Monday, February 18, 2008

God Bless Our Troops

  • For all you Navy personnel out there, if you
  • really want to feel like you are back on active
  • duty again, here is my suggestion for you to
  • follow to revive the OLD FEELINGS...
  • LOL

  • Sleep on the shelf in your closet.
  • Replace the closet door with a curtain.
  • Six hours after you go to sleep, have
  • your wife whip open the curtain, shine
  •  a flashlight into your eyes, and mumble,
  • "Sorry. Wrong rack".

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Posted by Bill Moran at 20:17:09 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Letter by a Florida Teacher - - A teacher speaks

Letter by a Florida teacher.............. A teacher speaks
This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that
we have adult  students at the school where I teach who
 are not US citizens and who get the PELL grant, which
 is a federal grant (no pay back required) plus other
federal grants  to go to school?

 One student from the Dominican Republic told me that
she didn't want me to find a job for her after she finished
my program, because she was getting  housing from our
 housing department and she was getting PELL grant
which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money
left over.

 She was looking into WAIT which gives students a
CREDIT CARD for gas to come  to school, and into
CARIBE which is a special program (check  it out - I did)
for immigrants and it pays for child care and all sorts of
 needs while they go to school or training. The one
 student I  just mentioned told me she was not going to
be a US Citizen because she plans to return to the 
 Dominican Republic someday and that she "loves HER
country."

 I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US  is
giving her and then not even bothering to become a
citizen and she told me that it doesn't bother her, because
 that is what the money is there for!

 I asked the CARIBE administration about their program
and if you ARE a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their
program. And all the while, I am working a full day, my
son-in-law works more than 60 hours a week, and
everyone in my family works and pays for our education.
 Something is wrong here.  

I am sorry but after hearing they want to
 sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough
 is enough.

 Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish
(Celtic), German or any other language because of
 immigration.   It was written by Francis Scott Key and
 should be sung word for word the way it was written
The news broadcasts even gave the translation --
not even close.Sorry if this offends anyone but this
is MY COUNTRY  IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK U
P -- please pass this along.

 I am not against immigration -- just come through
 like everyone else.

 Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head;
have a job; pay your taxes, live by the rules
AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other
 immigrants have in the past --  and GOD
 BLESS AMERICA!

 PART OF THE PROBLEM
 Think about this: If you don't want to forward
 this for fear of  offending someone --
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
Posted by Bill Moran at 19:56:07 | Permanent Link | Comments (1) |

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Bingo Patron's

ATTENTION BINGO PATRON'S

EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 22, 2008

THE AMERICAN LEGION WILL NO

LONGER ACCEPT CHECKS AT

OUR BINGO GAMES.

CASH ONLY.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

TOO MANY HAVE BEEN ABUSING

THEIR PRIVILEGES
Posted by Bill Moran at 13:34:29 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Post 139 American Legion Scholarships

 
APPLICATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION SCHOLARSHIPS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

THEY MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
CHAIRMAN BILL TAYLOR
AT
(228) 493-2572

THE RICHARD THAMES MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP TOO
USM
WILL BE AWARDED AGAIN THIS
YEAR.

CONTACT CHAIRMAN TAYLOR.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILED


BY APRIL 15, 2008.

NOTE

YOU CAN EMAIL THE CHAIRMAN

AT

TAYLOR448@GMAIL.COM

AND HE WILL EMAIL YOU THE APPLICATION

Posted by Bill Moran at 12:08:28 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Friday, February 01, 2008

American Legion Commander to Berkeley City Council

 
American Legion Commander to Berkeley City Council: ‘Marines are not the enemy’


“Osama bin Laden couldn’t have said it better,
” American Legion National Commander
Marty Conatser said of the Berkeley City
Council Resolution, which tells the Marines
that they are not welcome there. “Disgraceful,
disloyal, ungrateful.

These words are too kind in describing the
actions of the public officials in Berkeley, who
voted for this disgrace.

Nonetheless, our Marines continue to bravely
serve and in so doing, allow Americans to
spout such foolishness.

The American Legion not only strongly condemns
this action by the City Council but also believes
that a sincere apology is in order to all Marines,
past and present.”

 Conatser, the leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization, was referring to a measure passed by
the Council 8-1 Tuesday, that tells the U.S. Marine
Corps that one of its recruiting stations is “not
welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to
stay, they do as uninvited and unwelcome intruders.”

 The City Council marched in complete lock-step
with radical anti-war group Code Pink in attempting
to drive out Marine recruiters from its San Francisco
suburb. The City Council also voted 8-1 to give Code
Pink a free parking space in front of a recruiting
station, along with a free sound permit for protesting
once a week.

Marine recruiters at Berkeley have faced
harassment from protestors who regularly block
nearby sidewalks, generate excessive noise and
disrupt business.

 “I have been a recruiter in the National Guard and
I know that it’s tough duty, with long hours,
”Conatser said. “What these recruiters do is
essential to our national security.

Without recruiters we have no military. And I don’t
think we can count on the flower children from
Berkeley to protect this nation when it comes under
attack. They have to remember that Marines are
not the enemy; the terrorists are.”

 Conatser pointed out that The American Legion
strongly supports the war on terrorism, passing
a national resolution of its own. “Resolution 169
was passed unanimously by The American Legion
in 2005 and it has been re-affirmed every year since.

It reminds Americans that you can not separate the
war from the warrior and that the American people
should stand united in support for our troops who
are engaged in protecting our values and our way
of life.”

 
Posted by Bill Moran at 13:40:39 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |