Memorial Day

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MEMORIAL DAY

Keep it moving, please, even if you've seen it before. It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble. It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the VETERAN, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote. It is the VETERAN who salutes the Flag, It is the VETERAN who serves under the Flag, God Bless them all!!!

Makes you proud to be an AMERICAN!!!!!

Someone Has Better Things To Do....

A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes." The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, "What the heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?" The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me."

THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING!!!!

'Nuff Said

A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Iraq ?'













A mother asked this President.. 'Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia ?'












A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Kuwait ?'













Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Vietnam ?'












Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Korea ?'












Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima ?'












Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on a battlefield in France ?'












Yet another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg ?'












And yet another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge ?'










Then long, long ago, a mother asked..


'Heavenly Father .. why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem ?'

The answer is always the same... 'So that others may live and dwell in peace, happiness, and freedom.'

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Traitors and Tyrants

Sorry for all the political forwards, but hey. What can I say? Nothing makes people itch to press that little forward button like a good ol' political message that hits the heart just right.

And I love the off-centered text, the >, the virus scanning message at the bottom....nothing says THIS IS A VERIFIED MESSAGE like all the internet trails showing how many inboxes it went in and out of before landing in yours!--PEF

SHE REALLY WAS A TRAITOR

In Memory of LT. C.Thomsen Wieland who spent 100 days at the Hanoi Hilton She really was a Traitor IF YOU NEVER FORWARDED ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE FORWARD THIS SO THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW!!!!!! 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 Roman; font-size: 16px; "> 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. Roman; font-size: 16px; "> 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 different 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. RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343 PLEASE HELP BY SENDING THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE THIS MAYBE HER STATUS WILL CHANGE

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Thankful For My Freedom

And I'm also thankful for email forwards, because otherwise how could we send important information like the forward below?? Afterall, its not like we have newspapers or morning shows or evening news broadcasts or any other global way of sharing information... PEF



>>by four Palestinian
> Islamic Terrorists - see: www.americanmemorialsite.com/leon.htm for >details...
>
>
> WAKE UP CALL!....for those who still don't get it.
>
>
> Subject: Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
> From a friend:
>
> Hi --- For what it's worth......I've read, and then re-read every word in >the note below, and believe it's one of the very few letters I've ever >received that merit forwarding......
> This is the most cogent and powerful essay on the threat of Islamic >terrorism I have seen. Dr. Vernon Chong is without a doubt the most >articulate and convincing writing I have read regarding the War in Iraq .
> If you have any doubts please open your mind to his essay and give it >a fair
> evaluation. It's also eerily applicable to other current issues such as >Iran 's nuclear program, immigration, NAFTA's impact on American jobs, >trade deficits, etc.. I had no idea who Dr. Chong is, or the source of >these thoughts, so when I received them I almost deleted them, as well- >written as
> they are. But then I did a Google search on the Doctor and found him to >be a retired Air Force surgeon and past commander of Wilford Hall Medical
> Center in San Antonio . If you would like to see who this fellow is, go >to this Air Force web site and look him up:
> http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5000
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>
> Subject: Muslims, terrorist and the USA : A different spin on Iraq war:
>
> This WAR is for REAL!
> Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
> To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country >is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that >we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII).
> The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are >very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who >realize
> what losing really means.
> First, let's examine a few basics:
> 1. When did the threat to us start?
> Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United >States is
> concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following
> attacks on us:
> * Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
> * Beirut , Lebanon Embassy 1983;
> * Beirut , Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
> * Lockerbie , Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
> * First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
> * Dhahran , Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
> * Nairobi , Kenya US Embassy 1998;
> * Dares Salaam , Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
> * Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
> * New York World Trade Center 2001;* Pentagon 2001.
> (Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 >terrorist attacks worldwide).
> 2. Why were we attacked?
> Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks >happened during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, >Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as >there were no provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate >predecessor,
> President Ford.
> 3. Who were the attackers?
> In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims!
> 4. What is the Muslim population of the World?
> 25%.
> 5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?
> Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the >predominately Christian population of Germany was peaceful, but under the >dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was also Christian, ?), that made no >difference. You either went along with the administration or you were >eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for
> political reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests).
> (see http://www.Nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm
> Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as >the
> six million holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard >of
> anything other than the Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the >world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy about killing anyone who got >in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world - German, >Christian or any others.
> Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US , but >kill all in the way -- their own people or the Spanish, British, French or >anyone
> else. The point here is that just like the peaceful Germans were of no
> protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many peaceful Muslims >there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim >leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own >pronouncements -- killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful >Muslims. What would you do if the choice was shut up or die?
> 6. So who are we at war with?
> There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the >Muslim terrorists. Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing >this conclusion can well be fatal. There is no way to win if you don't >clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting.
> So with that background, now to the two major questions:
> 1. Can we lose this war?
>
> 2. What does losing really mean?
>
> If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions:
> We can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the >major
> reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the answer >to
> the second question - What does losing mean?
> It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means >hanging our heads, bringing the troops home and going on about our >business, like post-Vietnam. This is as far from the truth as one can get.
> What losing really means is:
> We would no longer be the premier Country in the world. The attacks >will not subside, but rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want >us dead, not just quiet. If they had just wanted us quiet, they would not >have produced an increasing series of attacks against us, over the past 18 >years.
> The plan was, clearly, for terrorists to attack us until we were >neutered and submissive to them.
> We would, of course, have no future support from other nations, for fear >of
> reprisals and for the reason that they would see; we are impotent and >cannot help them.
> They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It >will be increasingly easier for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It >doesn't
> matter whether it was right or wrong for Spain to withdraw its troops >from Iraq . Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed their train >and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do >will be done. Spain is finished.
> The next will probably be France . Our one hope on France is that they >might see the light and realize that if we don't win, they are finished >too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists without us. However, >it may already be too late for France . France is already 20% Muslim and >fading fast!
> Without our support Great Britain will go too. Recently I read that >there are more mosques in England than churches.
> If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life >will all
> vanish as we know it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us if >they were threatened by the Muslims. If we can't stop the Muslim >terrorists, how could anyone else?
> The radical Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and >therefore are completely committed to winning, at any cost. We better >know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.
> Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. >Until we recognize the costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% >of our thoughts and efforts into winning. And it is going to take that >100% effort to win.
> So, how can we lose the war?
> Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That >is, defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their >purpose, and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort. >If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to be >divided, there is no way that we can win!
> Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the >life
> and death seriousness of this situation.
> President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation.
> Although all of the terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men >between
> 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary Mineta refuses to allow profiling. >Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously? This is war! For >the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights to >which we have become accustomed. We had better be prepared to lose some of >our civil rights temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them >permanently.
> And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of >civil rights during WWII, and immediately restored them after the victory >and in fact added many more since then.
> Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?
> No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our >Political Correctness, and all of our civil rights during this conflict and >have a
> clean, lawful, honorable war. None of those words apply to war. Get >them
> out of your head.
> Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the >Administration that it almost seems they would literally like to see us >lose.
> I think some actually do, I hasten to add that this isn't because >they are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing >means.
> Nevertheless, that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we >are divided and weakening. It concerns our friends, and it does great >damage to
> our cause.
> Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media >regarding the treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best >what I am saying. We have recently had an issue, involving the treatment >of a few Muslim prisoners of war, by a small group of our military police.
> These are the type prisoners who just a few months ago were throwing >their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands, cutting out their >tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing with >Saddam Hussein!
> And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed >400,000
> of their own people for the same reason. They are also the same type of >enemy fighters, who recently were burning Americans, and dragging their
> charred corpses through the streets of Iraq . And still more recently, >the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all news sources
> internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.
> Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several >days have thought and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of >some Muslim prisoners - - not burning them, not dragging their charred >corpses through the streets, not beheading them, but "humiliating" them.
> Can they be for real?
> The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the >Secretary
> of Defense. If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and
> understanding of the seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life >and
> death struggle we are in and the disastrous results of losing this war, >nothing can.
> To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this >prisoner issue makes us look like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- >totally oblivious to what is going on in the real world. Neither we, nor >any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say, this >does not mean
> that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply >means
> that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude of the situation we >are in and into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many >years.
> These people are a serious and dangerous liability to the war effort. >We
> must take note of who they are and get them out of office. Remember, >the
> Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates >into ALL non-Muslims -- not just in the United States , but throughout the >world.
> We are the last bastion of defense.
> We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.' That charge >is valid. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so good, powerful >and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us, >and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad >in the world! We can't!
> If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, >and no other free country in the world will survive if we are defeated.
> And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow >freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the >press, equal rights for anyone -- let alone everyone, equal status or any >status for women, or that have been productive in one single way that >contributes to the good of the world.
> This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war >or we will be equated in the history books to the self- inflicted fall of >the Roman Empire . If, that is, the Muslim leaders will allow history >books to be written or read.
> If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the >Muslims take over France in the next 5 years or less. They will continue >to increase the Muslim population of France and continue to encroach little >by little, on the established French traditions.
> The French will be fighting among themselves, over what should or >should not be done, which will continue to weaken them and keep them from >any united resolve. Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?
> Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some >external
> military force. Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically >correct piece by politically correct piece.
> And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, >worldwide that they abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to >themselves, once they are in power.
> Muslims have universally shown that when they have taken over, they >then start brutally killing each other over whom will be the few who >control the masses.
> What is happening in Iraq is a good example. Will we ever stop hearing >from
> the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims".
> I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are >united, there is no way that we can lose. I hope now, after the election, >the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation >we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are
> talking about! Do whatever you can to preserve it. I reiterate. A >national election is months away.
> After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but >our children, our grandchildren, our country and the world. Whether >Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that includes the >Politicians and media of our country and the free world!
> Please forward this to any you feel may want, or NEED to read it. Our >"leaders" in Congress ought to read it, too. There are those that find >fault with our country, but it is obvious to anyone who truly thinks >through this, that we must UNITE!
> Lastly, I wish to add: At the risk of offending someone, I sincerely >think that anyone who rejects this as just another political rant, or >doubts the seriousness of this issue or just deletes it without sending it >on, is part of the problem. Let's quit laughing at and forwarding the >jokes and
> cartoons which denigrate and ridicule our leaders in this war against >terror. They are trying to protect the interests and well being of the US >and it's citizens. Best we support them.
> GOD BLESS AMERICA !
>
>
> Jerry Fleming
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