Watchman's Soap Box: July 2008

30 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

1st. Lt. Thomas M. Marti
27 years old from Ward, Arkansas
C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
October 14, 2007

An Eagle Scout, Thomas M. Martin took on cleaning up an old red train caboose as a service project. "He remodeled it to make it where people could go inside. If you saw it before and looked in it after he was through - it was daylight and dark", said his former principal, Robert Martin, who is no relation. "Tom was involved in Key Club, German Club and band, making All-Region Band his sophomore year", said Robert Martin. "He was a wonderful young man. Those that knew him knew he was funny and outgoing."

Lt. Martin died in Al Busayifi, Iraq of wounds sustained from small-arms fire when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations. He enlisted in the Army in 1998 after graduating high school and served in Korea before accepting an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 2005.

"He was very polite and respectful. I can't think of him ever overreacting; he had a wonderful, good-natured personality", said Pat Hagge, a family friend. "It's a terrible tragedy; he was a great young man."

Lt. Thomas Martin is survived by his parents, Edmund and Candis.

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. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
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"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!

7/30/2008 05:10:00 PM | Permalink |

29 July 2008

Could be in your home soon

It’s the “Climate Cops". The first time one of these dolts try’s to give me any smack it’s off with their head. That’s just me. I know they are just kids.

"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!

7/29/2008 04:51:00 PM | Permalink |

28 July 2008

Watching

This crap

What up with that?

CNN, Get a clue.

"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!

7/28/2008 03:23:00 PM | Permalink |

27 July 2008

Rock's

"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!

7/27/2008 10:31:00 PM | Permalink |

I am in a good place

"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!

7/27/2008 10:17:00 PM | Permalink |

Mind is running amuck.

Yep

Just, not having a good day.

What you going to do?

I know PUNT.

Works for me

CATCH 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!

7/27/2008 10:15:00 PM | Permalink |

Pic's from the edge

I am getting old and finding it hard to deal with more and more crap. I mean the world I was raised in is gone. It’s as if I have to change my way for an ignorant way. Just not getting it nope, I am not. Then you have the facts of life. You grow old and die.

I guess it’s not all that bad.

"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!

7/27/2008 10:04:00 PM | Permalink |

24 July 2008

Is anyone listening?

Obama's a dolt that makes "Rookie Mistake's"

Obama rejected Gibson's suggestion that using the phrase was a "rookie mistake."

"I wouldn't say rookie mistake. I think that veterans make mistakes as well," he said.

Well I would say it was. Mr. Gibson thinks so. What about you?

And 143 days of experience in the Senate makes him a veteran. Yep nothing to look at here move on.........

I sure will feel safe if he is elected and makes them there Rookie Mistake's, how about you?

"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!

7/24/2008 04:26:00 PM | Permalink |

23 July 2008

Is it just me or is this guy a dolt

At a Democratic presidential debate exactly one year ago, Obama was asked if he would “be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea?”

"I would," he answered.

Get a clue people he is off his rocker.

Check out Chicago Ray, The dolt represents him.

Martha 2X4 please, thanks

"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!

7/23/2008 07:21:00 PM | Permalink |

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Toni

1st LT. Frank B. Walkup, IV

1st LT. Frank B. Walkup, IV
23 years old from Woodbury, Tennessee
2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
June 16, 2007

Toni already has a great post up on her site, so I'll just link to it.

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. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
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"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!

7/23/2008 05:39:00 PM | Permalink |

21 July 2008

ARB looking good

"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!

7/21/2008 12:28:00 PM | Permalink |

16 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

Spc. Kisha Makerney
23 years old from Fort Towson, Oklahoma
120th Engineers, Oklahoma Army National Guard

Spc. Kisha Mackerney isn't being profiled today because of something she did on the battlefield. She's being profiled because her spirit and determination. In 2002, Makerney joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard out of a sense of patriotism, because, as she put it, "I love our country and our people." Between 2004 and 2005, she served in Iraq as a gunner and helped provide battalion security. She returned home in early 2005 and was in a terrible motorcycle accident on June 25, 2005. The front wheel of her brand new bike had blown out and sent her flying into a highway sign. She looked up at her now mangled bike and was angry. That's when she noticed that her left leg below the knee was missing. The first thing she thought of when she saw her leg was that her military career was over.

Makerney pulled herself out of the ditch that she had landed in and was able to flag down a passing motorist. She was taken a hospital in Hugo, Oklahoma before being flown to Dallas, Texas.

As soon as word spread about her accident, her fellow soldiers, her second family, rallied and rushed to her bedside. "Even before I was out of surgery they were waiting in the halls," she said.

Continue reading Spc. Kisha Makerney's story here. There are some despicable comments by a few readers on the story. Just ignore them.

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 Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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"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!

7/16/2008 07:03:00 PM | Permalink |

14 July 2008

Because I’m a man,

there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about.

The answer is always either sex, cars or sport.
I have to make up something else when you ask, so don’t ask.

Thanks

"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!

7/14/2008 11:23:00 AM | Permalink |

Quote of the Week....

"From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World, and fill the shoes of Abraham Lincoln, FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan. 143 days. I keep leftovers in my refrigerator longer than that." Columnist Cheri Jacobus

Thanks Theo.........

"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!

7/14/2008 11:17:00 AM | Permalink |

The World Is A More Miserable Place Today

Tony Snow R.I.P.

As all ways Chicago Ray say's it better then I could have.

"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!

7/14/2008 10:56:00 AM | Permalink |

13 July 2008

If Wishes Were horses

Then dreamers would ride

"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!

7/13/2008 08:33:00 PM | Permalink |

09 July 2008

I work for Cheetos

What a shame..........................

"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!

7/09/2008 06:59:00 PM | Permalink |

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'

Dude what the PLOP?

From the:

The guide goes on to warn that children might also "react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk'".

Staff are told: "No racist incident should be ignored. When there is a clear racist incident, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the action."

Okay, all you little rug rats, no more "YUK" for you. Well they will still feed you it but you can't say...........

YUK, $uck's to be you

"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!

7/09/2008 06:41:00 PM | Permalink |

Has everyone gone nuts?

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

PLOPN" Killing me with this $hit.

"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!

7/09/2008 06:11:00 PM | Permalink |

Nuff said, K

Shamelessly lifted from Last of the few

"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!

7/09/2008 06:01:00 PM | Permalink |

MAN LAW Rule 13, or something like that

When standing at the urinal, eyes will be forward or down at ALL
times. No wandering of the eyes, EVER.

*Amendment*

Also, no man shall talk to another man when said man has his member in hand taking a p!$$. Conversation resumes at the sink while washing hands.

"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!

7/09/2008 05:54:00 PM | Permalink |

Wednesday Hero

Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall
22 years old from Peoria, Arizona
2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
May 22, 2005

"It was very tough not to be touched by him in some way," said Terri Schall, Sgt. Kenneth Schall's mother.

Kenneth Schall was enrolled at Glendale Community College and was studying to become a history teacher when the country was attacked on September 11, 2001. The event spurred him to join the Army. He served a four and a half month tour in Iraq in 2004 and returned in February of 2005.

Terri Schall last spoke to her son on Mother's Day in 2005. "He sounded great — tired — but he said he was doing OK", she said. Sgt. Kenneth Schall died when the Humvee he was riding in was involved in an accident in Yusafiyah, Iraq.

Along with his mother, Sgt. Schall is survived by his father and two younger siblings.

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. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
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"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!

7/09/2008 05:40:00 PM | Permalink |

05 July 2008

Pledge Story

7/05/2008 06:43:00 AM | Permalink |

02 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

Click Image For Full SizeLance Cpl. Julie Martinez

Lance Cpl. Julie Martinez, a radio operator with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the communication capabilities during a backload of Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 to the USS Essex June 9.

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 Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
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"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!

7/02/2008 03:51:00 PM | Permalink |

Watchman's Soap Box

30 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

29 July 2008

Could be in your home soon

28 July 2008

Watching

27 July 2008

Rock's

I am in a good place

Mind is running amuck.

Pic's from the edge

24 July 2008

Is anyone listening?

Obama's a dolt that makes "Rookie Mistake's"

23 July 2008

Is it just me or is this guy a dolt

Wednesday Hero

21 July 2008

ARB looking good

16 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

14 July 2008

Because I’m a man,

Quote of the Week....

Quote of the Week....

The World Is A More Miserable Place Today

13 July 2008

If Wishes Were horses

09 July 2008

I work for Cheetos

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'

Has everyone gone nuts?

Nuff said, K

MAN LAW Rule 13, or something like that

Wednesday Hero

05 July 2008

Pledge Story

02 July 2008

Wednesday Hero

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