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~ It's Finally Friday!! ~ INFANTRY BAND The 34th Infantry Division band Center Mass performs for sailors aboard the USS Decatur in the Persian Gulf, Aug. 26, 2009. The band’s tour focused on performing in places USO tours do not get to visit. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darryl L. Montgomery Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. INFANTRY BAND ROCKS USS DECAUTUR With the sun setting behind the Basra, Iraq, oil terminal in the background, the 34th Infantry Division band...

On December 16th, 1773,"radicals" from Marlborough, Massachusetts, threw 342 chests of tea from three British East India Company ships into Boston Harbor in protest of oppressive taxation and tyrannical rule. They wrote of their actions, "A free-born people are not required by the religion of Christ to submit to tyranny, but may make use of such power as God has given them to recover and support their ... liberties." That event, of course, was the Boston Tea Party. On April 19th, 1775, Paul Revere departed Charlestown (near Boston), for Lexington and Concord, in order to warn John Hancock, Samuel Adams...

"Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country."

Syrian-Produced 'Al-Shatat' Series on Iranian TV For Ramadan: 'Rothschild Legacy' of Controlling World Following are excerpts from the first episode of the Syrian-produced TV series "Al-Shatat," as aired by Iran's Channel 2 TV during Ramadan 2009. The channel aired the series' first episode on August 20, 2009. (To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2222.htm )The 30-episode Al-Shatat series has been aired several times previously, including during Ramadan 2003, by Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV [1] ; during Ramadan 2004, by two Iranian TV channels [2] ; and during Ramadan 2005, by Jordan's Al-Mamnou' TV. [3] It purports to tell the...

Started another thread about getting sights for my 1911. And it got me thinking that another thread might be worthwhile... What are some films that use the 1911 prominently? Terrific (or sucky!) movies that have the ole standby as the handgun of choice? Tell me, tell me, tell me...

The White House has dispatched the lovable Sesame Street resident Elmo to spread the word on ways to ward off the H1N1 flu, but for those who find the red, fluffy Muppet a little too soft, there's Dr. John D. Clarke -- the MD who can rap. In a minute-long video, the Long Island doctor spits rhymes about washing one's hands and using hand sanitizer Clarke is one of 10 finalists competing for a $2,500 prize from the Department of Health and Human Services for the best H1N1 prevention video. After picking the finalists from more than 200 entries, the...

Is there a civil war brewing in the Democratic Party? Two of President Obama's most supportive Caucuses sent the POTUS threatening letters today. Upset with the word that the President was backing away from the Obamacare Public option, both The Congressional Black Caucus and the Progressive Caucus both sent the President letters saying the "backing away" better be nothing but a false rumor. Oh and they don't a place holding, in name only public option, the word they use is robust. There are also reports of a compromise plan in the Senate where the public option would be triggered if...

Recession-fueled federal spending and deficit growth caught the public unaware, but awareness is growing, welling up like a primal scream. Inarticulate now, the public is searching for its voice.Fiscal conservatives must be that voice, but this opportunity has taken them by surprise too. It's an opportunity for leadership, not partisanship, and it's not simply enough to oppose. At some point, public demand switches from style to substance, and a solution must be offered. Fortunately, an answer can be found in a few basic steps — for those knowing where to look. It's easy to see how America has been fiscally...

black woman is suing the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, saying she was abruptly fired after complaining that the organization was not reaching out to black churches. A spokesman for the organization didn't comment on the firing, but said the association does extensive outreach and works extensively with black congregations and other diverse churches. Kimberly McCallum said in the lawsuit that was moved into a federal court on Wednesday that she was the only black employee working in the executive offices in Charlotte when she started in February 2007. She complained to her superiors later that year when she was asked...

After observing Obama on the campaign trail and during his first six months in office, we have concluded that our President lives and governs according to his own set of “Ten Commandments.” They’re certainly NOT the Ten Commandments you learned in Sunday School. In fact, many are the direct opposite! To prove that our conclusions are correct, you will find a link to source documentation for each commandment on the Patriot Update web site. I. Thou shalt have no God in America, except for me. For we are no longer a Christian nation and, after all, I am the chosen...

"I am not permitting parents to opt out students from viewing the president's message..." Tempe Elementary School District No. 3 in Arizona, is not permitting parents to pull their children out of class during Obama's speech. "I have directed principals to have students and teachers view the president's message on Tuesday," - Superintendent of Schools Dr. Arthur Tate Jr.

The Rise (and Fall?) of the Islamic Emirate in GazaBy: Daniel Lav * The MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Monitor (JTTM) was the only news source to report last week that a confrontation was brewing between Hamas and salafi jihadis in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ("Possible Showdown Between Al-Qaeda Supporters and Hamas at Friday Prayers in Rafah; Fatah Supporters Vow to Join in Fray," August 13, 2009, http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1729¶m=GJN ). This report is offered as a free sample from the JTTM; to subscribe to the JTTM, visit http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/about_memri.htm or contact us at jttm@memri.org . IntroductionOn August 14, 2009, the radical...

U.S. Cuts Off Non-Humanitarian Aid To Honduras The only thing shocking about this is that Hillary Clinton didn’t go and call what happened the other month a coup. Had she done that, all aid would have had to be cut, per US law (not that lawmakers, particularly those in Obama’s admin, follow the law) The Obama administration on Thursday cut all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, making permanent a temporary suspension of U.S. aid imposed after he was deposed in June. (snip) “The secretary of state has made the decision, consistent with U.S. legislation,...

This is stunning-a 2008 audio of Van Jones explicitly stating that the "Green Jobs" movement will be used to push through "revolutionary" change. I defy anyone to listen to this and tell me that Van Jones is not still a communist. Even more stunning is the only days old admission by "the other half of Obama's Brain" Valerie Jarrett, that "we" have been watching Van Jones for some years and are "so happy to recruit him to the White house" I suggest to readers that they check out this post. It explains that Jarrett's late father-in-law Vernon Jarrett worked closely...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 Students Borrow More Than Ever for College Heavy Debt Loads Mean Many Young People Can't Live Life They Expected By ANNE MARIE CHAKER Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people. New numbers from the U.S. Education Department show that federal student-loan disbursements—the total amount borrowed by students and received by schools—in the 2008-09 academic year grew about 25% over the previous year, to $75.1 billion. The amount of money students borrow has long been on the rise. But last year far surpassed...

9/3/2009 - BAGHDAD (AFNS) -- Two Airmen stationed inside the International Zone here are in the process of training Iraqi firefighters to be able to respond to a crisis at a moment's notice. By the end of this training, Master Sgt. Jeffrey Kimball and Tech. Sgt. Essam Cordova, 821st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Iraqi Training Advisory Mission fire rescue advisors, said the Iraqis should be capable of running a response system similar to 9-1-1 in the United States. "The best way to think about it is when you call 9-1-1 you feel like you're safe, and we're trying to do...

Health Care: Can a day go by without the British producing another story highlighting the disaster of their government-run system? In the latest installment, we find that care for the dying might be a cause of death.The benignly named Liverpool Care Pathway is not a death panel, but a group of experienced British doctors says it works like that. In a letter to London's Daily Telegraph, the doctors say patients sometimes thought to be terminally ill are dying prematurely because of guidelines that are intended to ease the suffering of those at the end of their lives. In this practice,...

Here is video of a Fox News report tonight by James Rosen on Radical Obama "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones. The report details all the major evidence of his radicalism that has surfaced over the last couple of weeks. Significantly, toward the end of the report, University of Virginia Political Science Professor Larry Sabato said the "vetting process" clearly broke down with "Mr. Jones." Sabato went on to say: "If a Bush official had made anything comparable to what Mr. Jones has said and done, no doubt there would have been a national hurrah (fuss) of magnificent proportions."This means the...

NOREEN: It's easy to see who is scared by Obama speech BARRY NOREEN barry.noreen@gazette.com 2009-09-03 16:17:57 Be afraid. Be very afraid. Because on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will address students on a national television hook-up and webcast (www.whitehouse.gov/live/) exhorting them to make an effort to study hard, complete school and learn as much as they can. Our right-wing talking heads are telling us not to be fooled, that Obama’s real motive is the traditional lefty conspiracy to use “kids in public schools as guinea pigs and as junior lobbyists for their social liberal agenda.” That’s not made-up. It’s straight from...

White House green jobs adviser Van Jones' past associations and remarks are stirring controversy at a time when the Obama administration is trying to keep controversy at a minimum. President Obama's "green jobs" adviser could become a mounting liability for the Obama administration, as the latest revelation about Van Jones shows his belief that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks may have been an inside job. Jones joined the "9/11 truther" movement by signing a statement in 2004 calling for then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and others to launch an investigation into evidence that suggests "people within the current...