Watchman's Soap Box: May 2007

31 May 2007

Just so you know.......

(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.

(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physiciansper year are 120,000.

(Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept ofHealth Human Services)

Now think about this:Guns:

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S.is80,000,000.(Yes, that's 80 million..)

(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups,is 1,500.

(Statistics courtesy of FBI)

So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.

Please alert your friendsto this alarming threat.We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!

Out of concern for the public at large, We have withheld the statistics on

lawyers

for fear the shock would cause people to panic and! seek medical attention!!!!

(I did no fact checking on it, but it sounds about right)

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And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/31/2007 05:00:00 PM | Permalink |

30 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Kathy

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie

Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie
41 years old from Ann-Arbor, Michigan

Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on October 23, 2006 in Baghdad and has not been seen since.

al-Taayie joined the Army in 2004 to help not only his country, the United States, but also his birthplace of Iraq and was deployed in 2005. On October 23, 2006 he was visiting his wife in the Karrada Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad when he and his cousin were kidnapped by a group calling themselves Ahel al-Beit Brigades. His cousin was released shortly after. On November 2, 2006 al-Taayie's uncle received a ransom demand of $250,000 for his return. Along with the ransom came a grainy video that showed a man beaten up who was identified as al-Taayie. No more has been heard from al-Taayie or his captures.

For more information on Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie you can go here

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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5/30/2007 04:21:00 PM | Permalink |

27 May 2007

Thank You

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died,

We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/27/2007 08:26:00 PM | Permalink |

Memorial Day

A special thanks to Greta and Silke of Hooah Wife for their help.

To every man and woman who has served and is serving in the United States military, thank you for everything that you do and have done. And every man and woman who's given their life for the cause of freedom will never be forgotten.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. To find out more about Wednesday Hero, you can go here.

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5/27/2007 08:17:00 PM | Permalink |

22 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

Pfc. Joseph Allen Jeffries
21 years old from Beaverton, Oregon
Army Reserve’s 320th Psychological Operations Company
May 29, 2004

Below is all the information that could be found on Pfc. Joseph Jeffries.

Pfc. Jeffries was killed with two fellow soldiers, Capt. Daniel W. Eggers and Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Mogensen, and an unnamed sailor, when their vehicle drove over an IED in Kandahar, Afghanistan. All four service members were attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan. He is survived by his wife, Betsy, and his parents Mark and Linda Jeffries.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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5/22/2007 07:18:00 PM | Permalink |

Splain this to me, Please

Palestinian’s start shit with Israeli, its Israeli’s fault. The start shit with Lebanon, it Lebanon’s fault.

Then we get this crock of $h+ from AP and REUTERS:

“A Palestinian masked gunman, left, secures the area during a protest in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp”

“Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp for a third straight day Tuesday, while angry Palestinians burned car tires in two other camps in an ominous sign that the trouble could spread across Lebanon”

“Israeli air strikes Tuesday targeted two camps used by the Islamic militant group Hamas, Palestinian security officials said. After Monday night's deadly rocket strike that killed an Israeli woman”

“Female Palestinian suicide bombers attend a news conference in Gaza May 21, 2007. The bombers, members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, declared that they are ready to blow themselves up”

“A teacher inspects damage to a classroom in a school near the site of an explosion in the Ashrafiyeh area in east Beirut May 21, 2007. A woman was killed when an explosive device detonated near a shopping mall in eastern Beirut late on Sunday, a security source said”

Just not feeling too sorry for them, there Palestinian’s

NOPE, I’m not

Hate e-mail starts and someone is going to leave a comment. Clock is ticking who want's to be first?

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5/22/2007 07:07:00 PM | Permalink |

Damn Munchies’ will get you every time

Man Cited for DWI at Ark. Drive-Through

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5/22/2007 05:24:00 PM | Permalink |

Glossary of terms

Climate change = The Goracle’s false claim of GLOBAL WARMING

Immigration reform = AMNISTY

Militant = TERORIST

Today’s legislation to pay for the Iraq war = $8 billion for Democratic PORK

Think of any more? Leave a comment.

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5/22/2007 05:15:00 PM | Permalink |

Why “O” why do we have to keep putting up with the PLOPN’ U.N.?

They have been in charge since 1950. And no one is suppose to have guns in a refugee camp. Tell me again please what the PLOP good is the U.N.?

Martha 2X4 please

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5/22/2007 05:05:00 PM | Permalink |

I have an idea on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately.

Illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, wild animals attacking humans in Florida .

Not me. I concentrate on solutions to problems. The result is a win-win-win situation:

+ Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.

+ Use the dirt to raise the levees in New Orleans .

+ Put the Florida alligators in the moat.

Any other problems you would like for me to solve today?

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And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/22/2007 04:51:00 PM | Permalink |

21 May 2007

Sit down and shut

Carter today: Didn't mean Bush was 'worst'

I have an idea. "Go home sit on the porch and shut the PLOP up"

Thanks

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And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/21/2007 03:49:00 PM | Permalink |

17 May 2007

Be good and............

you only have to do half your time.

What a crock of $hi+!

"I am on the dirt frontage road to the internet thingy"

And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/17/2007 04:28:00 PM | Permalink |

16 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Cindy

Lance Cpl. Steven Chavez

Lance Cpl. Steven Chavez
20 years old from Hondo, New Mexico
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
March 14, 2007

Tears ran down cheeks and strong men choked back emotion as the city of Hondo, NM payed tribute to fallen Marine, Steven Chavez. LCpl. Chavez lost his life on March 14, 2007 in a non-combat incident in which he was accidentally shot.

Chavez enlisted in the Marine Cops. right after he graduated in 2005. "You pray and you pray that the day never comes, and then it does," said Novelda Chavez, Chavez's mother. "Your emotions are mixed — it’s not true, it’s a bad dream, a bad dream you never wake up from."

In a letter Chavez wrote before he was sent to Iraq, he wrote:
"First of all I would like to thank everyone for your support. When I'm home on leave and when I'm away. That is so important to me. Thank you for your kind, supporting words in your letters and for the packages I've received. Those are awesome.

I've been through some pretty hard times, in the short time I've been in the Marine Corp. None harder then what I'm about to face. Yes I'm scared; nothing is scarier than the uncertainty of what your future holds for you. I'm prepared to face whatever lies ahead.

I put my life in the hands of the Lord. And pray that He guides my fellow soldiers and I down a safe path, that He will calm our fears, and give us the strength to do the job we have been trained to do, and to do that job well.

There are many lonely nights, when you're lying in your bunk thinking of family and friends, wondering what they are doing at that very moment. Wondering what mom is cooking for supper. I can almost taste the tortillas on the griddle.

I want to say to all of you tonight, I wouldn't change one thing about my life.

I've never been more proud of the choices I made in my life than the day I graduated from basic drill instructor placed that Anchor, Globe and Eagle Pin in my hand I knew then I was a UNITED STATES MARINE!

I'm Proud to protect and serve My Country

I'm Proud to protect and serve My Community

I'm Proud to protect and serve you

Thank you so much for your Support. Keep those letters coming. Mail is a precious commodity when you're so far from Home.

YOUR U.S. MARINE

LANCE CORPORAL STEVE CHAVEZ"

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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5/16/2007 03:34:00 PM | Permalink |

15 May 2007

Good old MSNBC.com

Get’s it wrong again. It’s not about “RACE AND ETHNICITY” It’s about

U.S.SECURITY!!!!!!!!!!

Dumb a$$ PLOPN’ jerks.

P.S. its about the Texas town not Imus.

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5/15/2007 05:03:00 PM | Permalink |

14 May 2007

What do they drink in New Zealand?

Man Breaks Into, Then Out of Jail Cell

Not sure I want any of it.

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5/14/2007 08:23:00 PM | Permalink |

"What happened?" witnesses said Alvarez asked when he stepped from his totaled Toyota Tundra.

INDIVIDUAL'S CHARGE REPORT - ELI V ALVAREZ

I'll keep you updated on this one. Something is wrong with this picture. I have heard the mother is not going to make it. God help her and her family. You are in my prayers.

"I am on the dirt frontage road to the internet thingy"

And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/14/2007 07:51:00 PM | Permalink |

Here comes the ACLU

Immigrant proposal wins easily

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And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/14/2007 07:39:00 PM | Permalink |

What a sad story

SUV Pushed Into Moving Train In Fatal Accident

"I am on the dirt frontage road to the internet thingy"

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5/14/2007 04:31:00 PM | Permalink |

10 May 2007

It' the end of NASCAR

Earnhardt announced on Today that he was leaving DEI

Don't know what to say, Martha get me a beer so I can cry in it.

"I am on the dirt frontage road to the internet thingy"

And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/10/2007 03:38:00 PM | Permalink |

09 May 2007

A Wednesday Hero blogroll member request for help

I received the following from a blogroll member. If you would be willing to let others know about this that would be great.

Kyle wrote:
From: "Kyle"

To: "Indian Chris " wednesday.hero@yahoo.com

Date: 9 May 2007 08:28:25 -0700

Subject: Local soldier needs help

Chris,I don't often do this, but I need some help getting the word out about a local soldier who is in need. Chris Cooper Jr is currently stationed in Iraq. His father passed away from cancer last month, and the combination of loss of income, medical bills and funeral expenses has practically wiped the family's finances out. Cooper has had to take out a loan against his military pay to help pay for the funeral and other bills.

I have a post up at Lone Star Pundit about the Cooper family's plight: http://lonestarpundit.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/support-the-troops-help-a-local-soldier/

There is more info in the local newspaper, here: http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18292534&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=574060&rfi=6

Would you be willing to send out a message to the Wednesday Hero blogroll, to see if anyone would be interested in carrying (or at least linking to) Cooper's story?Much obliged!Thanks,

Kylehttp://lonestarpundit.wordpress.com/

Wednesday Hero - Google It

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5/09/2007 04:03:00 PM | Permalink |

Wednesday Hero

Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip
21 years old from Irving, Texas
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
October 14, 2004

Louise Vandertulip fussed at her son about his spending. He bought wild, overpriced hats that had flames on them or horns coming out of the top, she said.

While in Army basic training, he bought portraits of himself. His mother told him to save his money.

She's glad he didn't listen.

The hats and the pictures are all a part of her memories now.

Spc. Josiah H. Vandertulip was killed in Baghdad when his patrol came under small arms fire.

Josiah Vandertulip joined the Army right after his graduation from Irving High School in 2002. He spent a year in South Korea before being stationed at Texas' Fort Hood in February. Against his mother's advice, he volunteered to go to Iraq. She told him to wait, to go to college.

"When he was determined to do something in his heart, he would do it and hell or high water couldn't keep him from it," she said

By going, he knew someone else with a young family could be saved from serving, relatives said.

He always had the important things right, Louise Vandertulip said.

"There's a lot of rest in knowing that he died doing what he believed in and doing what he thought was right," she said.

"We have a much more real sense of the cost for the freedom that we enjoy now," said his father, Robert Vandertulip.

"Josiah was the first brand new soldiers I recieved as a dismounted team leader in Korea. He was one of the Best soldiers I have had the honor to train and work with. He loved being a soldier as much as any guy I have met. He was a great leader in the absence of his superiors. I could always count on him to make sure the mission was accomplished. I watched him change over the year I had him from a goofy kid, to a hard charging soldier."
Sgt. Nickolas Faul

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. To find out more about Wednesay Hero, you can go here.

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5/09/2007 03:40:00 PM | Permalink |

07 May 2007

Martha 2X4 please

Florida Courts Disaster With Central-Planning Insurance Program

Duh

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5/07/2007 04:14:00 PM | Permalink |

I am shocked, yes shocked

ABC decides not to identify more escort service clients

Says they are not 'newsworthy'

I wonder how may of them there ABC people are on the list. Someone had to ask the question, right. No wait I know why now, last paragraph:

There may be another shoe yet to drop. ABC did not push to obtain Palfrey's earlier phone records, which cover a nine-year period. But Ross said she has given them to journalists investigating the Clinton administration.

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5/07/2007 04:07:00 PM | Permalink |

With friends like this who needs enemy’s

Afghan Soldier Said to Have Shot U.S. Military Trainers

Don’t know but from what I have read Hamid Karzai in bed with the Taliban. He likes to grant them amnesty all the time.

"I am on the dirt frontage road to the internet thingy"

And don't waste my time calling me a racist, cause I aren't. So there!

5/07/2007 03:58:00 PM | Permalink |

02 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Echo9er

Hospitalman Luis E. Fonseca Jr.

Hospitalman Luis E. Fonseca Jr.

On August 11, 2004, Navel Hospitalman Luis E. Fonseca, Jr. was awarded the Navy's second highest decoration. The Navy Cross, which is awarded for extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States and must be performed in the presence of great danger or at great personal risk, was awarded for his actions while serving with Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, Task Force Tarawa, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

On March 23, 2004, Fonseca, Jr.'s unit were trying to take the Saddam Canal Bridge. Five Marines were injured when their vehicle was hit by an RPG. Fonseca, while still being fired upon by machine guns and RPG's, pulled the Marines to safety and established a casualty collection unit inside his own medical evacuation vehicle. After his vehicle was hit once again, Fonseca organized litter teams and directed the movement of four of the Marines, while personally carrying one wounded Marine over open ground to another vehicle. On November 15, 2004, Seaman Fonseca was awarded the "Grateful Nation Award" from the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs for his actions.

"I was doing my job," said Fonseca. "I wish I could have done more."

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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5/02/2007 03:44:00 PM | Permalink |

Watchman's Soap Box

31 May 2007

Just so you know.......

30 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

27 May 2007

Thank You

Memorial Day

22 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

Splain this to me, Please

Damn Munchies’ will get you every time

Glossary of terms

Why “O” why do we have to keep putting up with the PLOPN’ U.N.?

I have an idea on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

21 May 2007

Sit down and shut

17 May 2007

Be good and............

16 May 2007

Wednesday Hero

15 May 2007

Good old MSNBC.com

14 May 2007

What do they drink in New Zealand?

"What happened?" witnesses said Alvarez asked when he stepped from his totaled Toyota Tundra.

Here comes the ACLU

What a sad story

10 May 2007

It' the end of NASCAR

09 May 2007

A Wednesday Hero blogroll member request for help

Wednesday Hero

07 May 2007

Martha 2X4 please

I am shocked, yes shocked

With friends like this who needs enemy’s

02 May 2007

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