Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 14 Killed

Ah, another suicide bomber who will be glorified. He is already being referred to by name in the world press. Typically the family now will be honored and receive payments. The legitimately elected Afghan government cannot allow terrorist organizations to promote suicide attackers as martyrs. They should hang what's left of his corpse and hang it from a lamp post in a busy downtown area. Then find his family and kill them all and burn his house down. Then find his parents, kill them and burn their house down. Then find his brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Kill them and burn their houses down. Maybe then, families will discourage any of their own from blowing themselves up to kill others. It might be a good idea to kill and burn down the houses of his friends too. Make it clear that when a suicide lunatic kills himself that he is killing his family and friends too. War is hell.
My Way News - Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 14 Killed
"BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, killing at least 14 people and wounding a dozen more. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target."

Study: Garlic won't lower cholesterol

More bad information from Larry King?
Study: Garlic won't lower cholesterol - Yahoo! News
"CHICAGO - Garlic doesn't do much for the breath and it stinks for lowering cholesterol. That's the conclusion of the most rigorous, head-to-head study of raw garlic and popular garlic supplements, despite promoters' claims to the contrary"

Vietnam veterans plan to protect memorial during coming anti-Iraq war protest

Anti-war protesters organized by several fronts for the American Communist Party have threatened to deface the country's war memorials in Washington during a protest on the mall in mid March. Various veterans organizations are planning to be there to protect the Vietnam Memorial.
Vietnam veterans plan to protect memorial during coming anti-Iraq war protest - International Herald Tribune
"WASHINGTON: Iraq war protesters are planning to converge on Washington next month, and several organizations, including the POW-MIA group Rolling Thunder, are banding together to protect sacred ground for Vietnam War veterans.
The March 17 rally against the war, organizers say, is to get under way in a grassy park near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, known as the wall.
Two veterans' groups said Wednesday they fear protesters may deface the memorial, a claim dismissed by leaders of the demonstrating groups."

Did you know ...

Sent in by Dean Shanklin ...

How could we know?

Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?
Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or Colleges, and 4 Research Centers, all currently operating?
Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have five 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels, and a naval infantry regiment.
Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes nine reconnaissance and three US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?
Did you know that there are five Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3,500 new officers each 8 weeks?
Did you know there are more than 1,100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities, and 69 electrical facilities.
Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of five have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children are enrolled in primary school?
Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?
Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations,
180 newspapers, and 10 television stations?
Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in 2004?
Did you know that two candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW !!!
WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!

Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing snowballs at the presidential motorcades.
Accentuating the negative in Iraq serves two tragic purposes: It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States, thus minimizing consequent support, And it is intended to discourage American Ciizens !!!

These above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site:
http://www.defenselink.mil/

I may never march in the infantry, shoot the artillery, fly o'er the enemy...

What it means to be a soldier and how wars affect people.
globalesque: I may never march in the infantry, shoot the artillery, fly o'er the enemy...
"It's been a while since I saw a documentary in the theater - one of our screens usually has one, but lately they've been disappointing so I started avoiding them. Not so tonight. We have an exclusive engagement premiere of 'Operation Homecoming' which is a doc about U.S. soldiers returning from wars.
All the participants are very articulate and different from the stereotypical image of a soldier. All have clearly gone through something traumatic and this is one way for them to deal with it. That isn't to say get over it, because one of the participants makes a point that you can never get over war, nor should you attempt to. There are some things we experience that we need to remember because to forget them would be like losing a very important part of ourselves. And like any life-changing event, it's almost impossible to share the experience with someone who wasn't there."

Man Sues IBM Over Adult Chat Room Firing

Here's a guy blaming his service in Vietnam for his addiction to Internet pornography ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.

James Pacenza, 58, of Montgomery, says he visits chat rooms to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam.

In papers filed in federal court in White Plains, Pacenza said the stress caused him to become "a sex addict, and with the development of the Internet, an Internet addict." He claimed protection under the American with Disabilities Act.

Father/Daughter Talk

A left wing bias in colleges? Nah, couldn't be.
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.

He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

At least 12 terrorists dead in Iraq after firefight

Proving once again that if you hang around with bad guys, bad things can happen to you.
At least 12 dead in Iraq after firefight - baltimoresun.com
"The six-hour firefight began after the U.S. troops were attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in eastern Ramadi, a Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Shawn Mercer said.
The fighting ended after 'precision guided munitions' damaged a number of buildings being used by the insurgents, he said.
Twelve insurgents were killed and three were wounded, he said. No civilian casualties were reported.
Iraqi officials, however, said 26 people, including four women and children, were killed when three houses were damaged in the fighting."

Iraq faces 'dirty bomb' threat

A lot of people have ruled it out and even are hoping we lose - but what if we win and peace, democracy and freedom prevail in the Middle East? I am not yet ready to bet against General Petraeus.
Iraq faces 'dirty bomb' threat: World: Iraqi Dossier: News24
"Baghdad - As a joint operation by US and Iraqi troops to win control of Baghdad made more progress on Thursday, their insurgent foes were fighting back with deadly new tactics, including poison gas attacks.
Iraqi medics were treating dozens of patients poisoned by chlorine after militants targeted civilian areas with trucks rigged up as dirty bombs"

Prince Harry off to Iraq

Good for him. Bush, as Commander-in-Chief, should go to Iraq also for a few months as well. It would be a great PR move for him and also rally the American people and the U.S. troops.

Prince Harry off to Iraq - USATODAY.com
"LONDON � Britain's Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, will be sent to Iraq, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday.
Harry, 22, an army second lieutenant known as Troop Commander Wales, will lead 12 men from his Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry in four reconnaissance vehicles, the ministry said in a statement."

War Wounds Of The Mind: Discussions With PTSD Sufferers

The are no Purple Heart or Silver Rose for this wound.
War Wounds Of The Mind Part II: Discussions With PTSD Sufferers
"Another said, 'We were wolves. We trained as wolves. We became wolves. And after a long plane flight home we were expected to be perfect lambs. It didn't work for me.'
Looking at these aging veterans, it was difficult to see the wolves. And one of them must have seen that in my eyes. He said, very softly, 'John, we were all young and beautiful once. We were SEALs, Marines, Airborne. We were the young, the proud the tough. It is only when you become old that you become philosophical.'"

Why the Iraq War Is Turning Into Anerica's Defeat

Sent in by Gary Goedecke
America heading for Defeat?
"'So now we need to keep Sadr in Iraq because he's such a stabilizing influence!' Of course! As Hillaire Belloc wrote, 'Always keep a hold of Nurse/For fear of finding something worse' -- and, even when Nurse Sadr is blowing up the kids in the nursery every day, it's best to cling to her blood-drenched apron strings because the next nurse will be an even bigger psycho. America is a big helpless baby who's blundered into a war zone he can never hope to understand.

According to a report by the New York Sun's Eli Lake last month, Iran is supporting Shia insurgents in Iraq and Sunni insurgents in Iraq. In other words, it's on both sides in the so-called civil war. How can this be? After all, as the other wise old foreign-policy 'realists' of the Iraq Study Group assured us only in December, Iran has 'an interest in avoiding chaos in Iraq.'

Au contraire, the ayatollahs have concluded they have a very clear interest in fomenting chaos in Iraq. They're in favor of Sunni killing Shia, and Shia killing Sunni, and if some vacationing Basque terrorists wanted to blow up the Spanish Cultural Center in Mosul, they'd be in favor of that, too. The Iranians don't care who kills whom as long as every night when Americans turn on the evening news there's smoke over Baghdad. As I say in my book, if you happen to live in Ramadi or Basra, Iraq is about Iraq; if you live in Tehran, or Cairo, or Bei-jing, Moscow, Pyongyang or Brussels, Iraq is about America. American will. American purpose. American credibility."

Joe and the 'Fluffernutters'

Not only are we fighting among ourselves with Democrats against Republicans but now we have democrats against Democrats. No one works in Washington anymore. All they do id campaign for the next election.
Joe and the 'Fluffernutters' by Patrick J. Buchanan - HUMAN EVENTS
"Last week, Joe Biden walked into a Delaware diner, ordered a bowl of tomato soup and blew himself up. Too bad. We need Joe.
In an interview with the New York Observer, lasting about as long as the soup, Biden, with raw if refreshing candor, managed to insult or mock seven past or present presidential candidates of a party for whose nomination Joe had just declared."

Gun silent, pacifists not

Peace advocates oppose displaying World War II-era howitzer donated by veterans outside Northbrook Village Hall. More people who don't understand where their freedom comes from.
Gun silent, pacifists not | Chicago Tribune
"Tucked away in tiny memorial parks and standing proudly in front of veterans halls and courthouses just about everywhere, cannons, tanks and other artifacts of war are displayed as silent reminders of sacrifice and military pride.
To a group of North Shore pacifists, however, they represent something else: violence and the inability to solve mankind's problems without mass killing. And on Tuesday in Northbrook, they spoke out against moving a World War II-era howitzer from a former American Legion building to a spot near Village Hall."

Can you believe this?

A TOAST - "TO ALL THE GIRLS WE'VE LOVED BEFORE"
How's this for depressing?

Brigette Bardot 71        Stella Stevens 68                Sophia Loren 71 

Gina Lollobrigida 78      Deborah Kerr 94 (WOW!)           Lena Horne 88

Kay Starr 83              Patti Page 78                    Annette Funicello 63

Barbara Eden 71           Angie Dickenson 74               Doris Day 81

Joan Collins 72           Julie Christie 64                Leslie Caron 74

Carroll Baker 74          Ann-Margret 64                   Debra Padget 72

Julie Andrews 70          Ursula Andress 69                Rita Moreno 74

Jean Simmons 76           Julie Newmar 72                  Kim Novak 72

Jane Powell 76            Debbie Reynolds 73               Shirley Temple 77 (NO!)

Jane Russell 84           Kathryn Grayson 83               Esther Williams 82

Elke Sommer 65            Gale Storm 83                    Jill St John 65

Liz Taylor 73             Mamie Van Doren 74 

UNBELIEVABLE.... HOW IN THE WORLD DID THEY GET OLD, AND WE DIDN'T?

The Ghost of Tokyo Rose

Sent in by Dean Shanklin

Ghost of "Tokyo Rose"

Anyone who remembers anything about World War II, or has studied anything about World War II, will understand and remember that during World War II, the Japanese developed a way to demoralize the American forces. The Japanese psychological warfare experts developed a message they felt would work.

They gave their psychological warfare script to their famous broadcaster "Tokyo Rose" and every day she would broadcast this same message packaged in different ways, hoping it would have a negative impact on American GI's morale.

What was that demoralizing message?

It had three main points:

1. Your President is lying to you.
2. This war is illegal.
3. You cannot win the war

Does this sound familiar?

Is it because;

Tokyo Hillary,
Tokyo Harry,
Tokyo Teddy
Tokyo Nancy ,
Tokyo Durbin,
Tokyo Kerry,
etc. have all learned from the former enemies of our country and have picked up the same message and are broadcasting it on
Tokyo CNN,
Tokyo ABC,
Tokyo CBS,
Tokyo NBC,
etc., to our troops?

The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they
demoralize them.
Come to think of it... Tokyo Rose told the American Troops she was on their side also!

40 Years Ago - Jan 1967

From thevietnamfiles.com
January 2, 1967 saw LtGen Victor H. Krulak report that U.S. Marine forces in Vietnam were switching from the M-14 to the M-16 rifle. On January 7, 1967 a detachment of HMH-463, the first Marine heavy helicopter unit to be deployed to RVN, became operational at Marble Mountain Air Facility employing CH-53A aircraft. January 17th I arrived at Chu Lai Marine Air Base, MAG-12.

On January 26th, allied manpower in RVN reached a total of 1,077,00, including 623,000 South Vietnamese military forces.

Operation PRAIRE I:
Dates: August 3, 1966 to January 31, 1967
Location: Quang Tri Province
Infantry Units Involved When Operation Terminated:
3RD Marine Division (FRWD)
4th Marines
3rd Marines 3/4, 1/3, 2/3, 3/3
Results:
USMC ENEMY
225 KIA 1397 KIA
1159 WIA 1713 WIA
1 MIA 7 PW/NVA
HELO SORTIES 14,228
TAC AIR SORTIES 5,190
NGF MISSIONS 223
ARTY MISSIONS 33,330

The Marine KIA count for January 1967 totaled 161, bringing the total Marine Corps KIA list since January 1962 to 2,321. The Command Chronologies of all units deployed in Vietnam give detailed accounts of all operations and events during January 1967.

Hillary on Iraq: 'I Would Not Have Started This War'

She sounds like Kerry flip-flopping. She was against it before she voted for it?
Hillary on Iraq: 'I Would Not Have Started This War'
"'If I had been president in October 2002, I would not have started this war,' Clinton said in a forceful speech. She said if Congress doesn't end the conflict before January 2009, she will if she's the next president."

Tancredo: Abolish Race-Based Caucuses

I thought we were beyond organizations where membership is based solely on race.
Las Vegas SUN: Tancredo: Abolish Race-Based Caucuses
"WASHINGTON (AP) - White House hopeful Tom Tancredo said Thursday the existence of the Congressional Black Caucus and other race-based groups of lawmakers amount to segregation and should be abolished.
'It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a colorblind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race,' said the Colorado Republican"

The Vietnam 'Gorilla'

Do veterans need legal protection against discrimination?
Columbian.com - Serving Clark County, Washington

"Veterans deserve this protection

It's one of those bills that shouldn't even be necessary and therefore, critics might say, the Legislature is wasting time and taxpayers' money printing it, holding hearings on it, voting on it and potentially revising the Revised Code of Washington to get it on the books.

On the other hand, explicitly listing veterans and active members of the military as protected against discrimination does seem to be necessary on occasion and, in any case, would be a good message to send those who are and have served their country.

Hobbs said one of the offensive practices faced by veterans comes in job interviews when they are asked if they think they would have mental problems due to having served in Iraq, or if they could get along with a co-worker who was opposed to the war.

Hobbs' revulsion is legitimate. How would the rest of us want a factor in job applications to be our response when asked whether we can work with Democrats or Republicans or gun owners or pro-abortionists or Catholics or Sierra Club members?

'Until discrimination ends, we're going to have to keep doing things like this,' Hobbs said."

Gas Station To Offer 'Terror-Free' Oil

Would you go out of your way to buy gasoline from these guys?
Gas Station To Offer 'Terror-Free' Oil - Money
"OMAHA, Neb. -- Area drivers will soon be able to fill up with gasoline made from 'terror-free oil.'
KETV in Omaha reports that a gas station is about to open near 129th and Q streets named Terror Free Oil, and the idea is to offer consumers petroleum products from countries that do not sponsor terror."

The Vietnam history you haven't heard

Will we ever know what was really going on?
The Vietnam history you haven't heard | csmonitor.com
"QUANTICO, VA. - With ever-increasing frequency, Americans are told that Iraq is another Vietnam, usually by those accusing the Bush administration of miring the United States in a hopeless war. For most who make this comparison, the Vietnam War was an act of hubris, fought for no good reason and in alliance with cowards. But new historical research shows this conventional interpretation of Vietnam to be deeply flawed. The analogy, therefore, must be rethought.
The military leaders of Indonesia, the most important Southeast Asian domino, informed the US in February 1965 that their future willingness to stand up to the pro-Communist President Sukarno and the massive Indonesian Communist Party would depend upon America's actions in Vietnam.
'President Johnson should learn to use his power and should hit North Vietnam hard,' said General Marjadi in explaining why American inaction was discouraging the generals from taking a firm anticommunist position. 'The prize for victory in Vietnam is all of Asia. Asia respects power, and has no respect for weakness or for strong people afraid to act.' Indonesian generals later said that US intervention inspired them to oust Sukarno and work to destroy the Indonesian Communist Party in late 1965."

Christian Chaplain Dismissed; Muslim Chaplain Promoted

Our politically correct military ...
Chaplain Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt has been court-martialed and
dismissed from the U.S. Navy. His crime? Praying in Jesus' name in uniform
outside a chapel. You read it right. After 15 1/2 years of exemplary
service, Lt. Klingenschmitt is being drummed out of the Navy.

Understand that Klingenschmitt has a meritorious military record. He
graduated from the Air Force Academy and spent 11 years as an Air Force
missile officer. He was promoted to the rank of Major and was offered a
job at the Pentagon at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. However,
Klingenschmitt wanted to be a chaplain. A s such, he willingly took a
demotion in order to serve in the U.S. Navy as a chaplain at the rank of
Lieutenant.

Chaplain Klingenschmitt served in the Persian Gulf. While there, he and
his men won 6 awards, including Best in the Navy, for outstanding
Community Service. But now this fine Christian man is being discharged.
He is losing his career (not to mention a million-dollar pension) for the
"crime" of praying in Jesus' name.

I recently interviewed Chaplain Klingenschmitt on my radio program and
invite readers to listen to that interview at
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/Interview_Klingenschmitt.html

Now, compare what the Navy has done to Lt. Klingenschmitt to this report
from World Net Daily. "[T]he Pentagon recently promoted a Wahhabi-trained
Muslim chaplain who catered to al-Qaida detainees at Guantanamo and fought
to establish the first Mosque in Marine Corps history."

According to WND, "Deputy Defen se Secretary Gordon England personally
promoted Navy chaplain Abuhena Mohammed Saifulislam from lieutenant to
lieutenant commander. Saifulislam also received a Joint Service
Commendation Medal at the Pentagon ceremony held on the fifth anniversary
of the 9/11 attacks. Pentagon officials say the ceremony was
unprecedented. 'It's unusual for a deputy secretary to personally promote
an officer of that rank,' said one official who wished to go unnamed. 'No
one has known of such a high-level dignitary doing that.'"

Furthermore, the WND report stated, "England also earlier this year
personally dedicated a new Islamic center at Marine headquarters in
Quantico, Va., on the advice of Saifulislam . . ."

Now get this: "The Muslim chaplain, who is stationed at Quantico, recited
verses from the Quran in Arabic and English at the summer dedication
ceremony, which included representatives from the Council on
American-Islamic Relation s, several leaders of which have been convicted
on terrorism-related charges."

Yet, it gets worse. According to the WND report, "Saifulislam, which is
Arabic for 'Sword of Islam,' received his religious training at a radical
Islamic school raided by federal agents after 9/11." Terror expert Paul
Sperry said, "The Pentagon is giving him a permanent, taxpayer-supported
platform from which to convert grunts to Islam." He also said, "With the
Quantico mosque, the Pentagon is facilitating the study of the holy text
the enemy uses, heretically or not, as their manual of warfare."

This kind of idiocy is what happens when presidents and their subordinates
become consumed with political correctness. Logic, common sense,
character, and appreciation for truth are thrown out the window. And good
men such as Lt. Klingenschmitt must bear the brunt of it all.

Readers should know that since Chaplain Klingenschmitt's dismissal, public
outcry convinced the Pentagon to reverse its policy of punishing
chaplains who pray in Jesus' name. Unfortunately, the decision is not
being grandfathered back to Klingenschmitt's case, and he is still being
drubbed out of the Navy.

State of the Union

Iran: Israel, US will soon die

Is Bush the only one listening?
Iran: Israel, US will soon die - News from Israel, Ynetnews
"Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.
'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad� assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives,' the Iranian president was quoted as saying."