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Safely back from my
travels & trying to catch up. ~Bob.
Marine Corps Heritage
Foundation 2012 Awards Dinner
On Saturday, April 21, 2012, Bonnie and I attended the Marine
Corps Heritage Foundation 2012 Awards Dinner at the Museum of the Marine Corps
in Quantico . I
was one of about 16 individuals receiving awards for various types of media
depictions of the Corps, from photos, to books, to articles to movies. I was
honored to receive the Robert A. Gannon writing award for poetry for my book, Old Jarhead Poems: The Heart of a Marine.
Posted here are photos and information about the evening. To give you an idea
of how great an evening it was, at our table was Col. Barney Barnum, USMC Ret.
who received the Medal of Honor in Vietnam .
Blog comment on
"You Might Be a Progressive if..."
"This is dumb and bad and you should feel dumb and bad.
Then kill yourself."
(I swear this came in--I didn't make it up to show what
idiots they are. ~Bob)
Excerpt: At least one person has been killed and 10 wounded
in a suspected grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi , police have
said. The attack targeted the God House of Miracle Church, in Ngara
neighbourhood. There has been a string of small arms attacks and explosions in Kenya since
Kenyan troops crossed the Somali border.
Excerpt: Barack Obama learned the rough sport of politics in
Chicago , but his domestic policies have been
shaped by California ’s
progressive creed. As the Golden State crumbles, its troubles point to those America may
confront in a second Obama term. From his first days in office, the president
has held up California
as a model state.
Bush leads ride for
wounded warriors
Excerpt: Presidential wheels rolling through Palo Duro
Canyon Palo
Duro Canyon
State Park
German jihadist
killed by US in March drone strike
Excerpt: A German jihadist is thought to have been killed in
the March 9 airstrike that was carried out by US drones in Pakistan 's
Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan. The German, who is a
known "Islamist" from Aachen ,
has been identified at Samir H., according to a report in Der Spiegel. Samir
was one of 13 Taliban and "foreign fighters" who were killed in the
March 9 strike in Makeen, South Waziristan . In
that strike, the remotely-piloted US strike aircraft fired missiles
at a pickup truck transporting Taliban fighters.
Issa expands Fast and
Furious probe to include alleged money laundering
Excerpt: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has requested a
briefing with the Justice Department over a news report that U.S. law
enforcement officials helped Mexican drug cartels launder millions of dollars
into the country. The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee made the request in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, in
which he questioned DOJ head’s ability to lead the agency. Issa has been
investigating the DOJ’s authorization of a botched gun-tracking operation for
most of the year and has increasingly criticized Holder, who is set to appear
before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
ATF Arrests Border
Agent for Attempting to Arm Drug Cartels
Excerpt: In El Paso , Texas , U.S.
Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Montalvo has been arrested and charged with attempting
to smuggle guns and ammunition into Mexico . More specifically, he’s
been accused of trying to smuggle the weapons to the Mexican cartel. His
girlfriend, Carla Gonzales-Ortiz, has been charged in the matter as well.
Red Cross doctor
found beheaded in Pakistan
Didn't get the memo. ~Bob. Excerpt: The beheaded body of a
kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red
Cross was found by the roadside on Sunday in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta , police and Red Cross officials said.
Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was abducted by suspected militants on Jan 5 while on
his way home from work.
The Utterly
Horrifying English Welfare State
Excerpt: I’ve occasionally commented on foolish public
policy in the United Kingdom ,
including analysis on how the welfare state destroys lives and turns people
into despicable moochers. But if you really want to understand the horrifying
absurdity of the welfare state, check out these passages from a report in the
Daily Mail.
Young Voters: Obama’s
a Cool President, and You’re a Broke Clod Living with Mommy
Excerpt: Obama appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show this past
week and did a slow jam with Fallon and his house band—a brilliant move by the
Entertainer-in-Chief. I thought it was both funny and smart. From a comedy
perspective, it was well-written and well-performed by Obama, Fallon and The
Roots. In terms of cleverness, it was shrewd in that the young people who watch
Jimmy’s show probably don’t—or won’t—follow the manifold ways BHO has hammered
the U.S. through his policies, and the majority of them love to laugh.
Communist Party calls
allies to unite behind Obama
Excerpt: The Communist Party USA isn’t always happy with the
Democrats, but in the 2012 election, its chairman says, the best bet for
advancing the Party’s goals is to back Barack Obama. In a report called
“Defeating the Rightwing on the Road to Socialism” delivered to the CPUSA
annual conference, Party Chairman Sam Webb moved to squash sentiments that
disgruntled communists should jump off the Democrat ship and back a third-party
candidate for president.
Joe Arpaio Supporters
Rally For Sheriff Amid Federal Racial Profiling Probe
Excerpt: "Every constitution and country that has ever
existed has had to have sovereign borders," he said to cheers from the
crowd, some clutching placards reading "Sheriff Joe keeps us safe"
and "illegal is illegal."
When you've lost the
entrepreneurs, free-spirits, and dreamers, you've lost the Golden State
Excerpt: That’s an absurdly optimistic spin. California’s
elected officials have been doing as little planning as possible, unless one
counts planning to spend tens of billions of dollars the state doesn’t have on
a high-speed rail line that will partially replicate what the airlines already
do now. Our leaders are battling new water-storage facilities and punishing
farmers with absurd water restrictions.
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