tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:54:43 +0000CommentaryMilitaryWednesday HeroNewsPoliticsGeneralIraqLiberalismGovernmentIslamU.S. MilitaryElectionsObamaDemocratsHumorMedia BiasPersonalSportsEconomyHockeyIn MemoriumMediaReligionIranTerrorismMiddle EastBankingHealthcareal-QaedaChurchHistoryBailoutImmigrationAfghanistanFunMcCainMedicineUNWashingtonIsraelRepublicansStoriesChavezHillaryNationalizationTalibanAbortionEnvironmentalismPersonal RightsChinaEducationSocialism;TaxesDebtDeficitInvestingLebanonPalinBidenFinanceFranceInsuranceLibyaNHLWall StreetsoldiersACLUCharityCourtsESPNHamasHealthcare ElectionsPrivacyScandalracism911CAIRCabinet AppointmentsCommunicationDisastersDrugsEUGlobal WarmingGodGun ControlHezbollahHoly SpiritJesusKosovoLaborLacrosseMichael YonNuclear WeaponsOdd NewsPakistanSaudi ArabiaSex EducationStimulusSwine FluWorld BankforsbergAIGAnimal RescueArgentinaArtBritainBurnsideBushCanadaChildrenChristianityDallas StarsDemographicsDogsEU. KosovoEuropeFDAFernandezGazaHomosexual AgendaIMFIkeIndiaInternational SportsKathleen SebeliusKurdLeetchMalikiMinneapolisNew AgeNorth KoreaNuclear PowerOfficialsPalestinianPearl HarborPetraeusPetsPlanned ParenthoodPopulation GrowthRangersReal EstateRussiaSaria LawSexismSharia LawSomaliaSouth AmericaSpainTortureVancouver CanucksVietnamVoter RightsWar on TerrorWinter classicbin ladensalary capzednickRandom thoughts on God, life, work, family, country and the world. <br> Meanwhile, take time to let a soldier know he's not forgotten. <br> Visit <a href="http://www.anysoldier.com">Any Soldier</a> to find out how.http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)Blogger530125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-5820959068461725567Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +00002010-09-29T12:20:58.069-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday Hero(still catching up...this one was to be posted on 06/09/2010) Pvt. Carlton W. Barrett 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Carlton William Barrett, United States Army, for gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/09/wednesday-hero-private-carlton-william.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-7898686573311577379Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:52:00 +00002010-09-12T14:53:16.281-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday Hero(this was to have originally been posted on May, 23, 2010) Capt. Kyle Comfort 27 years old from Jacksonville, Alabama Fire Support Officer Company D, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment May 8, 2010 Kyle Comfort had just recently been promoted to Captain and been assigned to a Ranger Regiment in the Army. His accomplishments as a Soldier, in such a short time, were a testament to the fact that http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/09/wednesday-hero-capt-kyle-comfort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-847635720470521692Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:35:00 +00002010-09-10T00:35:41.646-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroI am still playing catch up from my stroke back in April. this should have been posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. L/Cpl. Joshua M. Davis 19 years old from Perry, Iowa 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force May 7, 2010 Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Davis of Perry, Iowa, was a 2009 Perry High School graduate. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in Marchhttp://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/09/wednesday-hero-lance-cpl-joshua-m-davis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-3917091574586269721Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:40:00 +00002010-08-29T09:40:47.128-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroI am still recovering from a mild stroke suffered in April.&nbsp; But, I am beginning to catch up on these posts.&nbsp; This one would have been posted on May 12, 2010. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sgt. Kristopher J. Battles &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sgt. Kristopher J. Battles, the combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, stands in front of his paintings, May 5, 2010, at http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-hero-sgt-kristopher-j-battles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-8703611039960723594Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:49:00 +00002010-08-29T09:41:05.925-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday Hero The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Keith Dewayne Andrews, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during the ground assault of Operation DESERT STORM. Sergeant Andrews showed extraordinary courage once he observed http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/08/wednesday-hero-sgt-keith-dewayne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-1380510825263867533Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:13:00 +00002010-04-29T18:13:28.585-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Post Was Suggested By Mark Bell Capt. Ed W. Freeman November 20, 1927 - August 20, 2008 For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Ed W. Freeman, United States Army, for numerous acts of conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary intrepidity on 14 November 1965 while serving with Company A, 229th http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/04/wednesday-hero-capt-ed-w-freeman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-420265291364595783Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:30:00 +00002010-04-21T09:30:00.591-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By Cindy John "Jack" Agnew (Right) 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division John "Jack" Agnew, one of the original members of an Army unit that operated behind enemy lines in World War II and is often credited with having loosely inspired the movie "The Dirty Dozen", has died at age 88. Agnew belonged to the Filthy Thirteen, an unofficial unit http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/04/wednesday-hero-john-jack-agnew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-6237245552751736817Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:54:00 +00002010-04-14T12:54:17.220-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroSgt. Maj. James E. Booker Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, FIRST Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Major James E. Booker, United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Sergeant Major, Second Battalion, http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/04/wednesday-hero-sgt-maj-james-e-booker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-9199319869861312028Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:27:00 +00002010-04-07T11:27:26.222-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroAirman Sasha Sales and Sgt. Richard Montes Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Sasha Sales, from Gulf Shore, Ala., looks away as Sgt. Richard Montes, from San Antonio, Texas, draws blood samples during a blood drive at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Photo Courtesy United States Navy taken by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio These brave men and women http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/04/wednesday-hero-airman-sasha-sales-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-2564641199769105144Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:38:00 +00002010-03-24T14:38:51.896-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested &amp; Written By Debbie In Honor Of Her Great Uncle. Sgt. William Robert Cain August 1, 1922 - July 4, 1944 William Robert Cain (August 1, 1922 - July 4, 1944) was a husband to Genevieve (Anderson) and the only son of Cleveland and Margaret Cain. He was the baby brother to three sisters, Lena Mae, Anna Phyllis (who died in 1932) and Lora Genevieve. He was born inhttp://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesday-hero-sgt-william-robert-cain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-6164242268188884515Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:31:00 +00002010-03-17T12:31:12.164-05:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroCpl. Charles Aldieri(Ret.) &amp; 1st Lt. Jack Jewell(Ret.) Lt. Col. David Hurley, commander of Schweinfurt, Germany's 15th Engineer Battalion, presents unit coins to two 9th Infantry Division World War II veterans -- Charles Aldieri, a former corporal with the 746th Tank Battalion (shaking hands) and Jack Jewell, a former first lieutenant with Company B, 39th Infantry -- during a March 8 http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesday-hero-cpl-charles-aldieriret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-4321161051960689599Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:38:00 +00002010-03-16T11:38:23.719-05:00Humor(NOTE:&nbsp; This has apparently been floating around on the Internet for a while...and I love a good laugh.&nbsp; Someone emailed this to my wife, who shared it with me...and I can't breath.&nbsp; Enjoy!) A guy who purchased his lovely wife a pocket Tazer for their anniversary submitted this: Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol &amp; Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/pocket-tazer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-342718542232121015Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:00 +00002010-03-10T12:20:48.803-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroCpl. Jason L. Dunham 22 years old from Scio, New York Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced) April 22, 2004 For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Corporal Jason L. Dunham, United http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesday-hero-cpl-jason-l-dunham.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-3870236256568861972Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:11:00 +00002010-03-08T00:11:56.480-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Weeks Post Was Actually Written By Sgt. McGowen A Year Before He Passed Away.&nbsp; He Was Suggested By His Granddaughter, Leigh, To Honor Him. Sgt. Charlie McGowen August 22, 1921 - December 5, 2009 1940-1945In 1942 he was drafted into the Army Air Corps. He was sent to England. His trip there took him through Warrior, Alabama, Ft. McClellan, Ft. McPherson, Gulf Port, Mississippi, Chanute,http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/03/wednesday-hero-sgt-charlie-mcgowen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-7170951262794003873Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:29:00 +00002010-02-24T09:29:52.634-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroLance Cpl. Andrew Koenig It is hard to know whether Monday was a very bad day or a very good day for Lance Cpl. Andrew Koenig. On the one hand, he was shot in the head. On the other, the bullet bounced off him. In one of those rare battlefield miracles, an insurgent sniper hit Lance Cpl. Koenig dead on in the front of his helmet, and he walked away from it with a smile on his face. "I don't http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/02/wednesday-hero-lance-cpl-andrew-koenig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-9013818439086926441Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:20:00 +00002010-02-10T06:22:53.985-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Week's Post Was Written By Mark In Honor Of His Wife's Grandfather&nbsp;Marvin Glenn &amp; His Wife, Christina Marvin Glenn was born in Oklahoma, joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939, and married his wife of over 60 years. Marvin enlisted in the Navy in 1944, becoming a member of the Greatest Generation. He chose to serve, despite being exempt due to a heart murmur. He went on to http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/02/wednesday-heroes-marvin-glenn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-8364698477567134100Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:28:00 +00002010-02-03T14:28:30.913-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday Hero Airmen from the Kentucky National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group help to offload wounded Haitian refugees and medics from Puerto Rico National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at the air hub Jan. 25, 2010, in Barahona, Dominican Republic. Photo Courtesy U.S Air Force Taken By Tech. Sgt. Dennis Flora These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/02/wednesday-heroes-haitian-relief.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-7997428049076312977Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:47:00 +00002010-01-27T19:47:52.066-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By PetSpecialist Brandon K. Steffy 23 years old from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan 178th Military Police Detachment, 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps October 29, 2009 He came into to this world a rather large baby, so big the doctor thought that he’d just walk home with his mother. Brandon was well mannered, polite, and tough with a contagious laugh that lit http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/wednesday-hero-specialist-brandon-k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-5009312020174442824Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:59:00 +00002010-01-20T16:59:52.064-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroThis Weeks Post Was Suggested By Toni Stephen Cochran 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Stephen Cochran had it all in front of him. Collage, a fiancée and an offer for a professional recording contract. But life had other plans for him. The day was September 11, 2001. "It was just so horrific," Cochran said. "It's like I'd been called. I'd never been http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/wednesday-hero-stephen-cochran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-5527282907939093359Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:14:00 +00002010-01-13T10:14:05.962-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroCulinary Specialist 1st Class Tremayne Brown Culinary Specialist 1st Class Tremayne Brown, from Tulsa, Okla., receives stores for the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). John S. McCain is one of seven ships assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is permanently forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. Photo By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mikehttp://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/wednesday-hero-culinary-specialist-1st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-6401620131555651579Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:00 +00002010-01-06T09:09:09.030-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroCpl. Carlos E. Gil Orozco 23 years old from San Jose, California 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force September 10, 2007 Carlos Gil Orozco wasn’t a great student, but one goal pushed him to hit the books: becoming a Marine. "He was kind of a troublemaker, you know, he got bad grades and wouldn't do his homework," said his sister, Myriam Johanna http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/wednesday-hero-cpl-carlos-e-gil-orozco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-8262941042443481731Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:46:00 +00002010-01-05T15:46:42.508-06:00al-QaedaBritainCAIRHezbollahIslamIsraelLiberalismMediaMedia BiasPalestinianTalibanTerrorismUsing the usual tactics of fear and intimidation, Palestinians stop Israeli officials from travelling. It matters not that the so-called government of the Palestinians is run by groups who are perpetrating violence against a sovereign nation and innocent civilians. The fact that Palestinians have died makes Israel guilty of "evil." When will the Palestinians hold their own government and the http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/lawfare-keeps-israeli-officials-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-2806353519220826383Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:25:00 +00002010-01-04T09:25:40.705-06:00LiberalismMediaMedia BiasObamaObama never left Washington? How gentle and consoling of the Fourth Estate. So...how come the media never wrote like this about Bush...or other Republicans, for that matter? Couldn't be anything like an inherent left wing bias in the media...or a hidden agenda...could it?http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/bias-in-media-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-3498414068477859849Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +00002009-12-30T10:29:11.767-06:00MilitaryU.S. MilitaryWednesday HeroChief Warrant Officer 2 Olga Elliott Chief Warrant Officer 2 Olga Elliott, a Multi-National Corps-Iraq human resources technician, poses with MNC-I Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe after finishing the Bobby Crim 10-Miler Aug. 22, at Camp Victory in Baghdad. Elliott, a San Diego native, finished the race in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 57 seconds, earning her top female honors. Photo Courtesy United Stateshttp://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-hero-chief-warrant-officer-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33047440.post-1448954979678770934Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:32:00 +00002009-12-28T18:32:44.690-06:00Humor(I found this in my email box...it's a bit after the holidays...but still worth the read...) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' as written by a technical writer for a firm that does Gov't contracting... 'Twas the nocturnal segment of the diurnal period preceding the annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout our place of residence, kinetic activity was not in evidence among the possessors of http://wednesdaysmuse.blogspot.com/2009/12/lexiphanic-version-of-night-before.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Coach Mark)0