by beth — published on February 4th, 2010
The Commander in Chief of the United States Military can’t pronounce ‘Corpsman’. Or is it that he mis-read ‘corpsman’ on his teleprompter? Perhaps he never heard of a corpsman and has no idea what one does. Whatever the case, Barack Obama, corpsman, the P and S are SILENT!!! The incident happened when the President spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning. He did it not once, but twice in that one speech, as you can see in the video below.
This is of great concern for several reasons. One, as mentioned above, he is the Commander in Chief of the military. Does he think ‘corpse-man’ is the name of someone who picks up corpses? What does he think?
You can read more and see the video here.
by beth — published on February 3rd, 2010
Airmen from the Kentucky National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group help to offload wounded Haitian refugees and medics from Puerto Rico National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at the air hub Jan. 25, 2010, in Barahona, Dominican Republic.
Photo Courtesy U.S Air Force Taken By Tech. Sgt. Dennis Flora
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by beth — published on February 1st, 2010
A California hunter was shot by his own dog. When something like that happens, you are definitely having a very bad day. Apparently, the duck hunter, whose name hasn’t been released, laid down his shotgun to go retrieve his duck decoys when his dog stepped on the gun, shooting the hunter in the back.
The incident happened in Los Banos, California near Highway 152 on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Los Banos is in central California. The man and a hunting partner were duck hunting along with the 53-year-old man’s dog, a female black Labrador retriever.
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by beth — published on February 1st, 2010
A new Russian fighter jet made its first flight on Friday, January 29, 2010. The fifth generation Sukhio jet, which is now being called the T-50, is the first Russian fighter jet to use stealth technology. It is considered to be the Russian version of the U.S. F-35 and the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
The test flight took place in Russia’s Far East, took about 47 minutes to complete and is widely considered to have been a huge success. Sergei Bodgan piloted the T-50. He is considered to be one of Russia’s top text pilots.
The T-50 is manufactured by Sukio. The jet’s stats include that it is an ‘intelligent plane’ that can be flown under any circumstances. It is capable of hitting multiple targets simultaneously and is capable to attacking objects on the ground, in the air or in the sea. It can cruise at super-sonic speeds. It also has a very high degree of maneuverability and can land on very short landing strips.
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by beth — published on January 31st, 2010
An American Soldier was laid to rest today. He was eulogized, honored and buried with full Marine military honors.
The ceremony was spectacular and heartbreaking.
He had served his country for over 20 years as a Marine. He had served his community as a law enforcement officer. And in the last year, he had served his country again, training Iraqi soldiers. He was killed in Iraq by an IED. It took 11 days to bring him home.
He was buried in a cemetery next to a church a long way down a country road on the outskirts of a very small southern town.
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by beth — published on January 29th, 2010
New York City Major Michael Bloomberg says get the terror trials out of New York! Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder thought it would be a good idea to take the terrorists who planned the attacks of 9/11 out of military courts and give them the privilege of a civilian trial, with all the accoutrements of an American citizen on trial for a crime. At first a lot of high-profile people voiced support for the plan, even if the support was a tad tepid. But now that Obama’s political cache is dropping faster than the Waterford crystal ball drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, the rat are jumping ship and support for having the terror trials in New York City is pretty much nil.
Its just been one thing after the other for this President. He can’t seem to win for losing. There was that embarrassing attempt to get the Olympics for his adopted hometown of Chicago. The Olympic committee not only said now, they said ‘hell no’ and put Chicago dead last on their list. Then there was Obama’s trip to Copenhagen to boost support for the Global Warming summit there. That didn’t work out so well for him. Of course, there was the loss of democrats in elections in Virginia and New Jersey and the uber-loss of the Massachusetts Senate seat to a Republican. And that’s just the beginning. He couldn’t even win a battle with fans of the sci-fi television series LOST. He was going to have his State of the Union address on the night that Lost was scheduled to premier its final season. After an outcry from fans, Obama changed the date of his SOTU speech to pacify the outraged fans. That is truly pathetic.
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by beth — published on January 29th, 2010
Here’s some good news. If you are overweight, over 70, you could very well live longer. Who would’ve thought that? A new study out of Australia that was published on January 28, 2010 in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society has found that it just might be true.
In spite of all the warnings that obesity kills, there is a new Australian study out with findings that overweight adults who are over 70-years-old are more likely to live over a 10-year period than their normal-weight peers. This directly conflicts with studies that have found that being overweight contributes to an array of health problems that lead to an earlier death.
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by beth — published on January 27th, 2010
his Weeks Post Was Suggested By Pet
Specialist Brandon K. Steffy
23 years old from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
178th Military Police Detachment, 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps
October 29, 2009
He came into to this world a rather large baby, so big the doctor thought that he’d just walk home with his mother. Brandon was well mannered, polite, and tough with a contagious laugh that lit up those around him. In 2005 he graduated from Brimley High School and in 2006 enlisted in the United States Army, following a tradition of family military service.
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by beth — published on January 23rd, 2010
Last night the British terror threat level was raised to ’severe’ from ’substantial’. ‘Severe’ is the second highest level in their terror threat advisory system. The current ranking means that their counter-terrorism agencies believe an attack is ‘highly likely’.
Apparently, concern that there might be an imminent attack in the U.K. stems from intelligence that had been gathered suggesting that al-Qaeda was planning a ’spectacular’ attack to coordinate with a conference on Afghanistan planned to take place next Thursday at Lancaster House in London. The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, made the announcement:
“The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has today raised the threat to the UK from international terrorism from substantial to severe. This means that a terrorist attack is highly likely, but I should stress that there is no intelligence to suggest than an attack is imminent. JTAC keeps the threat level under constant review makes its judgments based on a broad range of factors, including the intent and capabilities of international terrorist groups in the UK and overseas.
“In his statement to Parliament on security and counter terrorism earlier this week, the Prime Minister said that the first and most important duty of government is the protection and security of the British people. We still face a real and serious threat to the UK from international terrorism so I would urge the public to remain vigilant and carry on reporting suspicious events to the appropriate authorities and to support the police and security services in their continuing efforts to discover, track and disrupt terrorist activity.”
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by beth — published on January 23rd, 2010
There is a China ‘Avatar’ restriction. The Chinese government isn’t crazy about the blockbuster movie that has taken pretty much the rest of the world by storm. The Chinese government denies they are trying to ban the movie, but rather that they are simply trying to make room for domestic movies in celebration of the Chinese New Year. In the place of the James Cameron sci-fi flick ‘Avatar’, they will be showing a biopic on the Chinese philosopher Confucius. In addition, they say that they are only taking down the 2D version of the movie and that the 3D version will still be available for viewing in the country … somewhere.
The 2D version of ‘Avatar’ was pulled on Friday, January 22, 2010 and replaced with the Chinese made movie ‘Confucius’. Prior to the China ‘Avatar’ restriction, the wildly popular movie had grossed more than 300 million yuan in Chinese box office sales. That translates to about $43.94 million.
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by beth — published on January 21st, 2010
There was an interesting interchange between Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Michele Bachmann on a Philly radio station yesterday. Things got pretty ugly right from the start.
For a little background information, Arlen Specter is the long-time Senator from Pennsylvania. He was a Republican before he decided recently to become a Democrat and align himself with the Obama agenda. Michele Bachmann is a Republican Representative from Minnesota. As a female Republican, she has been targeted for defamation by the Leftist as ‘crazy’ and every demeaning adjective one can think of to assign to a Conservative Female. We know how it goes. Attractive, liberated females in the Conservative side of politics catch it from the intolerant Left. In addition, we have Specter who is running behind in his re-election prospects and has alienated pretty much everybody due to changing parties, backing the wrong horse in the current political arena and probably regretting some of the political decisions he has made. Too late for Specter to change his mind and move back to the Republican party. Things look dire for Specter and look pretty good for Bachmann and the values she promotes.
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by beth — published on January 21st, 2010
Hollywood actor Scott Baio made the mistake of twittering about the Obamas. It wouldn’t have been a problem except he’s not a leftist like most of Hollywood. His Obama tweets have resulted in death threats against him. He got in particular trouble when he tweeted this unflattering photo of First Lady Michelle Obama.
Scott Baio, former star of ‘Happy Days’ is one of the rare Republicans in Hollywood. Even rarer is the fact that he doesn’t try to hide the fact that he’s a Republican. He’s pretty vocal about it. He followed the recent Massachusetts Senate race and happily reported on his twitter account about Scott Brown’s victory there. Definitely not the norm for celebrities.
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