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Running scared: Thugs and the Tea Party

February 12, 2010

It is a sure sign of utter fear when people group up and attack another group. Such as the Tea Party rising up against government oppression.

Another version of that is when those opposed to what are the goals of the Tea Party band together. The difference being that the Tea Party people do everything right out in the open but those opposed try and hide. Read on…

A new Web site targeting the tea parties is a part of a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country’s biggest labor unions and trickling slowly into political slush funds for Democratic activists.

A seemingly grassroots organization that’s mounted an online campaign to counter the tea party movement is actually the front end of an elaborate scheme that funnels funds — including sizable labor union contributions — through the offices of a prominent Democratic party lawyer.

A Web site popped up in January dedicated to preventing the tea party’s “radical” and “dangerous” ideas from “gaining legislative traction,” targeting GOP candidates in Illinois for the firing squad.

“This movement is a fad,” proclaims TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, which was established by the American Public Policy Center (APPC), a D.C.-based campaign shop that few people have ever heard of.

But a close look reveals the APPC’s place in a complex network of money flowing from the mountainous coffers of the country’s biggest labor unions into political slush funds for Democratic activists.

Here’s how it works: What appears like a local groundswell is in fact the creation of two men — Craig Varoga and George Rakis, Democratic Party strategists who have set up a number of so-called 527 groups, the non-profit election organizations that hammer on contentious issues (think Swift Boats, for example).

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Trying to hide like that smacks of cowardice.

WYOMING: Urgent Alert!

February 12, 2010
URGENT ALERT!   URGENT ALERT!   URGENT ALERT!   URGENT ALERT!   URGENT ALERT!

THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH FOR JAGGI’S HB-95 WYOMING FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT – 2!!!

ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE HAS PASSED THIS BILL TO COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, KEITH GINGERY, IS ESSENTIALLY PUSHING THIS BILL TO THE SIDE BY REFUSING TO PUT IT ON THE SCHEDULE.  GINGERY HAS OPTED INSTEAD FOR MILLER’S HB-28, A DRASTICALLY WATERED DOWN VERSION OF HB-95 WITH NO TEETH.

IF YOU DO NOT VOICE YOUR OPINION  —  PRIOR TO 8:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING —  THIS BILL WILL NOT EVEN BE HEARD IN COMMITTEE!  IT WILL BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

IT IS CRUCIAL THAT YOUR EMAIL GETS IN BEFORE 8:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING!!!

TO FURTHER THIS END, WE’VE DEVISED A FORM THAT CAN BE FILLED OUT QUICKLY.  IT WILL SEND YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND AS WELL, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE COLIN SIMPSON SIMULTANEOUSLY.

HERE’S THE LINK TO THE FORM

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU TAKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME – NOW – TO SUBMIT YOUR OBJECTIONS TO THIS BRAZEN DISREGARD OF JAGGI’S HB-95 FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT – 2!!!

SINCERELY,

ANTHONY BOUCHARD

Executive Director
WyGO – Wyoming Gun Owners
http://wyominggunowners.org/
1-866-970-1890

Wyoming Representative Allen Jaggi HB 95 firearms freedom act with “teeth”

February 11, 2010

Hot on the heels of Utah the Cowboy State looks to wrestle the steer that is the Federal Government. This is about States Rights, pure and simple!

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HB 95 Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act -2

Don’t be confused by similar legislation, Miller HB 28 just doesn’t go far enough.

To see a comparison between HB 28 and HB 95  click here you will see Representative Jaggi (pronounced Ya-Gee) has introduced legislation with “real teeth”.

“As gun guy and someone that believes the federal government is out of control, I wanted to introduce legislation fitting to Wyoming” said Representative Allen Jaggi.

HB 95 Wyoming Firearm Freedom Act – 2 click here

This legislation is a combination of Alaska and New Hampshire’s Firearms Freedom Act containing both a penalties clause like New Hampshire as well as a defense clause like Alaska.

HB 95 has strong “Legislative findings and declarations of authority”. Also it amends the preemption to say “no other entity”, in essence backing up this legislation with law.

Email your legislator–
Place the following in subject line  – “YES on Jaggi HB 95 Firearms Freedom Act-2″

Join WyGO Today – Wyoming’s Fastest Growing Gun Rights Organization

Say it loud! He’s black,and he’s Proud!

February 11, 2010

Received in an email, read on..

I am black and I support the Tea Party!

Those words alone have sent reverberations up and down both parties. In fact, I’ve been called an “enigma”. For now, there are not too many blacks in the Tea Party. My friend, that is about to change! And you can be a part of that change!

I’ve just participated in a recent Tea Party event that coincided with the first ever National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

THANKS TO BARACK OBAMA…a “revolution” has begun!

This Tea Party movement is not necessarily defined by any one group, leader or politician. It is a GRASSROOTS action that is forcing both regular parties to change the way that they do business! Conservatism is NOT dead! It is being resurrected…..thanks to President Obama!

Level-headed, clear-thinking, patriotic Americans are disheartened by what they are experiencing through this current administration. The Reid-Pelosi-Obama agenda is doing permanent damage to the very fiber of our ideals as a great country.

CLICK HERE to assist me in getting the word out that a Black Leader supports the Tea Party Movement! We are setting up television and radio interviews, sending out information packets and visiting media outlets to help overturn the damages caused by President Obama. Your Donation to STAND will get this crucial, one-of-a-kind message out to a greater number of people and politicians!

Let’s do just a partial “checklist” of what I call the …“OBAMA DAMAGE FACTOR”:

  • A Christmas Day bomber (moments away from killing 300 people on an airplane in Detroit) is treated like an American citizen, instead of a terrorist that he is!
  • A $3.8 TRILLION DOLLAR economy-busting, yearly proposed budget.
  • Multi-trillion dollar deficits that our children and grandchildren will be paying and paying and paying.
  • More BIG GOVERNMENT at any cost. We have been warned by Moody’s that we are in danger of losing our Triple A credit rating. In the meantime, he is mortgaging our country to China.
  • Promise of acceptance of an open gay lifestyle in our military. As a U. S. Marine and Vietnam Era Veteran, it makes me angry that they are doing social experiments with our military at a time of when our national security is under constant threat.
  • “Big Brother” (government) overseeing our everyday life
  • Admitted communists, radical homosexual activists and even a transgender in leadership positions “czars.”
  • A hard hearted refusal to drop OBAMACARE (SOCIALIZED MEDICINE), even though the American people have made clear in election after election that we don’t want it!
  • An Air Force Academy that is dedicating its first circle of pagan worship for witches and warlocks (and the whole Academy was invited!!)
  • He says, “We are not a Christian nation!” But according to Obama, “we are one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”
  • Obama has traveled the world denigrating our country by bowing and apologizing before thugs, dictators and despots. They should be apologizing to us and the world, not vice versa.

In short, President Obama is destroying our economy and culture, and undermining our military and national security.

CLICK HERE to help get the word out that a Black Leader supports the Tea Party Movement! We must STOP the damage being caused by President Obama. Your Donation to STAND will give this urgent message many new people!

I get ridiculed by many because I am black and do not support Barack Obama’s ideology. But this is not personal. I honor the office of the Presidency. I pray for President Obama to have a real change of heart. Unfortunately, his heart is hardened in pursuit of his radical and destructive policies. He has literally broken trust (and broken promises!) with the American people, even those who voted for him. For example, the promise of “transparency” has proved to be a joke, along with the promises he made about doing away with earmarks and keeping lobbyists out of his administration.

I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM JUST BECAUSE HE IS BLACK. I OWE MY ALLEGIANCE FIRST TO GOD AND COUNTRY, NOT TO A MAN OR MY RACE! HELP ME GET THIS MESSAGE OUT TO ALL THE OTHER RIGHT THINKING BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR DISAGREEING WITH OBAMA. HELP ME TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY NEED NOT BE SILENT! WE WILL STAND WITH THEM!

I am a part of a small but growing number of blacks who support the grassroots Tea Party movement. At this past weekend’s first national Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Sarah Palin received a rousing welcome from a crowd of nearly 1,000 Tea Partiers as she sent a strong message of support for lower taxes, smaller government, transparency, energy independence and strong national security. She said, “I’m a big supporter of this movement. America is ready for another revolution!”

This is a movement—and a revolution—that cannot be stopped…..

They will forever OPPOSE the beliefs of President Barack Hussein Obama (and his cronies)! Help me to wipe out the “Obama Damage Factor”!

The American people are frightened by President Obama’s fiscal policies. Respected economists say his runaway spending and massive deficits could lead to economic collapse. I begin to wonder: “Why is he doing this to us?”

Many Americans suspect that he disdains our capitalist economy and wants it to fail. When it does, HE would then control everything!

He’s adding over $1 trillion in taxes, doubling the deficits President Bush left us and is making us a debtor nation to China and Japan. Given the proposed deficits in the next few years, every American family of four will owe—

CHINA ALONE….$10,000 per year!

You read that correctly. This is according to official government reports.

Please CLICK HERE to assist STAND to tell thousands more that a Black Leader supports the Tea Party Movement! We are setting up television and radio interviews, sending out information packets and visiting media outlets to help STOP OBAMA’S POLICIES! Your Donation will get this crucial, one-of-a-kind message out to a greater amount of people and politicians!

Help STAND to make a difference in our government! I receive negative communications every single hour because of my STAND for truth! Thus, the name of our organization, S.T.A.N.D.STAYING TRUE TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL DESTINY.

America’s national destiny does NOT include the over-bearing economic burden put on us by the socialistic Obama Administration. By the end of 2010 our deficit will be 77% of our Gross Domestic Product. Our interest due on the debt will soon be $700 Billion a year, more than the budget of the Defense Department. President Obama is either grossly incompetent or there is a method to his madness. Either way— WE MUST STOP HIS MARXIST CREED
AND RADICAL DOGMA
BEFORE THEY DESTROY OUR BELOVED COUNTRY!

My fellow patriot, it is way past time to take a very definitive STAND!

Our culture . . . our country . . . our defense . . . our security . . . our economy . . . our society as a whole is literally at stake. What many have fought and died for now hangs in the balance.

When I addressed and prayed at a Tea Party rally last week, I admonished grassroots Americans to support the Tea Party; more importantly, their objectives: EXPOSING corrupt and incompetent politicians—from the very top to the bottom!

I did not find any Nazis or racists there (as charged by the liberals!). I found Americans who love their country and are prepared to stand up for the values we believe in. WE DO NOT CARE THAT OBAMA IS BLACK; WE JUST WANT HIM TO BE RED, WHITE AND BLUE!

I am one of the most blessed people on earth to have been born a citizen of the United States of America. My forefather paid the price of slavery for me to be here. I love this country, and I do not like what President Obama is doing to it. The Tea Party offers tremendous hope of voting out people who are taking this country in an unconstitutional and ungodly direction. I support them whole-heartedly and I am urging all black Americans (as well as non-blacks whether Republican, Democrat or Independent!) who believe in the Judeo-Christian values which made this country great, to join with the Tea Party and their objectives.

CLICK HERE to assist me in raising up an army of Black Leaders who support the Tea Party Movement! Our new media communications will expose President Obama! Your Financial Investment in STAND will get this vital and unique message out to the greatest amount of people and politicians!

The 2010 elections present an opportunity to put the brakes on the Obama march toward socialism. Will you help me to bring a message of genuine hope to the black community that can change hearts and minds? All I want is common-sense conservative solutions and a government that abides by the Constitution. All I want is for us to judge each other by the content of our character, not the color of our skin. What happened to the post-racial President. It was a deception, but the truth has been exposed. Obama is one of our MOST racial Presidents, not a post racial President. Help me provide the leadership that will take us toward a truly COLOR BLIND SOCIETY.

Sarah Palin, the former Vice-Presidential nominee of the Republican Party also commented at the Nashville convention, “Only limited government can expand prosperity and opportunity for all. Freedom is a God-given right that’s worth fighting for.”

E.W. Jackson defends the Tea Party against Obama!

We are working very hard to bring people together across racial and cultural lines…to stand up for the values which made this nation great!

God bless you as you STAND up for America,

E. W. Jackson, Sr.

P. S. Please understand that the Tea Party is a grassroots movement, which I totally support. It offers tremendous hope of offering a viable alternative to the socialist ways of President Obama. Many liberal and selfish American politicians are taking us down an ungodly and unconstitutional path. That’s another reason why you should support STAND! I look forward to hearing from you.

YOUR donation will make a distinct difference! CLICK HERE to assist me in telling the liberal news media and true Americans that a Black Leader supports the Tea Party Movement! Help overturn the damage caused by President Obama. Your Donation to STAND will get this fundamental message to many others! STAYING TRUE to AMERICA’S NATIONAL DESTINY
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10th Amendment on steroids

February 11, 2010

The state of Utah isn’t passing toothless resolutions they are taking on the federal Government over states rights with a vengeance. I must say that several others have similar things on the board, however, the Utah position appears to be a no holds barred, knees and elbows approach to a fight that everyone knows will be coming.

Read on

SALT LAKE CITY — Guns made and kept in Utah would be exempt from federal regulations under a measure passed by the Utah Legislature Wednesday, despite concerns over an expensive legal fight at a time when the budget is already stretched thin.

Senate Bill 11 was passed by the Utah House 56-17.

The proposal mirrors one Montana signed into law last year that’s intended to trigger a federal court battle. The measures would allow guns made in the respective states to be exempt from federal gun registration rules like background checks and dealer-licensing.

The goal is to circumvent federal authority over interstate commerce, the legal basis for most gun regulation in the U.S.

In the process, it could lead to small arms dealers in the state operating with little to no oversight.

Sen. Margaret Dayton, an Orem Republican, has said her bill is part of a broader effort to send a message to Congress that the federal government is overstepping its bounds.

Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, said the bill isn’t just about guns. It’s also about state’s rights, he said.

The House sponsor of the proposal, Sandstrom said other states have similar bills in the works and he’s been speaking with legislators across the nation who are actively involved.

The bill now goes to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert. Spokeswoman Angie Welling said Herbert supports legislative efforts to reaffirm states’ rights, but is concerned about the possible legal costs that would go with constitutional challenges.

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Smell the coffee: ABC Poll reflects disatisfaction

February 11, 2010

I nearly fell out of my seat when I read the headline. An ABC / Wapo poll said what people have been saying since before the last election. From onerous taxation to the economy to obamacare and gun control the list is seemingly a mile long.

Figure it out big government types. We are mad as can be, and no, we will not allow ourselves to be disarmed, nor will we allow you to shut us up. We are fed up with neo-cons and neo coms telling us that we are all to stupid to know what is best for ourselves and our families. We are fed up with our sons and daughters being sent off to wars that are none of our business while at the same time leaving our nation vulnerable.

The United States is becoming Balkanized more and more each day and it can be directly attributed to the breakdown in our liberty and freedom,and that is due to the government. All three branches…

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Countdown to April 19, 2010 67 days until the march in D.C.!

February 11, 2010

Yes,  just 67 days until the march on Washington and the State capitals. For the latest news about the Second Amendment March go

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Let Congress fail, at least one more time please!

February 10, 2010

Three provisions of the PATRIOT ACT are due to expire at the end of this month. These provisions are . . .

1. Business Records: allows searches on your personal data without your knowledge if the FBI convinces a judge it is “relevant” to a terrorism investigation. The data could be computer-related, financial, medical, or even your library check-out history
2. Lone Wolf: allows the federal government to spy on a foreign person with no known ties to a foreign government or terrorist group — a power that’s never been used
3. Roving Wiretap: allows federal agents to intercept phone conversations without having to specify the person being investigated or which phone is being used

The House and Senate can’t seem to agree on reforming the Patriot Act. They might, however, agree on another temporary renewal of these provisions for 2-6 months.

We have a better idea. Use DownsizeDC.org’s “I am not afraid” campaign to tell Congress to just let these provisions expire.

You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .

Last month it was revealed that the FBI illegally collected 2,000 phone records by falsely claiming a terrorism emergency. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I0KB20100119

I consider this not just a crime by the FBI, but a failure of Congress as well. I wonder if Congress even cares about the abuse of powers you’ve given the Executive Branch.

Since the original USA PATRIOT Act was passed in 2001, Congress has failed . . .

* to provide basic civil liberties protections in its Patriot Act and FISA Amendments legislation
* to narrowly focus surveillance and search powers to suspected terrorists and information directly related to terrorism; instead, it has given the Administration sweeping powers to snoop on anyone who accidentally and incidentally comes into contact with a suspected terrorist
* to provide sufficient oversight of the Administration’s vast new powers
* to hold the FBI or Executive Branch officials accountable for law-breaking

The House did pass H.R. 3845, which restores several important civil liberties that were lost in the Patriot Act. But the Senate seems unwilling to pass it.

I’m hoping for a different kind of failure. If the Senate refuses to pass H.R. 3845, I hope Congress “fails” to pass any temporary extension of the Patriot Act’s expiring provisions.

* the House should stand firm and insist on passing H.R. 3845 with no further watered-down compromises
* Senators should filibuster any bill that does not restore civil liberties protections
* do NOT let this issue drag on for another few months by passing a temporary extension

I do not believe letting these provisions expire will make me less safe, I believe their expiration will make me *more* safe. In fact, I believe repealing the Patriot Act altogether would make me safer than I am now . . .

* safer from terrorism, because this would force intelligence and law enforcement agencies to investigate actual suspected terrorists instead of targeting anyone and everyone;
* safer from my own government, because I won’t live in fear of being spied on or falsely caught up in an investigation

I hope this letter encourages and emboldens you to do the right thing.

END LETTER

You may send your letter using DownsizeDC.org’s Educate the Powerful System.

Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

John Murtha dead

February 8, 2010

Personally, I think that the man became an embarrassment to the nation,and most especially to the United States Marines. I think that I’ll leave the “assessment” of Mr. Murtha to those of the Marine Corp.

Profiles in Valor: Ed Freeman, and media politics

February 7, 2010

This is stolen from Kieth over at Lighthouse Patriot Journal. Since the Government Controlled media, as Anthony calls it, refuses to tell the tale about this man then we of the not so mainstream have an obligation to do so. Is it political that CNN etc. are not covering this? After all, the media were on the side of the enemy in the Viet Nam War, and they still have their darling the treasonous John Kerry to wax elegant about.

This is a rather long post, but please read it in it’s entirety.

The following email was sent by Joan Bartelson concerning a hero described in the chain email circuit …

You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 – 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you’re not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you’ll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn’t seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. Ed Freeman is coming for you. He’s not Medi-Vac, so it’s not his job, but he’s flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.

He’s coming anyway.

And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses. And, he kept coming back…. 13 more times….. And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Medal of Honor Recipient , Ed Freeman , died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , ID ……May God rest his soul….. I bet you didn’t hear about this hero’s passing, but we sure were told a whole bunch about some Hip-Hop Coward beating the crap out of his “girlfriend” Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!

Shame on the American Media.

Myth Blaster Verdict:Truth, except remarks concerning American Media.Ed W. “Too Tall” Freeman was born November 20th 1927 in Neely, Mississippi and died on August 20th 2008. He was a US Army helicopter pilot who received the Medal of Honor for his action during the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War. Mr. Freeman was a wingman for Major Bruce Crandall who also received the Medal of Honor.Mr. Freeman served in World War II and attained the rank of Master Sergeant by the time the Korean War began. He was in the Corps of Engineers, but fought as an infantry soldier in the Korean War. He fought in the Battle of Pork Chop Hill and received a battlefield commission as an officer, which made him eligible to become a pilot, a dream he had since childhood. When he applied for flight school training, he was considered too tall (six foot, four inches) for pilot duty, and thus the reason for his nickname. In 1955, the height limit was raised and Mr. Freeman was accepted to attend flight school. He first trained in fix-wing aircraft and then switched to helicopters. He was an experienced helicopter pilot by the time he was sent to Vietnam in 1965 and became second-in-command as a Captain in Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 16-helicopter unit. Wikipedia (verified):

On November 14th, 1965, Captain Freeman and his unit transported a battalion of American soldiers to the Ia Drang Valley. After returning to base, they learned that the soldiers were under intense fire and taking heavy casualties. Enemy fire around the landing zones was so heavy that the medical evacuation helicopters refused to fly in to the landing zone. Freeman and his commander, Major Bruce Crandall, volunteered to fly their unarmed, lightly armored helicopters in support of the embattled troops. Freeman made a total of fourteen trips to the battlefield, bringing in water and ammunition and taking out wounded soldiers. Freeman was sent home from Vietnam in 1966 and retired from the military the next year. He settled in the Treasure Valley area of Idaho, his wife Barbara’s home state, and continued to work as a pilot. He used his helicopter to fight wildfires, perform animal censuses, and herd wild horses for the Department of the Interior until his retirement in 1991. Freeman’s commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor for his actions at Ia Drang, but not in time to meet a two-year deadline then in place. He was instead awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The Medal of Honor nomination was disregarded until 1995, when the two-year deadline was removed.

He was formally presented with the medal on July 16th, 2001 by President George W. Bush. Freeman died on August 20, 2008, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was buried in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. In the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, which depicted the Battle of Ia Drang, Freeman was portrayed by Mark McCracken. The post office of Freeman’s hometown of McLain, Mississippi, was renamed the “Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office” in March 2009.

Medal of Honor Citation:

Captain Ed W. Freeman, United States Army, distinguished himself by numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary intrepidity on 14 November 1965 while serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). As a flight leader and second in command of a 16-helicopter lift unit, he supported a heavily engaged American infantry battalion at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam. The unit was almost out of ammunition after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force. When the infantry commander closed the helicopter landing zone due to intense direct enemy fire, Captain Freeman risked his own life by flying his unarmed helicopter through a gauntlet of enemy fire time after time, delivering critically needed ammunition, water and medical supplies to the besieged battalion. His flights had a direct impact on the battle’s outcome by providing the engaged units with timely supplies of ammunition critical to their survival, without which they would almost surely have gone down, with much greater loss of life. After medical evacuation helicopters refused to fly into the area due to intense enemy fire, Captain Freeman flew 14 separate rescue missions, providing life-saving evacuation of an estimated 30 seriously wounded soldiers — some of whom would not have survived had he not acted. All flights were made into a small emergency landing zone within 100 to 200 meters of the defensive perimeter where heavily committed units were perilously holding off the attacking elements. Captain Freeman’s selfless acts of great valor, extraordinary perseverance and intrepidity were far above and beyond the call of duty or mission and set a superb example of leadership and courage for all of his peers. Captain Freeman’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.[4]

The following entries of the bibliography demonstrate that Major Freeman, US Army retired was afforded plenty of publicity – even at this death, as one of many American heroes of our nation’s history. That part of the chain email was untrue.Some email versions, according to SNOPES, presents the wrong date of death.The email as one can see is a bit outdated and has made the chain email circuit many times, sometimes changed in various ways.The travesty of this story is how long it took for the man to receive his honor as an American hero, the two-year limit rule was ridiculous. In the myriad of paperwork, sometimes thinks get misplaced. My father finally received his additional medals after World War II – twenty years later.Bibliography MOH Recipient Ed Freeman Dies … (August 21st 2008) Idaho Statesman, Military.comMedal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman, 80, dies … Nightly News videoEd Freeman … Snopes Ed Freeman, Medal of Honor Recipient … David Emery, Urban Legends Netlore Archive, About.comRemembering Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman … Truth or FictionEd Freeman … Wikipedia Biography with sources Decades Later, Vietnam War Hero Is Finally Awarded Medal of Honor … Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes, July 17th 2001 Bush Presents Congressional Medal of Honor … CNN, July 16th 2001Congress Names Post Office for Valley Medal of Honor Recipient, Idaho Press-Tribune, March 18th 2009

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