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Army Quest Update
2009-08-27 14:16:00 What is it going to take to put you in that car? An Army recruiter is similar to a car salesman (if you ask me). Unless there are a plethora of people banging at the door (which would be to my dismay), they should take every recruit (shopper) very seriously. In my black and white ... More About: Military , Update , Quest
Wednesday Hero
2009-08-26 14:00:00 Sgt. 1st Class Donald Johnson Sgt. 1st Class Donald Johnson, the electronic warfare officer of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, talks with local Iraq i kids while on a patrol. Photo courtesy of United States Army Taken by Pfc. Evan Loyd These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others ... More About: War On Terror , Military , Wednesday Hero , Hero
Stephen Colbert ?Defends? Glenn Beck
2009-08-25 03:19:00 The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Protests More About: Funny , Glenn Beck , Beck , Stephen Colbert
Future Me
2009-08-23 16:48:00 In 2007 I sent myself an email for my 30th birthday. I got that email today. I’d actually forgotten about it. If you’d like to send your future self an email, you can do so here. More About: Internet , Entertainment , Future
Soldiers Angels Web Surfing
2009-08-22 18:16:00 It's been awhile, sorry about that....life gets busy, especially in the summer,huh? While you can always keep abreast of Soldiers Angels news and posts via BlogNetNews.com/Soldiers Angels this is my random 'surf' of the web for posts by, and about Soldiers Angels Good post from my friend at View From the 8th Floor back at the beginning of ... More About: Surfing
Funnies
2009-08-20 17:39:00 How true This is ingenious. Why did I never think of this? More About: Funny , Funnies
Wednesday Hero
2009-08-19 14:00:00 Pfc. Tavonte Johnson Pfc. Tavonte Johnson, a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security after a simulated attack by a suicide bomber on Aug. 8, as part of 7th Marine Regimentā??s pre-deployment training exercise. Photo courtesy of United States Marine Corps These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that ... More About: War On Terror , Military , Wednesday Hero , Hero , Wednesday
They carry the war in their eyes
2009-08-19 06:09:00 While Sir JJ Witmeyer & I were changing planes in Dallas on Sunday, he was approached by a Vietnam Veteran. After he walked away, JJ said to me, “You can still the see PTSD in his eyes.” That kind of clicked things in to place for me after my week at the Military Order of ... More About: Eyes , Veterans , Milblogging , Carry
Sir JJ Witmeyer
2009-08-18 04:17:00 “There is nothing I have not done or seen, I’ve lived a full life.” ~Sir JJ Witmeyer~ I not only traveled with a hero on Sunday, but someone who was recently KNIGHTED!!! I kept teasing him all day buy calling him “Sir JJ” and he sloughed it off. Remember back on DDay reading about the Queen ... More About: Military , Veterans
More on Health Care Reform
2009-08-16 20:33:00 I support health care reform because I think the current system is unsustainable. As this article in the Atlantic statesā?¦ Accidentally, but relentlessly, America has built a health-care system with incentives that inexorably generate terrible and perverse results. Incentives that emphasize health care over any other aspect of health and well-being. That emphasize treatment ... More About: Health , Health Care , Reform , Care
My flight companion
2009-08-16 04:26:00 Tomorrow morning, I head out of Rogers AR after a week at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention. I ran into JJ Whitmeyer, who I had on my radio show in December, while at the conference. He took a fall while in AR and it was decided he needed a traveling companion. All ... More About: Louisiana , New Orleans , Flight , Companion
Soldiers? Angels Traveling Museum
2009-08-14 00:36:00 This week in Rogers, AK AR has been amazing. I know – Rogers, Arkansas? It actually wouldn’t really matter where we are, it is the people that I’m getting to meet. I’m at the Military Order of the Purple Heart Convention and been running the Soldiers ’ Angels Traveling Museum as can be seen below in ...
Wednesday Hero
2009-08-12 14:00:00 Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Gilbert Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Gilbert, assigned to Headquarters Company of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB 74), donates blood during a blood drive for his six-year-old daughter at the Naval Construction Battalion Center base chapel. Gilbert’s daughter has been diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor and is receiving chemotherapy at Tulane Childrens ... More About: Military , Wednesday Hero , Hero , Wednesday
I?m A Lot Of Things
2009-08-11 16:07:00 I’m full of fake anger. I’m being organized by some faceless entity. I’m an opponent of health care reform. I’m racist. I’m un-American. I’m a Soccer fan. What? That last one doesn’t belong. There’s nothing wrong with loving footie. Damn you Congress . More About: Idiots , Democrats , Barack Obama , Things
Astroturfers vs. Big Union
2009-08-07 16:19:00 And SEIU was involved. What a shocker. More About: Politics , Democrats , Union , Hot Topic
The most significant day of my life- by MAJ Charles Ziegenfuss
2009-08-07 04:29:00 Major Chuck Ziegenfuss was a captain when he was wounded in Iraq in 2005. His experience was the inspiration for Soldiers ’ Angels Project Valour-IT. He’s now a student in the Army Intermediate-Level Education program (formerly Command and General Staff College) in Fort Leavenworth, where he submitted this essay as part of his initial ... More About: Life , Military , My Life
The Klan At The Town Hall Meeting
2009-08-07 00:48:00 “I think they are Astroturf … you be the judge. They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care.” - Nancy Pelosi Really? That’s where she’s taking this debate? Should it surprise anyone? There’ve been no swastikas or any Nazi symbols at these town hall meetings. ... More About: America , Idiots , Democrats , Town , Hall
Wednesday Hero
2009-08-05 14:00:00 Lance Cpl. Jeremy P. Tamburello 19 years old from Denver, Colorado 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force November 8, 2005 More About: War On Terror , Iraq , Military , Wednesday Hero , Hero
CARS.gov Update
2009-08-04 04:41:00 The government has removed the notice from the website. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve stopped hijacking private computers, it just means that dealers won’t see the warning any more. This all started because one concerned citizen contacted Beck and that set off the firestorm. No longer are we going to just sit ... More About: Cars , Update
Why we do what we do
2009-08-03 19:11:00 I received this email yesterday. We can’t do enough for our men and women who serve and each of us working together can make a difference! I’m honored to be a part of Soldiers ’ Angels . It is really like heaven has sent all of you to earth, my prayers have truly been answered. I will ...
Carville doing Afghanistan Politics
2009-08-02 06:17:00 The Examiner has this article about James Carville stepping into the Afghanistan political scene. Apparently Carville is going to help Mr. Ghani, Karzai’s opposition. It appears that Mr. Ghani feels Carville to be qualified to run a successful campaign for him. In a report to NPR, he said: ‘This is a Louisiana boy who understands. If ... More About: Politics , Military
Don?t Miss
2009-08-01 02:58:00 I admit it, I have become such a social networking whore, that my blogging is suffering. I see a great story and instead of writing about it, I post on Twitter and Facebook for instant gratification. Today, I am stopping to share some stories that I really feel you should not miss. Heh- if I ... More About: Miss
All Your Data Are Belong To Us
2009-08-01 01:13:00 Don’t go to CARS.gov. This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government. Really? Because my computer, all the data and files on it, are NOT property of the U.S. Government. ... More About: Data
Let?s Talk
2009-07-31 17:02:00 Can someone tell me the point of what our ignorant press has dubbed “Beer Summit”? It’s supposed to bring these two guys together and work something out, or something. What is there to work out? A cop arrested a man. That’s it. It was Obama who made it about race ... More About: Crime , Barack Obama , Talk
Soldiers Angels Web Surfing
2009-07-31 02:23:00 Another ’surf’ of the web, for news by, and about, Soldiers Angels Over at Angel Wings and Heartstrings , check out Soldiers Angels-Blankets of Hope Soldiers Angels Washington posted WTB Soldiers Enjoy the View For more about helping our Wounded Warriors? Soldiers Angels-Wounded Warrior Support had a post about Southern Mississippi Angels From the Photo Reporter comes this editorial Wanted: Volunteer Portrait Photographers for ... More About: Surfing
Homefront - an amazing read
2009-07-30 15:05:00 “I was hoping my plane would never land so I could finish it in one sitting. Homefront is an amazing novel of unique relationships and the personal struggles of one woman during her husband’s deployment. The character development is what sucks you in from the first page to the last!” Go buy this book by Kristen ... More About: Books , Read , Amazing
Wednesday Hero
2009-07-29 14:00:00 This Week’s Hero Was Suggested By Deb SSgt. Darrell “Shifty” Power 86 years old from Dickerson County, Virginia E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division June 17, 2009 More About: Military , Wednesday Hero , Wednesday
So much to say!
2009-07-27 15:26:00 LONG POST!!! It has been crazy for the past 2 weeks. First, there was my wild weekend in the French Quarter for Tales of the Cocktail. I came home for a few days and then flew off to DC to represent Soldiers ’ Angels in a meeting with the American Legion. This meeting was monumental and ... More About: Military , New Orleans
Is It 1984 Yet?
2009-07-23 15:00:00 “We will stand up in this election to bring about the change that won’t just win an election, but will transform America“ You’re doing a damn good job of that. I hardly recognize this country anymore. We have an economy that’s in the tank, we have healthscare, cap and tax, smart grid, ...
Wednesday Hero
More articles from this author:2009-07-22 14:00:00 Assoluta Tranquillita did a post a few days ago and after last week’s Wednesday Hero felt it would be good to profile Sgt. 1st Class Gabe of the 178th Military Police Detachment, 20th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade. Is it wrong to be jealous of a dog? Be sure to read ... More About: War On Terror 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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