Our New Member of the Navy Family

Coco our new member (Male)
Spotty Bun Bun our first pet (male)

Pray for our Solders

One of the missing is from Torrance, CA. I grew up in Redondo Beach, next to Torrance.
The missing will be in my prayers today.

Happy Mom's Day!

My Navy Family is fixing breakfast for me! (I've gotten out of bed though!)

Happy Mother's Day to all Mom's and especially those who have sons and daughters deployed around the world. You are the greatest and raised wonderful kids! They are fighting for our freedom! Thank God for our troops and their MOMs!

And I can't forget my Mom, who is back at home in Hilo! Love ya Mom! Thanks for all that you do. I couldn't be what I am if it weren't for you!

Rush Defaced

"It looks like they took globs of paint and threw it on his face. It looks great. It did my heart good," said Murrow, who admittedly is not a Limbaugh fan.

Kurt L. Kocher, chief spokesman for the city's Department of Public Works and Murrow's supervisor, took issue with Murrow's statement.

"As much as you don't like Rush Limbaugh, you don't endorse vandalism, period," Kocher said. "It's an outrageous comment, and he shouldn't have said it. It is not our policy. I think he got overenthusiastic about his feelings for Mr. Limbaugh. I am very upset about that comment, and I've let him know I'm very upset about that comment. It's his personal comment and it's wrong."

Fort Dix terror plot

This proves we still have terror cells in the US. We have to eradicate these cells. I hope and pray we keep our forces in Iraq and win the war. Victory is our only hope. Once we loose Iraq, the cells here will be embolden and the terror will be fierce. A-Q will take the Iraqi Oil to fund the acts of terror. A democratic Iraq that can defend itself will prevent A-Q from setting up shop. Remember, our troops are fighting for our freedom!

Investigators said the men planned to use AK-47s to storm Fort Dix and open fire on soldiers and civilians stationed at the New Jersey base, noting that other military locations were scouted by the terrorist cell.

Three of the suspects are brothers and are all believed to be Islamic radicals, according to sources. Some of the six arrested men were also born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia, but have spent a significant amount of time living and training in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to authorities.

And this cell also planned more attacks in PA. Thank you tipster in NJ! Another plot has been uncovered and exposed. This enemy is evil and will not stop. We have to get them before they get us.

Update From Michelle Malkin:

The men - several of whom were in the same family - had videotaped their practice sessions in the Poconos, the source said. That videotape, in which they railed against America, led to their arrests.

The men made the mistake of bringing it to a retail store, seeking to get a copy burned to a DVD, according to one of the sources. A store employee who later watched the tape called the FBI who began immediately investigating.

Here's some bees to put into your bonnet!

Where's my Check?

If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released on Wednesday.

This reflected a 3 percent raise from last year's $134,121, according to Salary.com Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts.

The 10 jobs listed as comprising a mother's work were housekeeper, cook, day care center teacher, laundry machine operator, van driver, facilities manager, janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and psychologist, it said.

The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, it said, working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours overtime.

White feather campaign

I've been taking care of the affairs of my NavyKids (school placement for next fall) and lax on the blog. And went to Junior Jam with my ten year old this weekend. Camping with 300 girl scouts around orange county. O Joy! They had fun talking all night long!

Anyway, I just saw this on Michell Malkin and linked here from Wide Awake Cafe. Send our favorite defeatocrat a white feather of surrender.

More at Gateway Pundit here.

It was Number Six. RIP

It was No. 6

The Navy Blue Angels perform the last maneuver before Blue Angel No. 6 (plane just above center) crashed during an air show at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in Beaufort, S.C., Saturday, April 21, 2007. Blue Angel No. 6, one of two solo pilots crashed two minutes after this picture was made about four miles west of the base as the team was setting up for its final maneuver. (AP Photo/Birmingham News, Mark Almond)

Blogs of War has video of "Kojack" here.

Blue Angel Crash

Was it Number 5 or 6?

No to Parital Birth Abortions!

I'm glad the Supreme Court upheld the No Partial Birth Abortion law!
The Majority here:

The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.

The opponents of the act "have not demonstrated that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.

The decision pitted the court's conservatives against its liberals, with President Bush's two appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, siding with the majority.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia also were in the majority.

The Minority here:

"Today's decision is alarming," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in dissent. She said the ruling "refuses to take ... seriously" previous Supreme Court decisions on abortion.

Ginsburg said the latest decision "tolerates, indeed applauds, federal intervention to ban nationwide a procedure found necessary and proper in certain cases by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists."

She was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens.

I praise the Lord and am thankful for President Bush signing the law for his appointments to the Supreme court, Roberts and Alito! Good work!

Virgina Tech Shootings

Pray for the victim's and their families. I remember when the Columbine shootings happened in April 2000 (or was it 1999?).
Hot Air has updates here.

Destroying Chemical Factories, March 2007

We have to stay and get rid of all the insurgent WMDs!

RIP Johnny Hart

God Bless the troops this Easter

From the President's Saturday speech:

One of our greatest blessings as Americans is that we have brave citizens who step forward to defend us. Every man or woman who wears our Nation's uniform is a volunteer, a patriot who has made the noble decision to serve a cause larger than self. This weekend, many of our service men and women are celebrating the holidays far from home. They are separated from their families by great distances, but they are always close in our thoughts. And this Passover and Easter, I ask you to keep them in your prayers.

Our men and women in uniform deserve the gratitude of every American. And from their elected leaders, they deserve something more: the funds, resources, and equipment they need to do their jobs.

Hear that congressional leaders? Give the president a clean bill to sign. The troops need the funds and the American public don't need the pork attached to the bill.

Happy Easter

Presidental appointment illegal?

The Recess Appointment of Sam Fox to U.S. ambassador to Belgium was considered illegal by some of the Dems. I laughed so hard. They didn't realize something in the Constitution, Article II Section 2:

Section. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Senator Kerry was vocal on the appointment because Mr. Fox gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat Vets in 2004.

"It's sad but not surprising that this White House would abuse the power of the presidency to reward a donor over the objections of the Senate. This nomination was withdrawn because the Administration realized it would lose in the Foreign Relations Committee," Kerry said.

I don't think the President is abusing his power to appointments. If the Senate is out of session, he has the right to do it. My advice to the Senate, NO VACATIONS! Stay in DC and get to work. We need to fund the Troops, get cracking on it! No Pork, No Timetables, No Withdrawal. Win this War for US! (Will they listen? NOT!)

Recognizing Fox did not have enough support for Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last week. On Wednesday, with the Senate on a one-week break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Congress' blessing.

Dodd said in a statement that Bush's actions were "deceptive at best and illegal at worst."

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe defended the use of recess appointments as a presidential prerogative.

"I think the president views recess appointments as an appropriate way to get people who are qualified into jobs that need to be filled," Johndroe said Thursday.

"And it's a process that's been used many times over the years for people whose nominations have lingered or have been stopped for various reasons," he said.

Good Friday

Look down in kindness, Lord, on this, your family,
for which our Lord Jesus Christ unhesitatingly allowed himself to be given in to the hands of his enemies
and to undergo the torture of the Cross.

He lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.

Ipod saves a soldier

Hat Tip to Michelle Malkin here.

Submission!

From the Guardian
Ht from Maverick News Media

Nancy the dipolmat--Pelosi tells Assad: Israel ready to talk

The Prime Minister's Office issued a rare "clarification" Wednesday that, in gentle diplomatic terms, contradicted US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's statement in Damascus that she had brought a message from Israel about a willingness to engage in peace talks.

According to the statement, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert emphasized in his meeting with Pelosi on Sunday that "although Israel is interested in peace with Syria, that country continues to be part of the Axis of Evil and a force that encourages terror in the entire Middle East."


Olmert, the statement clarified, told Pelosi that Syria's sincerity about a genuine peace with Israel would be judged by its willingness to "cease its support of terror, cease its sponsoring of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, refrain from providing weapons to Hizbullah and bringing about the destabilizing of Lebanon, cease its support of terror in Iraq, and relinquish the strategic ties it is building with the extremist regime in Iran."

Nancy wants to Be President! She should run in the election for President and not try to undermine the REAL President and his powers. Remember we have checks and balances on the three bodies of government. She is Speaker of the House, not Queen, not President. And she is so incompetent!

The Brits are free

Royal Navy and Marines
About time. What did Tony do to negotiate their return? I hope it was just a gift from President Ahmadinejad.

President Ahmadinejad announced the Britons' release after awarding medals to the "brave" border guards who had arrested them.

"I would like to thank the Iranian coast guard for courgeously defending our Iranian territorial waters," he said.

He then pinned medals on the chests of three Coast Guard officers. The ceremony was performed during a press conference broadcast around the world.

Give me a break. They were in Iraqi waters.

No More GWOT?

The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget.

This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee’s Democratic leadership doesn’t like the phrase.

A memo for the committee staff, circulated March 27, says the 2008 bill and its accompanying explanatory report that will set defense policy should be specific about military operations and “avoid using colloquialisms.”

The “global war on terror,” a phrase first used by President Bush shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., should not be used, according to the memo. Also banned is the phrase the “long war,” which military officials began using last year as a way of acknowledging that military operations against terrorist states and organizations would not be wrapped up in a few years.

The Dems don't have the patience, the wherewithal and courage to fight the Islamic fascists. Just wait till a shopping center near you gets blown up by a suicide bomber.

Palm Sunday

As I get ready for church I think of whom to pray for:

-Top of my list is always the Troops fighting for our freedoms
-My daughters to do better in school (both have learning disabilities)
-My mother-in-law to go seek psychological help
-For Graham to have the care he needs and to be able work again
-Thank God for his blessings on my wonderful husband and our marriage

But today a Marine is at the top of my list, he is fighting to stay alive and needs our prayers. (HT B5 and MM)

Please pray for Marine Corporal David Emery Jr.

You will have to suffer only for a little while: the God of all grace who called you to eternal glory in Christ will see that all is well again: he will confirm, strengthen and support you. His power lasts for ever and ever. Amen.

Sandy Pants on Fox

I saw this promo on the Fox News site titled 'Socks, Scissors, Paper: The Sandy Berger Caper'. I missed it last night but it will be on again today.

"I'll spend the rest of my life going to bed at night wondering, ‘Did he take more.’ The American people should go to bed every night wondering if he took more. We'll never know; only Sandy Berger knows," Inspector General of the Archives Paul Brachfeld told Asman.

Brachfeld was the first man to investigate the crime. Like Davis, Brachfeld's main concern is that Berger may have withheld key information about Clinton Administration anti-terror strategy and efforts from the 9/11 Commission. Brachfeld has remained silent for more than two years. But in the program he courageously speaks out on television for the first time.

I'm glad Fox also investigated the National Archives staff and the lax security procedures there.

FOX News also reveals the stunning failure of the Archives — and particularly Presidential Materials Staff Director Nancy Smith — to secure the nation's most sensitive documents.

Among the security breakdowns:

— Smith, the person charged with safeguarding presidential documents, allowed Berger to view the top secret dossiers in her office instead of a secure room known as a SCIF (sensitive compartmentalized information facility) — as required by the CIA.

— Smith, in a serious breach of security protocols, often allowed Berger alone with the documents.

— When Smith and her staff became suspicious that Berger was stealing top secret documents, they did not report their suspicions to authorities, as required by their own rules. Instead, they concocted their own inept sting operation, which they subsequently botched. Brachfeld says that significantly comprised the case against Berger.

It's 1979 again!

1979
2007
This hostage crisis could have been averted if the Brits just opened fire on those Revolutionary Navy boats. I know I wasn't there, but still they could have done a more aggressive move.
My prayers go out to those Royal Navy and Marines and their families. We're all Navy!

Traitor!

From JPOST here:

A federal judge ordered a former Navy sailor to remain behind bars Friday on charges that he supported terrorism by disclosing secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them.

Hassan Abujihaad, 31, appeared briefly in US District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut but did not enter a plea or make a statement. He is due to return to court on March 30 for an arraignment.

Abujihaad, an American-born Muslim convert also known as Paul R. Hall, was arrested March 7 in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was apparently working as a delivery man. He was charged with one count of providing material support to terrorists with intent to kill US citizens and one count of disclosing classified information relating to the national defense.

Federal authorities say they recovered e-mails about videos Abujihaad ordered that promoted violent jihad.

Friends said they knew the former sailor was unhappy with American foreign policy but were surprised when he was arrested on charges of supporting terrorism.

Oh yeah! They were really surprised that he would commit treason against the United States of America. I'm glad the guy is in jail. And stay put till he rots in hell!
Traitor!

15 British sailors captured by Iran

HMS Cornwall

The 15 British Navy personnel captured at gunpoint in the Gulf serve on board HMS Cornwall, a Type-22 Broadsword-class frigate.

That vessel arrived in the northern Gulf on 12 March.

On board, Commodore Nick Lambert is commanding the task force on his fourth tour of the region.

The Cornwall was commissioned by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1988.
BBC story and video here.
UPDATE: The captured British sailors are in Tehran now.

The British government says the eight sailors and seven marines were in Iraqi waters. It has called for their immediate release.

The Fars news agency says the group - including one woman - was flown to Iran's capital and arrived in the Iranian capital at 1200 local time.

We hope and pray they will be returned safely. They are NAVY and our brothers and sister (one of the 15 is a woman sailor).

Please fund the troops, We want to Win!

President Bush said today....

"This is an important moment -- a decision for the new leaders in Congress. Our men in women in uniform should not have to worry that politicians in Washington will deny them the funds and the flexibility they need to win. Congress needs to send me a clean bill that I can sign without delay. I expect Congress to do its duty and to fund our troops, and so do the American people -- and so do the good men and women standing with me here today."

Audio here.

I like it when W acts like the cowboy he is! The Dems are in trouble! The bill won't even pass in the senate with McConnell and Lieberman. And It takes money to re-deploy the troops too! (I guess the Dems haven't though of that) Let the troops win the war over there. Let us not have to fight it over here.

George P will be an Ensign!

FORT WORTH, Texas — George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of President Bush, has been selected as one of 15 prospective ensigns for the Navy Reserves intelligence unit.

Lt. Cmdr. Bill Schroeder of the Navy Reserve Intelligence Command in Fort Worth said Wednesday that once Bush and the other members of the Class of 2007 are sworn in later this year they will go through a two-week officer indoctrination school, a year of Navy basic intelligence training and be assigned to Navy reserve intelligence units close to their homes.

Schroeder said Navy intelligence officers collect and analyze information and provide guidance to help war fighters make decisions critical on the battlefield.

He said Bush, 30, has gotten no special treatment.

"He will be held to the same standards as all of his other shipmates," Schroeder said. "He will go through the same training. He will have the same duties and responsibilities and have to display the same commitment as the rest of his shipmates."

The 15 were selected in February by a panel of Navy officers who considered their qualifications, skills and education.

Attempts to reach Bush, a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, by telephone Wednesday night were not immediately successful.

Tribute to American Patriots

Gathering of Eagles

SpaceX Falcon 1 launch

At the end you can see the roll control going out of control.

Conservatives and Climate Change

For if conservatives cannot reframe, reclaim and respond to climate change with our principles intact, government will undoubtedly provide a solution, no matter how taxing it may be.

A quote from Mark Sanford, a conservative from South Carolina here.
Just what we need to keep in mind as the Goreocial takes the Capitol this week.

Instant Beer Freeze

Happy Saint Pattys Day!

Baghdad Building Destruction

I like the Star Wars graphics. Nice song and dance afterwards.

Quote read by GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell

What was quoted by Sen. McConnell on the Senate floor from General David Petraeus;

The enemies of Iraq will shrink at no act, however barbaric. They will do all they can to shake the confidence of the people and to convince the world that this effort is doomed. We must not underestimate them. Together with our Iraqi partners, we must defeat those who oppose the new Iraq. We cannot allow mass murders to hold the initiative. We must strike them relentlessly. We and our Iraqi partners must set the terms of the struggle, not our enemies. And together, we must prevail.

Fight to win this battle and not give up! Victoriously! God bless the troops and America. I'm happy Gen. Petraeus is in charge.

The surge is showing results and we want to take power to fight away

The bombings are down in Baghdad 30%. The MSM is noticing here.

And The House is proposing to create legislation to take the Commander-in-Chief's power to fight wars away. From NZ Bear at VC:

The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives has decided to micro-manage the war effort by loading the funding bill required to authorize continued operations in Iraq with conditions and provisions designed to force the President to retreat and withdraw from the fight.

Check out the PDF of the bill. It is so UNCONSTITUTIONAL to take the CIC powers away. How are we going to fight and protect our country when our President can't protect us? The Moonbats are crazy! When will they realize we need those powers intact to protect OUR Citizens. The Democrats would rather protect the Terrorists of their humanity than the citizens of the United States. Pathetic!
From Yahoo news (HT LGF) :

A Democratic plan to require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from
Iraq passed its first test in the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday as the panel voted to go ahead, overcoming Republican opposition.

Members voted 37-27 to uphold a provision in a $124 billion war spending legislation that calls for troops to leave Iraq before September 2008, and possibly sooner if the Iraqi government does not meet certain benchmarks. Republicans had proposed stripping out the timetable.

The vote gave Democrats a victory, if only for the moment, in their effort to challenge
President Bush's war policies and pressure him into starting a withdrawal of U.S. troops.

The committee was expected to approve the overall spending bill by later Thursday, but its longer-range fate is dim. In the Senate, minority Republicans can use procedural moves to block the troop withdrawal language and the White House has threatened to veto the bill if it contains the language forcing the removal of troops.

I just hope and pray the Republican senators and Independent Sen. Lieberman stick together and stop the closure of the bill.

Mr. Big says it never left

Mr. Big
Mr. Big Rush said today the "Vast Right Wing" conspericy has never left, contrary to what Mrs. Bill Clinton said that it is back.

Clinton asserted on Tuesday that the conspiracy is alive and well, and cited as proof the Election Day 2002 case of phone jamming in New Hampshire, a case in which two Republican operatives pleaded guilty to criminal charges, and a third was convicted.

"To the New Hampshire Democratic Party's credit, they sued and the trail led all the way to the Republican National Committee," Clinton said.

(AP) Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gesture during a speech before...

"So if anybody tells you there is no vast, right-wing conspiracy, tell them that New Hampshire has proven it in court," she said.

Hugh Hewitt on Hannity and Colmes

Hanoi Jane

From an E-mail going around:

She really was a traitor

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED
KEEP THIS MOVING ACROSS AMERICA


This is for all the kids born in the 70's who do
not remember, and didn't have to bear the
burden that our fathers, mothers and older
brothers and sisters had to bear.


Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the
"100 Women of the Century."



BY BARBRA WALTERS

Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still
countless others have never known how Ms.
Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country,
but specific men who served and sacrificed
during Vietnam .

The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot

The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat.



In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF
Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison
the "Hanoi Hilton."


Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell,
cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was
ordered to describe for a visiting American
"Peace Activist" the "lenient and humane
treatment" he'd received.

He spat at Ms Fonda, was clubbed, and was
dragged away.
During the subsequent beating, he fell forward
on to the camp Commandant 's feet, which
sent that officer berserk.


In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from
double vision (which permanently ended his
flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied
application of a wooden baton.

From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the
47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the
"Hanoi Hilton",,, the first three of which his
family only knew he was "missing in action".
His wife lived on faith that he was still alive.
His group, too, got the cleaned-up, fed and
clothed routine in preparation for a
"peace delegation" visit.
They, however, had time and devised a plan to
get word to the world that they were alive
and still survived. Each man secreted a tiny
piece of paper, with his Social Security Number
on it, in the palm of his hand.

When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a
cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each
man's hand and asking little encouraging
snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you bombed
babies?" and "Are you grateful for the humane
treatment from your benevolent captors?"
Believing this HAD to be an act, they each
palmed her their sliver of paper.
She took them all without missing a beat. At the
end of the line and once the camera stopped
rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs,
she turned to the officer in charge and handed
him all the little pieces of paper.


Three men died from the subsequent beatings.
Colonel Carrigan was almost number four
but he survived, which is the only reason we
know of her actions that day.



I was a civilian economic development advisor
in Vietnam , and was captured by the North
Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in
1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years.



I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one
year in a cage in Cambodia ; and one year
in a "black box" in Hanoi .
My North Vietnamese captors deliberately
poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a
nurse in a leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South
Vietnam , whom I buried in the jungle near the
Cambodian border.
At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs.
(My normal weight is 170 lbs.)

We were Jane Fonda's "war criminals."

When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi , I was asked by
the camp communist political officer if I would
be willing to meet with her.

I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real
treatment we POWs received... and how
d ifferent it was from the treatment purported by
the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as
"humane and lenient."



Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky
floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched
with a large steel weights placed on my hands,
and beaten with a bamboo cane.



I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda
soon after I was released. I asked her
if she would be willing to debate me on TV.
She never did answer me.



These first-hand experiences do not exemplify
someone who should be honored as part
of "100 Years of Great Women."
Lest we forget..." 100 Years of Great Women"
should never include a traitor whose hands are
covered with the blood of so many patriots.



There are few things I have strong visceral
reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in
blatant treason, is one of them.
Please take the time to forward to as many
people as you possibly can.
It will eventually end up on her computer and
she needs to know that we will never forget.

A-Q leader caught at Abu Ghraib

HT from LGF here:

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of
Iraq, an al-Qaida-inspired group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured Friday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was arrested along with several other insurgents in a raid in the town of
Abu Ghraib, said Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, spokesman for the Baghdad security operation. U.S. officials had no confirmation of the capture and said they were looking into the report.

Al-Moussawi said al-Baghdadi admitted his identity, as did another "of the terrorists" who confirmed "that the one in our hands is al-Baghdadi."

The arrest of al-Baghdadi would be a major victory for U.S. and Iraqi forces in their fight against Sunni insurgents, especially the hardcore religious extremists who have shown no interest in negotiating an end to their struggle.

Time to do the Snoopy Dance again! The Surge is working. The cut and run Democrats are the losers! Victory is ours and we will win this war. God Bless our Troops!

UPDATE: False report. They caputured an A-Q operative, but not the head hancho in Iraq.

Psalm 31 Reading for the day

In you, LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your justice deliver me;

incline your ear to me;
make haste to rescue me!
Be my rock of refuge,
a stronghold to save me.
You are my rock and my fortress;
for your name's sake lead and guide me.
Free me from the net they have set for me,
for you are my refuge.
Into your hands I commend my spirit;
you will redeem me, LORD, faithful God.
You hate those who serve worthless idols,
but I trust in the LORD.
I will rejoice and be glad in your love,
once you have seen my misery,
observed my distress.
You will not abandon me into enemy hands,
but will set my feet in a free and open space.

Former US Sailor AQ spy

HT from LGF....

A former Navy sailor was arrested Wednesday for allegedly releasing classified information that ended up in the hands of a suspected terrorism financier.

Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, is accused in a case that began in Connecticut and followed a suspected terrorist network across the country and into Europe and the Middle East.

He was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. citizens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people.

I hope they convict this guy for TREASON!

Bin Ladden hit?

Only my hopes and dreams come true.....

According to eyewitnesses and local reporters in Kunar province, Coalition forces launched a fierce attack on a small enclave in the village of Mandaghel, approximately 17 miles from the border with Pakistan, on Friday afternoon. Warplanes pounded the positions ; U.S. special forces and Afghan National Army soldiers moved in shortly afterwards.

The assault appeared to meet stiff resistance from militants at the compound. Heavy artillery and gunfire could be heard for hours, local witnesses said . A handful of civilians were reportedly wounded in the strike. Though sealed off from outside access, the area now appears to be under coalition control.

U.S. officials declined to identify who the operation was targeting, but indicated they were after a "High Value Target" (HVT) . Official sources would not rule out that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden himself was the intended victim. Afghan officials said the target could be another senior ranking al Qaeda leader.

Christina Aguilera

This is great! (I love the guys in the Uniforms!)

Huff Post, You got something coming!

Dick's gift

Boy, an attempted Assassination of our Vice President and the left becomes so unhinged. The comments at Huff Post have been cleaned up. If you want a screen shot check out Michelle's here.

14 years ago the First Tower Bombing

Here is a picture of the memorial of the first bombing.
I wonder if anyone recalls the first bombing of the Twin Towers. Six people died on that day.

Here is the progress of ground zero.

The continuing battle on ground zero here.
HT to Michelle Malkin here.

The American's Creed

The American's Creed

by William Tyler Page

I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

–Written 1917, accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.

I sure wish our lawmakers would Defend our country against our enemies. The sad part is they don't see the terrorists are our enemies. I picked up Bill Bennett's 'The Book of Virtues' last night and saw the American Creed written by William Tyler Page and accepted by congress almost 90 years ago. So much as changed since then.

Fly High you Eagles

Fly High you Eagles, soar
On you we all depend.
To serve, to stand, support our war,
Our fallen to defend.
Stand firm, stand brave before our Wall;
Deal those a sorry fate,
Who answer Fonda’s hateful call:
Our nation they must hate.

Fly high you Eagles, soar,
Your keen eyes see below,
The leftist fools oppose this war,
To them no low’s too low.
They seek our Wall to desecrate,
To enhance their losing cause;
They seek to doom our nation’s fate;
They see nothing but our flaws.

Fly high you Eagles, soar,
Above those who seek defeat,
Who seek submission, nothing more,
To a terror they can’t meet.
They falter when the course is long;
They’re weak-willed, failed and bitter;
Got it all entirely wrong,
So typical of a quitter.

Fly high you Eagles, soar,
Stand proud before our Wall;
You are the nation’s heart, the core,
The essence of us all.
Know that we stand there with you,
In spirit and in soul,
America’s not lost, not through,
We’ve a long, long way to go.

Fly high you Eagles, soar, from your lofty, special station,
Know this is true forever more; you’ve the blessing of your nation.

Russ Vaughn
Vietnam Veteran

A World Without America

Go Brits! I just love it!

Rep. Johnson says it all

Since the President announced his new plan for Iraq last month, there has been steady progress. He changed the rules of engagement and removed political protections.

There are reports we wounded the number two of Al Qaeda and killed his deputy. Yes, Al Qaeda operates in Iraq. It's alleged that top radical jihadist Al-Sadr has fled Iraq - maybe to Iran. And Iraq's closed its borders with Iran and Syria. The President changed course and offered a new plan ...we are making progress. We must seize the opportunity to move forward, not stifle future success.

Debating non-binding resolutions aimed at earning political points only destroys morale, stymies success, and emboldens the enemy.

The grim reality is that this House measure is the first step to cutting funding of the troops...Just ask John Murtha about his 'slow-bleed' plan that hamstrings our troops in harm's way.

Now it's time to stand up for my friends who did not make it home - and those who fought and died in Iraq - so I can keep my promise that when we got home we would quit griping about the war and do something positive about it...and we must not allow this Congress to leave these troops like the Congress left us.

Today, let my body serve as a brutal reminder that we must not repeat the mistakes of the past... instead learn from them.

HT Real Clear Politics

Congressman Johnson (R-TX) Floor Speech (02.16.07)

Everyone should listen to Rep. Johnson. He's got it right.

Victory is Ours!

If you are disgusted about the way congress is doing with the 'non-binding' resolution on the surge in Iraq then go to Victory Caucus and sign up now! Make a stand and let your repesentives know. WE want Victory and Support our Mission and Troops 100%!

Happy Birthday, Happy Valentine's Day!

To my twin sister, Have a Great one!

I Want To Live - A Pro-Life Video From

The Police at The Grammys 2007

"Roxanne"

The Police

They're back!

Counter Snipers in Iraq

Great Video from Iraq on Counter Sniper training

HT BlackFive

Death Valley Trip

Mysterious Ways

beautiful day

RIP
Shirley
God Bless

Anti-War rally at the Lone Sailor

The Lone Sailor
Jane Fonda and her lot will be protesting this weekend at the Navy Memorial in DC. Give me a break. They should go to the Mall and protest at the Vietnam Memorial for all times sake! No, the Vets are already mad at her. But we Navy don't like her either!

Here's a link to the Memorial Lone Sailor site.

Freeper alert here.

The dems sat down on this one

The line I liked best in the Presidents speech last night:

This is where matters stand tonight, in the here and now. I have spoken with many of you in person. I respect you and the arguments you've made. We went into this largely united, in our assumptions and in our convictions. And whatever you voted for, you did not vote for failure. Our country is pursuing a new strategy in Iraq, and I ask you to give it a chance to work. And I ask you to support our troops in the field, and those on their way. (Applause.)

I wonder if I'm too old to join this:

A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer Civilian Reserve Corps. Such a corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them. It would give people across America who do not wear the uniform a chance to serve in the defining struggle of our time.

Roe Vs. Wade 34 years ago

I remember the day I heard the ruling. It was a cold January and I was only 14 at the time. I thought it was wrong at the time. I'm glad I still believe it that way. It is still wrong to kill babies.

From ABC news here.

President Bush marked the 34th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Monday, telling thousands of abortion foes he shares their goal of seeing "the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected into law."

Bush also signaled his unchanged opposition to a key goal of the Democrats who now control Congress: broadening embryonic stem-cell research.

"Our challenge is to make sure that science serves the cause of humanity instead of the other way around," the president said in a telephone call piped over loudspeakers to a Washington rally of opponents of abortion rights. "I have made clear to the Congress, we must pursue medical advances in the name of life, not at the expense of it."

F-22 Raptor - Bela decolagem em Langley 2006

Here comes the Raptor!

Time to Rally Around President Bush

Time to Rally Around President Bush
Written by John Lillpop
Thursday, January 11, 2007
ChronWatch.com

In one of his finest speeches in recent memory, President Bush announced a
new plan for fighting the war on terror in the Iraqi theater. The president
appeared sincere, contrite for past failures, and firmly committed to
winning the war.

Although the president announced the deployment of more than 20,000
additional U.S. troops to fortify Baghdad, he made it abundantly clear that
the new commitment is not open-ended, and that the Iraqi government has been
so advised.

Iraq will be required to meet several performance measurements, both
military and economic, to secure the nation and to end the sectarian
violence that has ripped the fledgling democracy to pieces for far too long.

American troops will be on hand for a limited time to help the Iraq
government achieve its performance goals.

Importantly, the president reminded the American people that accepting
defeat is unthinkable. Rather than stabilizing the Middle East, leaving Iraq
without finishing the job would do the exact opposite.

Surrender would embolden and empower Islamic extremists seeking to destroy
western civilization through the use of global terrorism. Imagine a Middle East dominated by the likes of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

It is not a comforting thought, is it?

Almost without exception, Democrats are rigidly opposed to the president's
new plan. Most of them want the troop level in Iraq reduced, rather than
increased. None of them have proposed a formula for winning; rather,
"Retreat and Surrender" seems to be the operative theme for Democrats.

Aside from all the political posturing, wrangling, and partisan attacks from
both sides of the aisle, there is a human element to this story that must be
considered.

Namely, as a result of a change in plans by the U.S. commander-in- chief,
acting to fulfill his constitutional responsibility and authority, more than
20,000 dedicated Americans will have their lives disrupted in the most
dramatic manner imaginable.

Unfortunately, some of those patriots will go to Iraq, but will not come
home alive; others will be injured or disabled for life.

Imagine being one of the Americans called upon to sacrifice his or her
education, family, career, and even life in response to a call from the
commander-in- chief.

Imagine also the emotions and hurt that must race through the hearts and
minds of those brave Americans upon hearing elected politicians dismiss the
plans of their commander-in- chief, and openly predict failure and defeat.

Everyone acknowledges that Democrats are entitled, even obligated, to
question and provide opposition ideas and oversight. In our democracy, that
is their responsibility.

However, this nation is engaged in the most serious and dangerous war in our
history. And while many disagree with the new Bush plan, the plain truth is
that the president is acting within the U.S. Constitution.

There is no debate about the president's authority to act as he has.
Consequently, it is time for all patriotic Americans to unite behind the
president and support his new plan.

If nothing else, do it to encourage the 20,000 Americans who tonight are
facing a very difficult and uncertain future. Remember that they will be
headed into harm's way to protect and defend we Americans and the freedoms
and way of life we cherish.

"I have a Dream"

Links:
Blogs for Bush
Mark D. Roberts

God of the Universe

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them.
Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice
before the LORD who comes,
who comes to govern the earth,
To govern the world with justice
and the peoples with faithfulness.

PS 96

"Who pays the price?"

“What I was trying to do in this exchange was to find common ground with Condi Rice,” Ms. Boxer said, adding that “my whole point was to focus on the military families who pay the price.”

“They’re getting this off on a non-existent thing that I didn’t
say,” Ms. Boxer said. “I’m saying, she’s like me, we do not have
families who are in the military. What they are doing is a really
tortured way to attack a United States Senator who voted against the
war.”

The exchange between Ms. Boxer and Ms. Rice came during a
hostile Senate hearing on Thursday in which Ms. Rice, seeking to sell
President Bush’s new Iraq plan to a skeptical Congress, faced an almost
solid wall of opposition from both Democrats and Republicans. Ms. Boxer
several times repeated the question, “who pays the price?”

Senator Boxer read excerpts from a radio interview with an American family that
lost a son in Iraq. “You can’t begin to imagine how you celebrate any
holiday or birthday,” Ms. Boxer said. “There’s an absence. It’s not
like the person’s never been there. They always were there and now
they’re not and you’re looking at an empty hole.”

Ms. Rice replied, “I can never do anything to replace any of those lost men and
women in uniform, or the diplomats, some of whom ...”

Ms. Boxer cut her off. “Madame Secretary, please, I know you feel terrible about
it. That’s not the point. I was making the case as to who pays the
price for your decisions.”

From NYTimes here.

Boxer fails to see the price of those (3,000 in a matter of 2 hours) who lost their lives on 9/11. The dems are crying because we have lost 3,000 (within the span of 5 years) solders who know the price and are willing to fight for our freedom.
Boxer does not understand the might of our military. Without the military we are weak.

I am glad we have Condi Rice advising the President on the hard decisions. And I'm glad it isn't someone like Barbara Boxer!

Box it UP!

From the NYPOST here:

Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush's tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer.

"Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price," Boxer said. "My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young."

Then, to Rice: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family."

Breathtaking.

Simply breathtaking.

We scarcely know where to begin.

The junior senator from California ap parently believes that an accom plished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to make policy at the highest levels of the American government because she is a single, childless woman.

It's hard to imagine the firestorm that similar comments would have ignited, coming from a Republican to a Democrat, or from a man to a woman, in the United States Senate. (Surely the Associated Press would have put the observation a bit higher than the 18th paragraph of a routine dispatch from Washington.)

But put that aside.

The vapidity - the sheer mindlessness - of Sen. Boxer's assertion makes it clear that the next two years are going to be a time of bitterness and rancor, marked by pettiness of spirit and political self-indulgence of a sort not seen in America for a very long time.

The American people all pay the price. We want to win this WAR against the Terrorists. If we don't win we all pay the price of loosing our freedom. Those who are fighting want to fight the fight. They don't mind if they fight protecting Senator Box it up's little puny derriere.

Another A-Q bites the dust

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who allegedly planned the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa, was killed in a U.S. airstrike Monday, according to an American intelligence report passed on to the Somali authorities.

"I have received a report from the American side chronicling the targets and list of damage," Abdirizak Hassan, the Somali president's chief of staff, told The Associated Press. "One of the items they were claiming was that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is dead."

If confirmed, Mohammed's death would be a major victory for the U.S. in its hunt for the 1998 embassy bombers. The strike was part of the first U.S. offensive in the African country since 18 American soldiers were killed there in 1993.

Lost Sailors

HT from Bubblehead:

The Navy is investigating what happened in Plymouth Sound on Dec. 29 as the Minneapolis-St. Paul left England's Devonport Naval Base. Because the inquiry isn't finished, Navy officials said they cannot provide many details about the incident.

The men died performing a routine but risky task - transferring a harbor pilot back to his boat. Crews practice it frequently, but a former captain said it never can be totally safe, particularly in bad weather.

Lt. Cmdr. Chris Loundermon, a spokesman for the Navy's Atlantic submarine fleet in Norfolk, said the Los Angeles-class

submarine had been scheduled to leave Plymouth around the 29th after a week in port during the Christmas holiday.

Loundermon said he could not say whether the submarine left early to avoid bad weather moving in.

"Those are all the things the investigation is going to look into," he said. "Did they have to leave? If they didn't have to leave, why did they?"

About the time the departing submarine was transferring the harbor pilot, the winds were heavy and seas were high.

Four men on deck at the time - all wearing life vests and tethered to the sub - were washed overboard.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Holtz, a sonar technician, and Senior Chief Petty Officer Thomas Higgins, an electronics technician, were pronounced dead at a British hospital. Two were rescued with minor injuries.


Higgins was chief of the boat, the highest-ranking enlisted sailor on the submarine.

Entering or leaving port while transferring a harbor pilot onto or off a submarine is a complex maneuver made more difficult in bad weather or in the dark.

"Nothing's routine," said Force Master Chief Petty Officer Dean Irwin, the top enlisted submariner in the Navy. "It's an evolution that has risk associated with it."

IMPEACH at the Beach and Vader at the Rose Parade

I saw this and thought, (look at the cars parked at the beach parking lot). It took that many cars to have that many people to spell out "Impeach!" on the beach. Did they ride up in public transportation? (Bus, bike,skateboard, rail or taxi?) NOT!

HT from Zombiezone here.
Screen shot here from DU.
It reminded me of the Rose Parade on New Years Day. I just had to laugh at the Impeach sign when Darth Vader walked by. So indirectly we are protesting the Iraqi war and the Nazi Bushes. Yeah, right. And I'm a Rebel.

Grateful Dead ~ Touch Of Grey *90s RETRO*

Here's to You Nancy!

USS Ford is official

Navy to Name Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford

The Navy will name its next aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in honor of the president who was laid to rest Wednesday in his home town of Grand Rapids, Mich., officials said.

The Navy had not planned to make the announcement yet, but Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary who served in the Ford administration, divulged the news during his eulogy at the funeral.

"How fitting it would be that the name Gerald R. Ford will patrol the high seas for decades to come in defense of the nation he loved so much," he said.

Later at the Pentagon the Navy confirmed that it would make an official announcement "in a few weeks." It said it was still working on details of the ceremony with members of the Ford family.

Ford served in the Navy during World War II.

© 2007 Associated Press.

The President's Op-Ed

Our priorities begin with defeating the terrorists who killed thousands of innocent Americans on September 11, 2001--and who are working hard to attack us again. These terrorists are part of a broader extremist movement that is now doing everything it can to defeat us in Iraq.

In the days ahead, I will be addressing our nation about a new strategy to help the Iraqi people gain control of the security situation and hasten the day when the Iraqi government gains full control over its affairs. Ultimately, Iraqis must resolve the most pressing issues facing them. We can't do it for them.

But we can help Iraq defeat the extremists inside and outside of Iraq--and we can help provide the necessary breathing space for this young government to meet its responsibilities. If democracy fails and the extremists prevail in Iraq, America's enemies will be stronger, more lethal, and emboldened by our defeat. Leaders in both parties understand the stakes in this struggle. We now have the opportunity to build a bipartisan consensus to fight and win the war.

Link here.

Ann Coulter on the Dems and Jerry Ford's passing

The passing of Gerald Ford should remind Americans that Democrats are always lying in wait, ready to force a humiliating defeat on America.

More troops, fewer troops, different troops, "redeployment" — all the Democrats' peculiar little talking points are just a way of sounding busy. Who are they kidding? Democrats want to cut and run as fast as possible from Iraq, betraying the Iraqis who supported us and rewarding our enemies — exactly as they did to the South Vietnamese under Ford.

Liberals spent the Vietnam War rooting for the enemy and clamoring for America's defeat, a tradition they have brought back for the Iraq war.

Ann's column here.

Which WOMAN whould you choose?

Botax
Wax
Fembots
Stomp
Condi
Princess


Who do you choose?

Let our Armed services fight the war!

What we need to do in 2007 is fight the war - let the MSM whine, let the critics howl. We should just tell them: we're going to fight, if you can come up with the massive political power you'd need to force us to surrender to the enemy, then so be it, but unless you can do that, we're just going to keep on fighting until victory.

HT from Blogs for Bush.

Happy New Year! (From God)