11 Nov

Thank You Veterans You Are Never Forgotten ~ Never





If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, friend of the family, neighbor, who served their country, take a brief moment of your day to thank them. Thank them for the sacrifice they made for the better good of their country.
I am so very thankful for every service member in our military who has served our great nation .So, to the men and women who answered the call in both times of war and peace, I thank you. —- Wild Thing



Our Veterans took a thousand towns and villages……
Snow fields and empty stretches of Ocean……..
The jungles hot and deep,
and fought the fight for FREEDOM,
and turned then into sacred places
with their courage in the face of unimaginable horror

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Anzio

When they fought their way ashore at Normandy….
Dodged their bombers through a deadly maze of antiaircraft fire…….
Went weeks without sleep in a mad race to break the German Code…

They KNEW what was at stake…….
it was the United States of America.
Their children and grandchild and their homeland…….
it was about our FREEDOM






And away He went to war…….

Young, full of dreams and hope for a future…blue eyes shining bright.
He stepped on the bus that would carry him away from us.
We waved until we could see the bus no more and then
we waved once more…as if to insure all our love went with him.
We could not imagine our baby boy going off to
fight a war in a place we had never even heard of…
Days came and went. The letters were full of wonderful
memories of his childhood and telling me to be sure and
cook his favorite foods and think of him…He wrote about the
endless rain that kept them walking in soggy field of rice …
and the heat that was relentless … and of the people who
were so distrustful because of the Americans.
He also wrote of his pride in our country…
of believing in what he was doing.
And once he wrote a letter that ripped my heart into…he wrote
“Mom…there are times when I am in the foxholes and
I feel like I am not going to come out. I don’t want you
to worry though, Mom because I believe I am going
to come home…deep inside of me. I am coming home, Mom.”
Never before had I thought much about soldiers until
my son put on his uniform. And then I began to pray for them all…
and when I would see one my heart would fill with love for them.
I did not know all the horrors they saw or the pain they felt
but I knew they were laying down their very lives for the country we live in.
I knew there was no greater love.
Soon the calendar in our kitchen was filled with marks.
We were counting the days …
and then the letters which had been coming stopped.
A couple of weeks after the letters had stopped and
my heart was growing so heavy…
it hurt to breathe. A mother knows. I gave him life.
He grew inside my body…and I knew. A part of my soul had died…
I knew before the two men knocked on our door that morning.
I did not hear much of their words…
all I knew was my baby boy was gone.
And I knew that my world would never be the same.
Many years have come and gone since that day in ’69.
But whenever I pass a soldier on the street or see one on TV,
I stop and pray…
“Dear God…bless that young man…
protect him and let him know how grateful we are
for what he does. For what he is doing for this nation…
bless His life, dear God. Please keep him safe and
let him return home safe and sound…”
Today I laid a wreath and a flag on my son’s grave.
I could hear his words still even after all these years…
“Mama, I am coming home.”
And he did … not the way I had prayed but my son is
home-in a place where there is no more death or sadness.
And He is home in his mother’s heart…with every breath I breathe.
Each time I sing, “Our Country ’tis of Thee…Sweet Land of Liberty,”
I see my son, I see mothers and fathers who have lost their children…
I see wives who lost their husbands…
I see children who lost their Dads …
and I see a flag waving in the wind over a land that is free.
And I know the cost of that freedom…
God bless our veterans … each and everyday.
May they always know the price they paid is not forgotten …
and the land they fought to save …
may freedom always ring!






BALLAD OF THE CHOSIN

The nights were cold in the Korean soil.
But the night’s been cold before.
And it’s not so hard in your own back yard.
To be set for peace or war



But in history there’s a chapter of a place called Valley Forge
Repeated one December on the Chosin Reservoir.
They had us all surrounded I could hear them scream and yell
My feelings at that moment No tongue could ever tell.
I saw the bursting mortar shells And the bullets around me flew
As all my strength had left me And all my courage too.
With the breaking of the morning Just before the dawn
I heard the sounding bugles And the big attack was on.
The cotton quilted uniforms Against our bullet spree
The screaming yelling banzai They called the human sea.
Baby faces bearded And chapped with hardenin’ mud
Parkas that were dirty And stained with frozen blood.
Here a bunch of youngsters Who fought on ’til the end
In the battle of the Chosin Where boys were turned to men.
Twelve long miles of convoy Headed for the sea
Roadblocks at every turning Down through Koto-Ri.
The frost bite and the wounded With their dead and dying too
No matter what the objective be These boys were going through.
The Captain he informed us Perhaps he thought it right
That before we reach the river boys We’re going to have to fight.
We’re going out like Marines
In an organized withdraw
And no matter what the rumors say
It’s no retreat at all.
We fought at least nine hours Before the strife was ore
And the like of the dead and wounded I’ve never seen before.
But the everlasting promise Kept along each bloody yard
No one leaves behind the wounded ‘Cause there ain’t no fight that hard.
The Chaplain collected dog tags In his hands were quite a few
There was Captain Smith’s, McCloskies And Corporal Bryan’s too.
And before we reached the river And fought our way back through
The Sergeant had the dog tags And he had the Chaplains too.
If I made you pause one moment And take a little time
Then I know it wasn’t just in vain That I put these words to rhyme.
For there’s just too many people Who take this all in stride
Who hear these tales of battles Then cast it all aside.
The nights were cold in the Korean soil But the night’s been cold before
And it’s not so hard in your own back yard To be set for peace or war
But in history there’s a chapter of a place called Valley Forge
Repeated one December on the Chosin Reservoir.
Written by Frank Gross
The Ballad of Chosin was composed on December 29th 1950
and it is believed to be among the first ballads
to be composed on the war in Korea .



“To those warriors, who have passed on since and to those who gave their youth, their health and their peace of mind in the fight for freedom, particularly the freedom of speech. We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
~ Orwell







The Senrinels
You ancient, rusty relics- if you
could only tell
Your history and your legends, of
the battles and the hell.
You lie silent on those beaches,
where you formed a battle line,
Now decaying hulks of rusting steel
from a different place and time.
Ghostly figures man your turrets,
though the surf’s the only sound.
Aye, your guns are long since si-
lenced, while the ground swells
rage and pound.
I close my eyes and visualize those
beachheads long ago,
When young Marines were fighting
through that surf and undertow
All too many never made it and, like
you, they shall remain
Silent sentinels at your turrets, while
the hourglass drops its grain.
Time, to you , is unimportant; You’re
a monument to the past,,,
But your presence is a waning, if
again the die is cast.
Let no tyrant, King or ruler ever tam-
per with our land,
Lest you start your rusty engines,
and your gunners rise and stand.
May you never be forgotten; May the
old vets spread your fame,
For your colors still fly boldly, and
Old Glory still her name.
Carl Dearborn

11 Nov

Veterans Day Salute To Those Who Gave All





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Click on graphic BELOW to hear “Some Gave All” by Billy Ray Cyrus

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11 Nov

Football Week Ten



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Cheerleaders visit the Marines at Camp Fallujah



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Denver Broncos Cheerleaders In Iraq



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Here are the matchups for Sunday, November 11 Time (EST)
STL @ NO 1:00 PM
JAC @ TEN 1:00 PM
CLE @ PIT 1:00 PM
PHI @ WAS 1:00 PM
ATL @ CAR 1:00 PM
DEN @ KC 1:00 PM
MIN @ GB 1:00 PM
CIN @ BAL 4:05 PM
DET @ ARI 4:15 PM
CHI @ OAK 4:15 PM
DAL @ NYG 4:15 PM
IND @ SD 8:15 PM
Monday, November 12 Time (EST)
SF @ SEA 8:30 PM
Byes: Texans, Patriots, Jets, Buccaneers


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
Max ( USARMY- Cowboys
Pete ( USMC) – Bronco’s


Sunday FINAL Scores
JAC 28 @ TEN 13 FINAL
PHI 33 @ WAS 25 FINAL
ATL 20 @ CAR 13 FINAL
CLE 28 @ PIT 31 FINAL
BUF 13 @ MIA 10 FINAL
DEN 27 @ KC 11 FINAL
STL 37 @ NO 29 FINAL
MIN 0 @ GB 34 FINAL
CIN 21 @ BAL 7 FINAL
DAL 31 @ NYG 20 FINAL
DET 21 @ ARI 31 FINAL
CHI 17 @ OAK 6 FINAL
IND 21 @ SD 23 FINAL

11 Nov

Thank You Veterans We Owe You So Much

November 11~We Honor All Who Have
Served and Sacrificed For The Freedoms We Enjoy.



It was the Veteran,
Not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It was the Veteran,
Not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It was the Veteran,
Not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It was the Veteran,
Not the police,
Who has given us the right to be secure in our persons.
It was the Veteran,
Not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the right to demonstrate.
It is the Veteran,
Not the politician,
Who defends our Nation
It is the Veteran,
Who salutes the flag.
Who served under the flag.
Who gave his oath to support and defend
The Constitution and Our Nation
Against all Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
It is the Veteran,
Willing to give his life to protect your freedoms and mine.
Whose coffin is draped by the flag.
It was the Veteran,
With faith in God
Who has given us all our Freedoms.
ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM

11 Nov

D.C. imam Declares Muslim Takeover-plan






Logo of D.C. imam’s movement

Washington-based cleric working toward ‘Islamic State of North America’ by 2050
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A Washington, D.C., imam states explicitly on the website for his organization that he is part of a movement working toward replacement of the U.S. government with “the Islamic State of North America” by 2050.
With branches in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Philadelphia, the group As-Sabiqun – or the Vanguard – is under the leadership of Abdul Alim Musa in the nation’s capital.
Musa’s declaration of his intention to help lead a takeover of America was highlighted by noted Islam observer Robert Spencer on his website Jihad Watch.
The group says it has a six-point plan of action which is implemented at each location where a branch of the movement is established.
* Establishing a mosque “as a place to worship Allah in congregation and as a center of spiritual and moral training.”
* “Calling the general society” to embrace Islam.
* Establishing a full-time school “that raises children with a strong Islamic identity so they can, as future Islamic leaders, effectively meet and deal with the challenges of growing up in the West.”
* Establishing businesses to “make the movement financially stable and independent.”
* Establishing “geographical integrity by encouraging Muslims of the community to live in close proximity” to the mosque.
* Establishing “social welfare institutions to respond to the need for spiritual and material assistance within the community as well as the general society.”


Wild Thing’s comment……..
And we let these folks into our country for what reason????
America, these pukes are telling us to our faces what their intentions are. They are not some fringe element, but rather they are representative of mainstream islam. It is patently obvious our government is doing nothing to stop this clear and present danger to America, what with all the PC and multicultural and kumbaya crap that infests and infects our national leadership. These bastards are indeed the vanguard of the global islamic movement, and our response seems to be “What can we do to make them like us?” Get a grip, America! They are not here to like us, they are here to sow the seeds of our destruction!

10 Nov

Happy 232nd Birthday To The United States Marines



Since 1775 they have been answering thier nation’s call.
Thank you from a gratefull nation to all of you who have answered that call, but past and present.
May God bless each and every one of you and keep you safely in His arms.





10 Nov

High Court To Look At Ban On Handguns



Justices to decide whether to take up case on strict limits approved in D.C.
McClatchy-Tribune
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court will discuss gun control today in a private conference that soon could explode publicly.
Behind closed doors, the nine justices will consider taking a case that challenges the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban. Their ultimate decision will shape how far other cities and states can go with their own gun restrictions.

“If the court decides to take this up, it’s very likely it will end up being the most important Second Amendment case in history,” said Dennis Henigan, the legal director for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Henigan predicted “it’s more likely than not” that the necessary four justices will vote to consider the case. The court will announce its decision Tuesday, and oral arguments could be heard next year.

Lawyers are swarming.
Texas, Florida and 11 other states weighed in on behalf of gun owners who are challenging D.C.’s strict gun laws. New York and three other states want the gun restrictions upheld. Pediatricians filed a brief supporting the ban. A Northern California gun dealer, Russell Nordyke, filed a brief opposing it.
From a victim’s view:
Tom Palmer considers the case a matter of life and death.
Palmer turns 51 this month. He’s an openly gay scholar in international relations at the Cato Institute, a libertarian research center, and holds a Ph.D. from Oxford University. He thinks that a handgun saved him years ago in San Jose, Calif., when a gang threatened him.

“A group of young men started yelling at us, ‘we’re going to kill you’ (and) ‘they’ll never find your bodies,’ ” Palmer said in a March 2003 declaration. “Fortunately, I was able to pull my handgun out of my backpack, and our assailants backed off.”

He and five other plaintiffs named in the original lawsuit challenged Washington’s ban on possessing handguns. The District of Columbia permits possession of other firearms, if they’re disassembled or stored with trigger locks.
Their broader challenge is to the fundamental meaning of the Second Amendment. Here, commas, clauses and history all matter.
The Second Amendment says, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Gun-control advocates say this means that the government can limit firearms ownership as part of its power to regulate the militia. Gun ownership is cast as a collective right, with the government organizing armed citizens to protect homeland security.

“The Second Amendment permits reasonable regulation of firearms to protect public safety and does not guarantee individuals the absolute right to own the weapons of their choice,” New York and the three other states declared in an amicus brief.

Gun-control critics contend that the well-regulated militia is beside the point, and say the Constitution protects an individual’s right to possess guns.
Clashing decisions
Last March, a divided appellate court panel sided with the individual-rights interpretation and threw out the D.C. ban.
The ruling clashed with other appellate courts, creating the kind of appellate-circuit split that the Supreme Court likes to resolve. The ruling obviously stung D.C. officials, but it perplexed gun-control advocates.
If D.C. officials tried to salvage their gun-control law by appealing to the Supreme Court — as they then did — they could give the court’s conservative majority a chance to undermine gun-control laws nationwide.


Wild Thing’s comment……..
Another example of liberals not being able to see the consequences of their actions. Suppose guns or even just handguns are outlawed. What happens next? Look at DC where handguns are already outlawed.
When you see the arrogance and treason in DC today, it’s becoming apparent that we may need them to control our runaway government. When they are this treasonous knowing we still have guns, can you imagine how bad it would be if we were not armed and able to protect ourselves?

“No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” –Thomas Jefferson

“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. To secure peace, securely and happiness, the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good.” –George Washington

“And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress … to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms…. “–Samuel Adams

“No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.”—Samuel Johnson

“The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”—Thomas Jefferson “If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin” ~ Samuel Adams

“I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.”–Thomas Jefferson

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship.” –Patrick Henry

“A government that does not trust it’s law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is itself unworthy of trust.” -James Madison

” Freedom was never lost through a brutal assault; it was lost due to sloth, lack of vigilance, and apathy. Gradually more restrictions were imposed to make life seem safer, orderly and more fair. Freedom has been ravaged, now we must suffer the consequences!” author unknown

10 Nov

Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam’



Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’
ICECAP, International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project
When John Coleman founded The Weather Channel in the early 1980’s, he probably never could have guessed that TWC would be promoting the theory of global warming in the 2000’s.
That’s because Coleman doesn’t believe in global warming, or so-called climate change. In a November 7 blog entry on icecap.us, Coleman makes it clear that he does not oppose environmentalism, but he says that global warming is a “non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam.”

“I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct,” Coleman wrote.

“The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril.”

Coleman believes that in time, the global warming theory will be proven to be a scam when none of the predicted catastrophic events, such as coastal flooding and super storms, actually materialize.

“It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the “research” to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus. “

“Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmentally conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minute documentary segment.
I do not oppose environmentalism. I do not oppose the political positions of either party. However, Global Warming, i.e. Climate Change, is not about environmentalism or politics. It is not a religion. It is not something you “believe in.” It is science; the science of meteorology. This is my field of life-long expertise. And I am telling you Global Warming is a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam. I say this knowing you probably won’t believe a me, a mere TV weatherman, challenging a Nobel Prize, Academy Award and Emmy Award winning former Vice President of United States. So be it.
I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming.
In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious. As the temperature rises, polar ice cap melting, coastal flooding and super storm pattern all fail to occur as predicted everyone will come to realize we have been duped. The sky is not falling. And, natural cycles and drifts in climate are as much if not more responsible for any climate changes underway. I strongly believe that the next twenty years are equally as likely to see a cooling trend as they are to see a warming trend. “

Wild Thing’s comment……….
With NBC going green with their logo and during the football game this Global warming thing is really getting out of hand. It is INSANE!

10 Nov

B1 Bomber Strikes direct hit on Taliban Position

British Troops call in B1 assistance with a direct hit on Taliban Position




Wild Thing’s comment……..
God Bless our Allies and all who hold Freedom and Liberty dear. Lucky Strike Means Fried Taliban!
This is the same B-1 bomber that treasonous puke Jimmy Carter tried to kill early on in his pathetic four year tour de’ farce in the Oval Office. Fortunately, thanks to 44 States and President Ronald Wilson Reagan, the B-1 was resurrected and serves as an integral and valuable part of our military resources today.

09 Nov

Pelosi Says No Money For Troops Unless Immediate Withdrawal



Pelosi Says No Money For Troops Unless Bush Starts Immediate Withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) for complete article
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote as early as Friday on legislation that would pay $50 billion for the war in Iraq but require that President Bush start bringing troops home.
The money is about a quarter of the $196 billion requested by Bush. It would finance about four months of combat in Iraq, Pelosi told reporters on Thursday.

“There will be no blank check for the president,” she said at a Capitol Hill news conference.

The bill would set the requirement that troop withdrawals begin immediately.
The measure also sets a goal that combat end by December 2008. After that, troops left behind should be restricted to a narrow sets of missions, namely counterterrorism, training Iraqi security forces and protecting U.S. assets.
Bush rejected a similar measure in May, and Democrats lacked the votes to override the veto.
Pelosi said the bill also would require that the government rely on an Army field manual when conducting interrogations.The field manual makes no mention of waterboarding, a harsh technique that simulates drowning and is believed to have been used by the CIA.
Since taking control of Congress in January, Democrats have struggled to challenge the president on the war. Holding a shaky majority, they lack the votes to overcome procedural hurdles in the Senate or override a presidential veto.
Pelosi’s measure will likely scrape by the House, but become hamstrung in the Senate over Republican objections. Buoyed by recent progress in Iraq, where enemy attacks have declined but political efforts remain in a stalemate, GOP lawmakers are more hopeful than ever that the war is turning a corner. They oppose setting a timetable for troop withdrawals.
Republicans also would likely oppose applying Defense Department interrogation standards government-wide because it would limit the CIA’s use of aggressive techniques against high-value terrorism suspects.
On Thursday, the House and Senate were on track to approve $460 billion in annual military spending, as well as a stopgap funding measure to keep the rest of the government running through mid- December.
Without the $50 billion for combat operations, the Defense Department would have to transfer money from less urgent spending accounts to keep the wars afloat.

Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the top Republican on the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, predicts the Army would run out of money entirely by January if Congress does not approve some war money.

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Wild Thing’s comment……..
Pelosi at it again sending the terrorist’s a message, hang in there while I try to assure defeat.