Monthly Archives: October 2005

The cost of freedom

Since 2004, ordinary Iraqis have paid a heavy price for their freedom. Over 26,000 people have been injured or killed in insurgent attacks. The vast majority of casualties inflicted by Islamic radicals in Iraq have been at the expense of … Continue reading

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Chavez the hypocrite…

Hugo Chavez must really be hard up for material; perhaps his writers from the demagogue’s guild are on strike this week. This is clearly evident in Chavez’s latest tirade. Chavez has felt it necessary to criticize the US for Halloween … Continue reading

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Terror strikes in India…is Bush to blame?

This weekend terrorists struck again. No not in Iraq, not in Russia, not in Europe, not in Sudan, not in China, not in Thailand, not in Indonesia and not in the Philippines and not in a dozen other places where … Continue reading

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Where is Hugo Chavez?

If you are a frequent reader of ThePhalanx.com, then you know that we would be remised if we went an entire week without saying something about Latin America’s most famous Mussolini wannabe, Hugo Chavez. This week has been a light … Continue reading

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Economic growth “surprisingly” strong

Its hard to keep a good man down and even harder to keep a strong economy down. The US Commerce Dept has announced that the US economy grew by 3.8% during the last quarter, which marks another strong quarter of … Continue reading

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“Big oil” scores record profits…lets get the pitchforks

Lets say an individual opens a sandwich shop in a small town. He sells a variety of sandwiches to local patrons and tourists. The shop owner sells each sandwich for $3 a piece. The cost to produce each sandwich is … Continue reading

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More troubles for Wal-Mart

We recounted earlier this week, how Wal-Mart is attempting change its image in the court of public opinion, but just as Wal-Mart is trying to revitalize its image, others are trying their best to reinforce negative images of the world’s … Continue reading

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The CIA Leak case…for those of you who care.

While we haven’t spent more than a sentence covering the CIA leak case, we recognize that some frequent visitors have a great deal of interest in the subject, many of whom are either die hard Republicans opposed to anything that … Continue reading

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Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination

It looks like White House Counsel, Harriet Miers has thrown in the towel. Oh well, we didn’t know much about her except for the fact that she ran a lottery in Texas and went to church…sounds like a stellar candidate … Continue reading

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Iranian loud mouth shows his true colors

Recently Iran “elected” a new president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former mayor of Tehran, was known as a hard-line conservative. The former mayor assured his countrymen and the foreign press he would govern as a moderate…well….so much for that nonsense. Ahmadinejad … Continue reading

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