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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Journal June 12, 2006, Supplemental
There must be some reason to these thoughts [ , I think now having just awoken from sleep, ] I was having awhile back about the opening scenes to the upcoming movie HALO. I was thinking of how the story goes behind the military person that inspired Master Chief. It begins with the real MCPO arriving at his post on some planet. It is an isolated post in some kind of wasteland, desert, mountainous region. He arrives, talks with a few people, walks around. The structure is some kind of pre-fab building with a lot of walkways and observation positions, a lot of defensive positions. You can hear the clanking of deckplates and gratings as people walk around. MCPO finds a place to sit down his gear and look out over the land. He places a photo of an attractive blond woman, a weather forecaster, on a ledge in front of him and wistfully remembers better times. After awhile, he is sent on some kind of recon mission and climbs into an aircraft that is sitting on a landing pad a few levels above the other troops. The aircraft is some kind of advanced vtol craft and you can see some similarities in the window structure to a Seahawk helo. as MCPO pilots the craft up and starts moving out
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Description English: A CV-22 Osprey aircraft
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Memorable quotes for
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
General Grievous: [to Obi-Wan Kenobi] You Fool. I have been trained in your Jedi Arts
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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
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The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.
Flight testing and design changes
The third and fourth prototypes successfully completed the Osprey's first sea trials on the USS Wasp in December 1990.
From October 1992 until April 1993, Bell and Boeing redesigned the V-22 to reduce empty weight, simplify manufacture and reduce production costs. This redesigned version became the V-22B model. V-22 flights resumed in June 1993 after safety improvements were incorporated in the prototypes. Bell Boeing was awarded a contract for the engineering manufacturing development (EMD) phase in June 1994. The prototypes also received changes to better match the B-model configuration. Flight testing at the stage focused on expanding the flight envelope, measuring flight loads, and supporting the EMD redesign. This and further flight testing with the early V-22s continued into 1997.
On 13 April 2007, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that it would be sending ten V-22 aircraft to Iraq, the Osprey's first combat deployment. Commandant of the Marine Corps James T. Conway indicated that over 150 Marines would accompany the Osprey set for September deployment to Al Asad Airbase. On 17 September 2007, 10 MV-22Bs of VMM-263 left for Iraq aboard the USS Wasp. The decision to use a ship rather than use the Osprey's self-deployment capability was made because of concerns over icing during the North Atlantic portion of the trip, lack of available KC-130s for mid-air refueling, and the availability of the USS Wasp.
The Osprey has provided support in Iraq, logging 2,000 flight hours over three months with a mission capable rate of 68.1% as of late-January 2008. They are primarily used in Iraq's western Anbar province for routine cargo and troop movements, and also for riskier "aero-scout" missions. General David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, used one to fly around Iraq on Christmas Day 2007 to visit troops. Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama also flew in Ospreys during his high profile 2008 tour of Iraq.
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Rocky III (1982)
Interviewer: Do you hate Rocky?
Clubber Lang: No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool, and I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!
From 4/4/1952 ( premiere US TV series "Police Story" ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 15600 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 15600 days
From 9/17/1952 ( premiere US film "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 20394 days
20394 = 10197 + 10197
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From 1/17/1951 ( premiere US film "Al Jennings of Oklahoma" ) To 10/3/1993 ( the Battle of Mogadishu Somalia begins as the scheduled criminal event staged by George Herbert Walker Bush & Bill Clinton for the explicit purpose of killing me Kerry Wayne Burgess the known official Deputy United States Marshal and United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer and as many other United States of America soldiers sailors marines as possible ) is 15600 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 15600 days
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19880 = 9940 + 9940
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From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 5660 days
5660 = 2830 + 2830
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/2/1973 ( Daniel David Boren ) is 2830 days
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 6051 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/28/1982 ( premiere US film "Rocky III" ) is 6051 days
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 6051 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/28/1982 ( premiere US film "The Escape Artist" ) is 6051 days
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 6051 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/28/1982 ( premiere US film "Visiting Hours" ) is 6051 days
From 3/26/1971 ( the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Number 1 begins operation in Japan ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 13630 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/26/2003 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV movie "The Lone Ranger" ) is 13630 days
From 10/8/1925 ( premiere US film "The Man Who Rode Alone" ) To 3/11/2011 ( Microsoft Corbis Bill Gates causes the Fukushima atomic reactors meltdown in Japan ) is 31200 days
31200 = 15600 + 15600
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 15600 days
From 10/25/1957 ( premiere US film "The Amazing Colossal Man" ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 18530 days
18530 = 9265 + 9265
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/16/1991 ( date hijacked from me:my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 9265 days
From 10/25/1957 ( premiere US TV movie "The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays" ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 18530 days
18530 = 9265 + 9265
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/16/1991 ( date hijacked from me:my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 9265 days
From 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) To 7/19/2008 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - Barack Obama in Afghanistan as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 6940 days
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/us/politics/20obama.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
The New York Times
By CARLOTTA GALL and JEFF ZELENY
Published: July 20, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan — Senator Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday
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CBCnews
Barack Obama begins visit to Afghanistan
Last Updated: Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:53 AM ET CBC News
U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama raised his foreign policy profile Saturday with a visit to Afghanistan
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AFGHANISTAN
Obama makes first trip to Afghanistan
July 19, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/13/harlem-shake-internet-killing-sampling
theguardian
Harlem Shake: could it kill sampling?
An unexpected viral dance craze shot Baauer's Harlem Shake to the top of the Billboard charts. Almost immediately, legal letters began to arrive. So, can cut-and-paste culture continue to flourish on the internet?
Dorian Lynskey
The Guardian, Wednesday 13 March 2013 13.03 EDT
It didn't take long for Baauer, AKA Brooklyn producer Harry Bauer Rodrigues, to realise the downside of freak success. Almost as soon as his bass-heavy minimalist dance track Harlem Shake was propelled to the top of the Billboard charts last month by a viral dance craze and a change in chart rules that took into account YouTube views he was contacted by representatives for retired reggaeton artist Hector Delgado and Philadelphia MC Jayson Musson. Without realising it, both men were collaborators on a hit. It was Delgado who sang "Con los terroristas" on his 2006 single Maldades, and Musson who rapped "Do the Harlem Shake!" on Miller Time, a 2001 track by his group Plastic Little. Both vocal hooks were fundamental to the success of Baauer's record but neither performer had been approached or paid.
The Wild West era waned with Hammer and Vanilla Ice's expensive retroactive settlements and ended decisively in 1991 when a federal court found rapper Biz Markie and his record label guilty of copyright infringement against singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. "Thou shalt not steal has been an admonition followed since the dawn of civilisation," wrote Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy.
For now, the not-making-a-dime defence seems to be keeping potential litigants at bay, enabling a return to the unshackled creativity of the late 80s, but it is a precarious freedom. A single lawsuit, and a ruling more in line with Judge Duffy's "thou shalt not steal" views than those of the copyright reformers, could bring the shutters clanging down.
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Barack Obama [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
The White House [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Office of the Press Secretary [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
For Immediate Release October 22, 2010
Remarks by the President at an Event for Senator Boxer in Los Angeles, California [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
12:38 P.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you, Los Angeles! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Everybody please have a seat. Thank you.
And then they might have come back and said, you know what, we got some great new ideas that we think can get the economy moving -- that’s not what happened. They are clinging to the same worn-out, tired, snake-oil ideas that they were peddling before. (Laughter and applause.)
I’m not -- you know what they are. They do have the benefit of being simple. (Laughter.)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700243990/Obama-has-a-truly-exalted-opinion-of-himself.html
Deseret News
Charles Krauthammer: Obama has a truly exalted opinion of himself
By Charles Krauthammer
Published: Sunday, July 20 2008 12:11 a.m. MDT
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final "tear down this wall" liquidation. When President Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop?
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2008062008_afghanobama20.html
The Seattle Times
Originally published Sunday, July 20, 2008
Election 2008
Obama trip: First stop, Afghanistan
By CARLOTTA GALL and JEFF ZELENY
The New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday and opened a high-stakes foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with Sen. John McCain in the presidential campaign over whether the war in Iraq has been a distraction in hunting down terrorists.
As Obama met with U.S. troops, military leaders and regional officials in eastern Afghanistan, he made no public statements in his first hours on the ground here, the first stop on a weeklong trip that will take him to Iraq, Israel and Western Europe.
But McCain quickly sought to raise questions about Obama's judgment on foreign policy. He said in a radio address Saturday that his Democratic opponent had been wrong about the increase in troops in Iraq, a strategy McCain said should be the basis for addressing deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan as well.
Obama flew to eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, to get a firsthand look at the region where U.S. troops are feeling the brunt of increased attacks from extremists infiltrating the border from Pakistan. In selecting Afghanistan as the opening stop of his first overseas trip as the presumptive Democratic nominee, he was seeking to highlight what he says is its importance as the key front in the fight against terrorism.
The trip is intended to build impressions — and counter criticism — about his ability to serve on the world stage in a time of war. It carries political risk, particularly if Obama makes a mistake — the three broadcast network news anchors will be along for the latter parts of the trip — or is seen as the preferred candidate of Europe and other parts of the world. But his advisers think it offers a significant opportunity for him to be seen as a leader who can improve America's image.
"I'm more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking," Obama said before leaving Washington for a trip cloaked in secrecy because of security concerns. "And I think it is very important to recognize that I'm going over there as a U.S. senator. We have one president at a time."
Even as the fragile economy has emerged as the chief issue on the minds of voters in the United States, on Saturday the presidential race unfolded with a foreign-policy debate taking place across borders and time zones, a reminder that the nation is at war and that the candidates offer very different backgrounds and approaches when it comes to national security.
Obama landed in Kabul just before noon Saturday, his aides said, after stopping to visit — and play basketball with — U.S. troops in Kuwait on his trip from Washington. In Afghanistan, he was briefed by military commanders at Bagram Air Field and was to meet with President Hamid Karzai today.
While the Iraq war has been one of the dominant issues in the presidential campaign, Afghanistan has moved to the forefront of the foreign-policy plans of both candidates.
President Bush's agreement to a "general time horizon" for withdrawing U.S. troops in Iraq has opened the door to new consideration of strengthening the U.S. and NATO presence in Afghanistan, which Obama and McCain both agree on in principle.
For months, McCain has criticized his rival for failing to visit Afghanistan and taking only one trip to Iraq. Even Saturday, in a radio address, McCain renewed his criticism and sought to minimize Obama's trip. "In a time of war," McCain said, "the commander-in-chief's job doesn't get a learning curve."
McCain said his rival was not going to Afghanistan and Iraq with an open mind.
In his radio address, he said, "Apparently, he's confident enough that he won't find any facts that might change his opinion or alter his strategy — remarkable."
But Republicans were carefully watching Obama's trip, which is rare in its profile and scope for a presidential candidate. The White House also made clear Saturday that it was monitoring Obama's travels when it accidentally sent an internal e-mail message to a broad distribution list of reporters of a news report that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq supported Obama's proposed 16-month timeline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.
In Baghdad, however, the chief spokesman for al-Maliki issued a statement today saying the prime minister's comments were "not conveyed accurately" by Germany's Der Spiegel magazine.
Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said al-Maliki did not endorse a specific timetable but instead discussed a "an Iraqi vision" of U.S. troop withdrawals based on negotiations with Washington and "and in the light of the continuing positive developments on the ground."
In addition to his visit to Iraq, Obama is to meet with a series of presidents, prime ministers and opposition leaders as he travels to Iraq, Jordan, Israel and three European capitals, including Berlin, where he is to give a major speech Thursday.
On the Afghanistan and Iraq leg of the trip, he has been joined by Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., both of whom have been mentioned as possible running mates for Obama.
http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2008060097_krauthammer20.html
The Seattle Times
Originally published Sunday, July 20, 2008
Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist
The incredible Barack Obama
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign-policy credentials.
What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final "tear down this wall" liquidation. When President Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush 41 — who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap — called "a Europe whole and free"?
Does Obama not see the incongruity? It's as if a German pol took a campaign trip to America and demanded the Statue of Liberty as a venue for a campaign speech. (The Germans have now gently nudged Obama into looking at other venues.)
Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevated opinion of himself. There's nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president.
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Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
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The Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (German: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda or Propagandaministerium) was Nazi Germany's ministry that enforced Nazi Party ideology in Germany and regulated its culture and society. Founded on March 13, 1933, by Adolf Hitler's new National Socialist government, the Ministry was headed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels and was responsible for controlling the press and culture of Nazi Germany.
Speeches were also used to great effect by the German Government. Goebbels commented on Hitler's first speech as Chancellor: "It will have great propaganda value...be used and viewed in cinemas for years to come...what an achievement."
Just before Hitler delivered this speech Goebbels introduced him and used the opportunity to highlight the importance of propaganda. "It seems you cannot have a good government without good propaganda, but then, you can't have good propaganda without a good government. However, you cannot lie! We must never lie!
http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2008060097_krauthammer20.html
The Seattle Times
Originally published Sunday, July 20, 2008
Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist
The incredible Barack Obama
Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevated opinion of himself. There's nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?
Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted "present" nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.
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Gleichschaltung
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Gleichschaltung (meaning "coordination", "making the same", "bringing into line", is a Nazi term for the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control and tight coordination over all aspects of society. The historian Richard J. Evans translated the term as "forcible-coordination" in his most recent work on Nazi Germany.
Among the goals of this policy were to bring about adherence to a specific doctrine and way of thinking and to control as many aspects of life as possible.
The apex of the Nazification of Germany was in the resolutions approved during the Nuremberg Rally of 1935, when the symbols of the Party and the State were fused (see Flag of Germany), and the Germans of Jewish religion and descent were deprived of citizenship, paving the way to the Holocaust.
Overview
The period from 1933 to 1937 was characterized by the systematic elimination of non-Nazi organizations that could potentially influence people, such as trade unions and political parties. Those critical of Hitler's agenda, especially his close ties with industry[citation needed], were suppressed, intimidated or murdered. The regime also assailed the influence of the churches, for example by instituting the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs under Hanns Kerrl. Organizations that the administration could not eliminate, such as the education system, came under its direct control.
Specific measures
In a more specific sense, Gleichschaltung refers to the legal measures taken by the government during the first months following January 30, 1933, when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. It was in this sense that the term was used by the Nazis themselves.
1. One day after the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg, acting at Hitler's request and on the basis of the emergency powers in article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, issued the Reichstag Fire Decree. This decree suspended most human rights provided for by the constitution and thus allowed for the arrest of political adversaries, mostly Communists, and for general terrorizing by the SA, the Nazi paramilitary force, of other voters before the upcoming election.
2. In this atmosphere the Reichstag general election of March 5, 1933 took place. This election yielded only a slim majority for Hitler's coalition government and no majority for Hitler's own Nazi party.
3. When the newly elected Reichstag first convened on March 23, 1933, (not including the Communist delegates, since their party had already been banned by that time) it passed the Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz), transferring all legislative powers to the Nazi government and, in effect, abolishing the remainder of the Weimar constitution as a whole. Soon afterwards the government banned the Social Democratic Party, which had voted against the Act, while the other parties were intimidated into dissolving themselves rather than face arrests and concentration camp imprisonment.
http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2008060097_krauthammer20.html
The Seattle Times
Originally published Sunday, July 20, 2008
Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist
The incredible Barack Obama
After all, in the words of his own slogan, "we are the ones we've been waiting for," which, translating the royal "we," means: "I am the one we've been waiting for." Amazingly, he had a quasi-presidential seal with its own Latin inscription affixed to his podium, until general ridicule — it was pointed out that he was not yet president — induced him to take it down
He lectures us that instead of worrying about immigrants learning English, "you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish" — a language Obama does not speak. He further admonishes us on how "embarrassing" it is that Europeans are multilingual but "we go over to Europe, and all we can say is, 'merci beaucoup.'" Obama speaks no French.
His fluent English does, however, feature many such admonitions, instructions and improvements. His wife assures us that President Obama will be a stern taskmaster: "Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism ... that you come out of your isolation. ... Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."
For the first few months of the campaign, the question about Obama was: Who is he? The question now is: Who does he think he is?
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Release dates for
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
Country Date
USA 17 January 1951
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Plot Summary for
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
The four Jennings brothers are Lawyers. When Al has a brother murdered, he goes after the murderer. He outdraws him but a witness says it was murder. Escaping the Sheriff he take refuge on a cattle ranch only to learn all the hands are rustlers. With a price on his head Al joins them and becomes an outlaw. His fame grows as does the reward for his capture.
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Plot Summary for
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)
Attorneys Al Jennings and his brother, Frank, leave Kansas after a brawl, and leave for the Oklahoma Territory, where Al quickly becomes notorious for a series of bank, train and stagecoach holdups. When things get too hot for him, he goes to New Orleans where there is no extradition law, and there he meets and falls in love with Margo St. Claire. He decides to pull one more job, which turns out not to be a smart decision.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001254
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
BOREN, Daniel David, (1973 - )
BOREN, Daniel David, (grandson of Lyle Boren and son of David Boren), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Okla., August 2, 1973
elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2005-present).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%27s_2nd_congressional_district
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Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district
Oklahoma's Second Congressional District is one of five United States Congressional districts in Oklahoma and covers approximately one-fourth of the state in the east. The district borders Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas and includes (in whole or in part) a total of 24 counties.
As of 2011, the district is represented by Democrat Dan Boren
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushmataha_County,_Oklahoma
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Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Pushmataha County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 11,667. Its county seat is Antlers
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Los Angeles Times
Photo of Dead GI Stirs Protests
October 06, 1993 Associated Press
NEW YORK — An Associated Press photograph of a dead U.S. soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu drew a strong reaction Tuesday from newspaper readers shocked by an image that graphically brought home the violence in Somalia.
The body of the serviceman, who has not been identified, is shown being pulled by ropes along the ground through a crowd of Somalis. His face is visible. He was one of 12 U.S. soldiers killed in weekend battles.
The photograph was used by newspapers across the country, and some reported receiving angry phone calls from readers. The Los Angeles Times, which published the photo Tuesday on Page A2, received several dozen protest calls.
Vin Alabiso, the AP's executive photo editor, said the decision to move the photo was "based primarily on its importance in telling the unfolding story in Mogadishu."
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Glimpses of Western Germany (1954)
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USA 13 February 1954
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The Escape Artist (1982)
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USA 28 May 1982
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The Escape Artist (1982)
The young and self-confident Danny blufs at the local police-station that he will escape out of prison within one hour. What follows is a flashback about his childhood with his uncle and aunt, which are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves. We also follow the problems of Danny with the corrupt son of the mayor.
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Prisoner of War Medal
The Prisoner of War Medal is a military award of the United States armed forces which was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is 10 U.S.C. § 1128.
The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded to any person who was a prisoner of war after April 5, 1917, (the date of the United States entry into World War I was the 6th). It is awarded to any person who was taken prisoner or held captive while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing Armed Force; or while serving with friendly forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing Armed Force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. As of an amendment to Title 10 of the United States Code in 1989, the medal is also awarded for captivity by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict. The person's conduct, while in captivity, must have been honorable. This medal may be awarded posthumously to the surviving next of kin of the recipient.
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Department of Defense
United States of America
DPMO
Defense Prisoner of War
Missing Personnel Office
Prisoner of War Medal
Instituted: 1985
Dates: All
Devices: (Silver Star, Bronze Star)
Notes: Gold and Silver Star attachments apply only to USN, USMC and USCG. Bronze and Silver Oak Leaf attachments apply only to Army and USAF.
Eligibility: The POW Medal is authorized by Public Law 99-145 (Nov. 8, 1985), as amended by Public Law 101-89 (Nov. 29, 1989), and codified at section 1128, title 10, United States Code. The POW Medal is authorized for any person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917. The POW Medal is to be issued only to those U.S. military personnel and other personnel granted credible U.S. military service who were taken prisoner and held captive:
(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States;
(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force;
(3) while serving with friendly forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing force in which the United States is not a belligerent party; or
(4) by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict.
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Visiting Hours (1982)
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USA 28 May 1982
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Visiting Hours (1982)
Deborah Ballin is a controversial middle-aged TV journalist, who is campaigning on air on behalf of a battered woman who murdered her abusive husband, claiming justifiable defense against the so-called victim. But her outspoken views championing women's rights incense one of the studio's cleaning staff, closet homicidal psycho (and misogynist) Colt Hawker whose deep seated despising all all things female occurred from seeing his Mother throwing boiling oil in the face of his abusive Father when he was a small child (and who's M.O. is to photograph victims he stabs as they're spasming to death). So much so that he decides there and then to shut her up...PERMANENTLY! Managing to beat her home, he soon dispatches her maid Francine, before turning his rage onto her as she come home (greeting her in only wearing her jewelry and make-up). Despite the brutal injuries he lashes out on her, she manages to survive and is rushed off to hospital. But undaunted he catches up to her in hospital and disguised as a florist... he enter the building to continue his mission to finish her off...along with anyone else who gets under his skin.
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The Man Who Rode Alone (1925)
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USA 8 October 1925
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The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
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USA 25 October 1957 (New York City, New York)
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The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays (1957) (TV)
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USA 25 October 1957
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The Killing Fields (1984)
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USA 2 November 1984 (New York City, New York)
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TV Tango
Police Story
Premiered: April 4, 1952
Network: CBS
Category: Series
Subject Matter: Police
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"Police Story"
Detective Sergeant, Martin Stephens (1952)
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USA 4 April 1952
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Police Story: Season 1, Episode 1
Detective Sergeant, Martin Stephens (4 Apr. 1952)
Release Date: 4 April 1952 (USA)
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
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USA 17 September 1952 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
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Full cast and crew for
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Gregory Peck ... Harry Street
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Plot Summary for
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/18/opinion/oe-stein18
JOEL STEIN
The jokes are on Obama
It's too hard to make fun of the presidential candidate? That's a laugh.
July 18, 2008|JOEL STEIN
I believe comedic change is possible. Since the New Yorker dropped a bum joke on its cover this week, comedians have appeared on every news outlet to whine about how hard it is to make fun of Barack Obama. Really? They have an arsenal of jokes to use against a 71-year-old ex-POW cancer survivor and Obama is too touchy a subject?
I'm here to help. I called some comedian friends to compile a guide to making fun of Obama. The consensus is there's not yet one standout attribute to pound away on (McCain is old! Clinton cheats on his wife! Bush is stupid! Al Gore is a robot! John Kerry makes me feel inexplicably sad inside!), but there are areas to explore. If we just work a little harder, and sacrifice a little bit, we can achieve greatness. We are the immature jerks we have been waiting for.
He's a nerd. Yes, he seems cool because he plays basketball and fist-bumps and knows about pop music. But that's because we're comparing him with other politicians, all of whom are older than our grandparents. Compare Obama with other 46-year-olds and he's Urkel. He's the kid at the Model United Nations conference who says, "Guys, guys, c'mon. Let's not make fun of Eastern Europe." And the brutal truth is, even if women faint at your rallies, you'll never feel cool inside when you have Alfred E. Neuman's ears.
He's ridiculously earnest. Obama is the kind of guy who not only talked you into showing up for Hands Across America but afterward insisted that it was awesome. On "Saturday Night Live," Fred Armisen plays up Obama's weird pauses and brow furrows like he's Yogi Bear getting bad news from a doctor. Comedian Marc Maron does a really smart bit about how Obama stares out into the distance while giving a speech. "The first time you see him you're like, 'What's he looking at?' But then you're like, 'I don't know, but it's good and full of hope. And he's the only one who can see it. If we vote for him, maybe he'll take us there.' "
He's black. Apparently, the differences between black people and white people can be funny. Trust, me I've seen this on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam."
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 01:02 AM Pacific Time Seattle USA Sunday 17 March 2013
