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<p>WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that it is "silly" to think that a 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner is being asked to remove a flagpole from his front yard.</p>

UNITED NATIONS – The embarrassing infiltration into the headquarters of the United Nations – to the very podium where President Obama spoke – by an actor portraying KFC founder "Colonel" Harland Sanders has sparked an "investigation." The incident first was reported by WND on Oct. 24, and it continues to cause problems for Ban Ki-moon's U.N. The situation developed when Robert Thompson, an actor hired by KFC parent Yum Brands Inc., was spearheading a new campaign to promote KFC grilled chicken.

LOL! UN humiliated by a Colonel Sanders lookalike. Dumba$$es! :)

We were dubious when we first read that Kentucky Fried Chicken was coming out with a new sandwich that does away with the bread in favor of two fried fillets. And that the "sandwich" part of the sandwich involved was made of cheese, something called Colonel's sauce .. and bacon? Could that possibly be true?

CLACKAMAS -- They came by ones and twos Friday, quietly slipping into the pews at New Hope Community Church. They smiled at the words honoring a man whose faith made him an inspiration and whose exploits in three wars made him a hero. And when the last mournful drone of the bagpipes faded, they said goodbye to Col. Kenneth L. Reusser of Milwaukie, the most decorated U.S. Marine Corps aviator in history. "He was the finest gentleman I've ever met," said Harley Wedel of Fairview, a fellow Korean War veteran. "I'm really going to miss him." Reusser flew an amazing...

CAMP HANSEN, Japan, April 21, 2009 – Twenty-five years ago, Chris A. Lamson was just an average Texan in his early 20s with an average job at an oil refinery supporting his family. Marine Corps Col. Chris A. Lamson, 3rd Marine Logistics Group chief of staff, believes a good leader is involved in the operations of a unit, whether leading a section or battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. But remaining average was not in his future. After being laid off in 1982, with a wife and baby...

Ex-Saddam colonel fights to remain in Yorkshire Last Updated: 1:43am BST 12/04/2008 A former lieutenant colonel who served under Saddam Hussein's regime has been living in Yorkshire for the past two years. Jafa'ar Ali Hassan, 60, trained soldiers during the Iran-Iraq war and claims his uncle was a personal adviser to the tyrant. He fled his homeland via Kurdistan and is understood to have paid £12,500 to reach the UK via Turkey. Mr Hassan has been living with his wife in council accommodation in the village of Worsbrough near Barnsley, since 2006. He is now fighting deportation to Iraq after...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2008 – Over the past year, NATO members have been working to train the Iraqi navy and its petty officers, a U.S. Marine involved in that training said yesterday. The training is focused on developing leadership skills in Iraqi noncommissioned officers, Lt. Col. David L. Coggins, who is in charge of NCO training and mentoring for the NATO Training Mission in Iraq, said during a teleconference with online journalist and “bloggers.” “The NCO corps is truly the backbone of any military branch, especially small-unit leadership,” Coggins said. Coggins and two others, a Danish sergeant major and a...

An Iraqi air force colonel disappeared recently from an Alabama Air Force base and is being sought in a regional manhunt by federal and military agents, defense officials say. The colonel, who was not identified, was studying at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, near Montgomery, since last winter in a leadership training course that is part of U.S. efforts to rebuild the Iraqi air force. The officer disappeared along with his family, who were living either on the base or in the Montgomery area. He left a note stating that he was leaving the...

PRIESTS, PROSTITUTES, psychologists, cops, jazz musicians, poker players. Every trade has its jargon and "insider lingo." ... ..."Embrace the suck" isn't merely a wisecrack; it's an encyclopedic experience rendered as an epigram, gritty shorthand for "Face it, soldier. I've been there. War ain't easy. Now deal with the difficulty and let's get on with the mission."... ...Dynamic truth: Basically means "this is the plan when my supervisor gave it to me, but change is already in the works."

12/17/2006 - LOS ANGELES (AFPN) -- Retired Lt. Col. Roy White picked up the phone and on the other end was an opportunity to contribute to the military again. The phone call was from Michael Kerr, the founder of Snowball Express, and he wanted to get every military family who had a lost a loved one in the war on terror to California for a magical weekend. To make that possible he needed a lot of airplane tickets. Colonel White, now a captain with Southwest Airlines, was in a position to help. The colonel said he found gathering support for...

PATERSON - For Father Joseph Orlandi, a U.S. Army chaplain recently stationed in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the potent declaration "War is hell" is no hollow cliche.  Over the past year, this tough-as-nails Army colonel, who also is pastor of St. Michael Parish here, lived in real time the horrors and stresses of war that TV cameras can't begin to capture adequately. While tending to the spiritual needs of U.S. troops in the deserts of the Middle East, Father Orlandi witnessed unspeakable images - like the carnage strewn across a Baghdad street after a car-bomb blast.  In both war-torn nations,...

BLOOMINGTON -- U.S. Army Col. Dirk Spanton lived with the possibility of dying every day during the 32 months he served with Special Forces in Iraq. The Bloomington man was shot at by insurgents, sent to minefields to disarm explosives and once had a rocket-propelled grenade come within feet of ending his life. After three tours of duty in the desert, the 50-year-old former ROTC instructor finally returned home to his wife and five children on Memorial Day. Within days, the family’s joy turned to sorrow as Spanton was hospitalized with a mysterious illness. Doctors later diagnosed him with cancer...

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2006 – In separate operations over the last three days, Iraqi forces captured gang members suspected of involvement in kidnappings, freed an Iraqi man being held by terrorists, and detained a police colonel believed to be involved with terrorism, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported. Iraqi policemen from 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, captured two gang members suspected of involvement in several kidnappings in the Bayaa district of southwestern Baghdad at about 8:50 a.m. today. Information from unidentified sources pointed to the gang members’ location, assisting in the success of the mission. Elsewhere, an Iraqi man...

N.Korea 'Spending Hand Over Fist While People Starve' A Grand National Party lawmaker and member of the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee on Friday said North Korea’s budget structure means it can pour money into its missile program while its people are starving. The comments from Chung Hyung-keun came at a meeting of leading party members a day after the North slammed the South’s refusal to continue food aid until it returns to disarmament talks. "We understand that North Korea intends to build up to 17 more Taepodong-2 missiles,” Jung said. "Some people say each Taepodong-2 costs W60 billion (US$1=W954), but...

Col. David Hunt of Fox News fame is filling in for Howie Carr today _and all next week_...You can listen online (including a 1 am online streaming rebroadcast) 3-6 pm at howiecarr.com Col. David Hunt of Fox News Channel, and author of "They Just Don't Get It : How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety--and What You Can Do About It" From his bio: "Most recently, Colonel Hunt served as Tactical Advisor in Bosnia where he facilitated all national intelligence matters for the Commander in Chief. He has served as a security advisor for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as...

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2006 – The morale of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad is "absolutely tremendous," a U.S. Army commander there said today. "When I talk to my soldiers on the ground, they're absolutely committed to what we're doing here," Army Col. Michael Beech, commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters via teleconference from Forward Operating Base Prosperity in central Baghdad. He said this high morale is reflected in his unit's re-enlistment rate -- 116 percent of goal for first-term soldiers. "They volunteered knowing they were coming to Iraq," he said. "A hundred and sixteen percent...

Female colonel becomes first base commander for Camp Lejeune Submitted by: MCB Camp Lejeune Story Identification #: 200612391028 Story by Lance Cpl. Brandon R. Holgersen MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2006) -- Colonel Adele E. Hodges will become the first female colonel to command Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Jan. 23, replacing Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson who was appointed the commander of Marine Corps Installations-East. “I am very excited,” said Hodges. “It’s a large base and a large facility, and I am excited to be the first colonel assigned to this challenge.” Hodges plans on upholding...

Excerpt - BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Col. William Wood, commanding officer of the 184th Infantry Regiment, died last week, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in the Iraq war, the U.S. military said Monday. Wood, based at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the northern province of Babil, had responded to a roadside bomb Thursday and was giving orders to his men as they secured the area when a secondary explosion blew him backwards into a canal, killing him instantly, the military said. Wood, 44, was based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. A memorial service will be held...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, Aug. 24, 2005) – The Distinguished Service Cross – second only to the Medal of Honor in military decorations – has been awarded to U.S. Army Col. James H. Coffman Jr. for his role in leading Iraqi Special Police Commandos through a 5 ½-hour battle against insurgents trying to overrun an Iraqi police station. Flanked by the commando unit Coffman fought with, U.S. Army Gen. George Casey, commander of Multi-National Forces–Iraq, pinned the cross and eagle medal on Coffman’s body armor during an Aug. 24 ceremony at Adnon Palace in Baghdad’s International Zone. Iraq’s Minister...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Eugene J. Holmes, a retired Army colonel who accused Bill Clinton (news - web sites) of deceiving him in order to dodge the Vietnam War draft, has died at age 88. Holmes, who survived the Bataan Death March during World War II, died Saturday at his Fayetteville home, Moore's Chapel funeral home said. Holmes was director of the University of Arkansas Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in 1969 when Clinton — then a Rhodes scholar attending Oxford University in England — applied to the program to satisfy draft deferments. He never actually enrolled in the program. In...

Freepers - I just got an email from an old friend asking for some help in writing Congress about a bureaucratic regulation dispute that is apparently hurting a lot of military servicemen in getting recognized for their promotions and rank when they reach the mandatory retirement date. I do not know much about the laws or procedures in this area so bear with me, but here is the situation my friend described: He is a life-long serviceman and reservist who participated in both Afghanistan and Iraq as well as many other missions all over the world. Late last year, not...

There have been comments attributed to General Giap and Colonel Tin mentioning and thanking the anti-war movement for victory in Vietnam. even saying they might have surrendered. Giap was claimed to have made the comments in his book "How we won the war" but it appears to not be the source. Though other similiar comments seem to have been made, but not mentioning surrender. Does anyone have reliable sources for commments on this topic from Giap and Colonel Tin? Trying to get the definitive source for these guys on what exactly they said when and where. Anyone have something handy...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks has been told "a very prominent member" of al Qaeda served as an officer in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s militia, a panel member said on Sunday. Republican commissioner John Lehman told NBC's "Meet the Press" program that the new intelligence, if proven true, buttresses claims by the Bush administration of ties between Iraq (news - web sites) and the militant network believed responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. "We are now in the process of getting this latest intelligence," Lehman said. Commission Chairman Thomas Kean...

KFC Says: 'You're Hired!' -- The Colonel 'Trumps' Trump Offering One Career-Minded Entrepreneur a Secret Recipe for Success LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- KFC Corporation (KFCC) announced today that it is extending an offer to one of the nation's best and brightest business minds -- the runner-up from this season's hottest new reality show. After seeing the "out-of-the-bucket" thinking exhibited during the most publicly grueling job interview of all time, the company has a real challenge in mind for this would-be corporate titan.No mere "trumped up" tasks; KFC raises the stakes with the offer of a one- week stint...

Colonel wins libel damages A British Army colonel has won substantial undisclosed libel damages against two newspapers that made allegations about his conduct during the Iraq war. Tim Collins won damages against the Sunday Express and Sunday Mirror newspapers at the High Court in Belfast on Friday. The newspapers withdrew allegations that he had been involved in war crimes including the murder of an Iraqi prisoner. The Northern Ireland army officer achieved fame for his speech to troops of the Royal Irish Regiment on the eve of the Iraq War. Belfast-born Col Collins, 43, was widely praised when he told...

America's Hero By: Andy Obermann In today's culture, a true hero is hard to find. Our youth, my generation included, idolize the likes of Eminem, deeming his anti-establishment, disrespectful stance as heroic. Distortions such as this cause us to lose sight of what a true hero is. A true hero is one who makes a noble decision in the face of whatever consequences that decision may entail. They do whatever is necessary to protect the lives of others. They both recognize and accept the penalties of their actions with no complaints or regrets. They understand that those actions may cause...

    The Army has filed a criminal assault charge against an American officer who coerced an Iraqi into providing information that foiled a planned attack on U.S. soldiers.     Lt. Col. Allen B. West says he did not physically abuse the detainee, but used psychological pressure by twice firing his service weapon away from the Iraqi. After the shots were fired, the detainee, an Iraqi police officer, gave up the information on a planned attack around the northern Iraqi town of Saba al Boor.     But the Army is taking a dim view of the interrogation tactic. An Army official at the Pentagon...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Colonel Rebel will still get a new look but the makeover is on hold indefinitely, University of Mississippi officials say. Ole Miss officials on Tuesday delayed an online election for students, dues-paying alumni and others to choose a new image for the school's mascot. The athletics committee was "not enthusiastic" about any of the three proposed new looks that were to be put up for a vote, said Jeff Alford, assistant vice chancellor of university relations.The online vote was to have started later this week. Alford said it has been delayed indefinitely.University officials said earlier this...

A British Army officer has been cleared by the Ministry of Defence of mistreating prisoners of war in Iraq. No criminal proceedings will be brought against Colonel Tim Collins, the former commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, the the Ministry of Defence said. A spokeswoman for the MoD said: "I can confirm that the investigation into allegations against Colonel Collins has now concluded and that no criminal proceedings will be taken against him." Northern-Ireland born Col Collins, 43, a father of five, won British and American praise for a rousing speech to his Royal Irish Regiment troops...

You won't see his picture in the post office, but Clarksdale businessman Hartley Kittle is now listed as public enemy No. 1 by the outd-of-sync administration at Ole Miss. And with that, Kittle becomes the darling of the "vocal minority." That's how Athletic Director Pete Boone referred to the defenders of traditions at the Oxford-based campus. And here's what Kittle said in the state's largest publication in Mississippi - The Jackson Clarion-Ledger: "They took the flag, we don't have 'Dixie' and now it's Colonel Reb. They can say whatever they want, but they'll realize the deal when they count the...

<p>To some, remaking the University of Mississippi's mascot is no more, or less, important than losing your own hair. To others, it's no more, or less, important, than losing your own head.</p> <p>No matter what you think about it, though, it appears that the head of Colonel Rebel is going to roll, to be replaced by a more modern head-to-be-named, according to Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone.</p>

A former Russian intelligence officer has been sentenced to 18 years' hard labour for treason and espionage. Colonel Alexander Zaporozhsky, 52, was found guilty of passing information about Russian overseas intelligence activities to foreign governments for five years. He was also suspected of revealing the identities of more than 20 Russian US-based spies. Since his retirement in 1997, Mr Zaporozhsky had been working for an American company in the state of Maryland, but he was arrested in Moscow in 2001. The court gave Mr Zaporozhsky a tougher sentence than the 16 years demanded by prosecutors. 'Secrets to CIA' He was...

Ba'ath Party teacher accuses 'war crimes' British colonel of staging mock execution By Michael Smith in Rumailah (Filed: 23/05/2003) The Ba'ath Party representative in the first town occupied by the Royal Irish Regiment is thought to be the source for four of the five allegations of "war crimes" made against Col Tim Collins. Ayoub Younis Nasser, the former headmaster of the al-Nukhaila school in Rumailah, 30 miles west of Basra, took his unsubstantiated claims further yesterday, claiming that Col Collins also subjected him and his son to a mock execution. Mr Nasser, who is now an ordinary teacher, alleged that...

OXFORD, Miss. - Colonel Reb, the mascot at the University of Mississippi, may soon be in for major changes.Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone said Monday that the mascot, decked out in red and blue and outfitted like an 18th century Southern gentleman, should no longer represent sports teams at the Oxford school."It doesn't fit anything we do," Boone said.Coming up with an alternative has been a problem, so Colonel Reb will stick around at least through the 2003 football season, Boone said.It's possible there could be a change for the 2003-04 basketball season, he said."We have made a stab...

A colonel in Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard says he made no effort to force reluctant Iraqi troops to fight the coalition forces attacking Iraq. The colonel said he and his 600 men hid from coalition bombing, and those men deserted their posts on a daily basis. The un-named officer, interviewed in his Baghdad home, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We had orders ... just stay in your positions and hide from the bombs." Asked about desertions from his unit, the officer said: "Every day, one, two, three, every day one, two, three. Everyone want to go, leave his...

You can listen on radio Houston 950am KPRC or go to their website and listen by computer. Col. Mustafa has been in USA for 5 years. He defected from Hussein's army. He is telling of all the atrocities. He used an assumed name. Yesterday with the toppling of the statue and other events in Baghdad he finally felt comfortable coming forward and using his real name. He is being interviewed on Chris Baker show now, through a translator. Interesting! He has Amad Assad as translator, he spoke at our Houston Rally for America.

Prepare for horror and be nice to prisoners, says colonel By Terri Judd in Camp Coyote, Kuwait 17 March 2003 The commanding officer of the British Army's helicopter fighting force warned his men yesterday to prepare for the horror and pathos of war. Lieutenant-Colonel George Butler also urged 3 Regiment Army Air Corps to remember their fight was not with the Iraqi people or soldiers but with the regime itself. The colonel told the troops that they might be about to embark on the most momentous occasion of their lives, adding: "This is not an exercise; it is for real....

Militants kill top colonel in Hebron ambush By Justin Huggler in Hebron 17 November 2002 Israeli armoured vehicles poured into Hebron last night, as it emerged that nine of the 12 Israelis killed in an ambush here on Friday were soldiers or members of the paramilitary border police. Among them was the Israeli army commander in Hebron, Colonel Dror Weinberg – the most senior officer to die in the two-year intifada. The other three dead were armed Jewish settlers who had rushed to the help of the soldiers. The killings, the work of Palestinian militants most Israelis thought were all...

Air Force Colonel Suspended By KIM CURTIS Associated Press Writer June 4, 2002, 6:40 PM EDT SAN FRANCISCO -- An Air Force colonel has been suspended for writing a letter in which he called President Bush "a joke" and accused him of allowing the Sept. 11 attacks to happen because "his presidency was going nowhere." The letter from Lt. Col. Steve Butler was published May 26 in The (Monterey County) Herald. "He did nothing to warn the American people because he needed this war on terrorism," Butler wrote. "His daddy had Saddam and he needed Osama. His presidency was going...

Y'all don't mind when the dial says "terror, Taliban, Hamas" are unknown, and I say B'shit. The administration says the war is going well. The Taliban is gone, Al-Quida is on the run, democracy is taking root. That's fine as long as one is not a critic. If one is in that camp, then Al-Quida is regrouping. Warlords control large areas outside of Kabul. Two assisinations have the Karzai regime. Bombings of civilians are costing American goodwill of Afghanis. Meet Colonel David Hackworth. He joined the merchant marine in 14. He enlisted in the U.S.A. Army in 1946 (15 years...