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IF BEING SHOT AT BY A SNIPER IS ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE PRESIDENT, ALL OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMAN MUST BE QUALIFIED!!!
The fact is illegal aliens cost our economy more every year than does the Iraq war.Try $338 billion a year! Here is a series of links to stories that will detail the cost.$11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
http://tinyurl.com/zob77$1.9 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html$2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/200/fiscalexec.html$12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html$17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html$3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html$200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.htmlThe illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two-and-a-half times that of white non-illegal aliens.
In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the U.S.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.htmlDuring the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.
The National Policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdfIn 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
‘The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.
http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html#IllegalsTotal cost is a whopping… $338 BILLION A YEAR!!!
Unions no longer care about American workers. Their membership (READ: power and money) has been plummeting for years, so illegals provide new members. Unions priced their members out of work years ago by demanding ludicrous salaries not commensurate with the actual work being done by employees. That’s not a fair wage, that’s extortion. They wonder why corporate heads get fed up and outsource.
sgt..MAC
THE LEADERS IN IRAQ KEEP TELLING US THE SURGE IS WORKING. HOW COME OUR PEOPLE IN IN THE GREEN ZONE WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAFEST PLACE IN IRAQ, WERE TOLD TO STAY INSIDE OR TO WEAR ARMORED VESTS IF THEY GO OUT?” AL-SADR” THE SHIITE LEADER OF THE MAHDI ARMY IS ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN BOMBING THE GREEN ZONE.
AL-MALIKE THE PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ, “ALSO A SHIITE’ SAY’S HE HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL, BULL SHIT I WOULD NOT TRUST HIM.
HIS MEN ARE TURNING THEIR WEAPONS OVER TO THE MAHDI ARMY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 5YRS NOW. SOME THING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG.
ONE DAY WE ARE FIGHTING THE AL-QUIDA THE NEXT DAY THE SHIITES.
THESE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A NAVY, AIR FORCE, TANKS OR ARMORED VEHICLES OR ANY OF THE MODERN TECH THAT WE HAVE, SMART BOMBS ECT.
ALL THEY HAVE IS CAMELS AND AK47′S AND SOME SHOULDER HELD ROCKETS AND AFTER 5YRS THEY ARE STILL KILLING AMERICAN TROOPS. THIS IS A DISGRACE!! IF WE EVER WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS SHIT HOLE WE HAVE TO START FIGHTING TO WIN. WE NEED A GENERAL LIKE GEN. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF. HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY TROUBLE IN DESERT STORM. I WONDER IF OUR GENERALS ARE PROPERLY TRAINED FOR THIS TYPE OF WARFARE OR THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.
SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG OVER THERE!
MICKMCK707
THE CANDIDATES ARE IN THE GUTTER NOW AND HEADED DOWN THE SEWER.
THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU THROUGH UP, AND WE STILL HAVE 9 MONTHS TO GO. IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE PRIMARIES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. YOU CANNOT TURN ON THE NEWS AND NOT SEE AND HEAR THE CANDIDATES TELLING US WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, AND LIES ABOUT EACH OTHER.
I THINK IT IS TIME THAT WE THE PEOPLE CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE PRIMARY’S. LIKE A MONTH!! ALSO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY CAN SPEND THAT WOULD SHORTEN THE TIME WE HAVE TO SEE AND HEAR THEM.
HOW CAN WE PUT ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR 4YEARS?????. TO BAD WE COULDN’T GET SOMEONE DECENT TO JUMP INTO THIS RACE THEY COULD WIN. MOST OF THE PEOPLE DONOT WANT TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES WE HAVE NOW. ARE WE GOING TO LET THE SUPER-DELAGATES PICK THE PRESIDENT, THAT IS WHAT HILLARY IS HOPING FOR.
MICKMCK707
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE A DISGRACE, ALL THEY ARE DOING IS SEEING WHO CAN TELL THE BIGGEST LIE, WHILE THE COUNTRY GOES DOWN THE DRAIN. THAT STORY HILLARY TOLD ABOUT DODGING BULLETS IN BOSNIA WAS A BEAUTY!
SHE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY SHE MIS SPOKE. OBAMA AND HIS PASTOR AND CONSULTANT REV. WRIGHT THE HATER. DO WE WANT THIS TYPE OF PEOPLE RUNNING OUR COUNTRY?
MICKMCK707
| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – The second female Soldier since World War II was awarded a Silver Star Thursday for her gallant actions during combat in Afghanistan last year.Spc. Monica Brown, 19, a Lake Jackson, Texas, native was presented her Silver Star by Vice President Dick Cheney during a ceremony at Bagram Airfield.It was dusk April 25, 2007, when Brown, a medic from the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, was on a routine security patrol along the rolling, rocky plains of Paktika’s isolated Jani Khail District when her convoy was attacked by insurgents.”We’d been out on the mission for a couple of days,” said Brown, who at the time was attached to the brigade’s 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment’s Troop C. “We had just turned into a wadi (empty river bed) when our gunner yelled at us that the vehicle behind us had hit an (improvised-explosive device).”
They all looked out of their windows in time to see one of the struck vehicle’s tires flying through the field next to them. Brown had just opened her door to see what was going on when the attack began. “I only saw the smoke from the vehicle when suddenly we started taking small-arms fire from all around us,” she said. “Our gunner starting firing back and my platoon sergeant yelled, ‘Doc! Let’s go.’” Brown and her platoon sergeant, Staff Sgt. Jose Santos, exited their vehicle, and while under fire, ran the few hundred meters to the site of the downed Humvee. “Everyone was already out of the burning vehicle,” she said. “But even before I got there, I could tell that two of them were injured very seriously.” In fact, all five of the passengers who had stumbled out were burned and cut. Two Soldiers, Spc. Stanson Smith and Spc. Larry Spray, suffered life-threatening injuries. With help from two less-injured vehicle crewmen, Army Sgt. Zachary Tellier and Spc. Jack Bodani, Brown moved the immobile Soldiers to a relatively safe distance from the burning Humvee. “There was pretty heavy incoming fire at this point,” she said. “Rounds were literally missing her by inches,” said Bodani, who provided suppressive fire as Brown aided the casualties while injured. “We needed to get away from there.” Attempting to provide proper medical care under the heavy fire became impossible, especially when the attackers stepped up efforts to kill the Soldiers. “Another vehicle had just maneuvered to our position to shield us from the rounds now exploding in the fire from the Humvee behind us,” Brown said. “Somewhere in the mix, we started taking mortar rounds. It became a huge commotion, but all I could let myself think about were my patients.” With the other vehicles spread out in a crescent formation, Brown and her casualties were stuck with no-where to go. Suddenly, Santos arrived with one of the unit’s vehicles backed it up to their position, and Brown began loading the wounded Soldiers inside. “We took off to a more secure location several hundred meters away where we were able to call in the (medical evacuation mission),” Brown said. She then directed other combat-life-saver-qualified Soldiers to help by holding intravenous bags and assisting her in prepping the casualties for evacuation. After what seemed like an eternity, the attackers finally began retreating and Brown was able to perform more thorough aid procedures before the MEDEVAC helicopter finally arrived to transport the casualties to safety, Brown said. Two hours after the initial attack, everything was over. In the darkness, Brown recalled standing in a field, knee-deep in grass, her only source of light coming from her red head-light, trying to piece together the events which had just taken place. “Looking back, it was just a blur of noise and movement,” she said. “What just happened? Did I do everything right? It was a hard thing to think about.” Before joining the Army at the age of 17, the bright-eyed young woman said she never pictured herself being in a situation like this. Originally wanting to be an X-ray technician, she changed her mind when she realized that by becoming a medic, she’d be in the best place to help people. “At first, I didn’t think I could do it,” she said. “I was actually afraid of blood. When I saw my first airway-opening operation, I threw up.” She quickly adjusted to her job, and received additional training both before and during her deployment to Afghanistan. “I realized that everything I had done during the attack was just rote memory,” she said. “Kudos to my chain of command for that. I know with training, like I was given, any medic would have done the same in my position.” “To say she handled herself well would be an understatement,” said Bodani, who quickly recovered from his injuries and immediately returned to work. “It was amazing to see her keep completely calm and take care of our guys with all that going on around her. Of all the medics we’ve had with us throughout the year, she was the one I trusted the most.” Earning trust with a combat unit is not something easily earned, said Army Capt. Todd Book, Troop C’s commander at the time of the attack, but it was something Brown had taken upon herself to prove long before the Jani Khail ambush. “Our regular medic was on leave at the time,” Book said. “We had other medics to choose from, but Brown had shown us that she was more technically proficient than any of her peers.” Having people call her “Doc” means a lot to her because of the trust it engenders. “When people I’ve treated come back to me later and tell me the difference I was able to make in their life is the best part of this job,” Brown said. During her rest and recuperation in May 2007, Brown visited Spray in the hospital and met his mother. “I almost cried,” Brown said. “Spray’s mother was so thankful and she hugged me. That was the moment that made me feel the best about what I did.” Even though she felt proud when she was informed that she was going to receive a Silver Star, she considers her actions to be the result of effort put into her by everyone she’s worked for. “While I’m not scared to get my hands dirty, I have to say that I never fully became a medic until I came over here and did it first-hand,” she said. “I just reacted when the time came.” Due to her quick and selfless actions, both Smith and Spray survived their in <!–
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A Navy SEAL who died smothering a grenade with his body to save other servicemembers will be given the Medal of Honor, congressional staffers said Tuesday.The Navy Times first reported Monday that Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, who has already received the Silver Star for his service in Iraq, would also be awarded the nation’s highest military honor.
While serving with the SEALs in Ramadi on Sept. 29, 2006, Monsoor grabbed a grenade tossed by insurgents and held it against his body to absorb the blast, saving other servicemembers.
The story cited an unnamed Pentagon official, who confirmed that Monsoor would be awarded the Medal of Honor after news to that effect was posted by a blogger on March 15.
Congressional staffers said they were awaiting official announcement of the award, but that they had been told that Monsoor would receive the honor.
Other officials could not say for the record whether the story was accurate.
“The final disposition of an award for Petty Officer Monsoor has not been announced,” said Navy Cmdr. Greg Geisen, a spokesman for Navy Special Warfare Command.
Geisen said any such announcement would be made either by the Defense Department or the White House.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Tuesday that he had no information on the matter, and White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Chervenak could not “confirm or deny” that Monsoor would receive the Medal of Honor.
While no official could confirm the story on the record, one privately would not dispute the story either.
So far, three servicemembers have been awarded the Medal of Honor for the war on terrorism — all posthumously.
Most recently, Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, also a SEAL, received the award in October for actions that saved a fellow SEAL’s life, and made possible the recovery of the remains of other SEALs.
Murphy called in backup during a fierce firefight with the Taliban in 2005.
Although the rescue team was shot down, Murphy’s actions allowed the one SEAL who survived the firefight to be rescued and the fallen SEALs’ remains to be recovered.
In January 2007, Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham was also honored for leaping on a grenade in April 2004.
And Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith received the Medal of Honor in April 2005 for his actions two years earlier at Baghdad International Airport, where he killed up to 50 Iraqi attackers, allowing wounded U.S. troops to be evacuated.
Stripes’ Leo Shane III contributed to this report.
NAVY SEAL PETTY OFFICER MARCUS LUTTRELL THE ONLY SUVIVIOR OF OPERATION REDWING. A SEAL MISSION INTO AFGANISTAN TO FIND A TALIBAN LEADER. THIS WAS A FOUR MAN TEAM, WHICH WAS PART OF SEAL TEAM 10. LT. MIKE MURPHY WAS SENIOR RANKING MAN. LT. MURPHY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR PART IN THIS OPERATION. OTHER MEMBERS PETTY OFF. AXELSON AND PETTY OFF.DIETZ AND LUTTERLL RECIEVED THE NAVY CROSS. JUST RECENTLY OFF. LUTTRELL HAS BEEN APPROVED TO RECIEVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
CONGRADULATIONS TO HIM. A WELL DESERVED HONOR.
MICKMCK707
SAN DIEGO – More than three decades after a daring attempt to rescue prisoners of war in Vietnam ended in tragedy, a retired Navy SEAL was honored March 18 in Coronado, Calif. for saving the lives of his comrades.Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) presented retired Lt. (SEAL) Philip L. “Moki” Martin the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat “V” for valor during a ceremony at NSWC.
Martin, who was a chief warrant officer at the time of the mission, was recognized for his courage, bold leadership and loyal devotion to duty during Operation Thunderhead in 1972.
The details of the once highly classified mission of Operation Thunderhead only came to light in recent years, prompting the presentation of awards to those involved. The plan was to rescue two American prisoners of war who were attempting to escape a North Vietnamese prison in Hanoi and flee to the coast along a nearby river. Martin was a member of Alpha Platoon, part of an Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) SEAL element that was charged with the mission.
Martin and Lt. Spence Dry, the officer in charge, were launched in a stealthy minisub manned by two UDT crewmen from the attack submarine USS Grayback (LPSS-574) on June 3, 1972. The special operations team was prepared to select a position to watch for the escaping prisoners of war.
“We were determined and ready,” said Martin as he spoke about the operation.
The minisub, known as a Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, or SDV, was launched without incident, but due to strong surface and tidal currents, it ran out of battery power. Dry then decided that he and his team must swim with the SDV in tow out to sea and away from North Vietnam’s coast to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
“It’s an awfully long swim to Coronado!” said Martin, reminiscing about his thoughts that night. “Our escape and evasion plan was to swim out to sea.” Throughout the night, the team avoided enemy patrol boats whose engines could be heard close by.
They were rescued by a Navy helicopter seven hours later. The SDV, too heavy to be retrieved, was sunk on the orders of Dry to prevent its capture. The team returned to the nearby guided-missile cruiser USS Longbeach (CGN-9).
Martin and the team planned to return to the Grayback on the night of June 5, 1972 by jumping from a helicopter. The submarine’s position was marked with an infrared flashing beacon on the top of an antenna that was to be raised before the helicopter’s arrival.
Poor visibility and other factors made it extremely hard for the crew to find the infrared beacon. When the helicopter pilot thought he had sighted the beacon and made his final approach for the cast, he signaled for the team to exit the helicopter. Discounting the potential personal risks, the team did not hesitate. Dry was the first to jump from the helicopter and was killed instantly when he struck the water from high altitude.
Martin was a veteran of many special warfare operations in Vietnam. He recognized instantly, as he stood in the door of the helicopter, that he faced a dangerous situation, but he also knew that his teammates needed his experience and special skills. He survived the force of impacting the water, although he was shaken and only partially conscious.
“I dug down in my basic training and UDT training, and I think I had enough of a foundation to where I knew I was going to be picked up in the morning,” Martin said.
The other two surviving UDT members were injured during the cast. One of these two was injured more seriously and was semi-conscious. Rescue and recovery of these men and Dry’s body was directly attributable to the courage and outstanding professionalism of Martin. A highly experienced SEAL and combat veteran, he unhesitatingly risked his life to save his comrades.
Kernan said he was honored to share this long-awaited day with Martin.
“I accept this award on behalf of all of you from Alpha Platoon, UDT-11 SDV platoon,” said Martin. “This award is for all of you.”
More than 200 people attended the ceremony, including several of Martin’s teammates from Alpha Platoon, his wife, Cindy, and other family members.
“I’m very happy for him,” said Cindy. “I think it has helped to bring closure.”
She explained she was unaware of the operation for many years but is very proud of her husband’s actions. “He never expected to be recognized, so it hasn’t been something we’ve had bad feelings about. It’s just a nice thing to happen,” she said.
Martin’s teammates agreed that he was a great leader, mentor and most of all a great friend.
“It’s very gratifying that he was recognized for his bravery and commitment to all the members of the SEAL team and as a closure for all of us in Alpha Platoon,” said Eric A. Knudson, a former teammate. “We would have followed him, and followed Spence Dry wherever they told us to go to complete the mission and operation.”
Martin retired from the Navy in 1983 after a bicycle accident that left him in a wheelchair. He is still however, an active member of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community. Martin gives lectures on “Lessons learned in Vietnam” to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL students at the NSW Center and is the race director for the annual NSW SuperFrog triathlon competition, now in its 30th year. The next SuperFrog is scheduled April 6.
NSW is a maritime component of U.S. Special Operations Command and the Navy’s special operations force. The community is composed of over 6,700 personnel, including 2,300 SEALs, 600 Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC), along with military support personnel, reserve components, and civilian staff. SEALs and SWCC focus on missions involving unconventional warfare, direct action, combating terrorism, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, information warfare, security assistance, counter-drug operations, personnel recovery and hydrographic reconnaissance.
MILITARY NEWS
racist.Here are a few lines from Wright’s sermons at the pulpit:
** The government lied about Pearl Harbor. They knew the Japanese were going to attack.
** We’ve got a paranoid group of patriots in power.
** The government lied about the Tuskegee experiment and purposely infected African-American men with syphilis.
** Fighting for peace is like raping for virginity.
** We are doing the same thing that Al-Qaeda did with a different flag.
** Black men turning on black men- That is fighting the wrong enemy.
** We cannot see that what we are doing is the same thing that Al-Qaeda is doing under a different flag. If they can’t find the weapons of mass destruction then they are going to do just like the LAPD and plant them some weapons of mass destruction.
** The stuff we have done overseas has now been brought back home to our own front yard.
** The government lied about the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color.
Barack Obama is not a passive victim of this racist. He is 100% complicit with the good reverend’s anti-American rants.Anyone who votes for this man is either an overt racist or just dumb as a brick.
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