Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
BOMSHEL - Fight Like A Girl
Little girl alone on the playground
Tired of gettin' teased and gettin' pushed around
Wishin' she was invisible
To them
She ran home cryin'
"Why do they hate me?"
And Mama wiped the tears and said
"Baby, you're brave and you're beautiful.
So, hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."
At 31 she was wheelin' and dealin'
Kept on hittin' that same glass ceilin'
She was never gonna be one of the boys, no
She coulda gave up on her ambition
And spent the rest of her life just wishin'
Instead she listened to her mama's voice sayin'
"Hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."
Oh, with style and grace
Kick ass and take names
Ten years of climbin' that ladder
Oh, but money and power don't matter
When the doctor said "the cancer spread"
She holds on tight to her husband and babies
And says "this is just another test God gave me.
And I know just how to handle this"
I'll hold my head high
I'll never let this define
The light in my eyes
Love myself, give it Hell
I'll take on this world
If I stand and be strong
No, I'll never give up
I will conquer with love
And I'll fight like
Like a girl
Ooh
Tired of gettin' teased and gettin' pushed around
Wishin' she was invisible
To them
She ran home cryin'
"Why do they hate me?"
And Mama wiped the tears and said
"Baby, you're brave and you're beautiful.
So, hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."
At 31 she was wheelin' and dealin'
Kept on hittin' that same glass ceilin'
She was never gonna be one of the boys, no
She coulda gave up on her ambition
And spent the rest of her life just wishin'
Instead she listened to her mama's voice sayin'
"Hold your head high.
Don't ever let 'em define
The light in your eyes.
Love yourself, give them Hell.
You can take on this world.
You just stand and be strong
And then fight
Like a girl."
Oh, with style and grace
Kick ass and take names
Ten years of climbin' that ladder
Oh, but money and power don't matter
When the doctor said "the cancer spread"
She holds on tight to her husband and babies
And says "this is just another test God gave me.
And I know just how to handle this"
I'll hold my head high
I'll never let this define
The light in my eyes
Love myself, give it Hell
I'll take on this world
If I stand and be strong
No, I'll never give up
I will conquer with love
And I'll fight like
Like a girl
Ooh
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Pig barks up the wrong tree: Prudence the porker thinks she's a dog
"A sickly piglet who was saved from death by an animal rescue charity has befriended six dogs who helped raise her.
The real-life Babe the pig, who was born a runt, was due to be shot by owners until staff at the rescue centre took pity on her and adopted her..."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221920/We-saved-bacon-Real-life-Babe-pig-befriends-dogs-helped-raise-animal-rescue-centre.html#ixzz0V2qzmpSA
The real-life Babe the pig, who was born a runt, was due to be shot by owners until staff at the rescue centre took pity on her and adopted her..."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221920/We-saved-bacon-Real-life-Babe-pig-befriends-dogs-helped-raise-animal-rescue-centre.html#ixzz0V2qzmpSA
Puppy Size "For the Love of the Dog"
“Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again. We’ve been back to this animal shelter at least five times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this,” the mother told the volunteer.
“What is it she keeps asking for?” the volunteer asked.
“Puppy size!” replied the mother...http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/puppy-size
“What is it she keeps asking for?” the volunteer asked.
New Reports Show Global Cooling Trend
"New scientific studies suggest a trend that may have started in the late 1990s. The earth may be cooling.
.."
http://www.nbcaugusta.com/weather/news/16011587.html
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Friday, October 23, 2009
New York City Walk
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sustainable living now includes “edible pets” to curb global warming
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tim McGraw's Sobriety a Work in Progress
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill: It's Your Love:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just 1 week
Soldier from Thunderchild lost his life in Iraq - Lest We Forget
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
The picture of 'Robert Christopher (Horse) McCoy' was scanned from the Saskatoon Star Pheonix in September, 2005.
SASKATOON -- A former Regina resident was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq this week, becoming Saskatchewan's first military casualty of the conflict.
Robert Christopher (Horse) McCoy, a member of the Thunderchild First Nation, who has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, was on his third military assignment in Iraq when he died in the bombing early Wednesday morning.
"This time he won't be coming back," said Thunderchild councillor Ira Horse.
"It's pretty traumatic. Everybody here is feeling for his family."
Horse, a distant relative of McCoy's, said people are in shock at Thunderchild, located 250 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
"He risked his life and died standing up for something he believed in," said Horse.
She said McCoy comes from a lineage linked to the Cree Nation Warrior Society. It was their job to protect their people and lands, she said.
McCoy was apparently working as a private security agent for U.S. State Department officials.
He and three other agents were driving by car in Basra, Iraq's second largest city.
A roadside bomb went off, killing all of them. It was one of two bombings Wednesday in Basra. The other left 15 dead and 21 injured when a car bomb went off near a restaurant, officials said in reports.
McCoy's father is from Thunderchild, while his mother is from Texas. He's lived in Regina, North Battleford, and Texas. Saskatchewan family members were en route to Texas Thursday for the funeral there. A date for the burial has not been set.
"We are extremely proud of our young people and the commitment they make. There's no requirement for First Nations people to sign up (for military duty), but they do," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Lawrence Joseph.
"He does all First Nations people a great honour."
Last summer, McCoy was given a hero's welcome when he returned to Thunderchild for a visit. He and his great-grandfather George Horse, an 86-year-old veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War were honoured at a ceremony.
He had recently returned from a tour as member of the U.S. Marines. He said at the time he'd like to return this year on a private security contract.
McCoy said it could pay in the range of $175,000 US a year. That would allow him to buy a house in Calgary and start a family.
He also defended the highly controversial, American-led war, which Canada declined to participate in.
"I've never seen photographs like the photographs I've taken over there of the kids, the children, the families that were happy to have us over there," he said, adding those who opposed the U.S. presence were in the vast minority.
McCoy joined the Canadian army in 1998 but left a year later to join the U.S. Marine Corps.
In 2001, he got into the amphibious reconnaissance unit, the marine corps' elite equivalent to the Navy Seals.
"If you want more of a challenge than what you're already doing, amphibious reconnaissance is what you want," he said at the time.
After two years spent learning high-tech surveillance techniques and how to speak Arabic, McCoy was shipped to Kuwait. He remembers the "shock and awe" Patriot missiles soaring over his head on March 19, 2003, as he stood on the Iraq border waiting to enter.
In Iraq, McCoy travelled with a team of six special operations soldiers responsible for locating weapons caches and anti-aircraft guns.
During the day, the team interviewed children to find out where weapons were, and at night, they would get as close as they could to the fortifications. Using a laptop computer and a mini satellite dish, they would relay digital photos and grid co-ordinates back to headquarters.
McCoy said his team went undetected by Iraqi soldiers, which was fortunate because they were lightly armed and unlikely to hold off an entire unit on their own.
According to the Associated Press, the bombings that killed McCoy and others are fuelling fears the insurgency was taking deeper root outside Sunni-dominated territory. Attacks against Americans in Basra are rare. The U.S. has only a minimal presence in the area.
Also, Shiites, who are the dominant population in the south, have found themselves the political winners as new government structures take shape after the U.S.-led invasion.
McCoy will be honoured in late December when Thunderchild hosts an event for all First Nations veterans. There may also be something done in his honour at a powwow in North Battleford next weekend, Joseph said.
Obituary of Robert Christopher McCoy.
© The Leader-Post (Regina) 2005 http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55878
The picture of 'Robert Christopher (Horse) McCoy' was scanned from the Saskatoon Star Pheonix in September, 2005.
SASKATOON -- A former Regina resident was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq this week, becoming Saskatchewan's first military casualty of the conflict.
Robert Christopher (Horse) McCoy, a member of the Thunderchild First Nation, who has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, was on his third military assignment in Iraq when he died in the bombing early Wednesday morning.
"This time he won't be coming back," said Thunderchild councillor Ira Horse.
"It's pretty traumatic. Everybody here is feeling for his family."
Horse, a distant relative of McCoy's, said people are in shock at Thunderchild, located 250 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
"He risked his life and died standing up for something he believed in," said Horse.
She said McCoy comes from a lineage linked to the Cree Nation Warrior Society. It was their job to protect their people and lands, she said.
McCoy was apparently working as a private security agent for U.S. State Department officials.
He and three other agents were driving by car in Basra, Iraq's second largest city.
A roadside bomb went off, killing all of them. It was one of two bombings Wednesday in Basra. The other left 15 dead and 21 injured when a car bomb went off near a restaurant, officials said in reports.
McCoy's father is from Thunderchild, while his mother is from Texas. He's lived in Regina, North Battleford, and Texas. Saskatchewan family members were en route to Texas Thursday for the funeral there. A date for the burial has not been set.
"We are extremely proud of our young people and the commitment they make. There's no requirement for First Nations people to sign up (for military duty), but they do," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief Lawrence Joseph.
"He does all First Nations people a great honour."
Last summer, McCoy was given a hero's welcome when he returned to Thunderchild for a visit. He and his great-grandfather George Horse, an 86-year-old veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War were honoured at a ceremony.
He had recently returned from a tour as member of the U.S. Marines. He said at the time he'd like to return this year on a private security contract.
McCoy said it could pay in the range of $175,000 US a year. That would allow him to buy a house in Calgary and start a family.
He also defended the highly controversial, American-led war, which Canada declined to participate in.
"I've never seen photographs like the photographs I've taken over there of the kids, the children, the families that were happy to have us over there," he said, adding those who opposed the U.S. presence were in the vast minority.
McCoy joined the Canadian army in 1998 but left a year later to join the U.S. Marine Corps.
In 2001, he got into the amphibious reconnaissance unit, the marine corps' elite equivalent to the Navy Seals.
"If you want more of a challenge than what you're already doing, amphibious reconnaissance is what you want," he said at the time.
After two years spent learning high-tech surveillance techniques and how to speak Arabic, McCoy was shipped to Kuwait. He remembers the "shock and awe" Patriot missiles soaring over his head on March 19, 2003, as he stood on the Iraq border waiting to enter.
In Iraq, McCoy travelled with a team of six special operations soldiers responsible for locating weapons caches and anti-aircraft guns.
During the day, the team interviewed children to find out where weapons were, and at night, they would get as close as they could to the fortifications. Using a laptop computer and a mini satellite dish, they would relay digital photos and grid co-ordinates back to headquarters.
McCoy said his team went undetected by Iraqi soldiers, which was fortunate because they were lightly armed and unlikely to hold off an entire unit on their own.
According to the Associated Press, the bombings that killed McCoy and others are fuelling fears the insurgency was taking deeper root outside Sunni-dominated territory. Attacks against Americans in Basra are rare. The U.S. has only a minimal presence in the area.
Also, Shiites, who are the dominant population in the south, have found themselves the political winners as new government structures take shape after the U.S.-led invasion.
McCoy will be honoured in late December when Thunderchild hosts an event for all First Nations veterans. There may also be something done in his honour at a powwow in North Battleford next weekend, Joseph said.
Obituary of Robert Christopher McCoy.
© The Leader-Post (Regina) 2005 http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55878
Monday, October 19, 2009
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
So long, Israel
Written by Fenris Badwulf
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Just the other day, on public transit, I spotted a young man of military age. That age when youth are inducted into the military. Eighteen? Twenty? And this young man was a Jew. He was wearing a skull cap.
This brought to mind the other Jews I knew when I was in University. All of military age, in good shape, no infirmities. And while it is not a representative sample, it is jarring to realize that there are Israeli's shirking their obligation, their military service, to their homeland. Should they not be serving in the IDF? * Maybe they not Israeli's proper. Hmmm. Given the history, and most recently, the recent history of the Jews, should they not be eager to volunteer?
Now, when I wander across the grounds of a University, I now notice the military age Jewish men. Each one is an individual, I realize. They might have good reasons to not defend their country. Maybe it is not their country. Maybe they do not like it's politics. Leaving your countrymen, your kinsfolk, in the lurch, its women and children, exposed to murder, torture, and rape, is a common leftist approach. Cowards do it too. Maybe the nice military age Jew is not an Israeli. And maybe, all the other military age Jews I see on the grounds are Canadians, or leftists, or cowards.
Now, I too share in Israel's fate. Old alliances dictate that if Israel marches to war, my country just might too. And Israel is more likely to be consumed in war if its armed forces are understrength, or if it's enemies perceive it to be weak. And, if all these young men of military age are shirking cowards or shirking leftists, then the hungry eyes of the enemies of Israel know as well. And their war, just might become my war, all because of cowardice, or leftism.
Alot of the bright lights of our Canadian leftist movement are Jewish. Some can be seen sporting kaffiyehs And when they were of military age, did they put their lives on the line for their country?
The moral issues and internal politics of Israel I am neither expert nor involved. As for the reasons why some youth chooses to attend a Canadian university rather than defend his country are beyond my reach. But I can address the political implications of all those leftist Jews. The State of Israel is blessed with few natural resources (with which one can buy friends), and fewer ideologues overseas who support the right of Israel to exist. And all those leftist Jews are working so hard to alienate the few friends that Israel has left, er, right. When Jewish organizations fund the abhorrent fascists, they do more disservice than they realize to the people that raised up Disraeli. *
It does not really matter what my observations, calculations, or conclusions are. I have do divisions, no artillery, and no marines, and no suicide bombers. However, when those dark intelligences (who have divisions, artillery, marines, and suicide bombers) weigh up the cost of destroying Israel, will they not add the crumbs of souls of those Jews who act to weaken their own state through their absence or their activism?
From where I stand, I see Israel as a divided land. Yes, there are factions and disagreements among factions. But the left faction is busy destroying the country. The left attacks it's own friends and runs away from it's own enemies. This grieves me. However the whispers of political expediency are busy among the tired friends of Israel. What would Bismarck * do?
The erasure of Israel would certainly lighten up international diplomacy. This would be a pleasant change. And all that money used to subsidize Israel could be spent elsewhere. This would give many hope. And the Muslim vote in Canada is socially conservative, and would flip to the Tories, even as Tel Aviv burns. Certainly a feat worthy of the Nobel prize, all that change and hope.
It is distasteful to think or contemplate abandoning Israel to it's enemies. But with so many of it's own abandoning it themselves, who am I to risk blood, toil, and treasure to struggle for those that struggle against me, their friend? Oh well. That is called calling a spade, a spade.
So long, Israel.
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