Portmanteau is an interesting word.

I’ve become familiar with a number of meanings and usages.

Originally, the word came from Middle French “porter” (to carry) and “manteau” (a coat or cover), and formerly referred to a large travelling bag or suitcase with two compartments. Kind of a “carry-all” luggage piece.

Lewis Carroll coined a more contemporary application [...]

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In the contining debate about (euphemistically) “immigration,” let us not forget: this isn’t about real estate.

Those who want to sneak into the U.S.A. aren’t here for the land. There’s plenty of land in the places from which they come.

It isn’t the mountains or the trees or the lakes or the rivers.

They come here [...]

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Interpol seeks 3 Israelis accused of training Colombian death squads

Bush Blasts Democrats, Promises Veto

Experts: War on Terrorism Has ‘Crippled’ Al-Qaida

Rep. John Murtha Wants Lottery for ‘Citizens Army’

Eisenhower-Era Planes Still Defending U.S.

Kissinger: U.S., China Can Form ‘New Global Order’

ENSURING DEFEAT

School drill portrays killers as Christians

Christians seek visas to flee from Lebanon

LIBS: LAWSUITS 1ST, SAFETY 2ND

Sphere [...]

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Radical Imam tells Muslims in Holland not to pay taxes to harm Dutch state -Wilders calls for deportation

Home is where Hamas is -Matthew Levitt presents the myth of moderate -charitable terrorism

Khalil Gibran International aka Islamist Academy – Taxpayer funded NYC madrassah promotes Arab/ Muslim 9/11 victimhood hoax

Closed Trial Sought for Alleged Nuclear Smugglers

Prosecutor Demands Death [...]

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In this weeks edition…

Murder and mayhem at the border

Crimes committed by illegal aliens

And Minutemom Christie takes on Enrique Morones and his band of merry reconquistas

All this and more in this weeks exciting episode…

You can vote for this post at Real Clear Politics…Here.

Here’s a new website you may find interesting.  This issue needs to become both [...]

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A secret British military delegation arrives in Tehran, as Ahmadinejad pushes for an immediate military confrontation with the UK and US

Senior Russian general warns Washington to think twice before attacking Iran

U.S. could strike Iran but not win-Russian general

Nuclear Iran would destabilize Middle East: Bush

The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis

ABC News: Iran [...]

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Bring Them War, Not Elections

The Patriotic Case for Israel

The Goal of the Jihad

Do or Die in Somalia

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Blair: We’ve 48 hours to save sailors

New Iran Hostage Pictures

Iran says snatched diplomat freed in Iraq

Iranian diplomat seized in Iraq released

Reid May Move to Cut Iraq War Funds

Cheney blasts Democrats over war

Guantanamo detainee Hicks feared US interrogators would shoot him

Perpetrators who pointed lasers at planes sought

Iraq Curtails Baghdad Curfew by 2 Hours

Sphere It

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Bush: Congress Spending Time ‘Undercutting Our Troops’ in Iraq

Bush: Pelosi Meeting With Syria’s Assad Sends Wrong Signal

New Textbook Reportedly Teaching Palestinian Kids to Fight Israel

Iraqi Government Seeks Release of Iranians Detained by U.S. Military

Report: British Fighter Pilots Asked to Consider Suicide Mission Against Terrorists

Arizona Middle School Student Charged With Terrorism for Planning to Hold Class [...]

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Courtesy of thisislondon.co.uk:

• New letter ‘from Faye’ accuses Bush and Blair

• Marine ‘confesses’ to straying into Iraqi waters

• Blair ‘disgusted’ at treatment of detainees

Captured sailor Faye Turney says she has been “sacrificed” to the policies of the British and U.S. governments in a third letter released by her Iranian captors today.

The letter, addressed to the [...]

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So, how will I vote this year?

Gosh. Let me think.

Let’s see . . . I lost my job in early 2000 . . . as the Clinton/Gore Econo-Bubble began to disintigrate.

It was nearly two years of project hopping, including three family moves, the loss of our home, and a bankruptcy, before I had a [...]

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The West stands bemused by the aggressive antics of Islam, as it employs widespread violence to impress on Westerners how peaceful it is.

The outright irony of this is, of course, lost on major media mills, who continue to grind out stories of the Pope’s insensitivity.

The only thing more outrageous than the image of Islam kicking [...]

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All The Speculation That’s Fit To Print.

Today, hundreds of Mexicans and non-Mexicans crept, walked, or ran across some part of our Southern border.

No one noticed except, perhaps, an understaffed and underfunded group of Minutemen volunteers.

We spent the early hours of this morning marveling at the latest flying pig.

Also today, a nation of lying religious zealots [...]

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Chris Simcox

Chris Simcox spoke this evening in Reno, Nevada to a roomful of people who came to find out the skinny on the condition of our borders.

I don’t know what I expected. Some of the press has characterized him as a “gun-toting” wacko xenophobic nutjob “with a troubled past” and other references calculated to [...]

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Ahh, Screw ‘em.

In a startling move today, the majority of those serving in the US Senate signaled that they have no desire to remain in office after this year.

In affirming a cloture vote to push forward legislation that directly contradicts the plainly expressed will of the majority of US citizens, the Senate made it clear [...]

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I’ve watched, slack-jawed, the proceedings of the past few days as our president promises to shuffle the deck chairs at the border, our senate promises to dilute the identity and prosperity of our nation, and presumed conservatives merge with flaming liberals to promise a free ride to anyone who can break the law for long [...]

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Hey, Bush & Rove:

You can quit playing stupid now.

This isn’t your country to give away.

The jobs you have are a sacred trust, and you are dangerously close to a complete betrayal.

Rove, where the hell did you get the idea that your ratings suck because of the war?

Sure, the Libs don’t like the war, but they [...]

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If it wasn’t clear before, it should be blazingly clear now.

Congress—at least the left-hand side of it—thinks you are all fools.

The salient points are these:

USA Today revived a four month old story about the NSA phone records project Congressional idiots feign shock and horror, pretending they had no idea (!) Congressional idiots elbow their [...]

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It’s Sunday.

Against my better judgement, I often do my grocery shopping on Sunday—especially in the evening. And today is such a day. So, with a little sigh, I set off to lay in the week’s supplies.

After the usual hour (okay, two hours) I’m just about done, the short list handed to me [...]

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Racism: that new “reflected accusation” attack.

Somewhere in the distant past, someone invented a diabolical trick with which to confound civilized people: the “reflected accusation” attack.

It works like this: you come up with something you want to inflict on the object of your antagonism; get it well defined with a label; itemize all [...]

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With the various threats to our national security simmering on the front burner, here’s a little reminder:

If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will [...]

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by Garry L. Hamilton

“What to do with 11-15 million illegals, many of whom have American families, own property and otherwise live good lives?”

Fruit of the poison tree. Getting away with a crime for 20 years doesn’t suddenly make it alright.

Shall we all, then, refuse to pay our taxes? Refuse to obey the traffic [...]

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Today I found myself answering this question:

“What to do with 11-15 million illegals, many of whom have American families, own property and otherwise live good lives?”

Well, here are my thoughts.

• Fruit of the poison tree. Getting away with a crime for 20 years doesn’t suddenly make it alright.

• Shall we all, then, refuse to [...]

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Unless You Work In Education

I learned something today. I was reading Chuck Muth’s final entry in the Enge Files and noted a remark in the 4th paragraph and allusions in others that led me to ask a (teacher) friend of mine what the hell kind of employment contract would specify that a collective bargaining [...]

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Unilateral tolerance is a bad idea.

You run into the school bully. He slaps you around. He gives you the “new rules” according to him.

You’re a good guy, your parents raised you well, so you turn the other cheek. After all, if you let him have his way, he won’t bother you.

Next week [...]

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Last week (here) I mentioned that leaking intelligence to an enemy is a bad idea.

I’m sure you were all shocked and amazed at that revelation; I know I was.

I thought I’d waste some more of your time with another aspect of security.

Had to toss a coin. Borders? Personal security? What to do?

Well, [...]

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Let’s talk about security for a moment.

There’s physical security, where something or someone is protected from some kind of attack or theft. Gates, fences, walls, safes, castles, barbed wire, window bars, and that sort of thing are used for this. Frequently, guards are included.

An often overlooked adjunct to this is the guarding and [...]

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Please pardon my paraphrase. My Danish is pretty rusty.

I’d like to make a point though, that the Danes are a noble people, made of stern stuff and, in my humble opinion, equal to the business of upholding their honor and defending what’s theirs.

So, as I said, what follows is not a translation, but a [...]

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Congratulations, Sam. Welcome to the bench of our country’s highest court.

Sorry about the crap you had to endure under the guise of a “job interview” as envisioned by a pack of hyenas whose sole superior qualification for their jobs is that they are better liars than you are.

In my line of work, it’s acceptable [...]

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If you view NoisyRoom daily, you will have seen (most of) this posted yesterday.

However, I think it’s worth a reprise. After all, it’s Monday, and many of us can’t remember what we read yesterday.

This is one of those “grand conspiracies” that happens right under everyone’s nose and yet is dismissed by the very people [...]

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This is one of those “grand conspiracies” that happens right under everyone’s nose and yet is dismissed by the very people it will hurt most.

An article run in The Independent & The Independent on Sunday (here) contains a proposition that the U.N. should suck the lifeblood from the nations of the world, creating an unspeakably [...]

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Excelsior! The mountain rises magestically above the jungle.

Excelsior! The goal of many an adventurer, drawing them across deserts and swamps.

Excelsior! Sought by many, reached by few, crowned at its apex only by the strongest.

The stuff of legend, woven into the fabric of tales told around campfies, seen clearest by the dreamers, its [...]

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