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The ObOmb. His wife could become his worst enemy when it comes to his Presidential ambitions. She could become a magnet for negative attention from her own party, much like Hillary become for Billy.

IF MICHELLE Obama isn’t careful, she could get the Hillary Clinton treatment, circa 1992.

The spouse of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton was featured in a “Nightline” segment that began with these words from host Ted Koppel: “Meet the new political wife. She has a career, she has opinions. A partner in every way. . . . And now, she’s become controversial.”

Right now, Barack Obama’s wife is as much a media favorite as her husband, the presidential candidate. Her predebate advice to Obama - “Feel, don’t think” - is portrayed as political genius. A Newsweek cover story describes a smart, well-grounded woman, with an inspirational life story who is “neither Stepford booster nor surrogate campaign manager. ” Her independence and outspokenness are viewed as virtues, at least for now.

With all her anti-American rhetoric she keeps spewing, people might start to wonder if there’s any HOPE. And make no mistake about it, this isn’t independence and outspokenness- this is speaking the language of the new Democrats. The party line. America isn’t something to be proud of. I advise her to keep spewing. It’ll come back to haunt her White House ambitions.

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The Marines are getting back to basics.

Trying to become predators instead of prey, Marines headed to Iraq will go through training built on advice from big-game hunters, soldiers of fortune and troops who grew up around firearms in the woods or the inner city.

“This is the most comprehensive training of its kind in our history,” said Col. Clarke Lethin, chief of staff for the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

“These are primal skills that we all have but that we evolved out of,” he added. “We are going back in time. The Marines who go through this program will never be the same. They’ll never look at the world the same again.”

The Marine Corps had not paid much attention to this low-tech combat approach since the Vietnam War. Like the other service branches, the Corps has generally gone high-tech by creating increasingly advanced weapons and developing virtual reality training.

Combat Hunter grew out of a concept by Gen. James Mattis, who has spearheaded the formation of various training programs for the Marine Corps. He saw the need for greater focus on hunting-related skills while overseeing combat forces at Camp Pendleton in 2006.

At the time, the Marines had recently turned the corner on roadside bomb attacks that killed and maimed so many of them in Iraq. They became better at detecting improvised explosive devices and blunting their impact.

Then the insurgents changed tactics. Instead of blowing up Marines, the enemy increasingly turned to shooting them as they patrolled neighborhoods or drove by in convoys.

Mattis, known for out-of-the-box thinking, weighed his options. He considered adding Marine snipers to protect his units, but he rejected the idea because it would take too long to train and field them.

Then he hit upon the idea of Combat Hunter, a strategy that squared with the Marine Corps’ aggressive fighting style.

Good. I like primitive things. Primal things. Our enemies are lower than primitive, so it’s fitting that we return to tried and true war skills.

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Just to be clear– enemy territory:

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Over @ Pirates Cove, Teach shares with his readers an article about the famous Victoria’s Secret- and how the CEO has decided the brand has become…TOO SEXY.

I have a few things to say on this subject.

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