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Posted on 05/17/2004 12:36:39 AM PDT by JustPiper
As a related aside, have you noticed that all the negative reports such as the prison abuse story, the rush to war in Iraq story, the GWB knew about 911 story, etc., are reported as factual from the get-go by the presstitutes? And, according to the press, terrorists are "freedom fighters," America and Israel are bad, and Hamas and Yasser Arafat are to be viewed most favorably. Oh, and let's not forget that the media is always telling us that people with morals are small-minded, intolerant haters.
The only folks getting passes these days by the sicko liberal presstitutes are terrorists and accused rapists, murderers, and the democraps. It sickens me.
I noticed at the grocery store today that the bottled water supply was very very low. This is a different shopping pattern than I've seen in previous weeks. In fact, many staples were just about sold off the shelves. Perhaps some of it is beginning to sink in with those who would not listen prior to the government's announcement.
Glad you found us.............this is the "happening" place.
Welcome.
Or use a local person's home for a "call to prayer meeting" if no church is nearby.
I guess we have never been too subtle about it.
Kinda like at the beginning or end of some movie when they say in the credits something like "any characters or situations resembling real ones are purely coincidental and totally fictional".
Right.
Yes, I feel that it has been set in motion and there is no recalling the evil.
It has to be the final draw and this hand will have to be played out as God allows.
I feel that the dangers are not all from the terrorists, but many will come from the citizens who will crack under the strain.
Bodansky does write about an Islamist Internationale
ANd he wrote that book in 99 or 2000!!!.
Ah, but we were all caught up OJ, Lewinsky, etc etc.
Boy, the media really did a terrible job of informing people, didn't they. Just abdicated their responsibility and fed us the LowestCommonDenominator, ad nauseum.
Well..........you wild thing. Glad you gained some some sense with age. Methinks we have all been there at one time or another. Just part of maturation.
Not to mention Chandra Levey the entire summer of '01 leading up to September.
And I took no meds - only Vitamin E and Cod Liver Oil. Which one of us is more dangerous? At least you're medicated!
Royal Navy ties up ahead of seven-nation war games
ABOARD THE ALBION — They’ll spend the next few weeks practicing teamwork and cooperation with the U.S. Navy, but on Thursday, as this Royal Navy amphibious assault ship pulled into Norfolk Naval Station, it was the differences that stood out.
Uniformed sailors wearing shorts and knee socks. Cans of Stella Artois beer cooling in the wardroom fridge. A portrait of Princess Anne on the wall. And for many young crew members eager for a bit of night life, disappointment that they can’t legally drink a pint of ale on American soil: In the United Kingdom, the drinking age is 18 .
About 6,000 Royal Navy and Marine personnel and 18 ships are converging on Norfolk in preparation for one of the largest joint exercises since 1996 .
The biggest British ship – the aircraft carrier Invincible , with a crew of 1,050 – arrives today . The flotilla is expected to sail out on Tuesday , and the two-week amphibious exercise is set to begin June 10 .
Called “Exercise Blinding Storm” by the United States – and less grandly, “Exercise Rapid Alliance” by the U.K. – the training will involve upward of 30,000 troops from seven nations in exercises off and on the coast of North Carolina. Dutch marines and French soldiers will take part, as well as a Peruvian submarine and contingents from Germany and Canada.
The Albion is carrying four Challenger II battle tanks – the British equivalent of the U.S. M1A1 Abrams tank – that will surge ashore aboard the ship’s new landing craft.
Until the landing platform dock ship entered service last year, officers said, the Royal Navy’s amphibious ships had lost the capability of moving tanks from sea to shore. The tanks were too heavy and the landing craft too old.
“It would have been ideal to have this capability last year in Iraq,” said Cmdr. Jim Lines , the ship’s logistics commander .
Commodore Chris Parry , who is heading the seven-ship amphibious task group for the exercise from the Albion, said it’s crucial for allies to practice communicating and exchanging information.
It’s challenging enough getting the Royal Marines and Royal Navy on the same page, Parry said. Multiply that by six other countries, and “if you’re not careful, you shoot down your own guys.”
“At the moment, the U.S. and ourselves are the market leaders in warfare,” Parry said. “If we’re going to get that right 365 days a year, we’ve got to practice.”
Inside the ship’s command platform, a convenience store-sized area full of computers, clocks and screens, the Albion’s battle staff has been communicating with U.S. Navy counterparts for the past week via e-mail and Internet chat rooms.
Though there are still old-fashioned means of communicating, like radios, telegrams and satellite phones, the Albion concentrates on “net-centric warfare,” said Kevin Rowlands, the operations officer.
But as the 578-foot ship pulled into Pier 12 next to the carrier Enterprise, many sailors’ minds were already on something else. During the Cold War, Royal Navy ships made more regular trips to the U.S. for training missions. But for many younger sailors, Lines said, this is their first port call on this side of the Atlantic.
Gunner Mark McIntyre , a 12-year veteran, said his last stay in Norfolk was “pretty hazy” – and he wasn’t referring to the weather. He planned on getting drunk.
“Mixing with the locals is probably the polite way to put it,” he said.
Jo Savage , a Northern Ireland native , isn’t old enough to drink in the U.S. She planned instead to have dinner with fellow female sailors, then head to Virginia Beach.
“I want to do loads of shopping and loads of sunning to top off my non-existent tan,” Savage said.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=70960&ran=38708
Beautiful prayer JP - thank you - we've seen cancer in our family too.
Her name escaped me while I was thinking of that summers media obsession. I remember Sharks but forgot Condit - but then that's an insult to sharks.
Largest war games in Asia-Pacific underway in Thailand
Almost 20,000 military personnel from the United States and other ally nations are taking part in the largest war games in the Asia-Pacific, in Thailand.
US Ambassador, Daryl Johnson, says this year's Cobra Gold exercises have added importance because of the war in Iraq.
Those taking part in the exercises include Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines and Mongolia - all of which have contingents currently in Iraq.
Mr Johnson says Cobra Gold is essential in training and working together to defeat terrorists and eliminate their networks in Southeast Asia and around the world.
Most of the exercises are aimed at preparing troops for future United Nations missions.
Ten other nations will observe this year's drills, including Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1107910.htm
Did you see the story out of Iran tonight? Certainly something to be concerned about in the summer of '04 given where it's coming from.
"Our missiles are now ready to strike at their civilization, and as soon as the instructions arrive from leader ['Ali Khamenei], we will launch our missiles at their cities and installations.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38709
I suppose it was Ok to still be a "wild thing" when I graduated from UCSD in 1976. I was only 19 at the time.
Not sure if anyone posted this already, but the fox top of the hour just said that that AA flight yesterday in Nashville with the bomb threat note had more details. A 37 year old flight attendent left the note.
A member of the crew? What on earth would possess her to do that...I mean, I don't understand what would possess anyone to do that...but it didn't say they found anything leading them to believe there WAS a bomb...so was she just looking to see what would happened b/c of it?
Wonder if she was the one who reported finding the note too......?
Bizarre.
Let's hope it's some lowlevel flunky blustering.
Gee - that's too bad about that Arabic note. Sheesh, accidents happen.
They're not claiming the blackout that hit Italy/s. France?
That's quite a list (#4320). I wonder if the people who shriek "Al Qaeda didn't do it because they didn't take credit for it!" (when Al-Q rarely takes credit immediately for anything) will say to this?
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