Here is a place to add in your own two centavos!
In last week’s witch hunt, “unbiased journalism” attempted to convict two from among America’s most elite fighting force, despite conclusive evidence that both were blameless. In Afghanistan last October, under the direction of Army Special Forces Capt. Dave Staffel, Master Sgt. Troy Anderson killed insurgent leader Nawab Buntangyar with a single, 100-yard sniper shot, thus “rehabilitating” the architect of countless suicide and roadside bombings. Incredibly, rather than being awarded medals for ridding planet Earth of this vermin, these two Green Berets were charged with premeditated murder, on the basis that Buntangyar was unarmed when he was shot. Apparently, SOCOM must now deploy lawyers when it sends out its finest, along with primers on Miranda warnings.
Two official Army investigations each concluded that Staffel’s seven-man team had fully complied with U.S. rules of engagement. Further, the reports noted that having been classified as an enemy combatant, Buntangyar was “fair game” as a target, armed or not. Finally, of considerable weight was the nontrivial issue that Buntangyar happened to showcase on the Special Forces’ “Top Ten” list of individuals to be killed or captured.
Evidently more convinced by media trials than he was by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command, however, the recently-pinned-on Army three-star charged with Special Forces oversight in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Frank Kearney, convened yet another hearing to weigh evidence against the two soldiers. As the attorney for Capt. Staffel noted, Kearney’s charges carried an air of “military politics” about them. Fortunately, the American justice system trumped media jurists in this case, but only barely. Although the two soldiers were exonerated earlier this week, neither Lt. Gen. Kearney nor any within media circles offered so much as an oops-we-goofed comment to clear the soldiers’ good names. {snip}
source: Patriot Post
“There is no vice… so contemptible; he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual…” —Thomas Jefferson
Regular readers are aware that, since The Patriot’s founding a decade ago, we’ve included a short section within Friday’s Digest called, “The BIG Lie.” It’s a section we’ve reserved for egregious examples of Leftist disinformation.
There is an old maxim that if one repeats a lie often and loud enough, it will eventually be perceived as the truth.
Adolf Hitler defined that dictum in his 1925 autobiography Mein Kampf, writing that a big lie must be so “colossal” that the public would be confident that no national leaders “could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.”
After Hitler became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, his chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, used the Third Reich’s big-lie apparatus to fortify the Nazi campaign against Jews. Goebbels blamed the Jews for Germany’s inability to recover from World War I, and this big lie led to the Holocaust—the wholesale murder of some six million men, women and children.
After Germany’s WWII defeat, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and subsequent Communist leaders perfected the big-lie propaganda machine with media “dezinformatsia” campaigns. The primary organ for disseminating this disinformation was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Pravda, which in English means “the truth.” Even the name is a big lie.
Here in the U.S. , the organs of Leftist disinformation have assumed equally impressive identities: The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and NPR, and the list goes on. (For a weekly recounting of the MSM’s biggest whoppers, please see the “Dezinformatsia” section of our Wednesday Chronicle.)
Most recently, the Democrats’ dezinformatsia machines were running overtime to discredit Gen. David Petraeus, commander of our Armed Forces in Iraq. In advance of his congressional testimony about the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Leftmedia gave endless play to those Demo-gogues who have bet their 2008 electoral prospects on failure in and retreat from Iraq.
On the morning of Gen. Petraeus’s testimony, the Democrats’ most effective web-based organ of disinformation, MoveOn.org, was given a deep discount by the Democrats’ most effective print-based organ of disinformation, The New York Times, to run an appalling full-page lie under the heading, “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”
Democrats and the George Soros-funded MoveOn thought they could, with impunity, brand one of our nation’s most distinguished warriors a traitor. By extension, they branded as traitors all American forces fighting jihadi terrorists in Iraq and around the world. However, Leftist politicos and MoveOn grossly underestimated the new media’s ability to expose such a colossal lie and grossly overestimated the public’s tolerance for such accusations once brought to their attention.
In short, the Left got caught in a big lie and was severely rebuked.
In an effort to offset that rebuke, Democrats and their radical cadre have fabricated another big lie—this one targeting Rush Limbaugh.
Rush, of course, is the arch-nemesis of the Left. He broke ground for conservative perspective on the radio, much as Fox News did for television and The Patriot did for the Web.
To recap: Rush had been responding to an on-air caller who noted that the MSM has continually dredged up a handful of troops—some real, some fake—to provide antiwar statements to support the Demos’ desire for defeat and retreat. Rush agreed, noting that some of these anti-warriors, in particular Jesse MacBeth, have flat-out lied about their military service. He rightly dubbed them “phony soldiers.”
For the record, Jesse MacBeth, the prototypical anti-OIF poster boy, was in fact born Jesse Al-Zaid. Al-Zaid claimed to have served in Iraq, even receiving a Purple Heart after being shot. He claimed to have witnessed atrocities committed by “fellow soldiers.” But it turns out that Al-Zaid never completed boot camp, being discharged after 44 days because of his “entry level performance and conduct.” He was not a Green Beret, never in Special Ops, never in Iraq—though he even attempted to defraud the VA of more than $10,000 for “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Al-Zaid, whose protest diatribes have been circulating for several years, is indeed a phony soldier.
But the truth never deters the Left’s big lies.
Their so-called “watchdog group,” Media Matters for America, removed from context the two words “phony soldiers” and blast-broadcasted the big lie that Rush had branded that label on the handful of anti-OIF protestors who actually served in Iraq. In lock step, that smear was dutifully regurgitated by the MSM and then picked up by opportunistic Demo-gogues in Congress, desperately seeking a reversal of charges after their disastrous attempt to question the patriotism of Gen. Petraeus.
Chief among the most despicable of those propagating this dezinformatsia campaign from their Senate soapboxes are John Kerry and Tom Harkin.
Kerry, like Jesse Al-Zaid, embellished his military record and then used his “hero status” as a platform to falsely accuse ground troops in Vietnam of all manner of atrocities. (He is the target of a national petition to indict him for acts of treason, which now has more than 200,000 signers.)
Kerry’s most notable commentary on Iraq in the past year was his assertion that American service personnel are “stuck in Iraq” because they are too stupid to get a better job.
This week he led the charge against Rush, saying, “In a single moment on his show, Limbaugh managed to question the patriotism of men and women in uniform who have put their lives on the line and many who died for his right to sit safely in his air conditioned studio peddling hate.”
This is the same Jean-Francois Kerry who, back in 2005, accused U.S. forces in Iraq of “going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, uh, uh, uh, you know, women…”
Iowa Demo Sen. Tom Harkin, who also falsified his military record by claiming to have been a Vietnam combat pilot when he actually flew repaired aircraft from Japan to U.S. bases in Vietnam, perpetuated the lie, saying, “I must say that as a veteran, I find it offensive that Rush Limbaugh would attack the patriotism and the dedication of any soldier fighting in Iraq… I also find it disturbing that his offensive comments have not been condemned by our Republican colleagues or by the Commander in Chief, all of whom are so quick to condemn a similar personal attack on General Petraeus several weeks ago.”
Of course, as Limbaugh said in response, “Why should they condemn something that wasn’t said? You know what ought to be condemned here is [the Left’s] wanton inability to find the truth.”
Further perpetuating the big lie—and further wasting the taxpayers’ hard-earned money—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his cadre of MoveOn Demos sent a letter to Mark Mays, CEO of Clear Channel Communications, which broadcasts Rush’s program via more than 1,200 stations. The letter demanded that Mays condemn “Limbaugh’s hateful and unpatriotic” remarks.
Further, former Democrat presidential wannabe, General Wesley Clark, who has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President, is demanding that Rush be removed from the Armed Forces Radio network.
In the House, Lefty Mark Udall introduced a big-lie resolution condemning Limbaugh, and 26 Democrats have signed on as co-sponsors.
And what of Media Matters, the propaganda organ that launched the lie?
My colleague, National Review essayist Byron York, offered this analysis: “Media Matters is much more than a traditional media-watchdog group. Indeed, it is probably more accurate to view Media Matters as part of the constellation of groups that have come together on the left in the last year or so, all aimed at electing a Democratic President. Their [donors list] reads like a Who’s Who of those who have financed the new activist Left.”
“Constellation of groups”? In other words, a Socialist propaganda network that would make even Goebbels blush with pride!
source: The Patriot Post
Song written in Iraq
This is awesome…a must hear and see!!!
This soldier video is new and different. It is moving and heartwarming.
Enjoy and pass it on!
The singer needs a recording contract when he comes home! American Idol
should contact him and he shouldn’t have to wait in line.
http://www.flashdemo.net/gallery/wake/index.htm
courtesy of Doctor Dan
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I recieved this in an email from AFA, I think it needs some checking but am very busy all this week.
Don’t know if this is true, but it sounds scary!
IN ORLANDO LAST WEEK, AT A CITGO STATION REGULAR WAS PRICED AT $2.82 PER GALLON, NO CUSTOMERS, HOWEVER
ACROSS THE STREET FUEL WAS SELLING FOR $2.85 PER GALLON AND ALL PUMPS THERE HAD CARS WAITING TO FUEL.
Have you noticed how the CITGO signs have disappeared in the past 7-8 months? Very clever move by Chavez.
But guess what CITGO IS CHANGING ITS NAME…this is serious Americans…make sure you read.
NEWS FLASH:
Chavez is NOW getting a Russian Weapons Factory built by Putin. The RUSSIANS are building an AK-47
Kalashnikov Assault Rifle factory in Venezuela, to give armament support to Communist Rebel groups throughout the
Americas.
Chavez NOW has IRANIANS operating his oil refineries in Venezuela for him. It is likely only a matter of
time, if not already, before Chavez has Iranian built LONG RANGE missiles, with a variety of warhead types aimed
at: Guess Who?
CITGO is NOW in the process of Changing Its Name to PETRO EXPRESS due to the loss of gasoline sales in the
USA due to the recent publicity of ownership by Chavez of Venezuela.
Every dollar you spend with CITGO or PETRO EXPRESS gasoline will be used against you, your basic human
rights, and your freedoms.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because Chavez is starting to feel the loss of revenue from his holdings. HE OWNS
CITGO. This is a very important move that everyone should be aware of.
ANNOUNCED JUST RECENTLY, CITGO, BEING AWARE THAT SALES ARE DOWN DUE TO U.S. CUSTOMERS NOT WANTING TO BUY
FROM “CITGO-CHAVEZ”, HAVE STARTED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF SOME OF THEIR STORES TO: “PETRO EXPRESS” DO NOT BUY
FROM “PETRO EXPRESS” EITHER!!! “PETRO EXPRESS” IS ALSO 100% OWNED BY “CHAVEZ.” KEEP THIS MEMO GOING S THAT
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BOYCOTT
“CITGO” AND “PETRO EXPRESS”
While Senator Coburn Successfully Blocks The McCarthy Bill…
Your activism has strengthened his hand!!!
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
“The American Legion, the nation’s largest wartime veterans’ service
organization, strongly opposes specific provisions of H.R. 2640… that
would unilaterally abrogate the rights of certain service-connected
disabled veterans to own firearms, a right guaranteed by the Second
Amendment.” — Statement by the American Legion, Sep. 27, 2007
First, there was Gun Owners of America and a myriad of state gun
rights organizations.
Then, the Military Order of the Purple Heart weighed in.
Now, we’ve heard from the American Legion.
The list of groups in opposition to HR 2640 — the Veterans
Disarmament Act — continues growing, even while Senators in our
nation’s capital are continuously being BOMBARDED by thousands
upon thousands of phone calls and e-mails from grassroots gun
owners like yourself.
In fact, your efforts have IMMENSELY STRENGTHENED the hand
of Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). In an article entitled, “Coburn’s
block may change strategy for gun bill,” a Capitol Hill-based
newspaper reported this morning that frustration is building over
Coburn’s “hold” on the legislation.
“We’ve tried to negotiate,” Schumer said, adding that talks with
Coburn are “‘not getting that far. We might have to bring it to a
vote.”
But the newspaper article in The Hill stated that taking a recorded vote
on the Veterans Disarmament Act could “complicate its initially strong
prospects” of passage. As reported in The Hill:
“The National Rifle Association (NRA) supports the bill, which its
board member and House Energy and Commerce Committee
Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) helped to craft, but the Gun Owners
of America (GOA) has backed Coburn and mobilized its grassroots
against the measure….
“Coburn also has objected to what he and the GOA — which dubbed
the bill the ‘Veterans Disarmament Act’ — believe is the risk of
inadvertently placing veterans treated for mental illness into the
background-check system, thus endangering their ability to buy a gun.
“The Military Order of the Purple Heart and the American Legion both
have backed Coburn’s effort.
“But GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt said his group remains
opposed to the background-check system in general, viewing it as an
infringement on the civil liberties and privacy of gun owners. ‘This
would be an objection we’d have even after all these [concerns of
Coburn’s] are taken care of,’ Pratt said.”
On a side note: The Hill mentioned that, “Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
said he has received a high volume of contacts from constituents
alarmed about the bill’s effect on gun buyers’ rights.”
Other sources have told GOA that Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) has also
gotten hit with a tremendous outpouring of opposition against the bill.
You will remember that both Senators Crapo and Bunning were two
of the senators specifically listed in our most recent alert. GOA would
like to THANK ALL OF YOU for your activism and support. You
guys are doing a great job… keep up the good work!
[Oh, by the way, here’s a special note for you folks in Idaho. The
remainder of the Crapo quote in The Hill newspaper goes like this: “At
this point, I’m not holding the bill,” Crapo said. “But that
doesn’t mean I
won’t.”‘ Well, that’s a great first step, but Crapo needs to join
up with
Coburn in putting a “hold” on the Veterans Disarmament Act. Keep up
the pressure, guys.]
ACTION:
1. The American Legion is already taking heat for its opposition to this
bill, as the Veterans Administration is blasting them behind the scenes.
We know that a large percentage of you are members of the American
Legion. So PLEASE GO TO YOUR LOCAL LEGION HALLS and
encourage your fellow legionnaires to get involved (and perhaps even
start receiving GOA alerts). The national office needs to see that
grassroots legionnaires are behind them so that they will continue to
stand firm in the face of the heat they’re taking. If you need talking
points, see http://www.gunowners.org/netb.htm — which is the GOA
special section on the Veterans Disarmament Act (HR 2640).
2. Continue to keep contacting your senators via the Legislative Action
Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm on the GOA site.
The Hill newspaper says the Veterans Disarmament Act may come up
as early as next week. Coburn is pushing a package of
GOA-supported amendments that, taken together, will improve federal
law — making things better than they are now. Senators need to hear
that this bill is an abomination, and that it is IMPERATIVE that they
support ALL OF THE COBURN AMENDMENTS.
———- Pre-written letter ———-
Dear Senator:
Did you know that the American Legion and the Military Order of the
Purple Heart both oppose the Veterans Disarmament Act, sponsored
by Carolyn McCarthy in the House (HR 2640) and shepherded by
Chuck Schumer in the Senate?
Last week, the American Legion stated that it “strongly opposes
specific provisions of H.R. 2640… that would unilaterally abrogate the
rights of certain service-connected disabled veterans to own firearms,
a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment.”
Senator Tom Coburn wants to offer a series of amendments to this
obnoxious bill. I hope that you will stand with Senator Coburn and
defend the constitutionally protected rights of all Americans. And by
“stand with,” I mean supporting ALL of Coburn’s amendments — not
just one or two.
Sincerely,
It is not often that tears fill my eyes at my age. But this is indeed one of those times…
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/swdyer.htm
 Scott William Dyer Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army |
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| NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 1027-06 IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2006 Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public/Industry(703) 428-0711DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died October 11, 2006, in Banditemur, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat operations. Dyer was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. For further information related to this release the media can contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005. RELEASE NUMBER: 061013-01 DATE POSTED: OCTOBER 13, 2006 PRESS RELEASE: Army Special Forces Soldier dies in Afghanistan U.S. Army Special Forces Command Public Affairs OfficeFORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, October 13, 2006) — An Army Special Forces Soldier stationed here died Oct. 11, in southern Afghanistan while deployed in support of combat operations. CW2 Scott W. Dyer, 38, an assistant detachment commander, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group here, died from injuries sustained in support of combat operations. He deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in August 2006. A native of Titusville, Florida, Dyer enlisted in the Army November 11, 1987, as a cavalry scout. After completing basic and advanced individual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was assigned to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. In 1993, Dyer volunteered for Special Forces training and upon completion of the Special Forces Qualification Course he was assigned to 3rd SFG as a Special Forces engineer. He served with the 3rd SFG until January 2002 when he was assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, here, as a civil affairs engineer. In 2003, Dyer volunteered to attend Warrant Officer’s Candidate School and graduated in June of that year. He was reassigned to the 3rd SFG in February 2004 as an assistant detachment commander. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Military Freefall Jumpmaster Badge, Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab and the Special Forces Tab. His posthumous awards include the Bronze Star Medal for valor, and the Purple Heart. Dyer is survived by his wife Jodi, son Casey, daughter Sidney, mother Sandra Miller and step-father Steve Miller of Tequesta, Florida, father Carl Dyer of Alexandria, Virginia, and sisters Tawnia Peterson of Orlando, Florida, and Dawn Hill of Rockledge, Florida.
Courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel: 14 October 2006 Army Special Forces soldier Scott William Dyer died smiling this week in a helicopter high above the mountains of southern Afghanistan, his mother said Friday. Dyer had been struck by heavy fire Wednesday. His men tried to save him by pulling his wounded body onto the aircraft. But it was too late. As Dyer’s Captain took his hand, the soldier looked up, smiled and slipped away. He was 38. “He lived life, every second, up until his death,” his mother, Sandy Miller, said Friday. “We were so proud of him,” she said. Dyer is the 26th Floridian to die in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Raised in Brevard County, Dyer was a chief warrant officer assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He received numerous awards before his death and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for valor. His funeral will be at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to Miller, Dyer is survived by wife Jodi, 37, and their children, Casey, 10, and Sidney, 6, of Sanford, North Carolina; and sisters Tawnie Peterson of Chuluota and Dawn Hill of Rockledge. Dyer grew up in Port St. John, where Miller and her children moved after she divorced. There, they were close to Dyer’s grandfather, a World War II Navy veteran who worked in the space industry. He told the boy about his wartime adventures. When Dyer was 5, he told his mother his future was set. “There were two things he was going to do: He was going to be a soldier and ride a motorcycle,” Miller said. “He later added, ‘Jump out of airplanes,’ ” she said. Life was pleasant on the Brevard coast, Miller said, and Dyer threw himself into it. As a student at Titusville High School, he was on the football, wrestling and track teams. He could have attended college on a wrestling scholarship but decided against it, his mother said. One week after Dyer’s 1987 graduation, he signed up for the Army as a cavalry scout. Dyer was an athletic man, and the military suited him well. He graduated at the top of his Army Ranger class, Miller said, and volunteered for Special Forces in 1993. “He was proud of what he did,” Miller said. Even as opinion soured on American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, he told Miller the conflict was the only way to stop terrorists from attacking the U.S., she said. He also believed in family. He met Jodi while he was assigned to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and knew immediately they would fall in love, Miller said. They married in 1989 at Cherry Down Park in Cape Canaveral. It took hard work for Dyer to balance his love of family and the Army, Miller said, but he did it. When he was at his Sanford, NorthCarolina, home, he coached his children’s sports teams and took them and their friends wakeboarding often. They took family trips to Hawaii and Alaska. When he was in Iraq or Afghanistan, he talked to his children every day using the Internet and a Web camera — even on the day he died, Miller said. It happened after nightfall, Jodi and others told Miller. His team was hovering in a helicopter above a mountaintop. Dyer was the first to jump out. Ground fire hit him. His men pulled him back inside for safety, but he was already too badly injured. Hours later, Miller got a call at her home in Jupiter. “Mom, Scott has passed,” Jodi told Miller. Within minutes, Miller was driving to North Carolina to prepare to bury her son. 18 October 2006:Sandy Miller of Tequesta watched her grandson, Casey Dyer, on Saturday as his mother, Jodi attached the Special Forces emblem to his football helmet, then the fathers of his teammates marched onto the field to put emblems on their helmets as well. It was a small step of “normalcy” for the 10-year-old, whose father, Scott Dyer, 38, had died Wednesday in Afghanistan, after his Black Hawk helicopter was under small arms fire. Miller’s son, Scott, was on his third tour of Afghanistan when he was killed. An Army Ranger, a member of the Special Forces and one of the elite who did high-altitude sky-diving, Dyer was a 19-year military veteran. “He has a wonderful legacy,” said Miller from Dyer’s family home in Sanford, North Carolina, near Fort Bragg. “He was an honor graduate of the Ranger class of July 1992, graduated from Special Forces in 1993 and was an honor graduate of the Warrant Officer class three years ago,” Miller said. “I’m hearing stories of this fantastic person. We had so many people telling us what we call the ‘Scott stories,’ and last night we were outside by the lake with a case of beer telling Scott stories until 2 in the morning.” Miller said she received a phone call from Afghanistan Tuesday, telling her that the rampside ceremony, where the military loads the coffin of the soldier onto the plane to bring it home, had 500 people there. “This was at 11 at night,” she said. “There were people from every nation fighting with them, and Scott and I used to talk on Yahoo three or four times a week via a webcam and he’d tell me how great the Swedes were or the English. And they were there at rampside for him.” A memorial service is scheduled at Fort Bragg’s JFK Chapel on Thursday. Scott’s coffin is in Washington, awaiting burial at Arlington National Cemetery, he mother said. The two services will be marking the life of a man that his mother called “my best friend and the number one father in the whole world.” Giving the eulogy at the Thursday memorial service will be Rick Fritps, a fellow warrant officer, who was also a classmate of Dyer’s when they both went to Titusville High School. Dyer’s daughter, Sidney, 6, will be singing a song at her father’s service. “There’s a contingent of 14 of his friends from Titusville coming to Fort Bragg for the memorial,” said Miller. “Scott was in the service for 19 years, and he made the most incredible friends. We’ve had calls from Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, Nigeria, everywhere he’s been. They are coming in by the hour and by the day. The outpouring of love and support from Titusville and around the world is wonderful.” Neighbors in the Miller’s Tequesta neighborhood are now trying to coordinate an effort to put flags along the Miller’s street in time for the 10 a.m. memorial on Thursday, as a show of their support for the family. Miller has high praise for Dyer’s wife, Jodi. “These military wives of husbands in the Special Forces who are deployed, they know their husbands will be out of the country all they time. What a wonderful crew of women they are and what a remarkable woman my daughter-in-law is. “Sidney, at 6, is outgoing and doesn’t really understand yet what this means. Casey is quiet, and he played ball on Saturday and his mother sent him back to school on Monday. We felt is was best that he begin to have a return of a little normalcy in his life.” In addition to his wife, Jodi, and children, Casey and Sidney, Dyer is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sandy and Steve Miller of Tequesta; his father, Carl of Alexandria, Virginia; and his two sisters, Tawnia Peterson of Oveido and her husband Chris and Dawn Hill of Rockledge, and her husband Michael. The memorial service for Scott Dyer will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in Fort Bragg. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. October 26, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery, with the full military honors, including a horse-drawn caisson, bagpipe, 21-gun salute and “Taps.” “What is funny is that Scott didn’t like horses, and here he will be at Arlington in a horse-drawn carriage,” he mother said. When he was home on leave, Dyer spent time helping to rebuild basketball courts and other children’s recreational amenities in the neighborhood, according to Miller. Because of this devotion to children’s recreation, in lieu of flowers, donations should be sent to the Scott Dyer Memorial Fund for the Children’s Recreation Committee of Carolina Lakes Property Owners Association, 91 Clubhouse Drive, Sandford, N.C. 27332. Even though he was 7,000 miles away, Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer made his family a priority.He spoke with his wife, Jodi, and their children, Casey, 10, and Sidney, 6, via webcam every chance he got. “We’d look at each other on the computer and make faces and make each other laugh,” said Jodi Dyer, whose husband was on his second tour in Afghanistan. Dyer, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, died October 11, 2006, from injuries he suffered jumping from a helicopter during combat in Banditemur, Afghanistan. He was 38. Yesterday, hundreds of mourners — many in uniform — gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to pay respects to the loyal friend, father and son. Dyer was the 41st person killed supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to be buried at Arlington. A military band led the procession through the blustery wind to the grave site, where a chaplain delivered a sermon. A brigadier general presented U.S. flags to Dyer’s wife; his mother, Sandy Miller; and his father, Carl Dyer. Mourners wiped their eyes as a bugler, standing among the rows of white headstones, played taps. Dyer was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Almost 400 people, including friends from grade school and high school, had packed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Chapel at Fort Bragg last week for a memorial service for Dyer. An additional 500 stood outside in tents. “Every friend he made he kept for life,” his wife said. “He would get on the phone and talk to his friends for hours, saying he would make dinner for me, but he never would.” Since his death, scores of friends have posted comments in an online memory book. Mark Kenda of Clearwater, Florida, said he had been friends with Dyer since seventh grade. “He has paid the ultimate sacrifice to make this world a better place for those who remain,” Kenda wrote. “I was fortunate enough to be able to call Scott my friend.” Dyer’s 19-year military career took him to assignments in Africa, Haiti and Bosnia, and twice to Iraq. He received many awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal and Humanitarian Service Medal. As a member of the Special Forces, or Green Berets, he was trained to jump from helicopters at high altitudes, his wife said. He also learned French Creole and Arabic, and used the latter in Afghanistan to help train local troops. “When he was over there, he said he was making a difference,” Jodi Dyer said. “They were making gains, and he was just hoping that eventually they could pull out and the Afghans could take care of themselves.” When Dyer wasn’t on assignment, he coached his kids’ basketball, soccer and baseball teams, his wife said. The last time they spoke on the phone, he had just returned from a mission and was exhausted, she said. But his spirits lifted when she told him their son had won his football game. He was up for reenlistment in two years, his wife said. “He was going to reenlist, but he didn’t want to miss another football game or another graduation,” she said. “He was 100 percent ready to spend time with his kids.”
Posted: 14 October 2006 Updated: 18 October 2006 Updated: 21 October 2006 Updated: 25 October 2006 Updated: 27 October 2006
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Photos Courtesy of Chief Warrant Officer Rick Fritts: May 2007
(Scott’s Best Friend Since Childhood)
Photos Courtesy of Tom Gugiluzza-Smith, 21 April 2007
Photos Courtesy of Holly, December 2006
Photos Courtesy of Holly, October 2006
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One would think that Microsoft would have the intelligence to know what on earth a “White Hunter” is. This is a story about a brutal murder. Not about a “White Hunter.” Period. Here is the link to the story.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21152301/
And, here is the link to the MSN Homepage, please note that it changes frequently…
The political implications are blatant, as are the racial implications. So, why on God’s earth is MSN doing this? This is only speculation, but I think that the Globalist Authoritarians, (read Leftest) that inhabit MSN, as well as Microsoft in general, decided that this could be a Grand Slam.It hits white men. It hits hunters. It also hits poor oppressed peoples. Then, it impugns the skill of Hmong Warriors! A minority race of the most honorable people that I myself have ever had the pleasure to interact with.
This is from the Republican Liberty Caucus, and while I certainly do not agree with everything that is said in it. It does give one reason to pause, assess, and plan.
http://www.chattano ogan.com/ articles/ article_114454. asp Why the GOP Must Nominate Ron Paul – And Response
posted October 2, 2007
Why must the Republican Party nominate a 72-year-old grandfather from the Gulf Coast of Texas, until the past few months little known outside his district, as its 2008 standard-bearer? Very simple: the alternative is eight years of President Hillary Clinton. That ought to be enough to get the attention of every conservative who happens upon these words, so let me explain.
It should come as no big revelation to anyone inside or outside of the Republican Party that the GOP has lost touch with its conservative roots. Massive deficit spending that would make Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter blush; foreign adventurism beyond the wildest dreams of Woodrow Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt; more big government programs than FDR or LBJ (Google “Medicare expansion” for a massive example) … the Republican Party of the early 21st century is clearly not your father’s or grandfather’ s GOP.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas- microsoft- com:office: office” />
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There are no more Robert Tafts, no more Barry Goldwaters, not even any more Ronald Reagans (as imperfect as he turned out to be after reaching the White House) … except one: Ron Paul. Dr. Paul (an OB/GYN who has delivered more than 4,000 babies) is the last, best hope for the GOP to reclaim its once-upon-a- time status as the party of limited government.
It isn’t his status as the leading advocate of limited, constitutional government that makes Ron Paul a must-nominate for the GOP, though. It is true that in the long run, the Republican Party needs him to help it reclaim its spirit, and this indeed will be his lasting legacy. But, in the short run, the party needs him to win the 2008 election and save the country from another <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas- microsoft- com:office: smarttags” />Clinton presidency that would be far worse than the first. (Unlike Bill, who was apparently mainly involved in politics to get the attention of the ladies, Hillary is a true believer in socialism; and, with a Democratic majority in Congress, she will have an excellent opportunity to expedite its widespread implementation in America.)
Fact one: Hillary Clinton will win the 2008 Democratic nomination. She is an experienced, cut-throat politician with deep ties in the party, and can take Barack Obama down pretty much any time she wants to. And John Edwards is not serious about pursuing the nomination. He is just positioning himself to be the VP nominee again, because in the wake of the 2006 Congressional elections he believes that Hillary will win the Presidency by taking a few key states where John Kerry fell short. Long story short: forget the others – Hillary is the woman to beat in 2008.
Fact two: The 2008 election will be won by the candidate who most credibly addresses the growing anti-war sentiment that has been embraced by the majority of the country’s voters. (Google “2006 mid-term elections.) 70% or more of Americans want out of Iraq, and for many of them, it is the defining issue of the campaign. You may agree or disagree, but it’s a fact and it’s going to decide the 2008 Presidential election.
If it comes down to Hillary Clinton vs. any of the “establishment” Republican candidates, she wins by default. She may have voted for the war originally, but she will continue to claim that she was misled by the Republican administration, and that we should trust her to make things right. (Of course she won’t really get us out of the Middle East mess, but Joe Six-Pack won’t figure that out until after she wins the election.)
If any of the supposed “front runner” Republican candidates (Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, or Fred Thompson) wins the GOP nomination, Hillary Clinton is essentially a lock. Not only will she win over a sizable portion of the independent vote with her (perceived) status as “the anti-war candidate,” but – simply put – the GOP will not turn out its base in sufficient numbers to win.
Nominate Rudy Giuliani? Conservative, red-state voters are not going to turn out to support a gun-grabbing Northern liberal faux Republican who dresses in drag and is a charter member of the Wife-Of-The- Month Club. The social conservatives, along with the fiscal conservatives and the key swing voters (libertarians and constitutionalists) will either stay home on Election Day or vote third party. Rudy won’t even carry his home state, and ask Al Gore how that usually works out. Slam dunk, Hillary wins.
Nominate Mitt Romney? You get basically the same result as Giuliani without the (bogus) “America’s Mayor” 9/11 cachet. Conservatives in the South and West won’t turn out for the former governor of “Taxachusetts” who has flip-flopped on virtually every issue they hold dear. The fact that Romney is a Mormon won’t help him with the mainstream Christian base, either. He probably can’t win the GOP nomination, but even if he does, Romney is toast in the general election.
Nominate John McCain? Not gonna happen. His campaign has taken a nose dive from which it will be virtually impossible to recover. As of the end of the second quarter, even (supposed) long-shot Ron Paul had more cash on hand – and, when the third quarter numbers come in, McCain will be even further behind in the money game. He probably won’t even be in the top five on the GOP side. Stick a fork in him, he’s done. And even if he could pull off the apparently impossible and come back to win the Republican nomination, he loses to Hillary on the war and many domestic issues as well.
Fred Thompson? He’s the last hope of those Republicans who are looking for a “mainstream” candidate to save them from looming, seemingly inevitable defeat in 2008. On the surface, he appears to have more of a chance than the previously mentioned “big three.” After all, he has the “actor factor.” It worked for Reagan and, more recently, Arnold Schwarzenegger in California – couldn’t it work for Fred, too? Well, no, not this time around.
Like Ronald Reagan, Fred Thompson is reasonably good at reading a script. Unlike the Gipper, though, Fred is just awful at speaking extemporaneously. In case anyone was wondering why Thompson waited so long to declare his candidacy, it’s obvious to those who know anything about his abilities and liabilities: he wanted to avoid as many debates as possible.
Like Obama on the Democratic side, Thompson is an empty suit. He looks reasonably presentable, but sooner or later he has to open his mouth, and when he does he doesn’t say anything of substance. The less he speaks in public (especially with other candidates around to rebut him), the better for Fred. Unfortunately for Thompson, while he has so far been able to duck any direct confrontation with his GOP rivals, he won’t be able to avoid debating Hillary if he wins the Republican nomination. And about five minutes into the first debate, with no “Law and Order” writers to put words in his mouth, it will be over. Game, set, match, Hillary.
When you look at it objectively, there isn’t a single one of the “Big Four” GOP candidates who can beat Hillary Clinton head-to-head. And none of the “second tier” candidates (Huckabee, Brownback, Hunter, Tancredo, et al) have stepped up to the challenge. Really, there is only one remaining viable Republican candidate: You guessed it, Ron Paul.
Only Ron Paul can take advantage of the Internet the way Howard Dean did before he imploded four years ago. Indeed, he has already captured the Internet … the Ron Paul Revolution is already in full swing online. It sure was nice of Al Gore to invent the Net for Ron Paul supporters to take over, wasn’t it?
Only Ron Paul can outflank Hillary Clinton both to the left on the war, and to the right on everything else … which is the only winning strategy the Republicans can plausibly employ in 2008.
Only Ron Paul, who is truly pro-family (married to the same woman for over 50 years, with five children and 18 grandchildren – no “trophy wives” here) can motivate the socially conservative base to actually turn out and vote.
Only Ron Paul, who wants to eliminate the IRS (and a host of other federal agencies) and stop the Federal Reserve from devaluing our money through runaway, printing-press inflation, can motivate the fiscally conservative base to cast a GOP ballot in 2008.
Only Ron Paul can keep the Libertarians and Constitution Party members from splintering off to support their own third-party nominees rather than another neo-con, Bush clone Republican. (In fact, the 2004 nominees of the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party, Michael Peroutka and Michael Badnarik, have both already endorsed Ron Paul’s candidacy.) While the LP and CP may command only a small fraction of the overall vote, that may well be enough to turn the tide in a crucial state or two. Ask Al Gore if he could have used a few thousand of Ralph Nader‘s votes in 2000….
Yes, when you look at things objectively, there are only two candidates who can win the White House in 2008: Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul. The contrast could not be more stark, nor the results for the future of America more divergent. If you are a social or fiscal conservative, a libertarian, a constitutionalist, or just a concerned independent … now is the time to consider your options and act accordingly while there is still time to affect the outcome.
The Ron Paul Revolution has begun.
Joe Dumas
joe@joedumas. com
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