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Monday, December 1, 2008 07:55 AM
Original article: Sympathy for Charles Graner

quote from Charles Graner

Here's a notable quote from Charles Graner: "The Christian in me knows it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me loves to make a grown man piss himself." He enjoyed doing what he did. He gets no sympathy from me.

Monday, February 2, 2009 08:42 AM

National Airport was already named after a president

The original name of the airport is the George Washington National Airport. Why Reagan trumps Washington is beyond me. And I never call it "Reagan."

I grew up during the 80s and one of my most vivid memories of Reagan is when he traveled to Germany and laid a wreath at the graves of SS officers at Bitburg cemetery. He later said they were victims, too.

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