http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wia/ en-us Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:56:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082256/posts Assuredly McCain isn't comfortable talking about this -- and the McCain campaign discouraged me from writing about this -- but the reason the aged Arizonan doesn't use a computer or send email is because of his war wounds. I realize some of the nastier liberals in the blogosphere will see this as McCain once again "playing the POW card," but it's simply a fact: typing on a regular keyboard for any sustained period of time bothers McCain physically. He can type, he occasionally does type, but in general the injuries he sustained as a POW -- ones that make it... abcnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082256/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082188/posts "Ha ha—You got your arms broken and a bayonet plunged into your groin" Sweetness and Light has noticed something disturbing. In this video, Obama can clearly be seen (at 12:20) doing a physical imitation of John McCain.  At a moment when describing a McCain ad, Obama adds a somatic gesture to create an image of John McCain. That gesture involves changing his stance and arm position to imitate the way McCain stands—a stance the Senator developed as a result of the injuries he suffered while he was a "guest" at the Hanoi Hilton. Since Obama has already done the middle-finger-scratch... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082188/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081573/posts According to the Associated Press, Obama campaign manager David Pfouffle issued a stern campaign strategy memo Friday that said, in part: "Today is the first day of the rest of the campaign. We will respond with speed and ferocity to John McCain's attacks and we will take the fight to him, but we will do it on the big issues that matter to the American people." The "big issues." Like fractured fingers? latimesblogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081573/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:10:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081344/posts In its zeal to get tough on Sen. John McCain, who has taken the lead in the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a television ad today, titled "Still," making fun of Sen. McCain for being old fashioned. In the ad, the Obama campaign says that McCain hasn't changed much since he went to Congress in 1982, to make the case that McCain's campaign does not represent change. But the campaign crossed a line when it ridiculed McCain because he "can't send an e-mail," and unwittingly embroiled itself in another controversy that will throw the campaign off message. The... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081344/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081197/posts Wondering No More [Jonah Goldberg] Yep. The day after 9/11, as part of its "get tough" makeover, the Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer, without caring why he doesn't use a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad: "Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail." Well, I guess it depends on what you... The Corner [NRO] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081197/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:08:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081191/posts Wondering No More [Jonah Goldberg] Yep. The day after 9/11, as part of its "get tough" makeover, the Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer, without caring why he doesn't use a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad: "Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail." Well, I guess it depends on what you... NRO Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081191/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080079/posts Folks check this marvelous effort out http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080079/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:27:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078591/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2008 – President Bush visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center here today to pay respects to wounded soldiers and their families, and to the medical personnel who care for the injured. After his visit, Bush commented on the paradoxical human conditions produced by combat wounds. “On the one hand, you see the horrors of war; on the other hand, you see the courage of the people that have volunteered to serve,” he said. “I marvel when I come to Walter Reed. I marvel at the fact that people say to me, ‘Mr. President, I'd do it... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078591/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073608/posts AN Australian special forces soldier is fighting for his life and eight others are also wounded after they were ambushed overnight by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. The soldiers were attacked with rocket propelled grenades and guns as they were returning in vehicles from an operation targeting Taliban fighters in strife-torn Oruzgan province. One soldier is suffering ``life threatening'' wounds, five others have serious injuries and three have ``slight wounds,'' a Defence Department spokeswoman said this morning. It is the highest number of casualties Australian troops had experienced in a single incident since the Vietnam war, defence spokesman brigadier Brigadier Brian... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073608/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:21:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065586/posts Nothing is more disappointing than to see other people doubt what the Army is doing to take care of wounded, ill and injured Soldiers without having the facts right. ArmyNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065586/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:35:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062543/posts An injured National Guard soldier from Woodbury gets a great gift Friday -- a new home. Sgt. Marcus Kuboy was seriously injured by an explosion in Iraq last year and is mostly confined to a wheelchair because of leg and back injuries. Right now he can only use his legs for short periods of time. The project's been under construction for several months now and hundreds of people have helped. On Friday, volunteers were getting started on the landscaping by planting flowers and shrubs. The inside is almost complete as well. Kuboy will have his own elevator and a kitchen... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062543/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062157/posts <p>Most all motorists either ignore or wave or honk to us.</p> <p>Most all passers by either ignore or make a polite comment to us.</p> <p>Occasionally we get the "bring them home!" shouted at us as a car drives by. Sometimes we hear this from someone walking by us as well.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062157/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058884/posts Chris, VictoryNY, Dan, CTS RonGKirby CTS, 3D-Joy Lurker Bill, 3D-Joy, Pasquale VictoryNY ATTACKS! PleaDeal, John Miska, Chris, CTS PleaDeal, CTS, Chris Before we got situated, Chris and Dan, both patients at Walter Reed paid, us a visit. You can see them pictured in the upper left photo. Mrs T and VictoryNY talked with them for a bit. Found out they both grew up at Schweinfurt Army Garrison as a couple of Army brats. They were friends growing up. Both enlisted and went their separate ways. They both ended up together again as patients here at Walter Reed. Weather was... DC Chapter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058884/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 01:55:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057789/posts A year after Cpl. Garrett Jones lost his left leg to a bomb in Iraq, he has rejoined his unit in Afghanistan. Improved medical care and prostheses -- and his determination -- made it possible. CAMP BARBER, AFGHANISTAN -- Just over a year ago, Cpl. Garrett Jones was one of thousands of Marines slogging through a tour of duty in Iraq. Today, he is deployed with the same unit in Afghanistan, but he serves now with an unusual distinction. On July 23, 2007, Jones was on foot patrol near the Iraqi city of Fallouja when he was injured by a... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057789/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:37:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056855/posts When I heard Barack Obama had planned a trip to visit Landstuhl Military Hospital in Germany, I knew from personal experience how much of a lift it would have given the hundreds of soldiers recovering from war wounds there. As fate would have it, I was sent to Landstuhl two years ago, after my lower legs were shattered by shrapnel from a mortar round in Iraq. After undergoing surgery, I spent nearly a month as a bedridden patient in the recovery care unit, uncertain whether or not I would ever walk again. It was around July 4th and I was... Dakota Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056855/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:49:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055935/posts The idea began so simply, hatched in the heart of an injured soldier's mother. A homecoming. Terry Hardin's son, 22-year-old Army Spec. Kevin Hardin, would be back Saturday night — his first time home since a missile blew by him September 30 and lodged him at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, still, 10 months later.Terry Hardin called and e-mailed some people, who called and e-mailed more people, tapping into Forgotten Solidiers Outreach and the Patriot Guard, a biker group who more often escort hearses, plus the American Legion and their 11th District commander, David Knapp, who snapped right... Palm Beach Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055935/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055551/posts Organizers of a Christian prayer ministry are expecting over a million people will fill the National Mall in Washington, D.C, on Aug. 16 for a 12-hour assembly of fasting and prayer for the country. The group is called TheCall, and according to their website, volunteers are working hard to gather people from every state in the country to fill the massive park between the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol on one day to fervently ask God for his undeserved mercy on the nation. Originally inspired by the 1997 Promise Keepers "Stand in the Gap" assembly at the same location,... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055551/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055017/posts July 25, 2008, Soldiers and Visitors Drop ByA mid-summer’s Friday evening, not too hot, but a little humid. Traffic seemed not as heavy as normal due to vacations. Our group was enthusiastic and the passers-by honked their support throughout the evening. The moonbats did whatever they always do, generally be obnoxious. (More about this later). We have identified one moonbat as a paid traveling loser. He travels with his suitcase and catches the Greyhound on Georgia Ave to the next paid protest. We were joined by Danny, her sister Mandie and Danny’s three children. They are from Alaska and moving... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055017/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:47:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054658/posts Barack Obama's claims that he was not going to use a planned visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center as a photo-op were blown out of the water tonight by a spokesman for Landstuhl who told Stars and Stripes that plans had been made for Obama's campaign press contingent to film the candidate as he entered and left the hospital.U.S. European Command spokesman Lt. Col. John Dorrian said that local and traveling press would have been brought to the entrance of Landstuhl to film Obama entering and leaving the hospital.The article also noted that it would have been permissible for Obama... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054658/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:13:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051922/posts Obama is not even feet dry on U.S. soil, and McCain loosens a few of his teeth for him. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051922/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:20:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051817/posts The John McCain and Barack Obama campaigns continued their back-and-forth today over Obama's cancelled visit to wounded soldiers in Germany. Obama said he did not want to bring presidential politics to hospital bedsides, and his campaign said the Pentagon also was concerned about a campaign visit. But military officials said he could have visited as a senator without campaign officials, as he did in Iraq, and Republicans have been piling on incessantly. This afternoon, McCain's campaign issued a statement from retired Lt. Colonel Joe Repya, a 30-year veteran of Vietnam and the Persian Gulf wars. "The most solemn duty of... Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051817/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051573/posts From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski In his official capacity as a sitting US senator, Obama has every right to stay in touch with America's men and women in uniform. According to Pentagon officials, the problem was that Obama's request to visit Landstuhl included two members of his campaign staff -- retired Major General Jonathan S. Gration and Jeff Kiernan. US military officials in Germany informed the campaign the two political operatives would not be permitted on base. Pentagon officials say Gration was the campaign's point of contact at Landstuhl in arranging Obama's visit and "got torqued" when he was told he... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051573/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:24:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051550/posts Something’s better than nothing but the disappointment is palpable: “Everyone was excited about Obama’s visit. It’s a shame.” After googling around for details about what happened, precisely, I think John McCormack at the Standard has it right. It wasn’t the absence of media that led Obama to cancel the trip, it was the fact that two of his top military advisors, most notably Ret. Gen. Gration, couldn’t go with him because they’re technically campaign personnel and DoD regs prohibit political campaigning at military bases. Why Obama simply didn’t leave the two of them behind and make the trip anyway, your... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051550/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051531/posts This is completely wacky. Lynn Sweet, a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times, apparently can't make up her mind which version of the story makes Obama look better- so she posted both of them- at exactly the same time. Here's version #1 with this headline:Pentagon tells Obama not to visit U.S. troops at German base because it would be too political.Now here's the money paragraphs: Though the Rammstein visit had been planned for days, Obama senior strategist David Axelrod said that that Pentagon notified Obama military advisor Scott Gration only yesterday or the day before that he should not come.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051531/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051481/posts "So if you want my take on this, if you want to remember one thing about this trip, is that Barack Obama chose to work out rather than see the wounded troops because he couldn't bring Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, and Brian Williams with him." -- Sean Hannity "The Sean Hannity Show" Sean Hannity: "You know I've found one article -- I hadn't known this -- I was telling you earlier the Obama campaign tried to blame the Pentagon. Here he was scheduled. He wanted to go visit this military hospital. It was on the campaign sheet to go visit... johnmccain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051481/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:47:40 GMT