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Posts Tagged ‘hostages’

Dick Gordon, you are not Batman

[April 8, 2009] Anyone who has spent any amount of time around Senator Richard Gordon knows four basic facts about him: 1. That he was the youngest delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention. 2. That his father was assassinated, and that he eventually nailed the guy who did it. 3. That he is an Upsilonian, (just like his [...]

More like Armed Pansies of Pansyland, amirite?

[March 31, 2009] We are a warrior culture, prayer warriors, at any rate, judging from our Hail Mary play to save the three International Committee of the Red Cross volunteers kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf: a call for prayers, and an appeal from the Pope. And, really, there’s nothing wrong with that. God-fearing as we are, we will [...]