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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
George Unplugged
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So quipped (actually, he was dead serious) best-selling author and NBC "Today Show" travel editor Peter Greenberg while dining at DC Coast on Sunday night with a few fellow frequent fliers, including Keith Bellows, National Geographic Traveler's editor-in-chief, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education Christina Erland Culver of Culver Strategies and C/H Global Strategies.

Actually, Mr. Greenberg, called the nation's pre-eminent expert on the travel experience - packing to unpacking - doesn't lug his suitcases to the airline counter and check them. He ships them ahead of time to his destination, hotel room or home, and he was doing so long before airlines began charging costly luggage fees.

"As I always say, there are only two kinds of luggage: carry-on and lost," he pointed out, naming several dedicated luggage-shipping companies, as well as UPS, FedEx and DHL.

(Note: On Sunday, Mr. Greenberg will be correspondent for a one-hour NBC "Dateline" special surrounding the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde. After an intensive eight-year investigation, the French government in July charged Continental Airlines with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the crash. "For the first time, we're going to tell people what really happened when the Concorde crashed in Paris," Mr. Greenberg said.).

STEELE THE SHOW

The new chairman of the Republican National Committee, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, recently headlined the Republican Women's Federal Forum at the Capitol Hill Club, and suffice to say he stole the show.

The dining room was packed, and following Mr. Steele's rousing speech he was afforded a long standing ovation by the GOP ladies. In fact, he was stormed by the admirers to the point that, according to one observer, "it looked like a mosh pit!"

Eventually, the group's chairman, Judy Black, grabbed the microphone and requested that the crowd of women allow Mr. Steele to leave the room because he had other appointments to keep.

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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 19, 2009 - 1:53 PM EST
left leaning
When the left leans farther to the left as they are doing, there tree will fall on them. The real american people will not stand for much more of it. Study what Thomas Jefferson wrote in the 17 and 18 hundreds. He warned us but the people are not listening. It will soon come to a disaster, when we pick ourselves back up and throw the government out and start over with people who will enforce our constitution to the letter we will emerge even better then we were.
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Date: Feb 18, 2009 - 9:39 AM EST
Leon Panetta, the cartoon of death.
Well, now we have a cartoon character for CIA director - expect the worst.
Not only that, we have the several omens as well.
First he calls himself a dog.
In this case a dog would be someone who blows the job as America blows up.
Expect that.
The other dog, the better one, is named stump.
That indicates the missing limbs to come.
Yes, a tragedy is coming - with the endless worship of JFK, the tragedy came and the potus lost his life.
This time, I seriously dount the loss of life will be at the top.
Time to say your prayers.
We've got terrorist loving communist kissing, backstabbing, America hating, PC clicking, criminal excusing, half baked, left wing, kookballs, who hate defense and the military, in charge.
You all know what comes next.
I hope all your kevlar suits are lead lined.
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