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There is a excellent book on the bookshelves titled Mass Exodus by Carlos Perez (SgtMaj USMC). Though it is written from conversations with his father, it can be realted to real life exploits. Support this fine American!

Support for troops in Iraq. Please put the following on any mailing list send boxes in support of the troops in Iraq. Regimental Sergeant Major RCT2 Unit 73910 FPO AE 09509-3910 We really appreciate the support Semper Fidelis

Rising oil prices set off alarm (San Bernardino County Sun (CA) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 19--Skyrocketing gasoline prices have economists worried. On Tuesday, crude oil prices hit a record high. Locally, the average price of self-serve gasoline prices in San Bernardino and Riverside counties rose above $3 per gallon, to within a fraction of an all-time record. These price increases could be a blip in what is becoming an increasingly volatile global oil market. But if skyrocketing petroleum product prices persist for six months, they will have far-reaching economic consequences, economists say. A continuation of high oil prices...

One of the great misnomers distorting today's energy debate is the misconception that the price gouging at the pump is a key cause for today's high gasoline prices. Now, pump-gouging may indeed be a factor, but it pales by comparison to the gouging that's going on at the well which has caused prices to catapult over the last years. It is the OPEC cartel and their oil industry cronies ratcheting up and manipulating the price of crude that lies behind the astronomical price of gas. The lack of focus on this issue is a ringing victory for the oil-patch propaganda...

TAMPA - The introduction of a new, low-sulfur diesel fuel this fall promises to be the biggest advance in cleaning up the air since unleaded gasoline. Starting Oct. 1, retail fuel distributors will begin selling diesel fuel with sulfur levels of 15 parts per million, down from the current standard of 500 parts per million. The ultra-low sulfur fuel will allow millions of trucks and buses to use the latest pollution-control hardware. These filters will reduce soot and smog-causing gases from diesel engines by 90 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The health benefits will be huge once...

MARINES are always taught: 1) Keep your priorities in order and 2) Know when to act without hesitation. A MARINE was attending some college courses between assignments. He hadcompleted missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day heshocked the class when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes." The lecture room fellsilent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten...

SPEECH OF HON. JEFF MILLER OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2005 * Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this week I attended the funeral of SSgt Daniel Clay. Sergeant Clay was from my district and one of ten Marines killed by an IED in Fallujah, Iraq on December 1, 2005. * Dan's father, Bud Clay, shared with me a letter his son wrote to his loved ones before he was killed. Accompanying his son's letter was a letter Bud had written to President Bush. Mr. Clay asked me to take this to Congress and share...

Memo to the GOP: Just open the door by Hugh B. Price —Guest Columnist— (FinalCall.com) -- One might not think to connect the extraordinary triumphs of the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, at the legendary Wimbledon Tennis Championships recently with the announcement earlier that same week from Republican Congressman J.C. Watts, of Oklahoma, that he was leaving the Congress at the end of this, his fourth term in office. But, in fact, both events, separately and together, speak volumes about, first, the achievement aspirations of Black Americans, and, secondly, the barriers that remain to keep them in what some Whites...