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Awesome! I'll tell my Japanese wife that one. She'll get a kick out of it! (No, seriously, I will... and she will! That's real love for ya.) -
Jiesen I have found that many Asian women , are attractive , highly intelligent and have soft, demure personalities! I am sure you made a wise choice by marrying that lovely Japanese woman!Originally posted by jiesen View PostComment
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My wife has not spoken to me in three days. I think it has something to do with what happened on Sunday night when she thought she heard a noise downstairs.
She nudged me and whispered, “Wake up, wake up!”
“What’s the matter?” I asked.
“There are burglars in the kitchen. I think they’re eating the tuna casserole I made tonight.”
“That’ll teach them!” I replied.Comment
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ON A SERIOUS NOTE. A TEXAS GOODBYE!
Received this e-mail and thought it was important enough to reprint it here!
"This is why America will remain strong. We take care of our own as well as others who may not deserve taking care of. I just wanted to share with you all that out of a horrible tragedy we were blessed by so many people.
Chris Kyle was Derek's teammate through 10 years of training and battle. They both suffer/suffered from PTSD to some extent and took great care of each other because of it.
2006 in Ramadi was horrible for young men that never had any more aggressive physical contact with another human than on a Texas football field.
They lost many friends. Chris became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Not something he was happy about, other than the fact that in so doing, he saved a lot of American lives.
Three years ago, his wife Taya asked him to leave the SEAL teams as he had a huge bounty on his head by Al Qaeda. He did and wrote the book "The American Sniper." 100% of the proceeds from the book went to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq .
That was the kind of guy Chris was. He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen as far as protecting themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work with military people suffering from PTSD. Chris was a giver not a taker.
He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
Now I need to tell you about all of the blessings.
Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport they flew into
...free of charge.
The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of a break to see that it happened.
Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.
The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEALs and family.
The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for each room. I would guess there were about 200 people staying at the hotel, 100 of them were SEALs. Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also had a few rental cars (donated). The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay at our hotel.
At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days for the SEALs to congregate in and all to use the restroom so as not to have to go in the house. Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were staying in the home.
Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home as they had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis. It was a huge coordination of many different events and security. Derek was assigned to be a Pall Bearer, to escort Chris' body when it was transferred from the Midlothian Funeral Home to the Arlington Funeral Home, and to be with Taya. A tough job.
Taya seldom came out of her bedroom. The house was full with people from the church and other family members that would come each day to help. I spent one morning in a bedroom with Chris’ mom and the next morning with Chad Littlefield's parents (the other man murdered with Chris). A tough job.
George W Bush and his wife Laura met and talked to everyone on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people were sincere and caring
Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, a huge grill and lots of steaks, chicken and hamburgers. They set up in the front yard and fed people all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families. The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed all once again. Food was plentiful and all were taken care of. The family's church kept those inside the house well fed.
Jerry Jones, the man everyone loves to hate, was a rock star. He made sure that we all were taken care of. His wife and he were just making sure everyone was taken care of….Class... He donated the use of Cowboy Stadium for the services as it was determined that so many wanted to attend.
The charter buses transported us to the stadium on Monday at 10:30 am. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police. I am not sure if kooks were making threats trying to make a name for themselves or if so many SEALs in one place was a security risk, I don't know. We willingly obliged. No purses went into the stadium!
We were taken to The Legends room high up and a large buffet was available. That was for about 300 people. We were growing.
A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service and police and Sarah Palin and her husband. She looked nice, this was a very formal military service.
The service started at 1:00 pm and when we were escorted onto the field I was shocked. We heard that about 10,000 people had come to attend also. They were seated in the stadium seats behind us. It was a beautiful and emotional service.
The Bagpipe and drum corps were wonderful and the Texas A&M men's choir stood through the entire service and sang right at the end. We were all in tears.
The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to Austin for burial. It was a cold, drizzly, windy day, but the people were out. We had dozens of police motorcycles riders, freedom riders, five chartered buses and lots of cars. You had to have a pass to be in the procession and still it was huge. Two helicopters circled the procession with snipers sitting out the side door for protection. It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas. People were everywhere. The entire route was shut down ahead of us, the people were lined up on the side of the road the entire way. Firemen were down on one knee, police officers were holding their hats over their hearts, children waving flags, veterans saluting as we went by. Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed from their tall ladders, people all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the cold weather. It was so heartwarming. Taya rode in the hearse with Chris' body so Derek rode the route with us. I was so grateful to have that time with him.
The service was at Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there and you have to apply to get in. It is like people from the Civil War, Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo and all the historical people of Texas. It was a nice service and the Freedom Riders surrounded the outside of the entire cemetery to keep the crazy church people from Kansas that protest at military funerals away from us.
Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris' casket, one at a time. A lot hit it in with one blow. Derek was the only one to take four taps to put his in and it was almost like he was caressing it as he did it. Another tearful moment.
After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to the governor's mansion. She stood at the door, greeted each of us individually, and gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas. She was a sincere, compassionate, and gracious hostess.
We were able to tour the ground floor and then went into the garden for beverages and BBQ. So many of the Seal team guys said that after they get out they are moving to Texas. They remarked that they had never felt so much love and hospitality. The charter buses then took the guys to the airport to catch their returning flights. Derek just now called and after a 20 hours flight he is back in his spot, in a dangerous land on the other side of the world, protecting America.
We just wanted to share with you, the events of a quite emotional, but blessed week.
Punch-line:
To this day, no one in the White House has ever acknowledged Chris Kyle.
However, the President can call some sport person and congratulate him on announcing to the world that he is gay? What the hell is happening to our
society, our honor and our pride??
Please, keep this moving!
LOVE ONE ANOTHER...HUGS"Comment
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I got suspicious once Pres. Bush and wife were mentioned. When Palin was referred to and the Texas Gov. I knew the ending would be a cut on Obama. These e-mails are very predictable. I get variations of these stories almost daily. One side is 100% good and pro American, The other, bad and anti America, God , family etc.
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I saw the movie "American Sniper" this weekend.Originally posted by Phoenix7 View Post
P7, the article you posted was attributed to someone named James Teasdale.
Here is another report in the Daily Mail
Read this about former governor Jesse Ventura.
A jury in Minnesota awarded $1.845 million in damages Tuesday [ 7/29/2014] to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, deciding that he was defamed by the late Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle who said he punched Ventura out in a bar in 2006 after the former governor said the SEALs “deserved to lose a few” in war.
Ventura claimed it was a made up tale.
Bill O;Reilly did an story on this - he and his "balanced" team investigated and could not verify 100% what happened.
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MIMO thanx for your excellent links. I will be checking out all the links over a Starbucks coffee .......Thank You!Originally posted by mimo_100 View PostI saw the movie "American Sniper" this weekend.
P7, the article you posted was attributed to someone named James Teasdale.
Here is another report in the Daily Mail
Read this about former governor Jesse Ventura.
A jury in Minnesota awarded $1.845 million in damages Tuesday [ 7/29/2014] to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, deciding that he was defamed by the late Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle who said he punched Ventura out in a bar in 2006 after the former governor said the SEALs “deserved to lose a few” in war.
Ventura claimed it was a made up tale.
Bill O;Reilly did an story on this - he and his "balanced" team investigated and could not verify 100% what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu8Gb5S0i9IComment
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Questionable Deaths of 2 Patriots
Phoenix,
I forgot to mention that there are those who question the killing of Kris Kyle. - some saying there may have been a conspiracy - although I peronally doubt that is true.
In "Killing Patton", O'Reilly and Dugard question the auto accident of another American Patriot. Below is part of the story in USA Today. Here is the link to the whole story:
O'Reilly and Dugard are not the first to question Patton's death. Conspiracy theories abound, and in 2008 Robert K. Wilcox wrote a book called Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.
The biggest smoking gun for O'Reilly was the car crash in 1945 in Germany that paralyzed the outspoken Patton, who had made headlines for slapping soldiers he thought were cowards and certainly had his enemies, even among fellow generals.
A U.S. Army truck veered into Patton's car, and "the official accident report disappeared," according to O'Reilly's book. Patton survived the crash but died 12 days later.
"We believe he was poisoned in the hospital" by the Russian secret service, O'Reilly says. Why?
Patton was vocally anti-Soviet at a time when the U.S. was an ally. He saw the Communists as a serious threat.
O'Reilly, who says the U.S. government should reopen an investigation into Patton's death, is a fan of the general's battlefield tactics. (He said on-air recently that Patton and U.S. Grant would be "rolling over" in their graves over President Obama's "wishy-washy" ISIS strategy.)Tim - Retired Problem SolverComment
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Actually I have found the opposite to be true as far as demure...In my long time ago dating experiences they were intelligent and attractive but hardly what I would call demure...The two I am thinking of were highly motivated and later on what I would call cutthroat business people...not in a bad way...But they are now very wealthy and they didn't build it up by being quiet and reserved...But then again maybe that's just the type of women I always sought out.Originally posted by Phoenix7 View Post"Trade What Is Happening...Not What You Think Is Gonna Happen"
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Never cared for that pompous as* Bill O'Reilly and his no spin zone........How about this story that was spun out of existence ......supposedly he paid 2 Million to settle the suit but NEVER admitted any guilt. I would never pay if I were not guilty! Look here http://nymag.com/news/features/scand...reilly-2012-4/Originally posted by mimo_100 View PostPhoenix,
I forgot to mention that there are those who question the killing of Kris Kyle. - some saying there may have been a conspiracy - although I peronally doubt that is true.
In "Killing Patton", O'Reilly and Dugard question the auto accident of another American Patriot. Below is part of the story in USA Today. Here is the link to the whole story:
O'Reilly and Dugard are not the first to question Patton's death. Conspiracy theories abound, and in 2008 Robert K. Wilcox wrote a book called Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.
The biggest smoking gun for O'Reilly was the car crash in 1945 in Germany that paralyzed the outspoken Patton, who had made headlines for slapping soldiers he thought were cowards and certainly had his enemies, even among fellow generals.
A U.S. Army truck veered into Patton's car, and "the official accident report disappeared," according to O'Reilly's book. Patton survived the crash but died 12 days later.
"We believe he was poisoned in the hospital" by the Russian secret service, O'Reilly says. Why?
Patton was vocally anti-Soviet at a time when the U.S. was an ally. He saw the Communists as a serious threat.
O'Reilly, who says the U.S. government should reopen an investigation into Patton's death, is a fan of the general's battlefield tactics. (He said on-air recently that Patton and U.S. Grant would be "rolling over" in their graves over President Obama's "wishy-washy" ISIS strategy.)Comment
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Phoenix, I never cared much for Bill O'Reilly, but never realized how many seem to despise him. Those talking heads would do anything to stir up controversy and ratings. I once had the chance to meet a popular radio show host. I asked him about a recent guest and subject he interviewed. He said he couldn't remember the show and forgot about them as soon as they were over.
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I watch all of the major outlets - most are very one sided. Regarding Bill O'Reilly, certainly everyone has their own feelings toward him. FOX News reports on many important news stories that are nowhere to be found on other channels. For what it is worth to those who do not like O'Reilly,
"...The biggest cable news network is normally ruled by Bill O'Reilly, who has had the top show in the land for as long as anyone can remember. But this past week, O'Reilly had to play second fiddle to none other than stablemate Megyn Kelly, who beat him in the coveted A25-54 demo for the first time in her show's young history."
Here is the whole story, plus another link ( dated 12/30/2014 ) that is very revealing.
Tim - Retired Problem SolverComment
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Megan Kelly is a beautiful highly intelligent woman ......OBAMA would never appear on her show as he did with , " The Leprechaun" because he would be in fear of the tough questions she would ask.Originally posted by mimo_100 View PostI watch all of the major outlets - most are very one sided. Regarding Bill O'Reilly, certainly everyone has their own feelings toward him. FOX News reports on many important news stories that are nowhere to be found on other channels. For what it is worth to those who do not like O'Reilly,
"...The biggest cable news network is normally ruled by Bill O'Reilly, who has had the top show in the land for as long as anyone can remember. But this past week, O'Reilly had to play second fiddle to none other than stablemate Megyn Kelly, who beat him in the coveted A25-54 demo for the first time in her show's young history."
Here is the whole story, plus another link ( dated 12/30/2014 ) that is very revealing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6398220.html
I would love to see Michael Savage interview Obama .......that would be fun LOLComment
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On The Lighter Side!
A crusty looking old man walks into a bank and says to the teller at the window, "I want to open a damn checking account."
To which the astonished woman replies, "I beg your pardon, sir. I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?"
"Listen up, damn it. I said I want to open a damn checking account right now!"
"I'm very sorry sir, but we do not tolerate that kind of language in this bank." With that the teller leaves the window and goes over to the bank manager to tell him about her situation.
They both return and the manager asks the old man, "What seems to be the problem here?"
"There's no damn problem", the man says, "I just won 50 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to open a damn checking account in this damn bank!"
"Damn", says the manager, "Is my idiot employee giving you a hard time?"Comment
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Here's a sniper you wouldn't want on your trail http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....erman-snipers/
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