"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
The Declaration of Arbroath - April 6th, 1320
The European Union has drawn up guidelines advising government spokesmen to refrain from linking Islam and terrorism in their statements.
Brussels officials have confirmed the existence of a classified handbook which offers “non-offensive” phrases to use when announcing anti-terrorist operations or dealing with terrorist attacks.
Banned terms are said to include “jihad”, “Islamic” or “fundamentalist”.
The word “jihad” is to be avoided altogether, according to some sources, because for Muslims the word can mean a personal struggle to live a moral life.
One alternative, suggested publicly last year, is for the term “Islamic terrorism” to be replaced by “terrorists who abusively invoke Islam”.
An EU official said that the secret guidebook, or, “common lexicon”, is aimed at preventing the distortion of the Muslim faith and the alienation of Muslims in Europe.
Article I: I am an American, fighting in the armed forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
Article II: I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
Article III: If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
Article IV: If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.
Article V: When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service, number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
Article VI: I will never forget that I am an American, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
“...it is an awful irony of this debate that many of the same people who consistently and correctly call on the United States to do more to stop the bloodshed in Darfur now demand we abandon the Iraqis.”
“We hear that Sunnis and Shia have been fighting for centuries, and that no matter how tragic, we cannot possibly hope to resolve this conflict. We have heard these arguments before. We heard them in the 1990s about Yugoslavia. We heard them about Rwanda. Like the euphemism of “civil war,” it is another way for us to distance ourselves, emotionally and morally, from what is actually happening—and from the people it is happening to. It allows us to think of these places as a sort of abstract tragedy, in which there are no victims, just victimizers, whom we can walk away from with impunity… The wanton slaughter of innocent people that our soldiers are trying to stop in Baghdad is not the inevitable product of ancient hatreds, but the consequence of a deliberate, calculated strategy by an identifiable group of perpetrators—first and foremost, Al Qaeda.”
“I ask my colleagues: consider what it will mean if Congress orders our troops to pull back from this battle, just at the moment that they are taking the initiative. Consider the consequences if we knowingly and willingly withdraw our forces and abandon one of the few states in the Middle East to have held free, competitive elections to extremism and violence...”
“We cannot redeploy from our moral responsibility to the Iraqis. It is contrary to our traditions; it is contrary to our values; and it is contrary to our interests. And yet that is precisely what this Congress will be calling for, if we order our troops to withdraw.”
- Joseph Lieberman, addressing the United States Senate
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said Tuesday that he did not give staffer Phillip Thompson the pistol whose possession got the aide arrested Monday when he tried to enter the Russell Senate office building.
“I have never carried a gun in the Capitol complex and I did not give the weapon to Phillip Thompson, and that’s all that I think I’ll say,” Webb told reporters.
So, Senator, is your staffer a thief? or is your staffer a manic bent on killing inside the Senate Offices? or is your staffer just plain stupid?
And Senator don't forget - your staff is a reflection of you.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan are beginning to draw the resentment of Afghans fed up with growing civilian casualties and the lack of material progress in their lives, experts say.
Resentment has posed special problems in the south, where villagers who have suffered from Western military firepower have responded to the Taliban's call to arms against foreign troops and the government of President Hamid Karzai, the experts said.
David - just who are these 'experts' and what is their 'expertise'? Are they Islamic militants?, Democrats?, United Nations staff?, Just who are these experts - you refuse to name in the openning paragraphs of your report.
An honest journalist would have named their expert source, the first time they cite the source.
Ahh!! the third paragraph ids one source:
"There is growing resentment because of the kinds of military operations that have been carried out, not because of the international troop presence," Samina Ahmed, South Asia project director for International Crisis Group think tank, said this week in an interview
The seventh paragraph does show some balance:
Pentagon and NATO officials cited opinion polls, however, that show a large majority of Afghans favoring foreign troops and only a small fraction of support for the Taliban.
on page 2 - online:
But David Edwards, a U.S. anthropologist regarded as an expert on the origins of the Taliban, said reconstruction has been overshadowed by rampant corruption, meager international donations and poverty in a country where the unemployment rate is about 40 percent.
Resentment against the lack of material progress in theirs lives...has caused some Afghans to accept a paycheck from the Taliban.
But opinion polls show that the Afghan people accept the need for the NATO Troops to be in Afghanistan - Because the Afghans know the horror of living under Taliban rule.
The BAD news: Today was my last day at - what was - my primary employer. I have been laid-off. We were formally notified that the company had lost the contract last May, and we had suffered thru 2 years of contract negotiation before that. So, this was not a surprise. Since, I had 16 years with them, my package is 26 weeks of pay. I still have my other job. A part-time retail job, which hopefully will become full-time, while I search for another 'primary' or hopefully 'only' job.
The GOOD, I mean GREAT news: My one and only child, has been accepted (unofficially) at New York University (NYU)!!! The kid's desire has been to go to college in NYC. The kid is bursting at the seams. My in-laws live in NYC - so the kid gets college in the same town as the grandparents. [Official acceptance letters are sent March 31st.]
The QUESTION: How do we afford to send the kid to NYU?????
I am almost bored enough to find a picture of Anna Nichole Smith in a blue dress and caption it "Is Bill Clinton the Daddy?" Now, of course that would make Hillary Clinton, the prime suspect in the deaths. If that was true, would Angelina Jolie, adopt the baby? and whose campaign would get the cash? I am almost that bored.
Then again if Harry Houdini has escaped from his casket, then Sherlock Holmes, urr I mean, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gets away with 'red rum'.
But that would be like Gandalf returning from the dead or Professor Dumbledore dying.
I have added a new feature on the sidebar: "S M's Shared Items".
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President Bush requested Congress pass a bill to provide $103 billion in emergency funding for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Katrina reconstruction efforts. I wanted to vote for the President’s request for additional funds for our troops because it is imperative that we support our men and women in uniform while they are fighting the Global War on Terror. They are talented, dedicated, and professional and should have every dollar they need for success.
Unfortunately, Democrat leaders have once again failed my constituents. The Democratic Party is split between abandoning our troops immediately versus abandoning our troops in two years. In order to gain enough support from the fringes of their party, Democrat leaders had to add $22 billion worth of pet projects to the war funding bill. Rather than convince members of their own party to support their policy of micromanaging the war, Democrat leaders decided to buy their votes.
Maybe some of these projects can be justified but they are certainly not emergency spending for the troops. Democrats in Congress believe invented ‘emergencies’ such as spinach growing and peanut storage are just as important as the needs of our troops. Setting a date for withdrawal is as irresponsible as increasing a funding bill twenty percent to buy the votes of Members of Congress. Democrats are willing to jeopardize the effectiveness of our military just to make a political statement.
$20 billion plus - to BUY VOTES that will help the enemies of civilization, this is aiding and abetting the DEFEAT of our Mission in IRAQ.
The DEMOCRATS want the United States of America DEFEATED.
The DEMOCRATS want to CUT and RUN.
I PRAY that the REPUBLICANS in the SENATE have enough backbone to defeat the defeatists.
I HOPE BEYOND HOPE that SUPPORT FOR VICTORY can be RESURRECTED in WASHINGTON DC.
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Dear Congress,
We are making solid progress towards peace and stability in Iraq.
WHY does the Democrat Leadership want to UNDERMINE the efforts of our brave troops on the streets of Iraq?
PLEASE rethink your support of the barbarians who use children to sneak bombs past the checkpoints in Baghdad, and then KILL THE CHILDREN.
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. general on Tuesday said Iraqi insurgents used children in a suicide attack this weekend, raising worries that the insurgency has adopted a new tactic to get through security checkpoints with bombs. Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero, deputy director for regional operations in the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, said adults in a vehicle with two children in the backseat were allowed through a Baghdad checkpoint. The adults then abandoned the vehicle and detonated it with the children still inside, he said. "Children in the back seat, lower suspicion, we let it move through," he said. "They parked the vehicle, the adults run out and detonate it with the children in the back."
(emphasis mine) We Fight to Protect the Innocent from such Barbarians. The barbaric Islamic Militants don't care about the children, they simply want to kill, and they don't care who dies.
Don’t believe the MSM — either their lying by entirely omitting any mention of the numbers of people attending the Gathering of Eagles, or their deliberate playing down of the numbers who did come. The Parks and Service people counted thirty thousand patriots (30,000) gathered to protect the Wall.
Semper Fi
The "anti-war" protest had only ten thousand.
This protest had been professionally planned over the past year and a grass roots organization of veterans - an effort lasting only 2 months had 3 times as many folks in Washington DC.
Not all of the veterans support the war in Iraq, but they all wanted to prevent vandalism and destruction of the memorials to our war dead.
The Eagles will defend the rights of those protesting the war. That is what we veterans do: Defend the Constitution.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Eagles will defend our memorials from vandals: "the right of the people to peaceably assemble" does not include damaging property or injuring people.
The Move America Forward Caravan was in Atlanta this morning and I was one of about one hundred folks who attended their rally in front of the CNN Building. The Caravan is underway to join the Gathering of Eagles in Washington DC on Saturday March 17th to stand guard over our memorials.
The scene at 7:30 am, rally scheduled to start at 8 am.
The media was there. THANK YOU.
A cute kid was there, waving her flag in and around the Patriot Riders.
Bill Greene, a candidate for the the open Congressional seat of the late Charlie Norwood, was there. I hope he wins the special election on June 19th.
The media was there, but there are no stories online about this event.
I was hoping to see more people there. But I am glad that there are 100 folks who did show.
Surrender is not an option. Victory can and will be achieved, if the American People stay strong.
The choice is clear, defeat the Islamic Mass-Murdering Terrorists over there or fight them in the streets of America.
However, when Monday took off with the flag, all of the cynicism and defeatism of the past two years melted away. Watching Monday rescue the flag from two lunatics who tried to hijack a baseball game for their protest, which would have provided the perfect nadir of American morale at that time, the crowd did something no one expected. Lasorda recalled in his book that starting softly, the crowd started singing "God Bless America", completely unprompted, until all of the tens of thousands of Dodger fans had joined together to sing it. It was one of the few unscripted and spontaneous patriotic displays in our Bicentennial, and one of the most moving at any time.
According to reports, The White House Counsel (Harriet Miers) wanted all 93 US Attorneys replaced.
The Attorney General only fired 8.
The Attorney General should be praised for not removing the other 85 US Attorneys.
President Bush complained about the failure of US Attorneys to stop voter fraud. Once again, Democrats and the MSM want to enable voter fraud.
By the way, Bill Clinton replace ALL 93 US Attorneys when he took office. But of course, we can not question the actions of a Democrat.
US Attorneys are appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate. The Patriot Act has increased the time a US Attorney may served without confirmation by the Senate.
"Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty and war itself."
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission."
The Gathering of Eagles is a defense, not an attack. I know that a few US Army paratroopers and Marines from the Viet Nam war will be there at the Wall. If there's one thing, aside from love of country, that they share, it's knowing how to fight when surrounded. 1. Gathering of Eagles is non-partisan. While each member has his or her own political beliefs, our common love and respect for America and her heroes is what brings us together. 2. We are a non-violent, non-confrontational group. We look to defend, not attack. Our focus is guarding our memorials and their grounds. 3. We believe that the war memorials are sacred ground; as such, we will not allow them to be desecrated, used as props for political statements, or treated with anything less than the solemn and heartfelt respect they-and the heroes they honor-deserve. 4. We are wholly and forever committed to our brothers and sisters in uniform. As veterans, we understand their incredible and noble sacrifices, made of their own accord for a nation they love more than life itself. As family members, we stand by them, and as Americans, we thank God for them. 5. We believe in and would give our lives for the precious freedoms found in our Constitution. We believe that our freedom of speech is one of the greatest things our country espouses, and we absolutely hold that any American citizen has the right to express his or her approval or disapproval with any policy, law, or action of our nation and her government in a peaceful manner as afforded by the laws of our land. 6. However, we are adamantly opposed to the use of violence, vandalism, physical or verbal assaults on our veterans, and the destruction or desecration of our memorials. By defending and honoring these sacred places, we defend and honor those whose blood gave all of us the right to speak as freely as our minds think. 7. We vehemently oppose the notion that it is possible to "support the troops but not the war." We are opposed to those groups who would claim support for the troops yet engage in behavior that is demeaning and abusive to the men and women who wear our nation's uniform. 8. We believe in freedom at all costs, including our own lives. We served to protect the freedoms Americans enjoy, and we agree with Thomas Jefferson's assertion that "From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 9. We will accept nothing less than total, unqualified victory in the current conflict. Surrender is not an option, nor is defeat. 10. We stand to challenge any group that seeks the destruction of our nation, its founding precepts of liberty and freedom, or those who have given of themselves to secure those things for another generation. We will be silent no more. Silent no more! *********************
I will see the Eagles as they ride from San Francisco to Washington, DC, as they pause on March 14th at the CNN Building in Atlanta.
Scooter Libby, former chief of staff for VP Cheney, found guilty of 4 of 5 charges stemming from the Federal Grand Jury investigation into the non-crime of leaking that Mrs Plame worked at the CIA. Richard Armitage 'leaked' that she worked for the CIA, and that she arranged for her husband to go to Niger. Her Husband, Joe Wilson, lied about what he learned in Niger. He goal was to undermine the Bush Administration. Scooter Libby, who testified 7 times before the Grand Jury, was inconsistent in his testimony. What honest person wouldn't be somewhat inconsistent in recalling conversations which occurred more than 2 years prior.
A member of the jury, a former Washington Post reporter, stated he was looking for Rove, or Cheney...WAS THIS JURY BIAS AGAINST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?
Fact: It was known that no crime was committed, before the investigation was launched - Mrs. Plame was not a covert agent. She was simply a CIA employee.
Fact: It was known one month into investigation, that Richard Armitage leaked the information about Mrs Plame.
The charges need to be overturned on appeal because there was no underlying crime for the grand jury to investigation. This is a gross miscarriage of justice.
An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak out in the defense of the conservative movement, and make a stand for political civility. This is one of those times. Ann Coulter used to serve the movement well. She was telegenic, intelligent, and witty. She was also fearless: saying provocative things to inspire deeper thought and cutting through the haze of competing information has its uses. But Coulter’s fearlessness has become an addiction to shock value. She draws attention to herself, rather than placing the spotlight on conservative ideas. At the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2006, Coulter referred to Iranians as “ragheads.” She is one of the most prominent women in the conservative movement; for her to employ such reckless language reinforces the stereotype that conservatives are racists. At CPAC 2007 Coulter decided to turn up the volume by referring to John Edwards, a former U.S. Senator and current Presidential candidate, as a “faggot.” Such offensive language–and the cavalier attitude that lies behind it–is intolerable to us. It may be tolerated on liberal websites but not at the nation’s premier conservative gathering. The legendary conservative thinker Richard Weaver wrote a book entitled Ideas Have Consequences. Rush Limbaugh has said again and again that “words mean things.” Both phrases apply to Coulter’s awful remarks. Coulter’s vicious word choice tells the world she care little about the feelings of a large group that often feels marginalized and despised. Her word choice forces conservatives to waste time defending themselves against charges of homophobia rather than advancing conservative ideas. Within a day of Coulter’s remark John Edwards sent out a fundraising email that used Coulter’s words to raise money for his faltering campaign. She is helping those she claims to oppose. How does that advance any of the causes we hold dear? Denouncing Coulter is not enough. After her “raghead” remark in 2006 she took some heat. Yet she did not grow and learn. We should have been more forceful. This year she used a gay slur. What is next? If Senator Barack Obama is the de facto Democratic Presidential nominee next year will Coulter feel free to use a racial slur? How does that help conservatism? One of the points of CPAC is the opportunity it gives college students to meet other young conservatives and learn from our leaders. Unlike on their campuses—where they often feel alone—at CPAC they know they are part of a vibrant political movement. What example is set when one highlight of the conference is finding out what shocking phrase will emerge from Ann Coulter’s mouth? How can we teach young conservatives to fight for their principles with civility and respect when Ann Coulter is allowed to address the conference? Coulter’s invective is a sign of weak thinking and unprincipled politicking. CPAC sponsors, the Age of Ann has passed. We, the undersigned, request that CPAC speaking invitations no longer be extended to Ann Coulter. Her words and attitude simply do too much damage.
* Credentialed CPAC 2007 Bloggers Sean Hackbarth, The American Mind * James Joyner, Outside the Beltway * BoiFromTroy, Boi From Troy * Joy McCann, Little Miss Attila * Kevin McCullough, Musclehead Revolution * Fausta Werz, Fausta’s blog * Patrick Hynes, Ankle Biting Pundits * Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters * Jane Stewart, See Jane Mom
Other Right-of-Center Bloggers * Owen Robinson, Boots and Sabres * N.Z. Bear, The Truth Laid Bear * Michael Demmons, Gay Orbit * Mark Coffey, Decision ‘08 * Russell Newquist, The Philosopher’s Stone * Marshall Manson, On Tap
Calling the Howard Kurtz profile of Ms Malkin in the Washington Post, a Valentine Week mash note.
Mr. Boehlert says this about Michelle:
Malkin is the field general for a squad of bitter pro-war dead-enders who lash out online against anyone who dares speak the truth about the war. She has been wrong about Iraq in every conceivable way, with a losing streak dating back more than 50 straight months.
Mr. Boehlert is correct in calling Ms Malkin the 'field general', but he is wrong about the Iraq War.
Mr Boehlert continues with:
See, GOP warbloggers can't lose. If they'd been right about Iraq, The Washington Post surely would have toasted them. But even after they continually make fools of themselves prognosticating all sorts of falsehoods about the war, The Washington Post still toasts them. As for the articulate bloggers on the left who opposed the war from the outset and who insisted the White House had not made a coherent case for launching a pre-emptive war? The Post couldn't care less about them.
Okay, who is factually challenged here. President Bush convinced a vast majority of American People and the Congress that we needed to invade Iraq in 2002. The MSM has been chipping away, one false misleading story after another.
Now which bloggers does Mr Boehlert like? Markos "screw'em" Zuniga of DailyKos.com, a site which enforces anti-bush, anti-american groupthink. Matt Stoller of MyDD.com, a site which is sad that Vice-President Cheney is still alive. Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post, a site which had over 400 comments today complaining that VP Cheney lives. (They have without comment, toned their post down and deleted several hundred comments.)
More attacks coming:
It's the absolutely central point about Malkin that the Post neglected -- Malkin claims journalists covering Iraq are either cowards or siding with the terrorists who are trying to kill Americans (or both). As her fellow warblogger Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs puts it with a headline he routinely uses, "The Media Are the Enemy." Yet the Post profile politely omitted any reference to Malkin's repugnant claim that journalists are terrorist-sympathizer traitors.
Eric, Michelle and Charles are correct: The US Media is the Enemy. With their whitewashing of individual jihadis (mass murderers), their refusal to admit that some Muslims in the US are a danger to society.
Eric, Get over the fact, that Michelle Malkin is more respected than you will ever be.
This morning I overheard several 'Eagles' who planned to be in Washington to protect the Vietnam Memorial from harm during the planned 'Anti' march in March.
Was refreshing to hear veterans, yes, they were all Vietnam veterans, planning to protect the sacred memories of their fallen buddies - And some of these men are opposed to the war in Iraq.
They also predicted the media coverage will be spun to make the 'Eagles' look bad.
Beware the Ides of March....
The Battle will be joined on the Mall in Washington, DC.
I hope the Eagles far out-number the 'Anti's' but most Eagles have gainful employment ( A job) and family that depends on them.
The US Marines and Sailors who saw the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, cheered wildly.
From the main deck of USS Eldorado, a beaming Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal turned to Marine General Holland M. 'Howlin' Mad' Smith and exclaimed, “Holland, the raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”
The 17 Spineless Republicans who want the US to LOSE in IRAQ. The 17 Spineless Republicans who want IRAQ to be a TERRORIST HAVEN. The 17 Spineless Republicans who will be responsible for the deaths of millions of IRAQIS.
Ron E. Paul (TX) Thomas E. Petri (WI) Bob Inglis (SC)
Jim Ramstad (MN) Timothy V. Johnson (IL) Walter Jones (NC)
Michael Castle (DE) Ric Keller (FL) Howard Coble (NC)
Mark S. Kirk (IL) Steven C. LaTourette (OH) Thomas M. Davis (VA)
Fred Upton (MI) John J. Duncan (TN) James T. Walsh (NY)
Yes, terrorists are celebrating the 'non-binding' resolution against American Victory in Iraq. This 'non-binding' resolution gives aid and comfort to the merchants of death around the world, it encourages attacks on US and Allied Troops, it encourages the mass murder of innocent men, women, and children. This resolution against US troops is the product of the Democratic Party victory last November, The Democrats will celebrate the defeat of US Troops. Terrorists are worshiping the Democrats for their stupidity and dhimitude.
Congressmen Murtha (D-PA) idea to have Congress approve each soldier being deployed, is a shameless attempt to defeat the US Military in the field. His proposal to require congressional certification of readiness for each deploying unit, to require 1 year between deployments, to limit the number of times and individual soldier can deploy, is a shameless attempt to have Congress assume duties as Commander in Chief. Congress Murtha is an idiot, who will kill thousands of American troops if his plan is approved by Congress. Plus, his plan will also led to the death of millions of Iraqis.
Useful Idiots - that is what the Democrats are. They are Useful Idiots helping the Muslims murder innocent men, women, and children.
Eddie Albert - U.S. Navy … Saw combat on Saipan and Tarawa. Earned the Bronze Star.
Gene Autry – U.S. Army Air Corps … Flew cargo planes in China, Burma and India
Humphrey Bogart – U.S. Navy … Wounded in World War I, he tried to enlist after Pearl Harbor but was turned down because of his age.
Neville Brand - U.S. Army … Wounded in action
Jackie Coogan – U.S. Army Air Corps … Volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group
James Daly – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
Sammy Davis, Jr. – U.S. Army … Assigned to Special Services Command
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – U.S. Navy … Served on a battleship and as a commando raider. Helped to organize the forerunners of today’s Navy SEALs.
Henry Fonda - U.S. Navy … Served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Earned a Bronze Star for Valor.
Glenn Ford – U.S. Marine Corps … Earned a number of citations and awards for combat action. After the war, he transferred his commission to the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Clark Gable – U.S. Army Air Corps … Enlisted in 1942 at age 41. Volunteered for combat duty and flew missions over Germany. Earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
Charlton Heston – U.S. Army Air Corps … B-25 gunner; saw action in the Pacific.
William Holden – U.S. Army Air Corps … Served 1942-1945. His brother, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the Pacific in 1944.
Brian Keith – U.S. Marine Corps … Saw combat on Rabal
Werner Klemperer – U.S. Army … Stationed in Hawaii as a Military Policeman, he auditioned for and was accepted into Maurice Evans’ Special Services unit.
Nancy Kulp – U.S. Navy … Served as a Navy WAVE
Bert Lancaster – U.S. Army … Served in Tunisia and Italy
Tim McCoy - Served in both World War I and World War II
Ed McMahon – U.S. Marine Corps … Became a fighter pilot in 1944. Recalled to active duty in 1952 for the Korean War and flew 85 combat missions.
Burgess Meredith – U.S. Army Air Corps
Glenn Miller – U.S. Army … Assigned to the Army Specialist Corps. Convinced the Military that he could modernize the Army Band and improve the morale of the troops. Organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. His plane disappeared on 15 December 1944 over the English Channel.
Wayne Morris – U.S. Navy … Flew 57 combat missions in the Pacific. Shot down seven Japanese aircraft, becoming an “Ace”. Credited with assisting the sinking of five Japanese warships.
Lee Powell – U.S. Marine Corps … Saw action at Tarawa and Saipan before being killed in action in the Marianas.
Tyrone Power – U.S. Marine Corps … Enlisted immediately after Pearl Harbor. Flew wounded Marines from Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Gene Raymond - Served in both World War II and Vietnam
Ronald Reagan – U.S. Army Air Corps … Enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1937; commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and was called to active duty in 1942. Because of a hearing loss, he was not allowed to fly, so he was assigned to make training films.
John Russell – U.S. Marine Corps … Wounded at Guadalcanal
Robert Ryan - U.S. Marine Corps … Served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia
Rod Serling – U.S. Army … Severely wounded by shrapnel during the invasion of the Philippines
Jimmy Stewart – U.S. Army Air Corps … Flew B-17 and B-24 combat missions, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, France’s Croix de Guerre and 7 Battle Stars. His son, 1st Lt. Ronald McLean, was killed in Vietnam in 1969.
Lewis Stone - Served in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II
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Now how do you leave off this list the most decorated soldier in WWII: Audie Murphy - US Army .. 7 campaigns, was awarded every possible medal including the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Another commenter noted that Lee Marvin was a US Marine.
Howard Kurtz, of the Washington Post, wrote about Michelle Malkin in his column today:
"They'll ridicule my looks, ridicule my ethnicity, go after my family," the 36-year-old blogger [Michelle] says of her critics. "They've attacked my husband relentlessly. There's a strong sexist strain among my liberal critics, who think it isn't possible I could have gotten anywhere without my Svengali husband, or some white man, embedding ideas in my head." Make no mistake, though: This daughter of Filipino immigrants plays pretty rough herself. Whether on her blog, her Internet talk show or her Fox News appearances, Malkin delights in sticking her finger in the eye of the liberal establishment. And she is convinced that her detractors don't play fair. ...... "You have to accept that you'll never have many friends," Malkin says. "It's a lonely existence."
WRONG, Michelle, you have plenty of friends, myself included. I enjoy your writing on a daily basis. I pray for your safety.
I find myself looking at the news these days with a darkened spirit. The transient in the city streets, holding a sign that says "The End is Near" has become somewhat of an American colloquialism. Now, it's as if I'm suddenly seeing him before me, but he isn't talking about the end of the world...he's talking about the end of the America I know and love.
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Either we learn from history, or like France, we simply rewrite it and wipe from the slate any record of the upstart nation that dared to speak for freedom, and dared to refuse to apologize for it.
Mr. McHenry: "After months of campaigning against stay the course, the democrats are proposing just that. A stay the course resolution here on the house floor. Their Iraq resolution does not have the force of law and in fact this nonbinding resolution is simply a mealy-mouthed attempt to appease their democrat leftist base. Democrats have held 52 hearings on Iraq since taking control of congress. Let me get this right. The democrats have held 52 hearings so they can show one resolution on the house floor that has no bearing on the president's policy, does not have the force of law, does not advocate the withdrawal of troops, and does nothing except have a tantrum here on the house floor. So please explain this new direction, madam speaker. This is not a new direction. It's political posturing of the worst kind. Madam speaker, where's your plan? Where's your plan for victory in Iraq? Where's your plan for success and national security? I yield back.
The 18-year-old man who shot and killed at least five people Monday night at Trolley Square has been identified as Solejman Talovic, a Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.
Little additional information was released about Talovic.
The Bosnian community, which numbers about 3,000 in Utah, planned a press conference later this afternoon.
Talovic parked his car in the west parking lot and walked into the mall, encountering two people, whom he shot. Then he walked further into the mall and shot a woman, said Police Chief Chris Burbank.
He then walked to a gift shop and shot five people. He shot several other people before he was gunned down by an off-duty Ogden police officer assisted by four Salt Lake City police officers, Burbank said.
He had a backpack that carried numerous rounds of ammunition as well as a .38-caliber handgun, said the chief.
***************** Gee, a mass murderer is Muslim - THAT IS NOT NEWS! THAT IS A DAILY EVENT!
This bastard is a Bosnian Muslim. President Clinton sent US troops to protect the Bosnian Muslims. The thanks we get for DHIMMITUDE.
ISLAM IS A DEATH CULT. ISLAM CREATES KILLERS. ISLAM DOES NOT VALUE LIFE. ISLAM IS A DEATH CULT.
Determined to send an unambiguous and bipartisan message of disapproval for the troop buildup, Democrats moved Monday night to block Republicans from proposing any alternative, including one that would have guaranteed funding for U.S. forces in Iraq.
The approach reflects the dilemma facing Democrats on the war, which figured prominently in their rise to power. There is broad support for the Democratic-written resolution opposing Bush's plan to add 21,500 troops. But many rank-and-file members - particularly moderate newcomers who rode to Congress on a wave of public discontent about Iraq - are wary of casting any vote that could be construed as ending funding for the mission.
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House Republicans assailed Democrats Tuesday for barring them from offering their own Iraq resolution, accusing them of stifling votes on a vital issue.
Rep. David Dreier of California, the senior Rules Committee Republican, said the constraints rendered the 36-hour debate that opened Tuesday morning "really little more than a joke."
Democratic leaders had said earlier that Republicans would have a chance to offer their own measure, but quickly reversed course, and the leadership-controlled Rules Committee voted Monday night to deny the minority the option.
"It became clear to us that the only way we could give to the American people a very clear indication of where the Congress stood as it related to the president's proposal was this process," Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said.
These images are courtesy of Rusty at My Pet Jawa So nice of him to point me towards jihadis photo albums with the suggestion of hot-linking the pictures to use more of their bandwidth.
BUMPED to the TOP - This song is Grammy worthy, but she'll never win, cuz she supports her 'Diggers' and their mission. Put some shrimp on the Barbie, This Poster Girl knows how to support her troops.
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......... Former Senator, now perpetual Presidential Candidate, John Edwards hired 2 bloggers for his campaign, Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan. These 2 woman are typical left-wing 'nutroots' bloggers, profane and vulgar. They tried to erase some of their more idiotic posts, and got burned. Lesson Learned - once posted on the 'net, you can't take it back. Many people called for Mr Edwards to 'fire' these two, many people called for Mr Edwards to keep them on staff. Mr Edwards has decided to keep them. A dangerous decision. This hiring of two vulgar writers and the surprise at the reaction to their hiring, shows how little 'vetting' was done before they were hired. Does this show the 'presidential' talent of Mr Edwards? I don't think so. ........ For The Record: I am not, repeat, not the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter.
Rep. Norwood Stops Cancer Treatment; Enters Hospice WASHINGTON -- Representative Charlie Norwood is leaving Washington to receive hospice care at home in Georgia, forgoing further treatment for lung cancer that has spread to his liver. Norwood's spokesman, John Stone, said Wednesday that the seven-term Republican is not yet resigning from Congress but has decided to go home to Augusta to be with his family and, "let the Lord decide what to do."
1st Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, of Honolulu, is charged with refusing to ship out with his unit and conduct unbecoming an officer for accusing the Army of war crimes and denouncing the administration for conducting an “illegal war” founded on “lies.”
He will be convicted on all counts by the General Courts Martial, and he will receive the maximum sentence permitted.
He will appeal to the Army Court of Appeals (or whatever they call it.) He will claim his rights were trampled because the Courts Martial did not allow him to argue the legality of the Iraq War. He will lose this appeal, convection and full sentence will be upheld.
He will appeal to the Court of Military Appeals. They will not hear the appeal.
He will appeal to the US Supreme Court. They will take the case. They will allow arguments on the legality of the war. Stephens and Ginsburg will declare the war illegal. Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito will uphold the legality of the war. Kennedy, Breyer, and Souter are questionable, but I think they will uphold the legality of the US military action in Iraq.
Final answer: 7-2 the military action in Iraq will be declared legal. 9-0 the convictions and sentence will be upheld.
The military action in Iraq is legal under US law: The US Congress Authorized the Use of Military Force and The President has used military force in Iraq following the limitations within the AUMF. The United Nations also authorized the use of force. (only a minor item, of obeying treaty requirements.) The US Congress has periodically re-authorized the use of military force by funding the effort.
Lt. Watada please enjoy your time at Fort Leavenworth. And your Dishonorable Discharge as Pvt. Watada. And Mr. Watada, do remember to include this Federal Felony Conviction on all future job applications.
Mr Watada, your stunt of joining the Army, after the military action in Iraq began and then refusing to follow your deployment orders -- will not led to the impeachment of President Bush. It will not get the President accused of war crimes.
And I am ignorant to the rest of the world...or so I thought.
But even thousands of miles away, in Ramadi, Iraq, the cries and screams and complaints of the ungrateful reach me. a year, I will be thrust back into society from a life and mentality that doesn't fit your average man. then, I will be alone. then, I will walk down the streets of America, and see the yellow ribbon stickers on the cars of the same people who compare our President to Hitler.
Just as Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century demonstrated that the sun does not revolve around the earth, so too the traditional media outlets are slowly discovering that the information society no longer revolves around their editorial policies. It’s the Second Copernican Revolution. We have yet to determine just how significant it is, but it is already creating visible cracks in the edifice of the Glossocratic Empire.
At my local Wal-Mart last night, I spied a $1.00 DVD by the checkouts: World War II, The German Front. This DVD has 4 sections: "Prelude to War" a US training film. "The Nazi Strike" a Frank Capra documentary "The Secret Life of Hilter" "Nuremburg Trials" a 1946 Soviet documentary
As I watched it, I realized how the methods used by Hitler are being used again. The claim that all Germans must obey Berlin, not their local governments. (Muslims must obey Shari'a Law not local laws.)
This is from North's column on RealClearPolitics.com:
A military officer, who has served in Iraq, said this to Mr North: "These politicians who think we can win a war by committee. Do they even know that in the last two weeks we have set AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) and the Mahdi Army both back on their heels?" he answered. I was silent, so he continued, "Is there anyone in Washington who understands what this means? AQI terrorists are running like rats out of Ramadi. And the Mahdi Army is being cleaned out of Baghdad. Do they know how much harder all this rhetoric makes our job?" ***** Does Congress even care about how their pompous actions harm our troops in the field? NO, Most members of Congress, didn't care about how their words and actions cause harm. Most of the elected officials on Capital Hill only care about their latest poll numbers. Actual concern about the people of this country, no. Actual concern about how their words and actions support the Islamofacists. none.
> "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; > if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; > you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. > There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." > Sir Winston Churchill
"The Kennedy inaugural was the single . . . speech that brought me into public life. Those famous words 'Pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.' That's what it has meant to me to be a Democrat."
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.
Then e-mail Senator McConnell and Senator Ensign, and tell them too. Senator McConnell's phone number is (202) 224-2541. Senator Ensign's phone number is (202) 224-6244.
In such courage and compassion, ladies and gentlemen, we see the spirit and character of America – and these qualities are not in short supply. This is a decent and honorable country – and resilient, too. We have been through a lot together. We have met challenges and faced dangers, and we know that more lie ahead. Yet we can go forward with confidence – because the State of our Union is strong ... our cause in the world is right ... and tonight that cause goes on. [big finish to a great speech]
Democratic Response of Senator Jim Webb To the President’s State of the Union Address **Exclusive** Tue Jan 23 2007 19:10:01 ET
Let me simply say that we in the Democratic Party hope that this administration is serious about improving education and healthcare for all Americans, and addressing such domestic priorities as restoring the vitality of New Orleans. [restoring New Orleans - A national priority? huh? - OKAY, Then we need to KICK the DEMOCRATS in the ARSE, since it is the DEMOCRATS in New Orleans who are BLOCKING the rebuilding by their own corruption.]
And under the leadership of the new Democratic Congress, we are on our way to doing so. The House just passed a minimum wage increase, the first in ten years, and the Senate will soon follow. [EXCEPT for Corporations in Pelosi's District.] We've introduced a broad legislative package designed to regain the trust of the American people. We’ve established a tone of cooperation and consensus that extends beyond party lines. [By not Permitting Republicans to offer changes]
Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues – those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death – we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm’s way.
We owed them our loyalty, as Americans, and we gave it. But they owed us – sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it.
The war’s costs to our nation have been staggering. Financially. The damage to our reputation around the world. The lost opportunities to defeat the forces of international terrorism. And especially the precious blood of our citizens who have stepped forward to serve. [What about the cost of failure? The cost of failure caused by the DEMOCRATS and Liberal US MEDIA doing everything possible to prevent victory. The intentional leaking of LEGAL programs designed to protect the country. The constant undermining of the American Military by promoting any and all bad news while ignoring all the good that our troops have done in Iraq and Afganistan.]
Freedom of Speech - The cornerstone of Western Civilization - Freedom of Speech * DOES NOT * exist in Islam - Dissent is NOT ALLOWED in Islam
Freedom of Worship - A basic tenet of Western Civilization - Freedom of Worship is FORBIDDEN in Islam - Under Islamic Law, you must worship Allah or DIE - Under Shari'a Law, you can convert to Islam, But You CANNOT convert from Islam
Freedom from Want - Western Civilization strives to provide equal opportunity to succeed for all. - The poorest people in the world live under Islam - And despite charity being one of the five tenets of Islam, the poor are ignored by Islam
Freedom from Fear - Western Civilization works to protect the innocent - Islam targets the innocent men, women, and children.
Treatment of Women - Women are equal under Western Civilized Law - Women are considered property under Islamic Law
The War in Iraq is one front in the War Against Islamic Terrorists - This is simply a continuation of the War Between Christians and Muslims which started when the (False) Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him) founded the Islamic faith. - Islam has always been spread by the sword. - Islam demands the death of any who convert from the 'true faith'.
The United States must remain in Iraq until the Iraqis are strong enough to protect themselves from the murderous Islamic Militants who currently dominate Islam.
The United States must fight Militant Muslims wherever and whenever they appear, until Islam is either eliminated completely from the face of the Earth or until Islam truly reforms and matures into a peaceful religion.
Oren demonstrates that suspicion and hostility toward Islam are almost as old as the nation. John Quincy Adams called it a "fanatic and fraudulent" religion, founded on "the natural hatred of Mussulmen towards the infidel."
This was partly religious prejudice, of course, but that prejudice was reinforced by unfortunate experience. In the perilous early years of the republic, the Muslim Barbary powers preyed on American shipping and captured, tortured and enslaved hundreds of innocent men and women. When John Adams and Thomas Jefferson implored the pasha of Tripoli to stop, Oren recounts, the pasha's emissary insisted that the Koran made it the "right and duty" of Muslims "to make war upon" whichever infidels "they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners." George Washington raged, "Would to Heaven we had a navy to reform those enemies to mankind, or crush them into non-existence." And Congress did create a navy in the 1790s primarily to crush the Barbary powers and protect American traders and missionaries. President Jefferson -- so often mislabeled as an idealist, pacifist and isolationist -- eagerly launched the war and ordered the permanent stationing of U.S. naval forces thousands of miles from the nation's shores.
As Oren relates, the modest number of 19th-century Americans who lived in the Middle East largely considered Islam -- in the words of a former Confederate officer hired to improve the Egyptian army -- a religion "born of the sword," one that was "opposed to enlightenment" and crushed "all independence of thought and action." They found the oppression of Muslim women appalling. Being Americans, they thought the best antidote was a thorough transformation of culture and society. Protestant missionaries utterly failed to convert Muslims to Christianity, but they did work to spread the "gospel of Americanism": liberalism, technology and democracy.
Most Wanted Terrorists Khadafi Janjalani and Jainal Anyel Sali, Jr. have been killed. The Abu Sayyaf members were wanted for crimes in and around the Philippines.
