Archive for September, 2009
Fit for Combat
I had a few minutes to kill today and finally picked up a copy of J.D. Johannes new book, a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1448638240?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1448638240″span style=”font-style:italic;”Fit for Combat: When Fitness is a Matter of Life or Death./span/aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=1448638240″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”" style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / For those of you not familiar witha href=”http://outsidethewire.com/” J.D.’s work,/a he is a former Marine, filmmaker and war correspondent covering Iraq and Afghanistan. For the book, he teamed up with professional fitness athlete, Nita Marquez, who is an expert in mental conditioning, fitness and choreography. She certainly a href=”http://www.nitasworld.com/gallery.php”looks the part /a of a professional fitness athlete.br /br /Anyway, the book is obviously about fitness and how to follow a system of training and diet that will put you on the path to being, if not ripped, at least looking good in a bathing suit. But the main point I gained from the book was that if your current system of diet and exercise is not getting you where you want to go, you have to change it, and that change is hard. The book has some good tips for overcoming these mental obstacles as well as detailed information for mapping out a system of diet and exercise that is right for you and that works. It’s a great motivator if you are trying to get back in shape. So, though I doubt I will ever need to be fit for combat (though you never know), I would still like to be fit enough to get through life. I think this book can help.br /br /Update: Jules Crittenden a href=”http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/10/01/how-to-live-forever-part-4-fit-for-combat/”has more on the book /a as part of his “live forever” series.
The Manchurian President
The evidence is clear: Barack Obama was kidnapped and brainwashed in his youth by evil political operatives — Republican operatives.
America Awakes: Reflections on 9/12 (Part II)
What brought the tea partiers together was their love of freedom and individual liberty and need for action. And it was inspiring. (Read Part 1 here)
Over the River and Down the Path to … the Iranian Bomb
The Obama administration keeps looking for ways to pretend that Iran’s nuclear bomb program is no immediate crisis.
Racism a Reality in Immigration Reform Debate
There's no getting away from the fact that some opponents of immigration reform have racist attitudes toward newcomers.
Women Don’t Have to Get the Blues
Maureen Dowd is pushing the hypothesis that modern women are increasingly miserable. But it's not necessarily so.
Israeli Minister Barak Escapes Arrest in England
Palestinian groups filed legal papers with the Westminster Magistrates court accusing Defense Minister Ehud Barak of “violating the Geneva Conventions.”
Attention Mayor Bloomberg: Lower SAT Scores Don’t Equal ‘Success’
The NYC mayor touts Chancellor Joel Klein's "accomplishments" while test scores keep dropping.
Juan Cole Gives Iran the Benefit of the Doubt
Reputed Mideast expert Juan Cole didn't trust President Bush for a minute — but he takes the mullahs at their word. (Also read Roger L. Simon: What the Iranians Are Up To.)
I Come Not to Praise Glenn Beck, But to Bury Him
Glenn Beck, despite what he has accomplished, hurts the right more than he helps.
America Awakes: Reflections on 9/12
The Taxpayers' March on Washington as seen through the eyes of an ex-Soviet immigrant. (Part II will appear on Wednesday.)
Who Will Speak for the Mothers? Glenn Beck!
A mother of 12 attends a special taping by Glenn Beck for a mothers-only audience. She comes away inspired.
Speak No Bias: The Times Only Concedes ‘Insufficient Tuned-in-ness’
The New York Times comes up with more excuses for its failures. Everything but the B-word, of course.
Zazi, Homegrown Terrorists, and the American Mosque
Was the Colorado terror suspect radicalized in an American mosque?
The 2007 NIE Was a Deliberate LIE
When are the pundits who relied on the discredited National Intelligence Estimate on Iran going to fess up that they were had?
Great Moments In Cognitive Dissonance
Andrew Breitbart has been one of the major players in online media since the late 1990s. So why is he considered an "outsider" to the world of journalism?
Rural Mayor to Cops: Do Not Chase Criminals
Mayor Sallie Peake of Wellford, South Carolina, is no fan of police officers’ obligation to uphold the law.
Massachusetts Democrats Make a Hash of the Seventeenth Amendment
The craven demonstration of partisan politics by the Bay State legislature in naming Kennedy's replacement should be outlawed.
Making Conservatives Less Angry
Advice to liberals about how to calm down those dangerous, racist, angry, fire-breathing right-wingers.
CAIR Leader Tied to Nazi-Style Islamist Mosque
Another day, another CAIR official linked to extremism.
Give Us Back Our Bullets
One year after the Supreme Court struck down D.C.'s gun ban, big-city mayors are still working to keep citizens defenseless.
Roman Polanski’s Arrest: A View from Los Angeles
I’m feeling exploited, angry at U.S. authorities for bringing this up after all this time, and angry at Roman for not facing the reality of his actions. (Also read Andrew Klavan: Vengeance Is Nolte’s.)
Germany Swings to the Center-Right
Sunday's election results follow a trend in which Socialist parties across Europe have seen sharp declines in their popularity.
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