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Copper Scroll - Joel Rosenberg

The Copper Scroll is the fourth book in the series of The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg. This is a good read and a fast one. Jon and Erin are now married and think they are giving up politics and adventure forever in exchange for a new quiet married life.

That is until a near and dear friend is assassinated. His final words are pleading ones that ask Jon and Erin to find his killer. This plea leads Jon and Erin on a new adventure for the copper scroll and to unlock its secrets. Its secrets lead to an eventful ending where you will not (and neither do they) believe what they find.

Microsoft Offers Free Game for Xbox Live Holiday Problems

Microsoft was disappointed with how Xbox Live performed over the holiday so it is offering a free game from the Xbox Live Arcade. See story here.

Basically, MS said sales were so good and demand so high, Live could not offer the bandwidth MS felt should be deserved from Live subscribers. More details on the free game are on their way in the coming weeks.


In kind of a weird turn of events I came across this on the Xbox website. This advertises Family Game Night with some additional fine print: Play with the kids in an Underpants Slam. Now, I personally think that sounds...well...weird.

Iowa Caucuses-Obama and Huckabee

The Iowa caucuses are finally behind us. It seems like the poor people of Iowa had to put up with this for four years. I think in some cases they did. Obama was not really a surprise and I love the fact that Hillary is in third behind Edwards.

I really believe that people are not going to have another Clinton in the White House. Not because of Hillary directly, but because the WH has been soured by families that have taken over. George H Bush (4 years), William Jefferson Clinton (8 years), George W Bush (8 years) and then another Clinton? I don't think the American people can stomach another of the same family in the WH.

I don't like the fact that Huckabee won the Republican caucus though. I think he is a left of center conservative that is pulling the religion card to get the Evangelical vote.

I do like the fact that Fred Thompson was third. The fact that he spent months in Iowa, did a 50 city bus tour and put out this video to the Iowa voters, and I never heard a word about him because the media focused on Huckabee and Ron Paul (more towards the Democrat than Republican). The fact that we heard so little about Thompson and he still received 14% of the vote and is in front of McCain and Ron Paul is enlightening. Where was Gulliani in all this?

I am leaning toward Thompson myself. I think he is the quiet outside chance to win the republican vote and I really believe he is the most no nonsense Reaganized Republican out there. He is the only candidate who has shown us plans for fixing the IRS (flat tax), how to fix immigration and he will be tough on the war on terror. I also think he can bring conservatism back to its roots. For to long, conservatives in Washington have been beaten back by the left and we have no one that will stand up to it. I believe Fred Thompson will not be beaten back and I think he just might be the one person who can bring conservatism back to where it belongs.