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March on the Pentagon
Saturday, March 17, 2007
~ 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon ~
~ 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war ~
On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. The message of the 1967 march was "From Protest to Resistance," and marked a turning point in the development of a countrywide mass movement.
In the coming days and weeks, thousands of organizations and individuals will begin mobilizing for the upcoming March on the Pentagon. Organizing committees and transportation centers are being established to bring people to the March on the Pentagon.
The March 17 demonstration will assemble at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Constitution Gardens) at 12 noon in Washington, D.C.and march to the Pentagon.
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Here is a link to the counterrally. We are defending both the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Pentagon from these hate America freaks.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777003/posts?q=1&&page=51
Come on freepers. There were just 20 or so of us last weekend. We need you to come to DC for this!
From Dane Brown USMC, 1/27, RVN68
Okay, I'm gonna see what I can do to fly into D.C. St. Paddy's Day.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
"C" 1/5 1st Mar. Div.
'69-'70
Note: forwarded message attached.
This is true, these people intend to use our fallen warriors to once again shame our nation and troops at war. Vietnam Veterans had to raise the money to have this memorial and to get it built was something akin to birthing a thousand pound child.
When these people use our sacred memorial and the gallant warriors whose names are on it,they tread on ground bought with blood. They also perpetuate the myth we were all unwilling participants in our war and claim we are all in tacit agreement with them. This is a lie and it cannot stand in the bright sun of freedom this time.
I ask all who can be there,especially vets on motorcycles to ride forth and protect our sacred ground.God Bless all of you and our troops taking the fight to our enemies.
LET THE THUNDER ROLL ! !
MAJOR MARK A. (ZIPPO) SMITH
UNITED STATES ARMY ( RETIRED)
FORMER PRISONER OF WAR-VIETNAM
News you won't see on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC or ABC
February 05, 2007
Gathering of Eagles
"A helpless sparrow can drift with the wind. It takes an "Eagle" to fly against the storm."
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The anti-war/anti-America groups are planning a "march to the Pentagon" on March 17, 2007... this group has intentions that defenders of freedom cannot overlook or allow to occur... there must be a challenge.
Here's a portion from the "anti-war" web site March 17 -- March on Pentagon!: Time to Turn Up the Heat! that causes considerable concern: "The biggest single group of new volunteers and activists are soldiers and marines who have returned from Iraq. Their family members and other veterans are also organizing to March on the Pentagon. The opening rally will assemble at the Vietnam Memorial (Constitution Gardens) at noon."
The anti-war/anti-America group cannot be allowed to use the Viet Nam Memorial Wall as a back-drop to their anti-America venom and stain the hallowed ground that virtually cries out with blood at the thought of this proposed desecration ... it must not happen.
Many are encouraging a "Gathering of Eagles" (symbolic of our freedom) at the Viet Nam Memorial Wall on March 17, 2007, as a signal that a segment of America does not agree with the "anti-war/anti-America" rally on the same day. As noted above, the anti-war/anti-America crowd is publishing intention to use the Viet Nam Memorial as a backdrop to their rally................this cannot happen...............it cannot go unchallenged.
Based on the input received, here is what is suggested as a means to identify those of us attending/visiting the Viet Nam Memorial wall and other Memorials on March 17, 2007 opposing the anti-war distortions.
We want to send a different message than the "anti-war/anti-America" surrender crowd, so we should be clearly set apart from them.
Wear a Red Armband on the right arm (Red often symbolizes/represents courage, revolution, hardiness, blood, and/or valor) .
On the armband each person should print something, e.g. WWII, Korea, Nam, Iraq, spouse, widow, POW, Vet, Legion, patriot, citizen, etc., or other respectful phrase one wants to help us identify one another.
We need to remember all American's are invited to support our effort which is intended as a defender of hallowed ground and intended as a non-violent competition between those that would sell out America and those of us who support freedom and keeping the fight with the enemy on distant shores.
Many of us will be wearing favorite caps, shirts, jackets, jungle fatigues, desert dress, medals, etc. to include the Red Armband............it will be a grand reunion, a time of new friendships, which will also, God willing, rekindle a new light of American patriotism which would filter down the mall toward the Capitol of the United States.......maybe even the main stream media (MSM)
........obviously more detail is needed which will come as we draw nearer.
We know some of the, who, what, when, why, where, .it's up to each of us to supply the "how".
More details to follow....................
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret
Visit http://www.independent-patriots-for-america.com and http://www.independent-patriots-for-america.com/patriot-talk/
Free Republic to get Permit for counter Demonstration
ViperAsh50@aol.com
Feb. 05, 07
Kristinn Taylor the President of the DC Chapter of Free Republic kristinn@bellatlantic.net will be getting a permit for a counter protest on March 17th, 07 in Washington DC...They will set up along the route of the Anti-War Protestors, and we from the "Gathering of Eagles" will be under their permit umbrella. When we are satisfied the Wall is secure and the Park Police have everything under control we can march to where the counter protest will take place to show our support of our troops in the field.
I have also talked to Jeff White, PA, State Council, Vietnam Veterans of America, who has sent out 1500 e-mails. And he has also notified the Gold Star Mothers, and Modern Day Veterans those who have served after 1990.
This morning I also talked to Artie Muller - National Executive Director - of Rolling Thunder, he wants all the information on the "Gathering of Eagles". He has not committed yet, but we can hope.
America must know that there are those of us who know what Anti war protests do to the moral of the troops and who better to let them know than the Vietnam Veterans? We must let our Troops know America is not abandoning another generation of soldiers. These Protesters say they "Support the Troops" how can they possibly believe what they are doing is any way support....What they are doing in reality is what they did to us almost 40 years ago...they are giving our enemies aid and comfort and hope that all they have to do is wait us out...great Americans, Like Jane Fonda. These people are not anti-war they are anti AMERICA!
Anyone who is setting up a convoy or trying to get a bus send me your e-mail and I can put the word out in my "Desk of Viper"
Please forward this mail to all Veterans of all wars to all Veteran organizations to all right thinking Americans forward it on and on and on.
If you are coming from the west
We have a few convoys of vets headed there from the west starting on March 1st. The intention is to pickup more along the way, get there, link arms and not let any of that trash get near our Hallowed Ground!
Ty
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These anti-American anarchist / communist scum cannot be allowed to deface Our Sacred Monuments.
See you all in D.C.
News you won't see on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC or ABC "You can't support the troops if you are A Vietnam Veteran February 06, 2007 Gathering of Eagles Please hold off on the red armband, which is the symbol of international socialism. Ted Sampley is designing a US Flag-type elasticized armband that will be made available. See you on March 17th! A Proud Mother This is what it's all about! , Viper Re: Desk of Viper: "A Gathering of Eagles" On March 17th, 07 at the WALL Hi Gary... I just read the email you sent out.... I think it's wonderful what your doing! I can't see how these idiots call themselves Americans and then to protest their crap at the Wall?...I can't be there but, I am going to wear a red arm band on that day in support of what you guys are doing there.... I have a small request ... is it possible you could just write Kevin's name for me on your arm band that day? He's a proud soldier and doing his job well. He is leaving for Iraq on the 15th of Feb. Kevin R. Cockrill..........is his full name... but, only if you care to write it out...He is with the 10th mtn Div......... Thank you soooooo much for having his name with you on that day....... I am soooo proud and will be happy knowing that his name will be there in support of all that we believe in!! thanks....God Bless our Country and all who fought for our freedom! Kevin's grad day at Ft.Benning Sept. 2006 with one of his DI's who is with the 173rd and his Dad who was with the 173rd in Vietnam 1969..Kevin's dad lost his right leg from the war, and even though we are divorced the kids always had such pride and love for him for what he's been thru and always proud. Will do Mary.... Kevin R. Cockrill will be flying with the Eagles on March 17th Need a Ride to "Gathering of Eagles" I live in Sioux Falls South Dakota and I would like to come in living color medals and all! I need a ride, as I cant afford the trip alone. This is not my first time to DC for the right reason. Mike Castle ---------------------------------------------------------------- As a Vietnam combat Veteran I want to attend. If anyone is driving a car up there from anywhere near Fayetteville, NC I would appreciate a ride. I will forward this E-Mail. If I can't get a ride, I WILL be there in spirit. My contact information is Tom Caramanno Home Phone 910-423-2622, Cell 910-850-2094, E-Mail DoulosTomC@nc.rr.com. If I am not there give them hell especially Hanoi Jane, the traitor, who is now Jihad Jane. You would think that if they didn't like America, they would leave it. Tom Lodging I called the Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston and received this reply; Holiday Inn Arlington can offer you 100 rooms @ $89.00 per room 3/16-3/17 & 3/18 please let us know as soon as you can if you would like us to set up a room block for you. Thanks and talk to you soon. Beverly Rowe Do you want to contact them to make arrangements? Let Beverly know that Pat McCarthy from RFTW passed this on to you. Pat P.S. This is a good price for a decent hotel in DC. Some of you big time organizers help me out here!, Viper Spreading the word Greetings fellow airborne troopers!! Subject: FW: Desk of Viper: "A Gathering of Eagles" On March 17th, 07 at the WALL - 02/05/07 Greetings fellow airborne troopers!! Pls. take a second to read the notes below. A GATHERING OF EAGLES that will take place on 17 March is for one reason----TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS!!!! The momentum is gathering, and ALL veterans (or ANYONE!!) who support what our troops are doing against the war on terror are invited. I would encourage you to spread the word around Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville to ANYONE who recognizes what THE TROOPS are doing to protect the homeland to come join us at the Wall on 17 March in a show of solidarity and patriotism. All are welcome who support our soldiers and what theyre doing. Of course the active duty troops at Bragg would be more than welcome to participate, however I would suggest a check with appropriate regulations would be in order regarding wearing of the uniform to such an event. Feel free to share this note with any other military organizations you may be in touch with. ALL THE WAY!!!!!! LTC Steve Ehart, USA (Retired) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brother I took the liberty of posting your message on http://e20-c75th-rangers-association.org/forums/ and also on ArmyParatrooper.org and MilitaryImages.com and sent out emails to all the vets I know, including the Patriot Guard. I hope there is strong support. Charlie Mike! Rocky Set Them Free Petition I am Carol Hrdlicka wife of Col. David L. Hrdlicka left in captivity by his government. I would like to ask you to sign the petition to give to the Ambassador to Vietnam to let them know that the American public knows there are still live men in SEA. I would also ask you to forward the petition to all of your contacts. I will forward the petition to you. Thank you, Please help bring them home by signing the Set Them Free Petition below that will be provided to the Vietnam Ambassador to the United States, to President Bush and to Congress. To sign SET THEM FREE PETITION CLICK HERE: http://www.letfreedomringinc.com/petition.htm 'And Justice for All' by Jeffrey M. Epstein Our nation's veterans can breathe a sigh of relief over John Kerry's recent decision not to mount another presidential campaign. Perhaps he finally came to the realization that America is no longer amused by his political chicanery. Perhaps Teresa, after having discovered a more lucrative financial investment, simply cut off his allowance. Or perhaps Kerry's long-suppressed conscience finally emerged -- tormenting him with pangs of quilt over his opportunistic, deceptive and narcissistic ways. I think not. In any case, the committed folks who challenged him in 2004 did so at significant risk and personal sacrifice. Fortunately, they can now "stand down," comforted by the fruits of their labor. As we look toward the future, we should all stand steadfast against the use of phony war records and libelous testimony against our nation's most cherished resource -- the brave men and women of our Armed Forces. We must demand that this type of deception is never again employed as the basis of a political platform. As a nation, we should also strive to do a far better job of vetting our candidates, rebuking those who employ the "win by any means" mentality so prevalent in today's political arena. As for Kerry, it's not too late for him to apologize for bearing false witness against his brothers in arms. In his libelous testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senator chose to tarnish the image of an entire generation of courageous servicemen. Despicably, Kerry, ever the opportunist, did so for his own political gain. Our Vietnam veterans, who served with dignity and honor, were forced to carry the stain of Kerry's lies for the next three decades. One such apology was well-received when Steve Pitkin asked to be forgiven by thousands of veterans at the "Kerry Lied" rally -- a 2004 event sponsored by Vietnam Vets for the Truth (VVT) in Washington. Steve admitted to libeling his fellow servicemen by providing false testimony at the "Winter Soldier Investigations." The 1971 Detroit gathering was sponsored by John Kerry and his infamous organization "Vietnam Veterans Against the War." At the time, Mr. Pitkin acquiesced to mounting pressure from Kerry to provide a first-hand account of heinous war crimes occurring in Vietnam -- fictional events of which he had no personal knowledge. Steve's teary-eyed apology was followed by an emotional embrace from hundreds of Vietnam veterans in attendance who cheered: "Welcome home brother." Kerry's 2004 campaign fell victim to a number of things including major offensives launched by credible 527s, like "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" and "VVT." In the end, however, it was the senator's inability to discern truth from fiction coupled with a shameful past that orchestrated his timely demise. Let John Kerry's failure to realize his lifelong presidential ambitions serve as a staunch reminder to disingenuous politicians everywhere and especially to those who proclaim they would not be confronted by those who defend the truth, true patriots refuse to allow political aspirants to hide behind embellished stories and lies. Mr. Epstein previously directed media relations for Vietnam Vets for the Truth. Url: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19274 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" "One Nation Under God" Viper's Links
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From The Desk of Viper News you won't see on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC or ABC "You can't support the troops if you are A Vietnam Veteran February 08, 2007
By C.J. Raven Leftist activists who march to the Pentagon next month will discover that their path won't be as clear as it has been in the past. The group, led by Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, Ed Asner and their ilk, plan to gather March 17 at the Vietnam Memorial Wall to begin a march to protest America's involvement in the Iraq war. The date marks the fourth anniversary of the war's beginning. This time, however, protestors will see objectors if they spit on Iraqi veterans again, or throw paint on a war memorial. This time, they will encounter a buzz saw of Vietnam veterans and supporters who will gather to protect the Wall, and show their support for U.S. troops. The counter-protestors are calling themselves the Gathering of Eagles. "... An eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks. The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it." An unknown author wrote that description, but it describes how the veterans see their mission. They are angry that the Wall is being used as a jumping off point for a political protest and they are gathering to protect it from another storm of anti-war activists. "The anti-war/anti-America group cannot be allowed to use the Vietnam Memorial Wall as a back-drop to their anti-America venom and stain the hallowed ground that virtually cries out with blood at the thought of this proposed desecration ... it must not happen," said veteran Bud Gross. "... All Americans are invited to support our effort, which is intended as a defender of hallowed ground and intended as a non-violent competition between those that would sell out America and those of us who support freedom and keeping the fight with the enemy on distant shores." The group defending the Wall will be wearing armbands to identify themselves. Those who are unable to stand with the defenders are being asked to wear armbands with small U.S. flags to show their own communities that they abhor the Fonda-Sheehan tactics. "We'll be there to act as a countervailing force against the Cindy Sheehan-Jane Fond march from the Vietnam Memorial to the Pentagon," retired Navy Capt. Larry Bailey said. "We will protect the Vietnam Memorial. If they try to deface it, there will be some violence, I guarantee you." Bailey and thousands of his fellow Vietnam vets are worried that the anti-war protesters will damage the wall, just as they spray-painted the steps of the Capitol at their last march. The wall is sacred to the men and women who fought in that war. "It is our contact with our dead brothers -- those who lost their lives in the cause of their country," Bailey said. And so it is that Washington will see a Gathering of Eagles - Americans determined to stand up against leftist propagandists who denigrate U.S. troops and the mission for which they sometimes sacrifice their lives. Retired Col. Harry Riley organized the Gathering of Eagles. Organizers hope thousands will show up in Washington from as far away as Hawaii, and they won't only be Vietnam veterans. Families, friends and veterans of other wars, including Iraq, and soldiers still on active duty, will be there to defend the Wall. "When we say a gathering of eagles, that signifies people who support the American way," Bailey said. The leftist Web site MarchonPentagon.org describes the anti-war demonstrators this way: "The March on the Pentagon has already attracted more than 1,500 endorsers, including prominent individuals and national and grassroots organizations. Students on college campuses and in high schools will be attending in large numbers. There will be a large turnout from the Muslim and Arab American community, which is organizing throughout the country." The movement is well-financed. Its sponsor list is lengthy and contains highly recognizable names, as well as those of Fonda and Sheehan:
Retired Air Force Col. Smitty Harris, a former Vietnam POW, doesn't believe Fonda's protests carry the weight they once did. Harris says Fonda's actions at the march last month were "anti-American," just as they were in the 1970s, and won't have much effect on public opinion. "It was big news during the Vietnam era when they had these marches ... because people didn't have all the alternative ways of finding out what is true and what's not," he recently told Agape Press. "So I don't think it's going to have a big effect." In fact, he says, it could even be counterproductive. Today, Harris points out, Americans have talk radio and media outlets like the Fox News Channel to hear the voices of those who do not agree with Jane Fonda's point of view. For more information, visit the Gathering of Eagles message board. URL: http://www.usvetdsp.com/feb07/eagle.htm
( Thank You Ted Sampley for setting up a Message Board for the "Gathering of Eagles" all on my mail list who want to join and get information about March 17th, to share ideas and information, please join the Message board. Viper ) Spitting on Veterans BY SETH GITELL Anti-war sentiment is moving dangerously close to a place America must never go -- putting our anger on the soldiers that have been fighting the four-year Iraq war. Some of this takes the form of minimizing what happened the last time American GIs returned from an unpopular war -- Vietnam. Liberal commentators, such as MSNBC's Keith Olbermann (Host of Countdown), are diminishing the hostile treatment Vietnam veterans garnered when they returned from Vietnam. countdown@msnbc.com On the air on Thursday, Mr. Olbermann disparaged the old report of Vietnam veterans being spit upon when they came home: "And, oh, by the way, there is not one confirmed case, not one, of Americans spitting on veterans returning from Vietnam." Washington Post blogger William Arkin, meanwhile, went so far as to lay a condition for America's "support" of veterans. "These soldiers should be grateful that the American public, which by all polls overwhelmingly disapproves of the Iraq war and the President's handling of it, do still offer their support to them, and their respect," Mr. Arkin wrote. "Through every Abu Ghraib and Haditha, through every rape and murder, the American public has indulged those in uniform, accepting that the incidents were the product of bad apples or even of some administration or command order." Let's state the obvious. First, Mr. Arkin's words are slanderous. To pluralize Abu Ghraib and Haditha and "every rape and murder" is unconscionable. True, there have been some misdeeds, acts as in Vietnam, where there was a William Calley, who was convicted in the murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians at the My Lai massacre. But in Vietnam there also was helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who stopped Calley from killing even more innocents. The bulk of the American soldiers cannot be held responsible for the isolated wrong. And, as for Mr. Olbermann, the point is not whether the social science research collected in Jerry Lembcke's book "The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam" is correct and that no evidence exists of returning veterans being spit upon, but how most of these men were treated after the war. In my family, the subject of America's support for returning Vietnam veterans is not an academic one. This past July, I sat down for breakfast with my father and a small group of veterans to talk about that war and its aftermath. To my left, sat my father, Gerald Gitell, who served as the executive officer of a Special Forces A-Team in Vinh Gia, South Vietnam. He lead irregular Vietnamese forces in combat, worked to win over the native population of fishermen, and risked his life to help bring medical care to civilians when American napalm burned them. Through a complicated set of circumstances, when he was at Fort Bragg prior to going to Vietnam, he was befriended by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler and helped produce the iconic pro-soldier anthem, "The Ballad of the Green Berets." When he returned, the song had become the number one song in America. A Boston radio talk show invited him as a guest. Poison and invective came in from one of the callers, "If you weren't killing babies in Vietnam, you'd be killing them here," she hissed. Although she was unable to spit directly on him, the call was the verbal equivalent. Across the breakfast table from me sat Rudy Loupias. Rudy fought in the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines at Dai Do in 1968. Little known to the public and recognized by historians as the Battle of Dong Ha, this pitched fight saw brutal combat, sometimes hand-to-hand. The American people were in no mood to support Rudy when he came back from Vietnam. When he returned, he kept his personal history quiet. "I didn't reveal I was a Vietnam veteran because they labeled us as baby killers,'" he recalls. "Even at parties nobody knew I was a Vietnam veteran." Rudy thinks the public should treat soldiers the way they did after the first Iraq war. "It's too bad you had to feel that way -- the hurt," he says. He didn't tell me anything about being spit on, but the pain in his voice says enough. Health care professionals say that the reception veterans receive when they return from war goes a long way to mitigating problems down the line. The worst thing for soldiers who have just returned from war is to be vilified. True support for the troops is nonideological and nonpartisan. These men and women have risked everything for us and must not be turned into political pawns. When their tours of duty come to an end and in the many years to come, we must continue to stand by them. Mr. Gitell (www.gitell.com) is a contributing editor of The New York Sun. Nam Vets When the Lord was creating Vietnam veterans, he was into His 6th day of overtime when an angel appeared. "You're certainly doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And God said, "Have you seen the specs on this order? A Nam vet has to be able to run 5 miles through the bush with a full pack on, endure with barely any sleep for days, enter tunnels his higher ups wouldn't consider doing, and keep his weapons clean and operable. He has to be able to sit in his hole all night during an attack, hold his buddies as they die, walk point in unfamiliar territory known to be VC infested, and somehow keep his senses alert for danger. He has to be in top physical condition, existing on c-rats and very little rest. And he has to have 6 pairs of hands." The angel shook his head slowly and said, "6 pair of hands .... no way." "It's not the hands that are causing me problems ... it's the 3 pair of eyes a Nam vet has to have." "That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through elephant grass, another pair here in the side of his head for his buddies, another pair here in front that can look reassuringly at his bleeding, fellow soldier and say, 'You'll make it...' when he knows he won't." "Lord, rest, and work on this tomorrow." "I can't," said the Lord. "I already have a model that can carry a wounded soldier 1,000 yards during a firefight, calm the fears of the latest FNG, and feed a family of 4 on a grunt's paycheck." The angel walked around the model and said, "Can it think?" "You bet," said the Lord. "It can quote much of the UCMJ, recite all his general orders, and engage in a search and destroy mission in less time than it takes for his fellow Americans back home to discuss the morality of the War, and still keep his sense of humor. This Nam vet also has a phenomenal personal control. He can deal with ambushes from hell, comfort a fallen soldier's family, and then read in his hometown paper how Nam vets are baby killers, psychos, addicts, killers of innocent civilians." The Lord gazed into the future and said, "He will also endure being villified and spit on when he returns home; rejected and crucified by the very ones he fought for." Finally, the angel slowly ran his finger across the vet's cheek, and said, "There's a leak... I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model." "That's not a leak," said the Lord. "That's a tear." "What's the tear for?" asked the angel. "It's for bottled up emotions, for holding fallen soldiers as they die, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for the terror of living with PTSD for decades after the war, alone with it's demons, with no one to care or help." "You're a genius," said the angel, casting a gaze at the tear. The Lord looked very sombre, as if seeing down eternity's distant shores... "I didn't put it there," He said. Hanoi/Jihad Jane She'll Be At The Anti-War Rally At 'The Wall'
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MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS HAVE COME ... AND GONE WE SENT OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST LIGHTS I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU AS I LOOKED AT ALL THE MANY NAMES MY HEART, I THOUGHT, IS BREAKING AND THEN ... OUR SOLDIERS NEVER FALTERED ... I STOOD BEFORE THE WALL TODAY ... from: In The Spirit of Things A Must See Terrorism Awareness Project: The Islamic Mein Kampf "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" "One Nation Under God" Viper's Links
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I've done what I can at my place. I don't get the sort of traffic Free Republic does but Lucianne linked to my post so maybe some people will read it that don't normally come by here.
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