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Littoral Combat Ship: New Navy Warships (Photos)

Oct 222009

New high-tech naval ships have completed trials and after final inspection are ready for delivery to California for use by the U.S. Navy. The Littoral Combat Ships currently consist of the USS Freedom-class and the USS Independence-class.

USS Independence

The USS Independence is the second class of General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to complete trials. The U.S. Navy announced earlier today that the USS Independence has completed trials in the Gulf of Mexico, off the shore of Alabama and will be deployed to California sooner than expected. The LCS are designed to operate close to shore (littoral zones). They are smaller, more agile vessels that can operate with stealth at high speeds and address anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals. They are another example of the US military addressing the demands of 21st century warfare.

Paul Shanklin Parody: Every Cent You Make (I’ll Be Taxing You)

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Oct 212009

Here is the Paul Shanklin parody: Every Cent You Make (I’ll be taxing YOU!) as played on the Rush Limbaugh show.

Have you noticed when you go to the grocery store that you are getting less for more? I have. Every time I go, the bill at the cash register is higher. Taxes, taxes, taxes. Everything seems to be taxed and all the taxes are getting higher. Apparently, I’m not the only one noticing this. Paul Shanklin has done a parody of Obama’s desires to have his hands in our pockets at every turn, every move we make, every breath you take, every thought we have, etc., etc., etc.

To make yourself feel better, you might want to listen to this on the way to the grocery store, or any other kind of store you are going to. It might help a tad to get in a little laugh before you pay those taxes.

So, without further ado and for your listening pleasure …. here’s the video.

Here’s the video.

France to Return Egyptian Art

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Oct 112009

France has agreed to return Egyptian art after the two countries have been at odds over who rightfully owns the ancient Egyptian artifacts. French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frederic Mitterrand, announced on Friday that five painted segments of an ancient Egyptian tomb mural will be returned as part of France’s interest in fighting the illegal trafficking of cultural and art objects.

Mitterrand also emphasized that the Louvre acquired the objets d’art in between 2000 and 2003. In 2008, a tomb of a prince was discovered that dated to the XVIIIth dynasty in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor. It is believed that the tomb fragments, or steles, were stolen from that tomb in the 1980s. Since the time of that discovery, the Egyptian government has taken the most aggressive stance they have ever taken to recover ancient relics.

On October 7, 2009, Egypt’s antiquities department announced that Egypt was severing ties with the Louvre. This move would jeopardize the Louvre’s future excavations in Egypt. A committee recommended the tomb segments be returned to Egypt and Mitterrand immediately accepted their recommendation and said they would be returned immediately. Egypt has made it clear that relations between their antiquities department and the Louvre will not be restored until the fragments are returned.

Egypt’s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass is the country’s chief archaeologist and has lead the campaign to get those and other artifacts returned to Egypt. He explained that the fragments are pieces of a burial fresco, missing from the tomb that was discovered in 2008. The mural depicts the journey to the afterlife of the nobleman Tetaki.

Hawass is also aggressively seeking to have returned other ancient relics that have been in museums around the world. The Louvre also has a painted ceiling showing the Zodiac from a temple at Dendera. The St. Louis Art Museum has a 3,200-year-old golden burial mask of a noblewoman and Hawass has cut ties with that museum. He wants the Rosetta Stone, which is in the possession of The British Museum in London and Nefertiti’s bust which is in the possession of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

Taliban Claim Victory as US Troops Pull Out of Remote Afghan Base

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Oct 102009

The Taliban are growing and the fighting is getting worse in Afghanistan. Last week, there was fierce fighting at COP Keating, the base was overrun, it was burned down and eight American Soldiers died in the battle that lasted for a full day. Now the Tailban claim victory as US troops pull out of the remote Afghan base. They have raised their flag over the town of Kamdesh. But that’s not the whole story.

American troops have pulled out of COP Keating, otherwise known as Kamdesh, the remote afghan base in the harsh, mountainous region near the border with Pakistan. The military outpost was the site of one of the fiercest and deadliest battles with Taliban forces in the war in Afghanistan. The Battle for COP Keating took place last week, it last for a full day and resulted in destruction of the base and the deaths of eight and injuring 24 American Soldiers. Estimates are that over 200 Taliban fighters were killed in the battle.

Help Survivors of Afghanistan Battle at Combat Outpost Keating

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Oct 082009

The fierce battle at Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in Afghanistan hasn’t gotten the attention it deserved in the main stream media. If Bush were still President, it would have been used as propaganda to give evidence of how American men were dying because of the Global War on Terrorism. As it is, it’s just overlooked and under reported. If it’s reported at all.

Fortunately, the internet provides a mechanism to get news out about events that the main stream media chooses to ignore. In one such effort is this effort to help the survivors of the Afghanistan battle at Combat Outpost Keating.

American Soldiers fought a ferocious battle at COP Keating. Their base was breached and they lost eight men during the battle. Soldiers were donating blood to try to save their brothers in arms while the battle raged around them. Their post was burned down and they lost all of their belongings.

U.S. Gen. Petraeus Treated for Prostate Cancer

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Oct 072009

U.S. Gen. Petraeus is being treated for prostrate cancer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D. C. since he was diagnosed with the disease in February 2009. It is being reported that his treatment is ‘successful’.

General David Petraeus

General David Patraeus is the Commander, U.S. Central Command. He oversees the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is credited with the ‘surge’ in Iraq that resulted in quieting the conflict in that country and getting the violence under control.

He was diagnosed with early-stage prostrate cancer in February 2009 and at this point, has undergone two months of radiation treatment. At the time of his diagnosis, he and his family made the decision that this was a ‘personal matter’ and his diagnosis was not made public until this week. His spokesman, Colonel Erik Gunhus, has stated that the cancer and his treatment do not interfere with his performance of his duties. Barack Obama and top members of his administration were advised of the diagnosis. The Pentagon reports that his treatment has been successful.

Michael Egan is Wednesday Hero

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Oct 072009

Sgt. Michael Egan
36 years old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
104th Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
September 19, 2005
U.S. Army

News of Egan’s death came to Pennsauken shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday, Krista Egan, Sgt. Egan’s sister-in-law, said. His mother, Irene, was on the telephone when an Army sergeant walked up to the door. “My mother-in-law was talking on the telephone to Mike’s wife, Maria, when he came. Maria had just got the news. The Army sergeant told my mother-in-law it was his first time notifying a family.”

Barack Obama, Afghanistan and the U.S. Military

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Oct 072009

We continue to wait for the President of the United States to make a decision about the war in Afghanistan. Our waiting is nothing compared to the waiting our Soldiers are having to do. It’s an excruciating time for all of us, but especially for them. Meanwhile, the President goes golfing, flies to London for a break, takes a couple of vacations and flies to Copenhagen to try to get the Olympics for some political payback to his friends in the Daley Political Machine. It’s not like he hasn’t done anything. He did have a meeting today about it today and one of the Congressmen leaving the meeting said he’d make a decision within weeks rather than months. Weeks instead of months. Meanwhile, Soldiers are dying and time is relentlessly running out.

US soldier Nuristan Province Afghanistan

You know something different is going on when Barack Obama isn’t in front of a television camera every day. Not only has he not been in front of a camera every day, he hasn’t been in front of one for about a week now. Its a strange silence that leads one to wonder what is going on. We have all noticed that since Barack Obama burst on the national scene he has never seen a television camera he didn’t like unless, of course, there wasn’t a teleprompter handy. But since he was humiliated in front of the international world in his bid to get the 2016 Olympics for his homeboys in Chicago, he has been conspicuous by his absence in front of the cameras.

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