Thank you to Lt. Col. Allen West, Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives in the 22nd district of Florida (Please donate to his campaign. We need him in Congress!), for reminding me that today is Armed Forces Day. How apropos that I posted these videos today. So many times when writing about the [...]
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The difference between the good guys and the bad guys
The Mudville Gazette posted this image that will swell your heart with pride for our military men and women. Image via The Sniper
Flapoor, Marine War Dog Hero, Dies
War dogs are the unsung heroes of our military. They work their hearts out serving their country and their handlers, saving many, many lives. Flapoor, a Marine Working Dog, served two tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his first tour, he and his handler, Cpl Poelart, were providing security at an Iraqi police recruiting center [...]
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Memorial Day
On Memorial Day we remember those men and women in uniform who died while in the military. My grandfather, Ret. Major Wilson M. Moon is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. My husband’s cousin, Sgt. 1st Class James Priestap, was killed by a sniper in Iraq on November 23rd, 2006. Several years ago before my husband [...]
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Way to go Australia!
Australian troops just whacked one of the Taliban’s commanders: Australian commandos have killed a Taliban chief blamed for numerous attacks on coalition troops in southern Afghanistan, including one that killed an Australian soldier last week, the country’s defense ministry announced. The death of Mullah Abdul Rasheed “is a significant achievement for the Special Operations Task [...]
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I am humbled by this man
A military jet crashed into a San Diego house yesterday. I saw the headline but had not yet read the article. I wish I had because I would have read about this man, Dong Yun Yoon. He lost everything that was important to him when that jet crashed into his house. He lost his wife, [...]
I'm Kim Priestap
I'm a Reagan conservative and believe in his core principles as outlined by Jeffrey Lord in The American Spectator:
1. The idea that an individual was and should always be the master of his or her own destiny.
2. The belief in the unique character and powers of every human being and their personal opinions.
3. A belief in freedom under law, as opposed to the concept of modern liberalism that power is everything.
4. A belief that collectivism and the centralizing of power in Washington threatened Americans with a loss of freedom in their own communities and daily lives.
5. A belief in the individual over bureaucracy.
6. That modern liberalism has, in the words of Whittaker Chambers, a "vindictiveness...of temper."
7. That, as Reagan wrote, "we cannot diminish the value of an entire category of human life -- the unborn -- without diminishing the value of all human life."
8. That we will all die, but what makes the difference, as Reagan once said, is what we die for. That there are things worth dying for, and peace, alas, can never be purchased at any price but strength.
9. That freedom belongs to every individual by divine right.
10. That freedom is better than control.
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