Congressman Ramstad comes out in opposition to the Flight 93 memorial.
Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-MN) gave a House speech this month supporting Mr. Burnett’s opposition to the crescent design. The speech is entered in the Congressional Record here, along with supporting statements from Tom Burnett Sr. (father of murdered Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Jr.).
That makes [...]
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Friday, 25 April 2008
By Staff Sgt. Brent Williams
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON — Knocking on doors; greeting the family; talking about politics, the neighbors or just the weather over a hot cup of overly sweet chai – a pleasant side of operations for Multi-National Division – Baghdad [...]
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Matt (www.Blackfive.net) has an incredible video that takes a look at the situation in Iraq by interviewing Bill Roggio (www.LongWarJournal.org) and another man who is also with the Long War Journal. It is 22:54 minutes long, and it is very insightful.
My hope is that you will put away your biases [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 28 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve posted 2 posts over at The Talon (that are waiting to be approved), I’ve completed 6 CENTCOM reports, I’ve written a couple of articles, I called to order cigs which I did not know that there is one brand that is BANNED from Califonia, I’ve swept, I’ve called the plumber…twice, and a whole bunch [...]
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As I have stated several times before, the DoD is at war and the DoS is asleep. This is a disaster. Not could be, it is. The State Department has now declared that the words ‘jihad’ and ‘mujaheddin’ are unacceptable language to be used by our government. Okay. Then what, pray tell, do we call [...]
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Tomorrow (Monday, April 28, 2008) is the scheduled day for the opening of a blog for Eagles UP! I have been asked if I would like to participate, and I jumped at the opportunity to support our troops and write news that is seldom heard or read.
The name of this site is the Talon. [...]
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As I was seeking research about the 15 dead in a gang shoot-out near the Mexican border, I came across this tragic death of a 15 year old child who died due to an abortion. I have the story for you below.
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Dead at 15.
Teenager first mother to die from legal abortion in Mexico City.
Ten months [...]
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Department of Defense
WASHINGTON (April 17, 2008) – A commitment to long-term success and improving cooperation with the Afghan government are the keys to success in Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman there said Thursday. “We can see a new way of doing things or development on doing things,” NATO spokesman Mark Laity said in a conference call [...]
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Bagram Media Center.
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (April 20, 2008) – An Afghan man assisted Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces in uncovering more than 325 pieces of ammunition when he led them to a weapons cache in a cave in Northern Afghanistan, April 13. According to a Coalition Soldier who participated in the ANSF-led [...]
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Department of Defense
BAGHDAD (April 21, 2008) — Recent operations in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood are part of the overall Baghdad security plan and necessary to rebuilding in the area, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters Sunday. “The Baghdad security plan is to come in and create security in Baghdad, and as the [...]
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