Finished the four-day transplant eval Friday. It was
tolerable, if not fun. I won’t know the verdict until the team goes over all
the results and meets with me, but there were no obvious red flags. I expect to
be back in harness Monday. Still taking it a tad slow, but pulled a few things
for the blog. ~Bob
Protesters Occupy Obama Campaign Headquarters, Issue Demands
Trying to help Obama with sympathy votes. ~Bob.
Where did all those FEMA trailers go?
Excerpt: FOX 13 obtained the entire list of FEMA trailers
and mobile homes sold at auction from 2006 though May of 2012. It shows many
were snatched up by mobile home parks and RV dealers across the country at deep
discounts. Bob Archer, a dealer in Houston ,
bought thousands. "They sold real quick," he said. Many were priced
at under $3,000.
Excerpt: After a hard-fought primary win on Tuesday,
Republican Tommy Thompson now holds a double-digit lead over Democratic
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin ’s
U.S. Senate race.
How Did Harry Reid
Get Rich? His career in public service has ended up being
remarkably lucrative. By Betsy
Woodruff
Excerpt: Try this thought experiment. Imagine that someone
grows up in poverty, works his way through law school by holding the night
shift as a Capitol Hill policeman, and spends all but two years of his career
as a public servant. Now imagine that this person’s current salary — and he’s
at the top of his game — is $193,400. You probably wouldn’t expect him to have
millions in stocks, bonds, and real estate.
Obama
Edits Official State Department Documents to Tout Himself
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/08/17/morning-bell-obama-edits-official-state-department-documents-to-tout-himself/?roi=echo3-12876168466-9450567-51a0d819e10730542bd5484961d103c5&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
Excerpt: Inserting himself into the biographies of past presidents on the White House website apparently wasn’t enough for President Obama. His State Department is now editing its descriptions of foreign countries into yet another taxpayer-subsidized campaign commercial for the Obama Administration.
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/08/17/morning-bell-obama-edits-official-state-department-documents-to-tout-himself/?roi=echo3-12876168466-9450567-51a0d819e10730542bd5484961d103c5&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
Excerpt: Inserting himself into the biographies of past presidents on the White House website apparently wasn’t enough for President Obama. His State Department is now editing its descriptions of foreign countries into yet another taxpayer-subsidized campaign commercial for the Obama Administration.
Dishonorable Disclosures: It’s Dynamite
The Obama administration, to its everlasting shame, has
eagerly leaked sensitive national security information to advance its own
partisan political interests. The killing of Osama bin Laden by special forces
who had been on the job for years was the most grotesque, but not the only,
example. Special forces operators and intelligence officials were outraged by
Obama’s leaks, as were many others, including Democratic Senators.
So a bunch of special operators and intelligence
professionals got together to protest against the Obama administration’s
irresponsibility. The result is this video, titled “Dishonorable Disclosure.”
It is dynamite: the production values are excellent, and the message is
overpowering. The video is 22 minutes long, but trust me: it is riveting, and
goes fast. You should watch the whole thing, to appreciate how dishonorable the
Obama administration is when it comes to national security. --SW
Link to complete article: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/08/dishonorable-disclosures-its-dynamite.php
(Another great job at lambasting the Administration for
their deliberate leaks from various Spec Ops people. –Del )
Regional Forces in South
Viet Nam
Some American troops called them “Ruff-Puffs” and laughed at
them. We called them our brothers and lived and fought alongside them every day
in South Vietnam .
By the end of my year as a Mobile Advisory Team (MAT) leader I admired all of
them. This is the story of one MAT team (5 American Army advisors)) in one of
the 244 Districts in South
Vietnam and about a great counterpart-the
District Chief. (A book about the Ruff-Puffs, by a former MAT advisor. One of
the stories from Viet Nam
never heard, but well worth hearing. In a way, the Army's version of the CAP
units. –Del.
We had RFs in the Ville at Khe Sanh the month in ’67 I was TAD to CAC-O. I was
friends with several and thought they were okay. ~Bob.)
Excerpt: Thirty-four people were killed after police opened
fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief
has said. (A large number of educated blacks and whites have fled South Africa
since the advent of beneficent black rule and a soaring crime rate. Many more
would if they had the cash and some place would take them in. It is spiraling
out of control—but who isn’t? ~Bob.)
Excerpt: In late July, John Hynansky — a longtime friend of
Vice President Joe
Biden, and a major donor to Biden’s campaigns as well as President Barack
Obama’s — was awarded a $20 million taxpayer loan to build a foreign-car dealership
in Ukraine.
Hospital Unionization Harms the Sick
Excerpt: In the last three years, hospital strikes have
risen dramatically. According to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, 2010 saw new health care strikes increase by almost 70 percent over
2009 levels, and last year that number rose by an additional 73 percent.
Country's Economic
Welfare Can't Take More Poor Energy Policy. By William O'Keefe
Excerpt: A good place to start is energy policy. The failed
energy policies of the past have been well documented. Industrial policy
initiatives aimed at energy independence and alternative energy sources have
failed, have wasted hundreds of billions of dollars, and have distorted the
energy market.
http://justcommonsense-lostinamerica.blogspot.com/2012/08/joe-bidens-afro-roots-midnight-train-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMoXTa+%28Lost+in+America%29
Excerpt: Old Joe Biden and his "clean cut, well spoken African American" boss (his description, not mine) blew through $787 billion dollars and managed to cause African American unemployment to rise from 12% to 20% in three short years....but Joe Biden is really worried about Blacks being put back "in chains".
Excerpt: Old Joe Biden and his "clean cut, well spoken African American" boss (his description, not mine) blew through $787 billion dollars and managed to cause African American unemployment to rise from 12% to 20% in three short years....but Joe Biden is really worried about Blacks being put back "in chains".
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Huh, four day transplant eval - nothing an old Marine can't handle. For-ward, March! Added to the prayer list. Semper Fidelis.
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