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Week-ends (09/04/10)

Posted by Kevin Fischer on Sept. 4, 2010 | 0 comments

Week-ends

A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...


HEROES OF THE WEEK


Phenomenal story: Kate and Jamie Ogg


Curtis Newman and the man he wants to find


World War II squadron


4Troops


Martin Lugo


Woman fights back


Francis Lusk.......MORE.


Albert Pujols


Steven Stayner


Law enforcement in Illinois


Lisa's Booby Trap


Hero pooch



VILLAINS OF THE WEEK


Professor David Marsland


School officials in France


Unidentified girl


Antonio Ross and his employer


Vanity Fair



QUOTES OF THE WEEK


“It's frustrating to see both the president and vice president jumping up and down saying, 'Look what we did, look what we did,' when if we actually followed the policies they were calling for ... we would have left early and we would have left in shame.”
Pete Hegseth,  an Iraq war veteran who now heads Vets for Freedom


“Asked about his 2007 comment in which he proclaimed ‘This war is lost’ while our soldiers were still in Iraq getting their heads shot at and before the so-called ‘surge’ even had begun, (Harry) Reid today said that his statement was actually a ‘successful’ ploy to force President Bush to refocus on political reconciliation.

What? Pahleeze! You have to read the whole thing to believe it. It's simply a fantasy explanation for what really happened and for it to be published on the day in which America transitions out of combat in Iraq, well, it simply makes the whole deal all the more icky.

The undeniable fact is Sen. Reid called it wrong on Iraq. He undercut our troops in the process. Bush called it right. The ‘surge’ worked and it (not Sen. Reid's ‘This war is lost’ statement) made today possible. That's the unvarnished truth and no amount of revisionist sophistry will change it.”
Sherman Frederick, the publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal


“The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
Ann Coulter


“(Obama) will have plenty of time for vacations after his one term is up.”
David Letterman


“I don’t think you want me to waste my time to read every page of the healthcare bill."
Senator Max Baucus


“According to polls, Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue. Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they're ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans -- for whom, according to those same polls, the nation has even greater contempt. This isn't an ‘electoral wave,’ it's a temper tantrum.

In the punditry business, it's considered bad form to question the essential wisdom of the American people. But at this point, it's impossible to ignore the obvious: The American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats.”
Liberal columnist Eugene Robinson.


“Ever notice that the mainstream media only accuses the public of acting like ‘spoiled brats’ or of ‘throwing a temper tantrum’ when liberals get tossed out of office? For example, did you hear anyone in the MSM complaining about the public being angry, irrational, and childish when they voted Republicans out of office in 2006 or 2008? Of course, not.”
Conservative blogger John Hawkins, reacting to Robinson’s comments above.


“I totally agree with President Obama with the statement on Constitutional rights of freedom of religion. I also agree that it  (the proposed mosque) shouldn’t be so close to the WorldTradeCenter. We should be more concerned with the tragedy than religion.”
Rima Fakih, the first Muslim winner of the Miss USA pageant.


“In the intifada that began in 2000, Palestinian terrorism killed more than 1,000 Israelis. As a portion of U.S. population, that would be 42,000, approaching the toll of America's eight years in Vietnam. During the onslaught, which began 10 Septembers ago, Israeli parents sending two children to a school would put them on separate buses to decrease the chance that neither would return for dinner. Surely most Americans can imagine, even if their tone-deaf leaders cannot, how grating it is when those leaders lecture Israel on the need to take ‘risks for peace’.”
George Will



OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK


Another case of people that shouldn't be in America committing deadly crimes.


The greening of 9/11.


Revisionist history.



MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK


Paris Hilton and cocaine.



MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK


Combat in Iraq is not over.



STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK


A hero....for falling off a toilet?


Why was she found in a chimney flue?


A homeless man in a hot tub spells trouble.


Dead people save lives.


REMEMBER: Your suggestions/nominations for any of these categories every week are welcome, especially for HEROES OF THE WEEK. If you know of anyone in the community deserving of recognition, please e-mail me.