Members of the 4th Sustainment Brigade, who provide escort security for convoy missions, pose in front of a M1151 gun truck with WWII vet Don Malarkey, 87, who was featured in the HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers.”

From left, Forrest Guth, Clancy Lyall and Amos “Buck” Taylor, WWII veterans and members of Easy Company as featured in the TV series “Band of Brothers,” pose for photos and sign autographs for troops during a week-long visit to the Middle East.

World War II Band of Brothers Meets Operation Iraqi Freedom Band of Brothers
By Maj. Carol McClelland
1st Theater Sustainment Command,
Public Affairs
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait
Six World War II veterans featured in the TV mini-series “Band of Brothers” visited Camp Arifjan recently where they encountered a team of Operation Iraqi freedom soldiers eager to show off their “office.”
Former Easy Company Soldiers visited to meet and greet troops and sign autographs. Spc. Matt Klinkenberg and some of his buddies wanted to meet the men they saw in the 10-part series that chronicles the experiences and stories of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.

“We’re hearing the stories from them in person that were portrayed on the show,” said Klinkenberg, a member of the 129th Transportation Company. “It’s cool meeting actual war heroes. It’s amazing.”

During the community center visit, gunner and truck commander Sgt. Daniel Moore and his buddies decided to act on an idea they had.

“At first we thought how cool it would be to get an M1151 gun truck up here with the .50-caliber machine gun on it. But then we remembered the arms room was not open, so we just brought the truck,” said Moore, a 23-year-old Chillicothe, Mo. native who’s assigned to 6 Transportation Battalion.

Thinking of the 80-plus-year-old war veterans navigating over gravel, the team drove the tactical truck to the fence closest to the building then arranged to have the fence unlocked driving it even closer. Eighty-six-year old South Philadelphia native “Wild Bill” Guarnere, who lost a leg in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, said he appreciated the gesture and complimented the growing crowd for their military service.

“We wanted them to see what 60 years difference in Army equipment brings and how we do things,” Moore said. The crew, who commonly spend seven hours a day for six to eight days inside the vehicle, showed off its up-armored protection platform that’s pre-manufactured to handle the warfighter’s defensive needs.

“Back home, we’d never get to meet these guys,” said 40-year-old Spc. Jeffrey Noble from Bloomfield, Iowa.

Spc. Deigo Dela Vega, a 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry, Ohio National Guardsman from Lima, Ohio, agreed.

“This is a really cool day for me.”

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“Wild Bill” Guarnere, Edward “Babe” Heffron, Forrest Guth, Don Malarkey, Amos “Buck” Taylor and Clancy Lyall visit service members stop at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Sept. 19, 2008 during their six day tour to visit deployed service members.

“Wild Bill” Guarnere, Edward “Babe” Heffron, Forrest Guth, Don Malarkey, Amos “Buck” Taylor and Clancy Lyall visit service members stop at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Sept. 19, 2008 during their six day tour to visit deployed service members.

“Band of Brothers” Travel to Kuwait
Six members from the “Band of Brothers” visited service members in Kuwait, during a tour hosted by the United Services Organization Sept. 14-19, 2008.
The men, who served together in E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II, traveled 12 hours from the U.S. to thank deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines for their service to our country.
The members were “Wild Bill” Guarnere, Clancy Lyall, Amos “Buck” Taylor, Forrest Guth, Edward “Babe” Heffron and Don Malarkey.
They were scheduled to make a stop at Camp Buehring, Kuwait to meet with service members before moving forward to meet with troops in Iraq.
They began their tour at the Camp Buehring stage, but when it came time to move forward, they were not able to make their trip north due to inclement weather.
However, that did not keep them from fulfilling their goal of meeting with troops to show their appreciation for their service. Instead of going into Iraq, the USO made it possible for them to make various stops around military camps in Kuwait to talk to servic emembers.

“They are happy as long as they are seeing troops,” said Dana DePaul, tour producer, USO.

“It’s an honor to come and visit,” said Lyall. “We wanted to boost the morale and show that we care.”

Although it has been over a half century since these men made their contributions to the 101st and World War II, which were made famous through the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” their stories and experiences are not much different from service members who serve in the military today.

“I am no different from any Soldier here,” said Lyall. “We just have good P.R. people,” he added jokingly.

Much like today, each servicemember served and fought for their country during a time of war. Some volunteered for different reasons and others were drafted.
But war-fighters of both eras faced their own unique challenges.
During World War II, some of the challenges lay in the fact that the fighting conditions were different, the climate was cooler and the technology was not as advanced.
Many challenges that today’s war fighters face involve improvised explosive devices and concerns of suicide bombers who threaten the lives and safety of service members and civilians.
These six men of E Company made the trip to show their appreciation for service members who are involved in the current war on terror and to let those service members know they understand some of the challenges that they face.

“We had an enemy,” said Guarnere, a staff sergeant with the unit. “Here, you don’t know who the enemy is.”

He also spoke of how, although it was extremely cold when they fought at Bastogne, he was amazed that service members fight in the hotter climates of the Middle East.

“The heat, the heat,” he said in an expression filled with much animation. “How you do it, I don’t know.”

During one of their final stops, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, many excited service members waited in a long line to shake hands, take pictures and show their appreciation for these six men.

“I think it’s amazing getting a chance to see real life heroes in person,” said Staff Sgt. Jarod Perkioniemi, public affairs, and a Farmington Hills, Mich., native. “It’s just a tribute that they came out to see us Soldiers.”

But these men were just as excited to see the troops who are currently making the same sacrifices they made over 60 years ago.

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Wild Thing’s comment………….
It is always an honor and privilege to post stories and photos of our troops serving our country. And to be able to post about the Band of Brothers trip to meet up with our troops is so very special.
Where the article speaks about “Wild Bill” Guarnere, who lost a leg in the Battle of the Bulge. I said an extra prayer for of thanks too for one of my Uncles that also lost his leg in the Battle of the Bulge. I wonder if they knew each other or if they ever met. The others in my family and Nicholas served in other conflicts and they would love this story too.
God bless all of these people and prayers for our country that these men and women are making so many sacrifices for each day.

Sarah Palin Says “Reckless” Obama Unqualified forPresident

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Wild Thing’s comment………..
Sarah Palin knows this is no time to pussy-foot around. It’s about time to call Obama out on his crap.

4 Weathermen terrorists declare support for Obama
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By Aaron Klein
The names of four former top leaders of the Weathermen terrorist organization are listed as signatories on an online petition calling for an “independent grassroots effort” to help strengthen Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign.
The petition was initiated by Progressives for Obama, an independent organization acting to ensure the Illinois senator’s election.
Progressives includes among its ranks many former members of the 1960s radical organization Students for a Democratic Society, or SDS, from which the Weathermen splintered, as well as current and former members of other radical organizations, such as the Communist Party USA and the Black Radical Congress.

“We agree that Barack Obama is our best option for president in 2008, and that an independent grassroots effort can help strengthen his campaign,” states the online petition. “It can also strengthen the mandate for his programs for stopping war, promoting global justice and securing our rights, liberties, and economic well-being.”

Among the names signed onto the petition are former Weathermen leaders Howard Machtinger, Jeff Jones, Steve Tappis and Mark Rudd.
Machtinger was a Weathermen founder and was co-author of the terror group’s original mission statement, which called for “revolutionaries within the United States to wage a ‘people’s war’ and attack from within. The government would fall and ‘world communism’ eventually would be instituted.”
Jones, according to his own website, was “elected, along with (Weathermen terrorist) Bill Ayers and Mark Rudd, to the SDS national office. Then, in the spring of 1970, he disappeared. As a leader of the Weather Underground, Jeff evaded an intense FBI manhunt for more than a decade. In 1981, they finally got him. Twenty special agents battered down the door of the Bronx apartment where he was living with his wife and four-year-old son.”
Jones’ site says he traveled to Cambodia in 1966 to meet with high-level leaders of the anti-American National Liberation Front. In 1967 and 1968 he served as an SDS regional organizer for New York City.
Tappis was one of 11 people who signed the original Weathermen statement, which was infamously titled, “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows.”
Rudd, a petition supporter as well as a main signatory to the Progressives for Obama group, was one of the main founders of the Weathermen terrorist organization. A biography published on his website explains Rudd worked to form the Weathermen as a radical alternative to the SDS and for white Americans to eject their “white skin privilege” and begin “armed struggle” against the U.S. government.
Rudd went underground in 1970, when a bomb exploded in a townhouse in Greenwich Village in New York City, killing three of his comrades. He lived for seven and a half years in hiding as a fugitive, finally surrendering in 1977, facing only low-level state charges after federal charges against Weathermen leaders had been dropped. He resurfaced as a teacher in New Mexico.
As late as 2005, Rudd wrote an editorial in the Los Angeles Times lamenting the state of the antiwar movement in the U.S.

“What’s hard to understand – given the revelations about the rush to war, the use of torture and the loss of more than 2,000 soldiers – is why the antiwar movement isn’t further along than it is,” he wrote. “Given that President Bush is now talking about Iraq as only one skirmish in an unlimited struggle against a global Islamic enemy, a struggle comparable to the titanic, 40-year Cold War against communism, shouldn’t a massive critique of the global war on terrorism already be underway?”

Former Weathermen member Mark Rudd
In the piece, Rudd condemned the Weathermen’s decision to embark on an “armed-struggle,” calling it “stupid” since the violent acts led to the group’s demise. But he didn’t condemn the terrorism itself, only its contribution to the downfall of the Weathermen.
All former Weathermen leaders who signed the pro-Obama petition worked closely for years with Weathermen terrorist William Ayers, whose association with Obama has generated controversy for the presidential candidate.
Trevor Louden of the New Zeal blog commented, “Clearly Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, are not the only former Weathermen backing Obama. Add their old comrades Jeff Jones, Howie Machtinger, Mark Rudd and even Steve Tappis to the mix and you are starting to get beyond coincidence. That former terrorists are working with Marxist groups to elect Barack Obama is beyond doubt.”
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Wild Thing’s comment……….
B. HUSSEIN Ho-bama the candidate of terrorists, dictators, communists, enviro-fascists, islamo-fascists, and pie-eyed icon worshippers everywhere.

….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.

“Hannity’s America” EXPOSE: All of Barack Obama’s Radical Connections (FOXNews Sun. 9 pm EST)
Fox News
1-hour EXPOSE on all of Barack Obama’s radical connections and associations hosted by Sean Hannity on his new show, “Hannity’s America”.
The special will air this Sunday, Oct. 5th, at 9:00 p.m. EST on the FOXNews channel.
To quote Sean Hannity, “No one else in the television news media is going to cover this information”.
Sunday, October 5:
**ONE HOUR SPECIAL**
Obama & Friends: A History of Radicalism: ‘Hannity’s America’ investigates Obama’s college years, time as a community organizer and numerous controversial relationships

O’Reilly Blasts Barney Frank On Fannie Mae Mess!!

Wild Thing’s comment………
I am no fan of O’Reilly, but every so often he does something that I can laugh at. He is furious, I think he must have lost some money in the stock market, just going by some of the things he has hinted at.
Nick and I saw this when it happened and we were laughing at how Barney was trying to say how innocent he is. Frank is soooo pathetic.

Maj. Eric Moraes, B-1B Lancer pilot for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, stands in front of his aircraft. Moraes was recently reunited with his brother 20,000 feet over Afghanistan during a combat sortie Sept. 10, 2008. His brother, Capt. Jason Moraes, 380 AEW, flew the KC-10 Extender aircraft that refueled the B-1B. The brothers had been apart for a year when they met in the skies above the AOR for the 10-minute reunion.

Maj. Eric Moraes, B-1B Lancer pilot for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, sits in the cockpit of his aircraft. Moraes was recently reunited with his brother at 20,000 feet over Afghanistan during a combat sortie Sept. 10, 2008. His brother, Capt. Jason Moraes, 380 AEW, flew the KC-10 Extender aircraft that refueled the B-1B. The brothers had been apart for a year when they met in the skies above the AOR for the 10-minute reunion.

Capt. Jason Moraes, KC-10 pilot for the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, prepares to head out on a night mission from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Sept. 17, 2008. Morales recently had the rare opportunity of refueling his brother’s B-1B Lancer aircraft 20,000 feet over a combat zone.

Capt. Jason Moraes, KC-10 pilot for the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, prepares to head out on a night mission from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

Brothers Meet at 20,000 Feet
By Master Sgt. Jeff Loftin
379th Air Expeditionary Wing
Public Affairs
Family reunions are always special, but for two brothers stationed at different bases in Southwest Asia their meeting at 20,000 feet over a combat zone is even more memorable.
During the encounter Sept. 10, Capt. Jason Moraes, a KC-10 Extender pilot for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, refueled his older brother’s B-1B Lancer aircraft from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.

“It’s a very rare event to join up with your brother at 20,000 feet over Afghanistan,” said Maj. Eric Moraes. “In the area of responsibility you’re never quite sure which tanker will refuel you due to the fluidity of operations on the ground. To be more efficient and effective, the [Combined Air and Space Operations Center] is usually moving players around to best support the ground commanders.”

The reunion occurred on Captain Jason Moraes first combat sortie in the AOR, and his brother’s last.

“I was supposed to go home in July, but they kept extending me,” said Major Eric Moraes, who has been deployed since June. “If I had left then I would have missed this opportunity.”

His younger brother called him the weekend prior to the flight upon his arrival to the AOR. During the conversation Moraes said he was flying Sept. 10, 2008. He didn’t realize at the time how his brother would use that information.

“I told the schedulers that my brother is flying Wednesday night and I would like to be on the sortie that is supposed to refuel a B-1,” said Captain Moraes, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. “I have to thank the KC-10 schedulers. They did an awesome job coordinating it.”

The major did not know his brother had coordinated their rendezvous, but knew there was a chance they could meet.

“When I went to mission planning I saw there were two KC-10s we were going to rendezvous with,” said the bomber pilot. “I thought ‘I wonder if he is on one of them?’ There was no time to call or e-mail him, so I thought ‘I guess I’ll find out.’ We came up to our first tanker kind of at the beginning of our time in country. It wasn’t him. When it came time for our second tanker, we made an initial call about 30 minutes out to get everything straight – altitudes, air speeds, rendezvous point. Low and behold there’s my little brother on the radio. It was a pretty proud moment for me. There is my little brother flying over Afghanistan.”

The moment was also exciting for his younger brother.

“I recognized my brother’s voice instantly,” he said. “It was pretty sweet to hear him on the radio.”

Once the aircraft were joined for refueling, the brothers who had been apart for about a year were able to talk for about 10 minutes over an interphone between the aircraft.

“Being spread out makes family reunions kind of tough,” said Major Moraes, deployed from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., “but when we do get together it’s always good.”

Reunions become more difficult to plan with the third sibling of the family also flying tankers for the Air Force. The oldest brother, Maj. Steven Moraes, flies KC-135 Stratotankers for the National Guard’s 108th Air Refueling Wing at McGuire AFB, N.J. His service impacted his brothers’ career choice.

“I decided to become a pilot since my older brothers enjoy being Air Force pilots,” said Captain Jason Moraes. “Their stories on what they have done motivated me to become a pilot. From listening to their experiences, I wanted to follow in their footsteps.”

The youngest brother said the best part of them all being pilots is the advice.

“I still look up to them, not only as my brothers, but as trustworthy pilots from whom I can gain experience and knowledge,” he said. “Also, having Eric as a bomber pilot, I can hopefully get debriefed on what the tanker does well and what it needs to work on so I can pass along the information to my crew and fellow tanker pilots. I will also pass along the tanker community’s way of thinking so that he can get a better idea of my side of the house. This will hopefully ensure that we are finding the niche to make sure operations go as smoothly as possible.”

Both Major and Captain Moraes are proud to be serving in the Global War on Terror.

“I want to support the combat aircraft and the combat troops on the ground,” said the younger brother. “I know I do not drop bombs or provide close air support, but I feel I am a key player by providing the gas for those, like my brother, who do. My brother, as well as the other fighter, attack and bomber pilots, plays a pivotal role in allowing the troops on the ground to do their jobs.”

Their service to the troops on the ground provided them a rare opportunity for the unusual reunion.

“Being able to be refueled by my brother over the skies of Afghanistan had to be one of the highlights of my 12-year career,” said Major Moraes.

Wild Thing’s comment…………
These brothers will remember this for the rest of their lives. I am so glad they got to meet like this. God bless our troops, they deserve the best Commander In Chief possible. I pray they are never exposed to the likes of B.Hussein Obama that has no concept of what our military is about, his vote against the war and his attitude toward General Petraeus is unforgivable.

Contractors arrive at the at the Al Akad station build site, Sept. 27, 2008, to conduct a ground survey and to estimate for the future construction of the Al Akad Iraqi police station. In past years, the station was destroyed by criminal attacks. Iraqi police and coalition force Police Transition Teams from the 340th Military Police Company, 18th MP Brigade and Multi-National Division – Baghdad, are in the process of reestablishing law and order in the area to protect the citizens within the Al Akad neighborhood and the new station build will accommodate the IP forces that will do so.

Iraqi contractors conduct a site survey of the landscape at the Al Akad station build site, Sept. 27, 2008. The station, which is in the process of being rebuilt, was destroyed by criminal attacks in past years. Iraqi police and coalition force Police Transition Teams are in the process of reestablishing law and order in the area to protect the citizens within the Al Akad neighborhood.

Reestablishing ‘rule of Law’ in Al Akad Neighborhood
By Sgt. Daniel Blottenberger
18th Military Police
BAGHDAD – A black kite rises to the sky off in the distance as a convoy of military police Soldiers travel down one of the most dangerous routes in Baghdad.

“They know we are here,” said Staff Sgt. Darrell Bamberg, a squad leader with the 340th Military Police Company, 18th Military Police Brigade, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, as his eyes scanned through his Gumvee window, Sept. 27, 2008, at the black kites with the assumption criminal groups were signaling the arrival of coalition forces along the route as they entered the Al Akad neighborhood.

“The guys over here don’t like us at all,” said Bamberg, referring to the criminal groups in the area of the proposed building site of a new IP station.

The surveying of a new IP station in the Al Akad neighborhood was the squad’s mission for the day, as well as escorting an Iraqi police general and several contractors to a new station build site in northeast Baghdad to conduct a site survey.
As the squad traveled the route, more black kites popped up parallel to their position and went down as they passed by en route to their destination. The squad is part of the 340th MP Co., and is an Army Reserve unit based out of New York.

“There are a lot of reports of criminal groups in the area,” said Bamberg, a native of the Bronx, N.Y., referring to an area that borders Sadr City where much of the violence that was once contained in Sadr City has crept into.

Upon arriving at the future build site, the Soldiers were met by many children – some asking for water and candy. Soldiers, with comforting smiles, handed out as much as they had available.
As the children smiled and ran away, two more children approached and set sail to a black kite that was within viewing distance of the convoy, which was parked at the remains of a former IP station.
The unit’s plan is to rebuild the Al Akad station to establish an IP force in the area, which will help to reestablish and provide rule of law for the citizens against criminal groups suspected of moving into the area.

“Our goal is to make this area secure for the citizens of Al Akad,” said Maj. Lawrence Clossum, commander, 340th MP Co., who is a native of St. Louis. “We are beginning the process of rebuilding a new station in Al Akad that will provide rule of law for the citizens of Al Akad.”

The Al Akad station existed at one point but was destroyed by criminal group attacks on the station in earlier months.

“We will have to level what’s left of the place and rebuild the station from scratch,” said Clossum, looking at the remains of the perimeter of the former IP station.

The station would be a symbol of perseverance to the criminals in the area, he added, and will demonstrate that the IP forces have the capability to protect its citizens and not back down to anyone as they rebuild their nation.

“We cannot let the criminals think they have won the fight here,” said Clossum. “It will take some time, but we will rebuild this station.”

The construction evaluation crew gathered the needed information at the site and the group loaded back into the humvees and journeyed back from where they came leaving the black kites waving in the sky behind them.
The mission was completed for the day, which signified one of the many opportunities for the Iraqi police and coalition forces as the combined forces strive to reestablish the police forces in the area to help rid the neighborhood of crime.

Wild Thing’s comment………..
“We cannot let the criminals think they have won the fight here,” said Clossum. “It will take some time, but we will rebuild this station.”
I agree we cannot let them win or even think they have won.

Listening to the House speeches, trying to convince us this is for our own good, reminds me of this:

Joe Barton (R-TX) rises in opposition to rule and bill.
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) rises in opposition.
Mike Pence (R-IN) rises in opposition.
Mike Pence: LOVE HIM! He’s the true maverick in the GOP! Pence arguing in favor of the free market. Quoting Reagan heavily. Pence has gotten it from the beginning. Pence is the future of the Republican Party. He’s a superstar.
How nice……NOT! The children’s wooden arrow makers, rum manufacturers in VI and Puerto Rico and Hollywood moguls (who stand to gain $47 million A YEAR for the next 10 years from the porked up Senate “emergency rescue” bill. — Wild Thing
Fear Mongering exposed by Mr. Sherman on CSPAN

Peter DeFazio (D-OR) rises in opposition.
DeMint said, they are under a lot of pressure I just saw Sherm (D) CA on Fox. He calls this “lipstick and pork on a pig!” He is not voting for it. He said Paulson made it look like the end of the world is here if this does not pass.
Get your plate and silverware out and get ready to eat your crap sandwich. And keep your plate and silverware out, because this isn’t the first one we are going to be required to eat. — Wild Thing
This is 451 pages of socialism wrapped in pork.
176 Republicans voted AGAINST the rule. Not sure what’s going on.
Barney Frank won
172Y 157N
So they voted to vote…now we’ll have about 90 minutes of debate

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Calling the house to order. Rangle is up.
Speaker calling the house to order….protesters removed from the House
Rangel ripping the Bush administration.
Rangel: “We have a political gun at our heads.”
House still not in order. Speaker getting irate.
Rangel’s speech was totally boring.
Jim McCrery (R-LA) rises. Says it might be his last speech.
Rangel wants to say goodbye to Jim McCrery. Ugh.
Blunt’s up. We all know where he stands.
The notion of taxing the middle class to bail out the middle class is a nonsequitur. We are bailing out Wall Street let there be no question about it. They are doing this to us not because they need it, but because as they just proved, they can.
It’s just another profitable trade. Down you lose, up we win. And all these folks are too dumb to see it happening. –Wild Thing
Pete Stark (D-CA) rises in opposition.
Howard Coble (R-NC) rises in SUPPORT. This is a change. He voted no on Monday. He said the phone calls made the difference….pressure was on
Sounds like the lobbyists were organized with the phone calls.
Devin Nunes (R-CA) rises in opposition. Nunes: “If the secretary wants to run a hedge fund, he should go back to Wall Street.”
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) rises in opposition.
Zach Wamp (R-TN) is another switching to AYE. Zach Wamp says that nobody in East Tennessee hates the fact that he is voting for this more than he does.
Barrett (R-SC) switchover
Honestly, it is a strange feeling, listening to Republicans give the, “I know how awful this is, but…” speeches. It allows me to realize that the ones making those speeches, have been making them all along – I just did not hear them. That was MY mistake, and it was one that allowed them to remain.
It also reveals the TRUE conservatives, who I am SO thankful for, and will give my full support no matter which state they reside in. No doubt, we have a VERY tough job ahead of us, but conservatives are up for it . Barney Frank’s ass has never been kissed so many time in one morning. — Wild Thing
Second vote so once again Pence speaking now. Still opposed! Good for him!
Barbara Lee – “I will continue to fight for a direct economic stimulus package that was not included in this bill.”
What the hell do you call this?
Debate time is wrapping up. Hoyer doing a hard sell.
Unfortunately Bush put conservatives in a terrible position, which he has done on economic issues a lot in his Presidency. They are between a rock and a hard place. If we had a real conservative like Ronaldus Magnus at the helm, they wouldn’t be put in the position of having to stand up to a liberal Democrat Treasury Secretary who is unquestioningly supported by a Republican President. — Wild Thing
Well, it must be over….Pelosi’s up
Most conservatives will hold the line. But since the Dems and the RINOs want it, to that’s the way it will be. We didn’t cave, despite the entreaties of Bush, McConnell, Boehner and Blunt. I think 135 Republicans will still still say NO to this monstrosity. God bless our brave conservative House Republicans who continue to exhibit integrity of the highest order and will not fold like a cheap suit.– Wild Thing
Pelosi speaking…much more low-key and conciliatory than on Monday —- augh!
Pelosi says “this is ONLY THE BEGINNING”
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money. —Alexis de Tocqueville
Dems overwhelmingly in favor so far…GOP slight majority for
IT’S TIME TO THROW THE TEA IN THE HARBOR. The vast majority (77%?) of the American population is opposed this. These people in Congress are *supposed* to be voting representative to our wishes. Clearly THEY ARE NOT doing that. Our founding fathers had a phrase for this. They called it “TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”! I fear, *fear*, that we are fast approaching a time of national revolution. I’m holding my breath hoping that a majority in Congress understand the ramifications and yet kill this beast.— Wild Thing

Bailout passed…..round of applause heard on the floor……Off to President Bush for his signature.
Dem 172 Y 63 N
GOP 91 Y 108 N
Total vote 263 Y 171 N
Roll Call Vote No. 681 on voting passage of the Bill.
I’m stunned- really I am. not that it passed- but by the margins of the GOP who caved. The politicians no longer represent the American people. — Wild Thing
God help our nation, May God have mercy. This is a day we’ll never forget. The last stronghold of capitalism is now that much closer to socialism….hell this IS socialism! — Wild Thing

Way to go Sarah! Great Job!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

 

Palin Field Dressed Biden (Obama your delaware meat is cleaned, cut, wrapped and ready for pick up)
Governor Palin kicked Biden’s butt.
Sarah Palin was excellent-on her game & very sharp.
She is beautiful, smart and sharp soooo sharp, I LOVE how she hit Biden with zingers…….. She zapped him with a twinkle in her eyes and a smile on her face. She was a natural at this, and excelled, not nervous and you could see her smile grow as Biden talked like she could hardly wait to come back and say something.

Sarah totally won. She was so down to earth. She looked all of America straight in the eye when she spoke. And did it in a no nonsense way and WON on every answer, every reply.
Joe Biden didn’t know what hit him.

“I like to talk to the American people without the filter of the mainstream media….”

WHOOHOO!!!!!!!
Brilliant! Stunning! Fabulous! I cried at her closing statement. Lord, thank you for hearing our prayers.
Gov. Palin has SURPRISED Joe Biden with her eloquence, knowledge, and sheer polital cunning WHILE she is APPEALING to the American people.
She did well on foreign policy.
Did anyone else hear Biden when he kept doing DEEP sighs??????????? I think that is from stress, he is really stressed out from this.

“Say it an’t so Joe”…..LOL oh my gawd she said that. Reagan did that too. hahahhaha
Sarah Palin invoked REAGAN!
She got him several times:
Biden LIED!
General David McKiernan, commander of NATO Forces in Afghanistan met with the President yesterday and the General recommended a surge in that country and President Bush approved.
Let me say that again, Joe–you LIED!

“There’s far to much pointing fingers and looking backwards for us to believe that you really represent change” –Sarah Palin quote

She unnerved him and she is cool, calm, and collected. What she did, was one of the most awesome ways to attack imo, hit hard but bring the other person into it so they have to agree in part with what she said making Biden lsow up for what he is. See in the video how he nods and has to agree with her, that killed him to have to do that. heh heh She had the ammo because she knew what Biden had said in the past and she made sure she used that ammo at just the right time. Tah dah!
She is informed, articulate, and most of all, she’s herself.
If you would like to read or copy the transcript of the debate …..PLEASE CLICK AND POST WILL OPEN FOR YOU…..
Following is a transcript of the vice-presidential debate between Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Gov. Sarah Palin in St. Louis, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions:
Whooo Hooo! She quoted the “Air Raiding Villages comment” that Obama had made.
Sarah: “We’ve got to win in Iraq.” “We’ve got to grow our military.” “We must defeat Al-Queada.”
Yes!
Biden: “We’ve got to have timelines. We will end this war.”
Sarah: “Your plan is a white flag of surrender in Iraq. You guys opposed the surge.”
GO, PITBULL!
Loved the “white flag of surrender” comment! I started clapping! Joe blew it on the troop funding comment…good,McCain voted NO because he did NOT want timelines! And that was the deal in the bill about funding the troops. McCain wanted it out of there.
Smackdown
“PALIN: I’m still on the tax thing because I want to correct you on that again. And I want to let you know what I did as a mayor and as a governor. And I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear…”
PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW for TRANSCRIPT from Palin and Biden Debate—- Thank you, Wild Thing

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Dick Morris defines the debate as a pivotal moment in the campaign, passes the legacy of conservatism from Reagan to Palin and bitch slaps the living crap out of Colmes for the idiot he is!

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Wild Thing’s comment……..
WOW! Incredible…….hahaha I don’t think I ever saw Dick Morris that fed up with somebody.
Alan has been especially horrible and rude during this campaign. He will ask a guwest a question and then a lot of the time he talks over them while they are trying to answer.