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Warbird Community Rises to Meet Threat 'Title 10 Amendment' could devastate historic aircraft fleet April 18, 2012 - EAA and the Warbirds of America are joining with the Commemorative Air Force, Collings Foundation, and other warbird groups in opposition of a proposed amendment to the House National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310) that could have a devastating effect on the fleet of civilian-operated historic military aircraft. The amendment introduced by Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) would bar the Department of Defense from loaning or gifting any U.S. military aircraft or parts to any entity except those that would put the aircraft...

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I’m still skeptical, but Army Times’ ace reporter on all things special ops, Sean Naylor, used his very good source base to produce this piece saying that the secret helicopter that crashed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was indeed a stealth version of the MH-60 Black Hawk. The helicopters that flew the Navy SEALs on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden were a radar-evading variant of the special operations MH-60 Black Hawk, according to a retired special operations aviator. The helicopter’s low-observable technology is similar to that of the F-117 Stealth Fighter the retired special operations...

PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate. Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation. Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. Although the village of about 30,000 residents is nearly half...

Vanity question is it just a reconciliation bill their voting on and if so does it still have to go back to the Senate ? OK I want to clarify something …The Senate and House differ … so there no one bill to sign The house could do one of three things… Vote to approve the Senate bill… if so, done deal Senate bill get signed in Vote on Reconciliation… with Deem Passed the Senate bill… back door done deal Senate bill get signed in….House Reconciliation laid dead in the Senate ……( Deem Passed is now off the table) Vote...

Dear President Obama I have a question in regards to two proposed laws you are requesting from Congress One is in regarded to Cap and Trade (on CO2) The other is on Health Care On Cap and Trade it is my understanding CO2 emissions are to be taxed On Health Care it is my understanding that medical appliances and prosthetics are to be taxed Now as a living breathing human being, I exhale/emit CO2 Also, In my case, I am a amputee and have a prosthetic arm, and I also have a friend that has a prosthetic leg So my...

Conan vs Leno solution, NBC broadcast 2 "Tonight Shows" via HD digital subchannels, an a conspiracy plot? OK this is a vanity post... and it's just for fun... but is the Conan vs Leno "Tonight Shows" feud a manufactured ploy by NBC for using digital subchannels? I could care less about Conan or Leno as I don’t watch either... but I am a techno geek so I like solutions and I think I have see one that may be comming I also follow the politics and the fighting between the broadcast Networks and the cable companies during the long tortured...

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BREAKING: President Obama to receive Congressional Medal of Honor with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds!, new highest award created exclusively for President Obama

Forgive what may seem to be a vanity post as it is not my thing to do, but this is important. Like many of you here I have been following what is going on in Honduras, how a Chávez stooge, Zelaya, tried to usurp the Honduran constitutional process, the Honduran Supreme Court, the attorney general, the commissioner for human rights, the Electoral Tribunal, and the National Congress the majority is Zelaya's own party to extend his term in a blatant power grab... The left has spun this in to a Miltary coup …which it is not... and is trying to...

…”The ACES 8”… Catchy poster, Catchy name, people remember a catchy name and we want these 8 remembered The Cap and Trade act, officially called (ACES) “American Clean Energy Security” Act http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280497/posts) is disaster for our country if it goes in to law. This could have been defeated except for 8 house republicans I came up with a poster that some people seem to really like and I've gotten request from others to use it and a suggestion to put it up it own thread (really that up to the moderations... to leave up or pull down) So print a...

Just when you thought Osama and his bunch were keeping their heads down, there's a new bunch of "freedom" fighters... http://www.laaf.info/

Sunday's defeat likely to hurt Chavez's international standing By Pablo Bachelet, McClatchy Newspapers Mon Dec 3, 7:20 PM ET WASHINGTON — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's stunning loss in a constitutional referendum Sunday has dealt a severe and possibly fatal blow to his ambitions to spread his political ideology and succeed Fidel Castro as the leader of Latin America's anti-American left, analysts and U.S. officials said Monday. Few analysts were willing to bet that Chavez won't recover and try again to strengthen his grip on power in Venezuela . But the rejection of his proposed constitutional changes hurt Chavez because it...

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On Foley…The question is not “what did the know and when did they know it?” It’s “what could the do and when could they do it?” As the Foley mess breaks Haster and the Rep leadership has pointed out they did not have the text message till now … But the press and the Dem are spinning that it was a “well known secret” before the text message… However if you wanted to pull the trigger on Foley is “well known secret” ammo? Come on all you Dem lawyer…Let say I come to you with this problem I want to...

Ok just FYI to all the Aviation nut Frepper in So Cal the Chino Airshow is on for Tomorrow & Sunday Some of the Warbirds flying are: NORTH AMERICAN P-51D MUSTANG LOCKHEED P-38J LIGHTNING REPUBLIC P-47D THUNDERBOLT VOUGHT F4U-1A CORSAIR DOUGLAS SBD-5 DAUNTLESS MITSUBISHI A6M5 ZERO (A real ZERO with real Nakajima Sakae 21 engine ...not a T6 fake) SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IX HAWKER HURRICANE MK X GRUMMAN F6F HELLCAT CURTISS P-40N WARHAWK NORTH AMERICAN F-86F SABRE MIKOYAN MiG-15 BOEING P-26 PEASHOOTER(As rare at it gets to see one let alone see one fly)

Iran may force badges on Jews, Christians TEHRAN, May 19 (UPI) -- Iran's parliament passed a new law this week that would force the country's Jews, Christians and other religious minorities to wear color-coded ID badges. Iranian expatriates confirmed reports the Iranian parliament, or majlis, has approved a law that would require non-Muslims to adhere to a dress code which mandates they wear "standard Islamic garments," according to Canada's National Post. The roughly 25,000 Jews living in the Islamic Republic would have to attach a yellow strip of cloth to their clothing, Christians would wear red badges and Zoroastrians would...

Videos of American Flight 77 striking the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 Video 1 (WMV) mms://wm.world.mii-streaming.net/media/defense/flight77/fl77-1_11094135.WMV Video 2 (WMV) mms://wm.world.mii-streaming.net/media/defense/flight77/fl77-2_11094237.WMV

Battle Over Model War Planes RESTON, Va. , Sept. 27, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CBS) What's happening down in this suburban Washington basement could be a threat to the Military Industrial Complex. CBS News correspondent Rich Schlesinger reports that the threat warning comes from defense companies that build the real planes and say thousands of model lovers, such as 14-year-old Matt Jackson, are freeloading off their hard work. Matt's working on an EA-6B Prowler – a Navy jet. Schlesinger asks Matt if he thinks he's ripping off the Navy in his basement. "That's what I'm trying to do, yeah," says Matt. The...

(google translate) Thunderbolt elevated - new pictures 13.06.2005 - 21:10 Uh r In the later in the afternoon hours, the Thunderbolt an American combat aircraft could be saved. The combat flier returned nearly intact again to the water surface and on particularly a wood rack intended for it was deposited. Up to the damage of the crash, he remained well preserved to some extent in the 60 years at the trusting sea-reason. As was to be experienced from press reports, it was to be reconditioned in Austria and then into the USA to be transferred. The salvage work remained secret...