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weeklystandard 'Vastly Overrated': Matt Continetti, writing for the Washington Free Beacon: bit.ly/LAy7aF 12:10 PM May 25th via twitterfeed Retweeted by dbbrooks and 6 others
@foxandfriends Powell is one old soldier who needs to shut up and fade away! 4:07 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to foxandfriends
@BillHemmer cave, cave, cave, cave.... just wait and see! 4:12 AM May 17th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to BillHemmer
@netanyahu and, sadly, not just enemies of Israel, Thomas. 4:15 AM May 9th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to netanyahu
... and Billy Boy is going to admonish us? I remember the Black Hawk Down fiasco when Aspin had to take the fall for the pacifist coward. 3:32 AM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone
How would m/s media twist the story had BO NOT sent troops after obl? BO have a choice? No credit from me on that decision! 3:25 AM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone
AriFleischer If O hadn't given so much 2charity, he wld not pay lower tax rate than his secrtry. So does he think charit deduction shod end? 5:32 AM Apr 14th via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by dbbrooks and 101 others
@foxandfriends "tree rats" as my friend calls squirrels, Steve. 4:37 AM Apr 11th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to foxandfriends
From across the lake at Zion. Easter Sunrise.... twitter.com/dbbrooks/statu… 2:19 PM Apr 8th via Photos on iOS
@ChuckGrassley Tell it like it IS, Senator. About time someone on the CORRECT acknowleged that fact. 1:50 PM Apr 8th via web
krauthammer Obama v SCOTUS. The preemptive liberal attack on the Court: unseemly, hypocritical, illogical. Strong letter to follow. washingtonpost.com/opinions/charl… 1:02 PM Apr 5th via web Retweeted by dbbrooks and 319 others
CatoInstitute Hitting the Ceiling j.mp/zDoa8C @NRO @MTannerCato 9:33 PM Mar 6th via twitterfeed Retweeted by dbbrooks and 5 others
@YouVersionHelp Can bookmarks be edited to add a label? 2:09 PM Feb 23rd via web
NRANews Fast And Furious Gun Control Plot Was Widely Known - bit.ly/AltLFP #NRA #FastAndFurious (via @IBDinvestors) 5:47 PM Feb 13th via TweetDeck Retweeted by dbbrooks and 24 others
@RonRamsey death tax is right! Immoral! Theft by govt! Most payers can't move! Estate values skyrocket on weaker US $ / Govt action. End it! 12:51 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to RonRamsey
@whitehouse It means you are further bankrupting SS so you can fund the study of flea mating habits longhair vs shorthair dogs. Hypocrites! 5:11 AM Dec 22nd, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to whitehouse
SF, this entire episode is a charade! Further bankrupt SS and for what?!? Did I miss the reductions in govt spending to pay for anything? 3:57 AM Dec 21st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
@hannityshow dumBO is a total success! U people are naive 2 equate conservative idea of success to BOs purpose & intent. Most dangerous man! 7:07 PM Dec 14th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
@johnboehner Ur last DEAL gave dumBO $4T, debt now 15T, forsook rep govt (sucom) & nat defense (auto cuts). Ur hypocrisy is nauseating. 3:46 AM Dec 14th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to johnboehner
@foxandfriends the callous selfish evil of the baby killers always reveals itself. 5:31 AM Nov 6th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone

Name David Brooks
Location NE of Memphis
Bio Christian, independent cotton broker,husband of 1, Dad of 3, G'daddy of 10, son of late Conrad: T3, A23, 1255th ECB, WWII.