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Just announced by Gunny Bob Newman on 850am KOA this morning while he is filling in for the vacationing Mike Rosen ... Gunny Bob received an email today from a 2nd Marine Division officer approving his visit to Fallujah, Iraq this January 2006 to broadcast his evening radio show LIVE. He will be leaving for Iraq on January 3rd or 4th and be in country until mid-January. Gunny Bob is 20-year veteran of the Marine Corps and a FReeper, 'Gunny Bob'. This will be a can't miss week of talk radio! Gunny will get the REAL story from our men...

MSNBC's talk show host Chris Matthews is a man who obviously: (1) Believes he is the smartest person on television; (2) Enjoys bullying women such as Michelle Malkin on the air; (3) Enjoys bullying senior citizens who may not be as quick with the mouth as he is; (4) Is irrelevent except for a few of his fellow moonbats who actually believe he's a mental giant; (5) Is of the opinion that he's really competition for Fox News Channel's lineup. During a speech he gave in Canada at the University of Toronto, Matthews did what most American liberals do when...

"The thankful tree" By Michelle Malkin "So, what did you do in school today?" It's the question I greet my daughter with every afternoon after she returns home from kindergarten. Usually, she recycles three jaded answers delivered with 5-going-on-16-year-old aplomb: "I don't remember," "I did the monkey bars," and "I drank chocolate milk." This week was different. She came home yesterday bubbling about a new holiday art project: The Thankful Tree. "You trace your hands and cut them out and then you write what you're thankful for on the hands," my enthused daughter explained, "and then you paste them onto...

Reginald R. Myers, 85, a Marine Corps colonel who received the Medal of Honor in the Korean War for leading his vastly outnumbered force in an assault on a key position during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, died Oct. 23 at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Fla., of the effects of a stroke. He had lived in Jupiter, Fla., since moving there from Annandale in 1993.

Retired Marine Corps veteran of 20 years, FReeper ('GunnyBob') and 850am KOA talk show host 'Gunny Bob' Newman will be covering the topic of John Murtha's call for our military to surrender to Al-Quaida and assorted terrorists in Iraq on his program tonight! November 18th, Friday from 7pm to 10pm on 850am KOA. (mountain time) That is 6pm to 9pm for folks in Rio Linda. ;) You can listen LIVE at http://www.850koa.com/ - click Listen Live on the top left side of the page (no registration required) Or because of the sun going down so early these days you can...

I am asking all FReepers who are outraged at Rep. John Murtha for his devastating political stunt yesterday to contact him. Murtha may not care to hear from you unless you are one of his constituents, but HE put himself on the National stage yesterday calling for the immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq and as Americans, we need to let him hear from us. If ever there was a time for us to ban together on this forum, we need to do it now. The anti-war drumbeats are becoming deafening and ALL OF US need to find our...

In a statement that has angered, embarrassed and humiliated Marines around the globe, one of our own -- a retired Marine Corps Reserve colonel -- has called for the legendary fighting force to retreat from Iraq and surrender to the terrorist organization that has killed thousands of Americans at home and abroad. He has even called for the United States to enter into negotiations with al Qaeda. This vermin’s demand for retreat, surrender and negotiations with the enemy is so committed to assisting al Qaeda in their efforts in Iraq that he has posted his unspeakable demands on his...

Rep. John Murtha, who made headlines for his call to pull American troops immediately out of Iraq, has called on his daughter to immediately and unconditionally leave her suburban Pa. home. Murtha believes his daughter is trapped in a helpless parenting dilemma, as her twin boys frequently warn each other when trouble is brewing with Mom. The home, purchased in March 2002, is home to Murtha’s daughter, son-in-law, and two boisterous grandchildren. Parenting problems with the twin boys, 2, have caused increased strain on the family. A recent incident involving a broken vase has led Rep. Murtha to call for...

*** Note *** Gunny Bob's Friday evening show on 850am KOA from 7pm to 10pm (mountain time) will be devoted to this topic. Details below. --- GUNNY BOB'S COLUMN NOVEMBER 17, 2005: A Traitor's Tirade: Rep. John Murtha Soils The Corps In a statement that has angered, embarrassed and humiliated Marines around the globe, one of our own -- a retired Marine Corps Reserve colonel -- has called for the legendary fighting force to retreat from Iraq and surrender to the terrorist organization that has killed thousands of Americans at home and abroad. He has even called for the United...

Does America Still Deserve The Marines? (by Gunny Bob Newman, retired 20-year veteran of the Marine Corps) Not that I know what one is, but I do know what one looks like. A parabolic wave is a thing that looks like a wave when viewed from the side. Parabolic waves appear on screens that are part of certain machines and computers and other technical devices. I suspect they are useless, really, but scientists and technicians like them because they look cool and by turning just about any dial, one can change the height and frequency of the wave. The war...

Rosen: Duty, Honor, Country November 11, 2005 Today is Veterans' Day - the day we honor those without whose sacrifice this nation would never have been forged nor could it continue to exist. It took a war to win our independence and freedom from England. It's taken many wars since then, the service of tens of millions and the ultimate sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of courageous Americans to defend those precious values. In November 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of hostilities in "the war to end all wars." That was a...

A report to be published Saturday says that Demi Moore's ex will pony up a million cash to any civilian who turns in the terrorist scum. Bruce Willis is such a die-hard patriot that he's offering $1 million to any civilian who turns in terror kingpins Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The hairless Hollywood he-man announced his bounty offer on MSNBC's "Rita Cosby: Live and Direct" this week. Willis also revealed he was in talks to make a movie about the Deuce Four, the soldiers whose heroic exploits have been chronicled by embedded blogger Michael Yon....

On this Veteran's Day Mike Rosen's weekly movie review will be take on the recent released 'Jarhead'. In Mike's show preview on Colorado Morning News all he said that he absolutely HATED the movie. Mike served in the Army back in the 60's and is always at the forefront of supporting our men and women in uniform from his 50,000 watt blow torch of the Rockies here on 850am KOA. Listen on-line LIVE at: (1pm ET, Noon CT, 11am MT, 10am PT) http://www.850koa.com (Listen Live link on top left, no registration required) (Admin Moderator) - I will send a request...

Semper Fi to all Marines! Happy Birthday, lets all go down to Tun Tavern for a few then head out to Iraq for business.

The largest Veteran's Day parade will be broadcast nationwide on Friday morning. The parade will take place on Friday morning at 10:00 AM in Fresno California. The parade is being picked up by over 10,000 TV stations nationwide (last count). The Pentagon will be picking up the broadcast to send to the troops overseas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES By Michelle Malkin   ·   November 10, 2005 08:28 AM ***updated with links galore*** It's the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. A new commemorative stamp series is being unveiled this week. Here are the honorees: Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone Basilone received the Medal of Honor during World War II for holding 3,000 Japanese soldiers at bay for 72 hours at Guadalcanal. He also destroyed a Japanese gun emplacement at Iwo Jima and was killed there during battle. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sgt. Maj. Daniel 'Dan' Joseph Daly Daly received the...

For more than a year, former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey has been telling anybody who will listen about the atrocities that he and other Marines committed in Iraq. In scores of newspaper, magazine and broadcast stories, at a Canadian immigration hearing and in numerous speeches across the country, Massey has told how he and other Marines recklessly, sometimes intentionally, killed dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians. Among his claims: Marines fired on and killed peaceful Iraqi protesters. Americans shot a 4-year-old Iraqi girl in the head. A tractor-trailer was filled with the bodies of civilian men, women and children killed...

JIMMY MASSEY: A SLANDERER AND HIS MSM ENABLERS By Michelle Malkin   ·   November 07, 2005 11:27 AM The anti-war left's favorite smear artist As I noted over the weekend, Ron Harris's debunking of former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is must-read. To its credit, CNN (once led by a very similar-minded slanderer), had an interview with Ron Harris this morning. Here's the transcript: Former Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey has published a book in France called, "Kill Kill Kill." It accuses U.S. soldiers of atrocities in Iraq, including the killing of civilian men, women, and...

Hi. Pardon the vanity. I need good recommendations for a book on the Marines suitable for a young teenage boy. This is for a report. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Thank you, America. You know, America, your Marines are doing great out here. That’s right, America. Honor, courage, and commitment right here smack in the middle of Iraq. They say it’s time to come home, but you know we have to do what we have to do, and we can — because of great supporters like you. We continue to kick butt in central and western Iraq and keep insurgents on their toes to prepare for the upcoming elections in October. Lately, we have conducted numerous operations throughout the area and continue to spoil and capture the enemy right in...