormwater Assessment Fee, which went into effect this year.  I don’t normally blog about issues that are in front of Council (that may change...
Dear IRS…
I received this from a friend of mine today, it says everything I wanted to, so I will stop here. --- Dear IRS, I'm sorry to inform you that I'm not going to be able to pay the taxes owed on April 15th, but all is not lost. I paid these taxes...
The Alex P. Keaton of 2009
For those of you who remember the television show Family Ties , you are going to love this one.  I just saw a kid who is 14 years old who is already a best selling author and a national speaker, not to mention a child actor on the stage. The video...
The Stranger
I don’t watch much television, mainly because I don’t have the time; however thanks to my BeyondTV Server the television I do watch are the shows that I like, and I get to watch them when I want to, not when the networks say I have to I received this...
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