Category: Soldiers/Veterans
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 6, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, Soldiers/Veterans | 148 Comments
More and more has come out about Nidal Malik Hasan and what appears to be a cold-blooded assassination of 13 people at Fort Hood, 12 military, one civilian, and 28 wounded. The biggest piece of news for me this morning was finding out that Hasan was still alive, and one of the wounded. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 26, 2009 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Soldiers/Veterans | 38 Comments
(Captain Derek Jeter, Mark Texiera, and Alex Rodriguez celebrate win. Photo by Nick Latham, Getty Images)
That is to say, YANKEES WIN!!!! YANKEES WIN!!!! TTTTHHHEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!! Woohoo! Yippee! Yay! The Bronx Bombers won their 40th American League Pennant Sunday night (Oct. 25).
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Soldiers/Veterans | 10 Comments
Veterans Day is coming up November 11th. In anticipation of that day, the singing group, O.A.R. has teamed up with IAVA, Iraq Afghanistan Veterans of America, to sign a pledge of support for this new generation of veterans. Here are two members of O.A.R. to discuss the pledge:
O.A.R. Open Up Your Arms launch [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 5, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, CNN, Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Obama Comrades, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Rev. James Meeks, Soldiers/Veterans | 35 Comments
That’s the headline I saw Monday morning at AOL . Of course my response was, “Whaaa” For real?? How fortuitous since General McChrystal is saying we need more troops in Afghanistan! Is this true??” And then I read the article. The short answer is, “No.”
Here is the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 4, 2009 in Afghanistan, Americas: North-Central-South, Arrogance, Chicago, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Richard Daley, Soldiers/Veterans | 122 Comments
I know, I’m a little late to the party writing about Rio winning the 2016 Olympics, but it isn’t for lack of interest. Not at all - rather, I have been amused by some stories I have seen on the IOC decision. To say it took some people by surprise (that is, the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 2, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Education, Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Soldiers/Veterans, South Carolina | 31 Comments
The past few weeks, okay, MONTHS, have been fairly contentious: fights on Capitol Hill about Health Care Reform; the race card being played again, by a former president, no less; heightened concerns by those in the know about Afghanistan; our children being indoctrinated; and Hollywood Elite calling for the freedom of a convicted rapist and [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 29, 2009 in ABC News, ACORN, Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bill of Rights, Censorship, Chicago, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, George Stephanopoulos, Hoodwinking, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, Women and Children | 76 Comments
That would be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking out about violence against girls and women at the U.N. After the ad nauseum speeches of President Obama, this is an incredibly refreshing change, even though the subject is intense, to say the least. Still, this one has substance, and isn’t “just words.” [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 12, 2009 in ABC News, ACORN, Associated Press, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, CNN, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Fox News, Media Handling of Story, NBC/MSNBC, New York Times, Obama's Broken Promises, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, Washington Post | 29 Comments
Yes, it is a Numbers Game today. My blogging buddy, Diamond Tiger at Logistics Monster had this video at her blog today, which I am shamelessly stealing (hey - she’s on HI time - she is up when we East Coasters are dead asleep, even though she is at the March on Washington. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 17, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Feminism, Gender Bias, Human Rights, Misogyny, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans | 139 Comments
I know, not the kind of headline one might expect from me, to put it mildly. This is a quote from the following article, What women’s lib? 70 Percent Of Americans Think Women Should Take Spouse’s Name After Marriage. Say whaaa??
The results of this article came out the other day, though one [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 5, 2009 in Arlen Specter, Armed Services Committee, Auto Industry, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Health Care, Soldiers/Veterans, Stimulus Plan, U.S. Constitution | 47 Comments
(bumped up from yesterday early afternoon)
I just happened to catch this Tuesday morning, and thought it raised some interesting questions on the issue of health care reform:
So, why isn’t this man helping to shape policy? He sounds pretty smart to me.
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Don't Ask Don't Tell, New York State, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Soldiers/Veterans, US Senate, Women and Children | 22 Comments
I got an email recently from an organization that has impressed me, VoteVets.org. As their name implies, they work hard on behalf of our veterans. They work not just on behalf of our veterans, but all those currently serving in the military. The email was on the issue of “Don’t Ask, Don’t [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jul 16, 2009 in Crime, Current Affairs, John F. Kennedy, Soldiers/Veterans | 21 Comments
Though you are not going to believe where else it is happening - not grave robbing this time, but general disrespect, and callous disregard. Ready? Arlington Cemetery. Yep, sad to say, but true. Thanks to CG, a faithful No Quarter reader, for this article, “Grave Offenses At Arlington National Cemetery.” [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jul 14, 2009 in 9/11, Civil Liberties & Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Hate Speech, Human Rights, Soldiers/Veterans, Terrorism | 56 Comments
Are extremists infiltrating our own military to the point of inadvertently training terrorists who will attack us in the future? It turns out that at least 40 persons who list their occupation as “military” are profiled on the Internet forum New Saxon, a Facebook-like site operated by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement.
Is this a [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 10, 2009 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Commander in Chief, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Obama's Broken Promises, Soldiers/Veterans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 79 Comments
“This Guy” being President Obama, and the ones making excuses for him are people in the LGBT community. In this particular instance, I mean over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Yes, the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to “DADT” in the case of Infantryman, and JAG officer, James Pietrangelo II (H/T to Soldier4Hillary [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 8, 2009 in Abortion, Civil Liberties & Rights, Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech, Islam, Muslim, Obama-Barack & President Barack (PARENT CATEGORY FOR ALL OBAMA REFS.!), Protest & Advocacy Groups, Soldiers/Veterans | 38 Comments
I saw the post linked below at memeorandum.com, and wanted to share it with you. Before that, though, let me just say that I have absolutely nothing against Muslims, or Islam. Islam, like most other world religions, gets a bad rap from its more fanatical fringe practitioners. The majority of Muslims are [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 4, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Muslim, President Barack Obama, Religion, Soldiers/Veterans, Terrorism | 102 Comments
As it turns out, the domestic terrorist, Abdulhakim Muhammad, who targeted Army soldiers outside of a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas may not be acting independently after all. This is disturbing, to say the least. Here’s the latest on what has been discovered about him, some more details about Private Long, and [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 19, 2009 in California, Chuck Schumer, Florida, John McCain, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans, Texas, US Senate, West Virginia | 24 Comments
(Bumped up from last week.)
I saw the following story this morning on the news, and was pretty surprised by it: One-Fourth of Overseas Votes Go Uncounted, Study Finds. Some of you may recall that John McCain asked for an extension to count votes in VA for absentee ballots requested by military personnel that [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Mar 10, 2009 in Afghanistan, Death Threats, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Iraq, Misogyny, Muslim, Presumptuous Nominee, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans, Women | 15 Comments
On International Women’s Day, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan addressed women in his country:
With every step forward that women in Afghanistan take, violent incidents highlight the fact many still struggle for basic human rights eight years after the ouster of the conservative Taliban regime.
By SusanUnPC on Feb 8, 2009 in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George Bush, Iran, Iraq, Soldiers/Veterans, World News | 53 Comments
Ricks foresees some truly dangerous times in Iraq, when our troops are declining and national elections will be held. He predicts a lot of “little Saddams” who will cause trouble and “politics waged violently” by Iraqis who we (the U.S.) trained. He lays out the limitations of what we can do in Afghanistan. Ricks also [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Feb 3, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, GLBT, Kentucky, Sexism, Soldiers/Veterans | 39 Comments
I thought about writing on one of several different topics this morning, like the incredibly sexist new commercials aired during the Super Bowl last night. There was a Doritos one in which this young man bit into a Dorito, and it ripped all of the clothes off of a woman on the street. [...]
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