Monday, March 31, 2008

Don't Bow To Muslim Threats

The U.S. and the West must not be intimidated into curtailing free speech that might be offensive to radical Muslims, Rep. Peter Hoekstra declares.

In an Op-Ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, Hoekstra, R-Mich., cites the example of the anti-Islamic film “Fitna,” produced by Geert Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament who has called for the banning of the Quran in the Netherlands.

Because of the film, the Netherlands is bracing for violence from Muslims at home and at embassies in the Middle East.

Wilders’ Internet service provider has bowed to the threats and taken down his Web site, although a political party in the Czech Republic agreed to host the video on its Web site, and the Dutch government tried unsuccessfully to convince Wilders not to release the film.

Closer to home, PBS last year tried to suppress “Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center,” which was critical of radical jihadists. Fox News agreed to air the film.

And only one major newspaper in the U.S. reprinted any of the controversial 2005 Danish cartoons that mocked Islam and Muslims.

“Free societies hold freedom of speech to be a fundamental human right,” writes Rep. Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

“We don’t silence, jail, or kill people with whom we disagree just because their ideas are offensive or disturbing . . .

“What is particularly disturbing about these assaults against modern society is how the West has reacted with appeasement, willful ignorance, and a lack of journalistic criticism . . .

“I do not defend the right of Geert Wilders to air his film because I agree with it. I expect I will not . . . I defend the right of Mr. Wilders and the media to air this film because free speech is a fundamental right that is the foundation of modern society. Western governments and media outlets cannot allow themselves to be bullied into giving up this precious right due to threats of violence.”

"Islam is not a religion, its a cult and Mohammed is not a prophet, he is a murdering Military General"

Posted by Bill Moran at 12:52:55 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Boy am I confused . . .

Boy am I confused.
I have been hammered with the propaganda that it
is the Iraq war and the war on terror
that is bankrupting us.

I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.

I hope the following 14 reasons
are forwarded over and over again
until they are read so many times
that the reader gets sick of reading
them.

I have included the URL's for verification of all
the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is
spent on welfare to illegal aliens
each year. http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent
on food assistance programs such as
food stamps, WIC, and free school
lunches for illegal aliens.

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent
on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on
primary and secondary school education
for children here illegally and they cannot
speak a word of English!http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent
for education for the American-born
children of illegal aliens, known as
anchor babies.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent
to incarcerate illegal aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison
inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent
on illegal aliens for Welfare & social
services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in
suppressed American wages are caused
by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report:
http://tinyurl.com/t9sht http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States '.
http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR

Are we THAT stupid???

If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message.

If, on the other hand, if it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward

it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.

Posted by Bill Moran at 12:38:07 | Permanent Link | Comments (1) |

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Take a Moment and read this

Subj: Take a moment and read this?

Take 9 minutes and watch this video below.

Try to watch it before it's pulled from YouTube .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo

Posted by Bill Moran at 07:47:12 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Friday, March 28, 2008

New Web Site Offers Vietnam War Files

www.footnote.com - is a Web re-creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. The site allows access to thousands of pages of casualty records and agency photos. People can search by name, hometown, birthdate, tour date, or dozens of other categories.

Such information now is typically found only at National Archives locations, including the headquarters in College Park, Md., and by poring through files organized by topic. That makes searches a hit-or-miss proposition with long odds of finding relevant information, the agency said.

Hundreds of veterans visit the central research room each year "to examine the documents that may enable them to establish their rights, and, just as with the wall, to honor, remember and appreciate," said Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States. "And historians increasingly turn to these essential records to explain the significance of the Vietnam conflict in American history."

The site will help "provide ever-greater access to our critical holdings on this subject," he said.

The interactive wall allows people to post photographs they may have of a deceased veteran and to make comments. The service is currently free for Vietnam War information; the company is deciding whether to charge fees for some of the 50,000 National Archives photos now digitized.

The goal is to tell the stories behind the more than 58,000-plus names on the wall' polished black granite, with information such as specialty, rank, posthumous decorations, regiment, cause of death and whether the body was recovered, the company said.

"We know that there are many untold experiences represented on that wall and we hope that this interactive version of the memorial helps those affected by the war by sharing their stories," said Russell Wilding, chief executive officer of footnote.com.

Veterans advocacy groups praised the move as a good way to promote public awareness of the contributions of those who served in Vietnam. But some said they would like to see the effort expanded to provide electronic access of records for living Vietnam veterans. Many of them must go through a lengthy process of searching for records at the Archives and elsewhere to establish a disability claim with the government.

"It's a wonderful thing they're doing. We certainly have to do much to honor our dead," said Rick Weidman, executive director for policy and government affairs at the Vietnam Veterans of America. "But we continue to press for access for living veterans. The whole rest of the world is digitized, so why not military action reports?"

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

TriCare Update

Attention all veterans who are on TRICARE. .

Last week TREA Reported on Wednesday the House Armed Services Committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee held yet another hearing concerning TRICARE and direct care. The witnesses were Honorable S. Ward Casscells, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Dr. Gail R. Wilensky, Co-Chairman Defense Task Force on Future of Military Health Care and Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D., Research Professor and DirectorInstitute for Health and Productivity Studies, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research, Thomson Healthcare.

While it looks like we have made great progress at killing the proposed co-pay and enrollment fee increases for TRICARE for retirees under the age of 65; as well as the proposed co-pay increases in the TRICARE Pharmacy programs and the proposed yearly enrollment fee for TFL it is never a lock until the law is signed.

And, of course, if we stop the proposals that will only be for this year. The fight will start again next year (which is not an election year). Disappointed that only 5 other VSO’s and MSO’s attending the hearing. The Subcommittee members were very doubtful about the enrollment fees and co-pay proposals.

However, the military retiree community cannot get complacent about these proposals. We must stay active. If these proposals would affect you, please continue to contact your Senators and member of the House and remind them how important this is to you.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Update on Angels of Mercy Web Site

Want to let you know that we have updated our Angels of Mercy web site. Please take a look and pass the URL around.

Thanks,

Jay Edwards

www.SupportOurWounded.org

Posted by Bill Moran at 09:50:21 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Vietnam Civil Action Medal

Issue Regulations: Vietnam Civil Action Medal
http://www.amervets.com/vcar2.htm

The Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal is
authorized as an individual foreign award to
some members of the United States Army
and certain units.

However, it is authorized to ALL Navy and
Marine Corps personnel who served in-country
Vietnam. (USN and USMC personnel stationed
on vessels are not authorized.)

The unit citation of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal was
awarded certain units by the Vietnamese government for meritorious service during the period 1 March 1961 to 28 March 1974. Individuals who received the RVN Civil Actions Medal as an individual award are authorized to wear the medal. Personnel assigned to an unit which was awarded the medal are authorized to wear the medal and unit award emblem.

Contact Person for this posting: Roger Simpson, PIO

Public Information Office: http://www.13105320634.com
The American War Library: http://www.amervets.com/
16907 Brighton Avenue
Gardena CA 90247-5420
Phone / Fax: 1-310-532-0634

Posted by Bill Moran at 05:57:51 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Veteran American flag hand salute stalled in House of Representatives

The bill in the works in Congress that veterans will be very interested in is. Senate Bill 1877, introduced by Oklahoma Senator James Inholfe on July 25, 2007. It will prescribe that veterans in or out of uniform will present a hand salute to the American Flag during its hoisting, lowering, or passing.

At the present time, Title 4 of the United States Code reads that most citizens shall remove their hats and place their hand over their heart at the flag passes by, is hoisted or lowered.

According to the Library of Congress website this bill passed in the Senate on the same day Senator Inholfe introduced it. As of August 10, it was referred to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, which is part of the House Judiciary Committee.

Since no further action on this bill has been scheduled up to this date, a letter or dispatch to Representative Wally Herger might be useful. His web page is http://www.house.gov/herger/, and I have just sent out a dispatch encouraging him to support the bill. Obviously we can use everyones help with this campaign.

Posted by Bill Moran at 05:43:31 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Friday, March 14, 2008

USS New Jersey BB62

Hey all you sailors out there..
did you know that we have a
Masonic Lodge aboard the
USS New Jersey BB62?

Well we do. It's the USS New Jersey
Lodge #62, It's held in the Ward
Room that has been refurbished.

check out their website here:

http://ussnjlodge62.org/

Posted by Bill Moran at 06:38:59 | Permanent Link | Comments (0) |

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

WWI & WWII Poster Collection

During the first half of the 20th century, print and paper were an effective way to convey ideas and information to the citizenry. During the years of the first and the second world wars, posters carried many messages. The American Legion's collection of World War I and II posters is truly outstanding.

Go to: www.legion.org and click on Poster collection

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American Legion Post 139