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It's hard not to feel proud of these fine soldiers. This is the antidote to the left wing negativism and defeatism and the treason of Murtha and the NY Times

It is with heavy heart I write this... I have finally reconnected with my best friend who is a paramedic who was sent from Georgia 2 days ago to Gulf Port, Mississippi before the hurricane hit. He just reached me within the last 10 mins via emergency cell phone to tell me he was alive. Thousands of bodies have been discovered throughout Mississippi in Gulf Port, Waveland,Hancock County,Bay of St.Louis. They are hanging in trees and they are pulling them out 30 at a time. Entire families found drowned in their homes and washing up on shore. The stories he...

The following link is a five minute slide show (it may take awhile to load), turn your volume up, and get a box of kleenex: Homeward Bound I hope you all enjoy. My favorite: The beautiful child near the end, welcoming her hero home.

An East Coast Ivy League atheist professor was teaching a university class and he told the class that he was going to prove that t here is no God. He said, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!" Ten minutes went by all the time taunting God, "Here I am, God. I'm still waiting." As the last minute approached he smugly smiled. A young US Marine just released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force on...

  Despite Own Injuries, Medic Tries to Save Fellow Soldier By Senior Airman Thomas Kielbasa, USAFFlorida National Guard Public Affairs FORT STEWART, Ga., Feb. 20, 2004 – Sometimes the biggest heroes are the quietest people, and Spc. Matthew Moss is that kind of hero. The 22-year-old medic doesn't talk loudly about his experiences in Iraq, but when the soft-spoken Florida National Guard soldier tells his story, it's in a steady and matter-of-fact tone. Spc. Matthew Moss (left) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, Florida National Guard adjutant general, after receiving a Purple Heart during a ceremony at Fort...

WASHINGTON - U.S. investigators now believe that a hijacker in the cockpit aboard United Airlines Flight 93 instructed terrorist-pilot Ziad Jarrah to crash the jetliner into a Pennsylvania field because of a passenger uprising in the cabin. This theory, based on the government's analysis of cockpit recordings, discounts the popular perception of insurgent passengers grappling with terrorists to seize the plane's controls. The government's findings — laid out deep within the report on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that was sent to Congress last month — aim to resolve one of the enduring mysteries of the deadliest terror attacks in...