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12月31日 Why Is This Not Fit For The Evening News?Why Is This Not Fit For The Evening News?I received a call from my friend Ali in Dearborn, MI the other day. After Desert Storm I brought Ali to America as a refugee. Ali had been an Iraqi Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who surrendered to my unit and then led me to a huge intelligence find. Some of what we discovered would eventually be used in Saddam Hussein trial. I was awarded a medal for the find and Ali spent 3 years in a POW camp until I was able to get him to the USA. After living in Saint Paul for a number of years he moved to Dearborn, MI where there is a large Iraqi population and became a US citizen. I'll tell you more about Ali's story at a later date. Ali told us of massive demonstrations in the streets of Dearborn following the shoe throwing incident in Baghdad. Unfortunately, we never saw reports in the main stream media about these demonstrations. Why? Because these demonstrators were showing support for President Bush. They were angry that after giving freedom to 25 million Iraqi's that a member of the press in Iraq would insult the Iraqi people with his shoe throwing escapades. They were also angry that the American media gave the incident so much air time. Unfortunately we are going to suffer from the media's Bush Derangement Syndrome long after he leaves office in January 2009. Too bad, perhaps history will be kinder to him. I know that most of the Iraqi and Afghani people appreciate their freedom from tyranny, courtesy of the USA under President George W. Bush The above is courtesy of the below blog: Commentary on political developments in Minnesota, the nation and the world by Joe Repya, a consistent warrior and protector of the American Way. This Blog is named in honor of the infantry battalion that I served with in Vietnam, the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Band of Brothers'), 101st Airborne Division who in 1945 captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest. Their honor and bravery continues today within the 506th Brigade Combat Team (Currahee's), 101st Airborne Division (Band of Brothers) where ever they serve.12月24日 Merry Christmas to allTo friends of Bill W., hang in there at this time of year. I probably will go to a meeting tomorrow, then head to a dinner somewhere. My kids are in Illinois, one sister in New York, a brother in New Orleans, and a sister in Colorado after Katrina. So here I am in Florida after my life has gone from Georgia to Pennsylvania to Georgia to Germany, 3 different places, back to Georgia, then to New Orleans, La. I lived in Washington, DC for a short time right around the corner when Richard Nixon was President and men looking for food on the corner right up the street. I would go to work after dodging them and then help Eric Severide buy 100 shares of various different stock. That was before the days of computers and I was the teletype operator to the stock floor. I went back to New Orleans with my young wife and then had a chance to move to Danville, Illinois with Western Union. I wound up quitting the job and moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and stayed there for 25 years after someone had told me I should move back where I came from. It took me all the way until I was after 60 years old that I realized that I was responsible for myself. I guess that is why I did not last through 4 marriages. Normally Christmas time is bad time of year for me, now I out of work and not stressed out by all the people coming and going with all their garbage. I am having a relaxed time and not really worried what is going on with the country's economy that I can't do anything about. I have learned how to let go of things that I cannot control. Now I just like battle the traffic with my 5 speed, 6 cylinder 310,000 mile Jeep. So as I sit down to eat my Polish sausage and rice dinner, Merry Christmas to all. 12月8日 Watch my BackI just finished watching a Las Vegas episode in which Danny went off as a Marine and came back from combat. He was unable to sleep or wouldn't sleep when he had come back. It turned out that all of his unit had been killed and there was no one to watch his back. When he asked his mentor if he had had to do what he did, then he fell asleep when he heard yes. Sometimes, I feel like I really don't have anyone to watch my back. And I don't sleep well. |
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