Well I have put my foot in my mouth and have mentioned that me being overweight is a choice that I made and that if I wanted to be slimmer all I had to do was say so. Well it’s day two and I’m feeling a bit tired but I feel great physically. I ma bout to do my push ups and walk my first mile of the day. I will keep posting as to me status on a day to day basis.
I would like to send a heart felt thank you to all vets present and past. I would like to share with you reading this that with the way vets are being treated whether it’s avoidance, neglect or just plain disrespect a story that I watched and it has brought me to a complete understanding that these men and women have put there lives for the betterment of this country and all they got in return was grief. Please, watch this video and get yourself involved to help the many in need.
The following video displays the route of the U.S Airways flight No.1549 took before it landed on the Hudson River. The details and voice recordings are pretty much on point. Watch and listen as the pilot explains that he has no choice but to land on the river.
I received this from a good friend of mine yesterday and I felt I should share it with those of you visiting here today.
When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.’
You could have heard a pin drop.
There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?’
As you can see from the photo to the left the crew/team that was in charge of loading that vessel probably got canned almost immediately. I am not writing this post to say that my day was that bad - if anything I’m writing to say that today was an awesome day. My wife and I (mainly my wife) put together a great Thanksgiving day dinner for the kids and ourselves. I would like to take a moment to send my wife Lisa a great big Thank You for pulling everything together and make it all flow smoothly. I’ve had days close to today but not like today, working with my wife on the dinner of all dinners was an experience that I will hold true to my heart forever.
I love you Lisa
I found this video when searching the different types of cancer that ruin lives for many people. Ben Teller’s story is truely heart wrenching but he took it to another level and decided to face cancer head on. Watch the video and please if at all possible visit the site and be generous and donate to the cause. Great Job Ben Teller! You are definitely a soldier against the army of cancer.
Irresponsibility comes around but for many it creeps up on them and it catches them off guard. Watching the story linked below brought a rush of anger at first but by the end of the video I found myself sad for the family especially the mom. It’s mentioned that she might not of known that the kid was in the back seat hiding. At first I thought that there is no way for that to happen because the family would of been calling her to find out where the kid was but if the family knew the kid was going to be with the mom by either assuming or maybe the kid mentioned that he was going with her I saw that something like this could happen to anybody. My heart goes out to the family and to the mom even more.
I got this from a good friend of mine today please read it if you time. The following lines were written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words.
Enjoy…….
I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
I’ve learned…. That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I’ve learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve learned…. That yo u shou ld never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned…. That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.
My heart sank all the way down past my feet when I saw the video link below. When I first heard of the incident I thought my friend was going a bit too far. Well not only did my friend not go too far but I think I’m going to join him and go a little further.
Ten freaking cars go by - that’s at least ten people that saw the man on the ground and instead of calling 911 they instead decided to continue on with their lives as if he was just a piece of carpet that fell off the back of truck. Then of course in this high tech world we live in you would think that those walking by would of called 911 and reported the accident - but no.
None of them called, it took a patrol car responding to another call to notice the man and then dispatched help. I watched the video again and it looks like the first car that drove by him either couldn’t wait for the SUV to drive faster so he/she decides to go around the vehicle but then I saw the second car hit the man and instead of stopping they not only kept on going but they were right behind the first and even turned down the same road.
I’m assuming the cars were stolen and they had to get away quickly or we actually have impatient drivers out there that are willing to do the unthinkable just to get to where their going a few seconds earlier.
Those people really suck and I hope that those folks that decided to stare instead of help keep this day in their mind fresh from now until the day they pass on. Unbelieveable.
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‘The Pledge of Allegiance’ - by Senator John McCain
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as
a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the
early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in
solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In
1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of
isolation into large rooms with as many a s 30 to 40
men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change
and was a direct result of the efforts of millions
of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000
miles from home. One of the men who moved into my
room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He
didn’t wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years
old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later
earned a commission by going to Officer Training
School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was
shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and
deep appreciation of the opportunities this country
and our military provide for people who want to work
and want to succeed.
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese
allowed some prisoners to receive packages from
home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs,
scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a
couple of months, he created an American flag and
sewed on the inside of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we
would hang Mike’s shirt on the wall of the cell and
say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the
most important part of our day now, but I can assure
you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most
important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they
did periodically, and discovered Mike’s shirt with
the flag sewn inside, and removed it.
That evening they returned, opened the door of the
cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike
Christian severely for the next couple of hours.
Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him
in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in
the middle on which we slept. Naked light bulbs
hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we
could. After the excitement died down, I looked in
the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath
that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth,
another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend,
Mike Christian.
He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from
the beating he had received, making another American
flag. He was not making the flag because it made
Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag
because he knew how important it was to us to be
able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and
country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance,
you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that
thousands of Americans have made to build our nation
and promote freedom around the world.
You must remember our duty, our honor, and our
country
‘I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it
stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.’
I came across this article today and it reminded me that even though someone is dead they are not forgotten - I’m not talking about family members remembering, I’m talking about complete strangers that are taking the extra step to identify and locate the unnamed and the missing.
The unnamed dead are everywhere — buried in unmarked graves, tagged in county morgues, dumped in rivers and under bridges, interred in potter’s fields and all manner of makeshift tombs. There are more than 40,000 unnamed bodies in the U.S., according to national law enforcement reports, and about 100,000 people formally listed as missing.
My wife and I have taken two years from our lives pursuing the same goal. It started out with the search of my wife’s family and it ended up being a large collection of names that did not have a home or place. She has published a great book titled “In Memory of…The loved and the forgotten of Ohio“. In this book you’ll read and see the many cemeteries we’ve seen and visited. You will also get an inside look of what my wife has found while researching soldiers that fount in the war here in Ohio many many years ago. I am glad to know that there is a network out there that is relentless in finding out what others chose to ignore.
I just spent the last hour or so watching an interview by Glenn beck on Mike Huckabee regarding his thoughts and solutions through his campaign. Please if you have the time to spare please watch each of the clips. You will get a complete inside look at what Mike was, is and will be. He is definitely the one for president hands down.
My candidacy is, and always has been, about convictions – and the issues and core values that are critical to our country’s future, such protecting traditional marriage, the sanctity of life, individual empowerment and a revamping of our federal tax code to encourage productivity. It’s about lifting Americans up, from hope to higher ground, with a positive vision for America’s future that is grounded in a belief in our nation’s basic goodness, and defined by a ‘can—do’ spirit that knows how to gets things done. My goal is to offer Republican voters, a voice and a choice in this election.
The last four out of five U.S. Presidents have been governors, and there is a reason for this: the challenges facing our nation require steady, experienced, executive management. As governor of Arkansas for 10 ½ years, I delivered on my promises to cut taxes 94 times, reduce welfare by half, reform health care for children and our education system, and transform our transportation infrastructure. My record of results, achieved with a Democrat legislature, gives a meaningful viability to my candidacy.
There are millions of Republicans from across this country who have yet to be heard from. Clearly we were disappointed by the results in Wisconsin, but I look forward to campaigning hard in Texas and Ohio this week – and taking my case before the good people of those states.
If your thoughts of voting for one of the candidates in the title is close to materializing I would like for you to take a moment to click the video link below. The video link will direct you to an interview done by Mary Snow representing CNN in which she asks Mike a few questions that some people need to hear the answer to. Also, if some of you reading this haven’t heard where Huckabee stands on his positions then I would also suggest that you click on the video link below so that you can get an understanding as well.
When at the site locate the “Huckabee on longshot W.H. bid” video.
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