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  • Babenhausen Remembers

    George Rebane On Friday morning (15 October 2010) the Babenhausen Veterans and Friends were welcomed by Babenhausen’s mayor (Burgermeisterin Gabriele Coutandin) into its city council chambers specially configured for the long-planned ceremony.   Twelve of us former/retired Army officers along with our wives had returned to the duty station where we all served in the early…

  • Is America Too Big?

    George Rebane [This is the submitted form of my regular column which appears in today’s (9oct10) print and online editions of The Union.  I have posted other thoughts along this theme in The Great Divide category.] Essayists and political commentators have been musing about the size and cohesion of America for decades, but in recent…

  • Terrorist Alert – The Brits Strike Back

    George Rebane Apropos to the Terror Alert issued yesterday in Europe and America (US State Department) – all American tourists should “be vigilant” for terrorist attacks across the continent – notification of this response came to us from a friend in Great Britain.  We are about to take off for a short European holiday and…

  • KVMR Commentary – John Kerry Assesses the Voters

    George Rebane [This piece was recorded as my regular bi-weekly commentary on KVMR-FM 89.5 and broadcast on 1 October 2010.] There is more to be said about John Kerry’s assessment of voters earlier this week.  For openers, it’s rare that Senator Kerry and I agree, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to balance the…

  • The Liberal Mind – On Government Largesse

    George Rebane This week I was at a public meeting with a large concentration of very liberal people.  The topic of the meeting had heavy political and ideological overtones, so many of the conversations around the room involved people opining about the mindsets typical of the ‘other side’.  I overheard one particularly loud snippet that…

  • Sines of the Times

    George Rebane Students of history and current affairs must be intrigued as they witness the ebb and flow of civilizations, cultures, and fortunes.  If they are of a conservative nature and hail from the west, they must also be sitting on a growing inventory of fear.  We are seeing a resurgence of socialism and the…

  • ‘Solutions for America’ and More Non-solutions

    George Rebane Contrary to what the leftwing has been telling us since 2008, the conservatives have submitted alternatives to socialism at every turn.  Following the Alinsky almanac to the letter, the administration and its congressional echo chamber have continued to air the same message for over two years now – ‘they are the party of…

  • To Pee or Not To Pee?

    George Rebane That is indeed the question.  A reader from the northwest reminded me of the following little essay which brings it all into focus.  The argument is succinctly made for a new government program that would apply to all people from the homeless to the honorables.  Normally I am not in favor of most…

  • Renovating Ruminations

    George Rebane The conservative blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds.  Recent welcome additions are Todd Juvinall’s Sierra Dragon’s Breath and Mike Sherman RV Nut.  Adding these to the CABPRO Report, Inside NC Politics, NC Tea Party Patriots, and, of course, Russ Steele’s flagship NC Media Watch strikes me as quite an array of local…

  • ‘Assessing the Terrorist Threat’

    George Rebane That’s the title of the just released 10sep10 report of The Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group.  These are the people reporting to the Obama administration on what we should expect and be prepared for in terms of future terrorist attacks on America.  To illustrate the politically correct mindset this administration has demanded…

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