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Wild Thing’s comment……
If and when we do attack Iran, can we send jimmah catah over there first for a pow-wow, and them attack them!
I have read that some have warned that bombing Iran could provoke “a chain reaction” of attacks on American facilities and citizens throughout the world and might also reignite Hezbollah.
Let’s see……….
Door Number One: “A chain reaction of attacks on American facilities and citizens throughout the world”
Door Number Two: An Iran capable of killing millions with nuclear tipped missiles
I’ll take my chances with Door Number One.
The wishy loser types ALWAYS, ALWAYS worry about the ‘bad guys’ getting mad and what they’ll do to us. Winners make the bad guys WORRY about what’s happening to them.

Aaron, of Aarons.cc got the terrorists so angry they hacked his blog, not once but twice in less then 48 hours.
Linda at Something……and Half of Something was able to capture the original hacking image the terrorists had put up at Aaron’s blog. You can see the image HERE at Something….and Half of Something.
Aaron’s comments regarding this can be seen at Beth’s blog ….MVRWC:

“If you have any moderate Muslims,
send them to my hacked blog.
Been down for 30 hours.
Hosting Matters has traced
the attack to Saudi Arabia.”

“The site was restored while I was
away for the Sabbath and it’s been re-hacked.”

As Linda states, It is the equivalent of an internet fatwah and she is right. And as Beth said too, be sure to back up your Blogs!! Save, back up and save!

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During training exercises, the lieutenant driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red faced colonel at the wheel.
“Your jeep stuck, sir?” asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside.
“Nope,” replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the keys, “Yours is.”

A Navy Chief and an Admiral were sitting in the barbershop.
They were both just getting finished with their shaves – the barbers were reaching for some after-shave to slap on their faces.
The admiral shouted, “Hey, don’t put mess on me! My wife will think I’ve been in a whorehouse!”
The chief turned to his barber and said, “Go ahead and put it on. My wife doesn’t know what a whorehouse smells like.”



Murphy’s rules for combat: #5 When in doubt…empty the magazine



The General went to the doctor for a physical. Before he began, the doctor asked him the standard questions – age, height, weight and then he asked when was the last time the General had sex.
“Oh”, he mused, “It was 1955.”
“Isn’t that a long time to go without sex?” the doctor asked.
“I don’t think so. According to your clock, it’s only 2113.”



A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display.
While he was there, a platoon sergeant walked in and said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll have a PFC monkey please.” The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. He fit a collar and leash, handed it to the customer, saying, “That’ll be $1000.” The platoon sergeant paid and walked out with his monkey. Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, “That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them are only a few hundred dollars. Why did it cost so much?”
The shopkeeper answered, “Ah, that monkey can fire expert with small arms, score 300 on the APFT, and perform Drill & Ceremony and Small Unit Tactics with no mistakes, well worth the money.”
The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage. “That one’s even more expensive! $10,000! What does it do?”
“Oh, that one’s an NCO monkey; it can instruct BRM, CTT, PT, D&C and SUT, and even do some paperwork. All the really useful stuff,” said the shopkeeper. The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read $50,000.
He gasped to the shopkeeper, “That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?” The shopkeeper replied, “Well, I haven’t actually SEEN it do ANYTHING, but it says it’s a Colonel.”



A C-141 was preparing for departure from Thule Greenland, and they were waiting for the truck to arrive to pump out the aircraft’s sewage holding tank. The Aircraft Commander was in a hurry, but the truck was late in arriving, and the Airman performing the job was extremely slow in getting the tank pumped out.
When the Aircraft Commander berated the Airman for his lack of speed and threatened him with punishment, the Airman responded: “Sir, I have no stripes, it is 20 below zero, I am stationed in Thule, Greenland, and I am pumping shit out of airplanes. Just what are you planning to do to punish me?”



Marching in the cold rain, the drill sergeant tells his soldiers, this is good sh*t..
Marines marching 20 miles in the cold rain, “This is great sh*t!!”
Navy SEALS crawling through cold swamps for 20 miles: “I love this sh*t!”
Airborne Rangers crawling through cold swamps infested with snakes and gators: “I live for this sh*t!”
Air force pilot, in his carpeted room, cable TV, after a 2 hour mission in his F-16, Fridge humming, full of cold beer,
and the AC goes out: “What kind of sh*t is this?”



What is the difference between a fairy tale and a war story?
A fairly tale begins with “once upon a time” and a war story begins with “and this is no $hit”.



Divert Your Course
This is the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the chief of naval operations, 10-10-95.
CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
CANADIANS: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
AMERICANS: This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
CANADIANS: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.
AMERICANS: This is the Aircraft Carrier US LINCOLN, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied with three Destroyers, three Cruisers and numerous support vessels. I DEMAND that you change your course 15 degrees north. I say again, that’s one-five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.
CANADIANS: This is a lighthouse. Your call.



The 5 Scariest Things in the Army!
1. A Private saying, “I learned this in basic training…”
2. A Sergeant saying, “Trust me, sir…”
3. A Second Lieutenant saying, “Based on my experience…”
4. A Captain saying, “I was just thinking…”
5. And a Warrant Officer chuckling, “Watch this $%!#…”



Two airmen were driving across country on leave. They come to a Marine Corps base and decide to visit. They approach the gate and the Marine Guard walks up to the driver’s window, and taps on it with his nighstick.
The driver rolls down the window, and the Marine smacks him in the head with the stick. The driver says, “Why’d you do that?
The Marine says, “You’re on a United States Marine Corps Base, son. When I come up to your car, you’ll have your ID card ready.”
Driver says, “I’m sorry, We’re in the Air Force, and we didn’t know.”
The Marine examines the I.D. card and gives it back to the driver.
The Marine walks around to the passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls his window down, and the Marine smacks him with the nightstick.
The passenger says, “What’d you do that for?”
The Marine says,”Just making your wishes come true.”
The passenger says, “Huh?”
The Marine says, “I know that as soon as you pull away you’re gonna say, ‘I wish that sucker would’ve tried that stuff with me!'”

U.S. Marine Corps ‘Hummer’
‘Devil Dog’ Steps in as New Depot Mascot
Hummer, the new mascot for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, is undergoing his obedience training. The puppy will follow recruits through several trainings events before earning the title of depot mascot. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Kester)
By Cpl. Brian Kester – Parris Island

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C., April 7, 2006 — He is only 12 inches long, covered with white and brown hair and barks at the wall. Yet, the Marine Corps wants him to be one of the few, the proud.
His name temporarily is Hummer, and soon he will be going through recruit training to earn the title of Marine. He will then stand among a long list, including Lance Cpl. Mac and Cpl. Hashmark who have served as mascots and represented the proud tradition at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

“They are going to try to get him attached to a platoon,” said Cpl. Jenna Bender, logistics clerk, Headquarters and Service Battalion and depot mascot handler. “They want to have him in the spotlight, so he can become a Marine.”

Hummer will accompany recruits at various points during training, simulating his transition into a Marine. At the early age of 11 weeks, Hummer already demonstrates he has a keen mind for absorbing instruction

“He is one of the best puppies I have ever had,” said Bender. “He learned to sit the first week I had him. I think he is going to be a great dog to represent Parris Island.”

To simulate the transformation into a Marine, Hummer will follow recruits through several trainings events before earning the title of depot mascot.
Bender, with the help of Lance Cpl. Steve Crabbe, animal control officer for Parris Island Military Police District, will teach Hummer how to stay, come when called, lie down and roll over.
The pup will also go through obedience training to learn the discipline it takes to perform his duties without barking or acting up in a public scenario.

“Right now he is working on learning who the boss is,” said Bender. “He is being socialized. It helps (him) to have interaction with other dogs.”

Hummer’s responsibilities aboard the depot begin by spending time every week in the depot’s Douglas Visitors’ Center, where he will greet the graduation day visitors.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jenna Bender, logistics clerk, Headquarters and Service Battalion and depot mascot handler, plays with Hummer, the depot’s new mascot, March 24. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Kester)

“He will also have to be at the Eagle, Globe and Anchor Ceremony, graduations and morning colors,” said Bender, who has been around dogs her whole life. “Anytime we are told to have him somewhere, he will be there.”
Hummer even has his own “barracks” inside the Douglas Visitors Center where he has room to roam freely.

“It is cool to put something together that everybody on the base will see, it took a lot of work,” said Sgt. David Carlson, Weapons and Field Training Battalion maintenance carpenter.

The pen was constructed with a puppy in mind and contains the mascot’s doghouse.
The Mascot’s ceremonial handling duties will be rotated out to the Headquarters and Service Battalion non-commissioned officer of the quarter.

“Their responsibilities will be to handle and escort the dog during his duties at the Eagle, Globe and Anchor Ceremonies,” said Dixon.

Hummer was born in Valdosta, Ga., to the same individual who breeds the University of Georgia mascots, said Bender.

“One of his cousins is working at the University of Georgia,” added Bender. “(Hummer) could easily have been a show dog.”

That being said, Hummer is a show dog of sorts, and will proudly carry on the duties of depot mascot.

Wild Thing’s comment……
This dog is so cute I just want to ((((hug))) him. He will do a fine job and make everyone proud I am sure.

OFFENSIVE CONTINUES DESTRUCTION OF TALIBAN LEADERSHIP
News Release
MacDill AFB, Fla
4/8/2006

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition offensives continued to maintain pressure on Taliban extremists this morning, striking a second blow to enemy leaders in southern Afghanistan.
The Coalition first reported a senior Taliban commander killed during offensive operations last night.
Then, during the early morning hours today, Coalition forces used close-air support to destroy an insurgent headquarters in the Sangin District of Helmand Province, killing a second known Taliban commander and one subordinate.

“We conducted an air assault into the known enemy compound following the air strike to gather intelligence,” said Army Maj Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander of the Coalition’s Combined Joint Task Force – 76. “Once our ground forces seized the objective, we confirmed that two Taliban were killed, and we captured two terrorists. These extremists offer nothing to the people of Afghanistan but violence, intimidation and fear.”

There were no injuries to civilians, Coalition forces or the Afghan National Army forces that participated in the operation.
The operational-level terrorist leader promoted fear and intimidation and was directly tied to attacks on Afghan civilians and government officials. He was also linked to several improvised explosive device attacks targeting Afghan civilians, government security forces and Coalition forces in the region.

“Afghan and Coalition forces have the initiative, and we will continue to conduct offensive operations in southern Afghanistan to disrupt and destroy Taliban leaders and their cohorts so long as they pose a security threat to the people of Afghanistan,” Freakley said.

Coalition forces are confident that Taliban extremists in southern Afghanistan can be located, targeted and destroyed.

Democrats call off rally McKinney was to attend
Sarasota Herald Tribune
By JEREMY WALLACE
jeremy.wallace@heraldtribune.com

Days ago, Cynthia McKinney was a heroine to local Democrats because she was standing up for disenfranchised voters everywhere.
The controversial congresswoman from Georgia was even worthy of taking center stage at a rally at one of area’s most identifiable events: the Sarasota Film Festival.
But that was before McKinney was accused of striking a Capitol police officer and became this week’s target for late-night comedians.
Now, Democrats are doing everything they can to distance themselves from McKinney, including canceling the rally.
It wasn’t public pressure that caused the cancellation, said Democratic Party Chairman Henry Bright. It was the fact that McKinney was becoming too much of a distraction from the original reason they put on the rally: fair elections.
McKinney is in town to promote “American Blackout,” a movie she stars in that accuses Longboat Key Republican Katherine Harris of helping Republicans steal the 2000 presidential election for President George W. Bush.
But the message of the movie was going to be overshadowed by McKinney’s recent troubles, Bright said.
Since March 29, McKinney has been defending herself for striking a police officer who tried to prevent her from walking past a security checkpoint. Members of Congress usually don’t pass through the checkpoints, but McKinney wasn’t wearing an identification pin that members of Congress are issued.
McKinney called a press conference after the event in which she said she was a victim of racial profiling. McKinney is black.

“This whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me — a female, black congresswoman,” she said at a press conference.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the encounter.
On Thursday, McKinney took to the floor of the House to apologize for the incident.

“I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all, and I regret its escalation,” McKinney said.

But the latest apology wasn’t enough to stop Bright from canceling Saturday’s rally.
Bright also said earlier press releases that called McKinney a heroine and included her name in big bold print didn’t mean the rally was going to be all about her. It was the message of the movie she was involved in that was being celebrated, he said.
Republican Party Chairman Bob Waechter said he was disappointed that Democrats were canceling their event with McKinney.

” The Democrats choose odd heroes, and those heroes always seem to energize Republicans,” Waechter said.

Wild Thing’s comment…..
OMG Please…. she is NOT wanted here! I about died when Nick saw this article in the paper this morning. That she even came here with her agenda makes my air less clean.
And then looking back she gets reactions like this as well. LMAO She is sooooo NOT right in the head. haha

More than two-thirds of the state House walked out of the chamber in protest today as Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Atlanta) spoke against the U.S. attack on Iraq and declared that President Bush “ought to be ashamed of himself.”
Ms. McKinney, speaking from the well on a point of personal privilege just 16 hours after the war began, called the U.S. attack the “most inane use of American will that I have witnessed in a long time.”
A dozen legislators immediately rose and left. They were followed by a steady stream of others, leaving less than 50 of the 180 seats occupied in the unusually quiet chamber.

“She’s in there talking trash,” said Rep. Fred Aiken (R-Smyrna) as he reached the hallway.

“George Bush ought to be ashamed of himself,” Ms. McKinney said. “I for one am not convinced that this is the most effective and productive use of American resolve and American will. I will not be led to the slaughterhouse for any one of George Bush’s reasons.”

After the 15-minute speech, Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta) hugged Ms. McKinney in an anteroom. She said she had not expected the walkout but was not surprised.
–Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 17, 1991

Let’s review, then, what we know about the McKinneys:
~ When black people disagree with Billy Tauzin (her father) , they’re “Uncle Toms.”
~ When Cynthia McKinney disagrees with U.S. foreign policy, she gets up and starts ranting about how the president is leading us to the “slaughterhouse.”
~ During Cynthia McKinney’s 1996 campaign, her father calls her opponent a “racist Jew.”
~ When Cynthia McKinney loses loses her seat in Congress in 2002 because she took money from pro-terrorist donors, Billy Tauzin blames it on Jews.

When asked to explain his daughter’s political difficulties, he responded: “J-E-W-S.”

~ Cynthia McKinney then takes even more money from pro-terrorist donors to win back her seat in 2004.
~ When she (allegedly) evades security at the Capitol and then (allegedly) disobeys a policeman’s order to stop, Cynthia McKinney is entitled to hit the policeman — and then portray herself as a “victim.”

She’s worried about Haiti, she’s worried about Tupac Shakur, she’s worried about the Palestinians, she’s signing petitions for Mumia and Tookie, she’s blamed Bush for 9/11 and took campaign contributions from radical Muslims, she gets 3/4 of her campaign contributions from out-of-state donors — hey, Cynthia, have you ever thought of worrying about people in Georgia for a change?

From the Jerusalem Post
On Monday, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported that part of Ukraine’s Soviet-era nuclear arsenal may well have found its way to Iran. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainians agreed to transfer the Soviet nuclear arsenal that remained in Ukraine after its independence to Russia. According to Novaya Gazeta, some 250 nuclear warheads never made it to Russia and are thought to have been sent to Iran instead. The report further noted that the warheads will remain operational until 2010.

Responding to the report, Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, Russia’s deputy defense minister and the chief of General Staff, said, “Russia’s General Staff has no information about whether Ukraine has given 250 nuclear warheads to Iran or not.”

It is impossible to assess the accuracy of the report. The Ukrainian government has dismissed its allegations. Russia may well have invented the story to shift media attention away from the growing awareness that Russian support for Teheran, Damascus and Hamas effectively places it in the enemy camp in the US-led war against global jihad.
But whether this particular report is true or false, there is no doubt that the danger to Israel and the rest of the Western world emanating from Iran and its allies is growing by the day.

In recent testimony before the US Congress, John Negroponte, director of National Intelligence, said that the danger that Teheran “will acquire a nuclear weapon and the ability to integrate it with ballistic missiles that Iran already possesses” is a cause “for immediate concern.”

EVEN IF both Negroponte’s testimony and the council’s report are perceived by some as alarmist, this week Iran itself continued to make every effort to convince the world that assessments like these are grossly understated.
Iran conducted an enormous naval exercise called “Great Prophet” in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. Almost every day of the exercise Iranian forces demonstrated new radar-evading ballistic missile systems. While Western defense establishments have had tepid responses to Iran’s show of force, the regime built on its provocations Wednesday when the supreme commander of its Revolutionary Guards, Maj.-Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, issued a thinly veiled threat to close the Straits of Hormuz – the narrow waterway through which 40 percent of the world’s oil passes.
While President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s poisonous and apocalyptic rhetoric has caused the Western world to step away from him, Teheran is far from isolated. To the contrary, today it perceives itself and is perceived by others as the leader of a regional Islamist axis.
In February Canada’s Globe and Mail published a report in which Hussein Hajj Hassan, a Hizbullah member of the Lebanese parliament, declared that on January 20 the Islamist axis was formally cemented in Damascus.
The parley which brought about the entente was led by Ahmadinejad and attended by axis members:
~ Syrian President Bashar Assad,
~Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah,
~Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal,
~Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Abdullah Shalah
~and the commanders of PLO breakaway front groups.
~Iraqi Shi’ite terror chief Muqtada al-Sadr also pledged his allegiance to the axis.
The jihad summit took place five days before the Palestinian elections and on the same day a suicide bomb exploded in Tel Aviv.
Wild Thing’s comment………
My prayer is we have and keep a strong loyal bond between the US and Israel and NEVER allow the likes of the Clintons and Carter etc. to be in office again or America and Israel will be doomed. I am a postive person, a big time the glass is half full type, but when it comes to evil/ terrorists/ lefties reality is what it is and no fluff can lighten up the dangers that are being created by followers of Islam and those aiding the enemy.
Also in February…article HERE , Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, warned of a new “terror axis” of Iran, Syria and Hamas, which could kick start “the first world war of the 21st century.”
“Imagine al-Qaeda or the PKK running in elections? A dictator’s democracy is a dangerous false impression,” Gillerman told the Council.
Gillerman warned of Hamas’ venture in politics, saying “the world is witnessing a new alliance between Iran, Syria and Hamas, which constitutes an axis of terror.”

An organization called Veterans Affairs Services (VAS) is providing
benefit and general information on VA and gathering personal
information on veterans. This organization is not affiliated with VA
in any way.
http://www.vaservices.org/us/index.html
VAS may be gaining access to military personnel through their close
resemblance to the VA name and seal. Our Legal Counsel has requested
that we coordinate with DoD to inform military installations,
particularly mobilization sites, of this group and their lack of
affiliation or endorsement by VA to provide any services.
In addition, GC requests that if you have any examples of VAS acts
that violate chapter 59 of Title 38 United States Code, such as VAS
employees assisting veterans in the preparation and presentation of
claims for benefits, please pass any additional information to Mr.
Daugherty at the address below.

Michael.Daugherty2@va.gov
Michael G. Daugherty
Staff Attorney
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of General Counsel (022G2)
810 Vermont Ave., Room 1106
Washington, D.C. 20420
(202) 273-8636

The party is at Sondra’s today. Stop by and say Hi!

Iran Has Missiles To Carry Nuclear Warheads
By Con Coughlin
(Filed: 07/04/2006)
Iran has successfully developed ballistic missiles with the capability to carry nuclear warheads.
Detailed analysis of recent test firings of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile by military experts has concluded that Iran has been able to modify the nose cone to carry a basic nuclear bomb. The discovery will intensify international pressure on Teheran to provide a comprehensive breakdown of its nuclear research programme.



An Iranian Shahab-3 missile on parade in Teheran

Last week, the United Nations Security Council gave Iran 30 days to freeze its uranium enrichment programme that many experts believe is part of a clandestine attempt to produce nuclear weapons.
Iran denies it is trying to acquire a nuclear arsenal. But ballistic missile experts advising the United States say it has succeeded in reconfiguring the Shahab-3 to carry nuclear weapons.
The Shahab-3 is a modified version of North Korea’s Nodong missile which itself is based on the old Soviet-made Scud.
The Nodong, which Iran secretly acquired from North Korea in the mid-1990s, is designed to carry a conventional warhead. But Iranian engineers have been working for several years to adapt the Shahab-3 to carry nuclear weapons.

“This is a major breakthrough for the Iranians,” said a senior US official. “They have been trying to do this for years and now they have succeeded. It is a very disturbing development.”

The Shahab 3 has a range of 800 miles, enabling it to hit a wide range of targets throughout the Middle East – including Israel.
Apart from modifying the nose cone, Iranian technicians are also trying to make a number of technical adjustments that will enable the missile to travel a greater distance.
Western intelligence officials believe that Iran is receiving assistance from teams of Russian and Chinese experts with experience of developing nuclear weapons. Experts who have studied the latest version of the Shahab have identified modifications to the nose cone.
Instead of the single cone normally attached to this type of missile, the new Shahab has three cones, or a triconic, warhead. A triconic warhead allows the missile to accommodate a nuclear device and this type of warhead is normally found only in nuclear weapons.
According to the new research, the Iranian warhead is designed to carry a spherical nuclear weapon that would be detonated 2,000 feet above the ground, similar to the Hiroshima bomb.
Although US defence officials believe that Iran is several years away from acquiring nuclear weapons, they point out that the warhead could hold a version of the nuclear bomb Pakistan is known to have developed. Iran has acquired a detailed breakdown of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.
The development of the Shahab-3 is just one element of a wide-ranging missile development programme.
In 2003 the Iranians concluded another secret deal with North Korea to buy the Taepo Dong 2 missile, which has a range of 2,200 miles and would enable Iran to hit targets in mainland Europe.
Earlier this week the Iranians announced that they had successfully test-fired a new missile, the Fajr-3, which has the capability to evade radar systems and carry multiple warheads.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
There is information on the Shahab-1 thru Shahab-6 and IRIS info HERE
With the help of the Chinese and Russian’s I wonder how long it would take to turn the Shahab-6 into a true ICBM. If they can do that they can threaten New York and Washington D.C. as well as Paris and Berlin.