Today the US of A celebrate Independence Day ...

i know 4th of july was a while ago, but i just have to make the point that i really feel almost nothing when this day comes around.  american history just isn't very important to the majority of americans.  i look forward to seeing fireworks and that's about it.  pretty much all the american holidays (like memorial day, labor day) are just seen as days off from work and nothing else. 

Tea party day

 
Michael Jackson dies and it's 24/7 news coverage. A real American hero dies and not a mention of it in the news. The media has no honor and God is watching

 

 

 

Ed Freeman  

 

You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. 

 

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. 

 

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. 

 

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. 

 

He's coming anyway. 

 

And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. 

 

Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses. 

 

And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. 

 

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise , ID.   May God rest his soul.

 

 
 
 
Michael Jackson dies and it's 24/7 news coverage. A real American hero dies and not a mention of it in the news. The media has no honor and God is watching

 

 

 

Ed Freeman  

 

You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. 

 

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. 

 

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. 

 

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. 

 

He's coming anyway. 

 

And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. 

 

Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses. 

 

And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. 

 

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise , ID.   May God rest his soul.  
Medal of Honor Winner 
Ed Freeman! 
    Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, send this to every red-blooded American you know.
 
 
THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
RIP

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Medal of Honor Winner 
Ed Freeman! 
    Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, send this to every red-blooded American you know.
 
 
THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw

Let us never forget my fellow Americans, we thought this could never happen in our country, but it did!!  Lyrics to the song by Darryl Worley.

 http://music.aol.com/video/have-you-forgotten/darryl-worley/1100922

I hear people saying we don't need this war
But, I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
Well, after 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yeah, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

US pressure on Arab states grows
 

The meeting in June with King Abdullah did not achieve its aims


By Kim Ghattas
BBC News, Washington

Amid a flurry of US diplomatic activity in the Middle East, the Obama administration is increasing the pressure on Arab countries to do more to help kick-start the peace process. This follows months of pressure on Israel to freeze settlement activity.
The Obama administration has been frustrated by the lack of movement on all sides but has reportedly been particularly disappointed by how little Arab countries have been willing to do or even promise.
Wary from past experience of negotiating with the Israelis, the official Arab position has been one of "show us the goods, then we will talk".
"Things may have moved a bit over the last few days, but it's been one of the administrations biggest disappointments," said one Washington-based advocate on Arab issues with close contacts with the US administrations and relevant parties in the Middle East.
A US official also said the meeting in May in Riyadh between President Barack Obama and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia did not go as expected.
"President Obama went to Saudi Arabia and got nothing," said the official with close knowledge of the talks.
'Unfulfilled promises'
The US administration is reportedly also upset with Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, for failing to give the Palestinian Authority adequate financial support, disbursing almost none of the money they pledged at donor conferences over the last two years.
 
The US on Friday announced it was transferring US $200m (£121m) it had pledged in March and called on others to follow suit.


We must stop the small-minded waiting game in which each side refuses to budge until the other side makes the first move .We've got to be bigger than that... if peace is to have a chance


Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain
To offset the shortfall from donor funds, the cash strapped Palestinian Authority has had to borrow money from private banks for the last three months.
Special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell who has already visited almost all Arab countries, is now on a tour that includes Egypt, Syria and Bahrain.
He is reportedly pressing Arab states to agree to some confidence building measures which would come in parallel with an Israeli promise to freeze settlements - the hope is that this can start a process that would eventually lead to a regional peace conference during the summer, according to various officials and observers in Washington.
Israel has been holding its ground on the settlement freeze issue.
The US administration is seeking even more from Arabs to unblock the Israeli position. With neither side wanting to budge first, the strategy is focused on a simultaneous move by both Israelis and Arabs.
Difficult steps
Speaking after his meetings in the West Bank, Mr Mitchell said "that in order to achieve the objective the president has asked that all those involved takes steps to make possible an early return to meaningful negotiations and a prompt resolution of those negotiations".
That means that everyone must take steps, some difficult, some controversial.
A state department official also confirmed that Mr Obama had recently sent letters to several Arab leaders asking them "to commit to steps towards Israel and to increase support for the Palestinian Authority, in the context of meaningful Israeli moves towards peace".

Obama gave a key speech to the Muslim world in Cairo in June
The talk of confidence-building measures is a sensitive one for Arab countries and partly explains what happened in Riyadh in May. The meeting was a last-minute addition to the itinerary, and preceded Mr Obama's speech in Cairo. It appears to have been an ill-prepared affair - the king did not expect the American request and the president did not expect to come out empty handed.
Some of what has been discussed in general, but not necessarily specifically during this meeting, includes over flight rights for Israeli carriers over Arab countries, and the opening of Israeli trade missions in Arab countries.
But King Abdullah, Custodian of the two Holy mosques and leader of a key regional power, was reluctant to put his credibility on the line because of past experience, such as the Sharm al-Sheikh talks in June 2003 which preceded the formal launch of the road map in Aqaba.
In his book, The Arab Center, former Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher recounts how President George W Bush, in attempt to convince Arab leaders to make concessions for the sake of peace, told them: "If I did not think we could do this, I would not be here."
Almost six years later and with no Palestinian state in sight, the King Abdullah may have wondered why he should believe the assurances of yet another American president about peace making.
Reaching out
But with Mr Obama so clearly reaching out to the Arab world, there is some willingness to help though no desire to get burnt.
So it has now fallen to the small, pro-Western kingdom of Bahrain to take the lead publicly, with reported tacit support from the Saudis.
Earlier this month, the Crown Prince, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, wrote an opinion letter in the Washington Post arguing that the Arab states need to talk to the Israelis.
He argued that the biggest mistake in the peace efforts has been to assume that "you can simply switch peace on like a light bulb" and that Arabs have not done enough to communicate directly with the people of Israel.
"We must stop the small-minded waiting game in which each side refuses to budge until the other side makes the first move, "Sheikh Salman wrote in the Washington Post.
"We've got to be bigger than that. All sides need to take simultaneous, good-faith action if peace is to have a chance."

Why do I keep getting surprised by appointments like this?  
   
Obama Appoints 2 Devout Muslims to Homeland Security Posts  
(NOTE: has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, Jew or Protestant..., just wondering?) 
Doesn't this make you feel safer already?? 

Obama and Janet Nappy Appoint Devout Muslim to Homeland Security Post 
Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 
Source for announcement: 
Homeland Security Press Room 
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/06/obama-appointment-arif-ali-khan-asst-secretary-dhs.html 
  
  
Shora, who was born in Damascus, Syria 
  
Kareem Shora appointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano on Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) 
Washington, DC 
June 5, 2009 
www.adc.org 
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). 
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Was it not men of the "Devout Muslim Faith" that flew planes into U.S. building not to long ago. What the hell is the president thinking?   

Lou Dobbs Right on Obama Birth Certificate
Monday, August 3, 2009 9:48 AM

By: Newsmax Staff Article Font Size  

The Associated Press is wrong and Lou Dobbs is right.
 
This past weekend, the AP published a story entitled "CNN's Dobbs Under Fire for Hosting 'Birthers'".
 
The AP began their highly critical story on Dobbs: "He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's 'no bias' brand."
 
And what is Dobbs' "crime?" He has said on air that Obama should release his birth certificate and has had on his show guests who suggested Obama was born outside the U.S.
 
Dobbs does not believe Obama was born outside the U.S., nor does Newsmax. The evidence indicates he was born in Hawaii. But the indisputable fact is that Obama has not released his birth certificate, which the state of Hawaii issues for all citizens born there. The AP implies that Obama has not released a "long version of his birth certificate." But Obama has never released either a long or short version of his birth certificate.
Instead, Obama's campaign last year released only his Certification of Live Birth from the state of Hawaii, which is a document that offers a summarized version of the birth certificate. Even state residents born outside the U.S. can get one.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, GOP nominee Sen. John McCain quickly released his birth certificate when liberal bloggers raised questions about his eligibility to be president. McCain was born at a military hospital in Panama.
Obama likewise could put the matter to rest by releasing his actual birth certificate, which would show, among other things, the place of his birth and the doctor who performed the birth procedure.
This information is not provided on the Certification of Live Birth.
As it stands, Obama is the only president in history whose birthplace is unknown to the public – a fact that would be stated on the actual birth certificate. Interestingly, his family has mentioned two different hospitals in Hawaii as the place of birth.
Obama’s refusal to release his birth certificate does mean that Obama remains one of America’s most mysterious and opaque presidents ever.
Obama, for example, has not released many other documents regarding his public and private life.
Many of these documents were sought by reporters, who easily acquiesced when Obama said he would not release them – though most presidential candidates release them as a perfunctory matter.

Among the key documents that Obama continues to shield from the public:

• Obama released just one brief document detailing his personal health. McCain, on the other hand, released what he said was his complete medical file, totaling more than 1,500 pages. 

 
• Obama refused to offer his official papers as a state legislator in Illinois. Nor did he produce correspondence, such as his schedules of appointments or letters from lobbyists, from his days in the Illinois state Senate.


• Obama did not release his client list as an attorney or his billing records. He maintained that he performed only a few hours of legal work for a nonprofit organization with ties to Tony Rezko, the Chicago businessman convicted of fraud in June 2008 but did not release billing records that would prove this assertion.


• Obama ignored requests for his records from Occidental College, where he studied for two years before transferring to Columbia University.

 
• Obama’s campaign refused to give Columbia, where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science, permission to release his transcripts.
  Former President George W. Bush and presidential contenders Al Gore and John Kerry all released their college transcripts.
 
• Obama did not agree to the release of his application to the Illinois State Bar, which would have cleared up intermittent allegations that his application may have been inaccurate.
 
• Obama did not release records from his time at Harvard Law School.
• During the presidential campaign, McCain’s campaign released a full list of all online donors. Obama’s campaign still has not released the names of those who donated at least one-third of the $750 million he raised.
 
Ironically, Obama accused the Bush White House of being "one of the most secretive administrations in our history," and chided then-Sen. Hillary Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules.