Hope He Wins

I Voted For Christian

You can vote for whomever you choose to. Just vote.

Energizer battery is having some sort of competition and this soldier, was chosen as a contender! When Bush visited him at Walter Reade W promised Christian he’d go running with him once he was able and back in 2006 they did! Christian is a purple heart recipient and has lost both his legs in Iraq.

Christian Bagge, a Purple Heart recipient who lost both of his legs while serving in Iraq, was chosen for his enduring spirit, Energizer spokesperson Jeff Bachmann said.

like the saying goes; vote early vote often!

Hat Tip to GL of NYC for the email!

1. Good post.

   Comment by cassygop | June 20, 2007 | Edit

2. This man deserves everything this country has to offer.

   Comment by snooper | June 20, 2007 | Edit

3. Yes he does Snooper.

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4. I see we had a troll on earlier.

   Comment by snooper | June 20, 2007 | Edit

5. raoul I presume…..

   Comment by cassygop | June 20, 2007 | Edit

6. No. The IP doesn’t match. Could be another hi-jacked link.

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Have You?

No. I Have Not Forgotten

I haven’t forgotten the men I carried out nor the men that carried me out. I haven’t forgotten the faces of the demons that visit me every night…when they come. I haven’t forgotten the horrors of war. I haven’t forgotten the screams of pain or the screams of rage. I haven’t forgotten the tears for fallen comrades and I haven’t forgotten the idiots in congress, either.

I haven’t forgotten the physical and psychological scars…I see them every day. I haven’t forgotten that my eldest son is serving, protecting the idiots in congress and the idiots that support the idiots in congress.

I haven’t forgotten the words of the platitudes rendered by the idiots in congress. How can I forget and how can YOU forget? I see them every day. Don’t you?

Milblogging Issues

Whose Side Is The Army On? Anyway?

Whose Side Is The Army On? Anyway?

Monday, May 14, 2007 5:19 AM

This is totally friggin’ retarded… I don’t get it. Can we crush the morale any further or what? Let’s surrender already. Will that make everyone a little more happier? Friggin’ morons.

Verbatim: (with some commentary…bold print and highlights)

Defense Department Blocks Some Web Sites

Monday, May 14, 2007

Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday.

The Defense Department will begin blocking access “worldwide” to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander.

The policy is being implemented to protect information and reduce drag on the department’s networks, according to Bell. (horse-hockeys!)

“This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network and bandwidth ability, while posing a significant operational security challenge,” the memo said. (don’t like the criticisms morons?)

The armed services have long barred members of the military from sharing information that could jeopardize their missions or safety, whether electronically or by other means.

The new policy is different because it creates a blanket ban on several sites used by military personnel to exchange messages, pictures, video and audio with family and friends. (ya…can’t have any GOOD news coming out, can we?)

Members of the military can still access the sites on their own computers and networks, but Defense Department computers and networks are the only ones available to many soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan. (selective security, skippy?)

Iraqi insurgents or their supporters have been posting videos on YouTube at least since last fall. The Army recently began posting videos on YouTube showing soldiers defeating insurgents and befriending Iraqis.

But the new rules mean many military personnel won’t be able to watch those achievements _ at least not on military computers.

If the restrictions are intended to prevent soldiers from giving or receiving bad news, they could also prevent them from providing positive reports from the field, said Noah Shachtman, who runs a national security blog for Wired Magazine.

“This is as much an information war as it is bombs and bullets,” he said. “And they are muzzling their best voices.”

The sites covered by the ban are the video-sharing sites YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, and 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket.

Several companies have instituted similar bans, saying recreational sites drain productivity.

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Army memo: (morons)

http://tinyurl.com/2×2qka

Fire The Congress!

Recall Congress!!!

Recall Congress!!!

Monday, April 09, 2007 2:42 PM

What of the letter, Speaker pelosi? These aren’t our enemies? You can only speak to our enemies? Hello?

The 16-Star Letter

‘Sixteen-Star Letter’ Calls for Supplemental Passage By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 9, 2007 – In a “16-star letter” to Congress, the services’ uniformed leaders are urging a quick passage of the fiscal 2007 emergency supplemental request. The four service chiefs, all four-star generals, signed the letter. The request will fund operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa through the end of the fiscal year. The letter, signed by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Marine Commandant Gen. James T. Conway, asks Congress to “expeditiously complete its work” on the supplemental. DoD requested $93.4 billion to fund operations in the combat zones. Both the Senate and House have passed bills that provide the funding but contain amendments that call for combat troops to be out of Iraq on a certain timetable. President Bush has vowed to veto any bill containing these provisions. The Senate has come back from recess, but the House will remain out through April 13. House and Senate negotiators must meet to reconcile the different portions of their respective bills. If the bill contains the withdrawal provision, it is “dead on arrival” at the president’s desk, White House officials said. “Without approval of the supplemental funds in April, the armed services will be forced to take increasingly disruptive measures in order to sustain combat operations,” the four general and flag officers wrote in their letter. “The impacts on readiness and quality of life could be profound. We will have to implement spending restrictions and reprogram billions of dollars.” The uniformed leaders said such reprogramming is an inefficient solution that wastes money. The spending restrictions could also slow or halt training for follow-on units. With no supplemental by April 15, the Army will be forced to consider curtailing and suspending home-station training for Army Reserve and National Guard units, DoD officials said. The service would slow the training of units slated to deploy next to Iraq and Afghanistan and would cut funding for the upgrade or renovation of barracks and other facilities that support quality of life for troops and their families. Leaders also would stop the repair of equipment necessary to support pre-deployment training, officials said. If the supplemental funding is not passed by May 15, the Army would consider reducing depot repair work. The service also would delay or curtail the deployment of brigade combat teams for training rotations. This may force the service to extend units in Iraq or Afghanistan, officials said. No supplemental funding would also delay forming new brigade combat teams, force the service to implement a civilian hiring freeze and prohibit new contracts and service orders, officials said.

Biographies: Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA Adm. Michael G. Mullen, USN Gen. T. Michael Moseley, USAF Gen. James T. Conway, USMC

War News

Wounded Hero Wants To Go Back

Wounded Hero Wants To Go Back

Monday, April 09, 2007 1:52 PM

The Leftinistra do not understand this mindset. That is because they are cowards. Simple as that.

Purple Heart Recipient Heading Home

…Bacani was a cavalry scout assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment , from of Fort Hood, Texas, when he was wounded March 20 during a sniper attack while conducting an IED reconnaissance mission in southwest Baghdad.

“I was shot in the tailbone and it came out of my pelvis,” said Bacani, who now sits in a wheelchair. Doctors are optimistic Bacani will be fully mobile again, he said.

Bacani said courage he displayed during combat and his subsequent recovery, came from “being around his brothers.”

“The courage is contagious,” he said. “If somebody is being strong it will spread throughout the whole platoon.

“We trained for Iraq together for a whole year,” he said. “Once we arrived in Iraq, we struggled through multiple (improvised explosive devices) and losses of the lives of our friends,” Bacani told American Forces Press Service. “There’s no word to explain how strong that bond is.”…”