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Pa. female trooper alleges sex bias, and more

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:24:37 GMT

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PENNSYLVANIA STATE Trooper Andrea Young just wanted a promotion.

So the 13-year veteran - her smarts already proved as a Mensa member - took the Pennsylvania State Police's promotions exam, scoring sixth out of 2,000 test-takers.

But, despite her scores and an unblemished disciplinary record, her bosses passed her over for promotion. Male co-workers joked about her sex life. Colleagues accused her of cheating on the exam. Superiors suspended her, stripped her of her badge and gun, transferred her and tried to fire her.

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:21:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.irannewsdigest.com

John Limbert, a veteran U.S. diplomat and former hostage held in Iran for 444 days, has reportedly been appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

Limbert will be involved in negotiations with Iran, along with under secretary of state for political affairs, William Burns…Limbert, a career diplomat, is a fluent Persian speaker who has published several books on Iran including a recent one on how to engage the Islamic Republic, titled “Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History.”

…Here’s a video [IND: Limbert's Persian is simply amazing] of Iran’s then Deputy Defense Minister Ali Khamenei talking with Limbert while he was being held hostage in Tehran for 14 months, often in solitary confinement. The video was recently posted on Khamenei’s website.

Veterans Day 2009: Thank you

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:57:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They are casualties of war… and as far as I’m concerned, Sergeant Kimberly Munley, who took their cowardly attacker down, is a veteran today.

The terrorist enemy doesn’t have a formal chain of command that can sign an armistice, they don’t muster on clearly defined battlefields, and they’re quite happy to benefit from the efforts of deranged fanboys. If we don’t stand behind our professional soldiers, and give them the tools to do their jobs now, we will all become soldiers before this enemy is defeated.

Somewhere in the world tomorrow, an American soldier will ring in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day with gunfire. Another will arrive home after an honorable tour of duty, perhaps passing brothers and sisters in arms saying farewell to their families. A mother’s tears will fall on a letter from the far side of the world. Old veterans will spend a beautiful afternoon watching children play beneath the flag they raised at Anzio, Guadalcanal, Incheon, or Khe Sanh.

Clip Source: michellemalkin.com

Applebee’s honors vets and active duty military with a free meal today. Krispy Kreme is doing the same. Or take a vet out to McCormack & Schmick’s or Golden Corral for a special dinner.

Must-read Veterans Day tributes at milblog Mudville Gazette and from Blackfive’s Matt Burden, who reminds us: “It’s about the living.”

To honor our wounded troops, make sure you pitch in at Project Valour-IT. Today’s the last day of the annual fundraiser.

Happy 234th Birthday, Marines!

Doctor Zero on “The Eleventh Hour:”

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of 2009, the wounded of Fort Hood will remember their fallen friends, and wonder how a man wrapped in enough red flags to turn him into a bloody mummy was allowed to infiltrate their base. Those wounded and dead rely upon us to ask the questions their superiors in the chain of command cannot comfortably answer. Calling the injured and dead of Fort Hood “victims” perpetuates the blindness that compelled those men and women to face the enemy unarmed.

Tags: airforce, army, coast guard, marines, national guard, national security, navy, veterans day 2009

Veteran therapy dogs

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:34:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.examiner.com

Veteran therapy dogs

On this Veteran’s Day, let us also say “thank you “ to our dogs that serve our military veterans. Our vets return from combat suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), seizures, blindness, and missing limbs.

These dogs intuitively know when a vet suffering from PTSD is getting ready to have a traumatic flashback and can calm the vet and bring their attention back to the here and now. They can warn a vet suffering from a TBI when he/she is about to have a seizure so the vet can put him/herself in a safe place or lie down on the ground.

Veteran’s Helping Heroes provides funding to help train dogs for the American Vet Dog Program. It costs $50,000 for each dog. It takes two years to train a dog and the dog will retire after 8 or 9 years.

What a wonderful program to serve our vets! Happy Veteran’s Day

Tags: k9

catholic Stewards of Creation

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Animals in Heaven, Catholics Want to Know, a book by author Susi Pittman answers the question - will pets go to heaven, using biblical guidelines and amusing pet tales

Clip Source: www.catholicstewardsofcreation.com

BOOK TEASER: Preview the Prologue to Susi’s New Book, Animals In Heaven? Catholics Want to Know!

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This week we celebrate Veteran’s Day on Wednesday, November 11th. We remember veterans of war both past and present who have given their lives for this country and all that we hold dear. Along side of these brave men, an unheralded group whose job it was to protect the troops, to serve the men they loved and who died bravely…these are the WAR DOGS! They are the forgotten heroes.

Tags: non-fiction, religious, spiritual, animals

"Service is embedded in their DNA"

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:09:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: what a beautiful way to describe em!

Clip Source: thisainthell.us

The Washington Times has an article this morning about a report of a survey from Civic Enterprises that advises local and national leaders to tap into the reservoir of talent in today’s returning veterans instead of looking at the veteran community as a burden and damaged goods;

The results of the survey, being released Wednesday, show that 90 percent of returning veterans want to continue to serve their communities in some capacity.

“The public perception is that they are damaged in some way when they come back,” said John Marshall Bridgeland, chief executive of Civic Enterprises. “They view veterans as already having served their country and think they should be left alone because they have given the ultimate sacrifice, risked their lives, and that their service is done.

“But what this survey shows is that service is embedded in their DNA,” Mr. Bridgeland said. “They believe they have a lot to teach, especially to young people.”

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Tags: vets, military service, jewels

All gave some….Some gave all

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:57:12 GMT

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Clip Source: feeds.reuters.com

Those left behind: The legacy of Arlington’s Section 60

“People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell

Veteran’s Day is a time to remember “All gave some….Some gave all.”

The impact of two distant wars became personal once the “knocks on the door” delivered the horrifying news and haunted a house forever. Prayers that the Pentagon “got it wrong” vanished when asked if they wanted an ‘Arlington’ funeral.

‘Arlington’ is an idyllic hillside cemetery and is easily seen while driving on the Arlington Memorial Bridge towards Virginia. It’s the last stop straight ahead.

It’s also the last stop for those sons and daughters who were killed after announcing to their family they wanted to be “Army Strong” or part of “The Few…The Proud” and then fearlessly joined the deadliest profession.

Tags: veterans, arlington, section 60

Dunn to Step Down as White House Communications Director

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:47:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In an interview, Dunn said she will stay on in a consulting role, but her communications director title was always meant to be temporary. The first communications director, Ellen Moran, stepped down in April to become chief of staff at the Commerce Department.

Clip Source: blogs.wsj.com

Anita Dunn, the White House’s veteran communications director, will be stepping down from her post at the end of November, turning the reins to Dan Pfeiffer, currently the deputy communications director.

Dunn made waves when she publicly decried Fox News as a partisan outfit that would not get cooperation from the White House. That touched off what prognosticators called a war between the cable news channel and the Obama administration. Fox News is owned by News Corp., as is The Wall Street Journal.

In September, Obama appeared on five Sunday news shows – but not on “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace.” Earlier, Fox Broadcast Network hadn’t carried Obama’s address on health care to a joint session of Congress.

Asked about Dunn’s departure, a Fox News spokeswoman said, “We wish Anita well in her future endeavors.”

Tags: anita dunn, communication director, married to 0bama's personal attorney, robert bauer

V's introduction

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:16:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: alliteration gone awry, hee hee

Clip Source: www.imdb.com

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves V into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
[giggles]

Veteran's Day Coloring Pages

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:13:59 GMT

clipped by: havefunteaching
clipper's remarks: veterans day coloring pages for kids and teachers.

Clip Source: www.colormegood.com

USA Symbol Eagle and Stars

United States of America Flag

Folded American Flag

Veteran Memorial Tribute

Veteran Grandpa Tells Stories

Tags: veteran, holiday, coloring pages, kids

'US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia'

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:19:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Noam Chomsky: 'US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia'

by Seumas Milne

But he is surprised so many people abroad, especially in the third world, are disappointed at how little Obama has changed. "His campaign rhetoric, hope and change, was entirely vacuous. There was no principled criticism of the Iraq war: he called it a strategic blunder. And Condoleezza Rice was black - does that mean she was sympathetic to third world problems?"

The veteran activist has described the US invasion of Afghanistan as "one of the most immoral acts in modern history", which united the jihadist movement around al-Qaida, sharply increased the level of terrorism and was "perfectly irrational - unless the security of the population is not the main priority". Which, of course, Chomsky believes, it is not. "States are not moral agents," he says, and believes that now that Obama is escalating the war, it has become even clearer that the occupation is about the credibility of Nato and US global power.

The Old Vet and His Tank

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:14:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is so touching: an old WW2 Russian tank army veteran has finally found his own tank on which he passed through all the war standing in small Russian town as a monument and got emotionally shocked that people worried his heart won’t be able to cope with this.

Clip Source: englishrussia.com

Tom Tancredo Walks Off MSNBC Set Because Of Markos Moulitas

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:09:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "You're not going to do that. You're not going to try to insult me that way and then pretend like we're just going on and talk about that. You either apologize ..." When Moulitas did not apologize, Tancredo simply took out his earpiece and walked away.

As a Republican student activist, Tancredo spoke out in favor of the Vietnam War but did not serve.

After graduating from college in June 1969, he became eligible to serve in Vietnam. Tancredo said he went for his physical, telling doctors he'd been treated for depression, and eventually got a deferment.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

On MSNBC Friday night, David Shuster (filling in for Ed Shultz) addressed hateful signs at Thursday's Capitol Hill "House call" against health care reform. But the discussion escalated into a fight that led a Republican guest to walk off the set.

Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo refused to criticize Republican leaders for participating in the event, saying there were equally offensive signs at anti-Bush rallies in the past. He said they should talk about the policy, not the signs.

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitas defended health care reform, pointing out that the military uses government-run health care. Tancredo said veterans complained about their health care and would much rather have a private choice.

"Tom, I'm a veteran. Okay?" Moulitas responded. "I did not get a deferment because I was too depressed to fight a war I supported in Vietnam. I'm a veteran. They want a more effective V.A. ..."

Tags: tancredo, chicken$#@!, gop, republicans, dkos, healthcare

Veterans Day Coloring Pages

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Free Veteran's Day Coloring Pages for Kids. Teachers, Parents, and Homeschool can use these printable Veterans Day coloring sheets.

Clip Source: www.colormegood.com

Veteran's Day Coloring Pages - Page 1

Veteran Casket with Flag

Veteran War Drummer

USA Symbol Eagle and Stars

Welcome Home Troops

United States of America Flag

Folded American Flag

Veteran Memorial Tribute

For Those Who Served Ribbon

Veteran Grandpa Tells Stories

In Loving Memory of Veterans

Veteran Salute with Flag

War Veteran Grave and Flag

Veteran Tribute to Color

War Rifle with Hat

Soldier with Flag

Veteran Troops in Service

Veteran Soldier Honoring

Troops Carrying Flag in March

Soldier Remembering Friends

Blank Veteran Tombstone

Tags: veterans, war, coloring, color, kids

NFL Illustrated Poll - Dirtiest Player Hines Ward

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Pittsburgh wide receiver Hines Ward has been indicated as NFL's Dirtiest Player by A Sports Illustrated poll of 296 players.

The poll, conducted in September, represented less than 18 percent of the league's active players, but at 11.6 percent, Ward, a 12-year veteran, easily outdistanced Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and Miami Dolphins

Clip Source: www.fannation.com

NFL Illustrated Poll - Dirtiest Player Hines Ward

Pittsburgh wide receiver Hines Ward has been indicated as NFL's Dirtiest Player by A Sports Illustrated poll of 296 players.

The poll, conducted in September, represented less than 18 percent of the league's active players, but at 11.6 percent, Ward, a 12-year veteran, easily outdistanced Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and Miami Dolphins

linebacker Joey Porter, who at 6 percent, shared second place for the dubious honor.

When Denver Broncos Coach Josh McDaniels heard about the poll and told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review Wednesday "He's one of those guys when you say tough, physical football player, his face is probably right there in the dictionary" .

The Top 10 Players in the Poll are

3. Tennessee cornerback Cortland Finnegan (4.2)

1. Cincinnati safety Roy Williams (5.1 percent);

2. Tennessee center Kevin Mawae (4.6);

Check out the remaining players at NFL's Sports Illustrated Poll.

Tags: nfl illustrated poll, nfl dirtiest player hines ward