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Just felt it http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci15296281.html

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...

Watch, cry, kiss you money goodbye

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...

Douglas Bader has become a household name in World War 2 because not only was he an exceptional pilot and leader, upholding the strongest of British Traditions, but he was also a double leg amputee. Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was born on February 10, 1910, in London, England, son of Frederick Roberts Bader and Jessie Bader. The young Douglas had been an adequate, rather than outstanding, scholar, concentrating on his attention rather less than was wise on his academic ability, and rather more enthusiastically in developing his sporting skills, an area in which he was to excel. In 1923 when...

http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Latest-News/BoomChicagoVotingMachine You got to check this out...funny!

Hey John… Payback a Bitch! Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry

Bubba Ho-Tep Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity...

101-Year-Old Man Parachutes Into Record Books CAIRNS, Australia -- A 101-year-old man is believed to be the world's oldest skydiver after he accepted a dare from friends and jumped out of an airplane Wednesday at nearly 10,000 feet. Frank Moody, from Holloways Beach on Australia's northeastern coast, beat the record set by a 94-year-old Norwegian in 1999, said Amanda Pilkington, from Skydive Cairns, which organized the jump. Moody jumped in tandem with an experienced skydiver Wednesday morning from more than 9,900 feet, she said. "He's an absolute legend. It was a bit of a drunken dare by some of his...

This is sounding good

... XM announced today it will launch on April 5 a new political talk channel called America Right (XM Channel 166), formerly called Buzz XM. The channel will feature conservative superstars Bill Bennett, Michael Savage, Michael Reagan and Laura Ingraham among others. This channel addition follows XM's recent launch of political talk channel America Left (XM Channel 167), dedicated to progressive talk radio, featuring Air America Radio talk personalities such as Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo.

The Battle of the Recall: Read How it Began By Eric Hogue, KTKZ AM 1380 Talk Show Host How serious are the people of California about the recall effort of Gov. Gray Davis? In two hours time, I had my answer—and the answer to the future of California. I was unsure of the announcement. We had the exclusive story on 1380 KTKZ, in Sacramento. I confirmed the date, Tuesday, Feb. 4—it would be a weekday morning at 6 a.m. We would supply the "daily Gov. Davis fiscal mismanagement facts" and then provide the opportunity. No ad campaign, no promotional remote,...

OK who got a proposition to stop driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.... If we can get this qualified fast to stop it in it tracks till a vote.... and this would pass easy.......it just needs to restore the original driver's licenses law The California government is out of control... California voters need to stop it now We can not look to the Feds and a Governor what ever the recall outcome....

Inaugural Address Ronald Reagan 33rd Governor, Republican (1967-1975) Presented: January 2, 1967 Mr. President, Mr. President Pro Tem, Mr. Speaker and Members: It is indeed an honor for me to be here today and let me assure you I am looking forward to meeting with you not only jointly but also as individuals as collectively we work together to meet and solve the tremendous problems that confront this great and growing state. The people of California last fall took a major step in helping the executive and the legislative branches deal with these problems. Just as it was necessary to...

Latest California Trend: Taxes Media Think It's Far Out, Locals Aren't So Hip By Michael Fumento Investor's Business Daily, October 3, 1991 Copyright 1991 by Investor's Business Daily To the Eastern establishment media, California's Republican Gov. Pete Wilson, fresh from having signed into law the largest tax increase in the state's history, is a heroic, pragmatic politician. The Wall Street Journal, in a highly favorable profile, quoted one pundit saying Wilson "could be the prototype governor of the 1990s." Time called him a "can-do politician with the guts to cast aside ideology for the sake of better government." Dan Quayle...

I am trying to find info on one of the court rulings on the recall I believe there has been one court rulings that even if someone votes no on the recall (in effect your voting for Gray Davis)..... You can also vote for a recall replacement candidate too and it must be counted (the recall law was if you voted no on the recall then you didn’t "get" voted on a replacement candidate) If this is how it ends up it could sink us Because the dems in effect get two votes ... There will be votes against the...

<p>HONG KONG, China (AP) --German and Israeli diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols in a clothing line and to decorate its chain of stores.</p> <p>The firm, which calls itself http://www.izzue.com., produced a range of T-shirts and pants with Nazi symbols printed on them. One T-shirt has a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler standing on a laurel.</p>

Stealth Californian (Dem) Petition out to reduce assembles votes needed to pass budget Just a head up I just got hit up to sign a petition on how the Californian budget is to be passed What was pitcher is: “If the assembly does not pass a budget they don’t get paid!”Sounds like something a Republican might support However if you read it: It really is to reduce the assembly votes required to pass a Californian state budget from 2/3 votes to 55%... what the Dem are pushing

Pilot dies in Yellowstone crashBy The Associated PressYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) -- One person was killed Monday night when an experimental airplane crashed north of Old Faithful, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The homebuilt Hughes 1B airplane was en route from Oshkosh, Wis., to Oregon when the crash occurred at about 6:30 p.m., FAA spokeswoman Karen Byrd said.The pilot was the only person on board, but no identity was being released until family members were notified.The plane's registered owners were listed as James and Betty Wright, of Cottage Grove, Ore., on the FAA's Web site.The crash started a small fire near...

Leftists put up fake World Trade Organization (WTO) web site "Aims for Regime Change in U.S. With Playing Card Deck" Ok this may be old news but it new to me I was doing a web search for “World Trade Organization” and the number one hit gave me the site http://www.gatt.org/ ... If you go to the site it looks official and states it is the World Trade Organization site But this you start looking at whats there "TRO Aims for Regime Change in U.S. With Playing Card Deck" or "Disbanding schedule announced" you will find it is a leftists...

Two killed by wartime bomb AP, Salzburg Friday July 18, 2003The GuardianTwo Austrian bomb disposal experts were killed and a third person severely injured yesterday when a US bomb from the second world war exploded by Salzburg railway station as they were trying to defuse it. The 250kg bomb exploded as the experts were attempting to remove its chemical detonator, blasting a crater six metres deep and causing serious damage to surrounding vehicles and buildings, said police spokesman Christian Eichinger. The interior minister, Ernst Strasser, said it was the worst accident of its kind since 1946, when his ministry began...

Ok this is a vanity post but I want to put it out as food for though and see what others opinions are I am looking for opinion on an amendment to Constitution First the premise: As per the Constitution there are only two ways the Constitution may be amendment by the people I.E. 1. By a bill passing both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives by a two-thirds majority in each and then going on to the individual states for a vote. An amendment to the Constitution must be approved by three-fourths of the states. 2. By...

http://www.theinformationminister.com/ Check this site out it let you make your own Iraqi Information Minister Press Conference!

Baghdad Bob now has his own web site www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com check it out

The Ballad of Baghdad Formerly know as: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa! ------------------------------------------I was going to redo this songs lyrics for Baghdad Bob.. but it just fit him to well as is..Play the down load.. Bob is the one singing... Saddam is his love that "ran away".. and the US Army is the one coming to take him away... you can even hear them marching in!------------------------------------------------------ Download the Real Audio version Remember when you ran away And I got on my knees And begged you not to leave Because I'd go berserk? Well. . . You left...

Ding Dong! Saddam is Dead! Ding Dong! Saddam is dead. Which Saddam ? The real Saddam! Ding Dong! Saddam Hussein is dead. Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, Saddam Hussein is dead. He's gone where the goblins go, Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out. Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low. Let them know Saddam Hussein is dead!

Call for Freeper Help! La Habra 911 Memorial owner! Tracey Chandler The Lady that put togther the La Habra 911 Memorial just call me looking for help! Not only is La Habra still not filing charges against the anti war protestersThe are filing charges against the RV yard (were the La Habra 911 Memorial is) property owner (good guy) for not having city permit to park RV there! This is a call for freeper help! At my suggestion Tracey Chandler will be signing on to Free Republic for the first time later today

Mar 12, 6:59 PM EST Norman Lear to Co-Write'South Park' By ANTHONY BREZNICAN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Archie Bunker, meet Cartman. Norman Lear, the Emmy-winning producer of "All in the Family," said Wednesday he will collaborate on several episodes of the Comedy Central satire "South Park." Among the subjects he hopes to mock on the show are the U.S. push for war in Iraq, reality TV shows and immigration. "This is a show that always has something on its mind - as funny as it is, as outrageous and ridiculous," said Lear, who began watching "South Park"...

Feb. 8 — The conclusion by NASA engineers that Columbia probably did not suffer serious damage from debris during its Jan. 16 launch was based on two key assumptions that no one could confirm as true, according to details in a pair of reports produced for NASA by Boeing Co. engineers during the flight. THE TWO ASSUMPTIONS — that the shuttle was hit by a piece of and not by ice, and that the leading edge of the wing was not damaged by the impact — remain unproved. Indeed, NASA has explicitly acknowledged that ice damage has not been ruled...

From the web site Rich Dann's Aviation World.......(www.ghg.net/ltdann).... Designer of the STS 107 patchDuring the Spring of 2001, I participated in the design of the patch for Shuttle Mission STS-107, currently slated for launch on January 16, 2003. The patch is in the shape of a space shuttle, surprisingly, never used as the shape of a patch for any other shuttle mission to orbit. The objective of STS-107 is microgravity research. On the right side of the patch is the earth with a sun rising. To the left is the constellation Columba, which has 7 stars. The stylized Greek letters...

Long Beach Press Telegram Escobar in 39th District Thursday, October 10, 2002 - Congress: Voter-shy Sanchez campaigns on lies, deceit and meanness and should be roundly rejected. Perhaps Linda Sanchez, the Democratic nominee for the 39th Congressional District, is busy picking out furniture for the Washington office she expects to occupy, because she sure isn't spending much time addressing the constituents she ostensibly wants to serve in the nation's capital. Sanchez was a no-show in recent community forums in Paramount and Cerritos, which she had previously agreed to attend, and has declined several other invitations. A Lakewood forum is...

Hollywood to do "Flying Tiger" movie Release Date: Unknown Not to be Confused with: There's another film, Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger, with a similar title. They're unrelated. Distributor: Warner Bros. Production Company: Morgan Creek Productions, Trilogy Entertainment Group (production company of screenwriters Pen Densham and John Watson) Cast: None announced yet. Cast Notes: Just to show how long this project has been in development, it was almost filmed in 1995, starring Matthew McConaughey, before he became a "star" with A Time to Kill. It's likely the final cast will likewise consist of a bunch of young guys who aren't quite...