JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/12/2006 4:17 PM
When I started taking medication again a while back, my right eye turned a very bright red. The doctors at the VA were baffled. Baffled, they told me.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article788752.ece
From The Sunday Times January 15, 2006
The top 10 footballers' Page 3 playmates
By John Aizlewood
5 Dean Holdsworth and Linsey Dawn McKenzie Psychologists are still baffled as to what attracted Dean Holdsworth to 36GG teenage glamour model Linsey Dawn McKenzie in 1996.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=25
The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Remarks in Columbia, South Carolina
October 24, 2002
And I'm looking forward to working with Lindsey Graham. And I don't need a Senator from South Carolina where I've got to worry about where he lights on any issue. [Laughter]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075754/releaseinfo
IMDb
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
Release Info
USA 16 April 1977 (Los Angeles, California)
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 10/24/2002 is 3565 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Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/7/1975 ( the unpublished true birthdate of Linsey Dawn McKenzie ) is 3565 days
From 5/12/1991 ( I was the winning race driver at the Monaco Grand Prix ) To 10/24/2002 is 4183 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 4/16/1977 ( premiere US film "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" ) is 4183 days
From 10/9/1948 ( premiere US film "The Foghorn Leghorn" ) To 9/30/1985 ( Charles Richter dead ) is 13505 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 10/24/2002 is 13505 days
From 6/25/1996 ( premiere US film "Independence Day" ) To 10/24/2002 is 2312 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 3/2/1972 ( the launch from planet Earth of the United States Pioneer 10 spacecraft ) is 2312 days
From 3/25/1954 ( RCA begins manufacturing color televisions for consumers ) To 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 13505 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 10/24/2002 is 13505 days
From 9/21/1940 ( Franklin Roosevelt - Letter to All Governors on the Selective Service Act ) To 10/24/2002 is 22678 days
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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 11/18/1996 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is 11339 days
From 9/4/1976 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States arrested again by police in the United States ) To 10/24/2002 is 9546 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 12/22/1991 ( premiere US film "Rush" ) is 9546 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) To 10/24/2002 is 4298 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 8/9/1977 ( George Kenney dead ) is 4298 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 10/24/2002 is 4298 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 8/9/1977 ( George Kenney dead ) is 4298 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) To 10/24/2002 is 4298 days
4298 = 2149 + 2149
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 9/21/1971 ( premiere US TV series "Sarge"::"A Terminal Case of Vengeance" ) is 2149 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 10/24/2002 is 4298 days
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From 9/11/1953 ( premiere US film "City of Bad Men" ) To 10/24/2002 is 17940 days
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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 5/25/1990 ( premiere US film "Fire Birds" ) is 8970 days
From 7/9/1961 ( premiere US film "Armored Command" ) To 6/30/1998 ( premiere US film "Armageddon" ) is 13505 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 10/24/2002 is 13505 days
From 6/29/1995 ( the Mir space station docking of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 includes my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan the spacecraft and mission commander and me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-71 pilot astronaut ) To 10/24/2002 is 2674 days
2674 = 1337 + 1337
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 7/1/1969 ( my biological uncle Charles the Prince of Wales investiture to become the Heir Apparent United Kingdom monarchy ) is 1337 days
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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 10/24/2002 is 13505 days
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http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021024-2.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 24, 2002
Remarks by the President at Charlotte, North Carolina Welcome
Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina
9:35 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. I'm glad to be back in North Carolina, and thanks for such a warm welcome. (Applause.) I want to talk about some things that are important. I want to talk about the future of this great country. We've got some tough tasks ahead of us. No question in my mind we can accomplish anything we set our mind to; we're the greatest nation on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
I want to talk to you about how to make our country safer, stronger, and better. And one way to do so is to send Elizabeth Dole to the United States Senate. (Applause.) There is no question in my mind she is the right person for the job for North Carolina. (Applause.)
The senior Senator from North Carolina is retiring after a lot of good years of service to our country. I admire his service -- (applause.) No finer gentleman in the United States Senate. He represented North Carolina well. He's a credit to our country. And the right person to follow Senator Jesse Helms is soon to be Senator Elizabeth Dole. (Applause.)
She married well, and so did I. The truth of the matter is, Senator Dole -- the male Senator Dole -- and I married above ourselves. Laura sends her best. I just talked to her on the phone. She's on our -- she wishes she could be here. She's on our ranch in Texas. It's been raining, so she needs to sweep the porch, because the President of China is coming tomorrow. (Laughter.)
But she's doing great. She sends her love to Elizabeth, her best to all the candidates. She sends her best to all the friends of ours in North Carolina. I'm really proud of the job she's done on behalf of the American people. (Applause.)
I want to thank you all for coming, because it gives me a chance to thank you for what you have done, and for what you're going to do. And what I hope you do, and I think you're going to do, is go to your coffee shops and your places of worship and your community centers, and remind people that in America they have a duty to vote; that in this country -- (applause) -- that in this country there is a responsibility that comes with being a United States citizen. We expect you to vote. We expect you to do your duty. And by the way, when you're reminding them to vote, you might make a couple of suggestions. (Laughter.)
One suggestion is Elizabeth Dole. (Applause.) When you're getting on the telephone and when you're putting up the signs and when you're mailing the mailers, the grassroots that makes a difference in an election, make sure you do so -- if you're living in Robin Hayes' district -- to send Robin Hayes back to the United States Congress. (Applause.)
I appreciate Robin. I appreciate talking to him; I appreciate his firm stands on national security. And he's kind of wearing me out when it comes to jobs in North Carolina. (Laughter.) He cares deeply about the people in his district and the people of this state. He cares deeply about making sure people can find work. And I appreciate his deep concern. I appreciate working with him to make sure our economy continues to grow.
With us today, as well, is Congressman Cass Ballinger. He's another friend. He's another good one you sent up to the United States Congress from the state of North Carolina. (Applause.) And I'm real proud of Sue Myrick. She's done a great job. (Applause.) She's a fine soul. She's got those North Carolina values etched in her heart, and she represents you well in the United States Congress. I want to wish Carolyn Grant all the best, and hope for the folks in her district realize she is the best candidate for the United States Congress. (Applause.)
I'm thankful for the Mayor being here. Mr. Mayor, thanks for your time. (Applause.) You've got a -- a couple of your relatives showed up, Mayor. (Laughter.)
You've got a lot of great candidates running for your court, particularly the Supreme Court. And I hope, as you're getting out to work, you make sure you've got a bench that is strong, a bench where people aren't on there to legislate, but to interpret the Constitution of the state of North Carolina. (Applause.)
And speaking about benches, another reason we need Elizabeth Dole in the Senate, besides the fact that she's going to do a great job for North Carolina, is I've got to have United States senators who will work with me to make sure our federal judiciary is strong. The record -- (applause.) I'm picking good people to be judges, good, solid, honorable people to be the judges on the federal judiciary; people who will strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States. Not people who will use the bench to write new legislation. (Applause.)
And the record of this United States Senate is a lousy record. (Applause.) They have politicized the process. They have distorted the records of many of our good candidates we put forward. They're playing petty politics with the candidates that I put up there. We're not getting a hearing fast enough. The percentage of judges is the worst in modern history, percentage of judges approved. And that's not right.
Let me tell you about one, Terry Boyle from North Carolina, I nominated for the 4th Circuit Court. I nominated him a long while ago. He can't even get a hearing. For the sake of a good, sound judiciary, we need to change the United States Senate, and you can start by electing Elizabeth Dole to the Senate. (Applause.)
You got a good shot if you go out and vote and you work hard to capture the legislature. And that's important. So I'm here not only to tout the candidacies of some fine people, but I'm here to thank you -- thank you for getting to -- getting ready to get to work. We're coming down the stretch. Candidates can't win without you. So do your duty. Convince your neighbors to do their duty. And by the way, make sure you not only talk to Republicans, but talk to some Democrats. Some of these Democrats understand the difference between good government and bad government. They know the difference between a good candidate and a bad candidate. They know the difference between plain talk and -- and somebody who is going to cloud up the issues. And also find those who don't give a hoot about a political party, and turn them out to vote. It's the right thing for America to do that. (Applause.)
I appreciate so very much Elizabeth's focus on education. I share the same focus. We share the same philosophy. It starts with the belief that every child can learn. That's an important distinction. It's important to have that ingrained in your heart. If you believe every child can learn, it means you're going to insist upon high standards and high expectations. It means you're willing to challenge what I call the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you lower the bar, if you believe certain children can't learn, if you believe certain inner-city kids can't possibly learn, if you believe children whose parents may not speak English as a first language can't learn, then you're willing to have low standards and low expectations. And that's not right for America.
Secondly, Elizabeth and I not only believe you ought to set high standards, we believe in local control of schools. ((Applause.) We believe that you got to trust the local folks. Listen, the people who care more about the children of North Carolina are the people of North Carolina -- not people living in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
We're spending federal money on education. As a matter of fact, North Carolina will receive $1 billion of federal monies. And that's good. And it's monies targeted to people who need help. But for the first time, we're starting to ask the question, are we getting a return on our dollar spent?
See, for the first time the United States Congress has said, for money spent, we expect every child to learn because we believe every child can learn. Therefore, you got to show us whether or not the children can read and write and add and subtract. And if not -- first of all, if so, we'll heap praise where it belongs. And that's on your teachers and your parents and your principals who are working hard to make sure there's a quality education for every child. But if the accountability system shows that there are children trapped in schools which will not teach and will not change, you better make sure you've got public representatives who are willing to challenge the status quo. No child should be left behind in America. (Applause.)
I look forward to working with Elizabeth on education matters, based upon the philosophy I just outlined. I look forward to working with her to make sure medicine works. Listen, medicine has changed; Medicare hadn't. Medicine is modern; Medicare is stuck. And yet it's an incredibly important program. It's a promise which we have made to our seniors. It's a promise that we must keep for the sake of having a stronger America and a better America. I look forward to working with Elizabeth Dole to make sure that Medicare is modern just like medicine, and the seniors have got a prescription drug plan. (Applause.)
We share the same view that if somebody is looking for work in America, and can't find a job, that we need to do everything we can to increase jobs in America, that we ought to be thinking about pro-growth policies. Pro-growth so people can find work; not pro-growth so the federal government expands. Pro-growth so that the person here in North Carolina who's looking for work is able to put food on the table. That's what we want. And one way to do that is to let people keep more of their own money. (Applause.)
We read from the same textbook. It says, if a person has more money in their pocket, he or she is more likely to demand a good or a service. And when somebody demands a good or a service in our society, in the marketplace, somebody is more likely to produce the good or a service. And when somebody produces that good or a service, somebody in North Carolina, or elsewhere in America, is more likely to find work.
The best way to invigorate a sluggish economy, the best way to make sure that people are able to find work, is to let people keep more of their own money. The tax cuts that Elizabeth Dole supports will provide -- (applause) -- will provide the people of North Carolina over the next 10 years $28 billion in income tax and death tax relief, $4.5 billion in child credit relief, $1.8 billion in marriage penalty relief. Billions of dollars over the next 10 years to be in your pocket so you can decide what to do with it, so you can help invigorate the economy by just doing what you normally do, which is demand a good or a service. (Applause.)
But the issue is alive and well because there are some in Washington that do not want to make the tax relief plan we put in place permanent. See, it's temporary. I need a United States senator to join me -- with me to make sure that tax relief is permanent. How can you plan if tax relief is temporary? How can you run your small business if you're not sure what the tax rules are going to be? It doesn't make any sense to say, on the one hand, we giveth; on the other hand, we taketh away. We need a United States Senate that will make the tax relief permanent. (Applause.)
I know it makes some of them nervous up there to hear us talking about that. But they've got to understand that small business is the engine of economic vitality for America. Seventy percent of new jobs are created by small businesses. We want the entrepreneurial spirit to flourish. We want small businesses to be able to grow to be big businesses. And one way you do so is you let them keep more money in their pocket. That's how you encourage small business growth. And by cutting the individual tax rates, which most small businesses pay because they're sole proprietorships or limited partnerships, we are invigorating the small business sector of America. (Applause.)
I believe this economy is going to be fine, because interest rates are low, inflation is low, and productivity is high. It's also going to be fine because the entrepreneurial spirit is strong in America. That dream is a big dream for people. Today we've got with us David and Helen Marie Berthold. They started their own business. It's called Ehren-Haus Industries. It's a plastics and wire company. They had a dream; they wanted to own their own business, they wanted to make employment opportunities available in North Carolina. They worked hard to build up their own business, and they're pretty darn good about it, by the way. David and Marie won the 2001 Entrepreneurial Award from the Chamber of Commerce. Marie is the National Association of Women Business Owners Woman of the Year. They know what they're doing.
But let me tell you what they're worried about. They're worried about over-regulation. They see reams of regulations coming out of these bureaucracies at the federal and state level. I look forward to working with Elizabeth Dole to make it easier for small businesses to prosper, not harder for small businesses to prosper, by reducing unnecessary regulations. (Applause.)
Let me tell you what else they're worried about -- and so am I. They're worried that they're not going to be able to leave their business to their family. If you're a farmer, or you're a rancher, or you're a small business owner, the death tax is an incredibly punitive tax. See, people work all their life to build up their small business, like David and Helen Marie have done. You've got farmers here in North Carolina worked all their life to build up their farms, and then want to leave it to their child. But the death tax oftentimes prevents people from doing that. It means a person's assets are taxed twice. It means the federal government gets in between the owner of the asset and the person they want to leave it to.
You need to have a United States senator who speaks plainly on how bad the death tax is to America, and make sure that the death tax is repealed forever. (Applause.)
Let me talk about one other issue right quick, about domestic policy. And I worry about the cost of health care, and I'm worried about the accessibility of health care. And one reason the cost of health care is up, and one reason there's fewer doctors practicing medicine is because there's too many junk and frivolous lawsuits hurting our docs. (Applause.) We want people to have access to the courts, but you can't have access to the courts when you've got frivolous lawsuits filed all over the place. And you've got docs being run out of business.
I was in Mississippi the other day, and I was talking to a young doctor who had moved down to the Delta. He followed his heart. He and his wife moved to the Delta from up north because they wanted to help people who couldn't help themselves with medicine. The lawsuits, the trial lawyers have made it so hard for this guy to practice compassionate medicine; he said, I've had it, I'm moving back home.
Listen, we can have a health care system that's responsive. We need a legal system that takes care of people who are injured. But we need a law at the federal level, a medical liability reform law that prevents the plaintiff's attorneys of America from driving up health care costs and driving good people out of medicine. (Applause.)
No, there's a lot of work we're going to do together to make sure that America is a stronger place, make sure the economy goes forward, make sure people get educated. We've also got to make sure America is a secure place, safer place. It's the biggest challenge we have right now in America, is to protect the homeland.
You've just got to know that there's an enemy out there lurking around which hates America. They just do. And they hate us because of what we love. We love freedom, is what we love. We love to be able to worship an Almighty any way we see fit in America. (Applause.) We value our elections -- although the candidates may be getting a little tired of it. We value open discourse. We value a free press. We value freedom. And so long as we love freedom there's going to be an enemy out there which hates what we love. You've just got to understand that.
We're in a new era. Oceans no longer protect us. After September 11th, 2001, we learned a harsh lesson here in America that reality has changed. It used to be when we were coming up or when we were younger that two oceans could protect us. And there would be conflict overseas, and the United States had the luxury of picking and choosing whether or not we wanted to participate in the conflict. We had that luxury. But it's changed. And America must understand it has changed. No longer can we assume oceans will protect us. As a matter of fact, quite the contrary. We must assume that the enemy is coming, and we've got to do everything we can to protect the homeland.
That's why I started talking about the issue of Iraq. In the new reality we must view all threats -- we must take all threats seriously. We must have a cold, hard look at every threat facing America. And the man over there in Iraq is a threat. After all he has gassed his own people. (Applause.) He hates what we stand for. He hates what America believes in. He has not only gassed his own people, he used weapons of mass destruction on his own people. He's used weapons of mass destruction on countries in his neighborhood. He has told the world he won't have weapons of mass destruction; for 11 years he's lied. Time and time and time again, he has lied. Time and time and time again, the United Nations has passed resolutions telling him, disarm. He's totally ignored the resolutions.
So here is our strategy. Our strategy is to make it clear to the United Nations, we want you to be effective. We don't want you to be the League of Nations. We want you to be an effective United Nations. It's your choice to make. (Applause.) We're sending a clear message to Mr. Saddam Hussein, we believe in peace in America. We want the world to be peaceful, not only for ourselves, but for people in your neighborhood. And so you must disarm. You said you would disarm, and you must disarm. It's your choice to make.
We have made the call to the international community and to Mr. Saddam Hussein, himself, to disarm. But, my friends, if the United Nations won't act, if they're feeble in their responsibility, and if Saddam Hussein won't disarm, the United States will lead a coalition in the name of peace to disarm Saddam Hussein. (Applause.)
That's our responsibility. That's my responsibility to see as clearly as I can see, to anticipate true threats to our homeland and deal with them -- deal with them in a way that enables me to tell you that I'm doing everything I can -- or we're doing everything we can -- to protect the people. That's our most important responsibility. (Applause.)
There is a lot of good people -- there is a lot of good people working hard on your behalf; people at the federal level, people at the state level, people at the local level, a lot of people. See, we're on alert. We understand the realities. We remember and we're not forgetting what took place. We saw what happened in Indonesia. We understand the people we're dealing with. There's no therapy, by the way, that can heal these people. These are cold-blooded killers. That's all they are. (Applause.)
And so, therefore, we got to do everything we can here at home to button up the homeland. So I asked the Congress to join me in setting up a department of homeland security. A department that's -- whose job it is to make sure that number one priority of agencies involved with the homeland security is just that -- is your protection. We need people under one agency, I felt, because in order to make sure that that becomes the number one priority, that some cultures within agencies need to change. And we could effect a cultural change better if there was one agency involved with your protection.
We're making some progress. The House voted a good bill. And the Senate is stuck. The Senate hasn't gotten a homeland security bill. They're arguing over things. As a matter of fact they said, we'll get you one, Mr. President, but you got to pay a price. And here's the price they wanted me to pay: They want to roll back an authority that every President since John F. Kennedy has had, which will allow me to suspend some work rules for the sake of national security.
See, I need to have that capacity, like every President since John Kennedy has had, to say that it's in our national interest that certain work rules be suspended. Not that we're going to suspend collective bargaining rights; not that people can't accumulate the way they see fit; but that certain rules which may get in the way of our ability to protect America need to be suspended. I'll give you an example.
We thought it was important for Customs agents to wear radiological detection devices. After all, if you're worried about weapons of mass destruction coming into America, you want your Customs people to have a device that will help detect weapons of mass destruction. The union heads said, wait a minute, you can't make these people wear that. That's an issue over which we must have collective bargaining.
See, because I had the power to suspend the rules, after four months' discussion, we got it done. But the Senate is stuck. They're more interested in some special interests up there. And I'm not going to stand for it. It's not right for America. (Applause.) I need to be able to put the right people at the right place at the right time to protect America, and Elizabeth Dole will be a strong ally. (Applause.)
The best way to protect America, however, is to hunt the killers down, one at a time, and bring them to justice. (Applause.) And we're making progress. But it's a different kind of war. Used to you could measure progress based upon the number of tanks that no -- were out of commission, or number of airplanes you shot down.
These people we fight are people who hide in caves, or lurk around the dark corners of parts of the world, and send youngsters to their suicidal death. See, that's the new kind of army we face. And they're tough. They're not as tough as we are, but they're tough. (Applause.) They hide. You got to understand when you explain this to your children -- it's important you do, and -- or people who are questioning why this is going on -- you've got explain to them that here in America we value life. Everybody counts. Everybody is a precious soul. But they, the enemy, they don't value life. They've hijacked a great religion and they murder. Innocent life doesn't matter to them. It just doesn't count. It doesn't -- it's just not on their radar screen.
And there's a difference. And therefore, we fight a determined enemy. But the only way to deal with them is to keep our coalition strong and to hunt them down. You know, I laid out a doctrine -- you just got to know it still stands -- it said, either you're with us, either you love freedom and with nations which embrace freedom, or you're with the enemy. There's no in-between. And the doctrine still stands. (Applause.)
Sometimes -- sometimes you'll see the progress on your TV screens, and sometimes you're not going to see the progress on your TV screens. It's a different kind of war. We're cutting off their money when we can find it. We're sharing intelligence. And we're hauling them in.
The other day a guy popped his head up, named bin al-Shebh -- (Laughter.) He's not a problem anymore. (Laughter and applause.) He was a significant character because he wanted to be the 20th hijacker. He was still out there plotting.
Slowly but surely, this great country -- with our friends and allies -- are hunting them down and bringing them to justice. It doesn't matter how long it takes, by the way. Yesterday I signed a defense appropriations bill, right there in the Rose Garden. I said two things about it. One, any time we put our troops into harm's way, they deserve the best pay, the best training, and the best possible equipment. (Applause.)
And secondly, that was a message to friend and foe alike, it doesn't matter how long it takes. The increase in defense spending, the largest since Ronald Reagan, sends a clear message: We're in this deal for the long haul. See, we understand freedom. We understand responsibility. I don't know what the enemy was thinking when they hit us. I can't imagine. They must have thought we were so self-absorbed, so selfish, so materialistic that after 2001 -- September 2001, oh, we might have filed a lawsuit or two. They didn't know. They don't understand America. They don't understand America like I understand America. When it come to the defense of our freedom, when it comes to our obligations and duty for the future for our children, this country will remain strong and this country will remain tough. (Applause.)
For those of you who have got relatives in the United States military, you tell them their Commander-in-Chief has got all the confidence in the world in those good troops. (Applause.) I'm glad they're on my side.
No, we got a lot of work to do, but I want you to know -- I firmly believe this -- that if we stay the course and do our duty, fulfill our obligation, we can achieve peace. That's my dream. My dream is not only for a peaceful America, but to bring peace in parts of the world who have quit on peace.
I believe it's possible that we can achieve peace in the Middle East. I have a clear vision on how we can get there. Going to have to renounce terror. We have to remain true to our principles. We have to remember that freedom is God-given, it's not United States-given; that freedom is a universal value, not an American value. (Applause.)
No, out of the evil done to America can come some great good, starting with peace in the world. And here at home, we can be a better America. You just got to understand there are pockets of despair in this country. People hurt. Places where people are addicted or lost. People wonder whether or not the American experience, the so-called American Dream, is meant for them. My attitude is, so long as one of us hurts, all of us hurt. But I believe we can eradicate those pockets of despair and hopelessness. I believe that -- not only by having a good education system, good health care, making sure that the welfare system is in place that encourages and helps people work. I believe we can accomplish that. But we've got to understand the limitations of government.
Government can hand out money, but it can't put hope in people's hearts. It can't put a sense of purpose in people's lives. The way we can change America, one heart, one soul, one conscience at a time is for each of us to understand people hurt and put our arm around them and tell them we love them. If you want to change America, love your neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself. (Applause.)
No, our vision -- Elizabeth's vision and my vision -- understands the great power of all faiths in our society. We understand a universal law of love. And we understand that America can change, that there are forces more powerful than addiction, there are force more power than -- powerful than hopelessness, there are forces more powerful than loneliness.
My call to our fellow Americans, if you want to join the fight against evil, is do some good. Mentor a child -- just like your Mayor does. Mentor a child. You can save Charlotte, North Carolina, one heart, one soul, one conscience at a time. Be a Boy Scout leader or a Girl Scout leader. Go to your Boy's Clubs or Girl's Clubs. Feed the hungry. Find housing for those who need a home. There's all kinds of ways you can help.
One person can't do everything, I recognize that. But each of us can be that one person doing something to make sure that the enemy which hits us understands that they hit the greatest, most powerful, and, yet, at the same time, most compassionate country on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
Now, they hit us -- they didn't know who they were hitting. Out of the evil done to this great country is going to come a more peaceful world. And out of the evil done to this great country is going to come a more hopeful day.
I want to thank you for your interest in our political process. I urge you to get out the vote. In the meantime, may God bless you all, and God bless America. (Applause.)
END 10:13 A.M. EDT
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THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 24, 2002
Remarks by the President at Columbia, South Carolina Welcome
Jimmy Doolittle Flight Facility Hangar
Columbia, South Carolina
12:18 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Well, thanks for coming out today.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love Bush! (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: And I love South Carolina. (Laughter and applause.)
We've got a lot of friends here. I want to thank you all for coming today. I want to talk about a couple of things. I want to talk about some of the challenges facing our country. We've got some steep hills to climb, but there's no doubt in my mind we can climb them -- after all, we're the finest nation on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
I want to talk a little politics with you. You see, there's no question in my mind that if you're interested in the state of the South Carolina, and if you're interested in the future of this state, you need to have Mark Sanford as the next governor. (Applause.) And there's also no question in my mind, one, that you've been really well represented by the great Strom Thurmond. (Applause.)
I'm really proud to be able to serve with the Senator. As a matter of fact, he came by the other day, we were talking about an important issue, and he reminded me that early December is his 100th birthday. (Laughter.) I couldn't tell if he was hinting or not, so I took the bait and invited him over to the White House for his 100th birthday party. (Laughter.) So he's coming. (Applause.)
So you've got to make sure you replace this good man with somebody who can do the job, somebody who will do what's right for South Carolina, and somebody who will make the strong stands for America. No question in my mind, the right man to take the place of Strom Thurmond is soon to be United States Senator Lindsey Graham. (Applause.)
I appreciate Jenny Sanford being here, your next first lady. (Applause.) She brought those four Sanford boys with her. (Laughter.) Speaking about first ladies, you drew the short straw. See, if Graham and Sanford were smart, they'd have asked First Lady Laura Bush to come instead of me. (Applause.) But I -- he said he did. (Laughter.) The reason she couldn't come, well, it rained in Crawford. (Laughter.) And that's where she is, and she's sweeping the porch because the President of China is coming tomorrow. (Laughter.)
But she sends her love. You know, when I asked Laura to marry me, she was a public school librarian. (Applause.) That always gets one cheer. (Laughter.) But you know what I'm talking about; that's a job that requires a good heart and deep care about our children. Anyway, when I asked her to marry me she was that and she didn't particularly like politics -- (laughter) -- and she didn't like politicians. (Laughter.) And now here she is, as a fabulous First Lady for America. (Applause.)
I appreciate so very much members of the United States Congress who joined us here. That would be Congressman Henry Brown and Congressman Joe Wilson. (Applause.) Some of the Statehouse folks are here, and they're doing a fine job on behalf of the South Carolinians. That would be Bob Peeler, David Wilkins and Charlie Condon and Jim Miles. I'm honored that they're here. (Applause.) You've got a great slate of candidates running with -- running with Mark.
Let me tell you why I'm here. I want you all to understand it's important to do your duties as Americans. It's important that you vote. It's important that you find good candidates. I've obviously got a few suggestions for you here. (Laughter.) It's important that you go to your coffee shops and houses of worship and your community centers, and remind your fellow South Carolinians they have a duty, they've got a duty to this country, they've got a duty to democracy to participate. It doesn't matter whether they're Republican, Democrat, could care less about parties -- they have a duty. And so you need to go out there and round up the vote.
I want to thank you for what you have done in the political process. But, as importantly now, I want to thank you for what you're going to do -- which is to turn out that vote and make sure this good slate of candidates win on November the 5th. (Applause.)
And there's a reason, there's a reason here in South Carolina. You need a governor who's willing to change the tone of this state. You know, there's just too much partisan bickering that goes on in the Statehouse. You need somebody who is going to rise above it all, somebody who doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him how to think, somebody who stands on principle. (Applause.) Somebody that's going to be the governor of everybody when he wins. And that person is Mark Sanford. (Applause.)
I appreciate his commitment to education. When I was the governor of Texas, I used to tell them that education is to a state what national defense is to the federal government. It's by far the most important priority of any governor. That is, educating every child. Mark and I share a philosophy. It's a philosophy that's going to be good for South Carolina when he wins. It's a philosophy that starts with this concept: Every child can learn.
You see -- and I mean every child. Not just those who live in nice, suburban districts -- every child. If you believe that, it's historic for educational excellence for every single child. We've got to have you a governor who's willing to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you lower the bar, if you believe certain children can't learn, that's what's going to happen.
And so you've got to start with a governor who's optimistic and bold in his vision about every child being able to learn. That's how Mark thinks. But you've also got to have a governor who's willing to challenge the bureaucracy and trust the local people to chart the path to excellence for every child.
We believe in local control of schools. (Applause.) This year, we're going to be sending $600 million of federal money to help South Carolina run its schools. But, for the first time, thanks to the work of Lindsey Graham in the United States Congress, and the other Congressmen here, Henry and Joe, we're starting to ask this question: What are the results? See, if you believe every child can learn, then you want to know whether every child is learning. If you believe every child can learn to read, then it seems to make sense to ask the question, is it happening? Are the schools in South Carolina meeting the objective to teach every single child, not just a few -- every child how to read? So you're asking the question for the first time.
You've got to have a governor who's willing to hold people to account, who's willing not to be captured by special interest. The only interest Mark cares about is the children. That's his special interest. You've got to be willing to have high standards, local control of schools, and you've got to know -- you've got to know whether or not children are learning to read and write and add and subtract. (Applause.) And then once you know, you must have a governor who's willing to praise those hardworking teachers for being successful. And for those of you who teach, thanks for what you're doing. (Applause.)
But if you believe every child can learn, and you find children trapped in schools which will not teach and will not change, for the good of South Carolina, you better have a governor who's willing to challenge the status quo -- and that governor is going to be Mark Sanford. (Applause.)
And I look forward to working with Mark when we continue to work on welfare reform. Welfare reform is an important issue. Because if a person gets trapped in the government's cycle, they won't be able to realize their human worth. People can find dignity through work. So one of the things I'm going to do when I'm the President if they reauthorize welfare is to work with Mark Sanford, to make sure that there's training programs available, so a man or a woman can find work, can be able to see the dignity of work. He understands that. He understands that if you're trapped in government, it will sap your soul and drain your spirit.
Everybody counts in the state of South Carolina. And so when we work on important issues that deal with the human condition, we've got to work in a way that understands human dignity is found by empowering each and every person. Mark Sanford understands that clearly.
No, he's going to make you a good governor. I urge you to -- as they're coming down the pike, to support this good candidate and his family with your vote, with your energy, with your enthusiasm and, sure enough, on election day, you will have Mark Sanford as your governor. (Applause.)
And I'm looking forward to working with Lindsey Graham. And I don't need a senator from South Carolina where I've got to worry about where he lights on any issue. (Laughter.) You don't need a senator from your state that kind of is for one thing one day and the heat gets on and changes his position the next day. That's not going to serve your state well. It's certainly going to make it harder to get an agenda through that will make America safer, stronger and better. And, after all, that's what we need to do, to work together to make America a safer country and a stronger country and a better country.
When it comes to making America a stronger country, that starts with making sure our economy continues to expand. My attitude is, any time somebody who wants to work and can't find a job -- says we've got a problem. My attitude is, is that we want to help people put food on the table. If people are struggling to get ahead, we've got to do everything we can in Washington, D.C. to expand the job base.
And it starts with understanding how our economy works. The page of the textbook that we have read says this: If you let a person keep more of their own money, they're likely to demand a good or a service. And in the marketplace, when somebody demands a good or a service, somebody is going to produce the good or a service. And when somebody produces the good or a service, somebody is more likely to find work. The tax relief plan that Lindsey Graham supported came at the right time in American economic history. (Applause.)
Over the next 10 years, that tax relief plan will put about $14.9 billion in the pockets of South Carolinian citizens. That's your money to begin with, by the way. Listen carefully to the rhetoric of these candidates when they start saying, oh, we're going to spend the government's money. They seem to forget whose money they're spending in Washington, D.C. You listen carefully to the rhetoric of the candidates. You want you a candidate who understands whose money we've got in Washington, D.C. And when you have more of your own money -- not the government's money, but your money -- in your pocket, it means it's more likely somebody is South Carolina is going to find work.
But we've got a problem. See, the Senate, on the one hand, giveth, and on the other hand, taketh away. And the tax relief we plan -- passed is not permanent, it's temporary. Which means some in Washington, D.C. want that $15 billion, more or less, of tax relief, of your money, to go to the government coffers. And that would be bad for the economy. And that would be bad for South Carolina.
The death tax is bad. The marriage penalty is bad. The child credit is good. Reducing income tax rates helps small business. For the sake of economic vitality, you need to have a United States senator who will make the tax cuts permanent. (Applause.) And that's Lindsey Graham.
He also understands the quality of life for our seniors is important. Medicine has changed; Medicare hadn't. Medicine is modern, and Medicare is stuck. For the sake of our seniors, elect a senator who will work with me to make sure Medicare is modern and our seniors have got a prescription drug plan. (Applause.)
A stronger America is an America who's got a good federal bench. One of my jobs is to nominate good, solid citizens, good lawyers, good jurists to our benches. It's a solemn obligation of the President. Yet, the way this Senate is structured, they have done a lousy job. (Applause.)
The percentage of our judges which have been approved is the lowest in a long time. And when my judges have made it to the floor, they have been -- their records have been distorted because of petty politics, special interest politics in Washington, D.C.
I named a good man named Dennis Shedd to represent the 4th Circuit Court. (Applause.) He's a good jurist. For 17 months, he's still waiting for a vote. The two senators from South Carolina supported him; both Republican and Democrat senators supported him. For 17 months, he's been able to get -- unable to get his hearing in the Senate, and we've got a vacancy problem. We've got a vacancy problem because the Senate is playing too much politics. We've got a vacancy problem because they don't like it that I'm nominating good people who are going to strictly interpret the Constitution and not use the bench from which to legislate. (Applause.) We've got a vacancy problem on the federal court, and one way to solve that is to put Lindsey Graham into the United States Senate. (Applause.)
We've got problems with our economy -- it's not growing as robust. And I can promise you I'm going to work with Senator Graham to do everything to make sure people find work; and work with Senator Graham to make sure the people have got a good health care system; work with Senator Graham to make sure the judiciary is strong. And I intend to work with Senator Graham on the most pressing problem facing us, and that's our security of our homeland.
You've just got to understand there's an enemy out there that hates America because of what we love. We love freedom. We love the fact that people can worship freely in America. We love our free press. We love every aspect of our freedom, and we're not changing. We're not backing down, and the enemy can't stand that. (Applause.)
The more we love, the more they hate. So our most important job is to protect the American people from further harm, from further attack. And they're out there. People in Australia, many of them grieve now because they're just not -- cold-blooded killers hit them in Bali. You may remember that. That's all part of this campaign to terrorize the free world, to try to get us to retreat, forget what we're made out of. They don't understand America. They just don't understand us.
They must have thought after September the 11th, 2001, we'd file a lawsuit or two. (Laughter.) That's not us. See, when it comes to the defense of our freedom, when it comes to the defense of our people, when it comes to protecting innocent life, we value innocent life. Every life matters in America. To these killers, no life matters. (Applause.)
When it comes to protecting this country, we'll be plenty tough. When it comes to protecting this country, we've also got to be realistic about the new -- the new world we're in. Prior to September the 11th, 2001, we used to think two oceans could protect us from harm. I remember thinking about conflicts and realizing our country could pick and choose whether or not we wanted to participate in the conflict, but never really worried about whether or not the conflict would hurt us here at home. For a long time, our country felt like oceans could keep us immune from personal attack, and people wouldn't suffer here at home. We learned a horrible lesson, that in the new wars of the 21st century, we're the battleground -- we're one of the battlegrounds.
And that's why I've asked our country to think seriously about Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Saddam Hussein is a man who said he wouldn't have weapons of mass destruction -- he made that promise to the world. He's hiding, he's deceiving, he's lying about whether he has them or not. Not only does he have them, he used them. He used them against people in his neighborhood. He used them against his own people. This is a man who has lied about whether or not he possesses weapons of mass destruction, a man who uses them, a man who hates America, a man who hates our friends. He's a threat to peace.
The United Nations decided they were going to deal with Saddam a while ago. Sixteen resolutions have been passed in the United Nations, resolution after resolution after resolution, calling him to account. And he's ignored them. So I made a decision on behalf of our country that I would go to that body and, for the sake of peace, remind them they have an obligation to honor those resolutions, to do something about them. I made the case that you have a choice, United Nations, to keep the peace by showing some backbone -- you can be the United Nations or the League of Nations, it's your choice. (Applause.)
And my message to Saddam Hussein is clear, as well: You've said you would disarm. For the sake of peace, you said you would get rid of the weapons of mass destruction. It's your choice to make. And so we're working with the international community, reminding Saddam Hussein of his obligations. But I want you all to know, for the sake of peace, for the sake of the security of the United States and our friends and allies, if the United Nations won't deal with him, if he refuses to hear the call for peace, the United States will lead a coalition to disarm Saddam Hussein. (Applause.)
As we're clear-eyed about the threats we face overseas, we must be clear-eyed about the threats at home, as well. There's a lot of good people working hard to protect you. We're now on alert. We understand the new reality. There's people at the federal level and the state level and the local level working a lot of long hours to chase down any lead, any hint. Any time we think somebody is thinking about doing something to America we're responding. We're disrupting, we're denying, we're making sure we fulfill our solemn obligations to protect you.
But there's more we can do. And so that's why I went to the United States Congress and asked them to pass a department of homeland security. You see, there's over 100 agencies involved with securing our homeland. They're kind of scattered around up there in Washington. It seemed to make sense to me to put them under one umbrella organization, so that the priority can be set, and if need be, cultures can be changed, so we can get people focused on doing the most important job they've got. And we're making progress.
Part of the progress was made because the House of Representatives -- Lindsey Graham was strong on this, and Joe and Henry voted with us -- was to create a department of homeland security that would give an administration the capacity to manage the department, to be able to protect you. It's stuck in the Senate. It's stuck in the Senate because the Senate wants to extract a price from the administration. Every President since John Kennedy has had the ability to act in a national security interest. He had the ability to suspend work rules if they got in the way of protecting the homeland, or got in the way of national security. But the Senate wants to take that away.
Here we are at war, and all of a sudden, they decide I shouldn't have the same authority as every President since John F. Kennedy. I'd have that authority for the Department of Agriculture. (Laughter.) But not for the department of homeland security.
Secondly, I need to be able to put the right people at the right place at the right time. We've got a border control issue. We need to know who's coming into our country. (Applause.) We need to know who's coming in and who's going out. We don't know what they're bringing in. Yet, on the border we've got good, hardworking people, fine people, working in three different agencies -- Border Patrol, INS, and Customs. Some sectors of the border they've got different strategies, they wear different uniforms. But yet, the work rules prevent us from coordinating them. For the sake of the national security, I need a senator who will join me in making sure that we can structure the agency so it works. (Applause.)
But the best way to secure the homeland is to chase these killers down, one person at a time, and bring them to justice. (Applause.) And that's what we're going to do. That's what we're -- yesterday I signed a defense bill, right there in the Rose Garden. It's the largest increase in defense spending since Ronald Reagan was the President. The reason why -- (applause) -- the reason why was because any time we put our troops into harm's way, we owe it to our troops and we owe it to the loved ones of the troops to make sure they've got the best training, the best possible pay, and the best equipment. (Applause.)
And our troops are good. They're really good. (Applause.) And the other message was, to our friend and foe, it doesn't matter how long it takes. It doesn't matter how long it takes to win this war on terror. There's no calendar on my desk, right there in the great Oval Office. There's not a calendar that says, you know, by such and such a date, we're hauling them home; by such and such a date, we're going to forget our obligations to our future; by such and such a date that we say, fine, let them sit out there. That's not the way America thinks.
It doesn't matter how much it costs, it doesn't matter how long it takes, this great country will defend our freedoms and defend our people. (Applause.) And we're making some pretty good progress. Remember the doctrine that said, either you're with us or you're with them, it still stands. And so we've got a lot of people working together to haul them in.
See, this isn't the kind of war that some of the old vets here are used to -- you destroy a bunch of tanks, and you make progress. That's not the kind of war this is. See, we fight these killers who hide in caves and send youngsters to their suicidal deaths. It's a new kind of army. That's why we've got to do a better job of cutting off their money, of sharing intelligence, of finding where they hide, of finding these kind of -- putting the sunlight on these dark corners of the world where they kind of slither around. That's what we got to do.
But we're making progress. And sometimes you'll see it, and sometimes you're just not going to see it. The other day one of them popped his head up -- bin al-Shebh -- he's no longer a problem. (Laughter and applause.) Slowly but surely, we're doing our duty to our country. Slowly but surely, we're hunting these killers down, one at a time.
And that's what we've got to do. But you know how I feel about this, that by being tough and strong and clear, by remembering that freedom is not American-blessed, it is God-given, it's universal, remembering that freedom is a part of what we think about -- (applause) -- we remember those values that make us a great nation, we will keep the peace. That the mission of this administration is to make the world more peaceful. That the reason we do what we do is because we believe in freedom and we believe in peace.
And it's going to happen. See, the enemy hit us; they didn't know who they were hitting. They hit the greatest nation on the face of the Earth. They gave us a chance, a chance we will seize, to not only protect America and keep America peaceful, but because we value all life, everybody counts, that we want there to be peace in parts of the world where people have quit on peace.
We have a chance to achieve the peace in the Middle East. We have a chance to achieve the peace in South Asia. By being strong and determined, and resolute in our mission, we can make the peace. (Applause.)
And here at home, we can make America a better place, too. See, out of the evil done to America can come some incredible good, incredible good. You just got to know -- and I know you know -- that there are pockets of despair and loneliness in our country. There are people who are hurt, people who are addicted, people who wonder when you say, American Dream -- they don't understand what that means.
My attitude is, so long as one of us hurts, we all hurt. It's an opportunity, though, however, for us to deal with these pockets of despair. Government can help -- we will; we'll worry about education, we'll worry about making sure the welfare system works. We have a faith-based initiative to encourage people of faith to love their neighbor. But government is limited in its capacity. It can hand out money, but it cannot put hope in people's hearts, or a sense of purpose in people's lives.
That is done when a fellow American has heard the universal call to love a neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself; find somebody who hurts, puts their arm around him and says, I love you, what can I do to help make your day. (Applause.)
Each of us -- each of us can help change America, one heart, one conscience, one soul at a time. Each of us can make a difference in making sure that the enemy hit us, but out of that evil and harm and hurt and tears can come a more compassionate and decent society. There's no question in my mind, no question in my mind, that this great country will lead the world to peace. And there's no question in my mind that this great country, the hope of this great country, the great promise of America can have -- can shine in every neighborhood and every home.
And do you know why? Because we're the greatest nation, full of the finest people on the face of this Earth. Thank you for coming. May God bless you all, and may God bless America. Thank you. (Applause.)
END 12:50 P.M. EDT
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PICARD: You don't know, Robert. You don't know. They took everything I was. They used me to kill and to destroy, and I couldn't stop them. I should have been able to stop them! I tried. I tried so hard, but I wasn't strong enough. I wasn't good enough. I should have been able to stop them. I should! I should!
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The Gambler (TV Mini-Series)
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The Gambler: Season 1, Episode 1
Episode #1.1 (14 Nov. 1971)
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"Money For Nothing"
Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb
We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour TV's
See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire
We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchens deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour TV's
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free
We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour TV's, Lord
Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
Money for nothin' and chicks for free
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Family
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Episode: TNG 178 - Family
Season 4 Ep. 2
Air Date: 10/01/1990
Stardate: 44012.3
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 2
Family
Aired Unknown Oct 01, 1990 on CBS
AIRED: 10/1/90
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nurse
a person who tends the sick, injured
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Ballistic trauma
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The term ballistic trauma refers to a form of physical trauma sustained from the discharge of arms or munitions. The most common forms of ballistic trauma stem from firearms used in armed conflicts, civilian sporting and recreational pursuits, and criminal activity.
The degree of tissue disruption caused by a projectile is related to the size of the temporary versus permanent cavity it creates as it passes through tissue.
Non-fatal gunshot wounds frequently have severe and long-lasting effects, even after the victim has made a successful recovery. Typically, the consequences involve some form of major disfigurement and/or permanent disability.
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Biography for
Linsey Dawn McKenzie
Date of Birth
7 August
Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
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Biography for
Charlize Theron
Date of Birth
7 August 1975, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
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The Seattle Times
Sunday, August 8, 1993
England -- Playing The Palace: Royal Open House Has Begun
By William Tuohy
Los Angeles Times
LONDON - Like many of her noble subjects, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is bowing this summer to the sometimes cruel realities of modern economics.
Over the years, most of the stately homes in Britain have admitted the paying public to help finance upkeep. The list includes parts of Windsor Castle and the Princess of Wales' ancestral estate, Althorp House.
But never - until now - has the world's most famous royal residence and headquarters of the British monarchy been opened for public tours.
For eight weeks (beginning yesterday), however, that all is changing as Buckingham Palace hosts an anticipated 450,000 visitors willing to pay an adult admission of $12 for a peek at 18 of the more than 600 rooms in the palace.
The queen's motive for inviting the public to view the sumptuous staterooms of Buckingham Palace is a variation on the one that has opened all those other stately homes: She hopes to help pay for restoration of Windsor Castle, which was badly damaged in a fire last November.
The mother of all queues
The decision is being widely applauded here as giving her subjects a chance to see their monarchical heritage up close. And the anticipated lineup for the 7,000 tickets to be sold daily is already being referred to as "the mother of all queues."
"It's going to be the No. 1 attraction," said Isabel Coy, an official with the British Tourist Authority. "It's our living heritage. The real Royal Family runs a business from there. It's only open for a limited time, so there's a sort of exclusive cachet."
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
"THAT DESPITE
YOUR EXCELLENT
RECORD OF SERVICE..."
I'M SORRY, MAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO?
YOU NEED TO,
LIKE, KISS SOME
SERIOUS BOOTY
TO GET AHEAD
IN THIS WORLD, MAN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO TELL YOU.
SEE, I LIKE
THE ONE-KNEE
APPROACH
BECAUSE IT PUTS
THE BOOTIE, LIKE,
RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THE LIPS--
[CLATTER]
WHAT'S THIS?
THAT'S NOTHING.
HOLD ON.
HOLD ON, MAN.
WHAT IS THIS?
JASMINE KIND OF
HAS A THING
FOR DOLPHINS.
I DON'T KNOW.
STEVE, THIS IS
A WEDDING RING.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU WERE GOING
TO BREAK THE WHOLE
THING OFF.
YEAH...
HEY, YOU KNOW I REALLY
LIKE JASMINE.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
MAN, YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO GET TO FLY
THE SPACE SHUTTLE
IF YOU MARRY A STRIPPER.
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Charles F. Richter
Charles F. Richter, in full Charles Francis Richter (born April 26, 1900, near Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.—died September 30, 1985
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The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
Release Info
USA 9 October 1948
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Independence Day (1996)
Quotes
Captain Steven Hiller: Is that an earthquake?
Jasmine Dubrow: Not even a four pointer. Go back to sleep.
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/closedcaptioned/id4-s.txt
INDEPENDENCE DAY
HEY, HEY, HEY.
COME ON.
Woman: HE'S JUST
TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS ME,
YOU NEED TO GET A JOB
AND STOP SLOBBERING
ALL OVER MY SHOE.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
JASMINE.
NEIGHBORS MOVING OUT.
GUESS THEY
FINALLY GOT TIRED
OF ALL THESE QUAKES.
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NASA
Glenn Research Center
NASA Glenn Pioneer Launch History
On March 2, 1972, engineers from NASA's Glenn Research Center launched Pioneer 10 from the Cape Kennedy, carrying Earth's first space probe to an outer planet.
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Independence Day (1996)
Release Info
USA 25 June 1996 (Westwood, California) (premiere)
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Independence Day (1996)
Full Cast & Crew
Will Smith ... Captain Steven Hiller
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The Walking Dead
Days Gone Bye
Morgan: Man?
Duane: No man…
Morgan: What the hell was that out of your mouth just now?
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Springfield! Springfield!
Legends
Iconoclast
Call LAPD for help.
We just got an agent abducted.
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Sarge (TV Series)
A Terminal Case of Vengeance (1971)
Release Info
USA 21 September 1971
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Sarge: Season 1, Episode 1
A Terminal Case of Vengeance (21 Sep. 1971)
TV Episode
George Kennedy ... Father Samuel Cavanaugh
Release Date: 21 September 1971 (USA)
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The Rookies (TV Series)
Concrete Valley, Neon Sky (1972)
Release Info
USA 11 September 1972
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The Rookies: Season 1, Episode 1
Concrete Valley, Neon Sky (11 Sep. 1972)
Release Date: 11 September 1972 (USA)
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Heat (1995)
Release Info
USA 15 December 1995
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Heat (1995)
Full Cast & Crew
Al Pacino ... Lt. Vincent Hanna
Robert De Niro ... Neil McCauley
1998 film "Armageddon" DVD video:
00:30:09
Harry S. Stamper: Mr. Chick Chapel, at the craps table. Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada.
[ scene change ]
Chick Chapel: [ winning ] Yes! About time.
FBI agent: Charles Chapel, game's over.
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Memorable quotes for
Armageddon (1998)
Tommy: Mom, that salesman's on TV.
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March 25, 1954: RCA TVs Get the Color for Money
By Randy Alfred 03.25.08
1954: RCA begins production of its first color-TV set for consumers, the CT-100. It's destined to become a costly classic.
The RCA set had a 15-inch screen and sold for $1,000, which has the buying power of $7,850 today. That's more than enough to take your pick of 50-to-60-inch plasma screens with up to 16 times the screen area of the 1954 model.
Admiral and Westinghouse sets had beaten RCA to the market by months and weeks, respectively, and they were expensive, too. The Westinghouse went for $1,295 -- more than $10,000 in today's money.
It was the RCA standard -- with its backward compatibility to existing black-and-white broadcasts -- that came to define the market. Few families wanted to clutter their living rooms with one box for color and another for black-and-white.
But compatible color required packing two sets of circuits into one TV console. That complexity not only explained some of the cost, it also contributed to an image that was often blurry and ridden with ghosts.
Consumer Reports warned the model was fit just for what these days we'd call early adopters: "Only an inveterate [and well-heeled] experimenter should let the advertisements seduce him into being 'among the very first' to own a color-TV set."
A 1954 New York Times headline should sound familiar to modern ears: "Set Buying Lags -- Public Seen Awaiting Larger Screens, Lower Prices."
So RCA rolled out its 21-inch 21CT55 in November 1954 at 'just' $895 (over $7,000 today). Nonetheless, the company was apparently losing money on every set it sold. It would take years of price drops and technical improvement before color TV was no longer a plaything of the rich.
In a 64-gadget playoff bracket in 2007, the readers of Wired magazine named the RCA CT-100 as the Greatest Gadget of All Time.
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CBSNEWS
By JARRETT MURPHY CBS/AP March 25, 2004, 9:05 AM
It's Your TV's Birthday!
Doreen Golanoski remembers being a little girl when her family's television set delivered something new and amazing to her eyes — a burst of color on the screen. Finally, she could see "The Jetsons" in vivid greens, blues, reds.
"You can't really appreciate color television unless you know what it was like to watch black-and-white," Golanoski, who has five sets in her Nanticoke, Pa., home, said on the cusp of the 50th anniversary of color television.
On March 25, 1954, Radio Corporation of America began manufacturing color television sets at its Bloomington, Ind., plant. It built 5,000 sets with 12-inch screens, known as the model CT-100 color receiver. They sold for $1,000 each, about $7,000 in today's money.
They didn't get much use that year, since color telecasts were so rare. But the American love affair with the tube had taken a leap forward into the hues of real life.
The effort to bring color to the home screen was no easy feat. It occupied scientists throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s at RCA laboratories in Princeton, N.J. Their eventual concoction sounded like something out of a science fiction novel — the three-beam shadow mask tube.
The struggle for a clear and true color picture was hardly over. RCA continually tweaked the technology behind it all, and soon replaced the original combination of phosphate, silicate and sulfide phosphors with a more efficient group made up entirely of sulfides.
The results: higher light output and better color balance. Even so, generations of viewers would fiddle with mysterious buttons to try to make sickly green or rashy red faces the color of flesh.
After an experimental start by CBS, NBC — a subsidiary of RCA — developed and promoted color television in the marketplace. Ten years later, NBC was broadcasting as many as 40 hours a week in color.
The first 5,000 color sets were gobbled up by consumers. In 1967, color outsold black-and-white for the first time — with more than 5.5 million sets sold — and in 1973, more than half of all households had color.
The CBS News Early Show reports the first color TV broadcast event was the Rose Bowl parade. Many people remember the day they tuned in their own first splash of color.
"Everyone was piling into my mother's room" to watch the new color set there, said Jermaine Johnson, 28, of Washington.
"I felt like we finally stepped up, we moved up a notch," he said. For him, it was 1987 — well after color TV made its introduction.
Johnson and his wife have four televisions now — two in regular use and two more for when guests are over.
"I watch it until I fall asleep," he said.
U.S. households had 248 million TV sets in 2001, or 2.4 sets each on average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, citing the latest year measured.
The Consumer Electronics Association projects that more than 18 million color sets and about 150,000 black-and-white sets will be sold this year.
TV ownership blanketed the country as far back as 1960, when 87 percent of homes had one, according to the bureau. Now they are nearly universal, in more than 98 percent of homes.
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Release Info
USA 11 July 1990
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Full Cast & Crew
Andrew Dice Clay ... Ford Fairlane
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
XXXII President of the United States: 1933-1945
103 - Letter to All Governors on the Selective Service Act.
September 21, 1940
Dear Governor——:
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 wisely contemplates that the selective process shall be carried out by the States and the local communities. Historically and traditionally it is entirely fitting that the Chief Executive of each State be responsible for the Selective Service operations within his boundaries. I know that I can count on your fullest cooperation.
A favorable and intelligent public opinion, based on a just and impartial administration of this most important defense measure, can be more effective in securing proper and effective administration of the law than the penalties written into the statute.
I am asking each Governor to set up and supervise the Selective Service System within his State. As promptly as may be practicable, therefore, I should like to have the name of the individual you designate for appointment as State Executive for Selective Service. It is my thought that the State Executive would administer the operations within your State under your direction, but with the necessary assistance and supervision of the National Selective Service Administration. I appreciate also that your State has gone far in its planning for manpower procurement, and that your Adjutant General and State Staff are well organized to assist in carrying out the present requirements.
I request you to carry out the registration within your State and to call upon your local election officials and other patriotic citizens, to serve on the Registration Boards and in all other ways to assist in making the registration full and complete.
Enclosed is a copy of the Proclamation fixing Wednesday, October 16th, as the day for registration within the continental United States, and setting forth in a general way instructions for registration. I hope you will find it desirable to issue a similar proclamation urging the fullest cooperation within your State. It should be made abundantly clear to the public that the act of registration consists in effect of merely listing the names and addresses of registrants.
After registration, the classification and selection of men will be handled by the Local Boards. It is all-important that the Local Boards be composed of men in whom the community has the greatest confidence. Membership on a Local Board should be considered a position of honor and trust. I feel certain that many thousands of our most able and patriotic citizens will offer their services for this duty.
I ask that you recommend to me with the greatest expedition the names of citizens whose loyalty, integrity and fair-mindedness, are beyond question, for members of the Local Boards and Boards of Appeal, and for the offices of Government Appeal Agents and Examining Physicians. I ask that you yourself appoint the Advisory Boards for Registrants and the Medical Advisory Boards.
Since so many of our young men will be asked to devote a year of their lives to the service of their country, I feel certain that others of our citizens will wish to make their contribution to the national defense by devoting a part of their time to these various duties. It is not contemplated that compensation be paid, except for the necessary clerical assistance.
I suggest you make the fullest use of all State and local officers and employees. I believe you will find your State employment service and the public welfare agencies particularly helpful to the Local Boards.
The Congress has made its historic decision after careful consideration and full debate. The procurement and training of our manpower under proper administration, fairly and without fear or favor, is undoubtedly the most important single factor in our entire program of national defense. I ask your every help.
Yours very truly,
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Star Trek: First Contact
COCHRANE: Hot damn, you're heroic. Ha, ha, ha.
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City of Bad Men (1953)
Release Info
USA 11 September 1953 (Los Angeles, California)
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City of Bad Men (1953)
Quotes
Mendoza: He says the medals belong to him... he stole them himself.
Brett Stanton: Well, tell him the next time to steal something with some gold in it.
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Release dates for
Fire Birds (1990)
Country Date
USA 25 May 1990
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Armored Command (1961)
Release Info
USA 9 July 1961
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Armored Command (1961)
Taglines
The Hell-To-Glory Story of the 7th Army!
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George Kenney
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Churchill Kenney (6 August 1889 – 9 August 1977) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held from August 1942 until 1945.
Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in 1917, and served on the Western Front with the 91st Aero Squadron. He was awarded a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in which he fought off German fighters and shot two down. After hostilities ended he participated in the Occupation of the Rhineland. Returning to the United States, he flew reconnaissance missions along the border between the US and Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Commissioned into the Regular Army in 1920, he attended the Air Corps Tactical School, and later became an instructor there. He was responsible for the acceptance of Martin NBS-1 bombers built by Curtis, and test flew them. He also developed techniques for mounting .30 caliber machine guns on the wings of an Airco DH.4 aircraft.
In early 1940, Kenney became Assistant Military Attaché for Air in France. As a result of his observations of German and Allied air operations during the early stages of World War II, he recommended significant changes to Air Corps equipment and tactics. In July 1942, he assumed command of the Allied Air Forces and Fifth Air Force in General Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. Under Kenney's command, the Allied Air Forces developed innovative command structures, weapons, and tactics that reflected Kenney's orientation towards attack aviation. The new weapons and tactics won perhaps his greatest victory, the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, in March 1943. In June 1944 he was appointed commander of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF), which came to include the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Seventh Air Forces.
In April 1946, Kenney became the first commander of the newly formed Strategic Air Command (SAC), but his performance in the role was criticized, and he was shifted to become commander of the Air University, a position he held from October 1948 until his retirement from the Air Force in September 1951.
World War I
The United States entered World War I in April 1917, and Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps on 2 June 1917. He attended ground school at MIT in June and July, and received primary flight training at Hazelhurst Field in Mineola, New York, from Bert Acosta. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant on 5 November 1917, and departed for France soon after. There, he received further flight training at Issoudun. This ended in February 1918, when he was assigned to the 91st Aero Squadron.
The 91st Aero Squadron flew the Salmson 2A2, a reconnaissance biplane. Kenney crashed one on takeoff on 22 March 1918. He broke an ankle and a hand, and earned himself the nickname "Bust 'em up George". His injuries soon healed, and he recorded his first mission on 3 June. Kenney flew one of four aircraft on a mission near Gorze on 15 September 1918 that was attacked by six German Pfalz D.III scouts. His observer shot one of them down, and Kenney was credited with his first aerial victory. For this he was awarded a Silver Star. A second victory followed in similar circumstances on 9 October while he was flying near Jametz in support of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Once again, the formation he was flying with was attacked by German fighters. This time he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which was presented by Brigadier General Billy Mitchell on 10 January 1919. Kenney's citation read:
For extraordinary heroism in action near Jametz, France, October 9, 1918. This officer gave proof of his bravery and devotion to duty when he was attacked by a superior number of aircraft. He accepted combat, destroyed one plane and drove the others off. Notwithstanding that the enemy returned and attacked again in strong numbers, he continued his mission and enabled his observer to secure information of great military value.
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George Churchill Kenney
Date of birth: August 6, 1889
Place of Birth: Canada, Nova Scotia
Home of record: Boston Massachusetts
George Kenney attended three years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before WWI. During the war he was credited with 2 aerial victories. During WWII he commanded the famed 5th Air Force in the Pacific. After that war he went on to command the Strategic Air Command as well as the Air Force's Air University at Maxwell Field, AL.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) George C. Kenney, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 91st Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Jametz, France, 9 October 1918. First Lieutenant Kenney gave proof of his bravery and devotion to duty when he was attacked by a superior number of aircraft. He accepted combat, destroyed one plane and drove the others off. Novembers, he continued his mission and enabled his observer to secure information of great military value.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 13 (1919)
Action Date: October 9, 1918
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: First Lieutenant
Company: 91st Aero Squadron
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War II
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant General George Churchill Kenney (ASN: 0-8940), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Commanding General of the FIFTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces from 23 July 1942 through 8 January 1943, in the Southwest Pacific Area. Lieutenant General Kenney's gallant leadership and heroic actions are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 5th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.
General Orders: Headquarters, South West Pacific Area, General Orders No. 5 (January 11, 1943)
Action Date: July 23, 1942 - January 8, 1943
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: Lieutenant General
Company: Commanding General
Division: 5th Air Force
Silver Star Citation
Awarded for actions during the World War I
By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Lieutenant (Air Service) George Churchill Kenney, United States Army Air Service, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. First Lieutenant Kenney distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Pilot with the 91st Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near St. Mihiel, France, 15 September 1918, while on a photographic mission.
General Orders: GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 3 (June 3, 1919)
Action Date: September 15, 1918
Service: Army Air Forces
Rank: First Lieutenant
Company: 91st Aero Squadron
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
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U.S. AIR FORCE
GENERAL GEORGE CHURCHILL KENNEY
Retired September 01,1951 Died August 09,1977
General George Churchill Kenney, during his service in the Southwest Pacific in World War II, proved to skeptics the tremendous value of Air Force tactical support of ground and naval forces, demonstrating the new technique of skip bombing, to the pain of the enemy.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 06/10/09 9:39 PM
I could see very well in the dream that we were flying over some mountainous terrain and there was a Libyan military jet below me and to my right side. The dialog that I believe was from the RIO in the seat behind me was about that opposing fighter and the part that I remember the best is that he was saying the the pilot of that Libyan jet was wearing a mask. I could see the jet well enough to establish the make but I was far enough away that I could not see the pilot or even if he was wearing an oxygen mask. The first detail on that notion I remember either during the dream or after I have pondered over it is that my RIO was looking at him through binoculars. At some point afterwards the thought occurred to me that we had actually flown close enough to that Libyan aircraft that I could see visually unaided that he was wearing an oxygen mask. There was some other dialog from my RIO and I have pondered over whether he was also communicating with the Hawkeye or the carrier or both over the radio the details I was hearing from him. We were preparing to engage the Libyan fighter with the weapons on my aircraft and this part about the summary label for the project item reminds me of something my RIO was saying but I cannot remember precisely what he was saying. It was as though he was scheduling a task for our fire-control computer and I heard him define the text of the label for that task of firing at the opposing fighter.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 10 June 2009 excerpt ends]
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Independence Day
1:05:19
Hope you got an airbag!
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 09/03/09 4:34 AM
This reminds me of a dream I awoke a few hours ago. I remember glancing at the clock and it read 10:02 PM but that clock is 2 minutes faster than the time on the internet-connected computer so that means the correct time was probably exactly 10 PM. The dream started off that I was with a group of people in a jungle. I think one of them said something about a drought but I don't now remember what he said to his wife and after I thought about it after waking up I wondered if there had actually been a flood and we were stuck on the high ground with no where to go but in the water. So that guy who said something did jump in the water and then his wife did and then their young son. I followed them and I could see land far off in the distance that we were swimming towards. The first person was well ahead of us and I could see myself and I seemed to be fully clothed and perhaps in U.S. military gear because I think that I could see gloves on my hands similar to what a pilot wears and I saw that I was getting into a routine of long-distance swimming. The woman and her son seemed to be near by and to my right side. I noticed something up ahead in the water and for some reason that is not obvious in the dream, I decided that was hippotamus near the surface of the water but it was far enough away that it probably wouldn't bother us. But then some time later another one surfaced near by and it was definitely too close. It started coming after us and I told the woman to swim away from me and we slit up and I was going in a direction towards land that was about 45 degrees or less from the original direction we were heading. Whe I told her to split off from me, I was looking to see that the hippo was swimming very close behind me and then I quickly turned as I was swimming so that I turned around behind the hippo. That seems to be when I made a full circle or almost full circle and so that I was swimming in a direction about 45 degrees or maybe about 35 degrees to the right of our original heading. After some time in the dream I looked back and the hippo had caught up with me again and was gaining ground on me. I could see land up ahead in the distance but there was no way I was going to make. The dream seems to have ended there and that was when I woke up and got up out of bed although I did go back to sleep for a few more hours.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 03 September 2009 excerpt ends]
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100719-N-7130B-022
BAQUBAH, Iraq (July 19, 2010) An Army MH-60L Black Hawk helicopter transports Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) and Soldiers assigned to Special Operations Task Force-North (SOTF-N) across the deserts of Northern Iraqi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Burden/Released)
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Quotes
Bart Simpson: Boy, you made it! But how?
Santa's Little Helper: [subtitled] I did things no dog should. They will haunt me forever.
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