Yahoo! News - In `learn or die' fight, gallant unit saves GIs

This is what REAL Americans are. They are fighters. They live for the opportunity to prove that to anyone who steps up to the line.
Loyalty.
That is what these servicemen have. They will not leave one of theirs behind. They are not discouraged by the hand that they have been dealt. They discard the opinions of Hilary Clinton and they believe in what American Men and Women would do. Do they sit on their hands and wonder what could be? No. They make their own road. They make the best of what they have and make the rest of us here at home proud to be fellow Americans.

Guts. Bravery. Love. That is what the GI is made of these days. You give any GI a chance and they will prove the steel with which God gave them. I would quote the article in one thing:

The men respect the bravery of the al-Mahdi Army, and they take little for granted.

"They have gotten better, but we have gotten better at a faster rate," Zehtab said before Thursday's truce. "We're professional soldiers, not guys off the street."

Yeah. We do not send the normal. We do not send the weak. We send the best of the best and expect the best in return.

These boys go through hell each and every day. They deserve our praise and honor for what they have done.

Dave

My Thought

My thought today was one of comparison.
This morning I got up out of a bed and grabbed my bag and headed off to the gym to swim some laps.
The same time I was rolling out of bed there is a war going on in a God Forsaken land of the middle east.
Instead of a gym bag the Marines and infantry are grabbing up their ruck sack or back pack and a rifle. Arming themselves for the worst.

The world we live in today is one that is deceptive and at times unpredictable. I live in a pretty predictable lifestyle. Soldiers right now are serving in Iraq in anything but a predictable lifestyle.

Those soldiers who are serving in any capacity from General down to the man collecting the trash are fighting a war that others did not think we should fight. There are many battles that we think we do not need to fight. There are people who cannot help themselves and thus need someone else to aid them. Do I believe that we are the only nation in the Sight of God that could do the job? No, there are men and women who live elsewhere in this world that can do the job. But they do not. They sit idly by and watch those who can do the job, do the job. There are times when moral fiber no longer needs to be fiber. It needs to be the steel and the resolve to think about more that what you want - but what needs to be done for the better of everyone.

Soldiers are those that fight and die, protect and defend, and preserve what liberty this world has had or will have in the future. There is a time for diplomacy. Then there is a time for action and resolve. Soldiers drive the point home that we no longer are playing parliamentary games but we are ready for action and ready to do what is needed to be done.

I am proud of those men, women, and leaders of this nation who not only said that they are concerned about the way people are treated and abused. But that they step up and tell the bullies of this world that they will not stand for it any more. No more resolutions. No more playing the stalling game. No more making the niceties of policy and hoping it will make due. Treating the cancer with vitamin C only does a body good for a while.

Soldiers are marching in harms way right now. We grab our keys and our bag, they grab their guns and ammunition to preserve not only the liberty of my nation, but to give the world a taste of freedom as well. I stand and solute those that make the sacrifice and go the distance for others. Selflessness. Honor. Humility.

If they need me - I will go. That is what America embodies. Going. Doing. Making right what was once wrong. Those men and women who now stand betwixt deserve our honor. They deserve our praise. They deserve the welcome home that every honorable and good soldier deserves.

We may not agree on what they are doing - but at least they are doing something and committing to something far better and far greater than just mowing the lawn and swimming some laps.
Dave

What Bush SHOULD say

WOULD'NT IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV SOME NIGHT AND SEE G.W. BUSH GIVE
THE FOLLOWING SPEECH.....

My fellow Americans:
As you all know, the defeat of Iraq's regime has been completed. Since
Congress does not want to spend any more money on this war, our mission in
Iraq is complete. This morning I gave the order for a complete removal of
all American forces from Iraq. This action will be complete within 30 days.
It is now time to begin the reckoning.

Before me, I have two lists. One list contains the names of countries which
have stood by our side during the Iraq conflict. This list is short. The
United Kingdom, Spain, Bulgaria, Australia, and Poland are some of the
countries listed there.

The other list contains everyone not on the first list. Most of the world's
nations are on that list. My press secretary will be distributing copies of
both lists later this evening.

Let me start by saying that effective immediately, foreign aid to those
nations on List 2 ceases immediately and indefinitely. The money saved
during the first year alone will pretty much pay for the costs of the Iraqi
war. The American people are no longer going to pour money into third world
hell-holes and watch those government leaders grow fat on corruption.

Need help with a famine? Wrestling with an epidemic? Call France.
In the future, together with Congress, I will work to redirect this money
toward solving the vexing social problems we still have at home.

On that note, a word to terrorist organizations. Screw with us and we will
hunt you down and eliminate you and all your friends from the face of the
earth. Thirsting for a gutsy country to terrorize? Try France, or maybe
China.

To Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Yo, boys. Work out a peace deal
now. Just note that Camp David is closed. Maybe all of you can go to Russia
for negotiations. They have some great palaces there. Big tables, too.

I'm ordering the immediate severing of diplomatic relations with France,
Germany, and Russia. Thanks for all your help, comrades. We are retiring
from NATO as well. Bon chance, mes amis.

I have instructed the Mayor of New York City to begin towing the many UN
diplomatic vehicles located in Manhattan with more than two unpaid tickets
to sites where those vehicles will be stripped, shredded and crushed. I
don't care about whatever treaty pertains to this. Pay your tickets
tomorrow or watch your precious Benzes, Beamers, and limos be turned over to
some of the finest chop shops in the world. I love New York.

A special note to our neighbors.
Canada is on List 2. Since we are going to be seeing a lot more of each
other, you folks might want to try not pissing us off for a change.

Mexico is also on List 2. President Fox and his entire corrupt government
really need an attitude adjustment. I have a couple extra tank and infantry
divisions sitting around. Guess where I'm gonna put 'em? Yep, border
security. So start doing something with your oil. Oh, by the way, the
United States is abrogating the NAFTA treaty--starting now.

It is time for America to focus on its own welfare and its own citizens.
Some will accuse us of isolationism.
I answer them by saying darn tootin. Nearly a century of trying to help
folks live a decent life around the world has only made us the undying enemy
of just about everyone on the planet. It is time to eliminate hunger in
America. It is time to eliminate homelessness in America. It is time to
eliminate World Cup soccer from America.

To the nations on List 1, a final thought. Thanks guys. We owe you.
To the nations on List 2, a final thought. Drop dead.

God bless America.
Thank you and good night.

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Cause heads.
I am going to tell you something that I feel down deep. There are too many people in this world that are concerned about other peoples business. Does it actually matter what people want you to believe?
I THINK NOT.
I get to think what I want. BUT. I do not think I need to actually swallow what some firecracker, flash-in-the-pan, nonsensical, self-proclaimed guru wants me to believe. What matters is that I think for myself - that I take every angle on the issue and then make my own choice. The Constitution should have an addendum to it "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is contigent on you not being stupid - cause if you are stupid this world is going to be a lot harder to live in, and the country already had to have the French help us out."
I think the stupid are running rampid around the world and giving the rest of us sane, normal individuals a problem of bad PR.
The stupid are easy to spot - just go to the website above and see how easily you can influence people to chant anti-American slogans, march like cattle down the streets, and basically believe anything you want. This is the reason someone is making tons of money off of markers, poster board, and cheap shoes. Protesters will protest anything just for the exercise to work off their frustrations. Give them a cause - and then they go marching off in the heat of the day baking their brains in mass.
This sounds like we should change out the National Anthem and replace it with Gilligans Island theme song. If we let the Cause Heads run the world - we will all be caught on a desert island speaking over cell phone coconuts and loving it.
Dave

Yahoo! News - Director Moore Launches Anti-Bush Tirade at Cannes

Yahoo! News - Director Moore Launches Anti-Bush Tirade at Cannes

I believe with all my heart in free speech, the Constitution, and giving people the opportunity to speak their mind.
I will never be in the Michael Moore camp of thought. EVER. He takes what grief there is in America. Paints it on the screen. Derides those that serve in the military. Derides all those that would sacrifice for something better and then gives us tripe to chew on.
Columbine was a waste of human life. There is nothing more that can be said. Is it the gun makers that facilitated the actions that those two deranged boys brought upon that school? No. It was the kids themselves and the parents that raised them. Blame anyone you want but it all boils down to the fact that you did the deed - your parents raised you. Parents are so "hands-off" these days that they want their kids to make choices - but hell parents need to be getting more involved with their kids lives.
"Bowling for Columbine" was a travesty of film maiking. It spread the propaganda of a misguided individual on the screen and then the nation says "good job here is an Oscar."
What crap.
Now Mr. Moore believes it his God given right to spread the grieving parents of Iraqi war losses on the screen so that we can see that too. Good? Nope. Good taste? Nope.
Mr. Moore needs to beaten squarely about the head and shoulders and maybe he needs to volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces of a nation that protects him and his rights to blather on about any subject he wants to. Freedom is not free. There is no end to preserving the freedoms that this country is built upon. Is Mr. Moore correct? No. Does he typify what the nation is about? No.
America is built upon principles of freedom - freedom to do what you want and say what you want.
Suit up Mr. Moore - there is a gun waiting for you at the Marine Recruiting Depot.
Dave

Nick Berg.

Corderio's Musings
I echo the above sentiment.
Send us a video and you get a country angry.
Nick Berg did nothing wrong - beyond the fact that he could have gotten out when he was offered the free ride.
Mistakes were made - he did not have to pay the price that he paid.
The people who sent the video are cowards. Do that in front of ANY American and we will see what the result is. How much courage does it take to take the life of an innocent individual whose hands are tied, and chant slogans that are anti-American? Not much.
Cowards breed cowardice - and the violence will continue until we find the roots and rip it out.
I have trees in my yard that I want to destroy in evey way. But the trees themselves actually provide oxygen - something that the individuals who filmed this atrocity suck up and give us gun toting images.
Bravery costs more - and more is required until every little person who harms another is taken care of in the correct matter. Let the Marines do what they have been trained to do. No more patty cake and facilitating what others would believe would be the right thing. No it is not an easy road - and it will be even a harder road to go on if we do not support those who wear the badge "USA"
Dave

Corderio's Musings
In regard to the above article I quote from Tom Cochrane - "Life is a Highway, and I'm going to ride it."
Americans live for a winner. We do not live for a loser in any sense of the word. We do not lose. We do not as a country breed a loser. Winners are where the glory and honor is. There are times to stand up as an American and do what is needed. Iraq is not our country. We took it upon ourselves to help a country that could not help itself.
Life is a Highway and America is the driver. I see not the Krauts, Flaming Frenchies, Lilly Livered Spaniards on the bus. WE The People of America do the things/actions/deeds that make the world go around right now. The ones that have the ability to grab the wheel and steer the bus are those that will succeed. You can only hide so long until something or someone come to find you to see if you measure up.
Do you measure up or do you just run away and cower for another day?
Dave