As of Oct. 4, 650 voice-activated laptops had been presented to troops wounded in the Iraq and Afghan, and with a goal of raising $180,000, Soldiers’ Angels wants to buy many more.
"Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse."
As of 2:40 p.m., they’ve raised about $70,000 so far, some of it mine.
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He has almost as much trouble with spelling as I do, but military historian John Keegan surely is right that Israel can’t wait much longer while Hamas and Hez stockpile missiles from their various suppliers, notably Syria.
"Hizbollah has now reconstructed the fortified zone and is replenishing its stocks of missiles there. Hamas is also creating a fortified zone in the Gaza Strip and building up its stocks of missiles. Israel, therefore, faces missile attack on two fronts. When the Israel general staff decides the threat has become intolerable, it will strike."
Keegan thinks it will be before the end of the year.
If you’ve ever been shot at by one, or even if you haven’t, you’ve got to appreciate the AK (Automatic Kalashnikov)-47 (i.e. 1947), although many Western weapons experts consider it junk. Defense Tech has a nice essay on the world’s most popular military weapon, which I am unable to excerpt for some reason, so just go here to read it.
When the going gets tough, Mr. Anonymous Source (Seymour Hersh) talks tough, i.e. as anti-American as he can make it.
"’If Americans knew the full extent of U.S. criminal conduct, they would receive returning Iraqi veterans as they did Vietnam veterans, Hersh said [at McGill University in Montreal].
“’In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation,’ he said. ‘It isn’t happening now, but I will tell you – there has never been an [American] army as violent and murderous as our army has been in Iraq.’”
Fie on you, Hersh, and a pox on your house.
Given Kerry’s remarks, tortured explanation, half-hearted apology and all, despite his long history of doing the same thing, ShrinkWrapped wonders if these swipes are being orchestrated, as part of the Dems capture-Congress push. Kerry and Hersh are peas from the same pod.
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Seeley, 27, of New Brunswick, was a Mi’kmaq indian on his second tour in Iraq, who had served in the Canadian armed forces, and the U.S. Marines before joining the U.S. Army. He was due home Saturday when he was killed in action on patrol.
"Betty Ann Lavallee, chief of the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council, in a statement expressed pride in Seeley. ‘Like so many young aboriginal men and women … Seeley volunteered to serve without regard for what he was being asked to do.’"
Said his mother: "He fully believed that people were being hurt who shouldn’t be hurt and it was their job to protect them. He believed Saddam Hussein had to be stopped and that’s what he did."
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Find us a rich widow to marry, Lurch, so we can be as haughty as you are…./via Drudge and 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota National Guard
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