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November 30, 2007
Murtha Spends Thanksgiving With The Troops~ WTF
Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq
Warns that Iraqis must do more for their own security
Post Gazette
WASHINGTON
U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week, but he warned that Iraqis need to play a larger role in providing their own security and the Bush administration still must develop an exit strategy.
"I think the 'surge' is working," the Democrat said in a videoconference from his Johnstown office, describing the president's decision to commit more than 20,000 additional combat troops this year. But the Iraqis "have got to take care of themselves."
Violence has dropped significantly in recent months, but Mr. Murtha said he was most encouraged by changes in the once-volatile Anbar province, where locals have started working closely with U.S. forces to isolate insurgents linked to Al Qaeda.
He said Iraqis need to duplicate that success at the national level, but the central government in Baghdad is "dysfunctional."
Mr. Murtha's four day-trip took him to a Thanksgiving dinner with troops in Kuwait last Thursday, and he then made stops in Iraq, Turkey and Belgium.
Wild Thing's comment........
(Murtha said) the central government in Baghdad is “dysfunctional.”
Pot, meet kettle.
" U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week..."
Who gives a rat's ass what you think you pork bellied fat treasonous bastard! Too bad you sucked up taxpayers' money for your utterly useless opinion!
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Walk With A Hero Sherman Jones
Spade High School is closing its doors for good. Walking with the last graduating class is a man who left Spade High School over 50 years ago - Sherman Jones
Spade High School Last Graduation
Wild Thing's comment........
This is so moving and very special. I love things like this and how they honored Sherman Jones. America is the greatest country and people like this are the reason why. These students know what our freedom cost and is costing even today. It is a part of who they are and that is something that NO one can take away.
God bless Sherman Jones, all these students and their teachers.
.....Thank you Tom for sending this to me.
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T.A.I.F. Thank ALLAH It's Friday! from Ramadan Rosie
Hey infidels, it's RAMADAN ROSIE coming to you LIVE from 'The Cradle of Civilization' at 33 degrees 00 North and 44 degrees 00 East!
Hello from the 58th largest country in Allah's world and all 168,743 square miles!
Since infidels have to celebrate their Thanksgiving Day holiday and shop to they drop on Black Friday .... Ramadan Rosie decided to take a four day weekend off as well. And so did your opposition since there's not too much going on when infidels are stuffing themselves with turkey and gravy and stuffing and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie! No wonder 60% of Americans are OVERWEIGHT and many OBESE! How come your US Marines can't follow in the same tradition?
About that Black Friday capitalist thing, how come you shop at 4 a.m. with plastic credit cards and debit cards? WE have soooo much oil revenues that usuing debit cards is beneath us. Do your Exxon and Texaco executives in Texas use debit cards, along with their company limos and Hummers and Lexus cars? I'm sure these executive infidels have company GA$ CARD$ too. Shame you nor your families don't!
We are curious that on Thanksgiving you give thanks to your God only one day a year? We're glad you are finally removing the CHRIST from your Christmas Day celebrations on December 25th in your secular 19 blue states! What took you infidels soooo long?
I'm listening to Ann Coulter on radio now and she needs a bodyguard 24-7 to protect her in the land of the Great Satan. What is going on over there in the land of plenty? I thought the cowboy and indian days, and Prohibition Era gangster days were long gone? Here's a quote from Ann Coulter coming at you: " We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing Adolf Hitler and his top Nazi officers. We carpet bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's WAR! And now this is war!"
Ann Coulter writes for www.humanevents.com and is one of your supposed patriots? Thank ALLAH she didn't replace John Bolten in the United Nations! Ann needs to Burka-Up!
Today's WORDS OF THE DAY to educate you infidels is "OPEN, O' SIMSIM!"
Come on now, you never had nursery rhymes nor fables read to you? How about "OPEN, SESAME!" Now you're getting it! Perhaps Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves rings a bell?
French Europeon Antoine Galland wrote 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights' in the 18th century. It was all about Ali Baba, who was a poor Arab wood cutter. His father, the caliph, was murdered by invading Mongols....... And yes infidels, Mongols were occupiers too.
So we have been occupied many times before and as you say, " We've been there and done that deal many a time!" Don't you infidels know about foreign cultures and religions and other nation's histories? How come you're constantly told that history repeats itself, and if so, how come you don't LEARN from the past? As you say on your immoral M-TV and BET videos: "WTF?"
We hope you have plenty of more holiday turkeys and pigs to eat, so you'll be so stuffed you won't be able to get off that chair while the football games are being played! Why didn't you name New England's team the New England Puritans? At least they were peaceful and religious occupiers!
So long for now and remember, all you infidels have to do is convert to Islam and pay the tax! It's that easy!!
...Wild Thing creations and written by Darth....
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10.3 Million New Immigrants ~ Half Of Them Illegals
Immigration at Record Level, Analysis Finds
NYT ...for complete article
Immigration over the past seven years was the highest for any seven-year period in American history, bringing 10.3 million new immigrants, more than half of them without legal status, according to an analysis of census data released today by the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.
One in eight people living in the United States is an immigrant, the survey found, for a total of 37.9 million people — the highest level since the 1920s.
The majority of immigrants arriving in recent years are from Mexico and Central America, and more than half of them are illegal.
The states that have received the largest numbers of the new immigrants are also states where immigration has been hotly debated. After five states that have been high on the immigration list for decades — California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey and Texas — those receiving the most new immigrants included Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Wild Thing's comment.........
That this invasion happened on George Bush’s watch, with absolutely nothing being done except a push for amnesty, will be the lasting lousy legacy of his presidency. It has cost our nation billions, debased our culture, and taken the lives of thousands of U.S. citizens who were victims of crimes perpetrated by illegals. Shameful.
"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." ~ Theodore Roosevelt January 03, 1919
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Is It Muslim or Moslem?
MOSLEM!
Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?
By Yii-Ann Christine Chen
History News Network
When Baby Boomers were children it was Moslem. The American Heritage Dictionary (1992) noted, "Moslem is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam." No more. Now, almost everybody uses Muslim.
According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different.
A Muslim in Arabic means "one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means "one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.
For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.
Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World--published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut--is still The Moslem World.
Wild Thing's comment........
I wish I could remember to spell it this way. Moslem! Especially since the word itself is much more descriptive of what they truly are.
Posted by Wild Thing at 12:40 AM | Comments (14)
November 29, 2007
God Bless You Henry Hyde ~ Rest In Peace
Henry Hyde - great man. He was one of the good guys.
Congressman Hyde spent more than three decades as a towering figure on Capitol Hill. But he first made his name in Washington more than 60 years ago.
He was on the Georgetown basketball team, and played in the NCAA Eastern championship game in 1943. After college and Navy service in World War II, he returned home to Illinois, and earned a law degree, and made his way into politics. This erudite, scholarly man has walked with kings and kept the common touch.
He won 20 elections, and gave steady service to the people of Illinois for 40 years.
In the House, Congressman Hyde rose to the chairmanship of two committees, Judiciary and International Relations. And from the first day, he was a commanding presence, and he was a man of consequence.
Colleagues were struck by his extraordinary intellect, his deep convictions, and eloquent voice. In committee and in the House chamber, the background noise would stop when Henry Hyde had the floor.
He used his persuasive powers for noble causes. He stood for a strong and purposeful America -- confident in freedom's advance, and firm in freedom's defense. He stood for limited, accountable government, and the equality of every person before the law.
Hyde was President of the Clinton impeachment trial, a high-level participant in the response to the 9-11 attacks.
However, more than anything else Henry Hyde is known for his stalwart defense of the right to life of unborn children.
He stood up against the Clinton slime machine and paid dearly. But, nonetheless, he stood. May God rest his soul.
Some office holders of long tenure become pliable and more compliant to their fellow office holders as they age. Others develop character and confidence in their principles and become, Statesmen. Hyde was a shining example of the later course in how to serve.
He was a good man.
God rest his soul.
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Plants From The LEFT Run Rampant At GOP Debate
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Debate? Well I can't stand these You Tube Debates, it shows disrespect for the office of the President. But since it is the idea of the left to do this, that is all we need to know in how little they respect the Presidency.
Some stupid Muslim broad had a question, naturally about the war, ( Iraq) and might as well have had a sign on her saying she could care less about 9-11 or the sacrifices our troops are making for her fellow Muslim jerks. Moderate??? No SUCH animal!!!!!
Then another lowlight was a gay soldier, a sent there just ever so obviously by who pray tell?? Hillary per chance? Word has it the answer is yes, so I guess this is yet another Gate, might as well call it the Gay Gate via Hillary. The retired brigadier general Keith Kerr, who is gay, asked candidates if they thought U.S. military personnel were professional enough to work with gay and lesbian troops. CNN later learned that Kerr served on Clinton's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender steering committee. OH sure LATER learned?? With a-hem limp wrist Anderson Cooper running the debate, give me a break.
Duncan Hunter did great!!
Fred was especially strong on immigration tonight and did well overall.
RuPaul - This guy is nuts! 'nuff said
Rudy must have said the "I" word a gazillion times. I was going to count how many times, but it started to make me dizzy trying to keep up. LOL
McCain IMO messed up big time, letting the entire world know he does not own a gun. Even if he doesn't he should have omited saying he didn't have one. Also McCain's comments on waterboarding were absurd.
Hunters statement "I will never apologize for America" grew a big applause. The answer was to the question of a Muslim woman who asked how America can restore our image in the Muslim world. The so called moderate Muslim I mentioned earlier in this post. He gave a great answer to the gun question and even gave the young man a fatherly lesson on gun safety as well. He didn't bite on the Norquist pledge like the other stooges. And he smacked the Hildabeast planted gay general back in place pretty good. And did it quite respectfully, too.
Duncan Hunter at YouTube CNN Debate...these are some of his answers
Hunter covers illegal immigration, China cheating on trade, 2nd Amendment, never apologizing for America and homosexuals in the military.
I couldn't find a You Tube of all the answers Fred Thompson made but he did good as well.
Michelle Malkin has a lot of information on all the democrats that had their YouTube questions used last night. One of them a John Edwards supporter including a website she has with her wearing a John Edwards t-shirt. hahahahahha I mean this is just soooooo obvious what a bunch of BS this is doing it with CNN, the liars of the universe and Anderson Cooper who is a total joke as a human being.
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Mannequins Removed From Peshawar Shops After Threats
Mannequins removed from Peshawar shops after threats
The Hindu
Islamabad (PTI):
Garment shop owners in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar are removing mannequins from their displays or covering them up with clothes following threats from militants.A meeting of the shopkeepers' association of Karimpura in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), on wednesday discussed the threatening letters from militants. The association decided to either remove the mannequins from shops or cover them up fully with clothes.
The meeting was informed that 10 militants visited Shaheen Bazaar, a market for women, and asked shopkeepers to remove mannequins. The militants claimed the mannequins promoted obscenity, 'Dawn' newspaper reported today.
The letter sent by the militants warned the shop owners of dire consequences if they did not remove the mannequins.
Wild Thing's comment........
Maybe the shopkeepers could have just put burqas over the mannequins...that might have appeased the Islamofascists (although the customers would never know what the merchandise looks like.)
They can’t even put a plastic replica of a woman on display without driving these goat lovers crazy with lust. Which they of course see as an episode requiring the use of explosives.
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Disabled Veterans Jeered At Swimming Pool
Disabled veterans jeered at swimming pool
Injured soldiers who lost their limbs fighting for their country have been driven from a swimming pool training session by jeering members of the public.
The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were taking part in a rehabilitation session at a leisure centre, when two women demanded they be removed from the pool. They claimed that the soldiers "hadn't paid" and might scare the children.
The incident has sparked widespread condemnation. Adml Lord Boyce, a former head of the Armed Forces, said last night the women should be "named and shamed".
"These people are beneath contempt and everything should be done to get their names and publish them in the press," he said. "It is contemptible that people who have given up their limbs for their country should be so abused when they are trying to get fit again."
It comes after calls for the public to do more to welcome home troops back from tours of duty and to recognise the bravery of those fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The unpleasant scenes broke out at Leatherhead Leisure Centre in Surrey when the wounded veterans, who are at Headley Court Military Hospital, had to use the 25-metre public pool because the hydro-pool at the defence rehabilitation centre is not big enough for swimming.
The servicemen were about to begin their weekly swimming therapy in closed-off lanes when they were verbally abused by the swimmers.
One woman in her 30s was said to be infuriated by the lane closures saying the soldiers did not deserve to be there when she had paid.
It was also reported that others complained that limbless servicemen were scaring children at the centre.
The atmosphere was said to be so tense that the soldiers' instructors removed them.
Charles Murrin, 79, a Navy veteran who saw the incident, said: "The woman said the men do not deserve to be in there and that she pays to come in the pool and they don't. I spoke to the instructor in the changing room afterwards and he was livid."
It is not the first time that Headley Court neighbours have been accused of poor behaviour.
There was uproar earlier this year after residents objected to planning permission to convert a home into a six-suite hostel for injured soldiers' families to stay in. The local council later approved the building work.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We are disappointed that a small number of people objected to the closure of swimming lanes so that patients of Headley Court could use them."
The incident comes weeks after the Help For Heroes appeal was launched to raise £5 million to build a full-size pool and gym at the centre.
Labour will today aim to repair its battered reputation with the Armed Forces by offering all military veterans priority NHS treatment, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
The concession, ordered by the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, will be available to the estimated 4.8 million ex-servicemen and women, sources said last night.
Wild Thing's comment........
OK I am so angry about this I can hardly type. My hands are shaking I am so outraged.
The people that did this are a total waste of the air they breath. I would say it to their faces if I could!!!!!!
There are certain things that send me over the edge and this is one of them. Treating our troops badly, our Veterans badly and our disabled troops and Vets badly. It is a top priority with me that every single Veteran and our troops today know they are cared about, appreciated and respected. This is a total outrage beyond the pale and there is NO DAMN EXCUSE FOR WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID AND SAID.
The kind of person that can be like these people have been are not worth spit! Their lives are insignificant! The world is NOT a better place because they exist! They are selfish, self absorbed, POS, that walk the earth like brain dead zombies, using the freedom's they have to spew their vile attitudes and should never be allowed to get away with it. Telling them off is not enough, there should be some kind of punishment delivered to this kind of person. Something that will cause them to remember how evil they are. I hope they burn in hell! And THAT is letting them off easy!
....Thank you Jack ( Conservative Insurgent Blog ) for sending this to me.
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Exoskeleton Turns Humans Into Terminators
Exoskeleton Turns Humans Into Terminators
Nov. 21: An experimental robotic exoskeleton for military
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November 28, 2007
Trace Adkins: Kill them radical Muslims!
Country Star Tells TV Station That America Must "Crack Skulls" of Islamists and Kill Radical Muslims
Country singer Trace Adkins isn’t shy, and talk radio and political-talk TV has reached out to him time and again for his conservative point of view.Now, Trace offers a bunch of those points of view is a new book, A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck.
And as you can imagine, he’s not timid. Trace repeats what he told Bill Maher, that Trace thinks we need to beat on radical Muslims.
“We’re going to have to fight it out till it’s over and until they don’ do this anymore. We’re going to have to go in to Afghanistan and take care of this, and if Pakistan doesn’t like it, we thump their (butt) too,” he writes.
On the next page, Trace says: “I still believe the only way to fight Islamic terrorism is to crack skulls.”
If yer going to Sunday’s Titans game, you can ask him all about it: Trace is singing the national anthem.
Wild Thing's comment........
This is great. Thank you Trace!
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Worthless Farce Of A Peace Conference And Why
Example:
There is no Israeli flag flying from any of the four flagpoles outside the Washington hotel where Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the rest of the Israeli delegation are staying for this week's Annapolis summit. Security concerns, presumably.
A short drive away, at the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hotel, by contrast, the Palestinian flag waves high and proud. And, inside, members of the Palestinian delegation are only too happy to publicize their presence and spread their message.
Example:
Haaretz
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said," Saudi Arabia would not consider establishing diplomatic relations with Israel until after Palestinian and other territorial questions are settled. "
Prince Saud al-Faisal said, "The important factor is the placement of a deadline for negotiations so they do not become endless and this is what the American government hosting the conference has promised, that the time period does not exceed one year"
Example:
Ynet
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Friday he will attend next week's US-sponsored Middle East peace conference but insisted he would not allow "theatrics" like handshakes with Israeli officials, saying the "gathering must make serious progress."
Example:
a small sample from the Text of Abbas Statement at Mideast Summit
AP ...for complete statement terrorist Abbas made.
"It is my duty to say that, to have peace, we need the fate of the city of Jerusalem to be a critical component in any peace accord that we might reach. We need East Jerusalem to be our capital and to establish open relations with Western Jerusalem, and to ensure for all the faithful from all religions their right to exercise their rituals and to access holy shrines without any discrimination and on the basis of international and humanitarian goals."
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Wild Thing's comment...........
The Israelis should be grateful that they won’t have to shake the hands of these Arabs... They wipe their a$$es with that hand anyway. Let them spread germs among each other and let the Jews have the last laugh for once!! If a Saudi official - Bush's good friend - can't bring himself to shake hands with an Israeli, Annapolis is a farce!
They might make an agreement but PEACE will never be reached.
Olmert just might give away all of Israel but for 1 square mile, and it won't be enough. NOTHING is EVER enough, nor will it ever be.
And WTF, no Israeli flag flying, but the terrorist Amalekstinian one flying high! This “conference” stinks like Munich and Yalta! Abbas and his imps fetted like Hollywood celebrities, and Israel’s folks treated like unwanted guests at a family reunion! What a slap in the face to an ally! It seems the enemies of the USA are treated better by it than its friends. Disgusting!
Memo to Abbas from Wild Thing: Right now Muslims can go to the Dome or the al-Asqa mosque, Christians can walk the Via Dolorosa, go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher etc. Christian holy places are safe with the Israelis ruling all the city. Unlike what happens when Muslims take over anything belonging to another religion. Oh, Abbas, one more thing, stop the conniptions every-time observant Jews approach the Temple Mount. That place is sacred to Jews and Christians, and was sacred to them when Mohammed wasn't even thought of.
Bush wants a Palestinian state by the end of 2008. What is wrong with that man? Illegal amnesty. A state for terrorists. Giving America away to the UN. God save us from "compassionate conservative" RINO's! Believe me I hate to speak this way about our President. I respect the office of the President and would love to be gung ho about the man I voted for twice. But I did not let him down he let me down and I just have to say what is true. His actions effect not only his voting base ( me) but also our entire country and our safety. Yes he is better then if Kerry had won or Gore. But the lesser of two evils is wearing thin when important issues are at stake.
When you listen to the aduio below and hear a man like Bolton speak, his strength of what needs to be done, makes ones heart proud to be an Ameircan. And oh how I wish we had that strength in our President, but alas we do not.
Israel should not agree to any negotiations until the Arabs give up their objective of seeing to Israel's disappearance. Israel should not be asked to cooperate in signing her own death warrant. That is not what a self-respecting country should ever see as a legitimate goal of statecraft for its adversary.
If the terrorists would lay down their weapons, there would be no violence. If Israel would lay down its weapons, there would be no Israel.
CLICK HERE to listen to the conference call. In it Bolton shares his views of current foreign policy matters and he discusses why the Annapolis meeting is bad for the United States and Israel.
God bless John Bolton. I wish sooooooooo much he was in charge.
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Hillary Says Colin Powell For Foreign Policy Expert If Elected
Clinton Says She'd Tap Colin Powell for Foreign Policy Expertise If Elected
SPARTANBURG, S.C.
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that if elected U.S. president she would call on former Secretary of State Colin Powell as part of a bipartisan diplomatic delegation to be sent abroad to restore America's image.
Noting Powell's foreign policy expertise, Clinton publicly offered fresh details in her plan — often described in general terms — that she says she would institute before her would-be inauguration.
Clinton has previously mentioned Powell and George H.W. Bush as potential members of that delegation during interviews, but rarely names names when speaking publicly.
But Tuesday she specifically told a group of black ministers who were endorsing her in Spartanburg, S.C., that to restore the country's reputation, she would tap the man who under President Bush led the foreign policy argument to invade Iraq in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.
"I won't even wait until I'm inaugurated, but as soon as I'm elected I'm going to be asking distinguished Americans of both parties — people like Colin Powell, for example and others — who can represent our country well, including someone I know very well, " she said smiling while making reference to her husband and former President Bill Clinton. "Because I want to send a message heard across the world. The era of cowboy diplomacy is over."
Wild Thing's comment........
"I won't even wait until I'm inaugurated, but as soon as I'm elected I'm going to be asking distinguished Americans of both parties — people like Colin Powell, for example and others — who can represent our country well, including someone I know very well, " she said smiling while making reference to her husband and former President Bill Clinton. "Because I want to send a message heard across the world. The era of cowboy diplomacy is over."
The over-reaching hubris of this woman is absolutely stunning. Have you ever noticed that every sentence out of her mouth has 3 or 4 "I's" in it? That's all I can say right now without popping a blood vessel in my head.
Remember when Powell let it be known, during the Florida recount, when everyone expected GWB to pick him as Secretary of State, that he'd be open to serving in a Gore administration if Gore won Florida? And then of course he kept quiet during the Valerie Plame uproar, all the while knowing that Richard Armitage was the leaker, even though he was still the Secretary of State and the controversy was damaging to President Bush.
Hey Colin, just a slight warning for you, don't forget about the other black man the Clinton's had on their team, Ron Brown, he ended up dead in an airplane crash. If you sign on with Hillary be alert at all times. I don't like Powell at all, but I do so hate to have to go through another Clinton GATE of any kind. We had so many of them when Bill was President.
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America Still Has Her Soul
Amazing National Anthem at Fenway Park - Crowd Helps Autistic Singer
It was Disability Awareness day and the folks at Fenway did a lot of great things for kids with challenges..here is one who sang and when he got nervous the Fenway Faithful helped him out
I always get teary when I hear the anthem, and this one was very profound. Watch it all the way through, you will hear the audience join in, it is very powerful.
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Contrast this with the ommission of the Anthem at last night's Monday Night Football game.
Anthem Skipped Before Monday Night Game
Breitbart.com
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sports in America start with the national anthem. The Dolphins- Steelers game was an exception. Rushing to begin the nationally televised matchup following a 25- minute weather delay, the NFL chose to skip the anthem Monday night before Miami played Pittsburgh. The game started without any of the traditional pregame ceremonies, except the coin toss, and neither team was introduced on the public address system.According to the Steelers, the NFL wanted the game to begin as soon as possible following the delay. Several more minutes would have been needed to set up a microphone and sound equipment at midfield, where the anthem is traditionally performed at Steelers games.
Why did they need a mike and sound equipment? Why not just make an announcement that anyone who wanted could stand up and sing the National Anthem?
Posted by Wild Thing at 12:45 AM | Comments (8)
Christmas Censors Are Out In Force
“We haven’t hit December yet and already the politically correct police are out in force trying to censor Christmas.
Catholic league
Here are some samples:
· For 75 years, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce sponsored the ‘Hollywood Christmas Parade.’ When it refused to sponsor the parade this year, the L.A. City Council took over, renaming it the ‘Hollywood Santa Parade.’
· The Department of Housing and Urban Development has censored Christmas religious symbols from its housing complexes.
· No Christmas decorations are allowed on school buses in parts of Vermont.
· A Jewish public official in Wisconsin wants to rename the State Capitol Holiday Tree the Christmas Tree, but is being opposed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
· Chattanooga has banned a live nativity scene from its public festivities.
· Sonoma City Council has nixed religious displays on the Plaza.
· Voters in Berkley, Michigan have forbidden a crèche at City Hall.
· Fort Collins, Colorado says it is okay to have green and red lights outside city buildings, but only secular symbols are allowed inside.
· After Briarcliff Manor, New York was ordered to erect a crèche next to a menorah, the village elected to ban all religious symbols.
· Residents in Olean, New York are fighting over privately owned nativity scenes being displayed in city parks.
· A nativity scene in front of the Ypsilanti Township fire hall in Michigan has been banned.
· No religious symbols are allowed in Seattle-Tacoma airport, but trees made of cardboard are legit.
· Nativity scenes at Texas Tech are not permissible, but a tree is okay. The official in charge says, ‘We’re not saying it’s a holiday tree, because it’s a Christmas tree, but we choose to do a tasteful tree that really anybody can embrace.’ Great idea!
“There you have it. The multicultural monsters are rearing their ugly heads once again, showing what they really mean by tolerance for diversity.”
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Wild Thing's comment........
I say a BIG ole Merry Christmas and a HO HO HO!
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November 27, 2007
Ahmadinejad Offers To Be Observer At US Presidential Election
Ahmadinejad offers to be an observer at US presidential election
He denounces it as the "Great Satan" and frequently dismisses its power, but the overtures of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to the US seem to grow ever more extravagant. Having failed to win a response with an 18-page letter to President George Bush or to a request to visit the site of the September 11 2001 attack on New York, Ahmadinejad has offered himself as an observer in next year's presidential election.
The proposal came in a speech to volunteers with the Basij, a pro-regime militia. He said he was prompted by a belief that Americans would vote against the current administration in a truly free poll. However, the terms of Ahmadinejad's offer appeared to betray some confusion about the potential candidates.
"If the White House officials allow us to be present as an observer in their presidential election we will see whether people in their country are going to vote for them again or not," he said. The US constitution prevents Bush from seeking a third consecutive term, while no member of his administration is expected to be in the running in next November's poll.
Bush and international human rights groups voiced doubts about the legitimacy of Iran's 2005 presidential election, which brought Ahmadinejad to power. More than 1,000 potential candidates were disqualified by the guardian council, a powerful body of clerics and judges.
Some domestic critics pointed out yesterday that Ahmadinejad's idea clashed with his government's opposition to allowing independent observers at Iranian elections. The interior ministry, controlled by one of the president's most hard-line allies, has rejected pressure for party representatives to be allowed to oversee proceedings at polling stations .
Wild Thing's comment........
He said he was prompted by a belief that Americans would vote against the current administration in a truly free poll.
This bleepin' clown doesn't seem to realize that the current administration won't be on the ballot next year. LMAO How many Iranian “Subjects” will be instructed that Imanutjob prevented a Bush 3rd term?
And who’s going to inspect the hanging chads, Putin? Maybe Mumu Ack-dinner-jihad can investigate why the Father of the Internet couldn’t win his home state.
Maybe Hillary will offer him to be her running mate.
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Hillary ~ "It will be me"
Sen. Hillary Clinton tells Katie Couric: I will be the Democratic nominee
Is Sen. Hillary Clinton feeling any doubts about winning the Democratic nomination for president? Not at all.
"It will be me," Clinton tells Katie Couric in an interview to air Monday on the "CBS Evening News With Katie Couric." The broadcast airs at 6:30 p.m. on WKMG-Channel 6.
Couric also asked if Clinton is concerned that Oprah Winfrey could boost Sen. Barack Obama by campaigning for him in three key states.
"No, at the end of the day," Clinton says. "I'm proud to have my husband support me ... with his knowledge, experience and incredible ability to vouch for me."
Clinton says she hasn't raised expectations of success in the Iowa caucus on Jan. 14, which is the first contest.
"When I got into the race, I was so far behind in Iowa it was embarrassing," Clinton says.
The candidate said she is encouraged by her progress and predicts Iowa will be a tight race.
Wild Thing's comment........
So the keeper of all those FBI files declares herself a winner. LOL Now she can relax and pick out the draperies for the White House. OH wait..... She already has the draperies picked out, they're the same ones she and Bill stole on Jan 20, 2001, (along with the White House silverware.) I guess it depends on what the definition of VOUCH is.
"incredible ability to vouch for me"
WOW well yes it is incredible how the two of them vouch for each other. She's being vouched for by a man convicted of perjury!! LOL
Criminals BOTH! Will people DIE if it ISN’T her!!
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Bride (a-hem ?) and Groom Terror Suspects
Official: Bride, groom stopped in Iraq actually terror suspects
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday.
The Army set up the checkpoint last week in the Taji area, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
The soldiers became suspicious of the convoy because its members -- save the "bride" -- were all male and because one of the cars in the convoy did not heed orders to stop, the official said.
Also, soldiers said, the people in the car seemed nervous and the groom refused to lift his bride's veil when soldiers asked him to, according to the official.
Soldiers ordered everyone out of the car, the official said.
Upon inspecting the convoy, soldiers found a stubbly-faced man, Haider al-Bahadli, decked out in a white bride's dress and veil.
Bahadli was wanted on terror-related charges, as was his groom, Abbas al-Dobbi, the official said.
Two other terror-related suspects were detained as well.
Wild Thing's comment........
OMG this is hilarious. They must think our troops are stupid and they sure as heck aren't!! I have heard the terrorists have done stuff like this before as well as dressing in burka's.
...Thank you SSgt Steve
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Palestinian State by '08, Says Bush
Palestinian state by '08, says Bush
Tells PA president in private meeting U.S. committed to Israeli withdrawal
wnd
JERUSALEM
President Bush told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a private meeting today the U.S. will ensure the Palestinians will have a state on the ground before Bush leaves office, a senior Palestinian negotiator told WND.
"Bush and the U.S. administration gave us a commitment there will be a Palestinian state before he leaves office, and not just an outline of a state on paper but contiguous territory on the ground," said the Palestinian negotiator, who spoke on condition his name be withheld because he was revealing the contents of a private meeting.
"Bush said he is committed to seeing an Israeli withdrawal from most of the West Bank," the negotiator said.
Bush met separately today with Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of tomorrow's U.S.-sponsored Annapolis summit at which the Israeli and Palestinian teams are slated to present a joint declaration widely expected to outline a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern sections of Jerusalem.
After holding private meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Bush told reporters at a press conference he was "optimistic" tomorrow's summit would be successful.
"We want to help [Abbas]. We want there to be peace. We want the people in the Palestinian territories to have hope," said Bush after his meeting with the Palestinian leader.
Abbas later told a news conference he has "a great deal of hope that this conference will produce permanent status negotiations, expanded negotiations, over all permanent status issues that would lead to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people."
"This is a great initiative and we need [Bush's] continuing effort to achieve this objective," said Abbas.
In what has been described by some media outlets as a diplomatic coup for Bush, the governments of Syria, Saudi Arabia and dozens of other Arab states are sending senior representatives to tomorrow's summit.
Wild Thing's comment........
Bush and Condi want to give these people legitimacy! I say NO, NO NO way! The minute it becomes official, Hamas will take Palestine over from Abbas. It will be followed by such carnage as they attack the Israelis. This is the worst plan ever.
Granted this story is from WND, and sometimes we have to wait and see if it shows up in the rest of the media. But even so, the things Bush and Condi have said and done in the past go right along with what this article is saying. I pray none of this happens. There are so many things wrong with this.
Look at this video of a Palestinian PROTEST Against the US on 9-11
(cheering and so happy about the attacks on 9-11)
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November 26, 2007
Students Suspended For Talking About Nooses
Students Suspended For Talking About Nooses
Fox news
Accusations of racism in a Lee's Summit high school have lead to suspensions, but now the parents say their kids were unfairly punished.
There's apparently been some racial tension in the band at Lee's Summit West, specifically on the drum line. Students were talked to a couple weeks ago because both the black and white kids were using the "n word" and the band director told them to stop. But then talk about a noose landed a couple kids in big trouble.
Travis Grigsby loves playing drums, but he and his friend Alex Coday weren't able to play for two weeks after they were suspended. It started after the band's performance at a football game. Some kids on the drum line said they were talking about the best knots to use to tie up the drum equipment.
"Someone asked if anybody knew how to tie a noose and Travis did admit he knew how to tie a noose," Kim Grigsby said.
Travis' mom said her son is almost an Eagle Scout, he knew how to tie it, but told his friends he wouldn't because you could get in trouble for that. Later, a black student on the drum line told the teacher he was offended.
"Travis was accused of using a racial slur for saying the word 'noose.' Then he was suspended for 10 days," Kim said.
She said the school district accused the boys of having a racially charged conversation about nooses, but Travis and Alex insist that's not what happened.
"I don't feel they let Alex or Travis tell their side of the story," Kim said.Alex's parents wrote to the district saying this is pushing the kids apart instead of bringing them together. Other kids and parents agree.
"We just want what's fair for our boys," Kim said. "They're good boys, get good grades, participate in school activities."The school did shorten the kids' school suspension to only five days, but it will affect their grades.
"They are being punished beyond what is even near reasonable," Kim said.
The school district said it can't comment because of privacy issues, but said no one is aware of any racial tensions at the school. The administrators said they did investigate it thoroughly.
Wild Thing's comment........
I hope and pray at some point in the future Americans will throw off the chains of this PC nonsense. The left has every intention of shutting down any speech they dislike.
Let’s see, anybody heard the song “Dang Me Oughta Take a Rope and Hang Me”, “The Old Home Town Looks the Same” Tom Jones singer. “Hangin Tree”, Marty Robbins. And I can remember metal lunch pails with western scenes which included a noose. I refuse to cave in and give up parts of my culture that another race wants to co-opt and brand as evil.
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Government Revising Plan on Illegals
Government Revising Plan on Illegals
Washington Post ...for complete article
The Associated Press
Sunday, November 25, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The government says it will rewrite rules for penalizing employers of illegal immigrants to try to satisfy a federal judge in San Francisco who put the crackdown on hold.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer stopped the Bush administration last month from going ahead with enforcement of regulations requiring employers to fire workers if their Social Security numbers did not match records and the discrepancies could not be addressed in 90 days. In issuing the temporary injunction, the judge said the Social Security database contained errors that could have cost many legal workers their jobs, and the government did not properly study the effect of the rules on business.
Late Friday, Breyer agreed to a request from the administration to put the case on hold while it reworks the regulations _ a process bound to put off enforcement until the spring. The judge stayed proceedings until March 24, when the government thought it could have new rules ready on how to enforce immigration laws in the workplace.
Wild Thing's comment........
Another infuriating obstruction for US from the 9th Circus .. they’re obsessed with making us a 60’s hippy, socialist, crime-ridden nation. I N F U R I A T I N G !!!
U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"
Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
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I Won't Back Down ~ Our Troops Rock!
I wont back down-by Johnny Cash
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November 25, 2007
Iran to Launch Home-Made Submarine, Destroyer
Iran to Launch Home-Made Submarine, Destroyer
TEHRAN
Fars News Agency
Iranian army's naval commander said that the country is due to launch a home-made destroyer and a submarine on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference here on Saturday, Admiral Habib Sayyari further pointed to the production of missile-launching PT boats by the navy, and added, "A home-made destroyer called 'Jamaran' and a (home-made) submarine of 'Ghadir' class will launch operation on November 28."
He further stressed that his troops are closely monitoring military moves of trans-regional powers in the region, and said:
"No move in the Sea of Oman, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormoz could remain hidden from our eyes. The naval force is in full control over the region and monitors all the military moves of the enemies in the region."
Asked if Iran would block the Strait of Hormoz in case of foreign invasion, the navy commander, said:
"We are prepared to defend the interests of the Islamic Republic against any kind of threat, but we have not made any such claim about closing the Strait of Hormoz. Yet, we are ready to take action to preserve our interests."
He described self-belief and self-reliance as the most important achievements of the Iranian naval forces, and said that his troops have made great achievements in training tactics and equipment manufacturing.
The commander further voiced opposition to the expansion of military capabilities in the Caspian Sea, saying:
"We view the Caspian as a sea of peace and friendship and we believe upgrading and expanding military equipment in this sea is incorrect. Yet, we are always prepared to defend the country's interests."
He said Iranian navy enjoys a powerful missile capability, adding that navy units are equipped with various types of surface and subsurface missiles and torpedoes.
The Admiral underlined that Iran's military capabilities serve as a deterrent and pursue defensive purposes, but meantime warned:
"If the enemy makes a mistake, he will receive such a powerful second strike that it won't be able to stand up."
He said a powerful and mighty Iran would bring peace and security to the region, adding, "We are willing to promote our interactions with regional states at all levels.
To end his remarks, the navy commander mentioned that his troops are scheduled to stage massive military exercises codenamed 'Unity 86' in the Sea of Oman in February, adding that new tactics and military tools and equipment would be tested during the maneuvers.
Wild Thing's comment........
What fun for us, for our troops. Target practice for a Sunday afternoon everyone. heh heh Notify the 72 virgins there will be more Islamofreaks heading your way.
“home-made”
Oh sure just like mom used to make. LOL
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Christmas With a Capital "C"
The group is Go Fish and the album is named Snow.
To all Muslim lurkers and lefties wanting to wipe out our upcoming Christmas holiday. Watch it, and know we aren't giving anything up for your agenda!
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Football Week Twelve
Cheerleaders of the NFL
Here are the matchups for Sunday, November 25 Time (EST)
NO @ CAR 1:00 PM
HOU @ CLE 1:00 PM
OAK @ KC 1:00 PM
SEA @ STL 1:00 PM
TEN @ CIN 1:00 PM
WAS @ TB 1:00 PM
BUF @ JAC 1:00 PM
MIN @ NYG 1:00 PM
SF @ ARI 4:05 PM
BAL @ SD 4:15 PM
DEN @ CHI 4:15 PM
PHI @ NE 8:15 PM
Monday, November 26 Time (EST)
MIA @ PIT 8:30 PM
Byes: None
These are the teams I think everyone is for. I will add to this as you tell me your favorite teams.
(Some names are those deployed in Iraq)
Lynn - Broncos, Bears, Browns
Tom - Cowboys, Broncos
Darth - New York Giants, Tampa Bay Bucs, (ABP - 'anybody' but Philly )
Mark - Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Bears
Bob - Buffalo Bills
Billy - Jets, NY Giants, Bears
Nick - Cowboys, Rams and Raiders
Karsten - Tampa Bay Bucs, NY Giants
navycopjoe - Chicago Bears
LindaSOG - Miami Dolphins
Jonathan - Raiders
Dawn - Seahawks, Bronco's ....(husband USARMY delpoyed, Iraq)
Amber - Green Bay Packers .....(husband USMC delpoyed Iraq)
Cuchieddie - Raiders
Sierrahome - Colts
patrickdaniel - Chargers, Cowboys
Eve - Colts ....(husband USARMY deployed Iraq)
Beth - Bears , Saints
Chief - Seahwaks
Chrissie - Bears, Broncos and Cowboys
Deployed:
Andy ( USMC) - Colts
Mike ( USARMY) - Seattle Seahawks
Sand Man ( (USMC) - Bronco's
Dave (USARMY) - Patriots
Tim ( USMC) - Bears
Jean ( USARMY) - Atlanta Falcons
Greg (USARMY) - Eagles
Max ( USARMY- Cowboys
Pete ( USMC) - Bronco's
Sunday FINAL Scores
OAK 20 @ KC 17 FINAL
WAS 13 @ TB 19 FINAL
NO 31 @ CAR 6 FINAL
TEN 6 @ CIN 35 FINAL
HOU 17 @ CLE 27 FINAL
BUF 14 @ JAC 36 FINAL
SF 37 @ ARI 31 FINAL
DEN 34 @ CHI 37 FINAL
BAL 14 @ SD 32 FINAL
MIN 41 @ NYG 17 FINAL
SEA 24 @ STL 19 FINAL
PHI 28 @ NE 31 FINAL
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November 24, 2007
A Special Thankgiving With Friends
It was a wonderful Thanksgiving this year and so special. We got to be with close friends that are family to me. Online is a world that opened up to me in 1997 when I got my first computer. There are many stories how we all have met our friends that we cherish, and when we meet friends we have gotten to know online it is such a special time. With blogs like this one we can get a feeling of how a person thinks, where there passion is about our country, our military, their stand on many things.
This last Thanksgiving some of us that have already met in the last few years were able to see each other again. Linda of Something.... and Half of Something, Beth of MVRWC, Vinnie or Vince aut Morire ( he has taken a break in blogging ) , and Merri of Merri's Musings. And their children as well which made it even more special and fun.
Laughter, wonderful conversation, more laughter and delicious food. Merri is an awesome cook, she did a special treat for all of us and fixed the Thanksgiving meal. Yummy. Merri is Vinnie's wife and her blog has two of her many interests. One is the protection of children and her love of cooking.
And ALL agreed that Merri is a better cook then Rachel Ray.
I wanted to share about our Thanksgiving with all of you, my dear friends and family here at Theodore's World because you all mean so much to me just as those that got to come here for the holiday do in my life. My friends are my family and the times we share on here, online, in person mean so much to me.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.
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Rocket Man
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Mott lays down a row of M-792 .25-mm High Explosive Incendiary rounds into a pit on Ali Air Base, Iraq.
Airmen of the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team unloaded just under 1,800 pounds of expired munitions to ensure they will not be used against U.S. forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder.
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"The Religion of Peace" Beheading Because of Western Style Trousers
Iraq: Sisters behead uncle and aunt in front of their children - because he wore Western-style trousers
And also an article at Reuters
An Iraqi couple were beheaded in front of their children by their cousins because the man wore Western-style trousers.
Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple's children to watch, according to Iraqi police.
The killing came because the school guard Youssef al-Hayali was considered an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers.
The militants, later arrested in Diyala province northwest of Baghdad, killed Hayali and his wife Zeinab Kamel at the all-boys school in Jalawlah.
Sunni Arab communities across Iraq have been turning against al Qaeda because of its indiscriminate killings and strict interpretation of Islam, which includes a ban on smoking in public and forcing schoolgirls to wear veils.
Wild Thing's comment........
Sick is the word for it. I don’t want any of these kind of people coming into this country. Well, they didn’t put panties over their heads or scare them with dogs etc.. So I guess the lefties in our country and the media will not want this to get out to let people know the truth about how peaceful Islam is.
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Not Enough Parking for Private Jets at UN Climate Conf.
Not Enough Parking for Private Jets Going to UN Climate Conference
As climate alarmists from all over the world head to Bali to talk about the sacrifices regular folks have to make to save the planet from global warming, it seems certain media will ignore all the private jets clogging the tiny airport.
As if it’s not enough that the United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held at what NewsBusters reported as "a truly beautiful tropical island paradise," the management of the nearby airport has issued a warning to attendees that they are going to have to park their private jets somewhere else.
Tempo Interaktif reports that Angkasa Pura - the management of Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport are concerned that the large number of additional private charter flights expected in Bali during the UN Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) December 3-15, 2007, will exceed the carrying capacity of apron areas. To meet the added demand for aircraft storage officials are allocating "parking space" at other airports in Indonesia.
The operational manager for Bali's Airport, Azjar Effendi, says his 3 parking areas can only accommodate 15 planes, which means that some of the jets used by VIP delegations will only be allowed to disembark and embark their planes in Bali with parking provided at airports in Surabaya, Lombok, Jakarta and Makassar.
Wild Thing's comment..........
While idiots like Al Gore tell us to stop wasting fuel he jets around throwing out tons of hot air and fuel exhaust not to mention heating his rather large house and all the energy it consumes.
....And this from SSgt. Steve, thank you so much...................
"The only people who would be hurt by abandoning the Kyoto Protocol would be several thousand people who make a living attending conferences on global warming." - Professor Kirill Kondratyev, Russian Academy of Sciences
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November 23, 2007
Detroit Lions Vow To Fight Global Warming
Lions vow to fight global warming with `carbon neutral' game
DETROIT
(AP)
The Detroit Lions say they'll take on the Green Bay Packers without warming the globe, buying a stake in a replanted rain forest in Ecuador to offset the up to 933 tons of carbon dioxide the Thanksgiving Day game is expected to generate.
The Lions will follow the standards for greenhouse gas offsets laid down by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, according to the environmental engineering company handling Thursday's "green game" at Ford Field.
It may seem odd to plant trees in South America because of U.S. football fans' tailpipe emissions, but there is strong logic to it, said Mike Dolkowski, a partner in Carbon Credit Environmental Services Inc.
"CO2 and greenhouse gases are a global issue," he said.
U.S. businesses and private citizens can and should do much to reduce their own "carbon footprints" by switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and switching to renewable energy sources, he said.
But some costs — like flying a football team and entourage from Wisconsin to Michigan — can't be helped, Dolkowski said.
"There are emissions that are inevitable," he said.
That's where carbon offsets come in.
A company or family can take steps that buy a share in a greenhouse gas reduction project anywhere in the world to neutralize the net effect of their own carbon dioxide output.
Carbon Credit Environmental Services is a Detroit-based for-profit business engaged in a range of programs related to energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction.
Wild Thing's comment........
ROTFLMAO
There seems to be no escape from this crap anymore.
"Carbon Credit Environmental Services is a Detroit-based for-profit business"
Wonder who's making money off this scam. No names on their Web site.
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Parents See Red Over School's Green-Suited Santa
Parents see red over school's green-suited santa
Father Christmas has been given a makeover - after one school decided his red suit was a symbol of "modern commercialism".
The outfit would remind pupils of Coca-Cola adverts, according to the parents' committee at the Steiner School in Brighton.
So instead youngsters will be visited by a green-clad St Nicholas.
School spokesman Sarah James said: "The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism."
But the move has upset some parents, who would prefer the red-suited Santa.
Cheryl Williams, 24, said: "What are they going to ban next - snow? Once again the PC brigade have clamped down on everyone's fun."
And amateur historian David Baker said: "There are images of a red-suited Santa going back to before the creation of Coca-Cola.
"Thomas Nast drew images of Merry Old Santa Claus that shows Santa in his red suit.
"If my research is correct, Coca-Cola wasn't even invented until 1886."
At the school's Christmas bazaar, pupils will be told a "moral" tale rather than the traditional Christmas story, and instead of opening presents, they will be given fake "rocks" to break open to reveal crystals.
Mrs James said: "The school isn't trying to be a spoilsport or anything like that.
"The children are bound to come across Santa Claus plenty of times in the run-up to Christmas and we're happy for them to.
"We just want to give them a different experience."
Wild Thing's comment..........
What the heck? They keep messing with alll aspects of our lives with this kind of baloney.
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November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving and Thank You Troops and Veterans
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am so grateful to each of you that are part of Theodore's World family. You are all very special to me. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Thank you to our troops, please know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
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Traditional Holiday Meal To Replace Field Rations for Many Troops
Traditional Holiday Meal Will Replace Field Rations for Many Troops
DOD
When troops stationed in the Middle East sit down to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, the turkey won’t come in a brown field rations pouch.
Thanks to the efforts of the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia’s efforts, troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Dubai and Djibouti will enjoy a traditional holiday meal.
“Historically, Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most family-oriented meals that there is,” said Ray Miller, director of subsistence for DSCP, the agency that supplies meals to the military worldwide. “When you are deployed and you’re not with (family), … it’s a taste of home wherever you are.”
Hundreds of thousands of troops will dine on turkey, ham, cranberry sauce, assorted pies and more. While this all sounds very “Norman Rockwell” normal, there’s nothing normal about the amount of food needed to feed that many troops.
The employees sent 342,382 pounds of turkey alone. More than 15,000 containers of stuffing mix and about 13,000 containers of white potatoes will join nearly 120,000 pounds of shrimp and a combined total of 249,357 pounds of ham and beef, as well.
“It would be like 100 tractor-trailers pulling up outside your house to deliver Thanksgiving Dinnerdinner,” Miller said, describing just how much food was sent to the Middle East for the dinner.
And at the back of the very last tractor-trailer would be the one thing needed to finish the meal in fine holiday tradition: nearly 163,500 pies.
As for those with no access to a dining hall, they’re not destined to eat the same old everyday field rations. They, too, will get a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
“We … have provided a special ration meal called an URG-E (Unitized Group Ration – Express),” Miller said. “It won’t be the turkey, but it’ll be a turkey meal. It’s our attempt to at least try to get something to the folks that are on the far end of the supply chain.”
That effort doesn’t stop with the supply center personnel. The dining facility staffs go above and beyond, often working on their own time, to make decorations to ensure the day is as special as possible.
“Each dining facility has its own theme chosen by the manager,” said Army Sgt. Maj. Terry L. Stewart, a Bridgehampton, N.Y., native and food service sergeant major for Multinational Division Baghdad.
Adding a competitive element to the decorating helps to reward the DFAC workers for the time and effort they spend preparing their crafts. Each command with a dining facility judges the decorations, and medals are awarded.
Sharing a traditional holiday meal that’s usually a family affair can bring servicemembers closer together Stewart noted.
“It humbles me,” the sergeant major said. “Even though we are away from our families at home, those of us here are family, and we come together in fellowship and give thanks for being alive.
“It’s especially rewarding to see the soldiers smile and the joy in their faces when they come through,” he added.
Wild Thing's comment........
I am so glad that many of our troops are getting a traditional meal today. They deserve far more than they will ever ask.
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China Flip Flops ~ NO Then Yes On Allowing U.S. Carrier Into Hong Kong
China to allow U.S. carrier into Hong Kong after all
BEIJING
(Reuters)
China refused permission for a U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit -- and then changed its mind.
The USS Kitty Hawk group and its crew of 8,000 airmen and sailors had been expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but the U.S. State Department said the visit had been blocked by China.
Hundred of relatives of crew members of the Kitty Hawk had flown to Hong Kong to celebrate Thanksgiving. Hong Kong, especially its Wanchai bar district, has been a regular port of call for U.S. sailors on "R & R" (rest and recuperation) since the Vietnam War.
The Chinese move came as a surprise just weeks after a visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, which he said he hoped would lead to a long-term dialogue.
But the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday the carrier would be allowed to dock in the former British colony after all.
"We have decided to allow the Kitty Hawk to stay in Hong Kong during Thanksgiving," spokesman Liu Jianchao told a news conference.
"It is a decision based on humanitarian considerations only."
He did not say why the ships had been blocked in the first place, but there are issues that may have prompted Beijing's action including U.S. plans to sell Taiwan a $940 million upgrade to its missile system and last month's meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader who Beijing considers a traitor.
Last year a Chinese submarine surfaced uncomfortably close to the Kitty Hawk near the Japanese island of Okinawa, an incident that highlighted the potential for friction between the two powers.Beijing's move coincided with "airspace controls" introduced on Wednesday which the Xinhua news agency said affected the air travel plans of 7,000 people in south and east China.
The controls had been ordered for "unspecified reasons."
Wild Thing's comment........
France learned that it isn’t good to tick off the American consumer and now it’s the chicom’s turn.
I may be wrong, but my understanding is that U.S. Navy port calls are scheduled months in advance, (nrmally before leaving the U.S.)so this was a snub of the U.S. Usually, there is a confirmation of the arrival of the Navy ship one to two weeks ahead of the port visit by the State Department so that the tugs, food delivery, fuel and water/electricity can be formalized and payments arranged. In Hong Kong the ships anchor in the harbor and require shuttle boats to be hired to transport the liberty party to the pier.
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November 21, 2007
High Court to Weigh Ban on Gun Ownership
High Court to Weigh Ban on Gun Ownership
WASHINGTON
(AP) ...for complete article
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" in nearly 70 years.
The justices' decision to hear the case could make the divisive debate over guns an issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.
City officials said the law is designed to reduce gun violence, noting that four out of every five homicides this year was committed with a gun. Opponents of the ban pointed to the level of violence to make their case that Washington residents should be allowed to have guns to protect themselves in their homes.
"This is clearly going to be one of the biggest ... cases decided this year," said Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett. "It is one of the very few times when the Supreme Court has the opportunity to interpret a provision of the Constitution ... unencumbered by previous Supreme Court rulings."
The government of Washington, D.C., is asking the court to uphold its 31-year ban on handgun ownership in the face of a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the ban as incompatible with the Second Amendment. Tuesday's announcement was widely expected, especially after both the District and the man who challenged the handgun ban asked for the high court review.
The main issue before the justices is whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns or instead merely sets forth the collective right of states to maintain militias. The former interpretation would permit fewer restrictions on gun ownership.
Gun-control advocates say the Second Amendment was intended to ensure that states could maintain militias, a response to 18th-century fears of an all-powerful national government. Gun rights proponents contend the amendment gives individuals the right to keep guns for private uses, including self-defense.
Wild Thing's comment........
It is abhorrent that the Supreme Court should be permitted to consider the question.
“Whether the following provisions — D.C. Code secs. 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), and 7-2507.02 — violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?”
If you ask me, the Court has already tipped thier hands by substituting "state-regulated" for "well regulated".
There is a difference.
“State-regulated” = doing the state’s bidding.
“Well-regulated” = equipped, competent, functional, coordinated - but not necessarily under gov’t control.
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"Islam should not be blamed for terrorism"
"Islam should not be blamed for terrorism," UN conference
The international community should counter the spread of Islamophobia partly due to "misinformation and misperceptions", participants at a UN counter-terrorism conference said.
Speaking at the 3-day conference, experts said there is a need for the international community to counter the spread of Islamophobia, which they noted has been growing in recent years partly because of misinformation and misperceptions about the religion.
The emergence of "misguided groups" that have deviated from the straight path to fanaticism, violence and extremism, attributing their acts to Islam, in no way justifies associating this phenomenon with the Islamic faith, they said during the conference titled "Terrorism: Dimensions, Threats and Countermeasures" in Tunis.
"It profits from weak State capacity to maintain law and order," said co-chair and Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, during the concluding session on November 17.
"These vulnerable areas are exploited by terrorists to mobilize recruits and justify violence. None of the religions are a cause of political radicalism and extremism. Religious doctrine may be 'tools of mobilization,' rather than a direct cause," he said at the conference which was jointly organized by the UN's Department of Political Affairs and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Participants agreed that terrorism flourishes in environments where there is discontent, exclusion, humiliation, poverty, political oppression and human rights abuses, as well as in countries engaged in regional conflicts.
Wild Thing's comment........
Well isn't this special, the UN counter-terroism conference sponsored & attended by Islamic states decree: "Islam should not be blamed...". sheesh!
Um, the Islamofacists clearly STATE that they are doing acts of terror in the name of Islam. The UN is giving them time to reload again. Most of the UN, of the 190 countries there are muslim and have histories from islam. Evil grows from evil.
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Murtha Calls Pentagon 'despicable'
House Democrat calls Pentagon 'despicable'
Murtha denounces Defense Department for 'scaring people' in funds fight
msnbc
WASHINGTON
In their latest tussle with the White House on the Iraq war, two leading House Democrats said Tuesday the Pentagon was using scare tactics to try to goad Congress into passing another war spending bill.
And Reps. David Obey and John Murtha said they won't bite.
Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Murtha, D-Pa., head of the panel's Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said they won't support more money for the war this year unless President Bush accepts a timetable for troop withdrawals. Story continues below ↓advertisement
Last week, the House passed a $50 billion bill that would keep operations afloat for several more months, but sets a goal of bringing most troops home by December 2008. After Bush threatened to veto the measure, Senate Republicans blocked it.
"If the president wants that $50 billion released, all he has to do is to call the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, and ask him to stop blocking it," Obey told reporters.
and this..........
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday signed a memo ordering the Army to begin planning for a series of expected cutbacks, including the layoffs of as many as 100,000 civilian employees and another 100,000 civilian contractors, starting as early as January.
and this...............
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the military has only limited transfer authority.
"Those who think we have some sort of flexibility here are simply misinformed," Whitman told reporters on Tuesday. "We've entered into a very serious period here."
Murtha said the Pentagon was issuing "irresponsible" propaganda.
Murtha sees no credibility at Defense Department "They're scaring people," he said. "They're scaring the families of the troops . . .That's the thing that's so despicable."
Wild Thing's comment........
The despicable one in this scenario is Murtha himself. Murtha is a traitor and Obey continues to show that he meant what he said on the floor and his apology was a farce! This is more filthy treasonous rhetoric from another treasonous liberal rat.
Murtha has done everything in his power to demoralize the country, undermine the troops, and to try to make us lose this war. Now that we are clearly, incontrovertibly winning, he chooses to continue his vicious, depraved assaults on so many people much better than he is. Murtha is scum.
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Tribute to US troops in Vietnam
This video was made by the person that has a blog named Le Blog Drzz
The person that made the video titled it...."Tribute to US troops in Vietnam ".....
Music: Paul Potts
Here is a translate page if you want to see the blog translated from the French to the English.
http://translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=ar|en
It is well done, and I am always glad to see others thanking our Vietnam Vets and praying tribute to them.
Thank you to the person that made this video. And a HUGE thank you to our Vietnam Veterans. - from Wild Thing
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November 20, 2007
Soldier Re-Enlists Hours After IED Injury
Soldier re-enlists hours after IED injury
4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division PAO
Multi-National Division – North PAO
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq
A U.S. Soldier re-enlisted in the Army just hours after being seriously wounded in an improvised explosive attack near Zaganiyah, Iraq, Nov. 13.
Spc. Christopher Hoyt, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., suffered severe lacerations to his legs and torso when an IED exploded near him while conducting a dismounted patrol. Two of his fellow Soldiers were killed in the attack.
Hoyt was rushed to the emergency room at Logistics Support Area Anaconda, where he decided to re-enlist for four more years in the Army.
“He said he wasn’t finished,” said Hoyt’s battalion commander Lt. Col. Mark Landes, who re-enlisted the Soldier. “He said, ‘I still have a job to do.’ I’ve never seen the like.”
Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the brigade’s top noncommissioned officer, was also on hand for Hoyt’s reenlistment.
“It takes a person of very strong character to go through an incident where another Soldier five feet away was killed and he was severally wounded and still say ‘I believe in what we are doing and I want to stay on the team. I want to support the United States Army and my country.’
“Spc. Hoyt is the epitome of what a Soldier should be,” Troxell continued. “He is a model for what all men and women should be, and that is very patriotic and very selfless.”
Hoyt, whose hometown is Clemente, Calif., is currently recovering in an Army hospital in Germany.
Wild Thing's comment........
What totally awesome Americans we have in our military. Men like Spc. Hoyt deserve our respect and appreciation. Those that do not get it, do not want to support our troops, will never know the bursting pride and humble feeling it is to be able to say thank you sir, Spc. Hoyt for serving our coutnry.
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Local Children Find Mortar And Bring To Soldiers
Local children find mortar, Concerned Local Citizens find caches
By Sgt. Kevin Stabinsky, 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. PAO
FORWARD OPERATING BASE Kalsu, Iraq
Three weapons caches were found in separate incidents in the Hawr Rajab and Arab Jabour regions Nov. 11.
Concerned Local Citizens in Hawr Rajab located a cache consisting of one 155mm mortar and one 130 mm mortar round. The CLCs brought the ordnance to Paratroopers of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska, who were conducting a roadside security mission.
Local children in Arab Jabour discovered a 57 mm mortar, which they brought to Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., Fort Stewart, Ga.
The third cache was discovered in Arab Jabour by Soldiers of Company A, 1-30th Inf. Regt. while conducting operations in the area.
The cache consisted of one 120 mm mortar and one 125 mm mortar.
"It is good to have the [improvised explosive devices] or bombs off the streets because it makes the community safer," said Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Newton, from Texarkana, Texas, 1-30th Inf. Regt., tactical command post noncommissioned officer in charge. "The more we work with the CLCs the safer we can make their communities."
All three caches were destroyed in controlled detonations by explosive ordnance disposal teams.
Wild Thing's comment........
Good! Of course this would be very upsetting to Reid, and Pelosi and others to know that there actually were people wanting our troops to help them and that they were glad our soldiers were there.
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A Soldier And His Son ~ A Welcome Home
Staff Sgt. Jeremy Horkey holds his nine-month old son, Colton, while standing in formation Wednesday to be dismissed from active duty with the 79th Military Police Company.
''He's big,'' Horkey said of Colton, who was born after Horkey was deployed for Iraq. Horkey was given leave to be home for Colton's birth, but he hadn't seen the boy since.
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November 19, 2007
F-16s Destroy Insurgent Mortar Team
November 17, 2007
(by Sgt. Kevin Stabinsky)
2nd BCT, 3rd Infantry Divison Public Affairs via F-16.net
Two Air Force F-16s destroyed a mobile insurgent mortar team consisting of three al-Qaeda members, a mortar launcher and van Nov. 14 in Adwaniyah using Maverick laser-guided missiles.
Paratroopers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, responded to an initial small arms fire engagement against a Concerned Local Citizens checkpoint in Adwaniyah. After driving the insurgents away, the Paratroopers performed an aerial reconnaissance of the surrounding areas.
While conducting the scouting mission, Coalition aircraft spotted the insurgent mortar team loading a van with a mortar tube and tripod. A pair of Air Force F-16 fighter jets were called to engage the van after three men entered it and began driving away.
The jets engaged the van with one Maverick laser-guided missile, resulting in the destruction of the weapons systems and three enemies killed.
The insurgent casualties brought the estimated deaths of al-Qaeda members in Iraqi to 20 over the past two days. On Nov. 13, an estimated 15 insurgent fighters were killed in a day-long battle in Adwaniyah.
Al-Qaeda has stepped up attacks in the recent days due to the implementation of a Concerned Local Citizens program in Adwaniyah. Al-Qaeda has been attacking the newly-formed program in an attempt to stop residents from standing up against them.
"This operation is typical of al-Qaeda in our operational area. They attempt to use intimidation and attack where they think they can cause the local population to feel unsafe," said Maj. Stephen Lutsky, plans and operations officer, S3, 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. "We were prepared this time and worked in conjunction with both the Iraqi army and Concerned Local Citizens to ensure they stopped al-Qaeda from destroying the security we have emplaced in the town of Adwaniyah. They will try again and will fail again."
An example of the success similar Concerned Local Citizens programs are experiencing, was seen in two separate incidents Nov. 14 in Arab Jabour and Hawr Rajab.
In both instances, concerned citizens brought a suspected member of al-Qaeda to Coalition Forces.
One detainee was taken to Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 30th Inf. Regt., 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., Fort Stewart, Ga., and the other to Paratroopers of Troop A, 1-40th Cav. Regt. Both men were detained for questioning.
Wild Thing's comment........
I love military euphemisms:
“The jets engaged the van with one Maverick laser-guided missile, resulting in the destruction of the weapons systems and three enemies killed.”
In other words, we blew the crap out of them.
Way to go F-16s!!! And to the pilots!
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P.T.S.D. and Coming Home
Grim over at Black Five has a must read on the subject of PTSD. PTSD is not about weakness or strength and this write up is excellent in discussing it.
"What you need to know, first and last, is that so-called PTSD is not an illness. It is a normal condition for people who have been through what you have been through. The instinct to kill and war is native to humanity. It is very deeply rooted in me, as it is in you. We have rules and customs to restrain it, so that sometimes we may have peace. What you are experiencing is not an illness, but the awareness of what human nature is like deep down. It is the awareness of what life is like without the walls that protect civilization.Those who have never been outside those walls don’t know: they can’t see. The walls form their horizon. You know what lays beyond them, and can’t forget it."....................
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Kucinich Protests Army Training School
KOOKinich delivers remarks while speaking at the 18th annual protest of the school at Fort Benning
COLUMBUS, Ga.
(AP) ......for complete article
Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich said Sunday the thinking that went into producing an Army school blamed for human rights abuses in Latin America was the same that led the U.S. to war in Iraq and could cause it to raid Iran.
Kucinich was speaking at the 18th annual protest of the school at Fort Benning that trains Latin American soldiers, police and government officials. One of his first acts as president if elected would be to close the school, he said.
"The type of thinking that produced this school is the same type of thinking that produced the war in Iraq and is producing a war against Iran," Kucinich said. The Ohio congressman and former Cleveland mayor was addressing a crowd estimated by local police to number roughly 10,000.
The Army's School of the Americas moved to Fort Benning from Panama in 1984 and was replaced in 2001 by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, under the Defense Department.
Wild Thing's comment........
Kucinich wants to be Commander-in-chief of our Armed Forces????...what a putz! And notice how the Marxists were there supporting him of course.
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Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour
Photo - One hundred forty-one paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, re-enlisted Oct. 14 on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, in a ceremony conducted by Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general of Multi-National Division–Center. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Butler
Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour Deployed soldiers participate in mass re-enlistment ceremony
By Sgt. Marcus Butler
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
25th Infantry Division
BAGHDAD— One hundred forty-one paratroopers decided to stay Army in a mass re-enlistment ceremony held on Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.
The paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, made the decision to continue their service in the Army after being deployed for over a year.
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commanding general of Multi-National Division–Center, made a special trip to FOB Kalsu to lead the oath of enlistment for these paratroopers.
“To re-enlist this many paratroopers after being deployed for a year is truly amazing,” said Master Sgt. Douglas Goodwin, senior career counselor for the 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div. “It says a lot about the leadership and the patriotism of these paratroopers.”
After the ceremony, Lynch thanked each paratrooper and posed for pictures.
To this date, the Spartan Brigade has re-enlisted nearly 1,300 soldiers; approximately 70 percent of them have decided to stay with the brigade for another tour.
“Soldiers are special people and to see these paratroopers making a commitment to continue serving their country when the operational tempo is so high proves they trust in their leadership,” Goodwin said. “It also shows how much they believe in what they are doing and stand proud as United States paratroopers ready to defend our country against the ever-growing threat of terrorism."
Wild Thing's comment........
We support you and thank you for all you do.
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November 18, 2007
Oil Leaders' Private Debate Televised By Mistake
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez(L) and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attend the opening session of the OPEC summit in Riyadh. OPEC leaders began a summit on Saturday with Chavez issuing a chilling warning about oil prices in a speech that also urged the group to be actively involved in foreign policy.
RIYADH (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened an OPEC summit on Saturday with a chilling warning about 200-dollar oil if the United States attacks Iran in a speech that also urged the cartel to be more political.But internal divisions about the role of the oil exporters' group were highlighted when King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, OPEC kingpin and key US regional ally, sounded a moderate note, saying oil "must not become an instrument for conflict."
Chavez, a fiery leftist and fiercely anti-US leader, warned that crude prices could double from their current already-record level of near 100 dollars a barrel if Washington attacked Iran or agg