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		<title>Criticize  This</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheMaster Of The Universe Now has his very own Blog! patroit-thoughts.com Stop by and leave a comment please! I donâ€™t think there is much of anything in the middle east to think of as civilized or humane&#8230;&#8230; Pretty much all of the leaders, have kowtowed to the isloscum, (as if they ever had a humane [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TheMaster Of The Universe Now has his very own Blog!<br />
<a href="http://patriot-thoughts.com">patroit-thoughts.com</a><br />
Stop by and leave a comment please!</p>
<p>I donâ€™t think there is much of anything in the middle east to think of as civilized or humane&#8230;&#8230; Pretty much all of the leaders, have kowtowed to the isloscum, (as if they ever had a humane thought to start with).<span id="more-502"></span></p>
<p>I think itâ€™s time that I â€œventedâ€ just a bit&#8230;..</p>
<p>First of all&#8230;..the thing that bothers me the most, is that I am here&#8230;.and our Men and Women are there&#8230;..(yes I can say that, as I am now a bit too old to be accepted for service in our Armed Forces).</p>
<p>I am an American! Through and through, I cannot stand the fact that I am living in a free Country, sitting more or less on my ass, while our fine men and women, are taking it tough from ALL sides&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Not only are they in harms way, more than most any of our â€œfreeâ€ people.<br />
Heroes, like the Policemen, and Firefighters who showed us what Americans  are made of during â€œ911â€, But they are taking it â€œtoughâ€ in several different areas, those we can control, but donâ€™t, because we are a nation who does not deserve those men and women who serve so us so valiantly !</p>
<p>The News media meanwhile those  un-American traitorous reporters and newspapers and TV stations who caused the leaking of National Secrets twice without having anyone so much as slap their damn hands!<br />
We donâ€™t answer to Hitlerâ€™s descendents, or to Hirohito, Stalin, or Mussoliniâ€™s, not because we sat on our collective asses and bitched and criticized, but because we were Americans, we prosecuted traitors and worked to stay free</p>
<p>I am â€œsitting hereâ€, instead of fighting the â€œjihadâ€ and anyone else with a similar mentality&#8230;..and listening to the â€œshit for brainsâ€ reporters, and their willing traitorous  Publishers and Editors, put out their papers, regardless of the Truth, or damage to those trying to continue to keep us safe.</p>
<p>I am the most peaceable man in the country, and I will defend it in any way possible way possible, in spite of the â€œtraitorsâ€&#8230;.<br />
I volunteered â€œthree timesâ€ for service in the former Republic of South Viet Nam&#8230;..because I believed in freedom the results have been distorted beyond any recognition of their original intent, and not many of you friggin critics, have ever or will ever know why we went there in the first place&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..you see, we had a treaty, with a pretty much free country&#8230;..whether right or wrong, we honored it&#8230;..it was made by a President you â€œcriticsâ€, donâ€™t remember, and he was not in office when the first troops went in.</p>
<p>We used to honor our word and only the press, stopped us from keeping it.    </p>
<p>You speak English, and have the right to speak, because of our Men and Women in Uniform&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
To all of you critics try it, emotions get high, when you see your buddies get blown away in any manner of method.</p>
<p>when you are giving a child a meal, or candy bar, or medicine, or assisting a cripple old lady&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..and some son of a bitch, or a bunch of son of a bitches try to kill you, or any American close to you&#8230;..â€â€â€Includingâ€â€â€â€ the kid or old lady!</p>
<p>One of my real life experiences while you were spitting on returning Viet Nam vets<br />
A five year old (maybe six), approaches you with a smile, then holds out a hand grenade&#8230;&#8230; (no pin)&#8230;.you take it away from him, (without the spoon moving), and grab him with the other hand&#8230;..take him to â€œfriendly), Vietnamese cops, who ask him â€œ what the heckâ€, and he explains that he would get ice cream for giving you this.</p>
<p>yea it makes a man kind of mad when he thinks about the people who sent a kid to die!<br />
    The uncounted â€œexperiencesâ€ of watching bombs, satchel charges, grenades, and other assorted devices take out your friends, busses blown up with grenades in fuel tanks? (Along with many civilians)   The norm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.in the places you send your kids&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
    So criticize a guy when he loses it</p>
<p>Itâ€™s the â€œapathetic societyâ€ that sits on their collective asses and â€œcriticizesâ€, over their drinks and steaks, while the â€œguys, and girlsâ€, hope for enough water to stay alive in the 120 -130degree plus heat, while watching out for every goddamn â€œrag headâ€ he is supposed to protect!</p>
<p>many getting killed or maimed, because they are Americans, and do â€œaidâ€ and â€œassistâ€ anyone, anywhere, anytime regardless of the danger because they are Americans&#8230;..that is â€œour wayâ€</p>
<p>no I was not â€œprejudicedâ€ against any nation, color, or creed&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..until I learned that muslims were ordered to kill infidels<br />
for those who donâ€™t know&#8230;&#8230;.â€infidelâ€&#8230;.any non-muslim&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br />
so honor â€œâ€ourâ€â€ men and women and if you are not willing to fight, or help by volunteering medical or other assistance.<br />
Or just shut the hell up and live a good life, thanks to their legacy but by damn you do not criticize My Countrymen, while you sit on you candy asses!</p>
<p>What ever happened to real reporters like Walter Cronkite and Ernie pile?<br />
God bless America and our troop &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..freedom â€œcostsâ€ (more than words)&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
John Campbell<br />
Kit at <a href="http://euphoria.jarkolicious.com/journal/2006/06/22/2506/">euphoricreality.net </a>has more&#8230;.as does<a href="http://www.sneakeasysjoint.com/sneakeasy/2006/06/americans_need_.html"> Sneakeasys joint<br />
</a><br />
<a href="http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/06/24/weekend-free-for-all/">Stoptheaclu </a>has a video up with more blood boiling</p>
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		<title>Fit The Crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iâ€™ve only posted here a couple of times before. I am usually a rather quiet person, although Iâ€™ve seem more than my share of things that upset most rational folks. Iâ€™m afraid this â€¦.for brains judge has gone a bit over the edge on the ruling in the case of moralesâ€¦..(no I did NOT capitalize [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iâ€™ve only posted here a couple of times before.<br />
I am usually a rather quiet person, although Iâ€™ve seem more than my share of things that upset most rational folks.<br />
   Iâ€™m afraid this â€¦.for brains judge has gone a bit over the edge on the ruling in the case of moralesâ€¦..(no I did NOT capitalize his name hereâ€¦That would show too much in the way of respect.)<br />
    There are many old sayings that come to mind, and numerous quotes, (as in Pets post).<br />
    My feelings are quite simple, direct, and quite justified, under any â€œCivilizedâ€ ruleâ€¦.</p>
<p>If a prospective gang member picks a victim at random, and kills him/her to satisfy an initiation requirementâ€¦â€¦should we worry about â€œcruel and unusual punishmentâ€??</p>
<p>If a person(s) use an explosive device to kill/main â€œinnocentâ€ people, women, kids, fathers, sons, daughters, friendsâ€¦â€¦. In a mall to show their political feelings, to, in their minds, prove a pointâ€¦. . Should we worry about â€œcruel and unusual punishmentâ€â€¦..?</p>
<p>If a police officer saw a man â€œstabbingâ€ a 17 year old girl, while attempting (or succeeding) to rape her, and shot the bastard in the groinâ€¦.would that be â€œcruel and unusual punishmentâ€????  Or if her FATHER saw it, and did the same, would THAT be a bad thing?????</p>
<p>The Great State of California, as have many others, have decided that the process of â€œlethal injectionâ€ is the most â€œhumaneâ€ way to eliminate the perpetrator of a â€œCapitalâ€ crimeâ€¦â€¦ </p>
<p>Personally, I think the old fashioned â€œFiring Squadâ€, is preferable, for the simple reason that at least one of the â€œsquadâ€ is shooting a BLANK, and no one knows who has itâ€¦.a way out in your head if you are a member of the squadâ€¦.</p>
<p>In ANY case, â€œThe Death Penaltyâ€ (in any way short of torture>>>> and Sometimes, I would allow even that)â€¦â€¦.FITS THE CRIME!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>This mis-appointed judge should be REMOVED from the bench and forced to visit the family of the victims of such atrocities, within 24 hrs after they are killed/mutilated by<br />
The people he is worried about, (the perpetrators)â€¦.and to be made to do so for at LEAST the next twenty or thirty such crimes committed in his jurisdictionâ€¦..<br />
(NOT TO MENTION getting his HONEST thoughts on â€œWhat if it was HIS daughterâ€!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>In this caseâ€¦..the Governor is not only right, but should kick this jerk from here to breakfast (yea, I think he could), BEFORE removing him from the benchâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦</p>
<p>Just the thoughts of an Honest AMERICAN </p>
<p>John</p>
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		<title>John On Deadly Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A pellet gun is or can be a "lethal" weapon !!!
If in fact the pistol carried by the 15 yr old boy, was a "pellet" gun as defined in the                        
world of firearms, you must know that the projectile normally fired, is similar in size to a .22 caliber bullet]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who lack knowledge in the areas of firearms,swat responsibilities,and in pure self defense.</p>
<p>In this silly world of ours, many Police force&#8217;s have &#8220;familiarization&#8221; CLASSES to try to help officers tell a lethal weapon from a harmless imitation&#8230;..Since the imitations are made to look as &#8220;realistic&#8221; as possible, this is hard to do under the best of circumstances, let alone when one is &#8220;brought to bear&#8221;, on you in a &#8220;confrontation&#8221;!!!<br />
    To tell the truth, no cop will shoot a 5 yr old with a gun&#8230;. if it&#8217;s a 15 yr old, I doubt if I&#8217;d even consider that it might be anything in his hand other than a &#8220;lethal&#8221; weapon, and &#8220;Act Accordingly&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;. I for one,  do not feel like making a mistake like that, and &#8220;waking up dead&#8221;. </p>
<p>1. A pellet gun is or can be a &#8220;lethal&#8221; weapon !!!<br />
If in fact the pistol carried by the 15 yr old boy, was a &#8220;pellet&#8221; gun as defined in the<br />
world of firearms, you must know that the projectile normally fired, is similar in size to a .22 caliber bullet., It is normally &#8220;pointed&#8221;, and is VERY capable of penetrating the skin, putting out eyes, and if fired at close range, and hitting a &#8220;soft area&#8221;, it can (and has many times), &#8220;KILL&#8221;.   It IS considered a &#8220;Lethal&#8221; weapon, at close range by anyone familiar with weapons, and is used daily to kill &#8220;varmints&#8221;.</p>
<p>2. A SWAT team is a select group of people, chosen because they exhibit &#8220;superb&#8221;, courage, self control, skill, in circumstances which put &#8220;them&#8221; and others in extreme danger&#8230;.in other words, they can be trusted as much as any man around, to THINK, and make a &#8220;rational&#8221;, judgement call, as to the use of Deadly Force, in the split second, usually available to them to do so&#8230;..</p>
<p>3. ANY law enforcement officer (or Military member), knows when he, she takes the job, that they may well put themselves in harms way, to defend &#8220;&#8221;You&#8221;"&#8230;..the 1,100 kids, the teachers, the cafeteria workers, etc etc etc&#8230;..</p>
<p>4. Be advised&#8230;. If any trained person is confronted with a &#8220;pellet&#8221; gun at close range, and is armed, they will &#8220;Shoot&#8221;&#8230;..   They are there to &#8220;Protect&#8221; us&#8230;.not commit voluntary suicide.</p>
<p>5. Those of you who think otherwise, lack either knowledge or common sense.         A &#8220;COP&#8221; is in the same position as a GI       I do NOT expect any Man or Woman, who is defending my rights, to commit suicide&#8230;&#8230; That&#8217;s why we arm them.</p>
<p>6. I CERTAINLY don&#8217;t advocate the use of &#8220;Deadly Force&#8221;, if it&#8217;s not deemed necessary&#8230;&#8230;I have kids too, and grandkids also&#8230;..But it&#8217;s seldom that these trained people make a bad call.</p>
<p>7. If you were there, in the same position, under the same circumstances, having that weapon pointed at you, by who the heck ever&#8230;..you&#8217;d either shoot, or cry, and get shot,wounded, killed&#8230;..<b>depending on your level of intelligence.</b></p>
<p>8. I am sorry the young man was killed&#8230;..and sorry for the way the Lt. must feel&#8230;.but I don&#8217;t know a single man I served with in the US ARMY, who would not have done the same&#8230;&#8230; I would have, because I &#8220;Had to&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>I thank each and every member of our Police Departments for their service. Protecting &#8220;Us&#8221;, for harm, and putting themselves in harms way, many times a day&#8230;.<br />
    God Bless them ALL! </p>
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		<title>Terrorist Scum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John and I took the afternoon today to do mundane chores,play with the dogs, and other fun stuff but<br />
no  building fence. We were talking about the NEWS FLASH from Pakistan about the terrorist activity, young Iranian women being hung for defending themselves and other talk, guaranteed to make you feel well not  very warm and fuzzy.</p>
<p><a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article338636.ece">The CIA </a>is believed to have fired missiles from Predator aircraft at Damadola village in the tribal area of Bajaur, near the border with Afghanistan. The US did not comment officially, but American television networks, citing unnamed intelligence sources, initially reported Zawahiri might have been among the dead.</p>
<p>I had commented that there was allot of protesting going on over the bombing in Damadola, the  small village near the Afghan border in Pakistan late last night ,and  in fact the first <a href="http://mfb123.blogspot.com/2006/01/strike-on-zawahiri-civ4-h5n1.html">blog </a> comment I read stated &#8221; no one cares! No messages, no air time, no apology. Bah!!&#8221;</p>
<p>John&#8217;s  query  to me was why didnâ€™t the villagers report the presence of the terrorists in the first place ?<br />
and the location of said scumterrorists , because if they had , it is doubtful that many if any &#8220;innocents&#8221; would have been killed, because we would have sent in a special ground assault team&#8230;&#8230;which have the ability to be more selective than air launched ordinance(bombs).So we have to assume,that the villeragers were harboring the terrorist scum.</p>
<p>Also consider why ,if there are no known terrorists in these villages then why did the<a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\01\14\story_14-1-2006_pg1_1"> Pakistani government </a>themselves level 3 homes of terrorists?<br />
It is a very very sad reality that innocent are hurt in war, my heartfelt prayers are directed to those families losses.<br />
 The CIA, if in fact they did they bombing undeniably  had good intelligence, which means they damn well  knew there were terrorists in this village,  I am sorry innocents died, but more than that I am sorry that the poison of  al Qaeda operatives continues to be very much alive.</p>
<p>If we are willing to  invest the lives of our Sons and Daughters for the sake of world safety. Then we have to be  aware of and willing to pay the costs of that safety.  Terrorists cannot function without the permissiveness or the blindeye of the majority of the local populace. John&#8217;s  life was saved in Vietnam  on more than one occasion by being told , donâ€™t go in there,donâ€™t go thru this area or leave now  by local friendly merchants or others who believed in freedom.</p>
<p>John and I are pacifists, although we are both quite handy with most weapons, and are both pretty damn good shots, we neither of us hunt any longer, but frankly if it comes to us or scum terrorists.<br />
My money would be on us. Open season on terrorists, we wish.  GO CIA!</p>
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		<title>Fallen Hero&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>   I&#8217;ll probably upset more than a few folks here, although my intentions certainly lean in the opposite direction.<br />
    Before reading any further, please take the time to digest the fact that I, with one heck of a lot of other people, spent a bit of time in a very bad place. The Republic of South Vietnam the ((at least theoretical)) &#8220;GOOD GUYS&#8221; half of Viet Nam.  In fact, I was a bit more dedicated (slow??), than most of that era&#8217;s &#8220;Volunteers&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;..&#8221;RA&#8221;&#8230;.Regular Army&#8230;. and went, by request, to that Pearl of the Orient, three times. I knew guys who went six or eight times&#8230;all voluntarily.<br />
       Was I just &#8220;Dumb&#8221;&#8230;.I still haven&#8217;t figured that out&#8230;.at the time it was &#8220;Patriotic&#8221;&#8230;..and by damned that IS what I ARE, and will always be&#8230;..    Doesn&#8217;t mean I agree with everything, (for SURE), that our Government, Military, or even a LOT of civilians think or mandate. I like to think that I know right from wrong, can see the gray areas, and am in fact a Free thinker. But it can give you a headache trying to figure out if we should have committed our boys to that one too&#8230;&#8230;..(and yes several of the Administrations at that time&#8230;.just plain SUCKED)&#8230;.. but the rational of our being there can give you a headache&#8230;.if you bother to do more than try to criticize others that is.<br />
    Now to the &#8220;POINT&#8221;:</p>
<p>    Ever seen a stack, (or a bunch of stacks), of <a href="http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3833232">   Body Bags????</a><br />
    It sure doesn&#8217;t make you feel good.<br />
    Ever think about ending up in one&#8230;..(SOON)??????, or KNEW you were gonna be in one in the morning????<br />
    Well the last thing I thought about was being shipped Home !!!!!!!!!<br />
    In fact I never really knew ANYONE, who wanted to be  <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519608/posts#comment">shipped Home</a>.<br />
    Why bother???<br />
    Why not use the space, AND the money to send some of the following????</p>
<p>1.            More troops&#8230;..BUT&#8230;.PLEASE let them fight to &#8220;&#8221;"&#8221;"&#8221;WIN&#8221;"&#8221;"&#8221; if you send a young man into a COMBAT zone, then you have already made a decision&#8230;&#8230;so let the Men and Women who are proud to wear our uniform, BE proud, and FIGHT TO WIN!!!!   You send &#8216;em, then by GOD &#8220;&#8221;SUPPORT&#8221;" them !!!! And screw those who think &#8220;&#8221;WAR&#8221;"   isn&#8217;t BAD !!    You send them, while you sit on your ass and tie their hands, if it wasn&#8217;t for the &#8220;tied hands&#8221;, the Iraq joke would have been over LONG ago!!!!!    We&#8217;d have won in Viet Nam&#8230;..right or wrong in being there, we&#8217;d have lost  1/10  of the Men we lost !!!!!!!!!!   If you send &#8216;em to fight&#8230;..give them the means and the freedom to Kick Ass&#8230;.Clean Up&#8230;.and &#8220;Come Home&#8221;!!! &#8230;.And then CHEER&#8230;..the &#8220;surviving&#8221; Patriots&#8230;..the ONLY people who give YOU Freedom !!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>2.       Good chow, <a href="http://alpinesummit.blogspot.com/2005/12/quagmire.html">(whenever you can).  A GOOD steak</a>,cooked in the rear areas of the Field&#8230;.not just for the &#8220;REMF&#8221;s, but  for  ALL&#8230;.whenever possible (safely). These &#8220;grunts&#8221; are just as important as the Pilots, who risk their lives every day&#8230;.(and eat a lot of steak).   The &#8220;grunt&#8221; knows he&#8217;s not a Pilot&#8230;.but his ass is shot at a whole lot more&#8230;..and today He VOLUNTEERED to &#8220;&#8221;"&#8221;SERVE&#8221;"&#8221;.</p>
<p>3.      A nice Cold BEER &#8230;. for those who care to imbibe&#8230;.. and as long as you are not in &#8220;their&#8221; PUBLIC areas&#8230;..screw their customs&#8230;&#8230; those MEN and WOMEN are there to either Protect the LOCALS, or Kick their collective Asses   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  The first should appreciate them AND our customs&#8230;. Beer included&#8230;.and for the other side&#8230;&#8230; well we&#8217;re supposed to be Kicking Ass&#8230;.. not Kissing it&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>4.       LOTS MORE&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;"GOOD&#8221;" Intelligence&#8230;&#8230; since the Cold War was declared over&#8230;.(yep we ARE nuts&#8230;.) While some of us started having a bit of common sense&#8230;e.g. the USSR, and China, a batch of our Presidents, and their followers decided we could save a lot of money if we didn&#8217;t try to keep an eye on our prospective enemies, and disbanded several of our MOST Effective, and Reliable, Intelligence communities&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.So&#8230;.we get blindsided with 911&#8230;..    Good thinking huh??    Same reason we didn&#8217;t know squat about Afghanistan, or Iraq&#8230;&#8230;.      But we sure did &#8220;Pork Belly&#8221; with the money&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>5.     LOTS MORE &#8230;. New, or at least Reliable, equipment and PARTS!!!!   Now our boys are using a LOT of sub-standard equipment&#8230;.. replacements ????  Just ask your Local National Guard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
     We are now Rapidly approaching the Fighting Readiness capabilities of the &#8220;Girl Scouts&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;. Ask a GI how He feels about that???</p>
<p>6.     WIN >>> WIN>>  WIN>>        If you die for a cause, and are buried in a FIELD OF HONOR&#8230;. (As in many places in EUROPE)&#8230;. It IS as Honorable as being planted in the USA !!!!&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.BUT<br />
     ONLY IF YOU WIN !!!!!!! Otherwise, your Country has either been defeated at HOME, (as in OCCUPIED), or you have just PISSED your Life away for stupid Politicians, and Chicken S&#8230;   NUTS who care more about the Bad guy, than you&#8230;&#8230;..       and THEN and only then, can the Bad guys Piss on &#8220;YOU&#8221; !!!!</p>
<p>7.      SO&#8230;&#8230;. Send: LOVE, RESPECT, MEN and WOMEN who FIGHT, EQUIPMENT&#8230;..STEAK &#038; BEER&#8230; (for when you have the time and safety to enjoy it),&#8230;&#8230;..and more LOVE, and RESPECT !!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>        Where you are planted means nothing &#8230;.. Compared to&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;"&#8221;"&#8221;"&#8221; WHY&#8221;"&#8221;"&#8221;" you are DEAD .</p>
<p>8.     I do NOT discount HONOR&#8230;&#8230;    A &#8220;Folded piece of cloth&#8230;..&#8221;"THE&#8221;" Folded piece of cloth&#8230;.. means more to ANY &#8220;&#8221;GI&#8221;"    Than Where He or She is &#8220;laid to rest&#8221;.      HONOR Him/Her buy having a &#8220;small&#8221; group of Uniformed Men and Women, hand deliver that Most Sacred triangular cloth to their Family, in a formal or informal setting, as they wish&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..   Remember DAMNIT&#8230;&#8230; He/She Died for &#8221; OLD GLORY&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;for what She Stands for, not some Politician,  good or bad, or those not willing to fight for themselves.</p>
<p>9.      Those I hold in the HIGHEST Esteem, wear the Uniforms of the Free World&#8230;.. and Most of all the USA !!!!!!!</p>
<p>10.     GOD BLESS  our SOLDERS every last one of them&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. and may our Fallen Comrades be <a href="http://www.10news.com/news/5504608/detail.html"> HONORED by WINNING.</a>&#8230;. whatever conflict our Government sent them to&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Katrina: Criminal Charges</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I live in Ocala Florida. We are &#8220;intimately&#8221; familiar with Hurricane preparedness, and recovery procedures. While we have been Very lucky so far, experiencing only minor damage and several extended power outages, we are experienced in the &#8220;watch, and Prepare&#8221; procedures for anyone susceptible to Hurricanes. When Katrina was parallel to Ocala, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    My wife and I live in Ocala Florida. We are &#8220;intimately&#8221; familiar with Hurricane preparedness, and recovery procedures. While we have been Very lucky so far, experiencing only minor damage and several extended power outages, we are experienced in the &#8220;watch, and Prepare&#8221; procedures for anyone susceptible to Hurricanes.<br />
    When Katrina was parallel to Ocala, enroute to the New Orleans area, pet, my wife, came to me crying, and asking what was going to happen to those millions of people who could not get out. She like the vast majority of us in this area, knew full well that the low areas of the three states affected were populated the capacity of the roads to evacuate everyone, and that there are always those that &#8220;choose to stay&#8221;, or do not have the &#8220;means&#8221; to do so.<br />
    I told her that while this storm had the ability to do more damage than either the recent Tsunami, or the A-bomb on Hiroshima, and take as many lives, that our &#8220;Government&#8221;, through the Armed Forces, would be already gearing up to &#8220;take care of the surviving victims&#8221;.<br />
    When she asked how we could get into those areas with enough help, I listed the following:</p>
<p>     I told her that:    The US Army, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines in the region were already staging for deployment, and that before she even hit, they would be rolling towards the area.<br />
    That the Army would be dispatching troops, supplies, and medical assistance, including MASH units, and Tent Cities, from at least several bases outside the &#8220;Target&#8221; area, and that they would be on site when the winds died down just enough to move in.<br />
    That the United States Navy had capabilities that few Americans were aware of: Fully loaded supply ships with just about every commodity you can think of, including clothing. Assault Landing Craft, capable of landing Thousands of Troops, ( even Tanks), and Heavy equipment on ANY kind of land. That they had the ability to land and resupply entire Divisions of troops. That the Marines had Helicopter Carriers, the Navy had not only Rescue, and SAR (search and rescue Helos), but that Pennsecola probably had a bunch of them used for training. That Helicopters, troops and even C-130&#8242;s could be flown in from as far away as Ft. Campbell Ky., iand be &#8220;Operational&#8221;, On Site, in less than 24hrs, with literally thousands of trucks/semis/amphibious troop carriers,  loaded with supplies and Medical teams, &#8220;On Site&#8221;, in LESS than 48 hrs. That the Coast Guard, and  National Guardsmen would be on scene within HOURS, from ALL of the surrounding areas (States). </p>
<p>    In other words&#8230;&#8230;.While we can&#8217;t prevent Mother Nature from ravishing the area, we CAN help the survivors within Hours!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>    Boy was I Full of Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>    It seems that Everyone but the people with the ability to help, saw what was coming&#8230;&#8230;..<br />
FEMA has done MANY studies on the results of a CATASTROPHIC Hurricane strike in this area, the NOAA people (They are great, and do ALL they can), gave them ILLUSTRATIONS of the storm surge predictions!!<br />
    And FEMA, and the President&#8230;&#8230;..SAT ON THEIR ASSES and &#8220;watched&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>    I Voted for all three of the Bush family, and backed them to the hilt&#8230;&#8230; Until Now&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>    I hold the &#8220;Politicians&#8221;&#8230;.FEMA, and the President, responsible for the MAJORITY of the lives lost &#8220;After the storm&#8221;&#8230;.Those families, babies, old folks, etc, who died days after the storm. Who died from lack of water, food, medication, and Medical assistance, who drowned days later&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Because our &#8220;OFFICIALS&#8221;&#8230;..SAT ON THEIR ASSES&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>     ANY Officer in Any of the armed forces who was on active duty for a single year, could have, and would have handled the LOGISTICS, and the MEANS, to help everyone possible, if they had the AUTHORITY&#8230;.</p>
<p>     FEMA, is under the PRESIDENT of these United States, and I hold them Jointly responsible for Thousands of Deaths, and the misery, and nightmares, experienced by theose victims that COULD have been helped&#8230;..We could not have helped them All&#8230;..I know that, &#8230;.but by DAMN we could have done one Hell of a lot more if we had the LEADERSHIP, and AUTHORITY we EXPECT !!!!!!!</p>
<p>    Re: Jeb Bush&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..    Having had his &#8220;Adopted&#8221; state(Florida) on a Number of occasions, experience, to a lesser degree, the wrath of a &#8220;Cane&#8221;, I expected him to have everything he could muster, rolling before the storm blew through the Gulf Coast&#8230;&#8230;and to ask ALL of the Supermarket chins, Department store chains, the Bottled water producers, etc, to &#8220;please donate all that you can, and have &#8220;your&#8221; trucks lined up as a &#8220;convoy&#8221; ASAP&#8230;..led by the Florida National Guard&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>    Well I was Full of Shit AGAIN&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>NOW we need a modern version of the &#8220;WPA&#8221;&#8230;..let&#8217;s see how long it takes our &#8220;Leaders&#8221;&#8230;..To figure out that the way out of the &#8220;Great Depression&#8221;, should offer us SOME means of putting people to work, and building for their future!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>    New Orleans is GONE!!!!!<br />
    Most of the people in the area Live&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s ALL find a way to help them to live again&#8230;..(Elsewhere).</p>
<p>GOD BLESS AMERICA&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Now let&#8217;s ALL act like AMERICANS, and help those in need.</p>
<p>John</p>
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