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ID cards would allow sailors to go ashore06/30/03BILL STEWARTVANCOUVER -- Under post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism security measures, foreign sailors are often trapped aboard their ships during stops at U.S. ports, including those along the Columbia River.That problem drew maritime experts from as far as New York to Fort Vancouver Seafarers Center in April. That session concluded, among other things, that the 1.2 million sailors worldwide need high-tech ID cards.The International Labor Organization, an arm of the United Nations, last week adopted the ID card concept. The organization will meet in Geneva this week to work on additional details.The photo ID cards...

What were the entertainers of 1943 doing 60 years ago? The Entertainers of 2003 have been in all of the news media lately. it seems Newspaper, Television and Radio has been more than ready to put them and their message before the public.I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (60 years ago). Most of these brave men have since passed on.Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U.S. Army on D-Day.Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really...

Who's Smarter? by Cindy OsborneThe Hollywood group is at it again. Holding anti-war rallies, screaming about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers, defaming the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and everyone who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names like "stupid" , "morons", and "idiots". Jessica Lange went so far as to tell a crowd in Spain that she hates President Bush and is embarrassed to be an American.So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country? Let's look at the biographies of these "stupid", "ignorant" ,...

Given the fact that I am sick and tired of listening to actors/musicians who who think they have the right to speak for all of us, the following website deserves the support of Freepers. After all, they earn their living pretending to be somebody they're not, so let's keep 'em in their place.Apologies if this has been posted before. It's new to me as of this morning and a damn good idea.http://www.celiberal.com/

"War is not the answer."I have noticed this sign cropping up all around the university that is near my home, and my first thought whenever I see it is, "How true." After all, think of the all the kinds of problems for which war is a grossly and insanely inappropriate solution; and if the sign were merely meant as a cautionary reminder of this fact, it would be hard to quarrel with.But the sign is not meant simply as a general reminder, but is intended as a protest against one particular war, namely the one that is looming between Iraq...

Dear Terrorists,I am a Naval Aviator. I was born and raised in a small town in New England. I come from a family of five. I was raised in a middle class home and taught my values by my mother and father. My dad worked a series of jobs in finance and my mom took care of us kids. We were not an overly religious family but attended church most Sundays. It was a nice small Episcopal Church. I have a brother and sister and I am the youngest in my family. I was the first in many generations to...

I posted this before, last month as a matter of fact. I am posting it again. I am sick and tired of the media coverage, the looney leftists and the back stabbing nations who drop trousers whenever the going gets rough. In short, I don't give a damn if they like us or what we do. I'm fed up with THEM and they can stick it where the sun don't shine. They sure as hell want our money and technology when all is well, but the minute we become a liability to their interest...They Don't Like UsPlease read. Interesting point...

The Military History of FranceSo, after 58 years, the French have decided that they prefer Vichy after all. It's hardly surprising. When the Vichy regime was in power, one couldpretty much do what one wanted when it came to those troublesome Jews. Yes,there were shortages and lots of Germans around, but that's not much different from the present. Plus, just like today, the truly intellectual could take pride in the notion that they were part of something larger than a piddling little nation state. And really, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité!" is just so passe. Vichy knew that too, which is why...

As our confrontation with terrorists and those who support them grows, the liberal media and heads-in-the-sand pacifists become ever more vocal in their opposition to our Government's actions to thwart our enemies. If it were in my power, I would assure that every American citizen heard the following speech by Brian Shul. He more than earned the right to be heard!Brian Shul's Great Speech - Chico, California, October 3, 2002.Brian Shul ... A Vietnam era USAF fighter pilot, 212 combat missions, shot down near the end of the war and was so badly burned that he was given next to...

They Don't Like UsPlease read. Interesting point of view from someone who has actually been there. Provided by Joe Galloway, author of We Were Soldiers Once, and Young and is posted as an item of possible interest."This one is definitely NOT tongue in cheek. Sig, the author, was a teen-aged Marine who marched and fought as a rifleman to and from the Chosin reservoir in Korea in 1950. He switched to the Army, and served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. After Vietnam he joined the CIA, and went back to Korea. He's been there, done it, and has...

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I sat in a movie theater watching "Schindler's List," asked myself, "Why didn't the Jews fight back?"Now I know why.I sat in a movie theater, watching "Pearl Harbor and asked myself, "Why weren't we prepared?"Now I know why.Civilized people cannot fathom, much less predict, the actions of evil people.On September 11, dozens of capable airplane passengers allowed themselves to be overpowered by a handful of poorly armed terrorists because they did not comprehend the depth of hatred that motivated their captors.On September 11, thousands of innocent people were murdered because too many Americans naively reject the reality that some nations...

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