Jack Tilley, a Sergeant Major of the Army, was with a group of people who recently were visiting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body. Sgt. Tilley wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift? How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none? He decided to act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.
However, there was another man in the group who knew exactly what to do. This man reverently took the soldier's stump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed at the bedside, and prayed for him. When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier, kissed him on the head, and told him that he loved him.
Sgt. Tilley was awed by the powerful expression of love for one of our wounded heroes he was witnessing! "What a beautiful Christ-like example!" he thought, moved to tears. What kind of a man would do such a thing?
It was the wounded man's Commander-In-Chief, George W. Bush, President of The United States.
This eyewitness account was told by Sergeant Major Jack Tilley at a Soldiers Breakfast at Red Stone Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, who was stationed there. Pass it on.... the PRESS WON'T!!!!!!
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31 May, 2007
WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD DO SUCH A THING?
29 May, 2007
Cindy Quits
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23 May, 2007
22 May, 2007
LtCol Randolph C. White Jr. Addresses the Graduating Class
I'd follow this man into Hell and carry extra gasoline.
All branches of the Armed Forces exist solely to provide for the uninterrupted advance of the infantryman. You cannot gain ground through naval or aerial bombardment. Someone has to walk on the ground. To eat,sleep,shit, piss, bleed and if need be die in order for it to be called gained ground.
Infantry, Queen of the Battle.
Thank God in Heaven that men like LtCol White and those he addresses have been given to the United States of America. As in generations before, these men rise up to defend the rights of all. You, me, the patriots and the whining cowards who scream defeat at the first challenge.
This is a life we choose. We accept the loss of comrades, the occasional empty chair. We reject those who bleat war casualties we suffer but have never said a word when our comrades have fallen in training. Did they care when are families were destroyed from the stress of military life. We embrace the honor to post on the wall and defend our country from those who would destroy us. All we ask in return is a flag to drape our coffin. Think of that the next time you here someone bemoaning the loss of their 401K or bitch about the leaders of our country.
What have they lost? What have they offered?
Immigration-The Bucket Theory
So if you've been following the latest in Congressional antics you know that they are crafting a Amnesty Bill for illegal aliens.
Isn't that special.
The Bucket Theory
Picture a bucket being filled from a spigot. The water pouring in is the mass "migration" of illegals. The bucket is the United States. The water in the bucket are all those people who are living in the United States and Congress is proposing that they should be granted amnesty and made U.S. citizens.
Follow so far? Great.
So the bucket is full and that attracts the attention of Congress and they enact an Amnesty Bill. Poof! All the water in the full bucket are all legal U.S. citizens.
But water is still coming out of the spigot. Where does it go? Right. Spilling out of the full bucket.
With that image in mind. Does it make sense to grant amnesty to illegal aliens who live in this country before you stem the flow of additional aliens coming over our borders?
I didn't think so.
Send this to your senator and congressional representatives before it's too late.
Secure the borders.
Stem Immigration. Legal or not.
Then address the problem of all these guest workers.
If you don't want to get involved, then start to teach your children and grandchildren Spanish.
They're going to need it.
20 May, 2007
17 May, 2007
Aussies Drinking Cat Poop
Kopi Luwak, made in neighboring Indonesia from coffee beans excreted by native civet cats, is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive coffee, painstakingly extracted by hand from the animals' forest droppings.
When roasted, the resulting beans sell for around $1,000 a kilogram ($450 a pound) and brew into a earthy, syrupy, coffee acknowledged by connoisseurs as one of the world's finest.
USAF vs USMC
Recently, a Marine Corps Harrier Squadron was invited to attend the annual Air Force Red Flag exercised at Nellis Air Force Base, NV. This is one of the USAF's big exercises where they test Combined Arms employment of tactical air assets. The USAF F-15 pilots showed up on the ramp with dozens of rear echelon airman types and tons of equipment such as Ground Power Units, Accessory Power Units, Hummers, Trucks, Air Conditioners, etc. The Marines appeared ready to operate in a combat environment and showed up with only their Harriers. The Air Force commander commented to the Marine commander: "Where is all your support stuff? Geezz, you guys really are just Grunts that know how to fly."
Not wanting to disappoint the Air Force commander, the Marine commander got an idea of his own to carry on the comment. He talked to his First Sergeant and later that night, the First Sergeant had his Marines make up bayonet studs on hose clamps. You see, there is a Pitot tube sticking out of the nose of a Harrier. In the late hours of darkness, the First Sergeant had the clamp with the bayonet stud tightened onto the Pitot tubes of each Harrier.
The next morning, the Air Force pilots fell out on the ramp in front of their F-15s. The Marine pilots fell out on the other side of the ramp in front of their Harriers. Each Marine pilot had on his deuce gear with a bayonet in the scabbard. The USAF commander ordered his pilots to "man your planes." The USAF ground crews by the dozens scrambled to their trucks, APU's, GPU's, etc. and the pilots ran to their planes.
The Marine commander ordered his Marines to "Fix Bayonets."
Each pilot ran to the front of their Harrier and fixed his bayonet on the stud attached to the Pitot tube. The Marine commander then ordered "CHARGE" and the Marines jumped in their Harriers, dusted airborne, and flew off. The Marine commander turned to the USAF commander and said; "Now that is what we Marines consider Close Ground Support."
If Today's Media Reported WWII
Midway Island Demolished. Yorktown, Destroyer Sunk.
Many US planes lost
June 7, 1942The United States Navy suffered another blow in its attempt to stem the Japanese juggernaut ravaging the Pacific Ocean. Midway Island, perhaps the most vital U.S. outpost, was pummeled by Japanese Naval aviators. The defending U.S. forces, consisting primarily of antique Buffalo fighters, were competely wiped out while the Japanese attackers suffered few, if any, losses.
In a nearby naval confrontation, the Japanese successfully attacked the Yorktown which was later sunk by a Japanese submarine. A destroyer lashed to the Yorktown was also sunk.
American forces claim to have sunk four Japanese carriers and the cruiser Mogami but those claims were vehemently denied by the Emporer's spokeman.
The American carriers lost an entire squadron of torpedo planes when they failed to link up with fighter escorts. The dive bombers had fighter escort even though they weren't engaged by enemy fighters. The War Dept. refused to answer when asked why the fighters were assigned to the wrong attack groups. The Hornet lost a large number of planes when they couldn't locate the enemy task force. Despite this cavalcade of errors, Admirals Fletcher and Spruance have not been removed.
Code Broken
The failure at Midway is even more disheartening because the U.S. Navy knew the Japanese were coming. Secret documents provided to the NY Times showed that "Magic" intercepts showed the Japanese planned to attack Midway, which they called "AF".
Obsolete Equipment
Some critics blamed the failure at Midway on the use of obsolete aircraft. The inappropriately named Devastator torpedo planes proved no match for the Japanese fighters. Even the Avengers, its schedule replacements, were riddled with bullets and rendered unflyable. Secretary of War Stimson dodged the question saying simply: "You go to war with the Navy you have, not the Navy you want or would like to have". Critics immediately called for his resignation.
15 May, 2007
Odd Gun Permits
May 15, 2007-He's not even old enough to talk yet, but one little boy can already have a gun.
The State of Illinois issued a 10-month-old boy a gun permit. The little boy's grandfather bought him a shotgun as an heirloom.
Police in Illinois said there aren't age restrictions on gun permits there. All it requires is a signature by the child's guardian.Blind Man Has Concealed Permit
May 15, 2007-A blind man who has concealed weapons permits in North Dakota and Utah says he's not a danger to society, even though he can't see the gun he's shooting.
Carey McWilliams, 33, says he has followed all the required rules, and he wants Minnesota to join other states that have granted him a concealed weapons permit. He says he was rejected first by a Minnesota county sheriff and then by a judge in that state. Read the whole story.
13 May, 2007
War Souvenir 1943
This is a reason we won World War Two.
This is the reason we're losing the battle for Iraq. Any soldier caught with something along these lines would be court marshaled. Here's a clue people: War is by nature not politically correct. War is destroying the enemy by whatever means available for he is surely going to do the same to you.
Kindness in war is killing as effectively as possible to end the war as soon as possible. Everything else is rubbish.
09 May, 2007
Ten Thoughts to Ponder for 2007
Got this is the email today. Thought I'd share it here rather than spamming you. Aren't I nice?
Ten Thoughts to Ponder for 2007
Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9
Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can
die.
Number 8
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without
an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person
to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals
dying of nothing.
Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no
attention to criticism.
Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and
a substantial tax cut save s you thirty cents?
Number 2
In the 60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now The
world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2007:
We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located
among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a
clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are
located.
Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of
immigration.
07 May, 2007
The Moral of the Story
I was a very happy person. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering me...
It was her beautiful younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two, wore very tight miniskirts, and generally was bra-less. She would regularly bend down when she was near me, and I always got more than a nice view. It had to be deliberate, because she never did it when she was near anyone else. One day her "little" sister called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived, and she whispered to me that she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome. She told me that she wanted me just once before I got married and committed my life to her sister.
Well, I was in total shock, and couldn't say a word. She said, "I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want one last wild fling, just come up and get me." I was stunned and frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. I stood there for a moment, then turned and made a beeline straight to the front door. I opened the door and headed straight towards my car.
Lo and behold, my entire future family was standing outside, all clapping! With tears in his eyes, my father-in-law hugged me and said, "We are very happy that you have passed our little test. We couldn't ask for better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family."
And the moral of this story is:
Always keep your condoms in your car.
03 May, 2007
GO NAVY! BEAT....uh...me.
Baltimore, MD-3 May 2007 A new revelation in the trail of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam, is that an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy was an "Independent Contractor". Palfrey's attorney confirmed a article on the Navy Times web site that a female teacher at Annapolis was one of the 132 "contractors" that provided legal sexual and erotic services to clients in the Washington D.C. area.
It is not known whether the woman currently teaches at the Academy. However phone records reveal that she contacted Palfrey as recently as October, "wanting to go back to work because she had been on a hiatus for a while."
Read more of the story.
Smoking Gun Publishes "Employee Guidelines".