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"Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi" Cherokee - "May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you."

The New BAH rates are available at Military.com

Here's the website for the new BAH rates. It's not time sensitive, so forward when you can.

Thanks!

The New BAH rates are available at Military.com

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning. Forwarded for your information.. Happy New Year!

Very Respectfully,
Capt Mellon

 

"Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi" Cherokee - "May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you."

Blackwater Tactical Weekly: The Next Jihadists: Iraq's Lost Children

Ammar will tell you he's proud to be carrying a gun. His father was a brigadier in Saddam Hussein's Army, a man who saw combat in his country's several wars, and from an early age Ammar had accompanied him to the shooting range. "I got used to the sound of guns then," Ammar says. So he was ready, last fall, when the imam in his Baghdad neighborhood urged residents to take up arms against the invader-who in this case happened to be members of a Shiite militia trying to push into the predominantly Sunni area. Ammar joined the neighborhood watch, a ragtag bunch of men who stand guard nightly at improvised roadblocks and rooftop observation posts. In mid-October Ammar fought his first big battle against soldiers from the Mahdi Army-"the garbage collectors and robbers," as he contemptuously refers to the Shiite militia. He says he put his Kalashnikov assault rifle to good use: "I think I injured or even killed two of them. Our group killed more than six of them that night."

Full Story

Gary Jackson
President
Blackwater

"Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi" Cherokee - "May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you."

Tactical Power Sources Summit

Dear Colleague,

This is your last chance to register for IDGA's Tactical Power Sources Summit. This must-attend event for government/military agencies and leading contractors at the fore-front of evolving programs, emerging policies and technologies for portable power sources is coming up in a few weeks.

If you are considering attending this event visit our website and register yourself and a team today.

This event will allow you to:

Access a comprehensive update on the roles that different types of batteries play in theatre

Analyze strategies to make batteries more reliable and more effective

Evaluate the promise of fuel cell technology to optimize soldier performance

Comprehensively assess new and alternative power sources

Hear case studies of "Power in Action" in the military

Develop an action plan to implement what you have learned into your own program

If you have any questions, please phone Customer Service at 1-800-882-8684. I look forward to meeting you at the event.

Cordially,

Page Robinson
Program Director, Tactical Power Sources 2007
IDGA

P.S. Also, don't forget to join us on the day before for the outstanding pre-conference Mobile Power Sources Development Day featuring 3 interactive seminars: Designing Low-cost, Durable Fuel Cells for Military Applications , Designing and Manufacturing High Power Density Motor Systems and Future Technologies of Man Portable Battery Systems.

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"Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi" Cherokee - "May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you."

Help us take care of our veterans who worked so hard to protect and serve their country!

We are beginning to work with a military-affiliated association that is assisting our wounded warriors when they return from the battlefield. Many of these men and women are permanently disabled and want to purchase a home together by combining their income. What programs would you be able to offer these veterans? Any information that you can offer me would be greatly appreciated. We will be presenting this proposal to the general on the local base here.

Some of these veterans are discharged and waiting placement for permanent residence and some are still active-duty military status. Insofar as credit scores are concerned, I'm sure that we will have a mixed box of scores.

Help us take care of our veterans who worked so hard to protect and serve their country!

Jamie Sharpe/Loan Officer


910-478-8810 cell

Ray Thomas, commander of VFW Post 10386

Ray Thomas, commander of VFW Post 10386 in Kingman, sat in on the discussion Wednesday with Coker. Coker said the only other person to whom he has put forth his idea is the commander of VFW Post 2555 in Golden Valley.

Update on the Coker Project:

He needs help to get it operational. I think foundation involvement/support with this project is a definite possibility.

N.C. State Commander, Jim Goins has a friend who needs our help also. The materials and land have already been donated for a homeless veterans house. Now we need to get the house built. I was thinking about the Barn raisings that occurred years ago with the granges.

Those were a shining example of Americans looking out for each other and a good format to use now.

Argent Mortgage, Account Executive

From: ALHarmon@argentmortgage.com



Subject: Help Our Military Veterans!

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:06:38 -0800

Hi,

With these borrowers, we would consider disability as fixed income. Their

income can be grossed up 123%. All of these fixed income borrowers would

have to go full doc and the LTV would vary from credit score to credit
score.


Hopefully this will help you out, but let me know if you
have further questions!!

Thanks!!

Angie Harmon

Argent Mortgage, Account Executive

phone: 910-431-0129

email: alharmon@argentmortgage.com

National Legislative Service

The mission of the VFW National Legislative Service is to represent the VFW position on various issues before the United States Congress.

This is accomplished through testifying at congressional committee hearings as well as interacting directly with members of Congress and their staffs, and the staffs of Committees having jurisdiction over veterans legislation.

The NLS not only works for the advancement of legislation beneficial to veterans but, also, has the responsibility to bring about defeat of legislation detrimental to our Nation's veterans.

National Legislative Service

Dennis Cullinan,

Director

200 Maryland Ave, NE

Washington, DC 20002

Phone: (202) 543-2239

Fax: 202-543-0961 vfwac@vfwdc.org

Thanx Robo

I was referring to several projects.

1st N.C. State Commander, Jim Goins's friend needs our help now. The materials and land have already been donated for a homeless veterans house to be located here in N.C. We need to get that house built. He will be in Jacksonville next week. I will post more details as I receive them.

2nd The Commandant has promised to create two Wounded Warriors Regiments. Maxwell said they will be breaking ground next month. They both will need help, just not as much.

3rd Evan Coker has no computer in his home. He has contacted several organizations for assistance. I will be faxing him some info later today. Until I can get out to Arizona I need a contact there to get info to him. Faxes are fine, but they can get costly. The cost of paper and ink is the problem. Every penny we save, is that much more for our wounded warriors, PAST AND PRESENT.

4th Evan and I both have the same dream, we hope to get all states working together to assist our wounded. How they do this is totally up to them. My job is to get the right people connected. Ray Thomas, commander of VFW Post 10386 in Kingman has expressed an interest in this project.

Wooran's Wounded Warriors was created to serve all Veterans.

Where does the VFW comes into play?

I am reading but still don't understand what and where things will be done. I understand Jamie is working as loan officer, that Coker has a 5 year requested use of land donated to a tribe and a theme park in mind. To me this is confusing and in rivalry with what the Wounded Warrior program is with the Maxwell and Conway group. It appears that Wooran Wounded Warrior program is something apart from the original program. Where the VFW comes in is still another confusing avenue. Then comes the issue of who and how many warriors will be in said homes or complexes. You did say Maxwell was setting up east and west coast locations. As an opener think along the following:

1. DETAILED MISSION of intent.

1.1 LEGAL ASPECTS

2. INFRASTRUCTURE: Who

2.1 NEEDED POSITIONS OF MANAGEMENT

3. FINANCIAL

3.1 FUNDS AVAILABLE and DISTRIBUTIONS

3.2 GUIDANCE TO PLAN

4. LOCATION

5. METHODS OF OPERATIONS


Give the above some serious thought. R

BODY RITUAL AMONG THE NACIREMA

Most cultures exhibit a particular configuration or style. A single value or pat-
tern of perceiving the world often leaves its stamp on several institutions in the
society. Examples are "machismo" in Spanish-influenced cultures, "face" in
Japanese culture, and "pollution by females" in some highland New Guinea
cultures. Here Horace Miner demonstrates that "attitudes about the body"
have a pervasive influence on many institutions in Nacireman society. Read More

NO SUCH THING as objective reporting

Back in my heyday (sp?), otherwise known as when I was 20, I was a part-time copy editor for a city newspaper with about 25,000 daily subscribers. Every once in a while, I got to pick stories from the Associated Press to be put in the paper. Other times, I had to cut 1,000-word stories by more than half to fit the space allotted.

What I learned:

1. There is NO SUCH THING as objective reporting.

2. Decisions on what to report is largely based on what the business believes the viewers/readers/listeners are interested in.

3. As such, newspapers with a largely caucasian/Republican base are less likely to report on a Mexican family's struggle for citizenship or a black man proven innocent after years behind bars.

4. The subjectivity doesn't end there. Even when stories are run, reporters decide what angle to take . Notice how many newspapers have a "Business" section versus how many have a "Labor" section. The little guy isn't focused on for two reasons. One, he doesn't pay the newspaper's bills, and two, she is still dreaming of when she's no longer poor and thus wants to know about stock markets and insider trading.

5. Then there's what information to share about the story that's been decided on. Say, for instance, a newspaper is going to write about a high school track coach who's been convicted of pedophilia. The story could include the following information: how to talk to your children about pedeophilia; how many cases the coach was convicted of; two students' accounts of what a good teacher the coach was; one team member's account of walking in on the coach with a fellow teammate; how many people are convicted of pedophilia each year; what the school's going to do for the high school students; what background checks and other measures the school uses when hiring. Now, the newspaper only has room for half of the information I just listed. Someone has to choose.

6. And how does that information get chosen? By people. Who are ALWAYS subjective. Say we have three reporters who can report the story. One is the mom of a child on the junior high football team. One is a sports fanatic. The third downloads porn during spare time. Think you're likely to get three different stories? Oh, yeah, baby. Now, the stories will almost always be accurate, truthful, and unbiased in the telling. But the telling of the story is only what we see. So much more goes on behind the wizard's curtain.

:)Kim Edwards

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An argumentum ad populum

The mainstream media likes to keep us confused. I need no help in that department. It scares me when people blindly follow the herd. Many times the facts are never revealed to the public. More people need to challenge the information that is presented to them.

An argumentum ad populum (Latin: "appeal to the people"), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that "If many believe so, it is so." In ethics this argument is stated, "if many find it acceptable, it is acceptable."

Some things never change. I may be married to a marine, but I can't for the life of me see the logic in blowing things and people up. This just does not compute.

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9/11/2006 RELIGIOUS TERRORIST ATTACK

The mainstream media may not have alerted you to the fact that there was another bomb attack on American soil on 9/11/2006, on the fifth anniversary of the first 9/11 attack.

If it seems strange that such an event wasn't picked up by the right wing conservative media echo chamber to fan the flames of fear in the U.S. and rally more Americans to the cause of fighting a global war on terror, the reason for this lapse is simple:

The religious terrorist, in this case, was a Christian extremist who bombed an abortion clinic.

Martín Rizzi said:

I think that most religiously motivated terrorists would agree with this goal, in fact, many of them are actively working toward the goal of having only a single religion-- theirs.

Personally, I think valuing diversity would be a better goal. I think people should not argue about things that can't be proven to exist. Carl Sagan spoke for me (you might go to my "Pale Blue Dot" thread if interested).

I dont really know about this "religiously motivated terrorists" stuff;

supposedly in Iraq these religiously motivated terrorists blow up mosques;

i dont buy it; i think that religiously motivated terrorists is just a meme.

Marcus B.

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What the public believes to be true

I really don't know what to believe about Iraq having Weapons of Mass Destruction. At times I feel we will never know the truth.

What the public believes to be true

U.S. adults believe that the following are true about the war in Iraq:

* Seventy-two percent believe that the Iraqis are better off now than they were under Saddam Hussein (slightly down from February 2005 when 76 percent said this was true).

* Just over half (55%) think history will give the U.S. credit for bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq (down substantially from 64% in February 2005).

* Sixty-four percent say it is true that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda (the same as 64% in February 2005).

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=684

chaos and violence

We all get ripped off everyday when people cause chaos and violence. What makes them use these methods of expressing themselves?

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Thanks Harry

I always say things the wrong way. I do not think terrorism or any crime can be attributed to poverty.

"The poor person is the victim of, NOT the perpetrator of, terrorism."

I disagree.

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Chemical may stop alcohol craving

Scientists say they have found a way to stop an alcoholic's craving for drink.

A team from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute discovered blocking the action of the brain's orexin system can also prevent someone relapsing.

Team members say their work could lead to the development of drugs which could act as orexin blockers.

Orexin-producing cells are also thought to play a part in regulating feeding, so the researchers believe they could also help treat eating disorders. Read More

Saddam Hussein

I really don't know what to believe about Iraq having Weapons of Mass Destruction. At times I feel we will never know the truth.

What the public believes to be true

U.S. adults believe that the following are true about the war in Iraq:

* Seventy-two percent believe that the Iraqis are better off now than they were under Saddam Hussein (slightly down from February 2005 when 76 percent said this was true).

* Just over half (55%) think history will give the U.S. credit for bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq (down substantially from 64% in February 2005).

* Sixty-four percent say it is true that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda (the same as 64% in February 2005).



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