Author: Amy Ridenour

Speaking of Hostile E-Mail…

I have the O'Reilly Factor on right now. The guest is Christopher Wolf, listed as representing the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP. Small world. Another person from that very law firm sent the black conservative group Project 21, which ...
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Will Moammar Gadhafi Go on International TV to Apologize for This?

Will Moammar Gadhafi go on international television to express regrets for, and a full investigation of, the treatment of these prisoners? Will Le Monde run an anti-Libyan cartoon? ...
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Inside the Beltway

The Washington Times Inside the Beltway column today includes quotes from Joe Roche's letter about the soldiers' response to the prison abuse, as posted May 5 in this blog. John McCaslin, who writes the column, has a book, "Inside the ...
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Perjury is O.K.

I'm watching U.S. Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey explain to Sean Hannity that Rumsfeld should resign because the actions of some of his subordinates put the reputation of the United States in a bad light. Does he truly want ...
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Attack of Cucumber-Eaters, Part II

Copying a similar group of crustless-sandwich munchers, self-described "former [U.S.] diplomats" (although the list of signers reveals the description isn't quite accurate) have sent a letter to President Bush complaining that U.S. policy in the Middle East favors Israel over ...
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“I Hope People Don’t Lose Faith in Us”: A Soldier Discusses the Prison Abuse Incidents

This letter about the prison abuse incidents, received May 4 from U.S. Army Spc. Joe Roche in Iraq, speaks eloquently without any need for further comment from me: Dear Amy,...about the abuse at the prison. I'm at a place right ...
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Apparently, We’re Unpatriotic

I received a rather odd e-mail a few minutes ago. It is from a fellow who considers our entire organization unpatriotic, and wants us to know that his soldier nephew thinks we're "a bunch of assholes." I gather the correspondent ...
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“One of the Most Inspiring and Important Things to Us Has Been the Incredible Arrival of Care Packages…”

Frequent visitors to this blog know that a long-time associate of The National Center's, Joe Roche, joined the U.S. Army after 9/11, inspired by those events. He was assigned to the 16th Engineering Battalion of the 1st Armored Division, and ...
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Criminals Invade Capitol Grounds, Police Do Nothing

National Center executive director David W. Almasi wonders just what the U.S. Capitol Police are there for if not to enforce the law. On April 20, about 70 teenagers who are illegal aliens held a mock graduation ceremony on the ...
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D.C. Fails New EPA Standards, But is Not at Fault

National Center research associate Eric Chapman clears the air about regional air quality rules: A Washington Post article on April 16, 2004 "Air Quality in Region Fails EPA's New Test," identified the District of Columbia and several Maryland and Virginia ...
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