From FDH Lounge:
We at The Lounge are very pleased to endorse the Project Promise Soldier foundation, which is designed to support American heroes who were wounded in combat.
They have a tremendous fundraising project that is going on through this Tuesday, which is Veterans Day. We are proud to be able to help in a small way by reprinting information about this effort and the overall cause. I am personally very happy to see one of my favorite charities, Soldier's Angels, listed as a beneficiary of this event. Certainly, times are tough and we are cognizant of that. If you are looking for a place to put some charitable contributions this holiday season, please consider Project Promise Soldier and be aware that your donations are tax-deductible.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Fousesquawk Spotlights Project Promise
From Fousesquawk:
Obviously, Tuesday was disheartening. While I sympathize with your emotional state, I have one more request. On November 7-11, Project Promise will hold an online event to raise money for our wounded veterans. They will post letters and essays, video and audio clips, poems and posts on Veteran's Day and soldiers in tribute to the sacrifice of these American heroes.
As a means for spreading the word, I am asking everyone to please link our website, which is enclosed. We would very much appreciate this.
www.projectpromisesoldier.com
Keep up the good work on behalf of our wounded vets.
Obviously, Tuesday was disheartening. While I sympathize with your emotional state, I have one more request. On November 7-11, Project Promise will hold an online event to raise money for our wounded veterans. They will post letters and essays, video and audio clips, poems and posts on Veteran's Day and soldiers in tribute to the sacrifice of these American heroes.
As a means for spreading the word, I am asking everyone to please link our website, which is enclosed. We would very much appreciate this.
www.projectpromisesoldier.com
Keep up the good work on behalf of our wounded vets.
Support Project Promise
From Conservative Libertarian Outpost:
On November 7-11, Project Promise will hold an online event to raise money for our wounded veterans. They will post letters and essays, video and audio clips, poems and posts on Veteran’s Day and soldiers in tribute to the sacrifice of these American heroes.
As a means for spreading the word, I am asking everyone to please link our website, which is enclosed. We would very much appreciate this.
www.projectpromisesoldier.com
On November 7-11, Project Promise will hold an online event to raise money for our wounded veterans. They will post letters and essays, video and audio clips, poems and posts on Veteran’s Day and soldiers in tribute to the sacrifice of these American heroes.
As a means for spreading the word, I am asking everyone to please link our website, which is enclosed. We would very much appreciate this.
www.projectpromisesoldier.com
WMD Highlights Project Promise
From Weapons of Mass Discussion:
Project Promise will hold their first fundraising event, beginning November 7th and running through November 12th and you don't have to leave home to participate. The kick-off event will be a virtual gathering on the website projectpromisesoldier.com where visitors can read essays, watch videos and offer their own comments on what Veteran's Day means to them. The site is set up to take donations. Part of the proceeds will benefit Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT project, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers recovering from hand wounds and challenges related to TBI, PTSD and other severe injuries.
"This Veteran's Day, every person can take the time to read what people across the country are doing to thank our soldiers and veterans and contribute to Project Promise. This is not just a cause people should pay attention to once a year; Project Promise directly helps the soldiers who earned our respect and gratitude. The money goes to our homeless veterans and our soldiers, who today, face new challenges unknown in previous generations." (Ret.) Colonel David Hunt, Bestselling Author of "On the Hunt" and Fox News Contributor.
"One of the inspirations behind forming Project Promise was how we fell in love with the stories told by different people about what soldiers, veterans and Veterans' Day meant to them and people's desire to say thank you to those who serve in our armed forces. Whether it was the man who speaks with awe about his father's service in World War II, or people who talked about the pain they still feel about the treatment soldiers returning from Vietnam received, or the little girl who told us about how her mother took her and her siblings to the Veterans' Day parade every year to teach her about the importance of saying thank you. The stories span generations and location and are unique in every way except one: they all speak of the need to say thank you and keep an unspoken promise to those that fight to protect us. That unspoken promise factored strongly into our mission," said Christine Hunsinger, project manager for Project Promise. "Everything we do, involves these stories."
Project Promise partnered with small business, Premier Legend, to design and produce Project Promise pins and medals to reward those who make donations. The design is based on a photo taken by AP photographer Laura Rauch. On March 21, 2003, the first day of the ground war in Iraq, India Co. launched an attack on a mechanized unit in Az Bayer, Iraq. During the battle, a fellow Marine gallantly carried a wounded soldier out of the line of fire. Laura was able to capture that moment on film in a brilliant piece of photography.
The tools used to make the pins were made by Shiban Anthony is a W.W.II veteran who completed 30 missions, bailed out MIA 7 times and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and begins his story, "Here is a kid, not quite 18 years old, from 45 Atwells Ave in Providence, R.I., in the middle of the Pacific Theater flying in a B-29 on a mission to bomb Japan. My worldly background and experience was zero."
The pins are made by Joe Anthony, Shiban's son, a Vietnam Era veteran. "It has always been a dream of mine to give something back to the military. Over the years, I've realized how important my military training was in helping me to become the person I am. Throughout my life, I have always been proudest of my military service," said Joe.
The Project Promise on-line event runs from November 7th through November 12th at projectpromisesoldier.com.
Project Promise is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to aiding soldiers and their families. Proceeds from the event will be benefit Project Promise and three other charity partners: The New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, The Rhode Island VA, and Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT project.
Project Promise will hold their first fundraising event, beginning November 7th and running through November 12th and you don't have to leave home to participate. The kick-off event will be a virtual gathering on the website projectpromisesoldier.com where visitors can read essays, watch videos and offer their own comments on what Veteran's Day means to them. The site is set up to take donations. Part of the proceeds will benefit Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT project, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers recovering from hand wounds and challenges related to TBI, PTSD and other severe injuries.
"This Veteran's Day, every person can take the time to read what people across the country are doing to thank our soldiers and veterans and contribute to Project Promise. This is not just a cause people should pay attention to once a year; Project Promise directly helps the soldiers who earned our respect and gratitude. The money goes to our homeless veterans and our soldiers, who today, face new challenges unknown in previous generations." (Ret.) Colonel David Hunt, Bestselling Author of "On the Hunt" and Fox News Contributor.
"One of the inspirations behind forming Project Promise was how we fell in love with the stories told by different people about what soldiers, veterans and Veterans' Day meant to them and people's desire to say thank you to those who serve in our armed forces. Whether it was the man who speaks with awe about his father's service in World War II, or people who talked about the pain they still feel about the treatment soldiers returning from Vietnam received, or the little girl who told us about how her mother took her and her siblings to the Veterans' Day parade every year to teach her about the importance of saying thank you. The stories span generations and location and are unique in every way except one: they all speak of the need to say thank you and keep an unspoken promise to those that fight to protect us. That unspoken promise factored strongly into our mission," said Christine Hunsinger, project manager for Project Promise. "Everything we do, involves these stories."
Project Promise partnered with small business, Premier Legend, to design and produce Project Promise pins and medals to reward those who make donations. The design is based on a photo taken by AP photographer Laura Rauch. On March 21, 2003, the first day of the ground war in Iraq, India Co. launched an attack on a mechanized unit in Az Bayer, Iraq. During the battle, a fellow Marine gallantly carried a wounded soldier out of the line of fire. Laura was able to capture that moment on film in a brilliant piece of photography.
The tools used to make the pins were made by Shiban Anthony is a W.W.II veteran who completed 30 missions, bailed out MIA 7 times and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and begins his story, "Here is a kid, not quite 18 years old, from 45 Atwells Ave in Providence, R.I., in the middle of the Pacific Theater flying in a B-29 on a mission to bomb Japan. My worldly background and experience was zero."
The pins are made by Joe Anthony, Shiban's son, a Vietnam Era veteran. "It has always been a dream of mine to give something back to the military. Over the years, I've realized how important my military training was in helping me to become the person I am. Throughout my life, I have always been proudest of my military service," said Joe.
The Project Promise on-line event runs from November 7th through November 12th at projectpromisesoldier.com.
Project Promise is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to aiding soldiers and their families. Proceeds from the event will be benefit Project Promise and three other charity partners: The New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, The Rhode Island VA, and Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT project.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
“I'm Convinced He's the Real Deal”
The War on Guns spotlights Tom McClintock.
I urge California gun owners to support and elect Tom McClintock to the House of Representatives. I urge you to get involved now, assist his campaign and recruit other gun owners. If you have been involved, I urge you to renew your efforts. Here's why:
How can conservative gun owners not love a guy who advocates: [T]he debate is not about guns. It is about freedom. And the wheel has come full circle. Our generation must study politics that we may restore the liberty that our parents and grandparents expect us to pass on to our children and grandchildren.
If we fail, what history will demand of our children and grandchildren, in a society where their only right is to their own thoughts, is simply unthinkable. And be assured, history will find it unforgivable. A generation that is handed the most precious gift in all the universe – freedom – and throws it away -- deserves to be reviled by every generation that follows – and will be, even though the only right left to them is their own thoughts. I've met the man. I had the opportunity to speak with him in person. I'm convinced he's the real deal.
Thing is, I'm not the one who needs convincing. California gun owners need to get off their duffs, get on the forums and boards, call their friends, scold their shooting buddies, open their wallets and generally knock off the apathy that is "our" worst failing.
I couldn't move that mountain much when Arnold was climbing it. But that didn't make the truth of why McClintock was the superior candidate any less relevant. And with the banning of .50 BMGs, with the lead shot ammo ban, and all the subsequent infringements since Arnold took over, we have the benefit of hindsight to confirm this.
It's clear the Nancy Pelosi machine is working overtime to ensure the congressional seat ends up an extension of their centralized planning campaign against freedom. Does anyone think Tom's opponent will buck his backers? And why is it do you suppose the democrat has been so shy about showing voters his hand in terms of his support for Barack Obama--the guy whose record proves he "would be the most anti-gun president in America's history" if elected?
There's really nothing more to say. California gun owners--I urge you to stop what you're doing, right now, and click on this link and start helping.
I urge California gun owners to support and elect Tom McClintock to the House of Representatives. I urge you to get involved now, assist his campaign and recruit other gun owners. If you have been involved, I urge you to renew your efforts. Here's why:
How can conservative gun owners not love a guy who advocates: [T]he debate is not about guns. It is about freedom. And the wheel has come full circle. Our generation must study politics that we may restore the liberty that our parents and grandparents expect us to pass on to our children and grandchildren.
If we fail, what history will demand of our children and grandchildren, in a society where their only right is to their own thoughts, is simply unthinkable. And be assured, history will find it unforgivable. A generation that is handed the most precious gift in all the universe – freedom – and throws it away -- deserves to be reviled by every generation that follows – and will be, even though the only right left to them is their own thoughts. I've met the man. I had the opportunity to speak with him in person. I'm convinced he's the real deal.
Thing is, I'm not the one who needs convincing. California gun owners need to get off their duffs, get on the forums and boards, call their friends, scold their shooting buddies, open their wallets and generally knock off the apathy that is "our" worst failing.
I couldn't move that mountain much when Arnold was climbing it. But that didn't make the truth of why McClintock was the superior candidate any less relevant. And with the banning of .50 BMGs, with the lead shot ammo ban, and all the subsequent infringements since Arnold took over, we have the benefit of hindsight to confirm this.
It's clear the Nancy Pelosi machine is working overtime to ensure the congressional seat ends up an extension of their centralized planning campaign against freedom. Does anyone think Tom's opponent will buck his backers? And why is it do you suppose the democrat has been so shy about showing voters his hand in terms of his support for Barack Obama--the guy whose record proves he "would be the most anti-gun president in America's history" if elected?
There's really nothing more to say. California gun owners--I urge you to stop what you're doing, right now, and click on this link and start helping.
Theodore’s World Contrasts Jeff Beatty vs. John Kerry
From Theodore’s World:
John Kerry has expressed anti-American sentiment throughout his public life -- beginning with his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.
Early last year in Davos, Switzerland, Kerry ingratiated himself with Europeans by again making public comments that revealed his true nature and shocked many people here at home.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he openly ridiculed the United States to the delight of many in the audience. "The problem with Americans is they have an unfortunate habit of seeing the world through an American lens," Kerry said. He also referred to the United States as an "international pariah."
John Kerry has expressed anti-American sentiment throughout his public life -- beginning with his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971.
Early last year in Davos, Switzerland, Kerry ingratiated himself with Europeans by again making public comments that revealed his true nature and shocked many people here at home.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he openly ridiculed the United States to the delight of many in the audience. "The problem with Americans is they have an unfortunate habit of seeing the world through an American lens," Kerry said. He also referred to the United States as an "international pariah."
Monday, November 3, 2008
Rob Port: “Incapacitated Democrat Won’t Debate”
From Say Anything:
Last night I had an opportunity to talk with a politcally-engaged friend from South Dakota who told me something interesting about their Senate race down there.
Senator Tim Johnson, who was felled by a stroke in December of 2006, is running for re-election against Republican challenger Joel Dykstra. As late as August of last year Senator Johnson was propped up in front of supporters to announce that he was “back” and that he’d be running for re-election. During that speech Johnson couldn’t stand. He didn’t give any extemporaneous remarks. He slurred his way through a prepared statement and then was wheeled off stage.
At the time I said that the spectacle was disturbing. Senator Johnson clearly wasn’t fit at the time to be back in the public eye, and I found it a little morbid that his handlers would push him out in front of everyone like that.
From my friend in South Dakota I learned that not much has changed. To date, Johnson has refused to debate Dykstra. Even a compromise where each candidate would answer questions separately in separate rooms for 30 minutes apiece was rejected by Johnson’s campaign.
I have to ask, if this man isn’t fit to even debate his opponent during a campaign how in the world is he fit to serve in the United States Senate? Famous for being the world’s most deliberative legislative body?
Are Democrats really so power-hungry that they’d push someone like Johnson out onto the campaign trail when he’s clearly not healthy enough to be campaigning or representing the people of South Dakota in the Senate.
Last night I had an opportunity to talk with a politcally-engaged friend from South Dakota who told me something interesting about their Senate race down there.
Senator Tim Johnson, who was felled by a stroke in December of 2006, is running for re-election against Republican challenger Joel Dykstra. As late as August of last year Senator Johnson was propped up in front of supporters to announce that he was “back” and that he’d be running for re-election. During that speech Johnson couldn’t stand. He didn’t give any extemporaneous remarks. He slurred his way through a prepared statement and then was wheeled off stage.
At the time I said that the spectacle was disturbing. Senator Johnson clearly wasn’t fit at the time to be back in the public eye, and I found it a little morbid that his handlers would push him out in front of everyone like that.
From my friend in South Dakota I learned that not much has changed. To date, Johnson has refused to debate Dykstra. Even a compromise where each candidate would answer questions separately in separate rooms for 30 minutes apiece was rejected by Johnson’s campaign.
I have to ask, if this man isn’t fit to even debate his opponent during a campaign how in the world is he fit to serve in the United States Senate? Famous for being the world’s most deliberative legislative body?
Are Democrats really so power-hungry that they’d push someone like Johnson out onto the campaign trail when he’s clearly not healthy enough to be campaigning or representing the people of South Dakota in the Senate.
“You Don’t Wear A Military Uniform”
From Kevin Tracy:
There’s news in California’s 4th Congressional District where it turns out that Representative Charlie Brown (D) not only appeared at an anti-war rally where an effigy of an American soldier was lynched, but appeared in a military uniform! Now, Brown earned the uniform and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force before finally retiring in 1998.
Needless to say, appearing in uniform to hang an effigy of a soldier to show support for the radical anti-war left is so far beyond acceptable that it’s unbelievable. And Representative Brown is banking on you thinking it’s unbelievable as he’s now denying he ever wore a uniform to the protest.
Well, thankfully his Republican opponent, State Senator Tom McClintock, has the resources to run television ads. Take a look for yourself. Look, I’m not really upset with the hanging of an effigy. I’m sure when McCain loses, there are going to be plenty of Republicans wanting to hang effigies of me in their front yards. I mean, go to Israel and ask them if they are ever offended by the Palestinians burning an effigy of a Jew. No, it’s not polite, but it doesn’t really make that big of a deal.
What bothers me about this is Brown wearing a military uniform at an anti-war rally. John Kerry did the exact same thing during the Vietnam War and when I found out, I was just as much outraged as I am now. Brown had absolutely no business disrespecting the military uniform like that. He of all people should know how wrong his actions were on so many levels but he did it anyway.
I don’t care if you’re at an anti-war rally, a pro-war rally, or a what-war? rally - you don’t wear a military uniform when you go. You don’t wear a military uniform there if you’ve never served. You don’t wear a military uniform there if you’re in the service now. And you don’t wear a military uniform there after you’ve left the service. It’s not only illegal, but it’s about the equivalent of burning an American Flag to anyone who’s had to earn the uniform and respects it as it deserves to be respected.
Before this broke, Brown had been endorsed by VoteVets.org, The Circle of Friends for American Veterans, and Veterans’ Press. It’s time those endorsements were pulled and it’s up to us to pressure them to act. Please E-Mail, call, and fax these organizations and encourage them to withdraw their endorsements for Representative Brown for the horrible insult he paid to all troops; past, present, and future.
There’s news in California’s 4th Congressional District where it turns out that Representative Charlie Brown (D) not only appeared at an anti-war rally where an effigy of an American soldier was lynched, but appeared in a military uniform! Now, Brown earned the uniform and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force before finally retiring in 1998.
Needless to say, appearing in uniform to hang an effigy of a soldier to show support for the radical anti-war left is so far beyond acceptable that it’s unbelievable. And Representative Brown is banking on you thinking it’s unbelievable as he’s now denying he ever wore a uniform to the protest.
Well, thankfully his Republican opponent, State Senator Tom McClintock, has the resources to run television ads. Take a look for yourself. Look, I’m not really upset with the hanging of an effigy. I’m sure when McCain loses, there are going to be plenty of Republicans wanting to hang effigies of me in their front yards. I mean, go to Israel and ask them if they are ever offended by the Palestinians burning an effigy of a Jew. No, it’s not polite, but it doesn’t really make that big of a deal.
What bothers me about this is Brown wearing a military uniform at an anti-war rally. John Kerry did the exact same thing during the Vietnam War and when I found out, I was just as much outraged as I am now. Brown had absolutely no business disrespecting the military uniform like that. He of all people should know how wrong his actions were on so many levels but he did it anyway.
I don’t care if you’re at an anti-war rally, a pro-war rally, or a what-war? rally - you don’t wear a military uniform when you go. You don’t wear a military uniform there if you’ve never served. You don’t wear a military uniform there if you’re in the service now. And you don’t wear a military uniform there after you’ve left the service. It’s not only illegal, but it’s about the equivalent of burning an American Flag to anyone who’s had to earn the uniform and respects it as it deserves to be respected.
Before this broke, Brown had been endorsed by VoteVets.org, The Circle of Friends for American Veterans, and Veterans’ Press. It’s time those endorsements were pulled and it’s up to us to pressure them to act. Please E-Mail, call, and fax these organizations and encourage them to withdraw their endorsements for Representative Brown for the horrible insult he paid to all troops; past, present, and future.
“Northern California Won't Buy Brown's Bull”
Genuine GOP Mom spotlights Tom McClintock.
When a friend sent me a link to this video recently, a quote from Sir Winston Churchill came to mind. Churchill famously said, “"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The video shows former Air Force officer and Congressional candidate Charlie Brown of California in attendance at an anti-war rally where American uniforms were hung in effigy. Despite witnesses who saw him there supporting the organizers, Brown continues to deny it. We have the video, though, and there he is, feeding the proverbial crocodile, in uniform no less. Shameful.
Dear readers, in Charlie Brown’s attempted manipulation of public sentiment on the war in Iraq we see the consummate politician, a man who leans with his convictions when it polls well and hides in the shadows when it doesn’t. Brown has military experience himself which tends to play well among conservatives, but in recent years he has found a friend in Cindy Sheehan and other radical anti-war activists, presumably because it has been politically expedient at times for him to associate with them. Again, it is shameful. Our men and women in uniform deserve better.
Fortunately for northern California, there is an alternative in the race, a gentleman who has the determination and guts to stand on his convictions in the light of day. Tom McClintock, the conservative Republican candidate for California’s fourth congressional district, stands to do well in a district that traditionally embraces the conservative ideals of streamlined and efficient government, common sense immigration policies and a clear sense of what it takes to keep America secure during these dangerous times. I predict that northern California will reject Brown, the preferred candidate of groups like Code Pink, in favor of Tom McClintock, a promoter of Reagan’s ideal of “peace through strength”. I hold out great hope that voters in this election cycle nationwide are too keen to fall for political evasions, half-truths and even outright lies. I am confident that the voters of California’s fourth congressional district are no exception.
When a friend sent me a link to this video recently, a quote from Sir Winston Churchill came to mind. Churchill famously said, “"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The video shows former Air Force officer and Congressional candidate Charlie Brown of California in attendance at an anti-war rally where American uniforms were hung in effigy. Despite witnesses who saw him there supporting the organizers, Brown continues to deny it. We have the video, though, and there he is, feeding the proverbial crocodile, in uniform no less. Shameful.
Dear readers, in Charlie Brown’s attempted manipulation of public sentiment on the war in Iraq we see the consummate politician, a man who leans with his convictions when it polls well and hides in the shadows when it doesn’t. Brown has military experience himself which tends to play well among conservatives, but in recent years he has found a friend in Cindy Sheehan and other radical anti-war activists, presumably because it has been politically expedient at times for him to associate with them. Again, it is shameful. Our men and women in uniform deserve better.
Fortunately for northern California, there is an alternative in the race, a gentleman who has the determination and guts to stand on his convictions in the light of day. Tom McClintock, the conservative Republican candidate for California’s fourth congressional district, stands to do well in a district that traditionally embraces the conservative ideals of streamlined and efficient government, common sense immigration policies and a clear sense of what it takes to keep America secure during these dangerous times. I predict that northern California will reject Brown, the preferred candidate of groups like Code Pink, in favor of Tom McClintock, a promoter of Reagan’s ideal of “peace through strength”. I hold out great hope that voters in this election cycle nationwide are too keen to fall for political evasions, half-truths and even outright lies. I am confident that the voters of California’s fourth congressional district are no exception.
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