Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
-- General George S. Patton
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October 31, 2004
BlackFive's Call For Help (You Can Help)
All right everybody lets help one of America's heroes!
Matt at Blackfive posted this and has more information on this brave man and how you can help him and his family!
Sergeant Joseph Bozik, an Airborne Soldier with the 118th MP Company (Airborne) from Ft. Bragg, was recently wounded. He has lost both legs and an arm from a landmine, is not not conscious and has many medical complications. On Monday, Sergeant Bozik will be flown into Walter Reed from Landstuhl (Germany).Unfortunately, the family doesn't have enough money to maintain themselves in a hotel (let alone buy food) for an extended period. The Army paid for airfare for 2 family members and Soldiers' Angels paid for airfare for 2 two more. The Angels can cover hotel expenses for only three days. Fisher House is full so they have to stay at a hotel.
We need your help. You can donate directly to a fund set up to assist the family with caring for Joe. You can send donations to the address or call the phone number below.
SGT Bozik Fund
c/o Centura Bank
ATTN Aiko Raynor
14615 US HWY 17 PO BOX 74
HAMPSTEAD NC 28443910 772 8930
You can donate through Blackfive or you can follow this Link to Soldiers Angels and Donate there!
Even if it is only a few dollars it will add up!
Do what you can, that's an order!
SlagleRock Out!
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Happy Halloween
Have a safe and Happy Halloween!!!
Remember to check all candy before giving it to your kids and look for the unusual, even the far out such as the drugs found in the candy at this post.
Have fun Trick -or- Treating (or taking your kids)
SlagleRock Out!
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Amid Rhetoric, Let Our Soldiers' Voices Be Heard
I got this link from Mamamontezz. I decided to run it as is. This is an article written by Bob Hill of the Lousville, Kentucky Courier-Journal
The voices least heard from in our war in Iraq are those of the men and women fighting it. Their voices are lost in the midst of the angry, bitter and increasingly irresponsible rhetoric of the 2004 election over the need to be in Iraq — and our level of support for the troops, moral and physical.We are a country trying to export a democracy we have repeatedly sullied in recent months with everything from the petty, childish destruction of political yard signs to hearing our highest elected officials hurl lies and distortions at each other.
Now come the sexual innuendoes, gutter politics, the vile voices of the political bottom-feeders. Aren't we a better nation than that?
Both parties have spent hundreds of millions of dollars manipulating sound-bite messages aimed at voters who do not want to hear the more complicated truth. We talk about a great and liberating upcoming election in Iraq, and we can't even count our votes in Florida.
Some democracy. Do you ever wonder if the soldiers just back from Iraq don't look around and ask: "Is this what we are fighting for?"
Yet the polls taken among the military in Iraq and Afghanistan show the overwhelming majority of them support the war, and President Bush — although there is a growing number of dissenters.
The support is understandable, and laudable. The military exists through the chain of command, and the politics get less complicated when someone is shooting at you and your only hope of survival is to shoot back. Your immediate loyalty is to the people with you in the trench; there may be time to discuss the larger political ramifications later.
Beyond that, they believe in what they are doing; they enlisted for those very reasons. We can support that while arguing over their cause.
One soldier in Iraq
One of those soldiers is David Hill, 28, a St. Xavier graduate who earned a degree in political science at the University of North Texas. He then enlisted in the service, earned his wings in airborne at Fort Benning, is now driving an armored vehicle with the 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade in northern Iraq. He married his girlfriend of four years one month before he went over; he won't get home until next October.
"David's always talked about the military," said his mother, Ellen Eirk. "He played soldier as a little boy. ... Now he's already been shot at and you name it."
About six weeks ago, she saw a television segment about a program called Cell Phones for Soldiers — see cellphonesforsoldiers.com. It was started in Massachusetts by two children, who, after hearing a news report about a local soldier running up a $7,600 phone bill, started a campaign to raise money for calling cards.
It's now a national not-for-profit program in which people donate old cell phones at local drop boxes, or donate cash. The phones are reconditioned and resold. The income is used to buy calling cards for soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
"David's been able to afford to call us," said his mother. "Not everybody in the military is that fortunate."
Ellen Eirk's cell phone drop box is located at Bob Hook Chevrolet, 4144 Bardstown Road, where her husband works. She's already collected 50 old phones; more than $150,000 has been raised for phone cards nationwide.
She's heard from her son by phone three times — "He was in the middle of a lot of bad things" — but the cell phone program did not pay for his calls; there are other voices to be heard.
"I'll do anything I can to support the troops," Eirk said. "I never appreciated what military families are going through. ... Now I'm living it."
Bob Hill's column runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. You can reach him at (502) 582-4646 or e-mail him at bhill@courier-journal.com. You can also read his columns at www.courier-journal.com.
That is the truth. Everyday we hear people on the news tell us what is wrong with this war, or even what is going on in this war, but the one group (the most reliable source for information on the war on terror) that never gets heard are the soldiers, sailors, Airmen and Marines that are on the ground in harms way.
It's pretty simple people it's not about whether you support the war or not, or whether you support the President or not, it is about supporting the troops. Remember these brave souls are your sisters, brothers, Mothers, Fathers and friends. Contrary to common leftist beliefs the military is not a bunch of criminals or drop outs. We are the best equiped, best trained, best educated military the world has ever known. There is much value to be held in the information provided by those on the ground.
SUPPORT THE TROOPS!!
SlagleRock Out!
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Fired Reservist Prompts Federal Action
Take a look at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and you will see that finally the Fed is standing up for the little guy.
In the first suit of its kind in Western Pennsylvania, the U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh has sued a Mercer County paper company on behalf of a major in the Army National Guard who says he was fired from his job as plant manager because of his military obligations.U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said in the suit, brought by the Justice Department, that McLaughlin was fired from Newark Paperboard Products in Greenville on Aug. 27, 2001, the day he returned from two weeks of Guard duty.
Buchanan and one of her assistants said McLaughlin's status as a Guard member was a "motivating factor" in Newark's decision to fire him in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994. That law is designed to keep companies from punishing or otherwise discriminating against someone for serving in the military.
If you'll recall I wrote a piece on a similar situation regarding the Pep Boys Auto Parts chain.
Take note Pep Boys, and all employers whose greed overshadows doing not only what is write, but what is required by law, the Federal Government is starting to crack down!
These brave men and woman who serve in our Guard and Reserve units do this in addition to their daily lives, and though not full time military they are put in harms way like the rest of us. The least this nation and its corporations can do for Guard and Reservists is ensure they still have their jobs to come home to.
SlagleRock Out!
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What Makes You Happy? (Humor)
Bill and Hillary Clinton and John Kerry are flying on Kerry's wife's private jet.
Bill looks at Hillary, chuckles and says, "You know, I could throw a $100 bill out the window right now and make somebody very happy."
Hillary shrugs her shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $10 bills out the window and make 10 people very happy."
Kerry says, "Of course then, I could throw one-hundred $1 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."
The pilot rolls his eyes, looks at all of them and says to his co-pilot, "Such big shots back there ... I could throw all of them out the window and make millions of people happy."
Thanks go out to TSgt S, currently stationed in Kuwait.
SlagleRock Out!
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October 30, 2004
Lethal Lollipops (Halloween Safety)
by June M. Ramos, Western States Information Network
With Halloween just around the corner, those of us with children in our lives need to take the usual precautions to make sure the candy received is safe.
Unfortunately, we have a new drug trend to be on alert for. Recent intelligence reports from around the country indicate a growing trend of manufacture and sale of lollipops containing controlled substances. Substances found vary from Psilocybin mushrooms to heroin. These pops are a particular threat to children due to their appealing packaging.
Following is a brief summary of lollipops found:
Psilocybin Mushrooms
In July, an ongoing Jackson County Drug Task Force (MO)
investigation recovered what appeared to be homemade chocolate suckers during a vehicle stop. Closer inspection revealed chunks of Psilocybin Mushrooms.
Similar Chocolate Lollipops have also been found.
THC & PCP
The Illinois State Police Forensic Science Center received lollipops containing 9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) and phencyclidine (PCP) being sold on the west side of Chicago. The seller of these lollipops, who has since had charges filed against him, was selling them for between $10 and $30 each.
Cannabis
The online seller of these Cannibus [sic] Candy Chronic Pops claims that these pops are real and legal as the THC has been removed. The seller also claims that these pops contain no marijuana and are not for sale to minors. One pop sells for $2.95, 3 for $7.95, and 1 dozen for $21.95.
Heroin
The DEA laboratory in New York analyzed lollipops in loose wrappers seized from LaGuardia Airport. These pops varied from ¾ inch to 1-inch diameter and consisted of a candy shell surrounding a powder interior. The powder was found to be 64% heroin hydrochloride. The lab has also received similar lollypops
containing cocaine hydrochloride.
Although many of these tips are common sense, please take a moment to review them and share with those around you with children. Remember to be safe and have fun!
Halloween candy safety tips:
· Instruct children not to snack on candy while out trick-or-treating.
Be sure you examine all candy for tampering
before consumption.
· Tell children not to accept and, especially, not to eat
anything that is not commercially wrapped.
· Discard candy or treats that are homemade, unwrapped or
if they appear to have been tampered with (pinholes in
wrappers, torn wrappers, etc.).
· Parents of young children should remove any choking
hazards such as gum, peanuts, hard candies or small
toys.
· Wash all fresh fruit thoroughly, inspect it for holes, including small punctures, and cut it open before allowing children to eat it.
If you have any further information on adulterated lollipops for
dissemination to law enforcement please submit it to June Ramos
by e-mail at jramos@wsin.riss.net or call (916) 263-1178.
This is pretty serious people. Things like this are found everyday. I am very grateful for being priviledged enough to receive these kinds of law enforcement bulletins.
While it is unlikely that anyone would give these "candies" to children it is always a possibility. Please spread the word, and show your children and other parents you know these pictures and have a safe and happy Halloween.
TRICK-OR-TREAT!!!
SlagleRock Out!
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From The War Front
Below is a letter from BGen Hunt in Afghanistan, it offers an inside look at the progress the Afghan people are making. It is also a reliable letter. It came through my government email which is generally considered for official use only. Luckily this time it also came with the OK to release it to the public:
All,Sorry it has taken so long for me to update you on the situation in Afghanistan. As you can imagine, it has been busy over here! It hasn't slowed down a lot, but we are certainly proud of the accomplishments of the past week or so over here--it has been exciting, to say the least.
The successful elections are certainly the big news. Well, at least the big news for a day or two. Don't worry too much about the alleged "fraud;" while the ink mistake was unfortunate, it was not widespread and probably won't affect the election results at all, from what I hear in the press over here. It's good that the ink and several other charges are being investigated, but even the U.N. says that the election was well done, and I can tell you they'd be one of the first to speak up if there were problems!.
The real story is the desire of the Afghan people to vote. The weather here for election was the worst I've seen since I got here in May--snow in the mountains, rain, a sandstorm in the south, and low clouds. It hardly stopped these people. We worry about rain affecting voter turnout in the States, even though we drive cars to vote--these people didn't let the weather bother them, and most walked to the polling centers!
I heard stories of lines over a mile long, with people waiting patiently to vote. I also heard of people standing in those lines on crutches, with legs amputated because of landmines, and families who pulled their grandparents to vote in oxcarts, because they were too old to walk. I also heard of people standing in lines at 3:00 in the morning, in the snow, so that they could vote. (The polls opened at 7:00AM). There are also a few stories of people angry because the polls closed early, or mad that they couldn't vote a proxy vote for members of their village that couldn't walk to the polling place, but those were actually rare.
The Afghan Army and Police did a great job. We've trained them well, and these patriots took their lives into their hands to guard polling centers, villages, and cities to ensure little or no violence. Sure, we helped them prepare, but they found explosives, suspicious vehicles, rockets, and people who wanted to disrupt things all on their own. No running from a fight for these folks!
Finally, I leave you with a personal experience. We have a group of Afghan men who clean the building where I work. They're here every day and I see them in the hallway seven days a week. They like to practice their English, or at least the English phrases they're learning in books or class: "Good morning, How are you? I am fine, thank you..." You get the idea. They didn't work on election day, because they were voting, and the roads were pretty congested. I asked them the first morning they were back to work if they had voted. They all got smiles a mile wide, had to show me their thumbs with ink on them, and each of them wanted to shake my hand and I got to congratulate each of them on their new country! Now, if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you have ice water in your veins!
As good as this is, we're not done yet. There are still some out there that would like to cut off thumbs, rather than stain them with ink. But that group is up against a dedicated, capable Coalition that will not accept failure. They may have come over here "just doing their job;" but that changes with most as soon as they meet these great people--most in the Coalition are fighting not only for their own countries, but also they fighting for the great people of Afghanistan.
We will continue the fight here. As I've written before, you can be very proud of this young generation--whether soldiers, sailors, Airmen, Marines, or civilians, they are impressive! Someday they'll take over the leadership of America, and from what I see over here, we'll be in great shape!!
Everybody take care--be proud of what's happening here! I just wish you could have seen the pride in the eyes of those Afghans in the hallway; then you'd understand what we've done here!
Cheers
Jim "Beak" Hunt, Brigadier General USAF
Afghanistan
Any "from the heart" first hand account of what is going on in the war on terror and the reshaping of the Middle East is far more valuable than anything you will ever hear on the news.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:41 AM | Comments (1)
What Really Are The Finer Things In Life???
Here is a soldier stationed in Iraq, stationed in a big sand box. He asked his wife to send him dirt, fertilizer and some grass seeds so he can have the sweet aroma and feel the grass grow beneath his feet.
If you notice, he is even cutting the grass with a pair of a scissors. Sometimes we are in such a hurry that we don't stop and think about the little things that we take for granted.
Everyday we take for granted our cell phones, our Starbucks, our central heat and air conditioning, our luxury cars.
Stop and look at this man in this place and see the simple side of life.
This is the kind of person who fights for your right to be free, your right to vote.
SlagleRock Out!
Oh and thanks for the email Bill
EADYBBOS
Posted by SlagleRock at 10:19 AM | Comments (3)
A Little Help With Birthday Wishes
Swing over to Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room and you will see a call for help posted by the might Delftsman.
Mama and Delfts sweet little girl Anna is turning ten and they'd like to flood her with cards from all over the country and perhaps even all over the globe.
Follow either link and read the full story to see how you can make her birthday all the better!!
SlagleRock Out!
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October 29, 2004
Stockings For The Troops
The wonderful people over at Keystone Military are looking for a little help supporting the troops.
Whether it is a donation or some other kind of assistance anything you can do to help support the troops is always appreciated.
If you do nothing else today, swing by Keystone Military and see if you can help.
SlagleRock Out!
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Exercise Your Right We Fight For
Just like the button above (yes it is a button to the original post at the Mudville Gazette) says, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT WE FIGHT FOR.
Everyday thousands of men and women from the United States who are currently stationed all over the globe miss important family events. They miss weddings, funerals, graduations, birthdays, births, anniversaries and other significant family affairs.
They do this in support of the greatest nation on earth. They do this for those who cannot for one reason or another.
WE do this for all of America.
"Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
It is not the profession for all, in fact only a small percentage of our nation serves at any one given time.
Why do we serve? We serve to ensure that our children will have as great a nation full of freedoms to live and grow up in as we have. We serve to preserve the freedoms established by our forefathers. We serve so that other nations can feel the sweet taste of liberty.
It doesn't matter if you are a Republican, a Democrat, a Communist, Libertarian or Independent. If you don't vote your affiliation is irrelevant.
Each election season, millions of voices go unheard. Their votes don't count, not because they don't matter, but because they didn't vote. I have heard numerous excuses from people such as I just didn't have time or I was just too busy to mail in my absentee ballot.
NO EXCUSES
Don't go unheard. On Nov. 2nd, I urge everyone to be at your polling location and cast your vote.
The Presidential election in the United States is one of the single most important events on Earth, the election impacts people all over the globe.
The President serves as Commander in Chief of the greatest military on Earth and he represents the Greatest nation on Earth.
SlagleRock Out!
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Rocky Horror Election Show
I found another great political cartoon. For those of you old enough to remember the Rocky Horror Picture Show, or who have ever had the pleasure (if you can call it that) of attening it live you will surely laugh at this.
The Presidential Horror Picture Show
Have a laugh.
SlagleRock Out!
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October 28, 2004
Stolen Honor
Previously I posted links to download Stolen Honor. While the original link wasn't a video of the greatest quality I have recently been informed by Jack that it is now available in three different formats.
Take a look, stay informed and VOTE!!!
VOTE VOTE VOTE DAMN IT I SAID VOTE
Don't bitch if you don't vote.
SlagleRock Out!
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October 27, 2004
Fallen Marine, Daniel Wyatt, LCpl, Fox Co, 2nd Bn, 24th Marines, USMC
Jack at the Conservative Insurgent provided this link that pointed to this letter from Lt Col Mark Smith USMC.
Letter about Fallen MarineOctober 25, 2004
It is with the deepest sadness and most profound grief that I must report to you the loss of Daniel Wyatt, LCpl, Fox Co, 2nd Bn, 24th Marines, USMC. Daniel was killed in the line of duty, while conducting foot patrolling operations in Yusufiyah Iraq. Daniel was killed by a command detonated improvised explosive device. He died instantly, suffered no pain and was immediately recovered by his fellow Marines.
My command security element and I personally recovered Daniel's body and escorted him back to the forward operating base, and then onto the helicopter for the beginning of his final ride home. I cannot even begin to express to you the soul touching sight of combat hardened Marines, encrusted with weeks of sweat and dust, who have daily been engaged in combat, coming to complete and utter solemnity and respect in the handling of the body of one of their own. It puts on display a level of brotherly love you just cannot see anywhere else.
We conducted a memorial service for Daniel in the battle space owned by his fellow Marines, as well as one the following day at the battalion forward operating base. I have spoken with his fiance and expressed the sorrow and sympathy of the entire Battalion.
If I might for a moment, I hear and see some of the media coverage. I hear the accusations and charges. I hear what could almost be labeled as hysteria over the situation in Iraq. Let me tell you something from ground level. The town of Yusufiyah that Daniel and his fellow Marines seized, had not seen government structure or security forces for over 8 months. FOREIGN FIGHTERS, TERRORIST AND THUGS have had free reign and have routinely murdered people in the market for no reason other than one day they MIGHT support a democratic process and speak for themselves. For nothing more than they MIGHT choose a version of religion even slightly different than the terrorists and foreign fighters. They live in squalor and fear. The Marines of Daniel's unit have not had a shower since seizing the town. They have eaten MREs day in and day out. They live a Spartan existence that few can imagine. And, on all my trips to their position for planning, coordination and command visits, I ask them if they want to be relieved. To a man, they look me in the eye and tell me NO WAY. Why? Well, I am not going to soften it for anyone, the primary reason why is to kill terrorists. Please remember, that is what they are trained and paid to do. But, they also tell me, they want to help the people of Yusufiyah. They want to show all of Iraq that they can stand on their own feet, push back against extremism, and with our help live the life of freedom that all men yearn for. Yes, from the mouths of these young and hardened warriors, this is what they tell me. And then...and then...they ask me how I am doing! Un-freaking believable! They worry about everyone else but themselves.
So believe what you want. That is your right as Americans. But I am telling you, there are no heroes on any football fields, basketball courts or halls of government. There are honorable and decent people all over America. However, the heroes are on the battlefields of Iraq. Suffering, killing and DYING that others might live, and live in FREEDOM. Americans free from terror, Iraqis free from oppression and tyranny.
I am an under-educated gun toter from Indiana who is just lucky there is an organization like the USMC where a half-wit like myself with some rudimentary combat skills can succeed. But I do know heroes! I am surrounded by over a thousand of them. And I am not the least bit ashamed to tell you I have wept like a baby for Daniel Wyatt. Because when one of these heroes falls, it is if an Angel of God himself has fallen from heaven! I will not profess glory of battle or any other such hype. I will profess duty and sacrifice. Daniel showed us all true duty and ultimate sacrifice. I have no doubt that the instant he died, he was whisked to heaven on the wings of Angels and placed before the unapproachable light of Jesus, who himself said: "greater love hath no man, than a man lay down his life for his friends."
GOD BLESS AND KEEP DANIEL WYATT, HIS FAMILY AND FIANCEE AND GOD BLESS AND KEEP ALL THE FAMILIES OF 2/24.
Yours in profound sadness Mark A. Smith, LtCol
Another hero fallen. We bow our heads at the Slaughterhouse.
SlagleRock Out!
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A Readers Thoughts
I received the information below in the comments of one of my other posts. To the individual who left this hear I say thank you for the information, but next time please leave a valid email address or web address. I normally as a matter of practice remove negativisms from trolls that are afraid to leave valid information. It is only fair that I do the same with information that I agree with. However, since this is the first time I will let it slide. I would be interested in reading your blog so please, next visit, leave a valid URL.
I've been watching your blog for awhile, and this was emailed to me today, and I thought you might like to read it.. I blog myself, but times like these, I enjoy keeping somewhat 'anonymous'Keep the great articles/insight coming. W04
"A clear perspective"
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of
January.....In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January.
That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn
country of Iraq.When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the
following:FDR...led us into World War II Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From
1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.Truman...finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never
attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,334
per year.John F. Kennedy...started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never
attacked us.Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were
lost, an average of 5,800 per year.Clinton...went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never
attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times
by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has liberated
two countries, is crushing the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear
inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and
captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...It
took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch
Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time
than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy
the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police
after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick, killing Mary Jo Kopechne.It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in
Florida!!!!Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.USAFReservist
SlagleRock Out!
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October 26, 2004
Seattle Scion Exposed
This past Saturday the 23rd my wife and I attended a rally of sorts for Scion owners and those people potentially interested in owning one of these unique vehicles.
The image above is our registration for the event. We were the second car to register (002).
Scion held a pretty good little get together. It was hosted by the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.
Everyone who attended that arrived in a Scion xA, xB, or tC got a ticket for free admission to the Music Project. The ticket is good for one year. They even gave us an adult ticket for our 9 week old baby boy. His admission is free so that is a ticket we can use to bring a friend.
Attendees also got a gift bag with a Scion key ring, hat, music CD and some Scion information.
The event had a DJ and also hosted a competition with some show cars (Scion of course).
Near the end of the five hour event the event coordinator brought out a large box of T-shirts and hats. Ultimately we left with seven T's and five hats. All of which are sold on the Scion website for $20 each.
It was a good time and a good reference for things we may want to do to our xB.
Click Continue Reading for pictures from the event.
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:49 PM | Comments (1)
Indy Media And Terrorist Links?
News website Indymedia says FBI seized server
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A website billed as a grassroots news source for the anti-globalization movement and other issues said one of its Web servers was shut down after the FBI served a subpoena.
The Independent Media Center said the FBI issued an order to hosting company Rackspace "to remove physically one of our servers."
The FBI acknowledged that a subpoena had been issued but said it was at the request of Italian and Swiss authorities.
"It is not an FBI operation," FBI spokesman Joe Parris told AFP.
"Through a legal assistance treaty, the subpoena was on behalf of a third country."
The FBI spokesman said there was no US investigation but that the agency cooperated under the terms of an international treaty on law enforcement.
Rackspace, a US Web hosting company with offices in London, said it complied with a court order "pursuant to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which establishes procedures for countries to assist each other in investigations such as international terrorism, kidnapping and money laundering." The company declined to elaborate.
"The order was so short-term that Rackspace had to give away our hard drives in the UK," the Independent Media Center said.
Italian news reports said access to Indymedia had been cut as a result of an FBI operation at US and British locations.
Mauro Bulgarelli, a member of Italy's Green party, called it a "provocation and intimidate effort" against the alternative media.
The website was established by organizations during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests claiming the mainstream media failed to adequately cover the news.
It calls itself "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of the truth."
Indymedia said in a statement it "had been asked last month by the FBI to remove a story about Swiss undercover police from one of the websites hosted at Rackspace."
The statement added, "It is not known, however, whether Thursday's order is related to that incident since the order was issued to Rackspace and not to Indymedia. According to Rackspace, they 'cannot provide Indymedia with any information regarding the order.'"
I just posted this FYI, please feel free to form your own opinions. Comments appreciated. Those of you who are familiar with Indy Media may have something to say about this.
SlagleRock Out!
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Around The Sphere
As you may have noticed I haven't posted anything here at the Slaughterhouse in the past couple of days. I apologize but you all know how life is. A few extra hours at work some things that need to be taken care of with the family, etc.
Well I am back and I started with a trip around the sphere.
Delftsman has an interesting look at the "Fair Tax" initiative, HR-25.
Delftsman also had a link to Sailor in the Desert that could provide a definitive answer to the Saddam/WMD question if proven.
Sir George at the Misha's house (The Rott) has an interesting post on how Kerry yet again has voted against supporting the troops.
Sir George also has another look at President Bush's Guard service record that yet again proves nothing.
Matt at Blackfive has a host of great posts. Start with this one and move on down the line.
Jack at the Conservative Insurgent has a welcome home to members of the 1st Stryker Brigade at Ft. Lewis, Wa.
The Grumpy Old Warrior has a whole host of interesting things worth looking at. After following the link hit main and take a look at the rest of his site.
Swing by Blog Gig and you will find everything from stories about General Patton to election concerns in Florida. Once again, after you follow the link click on main and check out the rest of the site.
If you still have a moment after reading all of this, swing by Natasha's House of Clue and see if you can motivate her to write. It has been nearly two months since her last post, but when she goes off it is worth the read.
All great links, great people and great blogs. I urge you to look at each and every one.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:18 PM | Comments (2)
October 23, 2004
Political Petitions And Where They Go
Ever wonder what happens after you sign a political (or any other kind) of petition online? Click continue reading and you will find a petition generated on behalf of more than 180,000 readers of the Federalist Patriot.
Continue reading, that's an order!
SlagleRock Out!
Honorable John D. Ashcroft
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Honorable Richard B. Cheney
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Honorable William H. Frist, M.D.
United States Senate
461 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Honorable J. Dennis Hastert
United States House of Representatives
235 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
18 October 2004
Hon. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of these United States: Hon. Richard B. Cheney, President of the United States Senate:
Hon. William H. Frist, M.D., Majority Leader of the United States Senate: Hon. J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker, United States House of Representatives:
On behalf of more than 180,000 Americans who have attached their names, including my own, hereto ("Petitioners"), I respectfully submit this request for investigation and indictment of Senator John Forbes Kerry (D. Mass.) for acts of treason in connection with the proffering of counsel and assistance to enemy agents in time of warfare ("Petition for Investigation and Indictment").
Specifically, Petitioners request the United States Department of Justice open or renew an investigation of Mr. Kerry's actions of "giving aid and comfort" to Communist North Vietnam, particularly in regard to his meetings with enemy agents in Paris on multiple occasions between 1970 and 1972 while still an officer in the United States Navy. Such counsel and assistance to enemy agents in time of warfare is in direct violation of UCMJ (Article 104 part 904), U.S. Code (18 USC Sec. 2381 and 18 USC Sec. 953) and other applicable laws and acts of Congress.
Some of Sen. Kerry's anti-American activities and protests in association with Vietnam Veterans Against the War and other subversive groups may have been subject to pardon by President James E. Carter's Executive Order 4483 of 21 January 1977, which provided general amnesty for draft evaders and other war protesters. However, it is the considered opinion of legal scholars that acts of treason in connection with providing aid and comfort to the enemy in time of warfare are not covered by EO 4483.
Though Sen. Kerry claims to have received an Honorable Discharge at the conclusion of his military service, he refuses to sign a Standard Form 180 authorizing the release of his complete military records in an effort, we believe, to conceal his separation from the military by a Dishonorable Discharge or, at best, an other than honorable discharge. This assertion is supported by the fact that Sen. Kerry's discharge was subject to review after EO 4483 by a board of officers acting under Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1162 and 1163 in reference to involuntary separation from the service. Those records are critical to the disposition of this Petition for Investigation and Indictment.
Additionally, in connection with a Dishonorable Discharge, the Department of Defense revokes all pay benefits, allowances, medals and honors. Here Petitioners note that upon becoming a U.S. senator in 1985, Mr. Kerry requested that all his medals be reissued, and, more recently, that he received a revised DD-214 listing an Honorable Discharge.
Why are we requesting that John Kerry be investigated and indicted now?
In October 2003, Mr. Kerry chose to make his Vietnam War record the centerpiece of his campaign for the presidency; this has been especially true since his Democrat Presidential primary victory in March 2004. Outraged by this and in response, the more than 180,000 signatories of the above-referenced Petition for Investigation and Indictment chose to make Mr. Kerry's war record the centerpiece of their campaign to disqualify him from public office.
In doing so, Petitioners cite the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3. The pertinent language states: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President ... having previously taken an oath ... to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
Of note, there is no statute of limitations on treason.
It is not Petitioners' intent that this Petition for Investigation and Indictment be acted on prior to the 2 November election as this would be disruptive to the election process. Such action by the Justice Department would only be viewed as "political" in nature. It is, however, Petitioners' intent to ensure that Sen. Kerry's actions are subject to investigative review in order to conclusively determine whether he is legally qualified to hold any future office in accordance with the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment.
Regardless of the outcome of Sen. Kerry's campaign for president, be it known that Petitioners remain committed to holding Sen. Kerry accountable for his actions.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Alexander
Executive Editor and Publisher,
The Federalist Patriot
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:45 AM | Comments (4)
October 22, 2004
Arm Yourselves...
... with the truth and the information to defeat the Democrats!
Don't let the Dems and their efforts to prevent the public from seeing the powerful documentary Stolen Honor stop you from seeing the full documentary.
While looking at the Rott, I discovered that Stolen Honor is available for viewing on line.
Take a look and see why Kerry and his band of Dumbocrats are fighting to prevent you from seeing this film.
What is so damaging that they are fighting the constitutional rights of the film makers, the public and the television stations!?!?!
Spread the truth and these links!!!!!!
Watch the full 42 min. documentary
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 10:23 PM | Comments (3)
Legends, Paying My Respect
I mentioned in an earlier post that my wife and I recently visited the final resting places of two of America's most famous.
Our first of two stops was the Monument that is constructed over the final resting place of Guitar GOD Jimi Hendrix. The monument is amazing. A large dome covers the grave and original headstone. It is a beautiful display of marble and serves as the final resting place for the man many would consider the greatest guitar player of all time. The monument is a beautiful marble design. Also with James "Jimi" Hendrix at the memorial you will find other members of his family including his Grandmother, Mother and Father.
Here are some pics of his monument:
It is grand indeed. While it is clear that fans of all ages/generations visit this Mecca of music frequently it is still very well kept and well respected. Many fans leave flowers, sheet music and other items in tribute to Jimi. Others use a non-permanent method of writing messages to the legend such as chalk or charcoal on the walkway leading to the monument.
It is an amazing feeling to be in the presence of a legend.
On our trip to visit the greats of the past we also stopped at the final resting place of martial arts LEGEND Bruce Lee. Bruce is buried in a very small cemetery just north of Seattle. His son Brandon was laid to rest next to him after his tragic accident while filming the movie The Crow.
Bruce's grave is precisely what I would have expected for a philosophical giant and a champion of the martial arts. Nothing too elaborate and set off and away from the public eye. His tombstone is successful in marking his location and paying tribute, all while being low key and not imposing on nature.
Here are some pics of Bruce and Brandon Lee's final resting place:
Now you are probably wondering, why these two?
Well, there is no doubt that Jimi Hendrix was a rock and roll giant. His powerful guitar is still to this day used in movies, commercial and other music. Most guitarists try to emulate him and most of us who can't play the guitar imagine what it would be like to be as good as him.
As for Bruce Lee, he was one of my childhood heroes. I was really first introduced to Bruce (who died two years before my birth) by my Uncle. He has always been a huge fan of the martial arts, and to be a fan of the arts is to be a fan of Bruce Lee. I was amazed at the things this little man could do. Often as Americans we are impressed by the biggest muscles, the largest gun or the loudest bark so to speak. Bruce had all of these wrapped tightly in a 5'7" body that was well under 150lbs. He scared boxing legend Mohammed Ali into backing out of a fight. That is something!
I am a collector of his movies and a fan of his art. I have studied his philosophy and will forever remain influenced by all that he accomplished in his short life.
It really was an amazing day. As we started out on our journey it was pouring down rain. It rained all the way until we arrived in Renton, WA. Just as we were pulling into the cemetery it suddenly stopped raining. We were able to get out and walk around Jimi's memorial. I took numerous photographs and my wife did a charcoal rubbing of Jimi's original headstone. We are going to put something together with the rubbing and the photographs.
After an hour or so it was time to head on to Bruce Lee's grave. I visited Lee's grave about a year ago, but decided I'd like a charcoal rubbing of his headstone as well.
Once again, no sooner than we got in the car it started pouring again. As my friend from Georgia says, "It was raining so hard it was like a cow peeing on a flat rock."
It rained all the way until we pulled off of I-5 just north of Seattle, WA to take the back roads to the final resting place of Bruce Lee.
Just like our visit at the Jimi Hendrix memorial the sun peaked out and gave us the opportunity to spend about an hour taking pictures and completing the charcoal rubbing of both Bruce and Brandon's headstones.
It was a very cool experience. It was a great stroke of luck when the rain stopped not once but twice. It was a memorable and very cool day.
Rock On Jimi, And Kick Ass Bruce (only when necessary)
SlagleRock Out!
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A Heartfelt Look At America, The War On Terror, Politics And Patriotism
Take a look at Mamamontezz's site and you will find a powerful letter from a true patriot.
I am sure many of you will find that you agree with most of what he has to say, regardless of your political affiliations.
Great find, Mama!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:39 PM | Comments (4)
Political Bohemian Rhapsody
If you haven't seen this take a moment and have a laugh.
Here is another great election parody sung to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen.
Enjoy!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:13 PM | Comments (2)
For A Friend
Bill Faith, of a Smalltown Veteran has some very important information that he feels everyone should see.
Be careful the video he links too will raise your blood pressure!
Swing by Smalltown Vet and see what's cookin'
SlagleRock Out!
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October 21, 2004
A Little Slow Today...
As you may have noticed things have been very slow here at the Slaughterhouse today. I didn't have time to surf the web, link, post or bitch about whatever it may have been that pissed me off.
Many of you may have attempted to access the site at various times today with no luck. Don't worry I'm not going anywhere; the Mu.Nu servers have been under maintenance.
Today my family and I decided to do something a little unusual. We visited the final resting places of martial arts legend, Bruce Lee and arguably the greatest guitar player to ever live, Jimi Hendrix.
I will post pictures from our visits to these extraordinary men’s graves as well as some thoughts on their influence around the world tomorrow or the next day.
Just wanted everyone to know, I'm still here, still kickin' and just waitin' on a little server stability to get back to bloggin'
SlagleRock Out!
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October 20, 2004
For The First Time In History....
A team with a 3-0 lead in a best of 7 series has been defeated.
In what I am sure will be labeled the upset of the century the Boston Red Sox have defeated the single greatest team in all of organized sports, the New York Yankees.
10 
3
I couldn't believe it when I heard the Yanks were down 8-1. Even at that I half expected them to pull it off.
Apparently the curse of the Bambino is no more!
To Jeter, A-Rod, Matsui and the rest of the gang, there is always next year!!!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:08 PM | Comments (2)
Who's next to endorse Kerry, Bin Laden?
Someone said to me the other day that the world’s leaders want Bush out of office. I pointed out the Putin has endorsed Bush, and we will always have the endorsement of Tony Blair. I was told Putin is a putz and Blair has to support the U.S. While I agree with this statement I'd rather have the endorsements of these two men, than the kind of endorsements Kerry keeps racking up.
On 12 October I reported that John Kerry was endorsed by the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Since I originally ran that article the CPUSA back peddled a little (likely after pressure from the Dems) and stated that it is not party practice to endorse other candidates(see comments on that thread). Though if you read their site you will see that their priorities for this election exactly mirror John Kerry's and the Dumbocrats.
I also reported that more than 2/3 of the U.S. Military support George Bush. In other words Kerry can't even get the support of the people he claims to represent and whom he hopes to run into the ground.
Now after looking at the BlogMama's site I have learned that Kerry has the endorsement of Al Jazeera and Yasser Arafat!
Are you kidding me? He has the endorsement of the Terrorist puppet media corporation, Al Jazeera. OK people, have we forgotten that Al Jazeera was bombed by the US during the war? Did we forget that they have been shut down on numerous occasions in Iraq for their broadcasts of terrorist propaganda? Everyone with half a clue knows that Al Jazeera clearly and unequivocally supports terrorism.
And Arafat, I won't even go there. Arafat had this to say about Jean Fonda Al-Queery, "'better for Palestinian cause".
So far, we have learned that the Communist Party is pro Kerry and now we learn that Palestines top terrorist, Yasser Arafat as well as Al Jazeera endorse John Kerry.
Like I said who is next to endorse this piss poor candidate? Bin Ladin? It wouldn't surprise me; under Kerry we may never get Bin Ladin.
I can tell you who doesn't endorse John Kerry, SLAGLEROCK, that's who!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:14 PM | Comments (2)
Today's Quote!
"I do wish Kerry would explain sometime why it is OK for his faith to shape his stands on social welfare programs and the environment when he vows never to let his stands on abortion and embryonic stem cells be shaped by that same faith." --Jeff Jacoby
Or why is it bad for Bush to allow his faith to guide him, but it is OK for Waffles?
SlagleRock Out!
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October 19, 2004
Humor Or Painful Reality, You Decide
I say painful reality!
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Posted by SlagleRock at 11:32 AM | Comments (11)
No Decision On Refusers
A few days ago I ran a post on a handful of Army Reservists who refused to do their jobs in Iraq. Allegedly they failed to complete a convoy claiming that their equipment was sub standard. Needless to say I was furious about this. They just took it upon themselves to put their brethren further in harms way by not delivering much needed supplies.
Luckily some other members of their unit stepped up and got the job done.
19 members of that unit were being held.
Today Jack, of the Conservative Insurgent, tells us that there has been no decision on what to do with these traitors.
Thanks for the update Jack!!
SlagleRock Out!
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Friends And Their Adventures
While taking a short break from the political material I typically read and post on I was milling around a close personal friends online Poetry Review.
My friend Jalina is quite the accomplished person. She hosts an online poetry review called Rock Salt Plum. It is a very interesting site. I take a look weekly at a minimum. At Rock Salt Plum you will find poems, short stories, interviews with the authors etc.
Aside from hosting this poetry review Jalina is an accomplished poet herself. Her first book Spikeseed was published by Bad Moon Books
As if being a mother of two, the wife of a military man, the editor of a poetry site, a licensed message therapist and a published poet aren't enough now she has decided to dive head first into the BlogoSphere.
Her blog is called Eve's Dropper. I encourage everyone to stop by, take a look and welcome her to the sphere. I expect her blog to be a refreshing look at life through the eyes of a poet, mother and great friend.
Welcome J
SlagleRock Out!
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October 18, 2004
A Look At Waffles Record
I frequently mill around the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth homepage. Take a look on the right of my site and you will find a large button and a permanent link to their site.
I'm sorry Waffles but I take the word of dozens of honorably discharged heroes and former POW's over yours, a man that refuses to release his records. Sign the 180!
If you haven't been to the Swift Vets site you need to go there, look around and read up on the information they provide. Keep in mind this is the first hand information from the men who served over, under and along side John Kerry.
Here is their take on Kerry's lackluster tour in Vietnam:
John Kerry's service in Vietnam lasted 4 months and 12 days, beginning in November 1968 when he reported to Cam Ranh Bay for a month of training. His abbreviated combat tour ended shortly after he requested a transfer out of Vietnam on March 17, 1969, citing Navy instruction 1300.39 permitting personnel with three Purple Hearts to request reassignment. So far as we are able to determine, Kerry was the only Swift sailor ever to leave Vietnam without completing the standard one-year tour of duty, other than those who were seriously wounded or killed.It is clear that at least one of Kerry's Purple Heart awards was the result of his own negligence, not enemy fire, and that Kerry went to unusual lengths to obtain the award after being turned down by his own commanding officer.
John Kerry has long insisted that using the three-injury loophole to leave combat early was his own idea, but Kerry's fellow Swift officer Thomas Wright, who served on occasion as the OIC (Officer in Charge) of Kerry's boat group, contradicts that claim. Wright reports that he "had a lot of trouble getting Kerry to follow orders," and that those who worked with Kerry found him "oriented towards his personal, rather than unit goals and objectives." He therefore requested that Kerry be removed from his boat group. After John Kerry qualified for his third Purple Heart, Thomas Wright and two fellow officers informed him of the obscure regulation, and told him to go home. Wright concluded, "We knew how the system worked and we didn’t want him in Coastal Division 11."
Constructing a complete picture of Kerry's service is difficult due to gaps in the Naval records provided by the Kerry campaign. These gaps include missing and incomplete fitness reports, missing medical records and missing records related to his medal awards.
For this reason we call upon Senator Kerry to authorize complete access to all his military records by filing a standard Form 180, a simple two-page release form.
Swift Vets and POWs for Truth is in the process of researching John Kerry's time in Vietnam by conducting interviews with eyewitnesses to his activities, and we plan to add material to this section over the next several weeks as it becomes available. We will report the true circumstances of Kerry's medal awards and injuries, describe other controversial missions, and provide in-depth analysis of his fitness reports.
I'll tell you this. Any honorable man or woman who has served this nation would not hesitate to make their records public. I would! I am sure my Father and Grandfather would. Honorable men who served as such have nothing to hide.
What are you hiding Mr. (used loosely) Kerry? Release the records. Tell the truth! Don't let Americans find out after the fact what you really are and bring shame on this great nation.
You claim that we look bad to the global community? How will we look if a liar, cheat and dishonorable Seaman is elected to the single most powerful office on Earth?
SlagleRock Out!
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A True Dead End
'Nuff Said!
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Posted by SlagleRock at 09:38 AM | Comments (2)
Vote Damn It!
Vote Damn It (IF you don't vote, don't bitch!)
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Posted by SlagleRock at 09:37 AM | Comments (6)
Let The Voting Begin
Early voting begins today in some battleground states.
According to Fox News.com this started with the 2000 election.
In short, if you are reading this and you are a Florida resident you need to get to the polls and cast your vote for Bush immediately.
Don't wait. My absentee ballot is on its way to my home of record (My state will go to Bush, sorry Dad but Bush wins Indy)
This election is crucial. If Kerry is the douche bag that we all know he is I am sure he will try and discount any military absentee ballots he can just like Gore did in 2000.
For anyone who is voting by absentee ballot please read, re-read and double check that you have properly filled out everything correctly and don't forget proper postage or to have it postmarked by your states deadline.
Let’s take away Kerry's ability to throw out the Republican votes. Look at Florida which was won by Bush by just over 500 votes. Gore got more than 1,400 absentee ballots cast by members of our Armed Forces thrown out. Let's not let the Dems steal our votes or our rights!
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Get the point?
SlagleRock Out!
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October 17, 2004
A Short Note From Iraq
Everyone, I thought I'd share this short email with you. Please bear in mind that this is from one of my best friends, a man I served with during Iraqi Freedom, a man who volunteered to go back and do 6 more months after doing 10 months in '03.
There may be some offensive text. I try to keep our emails as laid back as I can. I know it helps him stay as relaxed as can be expected under fire.
SlagleRock,Well another day down, 140+ to go, I can't wait. So is anything new? Same shit here, I was almost killed the other day, we got rocketed and it landed damn close, I was out like a Boner in sweatpants, I didn't have time to think about how fucked up the situation was until later in the day, and it hit me. We get attacked almost daily, allot of close calls but that one, made me think, and I hate that feeling like have you accomplished everything in life, because damn did that depress me. So is the Family good? MacKenzie turns 3 on Saturday the 16th I hope I get to call her, the phones have been down here for quite some time. Well just wanted to touch base and let you know I am still pimpin, hey someone's got to do it. Well take care, I am out like a fat kid in dodge ball, I am out like a Boner in sweatpants (Favorite line).
SSgt Butch (Name Changed to protect identity)
XXX ESFS/Bravo Sector
APO AE 00000-0000
"America will always be the land of the Free, because it's the home of the Brave"
Keep your head down Butch!
SlagleRock Out!
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October 16, 2004
15,000 Hits
As of 1856 hours PST on the 16th of October 2004 the SlaughterHouse had its 15,000th visitor.
It has been just under 6 months since I started my site. I'll be pretty happy if I can get 30,000 hits in the first year.
Thanks to everyone!
SlagleRock Out!
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Large Mammal Woo Hoo
I am a Large Mammal in the TTLB. I am ranked #194 in the TTLB. This is the second time that I have reached the Mammal status (although my wife would probably tell you that I have been a Large Mammal for about 2 years now) and I hope to stay that way. I typically teter on the verge but can't bust over. I have 328 inbound links right now, so I'll enjoy it while I can.
SlagleRock Out!
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Poor Quality Equipment
**Note** I added four very solid/interesting posts today. Make sure you either scroll down to see all four or click on MAIN and then scroll down.**
What were they thinking when Iraqi insurgents attacked highly trained, well armed American troops with these?
These were taken into custody by a friend currently deployed on the Iraq/Kuwait border.
Good capture, Sarge! Keep your head down and watch your six.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:07 PM | Comments (2)
America's Most Highly Decorated Living Veteran Calls Kerry 'a Man of Benedict Arnold Qualities'
I found this one on Human Events Online, but have decided to run it in its entirety here.
Thanks go out to Aaron of Aaron's Rantblog for the picture (tip:its a link to his site)
George E. "Bud" Day, Col, USAF is America's most highly decorated living veteran officer. He served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, receiving more than 50 combat awards and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
What he wants now is to stop John Kerry from being elected President.
Day traveled from his home in Florida to Washington, D.C., last week to participate in the filming of two new ads by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. In one of the spots, he directly addresses Kerry: "How can you expect our sons and daughters to follow you, when you condemned their fathers and grandfathers?"
In the early 1970s, when Kerry was meeting with America's Communist enemies in Paris and falsely claiming to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U.S. forces in Vietnam were committing war crimes on a day-to-day basis, Day was a POW, languishing in a North Vietnamese prison.
During his five-plus years of captivity he was brutally tortured. Now he is one of several former POWs featured in Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, a documentary about the effect of the anti-war movement on American POWs in Vietnam. The film, which portrays John Kerry in an unsympathetic light, will soon air in part on 62 broadcast stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, despite loud protests from the Kerry camp. Many of the company's stations are in swing states.
HUMAN EVENTS Assistant Editor David Freddoso interviewed Day October 13 on his decision to publicly oppose Kerry:
You are a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and well known among people familiar with the history of Vietnam. What is so important to you about this election that you have decided to get involved in the efforts of the Swift Boat veterans?
COL. BUD DAY: I felt a terrible sense of outrage when the Kerry campaign attacked President Bush about his National Guard qualifications, because I was the advisor to a Guard unit that got called up for Vietnam, and we lost three friends of mine. And I thought it was a very mean thing for him to be discounting that military service in the Guard, because that unit likewise could have been called up. They were flying 102s out of Thailand during the Vietnam War. It wasn't probable, but it certainly was possible. I thought it was a very unfair thing. And then, when his campaign began playing Kerry up as a war hero, I thought that was very questionable, considering the fact that while his service might have been satisfactory, what he did in 1971 after coming back was quite unsatisfactory.
What was your first exposure to Kerry's 1971 testimony?
DAY: At the time I was a POW, but I didn't connect it up with him, because there were a lot of loonies out there protesting the war. I had just heard that a Naval officer was badmouthing our performance and basically saying we ought to get out of Vietnam and the war was wrong and so forth. I wasn't aware that it was him until well after I was back from Vietnam.
Did it surprise you to hear of an officer's giving such testimony?
DAY: It astonished me, because basically it was a breach of faith with those people he had served with. It was absolutely untrue that we were committing atrocities there. It was absolutely untrue that we were raping women and murdering children and doing all those kinds of things. And either he knew that was untrue, or he should have known just from his own experiences . . . Later, I found out that he had made these two visits to meet with Le Duc Tho in Paris, and push the enemy's seven-point piece plan--which amounted to us tendering some kind of ransom for the POWs, and under that condition we would come home, and then we would apologize for ever having been in the war. It told me that he really was a man of Benedict Arnold qualities, because that's what Benedict Arnold did. He fought for the country and then crossed over to the British…
Did it undermine your morale to hear that a fellow officer of the U.S. military was essentially parroting what your captors were telling you and torturing you to get you to say?
DAY: Yes. And I have to be straightforward. I did not know who this Naval officer was, and I didn't know exactly what it was he was supposed to be saying. I just heard this story that a Naval officer was basically saying the same stuff that Jane Fonda was saying. Now, of course, in 1972, she was over there posing on gun sights, as were several other anti-war people who wanted the Communists to win. And so to be frank with you, in my mind in jail at that time, I just suspected that it was some sort of hanger-on with Jane Fonda. I just assumed that it was some Naval officer that had kind of gone around the bend, and I certainly never connected it up with him specifically. I had no clue who John Kerry was. I was skeptical of that story, and I thought it might just be some more propaganda from the Vietnamese...
Had John Kerry's plan to unilaterally withdraw from Vietnam been put into effect, would your life, as a POW, have been in greater or less danger, and would there have been a greater or a lesser chance of your going home?
DAY: It would have been in far greater danger. They always called me a war criminal, they threatened several times to shoot me after the war. Frankly, I didn't go to sleep every night sick with worry because in my gut I knew that our government was going to bomb them out, and we were going to get out under different conditions. But had the surrender occurred, it would have been a totally different thing, because then those people would have been totally able to do anything they wanted to do with us. They could have turned us loose, they could have not turned us loose, they could have shot us, they could have put us on trial. They could have done anything they wanted to. And not only that, but there would have been a blood bath of the South Vietnamese that would have been in the hundreds of thousands, that would have died and been tortured. . . .
On "Meet the Press," Tim Russert brought up Kerry's 1971 testimony. Kerry said that some of the language he used might have been inappropriate, spoken as an angry young man. Does that cut it for you as an apology?
DAY: It wasn't even in the ballpark. It was no apology--it wasn't even an explanation. He dodged the question, is what happened. . . . He blackened every Vietnam veteran's name when he came back and told all of those terrible stories about what we were supposedly doing. And he is just one of the reasons that the myth exists about all of the crazy, nutty, dope-addicted, booze-addicted failures that came out of Vietnam because of that awful war. Col. Bui Tin of the North Vietnamese government said words to this effect: that every day, the North Vietnamese listened to the radio to see what was happening back here in the United States. And what they heard from Kerry was exactly the kind of propaganda that they wanted to hear, because their claim was they were going to win this war on the streets of San Francisco and New York City. And it was clear that John Kerry was helping them do that. That was also part of the Soviet Union's disinformation program, which was saying exactly the same thing that John Kerry was saying… He basically functioned as a propaganda minister for both the Russians and the North Vietnamese. He basically was advocating that the Communists win.
Have you ever been active in politics before?
DAY: Yes. I supported Harry Truman in 1948. I supported Ronald Reagan. I supported George Bush Senior. I supported John McCain [in 2000], and I went with John's campaign to New Hampshire and Virginia and all around the country quite a bit. I was his commander in jail.
Now even the single most highly decorated Veteran is speaking out against Kerry. What's next the pope, and then maybe God or Buddha? It seems everyone who is anyone with any amount of common sense want to see Waffles fail miserably.
Bush-Cheney '04
4 MORE YEARS
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:52 PM | Comments (16)
Required Reading
Whether you are a Veteran of Vietnam (or any war), the son or daughter, brother or sister, Mother or Father, whether you are Republican or Democrat this is required reading.
Follow this link to Bad Example and take a look at how a Veteran categorizes the “murderers and rapists” of Vietnam that John Fonda Al-Queery so poorly spoke of after his homemade return from 'Nam.
I mean it damn it, if you never follow another single link from my site, this is the one you must read!!!!
Bush-Cheney ‘04
4 MORE YEARS
SlagleRock Out!
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Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military Says
I found a very disturbing article on AOL news this morning titled, Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military Says.
My first thought was what do you mean refused mission? Maybe they mean that a commander had a deployment turned off because he couldn't support it. Sometimes manning shortages prevent a commander from deploying more of his people. That sort of thing is unavoidable and isn’t a direct impact on the mission as some other unit will deploy in their place.
Ok, so just go here and read the full article, I did.
Now the media is good at altering the magnitude of any situation so this one may not sound so bad to those who are not "in the know" so to speak.
According to AIM news:
The Army is investigating up to 19 reservist members of a platoon that is part of the 343rd Quartermaster Company, based in Rock Hill, S.C. The unit delivers food, water and fuel on trucks in combat zones.On Wednesday, 19 members of the platoon did not show up for a scheduled 7 a.m. meeting in Tallil, in southeastern Iraq, to prepare for the fuel convoy's departure a few hours later, the military statement said.
``An initial report indicated that some of the 19 soldiers (not all) refused to participate in the convoy as directed,'' the statement said.
Luckily other brave members stepped up to the plate and carried out the mission. These convoys are responsible for delivering everything from food/water and fuel to much needed supplies such as munitions or other war fighting assets.
The 19 people potentially endangered the lives of countless other Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines.
One of the cowards was quoted in a phone call to her mother as saying, "This is a real, real, big emergency,'' Amber McClenny said in her message. "I need you to contact someone. I mean, raise pure hell.''
Translation, help me mommy I was talked into failing to report for duty/dereliction of duty by some other morons in my unit and it just hit me that dereliction of duty is punishable by death in war time.
This is the kind of break down in discipline that the military cannot afford regardless of who did it or which branch of service.
I know first hand what it is like to perform a mission with inferior or substandard equipment. Thanks to Senators like John Kerry we often are forced to press on with less than the best equipment. However, nowhere in my military record will you find something so absurd as failure to go.
I hope that the Uniform Code of Military Justice prosecutes all of these participants to the maximum extent allowable. It's actions like these, and those of the incompetent reservists at Abu Ghraib that make us look bad to the public and spawn the anti-military views of the pacifists.
There would be no love lost here if all 19 of these perpetrators were sentenced to numerous years of hard labor.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:43 PM | Comments (5)
mBlog Petitions
Take a look at MamaMontezz's site and you'll find a link to Murdock the Crazy and a petition for mBlog to release the archives of the hundreds of bloggers who put their faith and their thoughts into mBlog.
Get on over there and show your support for the mBloggers who woke up one day to find that they were suddenly without a blog home.
SlagleRock Out!
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Welcome Back Bill
Bill Faith is back up and running. He was one of the mBlog victims. Bill has his new site up over at TypePad.
Stop over and have a look.
The site looks good Bill.
SlagleRock Out!
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October 14, 2004
Tributes Galore
I was searching around the web and being the Superman fan that I am I was looking at the Superman Homepage at tributes to Christopher Reeve.
This Superman fan site had several great cartoon tributes from various newspapers around the country.
Here are the best of the best.
I know, once I blew them up, they look terrible. Oh well, I know what they said and so I'll leave them in tribute anyway.
Fly high Mr. Reeve, fly high!!!
SlagleRock Out!
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October 13, 2004
Who Are You Who Who...
Found another silly little quiz over at My Right Wing Conspiracy.
Which Peanut are you?
I am Snoopy!
Which Peanuts Character are You?
brought to you by Quizilla
Fun little quiz. Anyone who is Pig Pen let me know. I'll roll up the carpet at the SlaughterHouse before you visit. LOL
SlagleRock Out!
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October 12, 2004
Communists For Kerry
I received this in an email and have decided to run it unedited. I leave it for you to decide.
The Communist Party of The United States of America, CPUSA, is publicly supporting the election of John Kerry! No, this is not a typo...you read it correctly. The CPUSA has made available on its Web site, http://www.cpusa.org/ an advertisement entitled Top Ten Reasons To Defeat Bush. This advertisement can be downloaded http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/585/1/27/ . The communist party urges readers to place this ad in local newspapers throughout the country to defeat President Bush.Remarkably, the "Top Ten Reasons" of the Communist party are
identical to those of the Democratic party; out-sourcing, homosexual rights, abortion and the like.At first, it was thought that "this was only a coincidence." The Democratic party of the United States couldn't be in lock step with the Marxists! So, the originator of this email wrote to a spokesman of the CPUSA in Georgia and here is part of the spokesman's letter:
"The CPUSA
supports the John Kerry campaign with donations and volunteer effort. We believe that defeating George Bush is the single most important issue this November"**Next, it was discovered that one of Kerry's campaign themes is "Let
America be America Again." This slogan was borrowed from a Communist
poet, Langston Hughes. This is not common knowledge to the average
American."Let America be America Again" sounds good but is a rambling, gloomy poem.
Interestingly, another poem by Langston goes as follows; "Goodbye, Christ Jesus, Lord, God, Jehovah, Beat it on away from here now. Make way for a new guy with no religion at all -- A real guy named Marx, communist, Lenin, Peasant, Stalin, Worker, ME -- I said, ME!"
Then, if this was not convincing enough that the Democratic party has
lost it, a third discovery!**A Vietnam vet group took a trip to Communist Hanoi to investigate a
report that John Kerry was in the "Hanoi Hall of Fame." Yes, there is a museum in Hanoi with a section dedicated to foreign activists who helped defeat the United States Military in Vietnam. Of course, you would expect Jane Fonda's picture to be there. But, alas, there is John Kerry's picture shaking the hand of a communist official.Never has there been such a tragedy! Never has there been such a
threat to America! Has the Democratic party been taken over by
the far, far left?It's not only the communists but the homosexual activists who are
appalled that George Bush is married to a woman! They are enraged
that the President wants a constitutional amendment to protect
traditional marriage between a man and woman.Then we have the ACLU running to a federal activist judge with every piece of legislation that doesn't fit into their leftist agenda. They support every Democratic socialist whim. The removal of the Ten Commandments is their top priority!
Don't trust this message for the truth -- visit the CPUSA website at
http://www.cpusa.org/
-- read the articles, and then decide for yourself.
First let me say that I agreed to run this undedited. I personally feel that Gay rights is an issue this country must address, it is inevitable. Second, let me say that my political affiliations have nothing to do with religion and actually agree that the commandments should go. There is no place for religious relics in political or government venues. Also, I both agree and disagree with some of what this message contains. Bottom line for me is this, do I really want a president "worthy" of the approval of the Communist Party?
I wouldn't have voted for Marx, Hitler, Pol Pot or Stalin. I certainly won't vote for Jean Fonda Al-Queery.
SlagleRock Out!
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Victims of mBlog
As of today mBlog cowardly shutdown there service without notice. Some suspect it was due to ongoing problems with MT. Whatever the case numerous bloggers lost their homes.
Two of those bloggers were fellow veteran and friend Bill Faith of In Bills World and My Uncle Delftsman formerly of Emigre With A Digital Cluebat (Link would be useless as mBlog is dead) fame.
Both of these great bloggers need a home. Bill was in the process of moving his site to mBlog in the hopes of improving and Delfts just flat out lost his site.
I'd like to see both of these men on Mu.Nu.
So for my Munuvian readers, take a look at this post and comment on this post and help me in getting these guys a new home in a real domain.
For that matter if you just want to show your support for either of these great bloggers just swing by here and leave your comments.
Please help, and thanks in advance.
SlagleRock Out!
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October 11, 2004
Kryptonite Takes Its Toll
Star of the 70's and 80's super hit movies Superman has died.
According to Reuters/Yahoo news.
Actor Christopher Reeves has died at the age of 52. September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004
For the details of his passing you can look here, here, or here.
The actor who became famous playing Superman, then turned into an icon for quadraplegics after he was left paralysed by a 1995 riding accident, died of a heart attack at his home on Sunday night.
BBC reported Reeve's publicist Wesley Combs saying the actor fell into a coma on Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his New York home.
Reeve had a severely infected pressure wound, which is a common ailment among paralysed people.
After he broke his neck in May 1995 -- he was thrown from his horse -- Reeve was left paralysed below the neck.
But he refused to accept his disability quietly. He underwent months of painful physiotherapy, which enabled him to breathe longer without his respirator, move his index finger, and regained movement in some of his limbs.
In a statement to the media, Reeve's wife Dana, who the actor acknowledged has been a huge source of support, said: 'I want to thank his personal staff of nurses and aides as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years'.
In my youth, Superman was by far the one person I imagined I was when I was outside playing. When I was very young it didn't matter what my friends were playing I was Superman. We could be playing kickball, and when I was up to kick I would imagine kicking the ball to the moon. When we played Army or G.I. Joe I would pretend that I was Superman and I would help G.I. Joe defeat Cobra's evil Army. Ask, my siblings and they will probably remember the pictures of me in my Superman Underoos with my cheesy red (towel) cape.
Superman has been named America's number one pop culture icon by numerous media outlets on numerous occasions throughout the years. And while the legend of Superman will live on in comics, movies and the minds of little boys. The one man who I have always associated with being Supes has passed on.
The image of Chris Reeve as Superman is so etched into the minds of Americans that many couldn't believe that he was paralyzed in that riding accident back in 1995.
I guess it is safe to say that I am a huge fan (I know the picture quality is not the best). I got this tattoo while deployed during Iraqi Freedom.
It is a tragic loss. The one true (though not the first) Superman will never be forgotten.
SlagleRock Out!
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A Personal Letter From Iraq
A Soldier's Letter
'A protector. A redeemer. A soldier stands at the end of the street...'
MamaMontezz pointed me to this great letter from a soldier serving in Iraq.
It is a personal letter about the situation in Iraq and the way the world views it.
Click continue reading for the full letter. It is worth your time and worth the read.
Support OUR Troops!
SlagleRock Out!
A soldier's letter
'A protector. A redeemer. A soldier stands at the end of the street...'
Published October 10. 2004 7:30AM
BY CAPT. BRIAN PATNODE
SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BANNER
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter from Army Capt. Brian Patnode was sent to the Star-Banner on Tuesday, Oct. 5, from Iraq, where he is stationed as part of the 497th MCT Transportation Battalion. Patnode is an Ocala native who attended Vanguard High School and later graduated the University of Central Florida. He was in the Army Reserves until he was 27 when he joined the regular Army. His wife, Rachel, and 2-year-old daughter, Ryleigh, are in Ocala awaiting his return from Iraq. Patnode is the son of Bruce Patnode of Ocala and Pam Vance of Belleview.
It is a little harder than usual to fall asleep on this particular evening. In the distance, the sound of a U.S.-made .50-caliber machine gun can be heard warning the unseen enemy away from our base camp.
To make sleep even more distant, the few minutes of quiet are interrupted by the penetrating concussion of several enemy rockets landing only a few hundred meters away from our living area. Having seen the effects mortars or rockets have upon impact, my mind dwells on the prospect of a direct or near impact from the enemy's weapon of choice. On this particular night I can hear the rocks, stirred by a rocket, landing on the roof of my dwelling as if to warn me that he has me in his sights. If it is his desire to prevent the U.S. soldiers that occupy his country sleep, then he is indeed succeeding.
It has been many months since our country's leadership first sent soldiers to this country. Despite the fact that only a few more months remain in my year-long tour, the word eternity remains constant. For it has been an eternity since I have held my wife or played games with my little girl. My wife spends her days attempting to create a normality that our little girl does not understand how to live without. All the while, her mother is plagued with a nagging fear that her husband may not come home at the end of the year as promised.
I made a promise to them both I would be home for Christmas - and that will hold true even if Christmas is not celebrated on December 25th, as is customary. In addition to the excitement I feel for going home, I am left with a fear Christmas will never be as it once was.
During the first few months in this desert, each soldier could be found running to the mortar bunkers shortly after the first explosion was heard. Over time, complacency took over, leading to a nonchalant approach to attacks. With only three months left in our tour, I again see my fellow soldiers move to the bunkers with an increased swiftness. We joke how we are too short to "die" now. Each of us can now believe we will not be one of the 1,000 killed or 10,000 wounded. Understanding we each have a 1 in 250 chance of being killed during the year, we are beginning to believe we have escaped the odds.
Sitting in the bunker on this evening, I could feel the cool air push by my face while the leftover daytime heat absorbed by the cement bunker warms my back. It is a feeling that draws memories from far away, reminding me of home. A typical Florida afternoon means the rain will fall for less than 30 minutes, cooling the air just enough so you feel how hot the pavement has become. The Iraqi desert is darker than home, so closing my eyes to cherish the sudden memory makes no difference. To see countryside covered with green grass, lakes every several miles and the chance to stop at my favorite restaurant for a well enjoyed meal with my girls. Here there is no stopping while on the road for fear of losing your life.
No, Christmas will not be the same this year. It can never be. I now understand the contentment I would see on a grandfather's face during the holidays. Just as a world war forever changed their perspective, mine has now changed forever as well.
This far into our deployment phrases such as "fighting for country" or "duty" are falling to the wayside. Approaching the end, all conversation drifts to home and the loved ones we will find waiting there. Just as well, that is where all my motivation is now found. Suddenly nothing matters more in the world than just returning home to what was once ordinary. It is not that serving my country in the most dangerous place on the planet has made me more deserving, just more grateful.
One day I will attempt to understand what it was like for my wife on the other side of the emotions. I can only imagine her fear and frustration every night as she watches the television. Well-dressed men and women debating the morality or legality of the war. Every time she hears the words: "two soldiers were killed in Iraq today . . ." Her breathing must stop just long enough to remind herself she has not received that dreaded phone call and she knows her husband is OK.
History will judge the necessity of this war. And while my fellow soldiers and I talk of it on occasion, we are relentlessly reminded there is indeed an enemy of the United States in this country. It is hard to debate Iraq meant harm to the people of the U.S. when several show it everyday. While my brothers in arms are willing to fight this enemy as he desires, we would be just as content to help him build his country into the example of prosperity and triumph this region has not seen in more than a thousand years.
Let us not forget our own history. During the War of 1812, a collection of New England states considered leaving the union in hopes of suing for peace. We should not expect every Iraqi to enjoy the prospect of democracy. In the exact same manner, the enemy here knows his only hope of obtaining power is by ensuring the masses do not rally in the name of freedom. Does no American find it odd that the greater numbers of Iraqis have not publicly requested the U.S. forces leave? There is no great outcry for our absence. Each person will argue for this reason as their ideology requires. Seeing with my own eyes, I can tell one why this is.
Within their land Iraqis see a group of people who were not scared of their oppressor of decades. Who in this world would ever have been brave enough to stand up to the man who abused and murdered their friends and family by the thousands? The quickness by which this Army came left them watching in dismay. And now, this redeemer stands in place as a reminder that the cause for which he entered the country is now worth remaining. The people in Iraq must wonder to themselves why this is important enough for this visitor to risk his life. No doubt there must be some speculation as to U.S. motives. And no doubt they do not trust entirely. Yet they must wonder. Having been oppressed or controlled by others for more than a thousand years, they could think nothing else.
On the other hand, this newcomer has promised and, thus far, delivered to them the means to govern ourselves. Why?
The answer is actually quite simple. Over a decade ago a war was fought. The cease fire of that war was clearly not abided by. At the completion of that war, we, the United States of America, urged the Kurds and Shiites to rise up in the name of freedom. By the thousands the Iraqi regime slaughtered them. We did nothing but watch as if helpless or not responsible. We are here now to complete what would have been just and right a decade ago.
I stand here with an open hand of apology. At times America has failed to follow through when needed only to see needless deaths. But today we do not. And we do not leave because to do so would make us no less deserving of God's grace than the evil we rid from this land. What is left of the former regime is what we are still fighting today.
Days from now, we will likely hear about another bombing or massacre of innocent woman and children. I do not believe there is any greater evidence of how what remains of the old government is still present using the only tactics they know. Only now the populous does not appear to be giving in. There is a new element. A protector. A redeemer. A soldier stands at the end of the street - a soldier that throughout history has never asked for any more land than that for which to bury his comrade.
Let the world judge us. I find no confidence in anyone who judges our actions on a political level. For it is so much more personal than that. There are millions of lives at stake. And each one has the same desire as anyone else - to live with the belief the next day will be better than the last, and our kids will know a better life than we did. For each U.S. soldier who has given their life, there are 25,000 others who now know what it is to have a life.
Thank you for your service!
SlagleRock Out!
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What A Poor Caliber Of People The Dems Really Are
You have to wonder about the caliber of people whose choice for President is a traitor to the nation that he is trying to lead. There is no other way too look at it. John Kerry is a traitor. He aided the enemy while still on active duty. He turned his back on his fellow service members. He wasn't even discharged from the service until 30 years after the fact when he could get a fellow douchebag like Clinton to make it honorable.
Take a look at Kerry's true service record and you will see what a horrible representation of an American he is.
As I drive around the local area I see all of the things you'd expect to see come election time. There are signs and bumber stickers for both candidates and you hear of rallies and protests. The one glaring difference in this election is that the people that support the criminal act like criminals themselves.
I frequently see signs for the Bush-Cheney campaign that have been vandalized. The GOP offices in several cities have been vandalized, burlarized and just plain destroyed.
A week or so ago the windows of one GOP office in Florida were shot out. Shot out, you've got to be kidding me!?!? What if someone were in there? The Dems don't care. Electing John Kerry would be like electing Al Capone or Benedict Arnold.
Now here is another incident of mayhem on behalf of the criminal John Fonda Kerry and his kind:
Vandals hit GOP headquarters October 10, 2004 Brett NormanThe Escambia County Republican Party would not normally be considered a high-risk tenant.
But in this bitter campaign season, politics can be risky business.
Between 7 and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, one or more vandals threw rocks at the Republicans' county headquarters on Creighton Road, breaking the outer panes of three large plate-glass windows, said Alan Levy, a member of the party's executive committee.
Last week, the landlord replaced two similar windows, which were broken at the front of the building shortly before the office officially opened Oct. 2, Levy said.
"This is not the way we do politics in this country," he said. "It's ridiculous. It's absurd. It wasn't like this four years ago."
The same windows broken out Saturday morning had been spattered with luminous pink paint the day before, said Laura Tkach, a party volunteer.
"It's outrageous," she said.
Levy reported the Saturday incident to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ted Roy said there are no suspects.
Local law enforcement agencies do not keep statistics on politically related vandalism.
But judging from anecdotes, this presidential campaign has generated more criminal mischief than most, both Republican and Democratic activists say.
Supporters of Democratic Sen. John Kerry have complained for months about what they call widespread efforts to steal or deface their signs.
Ron Melton, who chairs the Escambia County Democratic Party, said he has a hard time keeping a Kerry-Edwards sign up for more than 24 hours at a time in front of his computer business on Navy Boulevard.
"We've had more signs stolen, run down and spray painted," Melton said Saturday. "It's getting pretty feverish."
Levy said entire streets were cleared of Bush-Cheney signs the day after the party passed out a large number last weekend.
©The Pensacola News Journal
October 10, 2004
Now before some blockhead reads this and tries to say that is because Americans are fed up with Bush, remember this, he leads in the polls. 73% of the military has stated that they WILL vote for Bush.
This is not the reaction or actions of a sain people. These are the cowardly terrorist attacks of hoodlums and morons. These are attacks by the very people who bought Fahrenheit 9/11 and will cast their vote for John Fonda Kerry.
Do you really want a president who is/represents these types of people?
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:20 PM | Comments (2)
Google Bombs
I like the idea of a Google Bomb. Liberal Utopia is attempting to create a A Mega Google Bomb that would point anyone searching on Google for Bush or Kerry to a Pro-Bush site regardless of which candidates name they are searching for.
Here are the links to great blogs:
The first is code for a blogroll of pro-Bush bloggers.
The second is code for a picture of John Kerry pointing to the pro-Bush blog roll.
Mega G-Bomb Code for the Sidebar
Mega G-Bomb Code for the Main Posting area
GeorgeWBush.com :: The Official Re-election Site for President George W. Bush has info on Bush and Kerry
The White House has info on Bush and Kerry
Republican National Convention has info on Bush and Kerry
*2Flower* To You... has info on Bush and Kerry
~mkw: Vast Right Wing Conspirator has info on Bush and Kerry
A Collection of Thoughts has info on Bush and Kerry
A Day in the Life: Stefanie has info on Bush and Kerry
A Likely Story has info on Bush and Kerry
A Modern American has info on Bush and Kerry
A Modern American has info on Bush and Kerry
A Nice Jewish Boy's Weblog has info on Bush and Kerry
A Red Haze in Royal Blue has info on Bush and Kerry
A Republican Perspective has info on Bush and Kerry
A Republican's Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
A Small Victory* has info on Bush and Kerry
A Soft Answer has info on Bush and Kerry
A Soldier's Voice has info on Bush and Kerry
A View from the Right has info on Bush and Kerry
A Warm Smoking 1911 has info on Bush and Kerry
A Word From The Right has info on Bush and Kerry
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Adam Groves has info on Bush and Kerry
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All Your Base has info on Bush and Kerry
Allen Family Circus has info on Bush and Kerry
All-Encompassingly has info on Bush and Kerry
Alpaca Burger Forum has info on Bush and Kerry
AlphaPatriot* has info on Bush and Kerry
Amateur Megalomania* has info on Bush and Kerry
American Eagle has info on Bush and Kerry
American Optimist has info on Bush and Kerry
American Reality has info on Bush and Kerry
American RealPolitik has info on Bush and Kerry
American Values Under Attack has info on Bush and Kerry
American's Blog for Bush has info on Bush and Kerry
Amo Amas Amat has info on Bush and Kerry
And Brains Too has info on Bush and Kerry
AndrewBlog has info on Bush and Kerry
Annazilla Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Annika's Journal has info on Bush and Kerry
Another Annoying Little Twit has info on Bush and Kerry
Another Conservative Rant has info on Bush and Kerry
Apologies Demanded has info on Bush and Kerry
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Attaboy has info on Bush and Kerry
AU Republicans has info on Bush and Kerry
Austen's Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Avoca Pundit has info on Bush and Kerry
Avoiding Evil has info on Bush and Kerry
Back of the Envelope* has info on Bush and Kerry
Backcountry Conservative* has info on Bush and Kerry
Bad Hair Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Balloon Juice has info on Bush and Kerry
Banana Republican has info on Bush and Kerry
Barking Moonbat Early Warning System* has info on Bush and Kerry
Bart's Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Baseball Crank has info on Bush and Kerry
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Bathroom On The Right has info on Bush and Kerry
Beaker's Corner has info on Bush and Kerry
BeldarBlog has info on Bush and Kerry
Ben's World has info on Bush and Kerry
Best For Israel has info on Bush and Kerry
Between A Rock And A Hard Place has info on Bush and Kerry
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Beyond Evil has info on Bush and Kerry
Big Dog's Web has info on Bush and Kerry
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Bill's Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
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BiPolrFrenzy's Daily Musings & Blogs has info on Bush and Kerry
BIRD has info on Bush and Kerry
Bit Random has info on Bush and Kerry
Bitchalicious has info on Bush and Kerry
BitsBlog* has info on Bush and Kerry
Bittersweet Me* has info on Bush and Kerry
Blackfive - The Paratrooper of Love has info on Bush and Kerry
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Blogged & Dangerous has info on Bush and Kerry
Blogging For Bush has info on Bush and Kerry
Blogging to Save My Sanity has info on Bush and Kerry
Blogosapien has info on Bush and Kerry
blogoSFERICS* has info on Bush and Kerry
BlogPundit has info on Bush and Kerry
Blogs Of War* has info on Bush and Kerry
Bloodletting* has info on Bush and Kerry
Blubber Hollow Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Blue Goldfish/Surface has info on Bush and Kerry
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Bo Cowgill.com has info on Bush and Kerry
BoiFromTroy has info on Bush and Kerry
Bonfire has info on Bush and Kerry
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Bradley J. Fisher has info on Bush and Kerry
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Brown Hound has info on Bush and Kerry
Brutally Honest has info on Bush and Kerry
Bryan's Soapbox has info on Bush and Kerry
BubblesSOC has info on Bush and Kerry
Bunker Mulligan* has info on Bush and Kerry
Bush Over Kerry has info on Bush and Kerry
Bush/Cheney 2004 - Four More Years has info on Bush and Kerry
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c77m has info on Bush and Kerry
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Can I Be Frank With You? has info on Bush and Kerry
Canadians For Bush has info on Bush and Kerry
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Cannon's Canon has info on Bush and Kerry
Captain's Quarters* has info on Bush and Kerry
CaptiveNation(s) has info on Bush and Kerry
CaribPundit has info on Bush and Kerry
Carpetbloggers has info on Bush and Kerry
Catholic Analysis has info on Bush and Kerry
Catholics for President George W. Bush has info on Bush and Kerry
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ccs178.com has info on Bush and Kerry
Chance's Blog has info on Bush and Kerry
Charming has info on Bush and Kerry
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October 10, 2004
A Little English Humor
An English couple, an Irish couple and a Scottish couple are golfing...
The Englishman's wife steps up to the tee and, as she bends over to place
her ball, a gust of wind blows her skirt up and reveals her lack of
underwear.
"Good God, woman! Why aren't you wearing any knickers?" her husband
demanded.
"Well, you don't give me enough housekeeping money to afford any."
The Englishman immediately reaches into his pocket and says, "For the sake
of decency, here's £50. Go and buy yourself some underwear."
Next, the Irishman's wife bends over to set her ball on the tee. Her skirt
also blows up to show that she is wearing no undies.
"Blessed Virgin Mary, woman! You've no knickers. Why not?"
She replies, "I can't afford any on the money you give me."
He reaches into his pocket and says, "For the sake of decency, here's £20.
Go and buy yourself some underwear!"
Lastly, the Scotsman's wife bends over. The wind also takes her skirt over
her head to reveal that she, too, is naked under it.
"Sweet mudder of Jesus, Aggie! Where the frig are yer drawers?"
She too explains, "You dinna give me enough money ta be able ta affarrd
any."
The Scotsman reaches into his pocket and says, "Well, fer the love 'o Jasus,
'n the sake of decency, here's a comb. Tidy yerself up a bit."
Yuck, just plain yuck.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 05:11 PM | Comments (4)
Navy Seal Examines Kerry's Military Record
I found this bit of information on the AM810 News Radio Website, Thanks Mama.
Navy SEAL examines Kerrys Military Record SEALED MILITARY RECORD? by A. L. "Steve" NashUnlike McCain, Bush, and Gore, Kerry has adamantly refused to authorize the release of his military records. Most think it's because of his phony battle medals. I think the real reason is below. He was not granted an Honorable Discharge until March 2001, almost 30 years after his ostensible service term had ended! This is very much out of the ordinary, and highly suspect.
There are 5 classes of Discharge:
Honorable, General, Other Than Honorable, Bad Conduct, and Dishonorable.
My guess is that he was discharged in the '70s, but not honorably. He appealed this sometime while Clinton was doing trouser-tricks in the Oval Office. Political pressure was applied, and the Honorable Discharge was then granted.
His file is probably rife with reports of this, submissions and hearings on the appeal, reports of his "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy, along with protests that were filed with respect to his alleged valor under fire. This will blow up in his face before October 15th.
· On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry signed a 6-year enlistment contract with the Navy (plus a 6-month extension during wartime).
· On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry also signed an Officer Candidate contract for 6 years - 5 years of ACTIVE duty & ACTIVE Naval Reserves, and 1 year of inactive standby reserves (See items #4 & 5).
Because John Kerry was discharged from TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY of only 3 years and 18 days on 3 Jan. 1970, he was then required to attend 48 drills per year, and not more than 17 days active duty for training. Kerry was also subject to the Uniform Cod! e of Military Justice. Additionally, Kerry, as a commissioned officer, was prohibited from making adverse statements against his chain of command or statements against his country, especially during time of war.
It is also interesting to note that Kerry did not obtain an honorable discharge until Mar. 12, 2001 even though his service obligation should have ended July 1, 1972. Lt. John Kerry's letter of 21 Nov. 1969 asking for an early release from active US Navy duty falsely states, "My current regular period of obligated service would be completed in December of this year."
· On Jan. 3, 1970 Lt. John Kerry was transferred to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainridge, Maryland.
Where are Kerry's Performance Records for 2 years of obligated Ready Reserve, the 48 drills per year required and his 17 days of active duty per yea r training while Kerry was in the Ready Reserves? Have these records been released? Has anyone ever talked to Kerry's Commanding Officer at the Naval Reserve Center where Kerry drilled?
· On 1 July 1972 Lt. John Kerry was transferred to Standby Reserve -
Inactive.· On 16 February 1978 Lt. John Kerry was discharged from US Naval Reserve.
Below are some of the crimes Lt. Kerry USNR committed as a Ready Reservist, while he was acting as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War:
1. Lt. Kerry attended many rallies where the Vietcong flag was displayed while our flag was desecrated, defiled, and mocked, thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
2. Lt. Kerry was involved in a meeting that voted on assassinating members of the US Senate.
3. Lt. Kerry lied under oath against fellow soldiers before the US Senate about crimes committed in Vietnam.
4. Lt . Kerry professed to being a war criminal on national television, and condemned the military and the USA.5. Lt. Kerry met with NVA and Vietcong communist leaders in Paris, in direct violation of the UCMJ and the U.S. Constitution.
Lt. Kerry by his own words &actions violated the UCMJ and the US Code while serving as a Navy officer. Lt. Kerry stands in violation of Article 3, Section 3 of the US Constitution. Lt. Kerry's 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris is in direct violation of the UCMJ’s Article 104 part 904, and US Code 18 U. S. C. 953. That meeting, and Kerry's subsequent support of the communists while leading mass protests against our military in the year that followed, also place him in direct violation of our Constitution's Article 3, Section 3, which defines treason as "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy in time of warfare.
The Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, states, "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-president, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
A. L. "Steve" Nash, MAC Ret, UDT/SEAL
Director, AuthentiSEAL
"The only service where all investigators are US Navy SEALs"
http://www.authentiseal.org/
Not that ANY of this surprises me. What does surprise me however are the people out there who elected this criminal to the senate and the people who are trying (and hopefully failing) to get him elected to the White House.
Kerry is a traitor, a liar and criminal. He never should have been elected as dick head #1 on his block let alone to the U.S. Senate and he damn sure shouldn't be elected to the White House.
BUSH-CHENEY '04
4 MORE YEARS
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:13 PM | Comments (10)
October 09, 2004
Taking The Pep Out Of Pep Boys
**UPDATE**This story has been accused by some as being an Urban Legend. Not true. Take a look at UrbanLegends and you will see that the myth was that PEP boys was firing all military personnel. While that is simply not true you will however see that the law suit fired by Mr. Balodis is true and real. Please read the full story below.
**Update** According to Survival Forum: A federal lawsuit alleges Pep Boys fired a store manager because of his military obligation.
OSCAR ABEYTA and IRWIN M. GOLDBERG
Tucson Citizen
March 15, 2003
Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit filed here.
It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.
Pep Boys' Tucson attorney, Todd E. Hale, declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing company policy not to discuss ongoing legal cases.
**UPDATE to the story that follows** Take a look at the Stars and Stripes
They published an article today that states that "A U.S. District court judge ruled last year that Balodis must arbitrate his claim instead of going to court. Depositions are scheduled for June. Regardless of the outcome, however, Balodis said that he has grown from the experience."
Obviously there is some truth to the story. I am eagerly awaiting the outcome.
Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit that has been filed.It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.
Pep Boys' Tucson attorney, Todd E. Hale, declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing company policy not to discuss ongoing legal cases.
In the Tucson case, Erik Balodis, then a store manager at the 7227 E. 22nd St. Pep Boys, was fired after being called to a U.S. Naval Reserve exercise in June 2002. Balodis, a father of two young children, was unable to find work for five months.
He eventually found work as a store manager at Big Lots in October 2002 but by then the family's finances were in ruins. In February, his family was forced to sell its four-bedroom East Side home and file for bankruptcy. Balodis, who is stationed in South Korea, now earns about $20,000 less a year, said his wife, Kathy. Under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act and Arizona state law, an employer may not terminate an employee who is called to active duty. In the lawsuit, Balodis' attorney, Andrea Watters, said Pep Boys fired Balodis because his duties with the Navy were keeping him from work. The suit says he told the company he was being called to training in June of last year. On the day he reported for duty, he was told by Pep Boys that we was being terminated for "job abandonment." The lawsuit indicates Balodis had worked 20 days in a row for the company without a day off before the termination. "On the surface it appears it would be a violation of section 4311, which is the section of the law that talks about discrimination," said Capt. Eric Davis, a mediator in the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve's Arlington, Va., headquarters. ESGR is a volunteer organization that works to help resolve employer issues with Reserve and Guard members. "If an employer makes an employment decision on the past, present or future military obligations, that sort of employment discrimination is illegal," Davis said.
The suit claims that, despite being an employee who was recognized repeatedly for his good work with the company, Pep Boys "demanded that he 'choose' his job over his military service." The suit cites a letter sent to the Naval Reserve by Pep Boys, dated Sept. 11, 2001, requesting Balodis "be exempted from any impending call to active duty as a result of the tragic and senseless acts of terrorism. ... While I recognize Mr. Balodis' commitment to protect and serve the nation, I must also make you aware that he holds a critical position in the Corporate Structure of Pep Boys."Court filings by Pep Boys, however, claim Balodis' termination had nothing to do with his Reserve duties. "Pep Boys consistently cooperated in accommodating those obligations," Hale wrote. "Pep Boys made the difficult decision to terminate him because his performance and judgement declined to an unacceptable level. His military service played no role whatsoever in the decision."
The filing made reference to three company memos regarding Balodis' performance and noted he had been demoted from district manager to store manager in February 2002. But Watters disputed the company's claims.
"I believe he was being set up for termination," Watters said. "The bottom line is, when they terminated him they issued a letter detailing why they terminated him which did not raise those issues."Other complaints
Balodis may not be alone in how he was treated by the Pennsylvania-based company. Two similar incidents were reported to Arizona's state ESGR chairman, William Valenzuela. Valenzuela said he spoke with two other Pep Boys employees who were called to active duty and terminated by the company at about the same time as Balodis. And he said he heard there may have been four others who faced a similar fate. He said Pep Boys is the only company he's heard of that has had that many termination disputes over military service here.
ESGR did not take any action with the other two Pep Boys employees because they had already contacted lawyers, which prohibits ESGR from getting involved, Valenzuela said. Davis said he received a complaint Thursday from Pennsylvania regarding a Reserve member who was deployed to Bosnia in May 2002. This reservist held a part-time job with Pep Boys and was told a drain plug was not put in a vehicle, Davis said. "This would have happened nine months prior to departure," Davis said. Col. Alan Smith of ESGR headquarters said his office has received 4,000 to 5,000 calls in the past couple of months and that, with the exception of the one case handled by Davis, Pep Boys hasn't been mentioned.Pep Boys has stores in 36 states. Aside from Arizona and Pennsylvania, no other states with Pep Boys stores have reported problems. Valenzuela said it's not unusual for companies to work through ESGR with the military to reschedule or postpone reserve training to accommodate work schedules. "During the time there's no war, the commanders can work with that," he said. "Right now the commanders can't work with that." He said he's seen an overall increase in termination complaints since the situations overseas have intensified, and the military has called up more Reserve units. "There's all kinds of call-ups going on right now, and there's some employers who are not going to go for it," he said.
In the vast majority of cases where service personnel are terminated because of their military service, he said a phone call or meeting to inform the employers of the law is all it takes to get the employee reinstated.
Family impact
Kathy Balodis has been packing up the four-bedroom East Side house where she, her husband and their two daughters have lived for three years.
"Our dream home that we worked so hard on," Balodis described it. With her husband off serving in Korea, she's had to do the packing by herself. They're supposed to be out by the end of the month, but she doesn't know where the family will be moving to yet. The family doesn't want to move, but after her husband was terminated by Pep Boys, he spent five months out of work. She said the family pretty much lived off credit cards during that time. Eventually he found work as a store manager at Big Lots, but their finances were in ruins by then. The Balodises put their house up for sale at the beginning of February and filed for bankruptcy two weeks later. "I'm trying to get qualified to buy a mobile home, but I don't know if that will happen with the bankruptcy. Maybe I can get some help from my parents, but if not, we'll be living in an apartment," she said, eyeing the boxes in her living room dejectedly. The sad part of it all, Kathy Balodis said, is that her husband was dedicated to Pep Boys and planned to work there until his retirement. "He gave 100 percent to the company, and when he had to give 20 percent to the military, they got rid of him. That's just not right," she said. Whether her husband gets a big settlement out of the lawsuit is not an issue for her, she said. "The main thing I want out of Pep Boys is for them not to treat anyone like they treated my husband."Other Pep Boys news
Pep Boys stock closed up 27 cents at $6.69 yesterday.
That came a day after the company disappointed Wall Street by posting lower-than- expected earnings for the fourth quarter ended Feb. 1.It showed sales falling from $508.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2001 to $482.7 million last year.
Pep Boys reported a loss of $1.83 million, or 4 cents a share, for the quarter compared with earnings of $3.68 million, or 7 cents per share, in 2001.
THE LAW:
Federal
A person who is a member of, applies to be a member of, performs, has performed, applies to perform or has an obligation to perform in a uniformed service shall not be denied initial employment, re-employment, retention in employment, promotion or any benefit of employment by an employer on the basis of that membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service or obligation.State
An employee has a claim against an employer for termination of employment only if one or more of the following circumstances have occurred:The employer has terminated the employment relationship of an employee in retaliation for any of the following:
Service in the national guard or armed forces as protected by (state law).Needless to say I won't be frequenting any Pep Boys anytime in the near future. I only hope they have to pay out the nose for destroying Mr. Balodis's credit and his life.
We are a nation at war. Did you read that? A NATION. We are not a few military members in a mudslinging contest with the bad guys. We are a nation at war and it will take every member of this nation to win that war. That includes all active duty members, all reserve members, all corporations that employ members of the United States Military, every citizen or would be citizen of this great nation must do there part.
If all of this is proven to be true I will BOYCOTT PEP BOYS, Get the word out. Link to this, trackback, email the link and spread the word. This is the kind of treatment that the brave men and women of our military do not deserve. Let's make this huge (Perhaps a Google Bomb!?!?!). Please title your post that tracks back to this entry Exactly the same as my entry? Taking The Pep Out Of Pep Boys Thanks to Denita at Who Tends The Fires for the title.
I first caught wind of this from my wife. She sent me a link to The War Room.
SlagleRock Out!!!
**UPDATE to the story above** Take a look at the Stars and Stripes
They published an article today that states that "A U.S. District court judge ruled last year that Balodis must arbitrate his claim instead of going to court. Depositions are scheduled for June. Regardless of the outcome, however, Balodis said that he has grown from the experience."
Update: After further research I found a differing opinion on these events and discovered that this incident actually happened in 2002. Some of the text of this article may or may not be factual and may be based on biased opinion. Take a look at Break The Chain for the another side of this story. I seek only fair treatment of our military members and the truth.-- SlagleRock
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:37 PM | Comments (9)
President Bush Is A Patriot, Kerry Is A Liar
There is no doubt that with every political debate both sides of the issue will always say that there candidate won. With the first debate, which I feel was a very prepared and unimpassioned format most agree that Kerry "won the debate". I agree that he was better at reading his notes and the teleprompter. But we don't need a salesman we need a president.
Just as the Kerry campaign did after the first debate they immediately sent out emails to millions declaring Waffles as the winner of the second debate. Well, this time they were way off the mark and were attempting to do nothing more than influence the ignorant.
Even a senior correspondent from The Communist News Network (CNN) declared Bush the winner. Fox News analysts declared Bush the winner. Most media outlets felt that Bush made his points while Kerry straddled the fence.
The Bush Campaign had this to say about the Presidents victory:
President Bush won a decisive victory last night. The President dominated the debate with impassioned, thoughtful and concise arguments that left Kerry looking petty and defensive as he sputtered out tired, false political rhetoric and distortions that shattered his credibility and contradicted the Senator's 20-year record of being on the wrong side of history on national security and domestic policy.Our inbox is flooded with e-mails from all over the nation reflecting the President's decisive win. I'd like to share a few comments with you:
You were awesome. You were on target, forceful without being mean, you have Kerry on the run, he's not sure of himself, you have the facts and they're on your side. - Tom Johnson - Orient, OH
You will win because you are right. - Kerry Preston - Littleton, CO
You did a terrific job! Some of us are republicans and some are democrats and we all agree that John Kerry is definitely not Presidential material. You have our vote. - Carrie Miller & Friends - Lumberton, NC
We're standing behind you for victory! - Cindy Lippincott - Tampa, FL
You looked great tonight. You spoke well. You defended your positions effectively, yet respectfully. You are my winner tonight. - Edwin Cruz M.D. - Virginia Beach, VA
The President, however, said it best:
"He's got a record. He's been there for 20 years. You can run but you can't hide" - President Bush
John Kerry has a 20-year record of weakening national security and President Bush was on the offensive last night against John Kerry's naive and dangerous ideas.
Kerry suggested limiting the War on Terror to a hunt for Osama Bin Laden. This represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the War on Terror.
Kerry tonight said that Saddam Hussein was a threat, but said we should not have dealt with that threat.
Kerry suggested that Saddam Hussein could be contained with sanctions, in contrast to his own previous assertion that a "policy of containment" would be "disastrous."
Kerry proposed a return to failed policies of unilateral negotiations with North Korea that proved a failure during the Clinton administration.
Kerry refused to retract his proposal for a "global test."
Kerry again denigrated our allies by saying we are going it alone.
John Kerry has a 20-year record of supporting bigger government, higher taxes and higher health care costs.President Bush exposed John Kerry's hypocrisy on health care by addressing John Kerry's $1.5 trillion health care that would take away choices without reducing the cost of health care.
John Kerry blocked medical liability reform ten times.
President Bush exposed John Kerry's record of proposing $2.2 trillion in new government spending.
President Bush was in command of the issues, the facts, and the stage, and clearly won on style and substance last night. He exposed and dismantled Kerry's record of voting against intelligence funding, against our troops, against medical liability reform and against tax relief for working families.
This type of debate is what we need to see more of. This debate showed both men for who they really are. President Bush came off looking like the patriot he is and Kerry just looked like a career politician liar.
Oh and by the way, this was my 300th Post!!!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:15 PM | Comments (2)
October 08, 2004
BUSH WINS DEBATE
The gloves came off and President Bush slapped John Fonda Kerry around like the Bitch that he is!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:59 PM | Comments (1)
Kerry Lied, While Good Men Died
Here is an awesome link. This is a look at the real John Fonda Kerry followed by a tribute to one of the greatest generations of men and women. The tribute looks at my generations parents, the men and women who braved Vietnam.
Kerry Lied, While Good Men Died
This presentation is a bit lengthy, but well worth the 5 minutes or so of your time.
We must not allow this vile wretched man to be elected President of The United States of America. Only a patriot should ever hold that post, and clearly he is not.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 06:22 PM | Comments (1)
The Global Test
I found this on Emigre With A Digital Cluebat who borrowed it from GOC In Atlanta.
Thanks go out to both of you.
Global Permission Slip
I John Fonda Kerry humbly request from the following countries, organizations, and people permission to defend the United States of America. Please sign next to your name. I will take no military action without permission from all of the countries, organizations, and people on this Global Permission Slip.
France _______________________________________________
Germany _____________________________________________
Russia _______________________________________________
Belgium _____________________________________________
Lichtenstein ___________________________________________
Monaco _______________________________________________
NATO _________________________________________________
OAS __________________________________________________
United Nations __________________________________________
PLO ___________________________________________________
ASCAP _________________________________________________
NEA ____________________________________________________
ASPCA __________________________________________________
Red Cross _______________________________________________
Red Crescent _____________________________________________
The Pope _________________________________________________
The Dalai Lama ____________________________________________
Alec Baldwin _______________________________________________
Madonna __________________________________________________
Britney Spears _____________________________________________
Michael Moore ______________________________________________
Barbra Streisand ____________________________________________
Any Three Tree Hugging Hippies Not Listed Above _________________
__________________________________________________________
Any Three Tofu Farting Fairies Not Listed Above ___________________
__________________________________________________________
This is just a rough draft. Feel free to add any countries, organizations or people I may have left out. The last thing I want to do is sacrifice any global goodwill like that evil George W. Bush. I just want to get along with the rest of the world. I realize that all the problems in the world are the fault of the US. To ensure that my intentions are good my first cabinet appointment will be Jimmy Carter as my secretary of state. ... JFK
That just about sums it up. Global test, is this guy for real? I wouldn't elect John Kerry as my local Port - o - shitter sucker.
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Be Water...
I originally got this link from my Uncle Delftsman.
After I took the quiz I discovered I was water. I can live with that. It was Bruce Lee who said, "Be formless, shapeless, like water... You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot... Now water can flow, or it can crash, be water my friend."
What element are you?
Have fun!
You are water. You're not really organic; you're
neither acidic nor basic, yet you're an acid
and a base at the same time. You're strong
willed and opinionated, but relaxed and ready
to flow. So while you may feel worthless at times,
without you, everything would collapse.
People should definitely drink more of you
every day.
Which Biological Molecule Are You?
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Correcting Waffles, According to Ray
Got this one from Ray:
Have you seen the John Kerry commercial in which George Bush pledges to help Seniors on Medicare and "the very next day imposes a 17% premium increase -the biggest in history"? That ad is a stroke of genius on Kerry's part and will surely gain him many votes among the uninformed. I found it so amazing that I did some homework on the issue.
As it turns out the 17% increase was not imposed by President Bush but was mandated by the "balanced budget agreement" signed by President Clinton, voted into law by Senator John Kerry, and was scheduled to come into effect during the Bush administration. President Bush had no authority to reverse what had been voted into law by Senator Kerry during the Clinton administration.
Once again Kerry is counting on the ignorance of the American people. Don't be duped by his mendacity.
Thanks Ray
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October 07, 2004
A Full 2/3 Plus Of The U.S. Military Rejects John Kerry
Military Rejects Kerry by Staggering Margin
By a staggering margin of 4 to 1, U.S. military personnel have rejected the presidential candidacy of Sen. John Kerry, a new survey by Army Times magazine shows.
With 4,000 full-time and part-time troops responding, a full 73 percent said they would vote for President Bush if the election were held today, reports USA Today, a sister publication of Army Times.
Just 18 percent said they would vote for Kerry, who has based his candidacy on the four months he spent as a Swift Boat commander in Vietnam 35 years ago.
Two-thirds of those responding said John Kerry's anti-war activities after he returned from the war, when he teamed up with "Hanoi Jane" Fonda and trashed his fellow soldiers as "war criminals" and "monsters," made them less likely to vote for him.
The survey was conducted Sept. 15-28 by the Army Times Publishing Co., which sent e-mails to more than 31,000 subscribers. The magazine received 4,165 responses on a secure Web site.
I saw the article in the Army Times but also saw it here.
It doesn't surprise me a bit. What actually surprises me is that there is anyone in the military who would support a liar and someone who stabbed every Veteran of the Vietnam war in the back.
Get to the polls and cast your vote. America can't afford a douchebag like Kerry for President.
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October 06, 2004
Comedy Legend Rodney Dangerfield Passes Away
America lost a comedy legend yesterday. Rodney Dangerfield passed away at the age of 82.
Rodney is seen here after winning a lifetime achievement award. He is also shown here with Jim Carrey, just one of many comedy personalities that got their start with the help of Rodney Dangerfield.
I got this information directly from Rodney.com:
LOS ANGELES---Beloved comedian Rodney Dangerfield passed away yesterday at 1:20pm at UCLA Medical Center following a difficult recovery from heart valve replacement surgery performed on August 25. He was 82 years old. According to his doctors, Rodney suffered a small stroke post operatively and developed infectious and abdominal complications from which he did not recover.Born Jacob Cohen on November 22, 1921 in Babylon, Long Island, NY, the King of "No Respect" and classic one-liners began his career at the age of 15 when he started writing jokes. At 17, he started performing at amateur nights under the name "Jack Roy." At 19, he had two jobs, one as a comic who couldn't make a living, and the other as a singing waiter. Rodney traveled the comedy circuit for 10 years, but reluctantly gave up showbiz for a more stable income, selling aluminum siding.
Following his heart surgery, Dangerfield slipped into a coma. However, over the last week, he was showing early signs of neurological improvement due to the innovative Real Time EEG Neurofeedback sessions performed by specialist Margaret Ayers. Ayers was brought in on September 26 by Dangerfield's wife, Joan.
According to Joan Dangerfield, "What Margaret was able to accomplish with Rodney was truly astounding. When Rodney emerged, he kissed me, squeezed my hand, and smiled for his doctors. To her, I will be forever grateful for giving us those moments."
On his last day, Rodney was surrounded by his family, including his children, Brian and Melanie, his father-in-law Smokey, his niece Suzie and his wife, Joan. "As we were all gathered around his bedside, one of Rodney's favorite Frank Sinatra albums was playing in the room. Rodney slipped away during the song "Come Fly With Me."
Dangerfield has bravely faced some health challenges in recent years, including abdominal aortic aneurism surgery in 1992, a double-bypass heart surgery in March of 2000 and an operation three months later to correct another aneurysm. He also suffered a mild heart attack in November of 2001 just before his birthday. In addition, UCLA's chief of neurosurgery performed a rare extracranial-intracranial brain bypass on Dangerfield in April of 2003 to increase blood flow and lessen the risk of the recent heart valve replacement.
Respect Rodney, Respect
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Trolls And Ass Holes
Recently I have had a few ass holes leave comments on my site claiming to be people that they are not, or just randmomly bashing the military.
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
To the douchebag that keeps claiming to be Jheka of the Daily Blitz:
Your IP is forever banned here at the Slaughterhouse. I will continue to ban any IP address that you use to impersonate someone else and delete your poorly written comments. It is my belief that you are the same A-hole that has impersonated Emperor Misha of the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. I will delete those comments as well. I will continue to ban you from my site until it is no more.
Second, I will delete any negativisms that cowards choose to direct towards the brave men and woman of the United States Military. If you want to bash those people who selflessly place themselves in harms way, you may do so, just not here. We will forever defend your right to be a mindless douchebag, but I will not foster your attitudes or beliefs on my site. I will ban your IP if you repeatedly leave negative comments about those of us in uniform. Want to talk shit about the military? Then go visit some tree hugging hippy site and tell the tofu fartin' fairies how you feel about the military. Swing by Kerry's site and help him in his efforts to hide what he truly feels. The Slaughterhouse will not be a place for Leftist nimrods to talk down on our Armed Forces.
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October 05, 2004
Ah The Smell Of Gun Powder In The Evening
I had a night fire class tonight. Not much beats the smell of gun powder and carbon. Hell the crack of the M4 carbine or the M9 pistol is about the only sound I like to hear when it is raining(No thunder or lightning, that usually means cancellations). Nothing is worse than trying to grade students on a paper target that is totally saturated.
I'll have more to say tomorrow.
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October 04, 2004
Around The Sphere
I was darting around the blogosphere this evening and found a few things I'd like to share.
First, Beth has two very interesting posts at Yeah, Right, Whatever. Stop by there and take a look at Tossing Down the Race Card (Again) and Another Reason Not to Vote for Kerry. Both are very interesting.
Now, a fan favorite, Mamamontezz has another great song titled I'm a Swift Boat Commander. This one is a look at sKerry's joke service in Vietnam.
Here are three good posts, take a look and let them know SlagleRock sent ya!
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Microwave Gun To Be Used By US Troops On Iraqi Rioters
Microwave gun to be used by US troops on Iraq rioters
By Tony Freinberg and Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent
(Filed: 19/09/2004)
Microwave weapons that cause pain without lasting injury are to be issued to American troops in Iraq for the first time as concern mounts over the growing number of civilians killed in fighting.
The non-lethal weapons, which use high-powered electromagnetic beams, will be fitted to vehicles already in Iraq, which will allow the system to be introduced as early as next year.
Using technology similar to that found in a conventional microwave oven, the beam rapidly heats water molecules in the skin to cause intolerable pain and a burning sensation. The invisible beam penetrates the skin to a depth of less than a millimetre. As soon as the target moves out of the beam's path, the pain disappears.
Because there are no after-effects, the United States Department of Defence believes that the weapons will be particularly useful in urban conflict. The beam could be used to scatter large crowds in which insurgents operate at close quarters to both troops and civilians.
"The skin gets extremely hot, and people can't stand the pain, so they have to move - and move in the way we want them to," said Col Wade Hall of the Office of Force Transformation, a body formed in November 2001 to promote rapid improvement across all of the American armed services.
Rich Garcia, a spokesman for the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico, where the systems were developed, took part in testing the weapon and was subjected to the microwave beam which has a range of one kilometre. "It just feels like your skin is on fire," he said. "[But] when you get out of the path of the beam, or shut off the beam, everything goes back to normal. There's no residual pain."
A heated battle on a crowded Baghdad street last week that left 16 Iraqis dead, highlighted once again the pressing need to reduce the number of civilian casualties, and at the same time prevent further damage to relations between American troops and the Iraqi population. American commanders later admitted using seven helicopter-launched rockets and 30 high-calibre machine gun rounds in last Sunday's incident.
The armoured vehicles will be named Sheriffs once they have been modified to carry the microwave weapons, known as the Active Denial System (ADS). Col Hall said that US army and US marine corps units should receive four to six ADS equipped Sheriffs by September 2005.
The project was initiated only three months ago but US military chiefs intend to rush the Sheriffs into the front line, believing that they can be of immediate assistance.
In another development, the Sheriffs will be fitted with Gunslinger, a rapid-fire gun currently under development that will detect enemy snipers and automatically fire back at them.
If the Sheriffs prove successful, their use will be expanded in combat zones. They will also be deployed for security at ports and air force bases, and could take part in border patrols.
What's next, do we just powder there asses until they give up? Ah, the kinder gentler, UN world. I do admit, that the technology is amazing.
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October 03, 2004
A Global Test
Do you agree with John Kerry? Take this Global Test and see if your views really are as rediculous as John sKerry's.
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Torture Kerry While You Can (He will surely torture you if he gets elected)
Ever want to see just how far you can stretch Waffles horse face? Maybe kick him in the nuts?
Check out the Kerry Torture Game for a little laugh.
Enjoy!
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Al-Qaida Operatives Attempt To Poison U.S. Military Meals Ready To Eat (MRE)
This one is off of WorldNetDaily.com.
U.S. officials are probing the possibility the al-Qaida terrorist network sought to infiltrate a Texas company in order to contaminate ready-to-eat meals designated for the military. A high-ranking al-Qaida operative provided information leading authorities to nearly a dozen illegal immigrants working for the McAllen, Texas-based Wornick Co., the largest supplier of the meals, according to McAllen's The Monitor newspaper. The firm that places the workers at Wornick has been charged with conspiring to make and use false employment eligibility verification forms. U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby explained, "Immediately after the liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban in 2002, U.S. forces on the ground received specific information that links McAllen, Texas, by name and the Wornick facility by name to information within al-Qaida's possession." The Texas paper noted the Department of Defense has a $67 million contract with Wornick to produce the meals. Armed with the al-Qaida operative's information, the FBI was led to an employee-placement firm, Remedy Intelligent Staffing in McAllen, which referred a number of workers to Wornick. "There had to be an investigation into the possibility that al-Qaida had the intention of infiltrating the Wornick Company for the purposes of contaminating -- possibly -- the MREs produced by the company," Shelby stated, according to The Monitor. Shelby said no contaminated meals have been found, but 10 temporary employees at Remedy, involved in all aspects of assembling the meals, were convicted in July on charges of stealing Social Security numbers. The indictment of Remedy, unsealed Thursday, was a significant event to servicemen worldwide, Shelby said, noting Wornick officials cooperated with the investigation. Remedy's vice president, James Eckensberger, appeared in court Thursday to enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of the company. "Remedy and all of its officers are responsible for following all federal laws and regulations concerning its own workforce, including those laws that prohibit the hiring of unauthorized workers or illegal aliens," Shelby said. "Today's indictment alleges that Remedy hired a number of illegal aliens and did so basically knowingly and then they falsely certified that they had in fact checked the information provided by those unauthorized workers when in fact, they had never even attempted to verify the information for hundreds of people," Shelby said. The attorney said that after the managers were confronted by the FBI with the discrepancies, they tried to conceal the fact they had not verified the illegals' information by creating false official forms and delivering them to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Shelby said he did not want to discuss where the undocumented workers might have obtained their fake Social Security cards.
I hate to say it because I am sure I will inflame a few, but I think illegals should be deported without trial or hesitation. I think any individual who is caught twice illegally inside the U.S. should do hard time in a federal prison.
This type of action is pure cowardice. This is not the actions of brave warriors fighting for their cause.
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The Tongue Is Mightier Than The M-16
This was taken from the 10 September Issue of the Wall Street Journal, can you believe that, I read the Wall Street Journal?!?!?
It made for an interesting story. Take a look and tell me what you think.
On Ground In Iraq, Soldier Uses Wits To Hunt InsurgentsSgt. McCary, Fluent in Arabic, Improvises Tactics in Field; Not the War He Trained For Deception Within the Rules
By Greg Jaffe, Staff Reporter Of The Wall Street Journal
KHALIDIYA, Iraq -- The Army trained Sgt. John McCary, an intelligence soldier, to interrogate prisoners of war in secure military facilities far from the front lines.
But on a recent day, his best hope for getting information was an Iraqi boy, sobbing at the sight of heavily armed Americans in his home.
Sgt. McCary and a team of soldiers had pushed their way into the cramped house, in search of four suspected insurgents. Once inside, they discovered the men had fled, leaving behind a group of shrieking women in black abayas and children in dirty sweatpants.
"We're not going to get s---," Sgt. McCary said. "These women know they can't be detained so there is no reason for them to cooperate." The battalion's general practice is to interrogate the oldest male in a family -- in this case, the crying boy, who looked about 8 years old.
As gunfire sounded in the distance, Sgt. McCary, 28 years old, had to make a split-second decision whether to pull the child off to a corner and try to get him to tell the whereabouts of the insurgents.
Intelligence soldiers like Sgt. McCary are assigned to gather information about the enemy and its plan of attack. In conventional warfare, they study satellite photos of enemy troop movements, intercept radio transmissions and interrogate captured soldiers.
Make sure you click continue reading to check out the rest of the story.
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But the shadowy enemy that the U.S. is unexpectedly battling in Iraq requires a far different approach. So Sgt. McCary, who speaks fluent Arabic and specializes in "human intelligence," improvises how he does his job and the Army is improvising how it uses soldiers like him.
Sgt. McCary's experience in Iraq shows why this war is so hard to win. It also highlights why the U.S. Army, a force built for wars against uniformed enemies with tanks and planes, is still struggling to adapt 18 months into its fight with a brutal insurgency that hides among the local population.
Looking to cut costs, the Army slashed its active-duty counterintelligence and human-intelligence force, critical to battling guerrilla fighters, by about one-third in the 1990s. Frontline commanders rarely trained with these troops.
Today senior Army officials in the Pentagon say they are adding 4,000 more intelligence specialists to the current force of 6,000, to meet demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But because counterintelligence and human-intelligence soldiers require extra training, including as much as 15 months of foreign-language school, adding them will take years.
To preserve their anonymity, counterintelligence soldiers don't wear nametags or ranks on their uniforms. Because he is leaving Iraq this month, after finishing his one-year tour, Sgt. McCary and his commanders recently allowed a reporter to follow him for several days.
Sgt. McCary graduated from Vassar College with a degree in French literature before enlisting in the Army in 2000. Before basic training he had never touched a gun in his life. Because he had a college degree and a knack for languages, the Army sent him to its Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif., for Arabic instruction. He picked up the language so quickly that his instructors nicknamed him "the sponge."
Last fall, he was sent to Khalidiya, an insurgent stronghold near Fallujah. On the way to his battalion's base, his unit was hit with mortar and rocket-propelled-grenade fire.
"I jump out of my seat every time I hear a whump, crack or thump," he wrote in an e-mail home to his parents in North Carolina on Sept. 28, 2003. But the attacks didn't dim his initial optimism. The Iraqis "are a good-hearted people, steeped in traditions different from ours but not inhuman, incomprehensible or impenetrable," his e-mail said.
At first, Sgt. McCary's biggest challenge was showing his 800-man battalion, built to fight rows of opposing tanks, how to use him. Army doctrine states that human-intelligence soldiers are supposed to stay behind the front lines -- not accompany troops on dangerous raids.
That approach didn't work in Iraq. The tank commanders, unable to speak Arabic and unfamiliar with the culture, would often round up everyone in a house they were raiding and bring them in to be interrogated.
Soon the battalion's detention facility was bursting with more than 200 detainees, most of whom had no useful information. Sgt. McCary and his fellow human-intelligence soldiers were working 18-hour days to question them all. "If we could have done preliminary questioning in the field, the majority of the guys we were detaining would never have been brought in," Sgt. McCary says.
By October, Sgt. McCary and a colleague persuaded his bosses to try a different approach. Instead of sitting on the base, Sgt. McCary would go out on raids. "I want to be as close as I can to the hit team without being shot," he says.
In the last year, the sergeant has conducted more than 1,000 interrogations of Iraqi insurgents, trying to figure out how they are organized and where they are hiding. He's walked hundreds of patrols, dodged rocket-propelled-grenade fire and watched friends -- both Iraqi and American -- die grisly deaths. So far, 19 soldiers and three Iraqi translators in his battalion have been killed.
His presence on raids helped in efforts to bring in only Iraqis who had actual knowledge about the insurgency. It also had another benefit. Interrogating detainees in the first few minutes after capture allowed him to question suspects while they are disoriented and unable to construct a good alibi. He says his battalion is the only one he knows of that uses counterintelligence soldiers in this way. "I didn't realize how innovative we were until I started talking with friends from other units," he says.
Lt. Col. Gerard Healy, an Army spokesman in the Pentagon, says it isn't unheard of for counterintelligence soldiers to accompany troops on raids. "But we don't have enough of these assets to use them in this war on a regular basis," he says.
Learning to Lie
In the field, Sgt. McCary learned other critical skills. One was the ability to lie. "If you are not a Muslim brother in this culture you are nothing, so I had to construct an entirely new working persona," he says. Though he has no Arab heritage, he tells Iraqis his mother is Lebanese. He sprinkles every conversation with asides such as "Praise be to God." When a local says he is afraid to talk because the mujahedeen will kill him, Sgt. McCary recites a phrase commonly used in Iraq: "A good Muslim fears only one person." Then the sergeant points to the sky. As part of the ritual, the other person says, "Allah."
Last month, Sgt. McCary and 30 other soldiers set out to find an insurgent who they believe heads a terrorist cell that has been attacking them. The battalion raided the insurgent's house five months ago and found bomb-making equipment and grenade launchers, but not the insurgent. Recently they got a tip that a local government minister was harboring the cell leader at his home.
But just getting basic information -- such as the exact location of the minister's house -- is difficult. There are no street signs in most Iraqi cities. Many homes look alike and none of them have numbers. Operating under conventional rules of warfare, the Army doesn't allow Sgt. McCary to don local clothes or ride in civilian vehicles. He must wear his uniform when he goes into town. So Sgt. McCary couldn't disguise himself and have the tipster discreetly lead him to the house.
He also couldn't tell locals why he was looking for the minister's house. In the last few months, insurgents in the area have killed or attempted to kill anyone seen cooperating with U.S. troops.
Sgt. McCary's source told him generally where the minister lived. The insurgent they were looking for drove a green car, which the source said should be parked by the house. To confirm he had the right house, Sgt. McCary pretended to be an Army civil-affairs officer, doing a survey of the local infrastructure. The ruse would give him a good excuse to inquire about the minister's house.
"It is extremely duplicitous, but if you walk up to people and say, 'Damn it, we want to know where this bad guy lives; we want to help you,' it is not effective," he says.
Sgt. McCary and his fellow soldiers packed themselves tightly into a small, armored troop carrier. "I hope you put on deodorant today," he joked to the soldier next to him.
"No, but I changed my underwear this morning,"' the young soldier replied.
"Just for me, or just in case?" Sgt. McCary deadpanned.
Once in the neighborhood, a hive of brown, two-story houses surrounded by mud walls, Sgt. McCary talked to the locals. A man in a white dish-dasha, a long dress-like shirt, complained his family was getting only four hours of electricity a day. Another local in a Los Angeles Lakers T-shirt told him U.S. troops were shooting in their neighborhood at night.
Sgt. McCary spotted a boy of about 11, standing lookout in front of what he thought might be the minister's house. He wanted to get a picture of the boy for his records. But the boy was adamant he didn't want his photograph taken by the Americans.
"Don't be such a girl," Sgt. McCary teased the boy, telling him they were just in town taking a survey of the local power and water facilities. Another counterintelligence soldier crouched down next to the boy, pretending he was posing for a souvenir snapshot to send back home.
"Wow, we are definitely going to hell," Sgt. McCary said in English, as he snapped the picture.
In 30 more minutes of questioning, Sgt. McCary duped two locals into telling him where the minister actually lived -- by first asking about the local garbage, electricity and other municipal services.
When they identified the minister's house, the tank platoon accompanying him prepared to raid it. But Sgt. McCary told them to hold off. The green car -- which was supposed to belong to the insurgent -- wasn't parked outside. They would have to try another time.
"When you are a [tank] commander, the mindset is, there's a bad guy, let's kick his a--. That doesn't work here. This is like police work," Sgt. McCary says.
The day was humbling in another way. The insurgent's hideout was only about 100 yards from where U.S. forces had targeted him five months earlier. The reluctance of locals to tell U.S. troops where insurgents hide is frustrating, Sgt. McCary says, allowing the enemy to move easily. "We are so removed from Khalidiya these bad guys know they can thumb their noses at us."
Despite the setbacks, a year in Iraq has made Sgt. McCary and his battalion a smarter, tougher, more cynical fighting force. The same tank commanders who had never worked with a counterintelligence soldier before now go out of their way to request his presence on raids and patrols. Sgt. McCary's battalion commander nominated him recently for the Bronze Star.
"You couldn't design a better counter-insurgent," says Maj. John Nagl, who is third in command of Sgt. McCary's battalion. "He's interested in other cultures, willing to question his own beliefs and mores."
The next day, Sgt. McCary and a team of soldiers set out on the mission to find four insurgents suspected of launching attacks on U.S. forces. Two of the four men he was looking for are members of the local U.S.-trained Iraqi National Guard security force. Sgt. McCary knew he didn't have enough information to detain the men. But his command was hoping that by questioning them he could put a scare into them and elicit some intelligence.
On a blistering morning, the soldiers pushed through the gate of the suspects' house, finding nothing but shrieking women and small children milling about in a dirt courtyard outside. In the corner was a freshly washed black motorcycle, still coated in suds. Sgt. McCary took the bike's presence as a sign that one of the men they were looking for had been in the house recently but fled.
He quickly began firing questions at the women in Arabic. "Whose motorcycle is this?" he asked.
"It's broken," a woman replied.
He repeated the question. This time the same woman told him she found it on the street.
Interrogating women rarely produces good intelligence, Sgt. McCary says. Arresting women in this male-dominated society is deeply offensive to most Iraqis, so U.S. troops avoid it at all costs. Because the women know they are unlikely to be detained, they have little incentive to cooperate.
The battalion's unwritten policy is to interrogate the oldest male on the scene. In this case it was the sobbing boy. Sgt. McCary grabbed the child by the wrist and led him into the dark house off the courtyard. When his mother tried to follow, Sgt. McCary yelled at her to stay away.
Outside the mother began crying, in English, "Mister. Baby. Mister. Baby."
Rapid-Fire Questions
Inside the house, Sgt. McCary fired questions at the terrified boy. Once the boy realized Sgt. McCary wasn't going to hurt him, he told different stories; that he didn't know any of the men they were looking for, or that the men had all moved away. So Sgt. McCary took off his helmet, leaned in close and began to yell in an effort to unsettle him.
Using a photo that he pulled off the wall, Sgt. McCary got the boy to identify the men he was looking for. He scribbled a name over each face.
Then the sergeant took the picture next door, hoping to get the names confirmed with a second source. The place had no roof or furniture. The floor was covered with dirt and the morning's breakfast. Sgt. McCary led the oldest male present, a boy of about 6 years old, aside and showed him the picture.
A few minutes later, the soldiers heard a loud thud. It was the first of four roadside bombs that would explode in Khalidiya that day. Soldiers crouched behind walls for protection. The second boy and his mother confirmed the names Sgt. McCary got at the first house.
Sgt. McCary and the rest of the platoon piled back into the Humvees. The mission was a success of sorts. Sgt. McCary now knew what the suspected insurgents looked like. But it was exhausting. "The fact that I have to terrify a kid ... to get the truth is b—s---," he said. "Morally it is questionable. But you've got to go with what you've got."
A small percentage of the insurgents who launch attacks against U.S. forces in Khalidiya are foreign fighters from places such as Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Some of the terrorists come from nearby Fallujah, which isn't currently under U.S. control and has become something of an insurgent safe haven. But many of the insurgents in Khalidiya seem to be locals, Sgt. McCary and his commanders say, drawn to attack the U.S. by a combination of nationalism and religious obligation.
In May, a good friend of Sgt. McCary's had his leg blown off by a rocket-propelled grenade. U.S. forces quickly grabbed the insurgent who fired it. Back at the base, Sgt. McCary asked the enemy fighter if he was a mujahedeen, or holy warrior.
The man shook his head no. "Then why did you blow off my friend's leg?" Sgt. McCary recalls asking.
The insurgent, a small man in his 20s, said he did it because he was told to by his religious leader.
Above his bunk, Sgt. McCary keeps photographs of two friends, an Iraqi father and son who worked as translators for the Army in Khalidiyah until insurgents kidnapped them in broad daylight from their home of 40 years. The mujahedeen murdered the 75-year-old father and beat the son unconscious.
Shortly after the kidnapping, Sgt. McCary e-mailed his family back home in North Carolina. "This is such a barbaric place. I cannot fathom the depths the Iraqis endured to reach this level," he wrote.
In the e-mail he added that he wished those responsible for the killings, maimings and kidnappings would simply "dissipate.... I wish they would transform into average citizens, fathers, sons and brothers. I don't care about bloodlust, justice or revenge," he wrote.
Sgt. McCary and his commanders know that won't happen. They say the key to defeating this or any insurgency is convincing locals to tell them where the enemy hides. "But the natural inclination of the Iraqis is to support their own people," he says.
He remains hopeful that more Iraqis will eventually help the U.S. track down the enemy. "I just don't see how they could remain loyal to the insurgency, but it is possible. In this culture, Allah trumps all. Religious loyalties can never be questioned," he says.
Does he think he and his fellow soldiers are winning the war in Khalidiya? "I've learned a lot. I have been extremely successful. I couldn't have asked for a better command," he says.
"Am I winning? I don't know. I am just fighting."
Posted by SlagleRock at 01:03 PM | Comments (4)
October 02, 2004
Who Is Leading In The Polls?
I get frequent comments from people who want to tell me the news. More often than not they are wrong. They come to my site and tell me that Kerry is leading Bush by 800 points in the polls. Well, what Bubba the janitor tells you over talk at the water cooler is not news and it is not fact.
Since I am a fan of factual information. I have decided to provide some links to legitimate polls so you can see just who is really leading in the presidential race.
Bush leads by 3 points at RasmussenReports.com This poll is updated daily by 12 noon.
Bush leads Kerry by 8 points according to the Gallup Poll
Bush leads Kerry by 6 points on Yahoo
A few of these polls update daily, some weekly and others aren't as frequent.
If you can provide me a link to any other legitimate polls (Presidential Race Only) I will gladly post them here.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 07:54 PM | Comments (4)
Things That Really Irritate Me
Someone ever say or do something that you just find absolutely stupid? Of course this has happened to you, it happens to everyone. If you are the person who reads these 9 things and doesn't understand them it is because you are the annoying ass hole that keeps asking these questions or doing these things.
9 things I hate:
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.... I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at the family jewels when I ask where the toilet is?
2. People who are willing to get off their ass to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk their fat ass to the TV and change the channel manually.
3. When people say, "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too". Damn right! What good is a cake if you can't eat it?
4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? Have they been diagnosed?
5. When people say while watching a film "did you see that?". No loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damned floor. Oh and by the way, shut the hell up, I just paid $12 to watch the damned movie.
6. People who ask, "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?
7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then it isn't new; there must have been something before it.
8. When people say, "life is short". What the hell?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?
9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, "Has the bus
come yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here, dumb ass?
Actually there is a 10th thing that drives me nuts (truth be told there are probably another 100 or more things that drive me nuts) and that is those people who perpetuate ignorance in unfounded old wives tales. I am the last person that needs to hear that, "when you sneeze you are dead for a second, because your heart stops beating." Things of that sort. Drives me nuts. Save these goofy old tales for the ignorant.
So, where did this rant come from you might ask. Recently I was introduced to a new member of my unit. This person, knows and says every single cliché imaginable.
Can the clichés, kill the old wives tales and give me at least three (preferably six) feet of personal space. If I want to talk to you or want you to touch me, I'll let you know.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 12:12 PM | Comments (5)
October 01, 2004
In The News (Sort Of)
Be sure you lock your doors and windows at home!
A Seattle man was found dead in his home over the weekend.
Detectives at the scene found the man face down in his bathtub.
The tub had been filled with milk, sugar and corn flakes.
A banana was sticking out of his ass.
Police suspect a cereal killer!
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 09:09 PM | Comments (4)
Poor Poor Florida
Below is a very cool picture of the action in Florida. I don't know if it is Computer Generated, a drawing, or something from the American Meteorological Society, but it is cool nonetheless.
I feel for everyone who has been devistated by this force of nature!
Stay safe Aunt Nora and Uncle Randy.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:56 PM | Comments (2)
Boycott Heinz. Buy "W" Ketchup
Click the picture above for information on "W" brand ketchup. You can order as many as you want from the "W" ketchup company.
Would you believe this is real?
Enjoy
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:48 PM | Comments (2)
His Record Speaks For Itself
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 08:41 PM | Comments (1)
Seeing Eye To Eye (Todays Humor)
A Security Forces convoy was driving north of Basra when they came upon an Iraqi soldier badly injured and unconscious.
Nearby, on the opposite side of the road, was an American Airman in a
similar but less serious state The Airman was conscious and alert. As
first aid was given to both men, the Airman was asked what had happened.
The Airman reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the
highway and coming south was a heavily armed Iraqi soldier." Seeing each other
we both took cover.
"What happened then?" the cops asked.
"I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable low life slug"
And he yelled back: "John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton
are miserable slime balls."
"We were standing there shaking hands when a truck hit us."
Ain't it da truth?!?
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:54 AM | Comments (3)
Make Your Vote Count
To all of my Military readers this post was written specifically for you. Due to the length of this article I have moved the bulk of it (all of the important links) to the Extended Entry.
If you need to know how to procure an absentee ballot or register to vote please click on Continue Reading....
**NOTE** This post will remain at the top of my blog until the election is over. Please look below, for all current entries.
Note (1 Oct 04) Due to demand from my readers I have altered the date of this post. It will slowly creep down the list so that my most recent entries are on top of my site.
SlagleRock Out!
During the 2000 election the Democratic party did everything it could to ensure that military absentee ballots would not count. They tried to force recounts and block absentee ballots. They fought when several states extended the deadline to have military ballots in to ensure that all votes would count.
The dirty Dems get an "A" for effort and an "F" for patriotism. What in the world would motivate a political party to decapitate the heads of the very people who protect the nation the so-called politicians "serve"?
Now, I may be a bit biased with this one, but I truly believe that the men and woman of the armed forces have more of a right to vote than any other demographic.
With that being said, this post will remain as the top post at the Slaughterhouse until the deadline for military absentee ballots has come and gone, bear in mind for most states that is either the day before or the day of the General Election wich is November 2, 2004.
Here are the resources that men and woman from all branches of service will need to ensure their voice is heard. There is no doubt that it was the military that helped push Bush over the top in 2000. Make sure to get your ballot in as soon as possible. DO NOT wait until the last minute.
For state-by-state voting deadlines and calendar CLICK HERE
Military voting information: Obtaining Voting Materials
U.S. Army ------http://www.usapa.army.mil/
U.S. Navy ----- http://www.persnet.navy.mil/nvap/
U.S. Airforce ----http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/
U.S. Airforce --- http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/votefund
U.S. Marine Corps -- http://manpower.usmc.mil/
U.S. Coast Guard: FPCAs and FWABs must be ordered using unit funds from GSA using the following data:
FPCA NSN 7540-00-634-5053
Unit of Issue: 1 HD
FWAB NSN 7540-01-218-4384
Unit of Issue: 1 HD
VAGs are automatically distributed through the DOT warehouse whenever a new edition is issued. Any unit on distribution that fails to receive their issue by January 1, 2004, should contact YNCS Lori McNaught. There is also a Coast Guard Instruction to guide VAOs: Federal Voting Assistance Program, COMDTINST 1742.3(SERIES).
U.S. Department of State mailto:burlingon.cscorder@gsa.gov
Representatives of organizations and corporations not associated with the Department of State or a Military Services may request the Guide directly from the FVAP. The most efficient way to order the Guide is to e-mail the FVAP at vote@fvap.ncr.gov. Provide your name, address, contact information and quantity desired.
Thanks for the links Jack, I am sure the men and women of the armed forces will be grateful.
SlagleRock Out!
Posted by SlagleRock at 11:51 AM | Comments (19)