Thursday, May 21, 2015
"Martians Build Two Immense Canals in Two Years"
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=65044
The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Statement on Senate Passage of the "National Intelligence Reform Act"
October 6, 2004
America is a nation at war
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Animal House (1978)
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Bluto: What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know?
From 7/16/1963 ( Phoebe Cates the United States Army veteran and the Harvard University graduate medical doctor and the world-famous actress and the wife of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 10/6/2004 is 15058 days
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From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/14/1986 ( Marlin Perkins deceased ) is 7529 days
From 7/27/1978 ( premiere US film "Animal House" ) To 10/6/2004 is 9568 days
9568 = 4784 + 4784
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/8/1978 ( premiere US film "The Deer Hunter" ) is 4784 days
From 7/3/1946 ( Harry Truman - Special Message to the Congress Upon Approving the Hobbs Bill ) To 10/6/2004 is 21280 days
21280 = 10640 + 10640
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 10640 days
From 3/11/1913 ( Godfrey Charles Morgan deceased ) To 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 ) is 28436 days
28436 = 14218 + 14218
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 3/11/1913 ( Godfrey Charles Morgan deceased ) To 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 ) is 28436 days
28436 = 14218 + 14218
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 5/14/1992 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer circa 1992 and United States chief test pilot I performed the first flight of the US Army and Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow ) To 10/6/2004 is 4528 days
4528 = 2264 + 2264
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/14/1972 ( premiere US TV series "Sanford and Son"::series premiere episode "Crossed Swords" ) is 2264 days
From 10/6/1977 ( the first flight Soviet Union MiG-29 Fulcrum ) To 10/6/2004 is 9862 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/2/1992 ( Hal Roach deceased ) is 9862 days
From 8/27/1911 ( The New York Times "Martians Build Two Immense Canals in Two Years" ) To 7/4/1989 ( the unmanned Soviet Union MiG-23 crash in Belgium ) is 28436 days
28436 = 14218 + 14218
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 11/18/1996 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: First Contact" ) To 10/6/2004 is 2879 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/20/1973 ( Jim Croce killed in airplane crash ) is 2879 days
From 9/4/1942 ( premiere US film "The Secret Code" ) To 10/6/2004 is 22678 days
22678 = 11339 + 11339
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official 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 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 ) To 10/6/2004 is 4953 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/26/1979 ( Jimmy Carter - Gold Medal for John Wayne Statement on Signing S. 631 Into Law ) is 4953 days
From 1/21/1976 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut bound for deep space in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship this day was his first landing the planet Mars and his documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of the planet Mars ) To 10/6/2004 is 10486 days
10486 = 5243 + 5243
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/11/1980 ( premiere US TV series "United States" ) is 5243 days
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 10/6/2004 is 4278 days
4278 = 2139 + 2139
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/11/1971 ( Nikita Khrushchev dead ) is 2139 days
From 7/25/1956 ( premiere US film "Pardners" ) To 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 ) is 14218 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 2/11/1996 ( premiere US TV series episode "Space: Above And Beyond"::"The Angriest Angel" ) To 10/6/2004 is 3160 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/28/1974 ( Frank Sutton dead ) is 3160 days
From 2/11/1996 ( premiere US TV series episode "Space: Above And Beyond"::"The Angriest Angel" ) To 10/6/2004 is 3160 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/28/1974 ( premiere US film "S*P*Y*S" ) is 3160 days
From 11/25/1963 ( Lyndon Johnson - Remarks to State Governors After President Kennedy's Funeral ) To 10/6/2004 is 14926 days
14926 = 7463 + 7463
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/9/1986 ( --- ) is 7463 days
From 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) To 10/6/2004 is 5558 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/20/1981 ( my biological maternal grandfather Ronald Wilson Reagan in office as the 40th President of the United States of America ) is 5558 days
From 8/15/1950 ( my biological paternal aunt Anne the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom monarchy ) To 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush kills 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because I was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 as United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess and I was assigned to maintain custody of a non-violent offender military prisoner of the United States ) is 14218 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 11/17/1972 ( premiere US film "The Mechanic" ) To 10/6/2004 is 11646 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/21/1997 ( premiere US TV series episode "The Simpsons"::"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" ) is 11646 days
From 1/6/1963 ( premiere US TV series "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" ) To 12/10/2001 ( premiere US film "Vanilla Sky" ) is 14218 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 9/25/1964 ( premiere US TV series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."::series premiere episode "Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course" ) To 8/30/2003 ( Charles Bronson dead ) is 14218 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/6/2004 is 14218 days
From 6/23/1992 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the presentation ceremony for the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology as a scheduled criminal event & all George Herbert Walker Bush activity ) To 10/6/2004 is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1971 ( 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 confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 2244 days
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041006-21.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 6, 2004
Statement by the President
I commend the Senate for acting in a bipartisan way to pass landmark legislation that will help us meet our goal to better protect the American people by strengthening the Intelligence Community. The National Intelligence Reform Act is consistent with my proposal to establish a strong National Intelligence Director with full budget authority and the new National Counterterrorism Center. America is a Nation at war, and this legislation is another important step forward as we do everything in our power to defeat the terrorist enemy and protect the American people. I urge the House to act quickly so that Congress can resolve any differences and send legislation to me as soon as possible.
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041006-9.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 6, 2004
President's Remarks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
10:13 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you all for coming. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thanks for such a great welcome. I appreciate it. It's great to be in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It's such an honor to be back here. I'm glad to be in a part of the world where people work hard, they love their families -- (applause) -- good to be in a part of the world where people like to hunt and fish. (Applause.) My regret is that Laura is not with me. She is --
AUDIENCE: Awww --
THE PRESIDENT: I know it. (Laughter.) That's generally the reaction. (Laughter.) Kind of like, why didn't you stay home and send Laura. (Laughter.) You're not going to believe this, it's a true story -- or kind of true. (Laughter.) I said, will you marry me? She said, fine, just so long as I never have to give a speech. (Laughter.) I said, okay, you got a deal. (Laughter.) Fortunately, she didn't hold me to that promise. Laura -- when Laura speaks, people see a compassionate, decent, strong First Lady. (Applause.)
I had my morning briefing today with someone you're familiar with -- that would be your former governor, Tom Ridge. (Applause.) So Laura sends her best, as does Tom Ridge.
Today I traveled with Don Sherwood. (Applause.) As we say in Crawford, he's a good one. He's a great member of the United States House of Representatives. I'm proud to work with him. He cares deeply about the people of this important part of the state of Pennsylvania. He is a -- he is a fine representative who brings integrity to the office. I appreciate your service. (Applause.)
I want to thank all the state and local officials who are here. I want to thank the candidates who are here. I want to thank the grassroots activists who are here. (Applause.) I want to thank you for what you're going to do, which is to put up the signs, make the phone calls, turn out the vote. With your help, there's no doubt in my mind we'll carry Pennsylvania. (Applause.)
I am sure many of you stayed up to watch the vice presidential debate last night. (Applause.) America saw two very different visions of our country, and two different hairdos. (Laughter.) I didn't pick my Vice President for his hairdo. I picked him for his judgment, his experience -- (applause.) A great Vice President. I'm proud to be running with him. (Applause.)
In less than a month you'll have a chance to vote for Dick Cheney and me. Think about that -- less than a month. I'm looking forward to coming down the stretch with a positive, strong message. As your President I've worked to make America a more hopeful and more secure place. I've led our country with principle and resolve. And that's how I'll lead our nation for four more years. (Applause.)
When I took -- when I took office in 2001, the bubble of the '90s had burst. Our economy was headed into a recession. And because of the attacks of September the 11th, nearly a million jobs were lost in three months. It was a dangerous time for our economy. People were warning of potential deflation and depression. But I acted. To stimulate the economy, I called on Congress to pass historic tax relief, which it did, without my opponent's "yes" vote. (Applause.) The tax relief was the fuel that got our economy growing again. Thanks to the efforts of our citizens, and the right policies in the right place at the right time, we put the recession behind us and America is creating jobs once again. (Applause.)
We have built a broad and solid record of accomplishment. In the past year, the United States of America has added about 1.7 million new jobs. (Applause.) More than Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Canada and France combined. (Applause.) Real tax -- real after-tax income -- that's the money in your pocket to spend on groceries or house payments and rent -- is up more than 10 percent since I took office. (Applause.) Home ownership is at an all-time high in America. (Applause.) Farm income is up. Small businesses are flourishing. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong in the United States of America. (Applause.)
Ours is a record of accomplishment. Thanks to reforms in education, math and reading scores are increasing in our public schools. (Applause.) Ten million students will get record levels of grants and loans to help with college. (Applause.) Low-income seniors -- low-income seniors are getting $600 extra to help pay for medicine this year in their drug discount cards. And soon Medicare will offer prescription drug coverage to every senior in America. (Applause.) We have made America a stronger, more hopeful country -- and we're just getting started. (Applause.)
Listen, I -- I like to travel our country because I have a chance to talk to our fellow citizens. I understand the challenges facing our nation. People are living and working in a time of change. Workers switch jobs more than they used to, which means they often need new skills and benefits they can take with them from job to job. We're in a changing world, yet the systems of government haven't changed. I'm running for four more years to change the systems of government so people can better realize the great dreams of America. (Applause.)
Making sure people realize those dreams, it's essential that our education systems work. We're going to raise the standards and expectations in every high school. We'll invest in our nation's fine community colleges so workers can be prepared to fill the jobs of the 21st century. We're going to expand health savings accounts so people can pay health expenses with tax-free money and keep the savings if they change jobs. We're going to improve Social Security, to allow younger workers to own a piece of their own retirement, a nest egg that the Washington politicians can never take away. (Applause.)
To keep this economy strong and competitive, we must make sure America is the best place in the world to start a business and to do business. (Applause.) To make sure America is the best place in the world to start a business, our taxes must be low; Congress must make the tax relief we passed permanent. (Applause.) To keep jobs here, there need to be less regulations on our small businesses. (Applause.) To keep jobs here, we must pass an energy plan that makes us less dependent on foreign sources of energy. (Applause.) To make sure jobs exist here in America, we got to do something about these junk and frivolous lawsuits. (Applause.) Trial lawyers shouldn't be getting rich at the expense of our entrepreneurs and our doctors. (Applause.)
My opponent and I have a very different view on how to grow our economy. Let me start with taxes. I have a record of reducing them; he has a record of raising them.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: He voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes 98 times.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: That's a lot. (Laughter.) He voted for higher taxes on Social Security benefits.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: In 1997, he voted for the formula that helped cause the increase in Medicare premiums.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: My opponent was against all of our middle class tax relief. He voted instead to squeeze another $2,000 per year from the average middle class family. Now the Senator is proposing higher taxes on more than 900,000 small business owners. My opponent is one of the few candidates in history to campaign on a pledge to raise taxes. (Laughter.) And that's the kind of promise a politician from Massachusetts usually keeps. (Laughter and applause.)
He says the tax increase is only for the rich. You've heard that kind of rhetoric before. The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason -- to stick you with the tab. The Senator is not going to tax you because we're going to win in November. (Applause.)
The Senator and I have different views on another threat to our economy -- frivolous lawsuits. He's been a part of the Washington crowd that has obstructed legal reform again and again. Meanwhile, all across America unfair lawsuits are hurting small businesses. Lawsuits are driving up health care costs. Lawsuits are threatening OB/GYNs all across our country. Lawsuits are driving good doctors out of practice. (Applause.) We need a President who will stand up to the trial lawyers in Washington, not put one on the ticket. (Applause.)
The Senator and I have very different views on health care. I've got a specific plan to help Americans find health care that's available and affordable, lawsuit reform, association health care plans to help our small businesses, health savings accounts, community health centers to help the poor, expanding health care for low-income children, using technology to drive down the cost of health care.
He has a different vision. Under his health plan, 8 million Americans would lose the private insurance they get at work, and most would end up on a government program. Under his plan, 8 out of 10 people who get new insurance will get it from the federal government. My opponent's proposal would be the largest expansion of government-run health care ever. And when government pays the bills, government makes the rules. His plan would put bureaucrats in charge of dictating coverage, which could ration care and limit your choice of doctor. Senator Kerry's proposal would put us on the path to "Clinton-care."
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: I'll make sure doctors and patients are in charge of the decisions in America's health care. (Applause.)
The Senator and I have different views on government spending. Over the years, he's voted 274 times to break the federal budget limits. And in this campaign, Senator Kerry has announced more than $2 trillion in new spending. And that's a lot of money even for a senator from Massachusetts. (Laughter and applause.) During his 20 years as a senator, my opponent hasn't had many accomplishments. Of the hundreds of bills he submitted, only five became law. One of them was ceremonial. But to be fair, he's earned a special distinction in Congress. The nonpartisan National Journal analyzed his record and named John Kerry the most liberal member of the United States Senate.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: And when the competition includes Ted Kennedy, that's really saying something. (Laughter and applause.) I'm telling you, I know that bunch. (Laughter.) It wasn't easy for my opponent to become the single most liberal member of the Senate. You might even say, it was hard work. (Laughter and applause.) But he earned that title -- by voting for higher taxes, more regulation, more junk lawsuits, and more government control over your life.
And that sets up a real difference in this campaign. My opponent is a tax-and-spend liberal; I'm a compassionate conservative. (Applause.) My opponent -- my opponent wants to empower government; I want to use government to empower people. (Applause.) My opponent seems to think all the wisdom is found in Washington, D.C.; I trust the wisdom of the American people. (Applause.)
Our differences are also clear on issues of national security. When I took office in 2001, threats to America had been gathering for years. Then on one terrible morning, the terrorists took more lives than America lost at Pearl Harbor. Since that day, we have waged a global campaign to protect the American people and bring our enemies to account. Our government has trained over a half a million first responders. We tripled spending on homeland security. Law enforcement and intelligence have better tools to stop terrorists, thanks to the Patriot Act, which Senator Kerry voted for, but now wants to weaken. The Taliban regime that sheltered al Qaeda is gone from power and the people of Afghanistan will vote in free elections this very week. (Applause.)
A black market network that provided weapons materials to North Korea and Libya and Iran is now out of business. (Applause.) Libya, itself, has given up its weapons of mass destruction programs. (Applause.) We convinced Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to join the fight against the terrorists. And more than three-quarters of al Qaeda's key members and associates have been brought to justice. (Applause.)
After September the 11th, America had to assess every potential threat in a new light. Our nation awakened to an even greater danger, the prospect that terrorists who killed thousands with hijacked airplanes would kill many more with weapons of mass murder. We had to take a hard look at everyplace where terrorists might get those weapons. And one regime stood out: the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
We knew the dictator had a history of using weapons of mass destruction, a long record of aggression and hatred for America. He was listed by Republican and Democrat administrations as a state sponsor of terrorists. There was a risk -- a real risk -- that Saddam Hussein would pass weapons, or materials, or information to terrorist networks. In the world after September the 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take. (Applause.)
After 12 years of United Nations Security Council resolutions, we gave him a final chance to come clean and listen to the demands of the free world. When he chose defiance and war, our coalition enforced the just demands of the world. And the world is better off with Saddam Hussein sitting in a prison cell. (Applause.)
We've had many victories in the war on terror, and that war goes on. Our nation is safer, but not yet safe. To win this war, we must fight on every front. We'll stay on the offensive against terrorist networks, striking them before they come to America to hurt us. We'll confront governments that support terrorists and could arm them, because they're equally guilty of terrorist murder. (Applause.) And our long-term victory requires confronting the ideology of hate with freedom and hope. (Applause.)
Our victory requires changing the conditions that produce radicalism and suicide bombers, and finding new democratic allies in a troubled part of the region. America is always more secure when freedom is on the march. And freedom is on the march -- in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere. (Applause.) There will be good days and there will be bad days in the war on terror, but every day we will show our resolve and we will do our duty. This nation is determined: we will stay in the fight until the fight is won. (Applause.)
My opponent agrees with all this -- except when he doesn't. (Laughter.) Last week in our debate, he once again came down firmly on every side of the Iraq war. (Laughter.) He stated that Saddam Hussein was a threat and that America had no business removing that threat. Senator Kerry said our soldiers and Marines are not fighting for a mistake -- but also called the liberation of Iraq a "colossal error." He said we need to do more to train Iraqis, but he also said we shouldn't be spending so much money over there. He said he wants to hold a summit meeting, so he can invite other countries to join what he calls "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." (Laughter and applause.)
He said terrorists are pouring across the Iraqi border, but also said that fighting those terrorists is a diversion from the war on terror. (Laughter.) You hear all that and you can understand why somebody would make a face. (Laughter and applause.)
My opponent's endless back-and-forth on Iraq is part of a larger misunderstanding. In the war on terror, Senator Kerry is proposing policies and doctrines that would weaken America and make the world more dangerous. His -- Senator Kerry approaches the world with a September the 10th mind-set. He declared in his convention speech that "any attack will be met with a swift and certain response." That was the mind-set of the 1990s, while al Qaeda was planning the attacks on America. After September the 11th, our object in the war on terror is not to wait for the next attack and respond, but to prevent attacks by taking the fight to the enemy. (Applause.)
In our debate, Senator Kerry said that removing Saddam Hussein was a mistake because the threat was not imminent. The problem with this approach is obvious: if America waits until a threat is at our doorstep, it might be too late to save lives. (Applause.) Tyrants and terrorists will not give us polite notice before they launch an attack on our country. (Applause.) I refuse to stand by while dangers gather. In the world after September the 11th, the path to safety is the path of action. And I will continue to defend the people of the United States of America. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thank you all.
My opponent has also announced the Kerry doctrine, declaring that American actions in the war on terror must pass a "global test."
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Under this test, America would not be able to act quickly against threats, because we'd be sitting around waiting for our grade from other nations and other leaders. (Laughter.)
I have a different view: America will always work with allies for security and peace. But the President's job is not to pass a global test; the President's job is to protect the American people. (Applause.) Thank you all.
When my opponent first ran for Congress, he argued that American troops should be deployed only at the directive of the United Nations.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: Now, he's changed his mind. (Laughter.) No, he has, in all fairness. But it is a window into his thinking. Over the years, Senator Kerry has looked for every excuse to constrain America's action in the world. These days he praises America's broad coalition in the Persian Gulf War. But in 1991, he criticized those coalition members as "shadow battlefield allies who barely carry a burden." Sounds familiar. At that time, he voted against the war. If that coalition didn't pass his global test, clearly, nothing will. (Laughter and applause.) This mind-set would paralyze America in a dangerous world. I'll never hand over America's security decisions to foreign leaders and international bodies that do not have America's interests at heart. (Applause.)
My opponent's doctrine has other consequences, especially for our men and women in uniform. My opponent supports the International Criminal Court, which would allow unaccountable foreign prosecutors and judges to put American soldiers on trial.
AUDIENCE: Booo!
THE PRESIDENT: That would be a legal nightmare for our troops. My fellow citizens, as long as I'm your President, Americans in uniform will answer to the officers and laws of the United States -- not to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: The Senator speaks often about his plan to strengthen America's alliances, but he's got an odd way of doing it. In the middle of the war, he's chosen to insult America's fighting allies by calling them, "window dressing," and the "coalition of the coerced and the bribed." The Italians who died in Nasiriyah were not window dressing. They were heroes in the war on terror. (Applause.) The British and the Poles at the head of the multinational divisions in Iraq were not coerced or bribed. They have fought, and some have died, in the cause of freedom. These good allies and dozens of others deserve the respect of all Americans, not the scorn of a politician. (Applause.)
Instead, the Senator would have America bend over backwards to satisfy a handful of governments with agendas different from our own. This is my opponent's alliance-building strategy: brush off your best friends, fawn over your critics. And that is no way to gain the respect of the world. (Applause.)
My opponent says he has a plan for Iraq. Parts of it should sound pretty familiar -- it's already known as the Bush plan. (Laughter and applause.) Senator Kerry suggests we train Iraqi troops, which we've been doing for months. Just this week, Iraqi forces backed by coalition troops fought bravely to take the city of Samarra from the terrorists and Baathists and insurgents. (Applause.) Senator Kerry -- Senator Kerry is proposing that we have -- that Iraq have elections. (Laughter.) Those elections are already scheduled for January. (Laughter and applause.) He wants the U.N. to be involved in those elections. Well, the U.N. is already there.
There was one element of the Senator -- there's one element of Senator Kerry's plan that's a new element. He's talked about artificial timetables to pull our troops out of Iraq. He sent the signal that America's overriding goal in Iraq would be to leave, even if the job isn't done. That may satisfy his political needs, but it complicates the essential work we're doing in Iraq. (Applause.) The Iraqi people -- the Iraqi people need to know that America will not cut and run when their freedom is at stake. (Applause.) Our soldiers and Marines need to know that America will honor their service and sacrifice by completing the mission. (Applause.) And our enemies in Iraq need to know that they can never out-last the will of America. (Applause.)
Senator Kerry assures us that he's the one to win a war he calls a mistake, an error, and a diversion. But you can't win a war you don't believe in fighting. (Applause.) In Iraq, Senator Kerry has a strategy of retreat; I have a strategy of victory. (Applause.) We've returned sovereignty to the Iraqi people ahead of schedule. We've trained about 100,000 Iraqi soldiers, police officers and other security personnel, and that total will rise to 125,000 by year-end. We've already allocated more than $7 billion for reconstruction efforts, so more Iraqis can see the benefits of freedom. We're working with a coalition of some 30 nations to provide security. Other nations are helping with debt relief and reconstruction aid for Iraqis. And although the terrorists will try to stop them, Iraq will hold free elections in January, because the Iraqi people want and deserve to govern themselves. (Applause.)
I understand some Americans have strong concerns about our role in Iraq. I respect the fact that they take this issue seriously, because it is a serious matter. I assure them we're in Iraq because I deeply believe it is necessary and right and critical to the outcome of the war on terror. If another terror regime were allowed to emerge in Iraq, the terrorists would find a home, a source of funding, vital support. They would correctly conclude that free nations do not have the will to defend themselves. If Iraq becomes a free society at the heart of the Middle East, an ally in the war on terror, a model of hopeful reform in a region that needs hopeful reform, the terrorists will suffer a crushing defeat, and every free nation will be more secure. (Applause.)
This is why Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman calls Iraq a "crucial battle in the global war on terrorism." This is why Prime Minister Tony Blair has called the struggle in Iraq "the crucible in which the future of global terrorism will be determined." This is why the terrorists are fighting with desperate cruelty. They know their own future is at stake. Iraq is no diversion; it is the place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror -- and we must not waver. (Applause.)
Unfortunately, my opponent has been known to waver. (Laughter.) His well-chosen words and rationalizations cannot explain why he voted to authorize force against Saddam Hussein, and then voted against money for bullets, and vehicles and body armor for the troops on the ground. He tried to clear it all up by saying, I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it. Now he says he "made a mistake" in how he talked about the war. The mistake here is not what Senator Kerry said; the mistake is what he did in voting against funding for Americans in combat. (Applause.) That is the kind of wavering a nation at war can never afford.
As a candidate, my opponent promises to defend America. The problem is as a senator for two decades, he has built a record of weakness. The record shows he twice led efforts to gut our intelligence service budgets. The record shows he voted against many of the weapons that won the Cold War, and are vital to current military operations. And the record shows he has voted more than 50 times against missile defense systems that would help protect us from the threats of a dangerous world.
I have a record in office, as well. And all Americans have seen that record. On September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget. There were workers in hard hats yelling at me, "Whatever it takes." I remember trying to console people coming out of that rubble, and a guy grabbed me by the arm, and he looked me in the eye and said, "Do not let me down." These men and women -- (applause) -- the men and women there took it personally. You took it personally. I took it personally. I have a responsibility that goes on. I wake up every morning thinking about how to make our country more secure. I have acted again and again to protect our people. I will never relent in defending America, whatever it takes. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Twenty-seven -- 27 days from today, Americans will make a critical choice. My opponent offers an agenda that is stuck in the thinking and the policies of the past. On national security, he offers the defensive mind-set of September the 10th, a global test to replace American leadership, a strategy of retreat in Iraq, and a 20-year history of weakness in the United States Senate. Here at home, he offers a record and an agenda of more taxes and more spending, and more litigation, and more government control over your life.
The race for President is a contest for the future, and you know where I stand. I'm running for President to keep this nation on the offensive against terrorists, with the goal of total victory. I'm running -- (applause) -- I'm running for President to keep this economy moving so every worker has a good job and quality health care and a secure retirement. (Applause.) I'm running for President to make our nation a more compassionate society, where no one is left out, where every life matters.
I have a hopeful vision. I believe this young century will be liberty's century. We'll promote liberty abroad, protect our country and build a better world beyond the war on terror. We'll encourage liberty at home to spread the prosperity and opportunity of America to every corner of our country. I will carry this message to my fellow citizens in the closing days of this campaign, and with your help, we will win a great victory on November the 2nd. God bless. God bless our great country. (Applause.)
Thank you all. Thanks for coming. (Applause.)
END 11:01 A.M. EDT
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/07/nation/na-intel7
Los Angeles Times
Senate Passes Major Overhaul of U.S. Intelligence
The bill is in line with 9/11 panel's proposals but must be reconciled with the House's version.
October 07, 2004 Mary Curtius Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — The Senate, determined to galvanize the nation's intelligence-gathering capabilities for the war on terrorism, on Wednesday approved a far-reaching restructuring of the nation's spy agencies.
Little more than two months after the Sept. 11 commission said that poor intelligence coordination made it easier for Al Qaeda to carry out its 2001 terrorist attacks, the Senate adopted its core recommendation: to give a new national intelligence director authority over the budgets and senior personnel of most of the nation's 15 domestic and international spy agencies.
The bill would also create a national counter-terrorism center to coordinate the agencies' intelligence collection and analysis. And it would establish a board to ensure that the war on terrorism did not infringe on civil liberties or privacy.
The vote was 96 to 2, with California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer voting with the majority. The two dissenters were Sens. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.).
The Senate bill must still be reconciled with the very different version of intelligence reform that is moving through the House and is expected to come to a vote this week.
Congressional leaders hope a compromise bill can be passed and sent to the White House before election day on Nov. 2.
Like its Senate counterpart, the House bill would create a national intelligence director and a counter-terrorism center.
But it would give the intelligence director less authority over budgets and personnel than the Senate bill. And it includes controversial new powers for law enforcement officials to track suspected terrorists and new measures that would make it easier to deport foreigners.
"I think we're quite close to the end," said Thomas H. Kean, the former governor of New Jersey who chaired the Sept. 11 commission. "But having said that, the hardest part may be still to come."
Kean and former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Ind.), the commission's vice chairman, welcomed the passage of the Senate bill, which they said more closely tracks the commission's recommendations than the House version. Both men said they believed it was public pressure that moved Congress to respond quickly to the commission's recommendations.
"There is tremendous demand by the public to have the president sign a bill that is going to make them safer," Kean said.
Republicans and Democrats praised the Senate's work as a rare feat of bipartisanship pulled off in the heat of national elections, singling out for credit the bill's coauthors, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.).
They prevailed over Armed Services Committee Chairman John W. Warner (R-Va.) and Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who wanted the Pentagon to retain control over most of the estimated $40-billion intelligence budget. Warner and Stevens voted for the final bill.
In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Union said it was disappointed with the Senate bill because it would create an information-sharing network that would link different government databases for easier access by law enforcement.
The ACLU said the provision lacked privacy and civil liberties safeguards and contained provisions establishing a national standard for states to issue driver's licenses, a move the ACLU said "would lead to the back-door creation of a national ID card."
The action shifts to the House, where the Republican leadership is under increasing pressure from the White House to strip some of the more controversial measures out of the bill before it comes to a final vote. The House leadership hopes to begin debate on a bill today.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has said that all the provisions of the House bill respond to the Sept. 11 commission's report and are necessary to bolster national security. In a news conference Wednesday, he and other key House Republicans criticized the Senate bill, which they said failed to deal with some of the commission's recommendations.
Hamilton said he believed the politics of the national election may prove powerful enough to push Congress to wrap up a bill and get it to President Bush for signing before Nov. 2.
"I think the leadership in both houses and the White House want a bill before the election," Hamilton said. "That's very important. They do not want to go back to the people and say we passed it in the House and the Senate but no law."
Pressured by families of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Congress created the Sept. 11 commission more than two years ago to investigate the events leading up to the attacks.
In its final report, the panel detailed intelligence failures that had left the nation unable to defend against the attacks. It made 41 recommendations for restructuring government to cope with the threat of global terrorism.
Senate leaders asked the relatively obscure Governmental Affairs Committee, whose turf would be unaffected by a restructuring of the intelligence community, to fashion a bill.
Collins, the committee's chairwoman, and Lieberman, the ranking Democrat, won a unanimous vote from their committee on the bill, then steered it through eight days of sometimes passionate debate on the Senate floor.
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The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Remarks in a Discussion at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 20, 2004
The President. Thank you all very much. Please be seated.
Audience members. Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
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The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Remarks in a Discussion at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 20, 2004
The President.
And so we said to the Taliban that was running Afghanistan, "Get rid of them. Join our side." They refused, of course, and so I had the tough decision to make—and that is to enforce our word in order to make the world a better place. And we did
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tv.com
United States Season 1 Episode 1
All Our Weapons
Aired Tuesday 8:30 PM Mar 11, 1980 on NBC
AIRED: 3/11/80
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 6/23/1992 is 181 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/2/1966 ( the television interview of Jeremiah Denton ) is 181 days
From 3/10/1940 ( Chuck Norris ) To 6/23/1992 is 19098 days
19098 = 9549 + 9549
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 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps Warrant Officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 9549 days
From 6/23/1992 To 4/19/1995 ( Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in a scheduled terrorist attack destroys the Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building with many fatalities and massive destruction to the United States of America Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the local area ) is 1030 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 8/28/1968 ( premiere US film "The Hell with Heroes" ) is 1030 days
From 2/14/1986 ( premiere US film "The Delta Force" ) To 6/23/1992 is 2321 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/11/1972 ( the first voyage of Carnival Cruise Lines ) is 2321 days
From 12/25/1971 ( 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 confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) To 6/23/1992 is 7486 days
7486 = 3743 + 3743
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/1/1976 ( remiere US TV miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" ) is 3743 days
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George Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology
June 23, 1992
Thank you, and welcome to the Rose Garden. Well, thank you very much. And what a beautiful day here in the Rose Garden.
I am very proud to present the National Medals of Science and Technology to our 16 recipients
Entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, who cofounded Microsoft
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=4474
George Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Presidential Library and Museum
Public Papers
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology
1992-06-23
Thank you, and welcome to the Rose Garden. Well, thank you very much. And what a beautiful day here in the Rose Garden.
I am very proud to present the National Medals of Science and Technology to our 16 recipients
Entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, who cofounded Microsoft
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-city-of-new-york-vs-homer-simpson-1464/trivia/
tv.com
The Simpsons Season 9 Episode 1
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Aired Sunday 8:00 PM Sep 21, 1997 on FOX
Quotes
(After Homer destroys the car boot)
Homer: Hehe, Homer one. New York nothin'.
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IMDb
Charles Bronson
Biography
Date of Birth 3 November 1921, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death 30 August 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease)
Birth Name Charles Dennis Buchinsky
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/releaseinfo
IMDb
Animal House (1978)
Release Info
USA 27 July 1978 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/fullcredits
IMDb
Animal House (1978)
Full Cast & Crew
John Belushi ... John Blutarsky
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IMDb
Animal House (1978)
Quotes
[the Deltas have been expelled]
Bluto: Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077416/quotes
IMDb
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Quotes
Nick: I don't think about that much with one shot anymore, Mike.
Michael: You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about.
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IMDb
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Release Info
USA 8 December 1978 (Los Angeles, California)
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IMDb
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Full Cast & Crew
Robert De Niro ... Michael
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The American Presidency Project
Harry S. Truman
XXXIII President of the United States: 1945 - 1953
157 - Special Message to the Congress Upon Approving the Hobbs Bill.
July 3, 1946
To the Congress of the United States:
I have today approved H.R. 32, the so-called Hobbs Bill. This measure makes it a felony for any person to commit robbery or extortion which in any way obstructs, delays, or affects interstate commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in interstate commerce.
This Bill corresponds in terms to section 7 of H.R. 4908, the Case Bill, which I returned on June 11, 1946, without my approval. In my message of June 11, I stated that I was in full accord with the objectives of section 7 of the Case Bill. I added that "some question may arise from the fact that section 7 omits from the original act the provision that it was not to be construed so as to 'impair, diminish or in any manner affect the rights of bona fide labor organizations in lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof.'"
The measure now comes before me as a separate enactment, rather than as one provision of the Case Bill.
Section 11 of the Case Bill seriously weakened the protection afforded to labor by the Norris-La Guardia Act and correspondingly crippled the specific exceptions contained in section 7 of the Case Bill. The present act, standing alone, is not subject to this objection.
The Attorney General advises me that the present Bill does not in any way interfere with the rights of unions in carrying out their legitimate objectives. He bases this conclusion upon the language of the Bill, as a separate measure, and upon the legislative history.
He makes reference, in particular, to Title II of the Bill. That title provides that nothing in the Bill shall be construed to repeal, modify, or affect the Railway Labor Act, the Norris-La Guardia Act, the Wagner Act, and specified sections of the Clayton Act, i.e., the great legislative safeguards which the Congress has established for the protection of labor in the exercise of its fundamental rights. The Attorney General also advises that the legislative history shows that the Bill is not intended to deprive labor of any of its recognized rights, including the right to strike and to picket, and to take other legitimate and peaceful concerted action.
On this understanding, I am approving the Bill.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Note: As enacted, H.R. 32 is Public Law 486, 79th Congress (60 Stat. 420).
http://www.boeing.com/history/products/ah-64-apache.page
Boeing
AH-64 APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER
Historical Snapshot
The AH-64 Apache was designed to be an extremely tough survivor under combat. The prototype Apache made its first flight in 1975 as the YAH-64, and in 1976, Hughes received a full-scale development contract. In 1982, the Army approved the program, now known as AH-64A Apache, for production. Deliveries began from the McDonnell Douglas plant at Mesa, Ariz., in 1984 — the year Hughes Helicopters became part of McDonnell Douglas.
A target acquisition and designation sight/pilot night-vision sensor and other advanced technologies added to its effectiveness in the ground support role. To reduce costs and simplify logistics, the Apache used the same T700 engines as the Army’s Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter and its naval cousin, the SH-60 Seahawk.
Highly maneuverable and heavily armed, the combat-proven Apache helicopter is the backbone of the U.S. Army’s all-weather, ground-support capability. The AH-64D Apache Longbow, which first flew as a prototype on May 14, 1992, provided a quantum leap in capability over the AH-64A. The Apache Longbow’s fire-control radar and advanced avionics suite gave combat pilots the ability to rapidly detect, classify, prioritize, and engage stationary or moving enemy targets at standoff ranges in nearly all weather conditions. There is also an international Apache export version.
Over the years, the Apache has been enhanced with advanced technology to make the helicopter more survivable, deployable and easier to maintain. The AH-64 Apache is the most advanced multirole combat helicopter for the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces.
In 2003, the Army accepted the first advanced technology Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow, referred to as Block II. The Block II version incorporated advanced avionics, digital enhancements and communications upgrades.
In 2011, Boeing delivered the first AH-64D Apache Block III multirole attack helicopter to the Army. Block III brought superior flight performance and increased networked communications capabilities. The AH-64D Apache Block III was renamed the AH-64E Apache “Guardian” in 2012.
In 2012, Boeing also received all-new fuselages for the first AH-64E helicopters, incorporating a variety of small but important modifications to accommodate AH-64E configuration changes, such as enhancements to the extended forward avionics bays and slots for new electronics. More than 100 AH-64Es had been produced as of October 2014.
http://www.tv.com/shows/sanford-and-son/crossed-swords-57864/
tv.com
Sanford and Son Season 1 Episode 1
Crossed Swords
Aired Unknown Jan 14, 1972 on NBC
AIRED: 1/14/72
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IMDb
Hal Roach
Biography
Date of Birth 14 January 1892, Elmira, New York, USA
Date of Death 2 November 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia)
Birth Name Harry Eugene Roach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Roach
Hal Roach
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s, best known today for producing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) film comedy series.
World War II and television
Hal Roach, Sr. was called to active military duty in the Signal Corps in June 1942, at age 50, and the studio output he oversaw in uniform was converted from entertainment featurettes to military training films. The studios were leased to the U.S. Army Air Forces, and the First Motion Picture Unit made 400 training, morale and propaganda films at "Fort Roach". Members of the unit included Ronald W. Reagan
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316972/Nikita-Sergeyevich-Khrushchev
Encyclopædia Britannica
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Premier of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, (born April 17 [April 5, Old Style], 1894, Kalinovka, Russia —died September 11, 1971, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union), first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953–64) and premier of the Soviet Union (1958–64)
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IMDb
Pardners (1956)
Release Info
USA 25 July 1956 (New York City, New York)
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IMDb
Pardners (1956)
Plot Summary
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
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IMDb
Pardners (1956)
Full Cast & Crew
Dean Martin ... Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.
Jerry Lewis ... Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
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IMDb
Phoebe Cates
Biography
Date of Birth 16 July 1963, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name Phoebe Belle Cates
http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/175.htm
The Best of Both Worlds Part 2 [ Star Trek: The Next Generation ]
Stardate: 44001.4
Original Airdate: Sep 24, 1990
PICARD [on viewscreen]: The knowledge and experience of the human Picard is part of us now. It has prepared us for all possible courses of action. Your resistance is hopeless, Number One.
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IMDb
Pardners (1956)
Quotes
Wade Kingsley Jr.: Well, I tell you what we could do. We could first ...
Slim Mosely Jr.: There's no "we!" There's "me" and there's "you," and "you" I don't want to see anymore!
Wade Kingsley Jr.: Yeah, but I thought maybe even ...
Slim Mosely Jr.: Don't "thought!" It's over! Good-bye and good luck!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/quotes
IMDb
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Quotes
SofÃa: Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068931/releaseinfo
IMDb
The Mechanic (1972)
Release Info
USA 17 November 1972 (New York City, New York)
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IMDb
The Mechanic (1972)
Full Cast & Crew
Charles Bronson ... Arthur Bishop
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-city-of-new-york-vs-homer-simpson-1464/
tv.com
The Simpsons Season 9 Episode 1
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Aired Sunday 8:00 PM Sep 21, 1997 on FOX
AIRED: 9/21/97
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/releaseinfo
IMdb
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Release Info
USA 10 December 2001 (premiere)
http://www.tv.com/shows/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom/january-06-1963-1045147/
tv.com
Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Season 1 Episode 1
January 06, 1963
Aired Sunday 7:00 PM Jan 06, 1963
AIRED: 1/6/63
http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-MORG-TRE-1384.html?query=thomas+charles&field=content
Dictionary of Welsh Biography
The National Library of Wales
GODFREY CHARLES MORGAN ( 1831 - 1913 ), the 2nd baron , and FREDERICK COURTENAY MORGAN of Rhiwpera castle ( 1834 - 1909 ). The two younger sons served in the Crimean War and the 2nd lord Tredegar , then a captain in the 17th Lancers , took part in the famous cavalry charge at Balaclava . He was Member of Parliament for Brecknock from 1858 till he succeeded to the title in 1875 . He was created viscount TREDEGAR , 28 Dec. 1905 . He d. unmarried, 11 March 1913
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IMDb
Marlin Perkins
Biography
Date of Birth 28 March 1905, Carthage, Missouri, USA
Date of Death 14 June 1986, Clayton, Missouri, USA (cancer)
Birth Name Richard Marlin Perkins
http://fanficflightdeck.space-readyroom.de/GenStories/transcript_taa.html
THE ANGRIEST ANGEL
Original Air Date: 11th February 1996
Cut to a corridor, Winslow approaches McQueen's quarters. She can hear music coming from inside. She knocks on the door. There is no reply. She knocks again.
McQUEEN'S VOICE: Who's at my hatch?
WINSLOW: Sir, it's Lieutenant Winslow, sir.
McQUEEN'S VOICE: Come in.
She enters and first notices a photographic image of the alien fighter. McQueen has his back to her and he's looking out the window. He's wearing a vest with no shirt. She closes the door.
WINSLOW: Sir, the Lieutenant wishes to express her .... Can you hear me?
He stops the music.
WINSLOW: Sir, the Lieutenant wishes to express her most sincere apologies for her actions last evening. ... Sir, the Lieutenant has the utmost respect and admiration for the Colonel and regrets ... any words or actions which might have insulted the Colonel's honour. ... Colonel McQueen, I'm sorry.
McQUEEN: Apology, accepted.
He turns and moves across the room.
McQUEEN: Will there be anything else, Lieutenant?
WINSLOW: Sir, the Lieutenant has ... observed recently inordinate bahaviour by Colonel McQueen ...
He moves books around on the bookshelf.
WINSLOW: ... and realises that due to circumstances, or by design, the Colonel has no one with which to ... communicate his feelings.
He turns and moves to the desk and takes hold of the photo of himself with a woman.
McQUEEN: It's by design, Lieutenant, but not mine.
WINSLOW: Is she still alive ... sir?
McQUEEN: She lives in a town called Wilkes-Barre. That's in Pennsylvania.
WINSLOW: And she's on your mind?
McQUEEN: She is ... a bit. My life with her is ... (puts down photo) a lot.
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041006-9.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 6, 2004
President's Remarks in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
10:13 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you all for coming. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thanks for such a great welcome. I appreciate it. It's great to be in Wilkes-Barre
AUDIENCE: Booo!
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-05/news/mn-3104_1_nato-air
Los Angeles Times
Pilotless MIG Flies Into NATO Skies, Crashes
July 05, 1989 From Times Wire Services
BRUSSELS — A Soviet jet fighter flew over three NATO nations Tuesday, after its pilot ejected over Poland, and crashed into a house near the French-Belgian border, killing a teen-ager inside.
Officials of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, headquartered in Brussels, said U.S. F-15s intercepted the MIG-23 soon after it entered NATO airspace and accompanied it until it crashed. They said the Soviet plane was carrying only conventional weapons.
The Soviet news agency Tass said the plane went astray after the pilot ejected because of equipment failure "during a training flight over Poland." It said the pilot survived.
A spokesman for the West German air force's administrative headquarters said in Cologne that the MIG took off from the Polish city of Kolobrzeg, more than 625 miles from where it came down.
Tass said the Soviet Defense Ministry was "contacting governments of the countries whose airspace was crossed by the plane"--West Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
In Brussels, Foreign Minister Mark Eyskens summoned the Soviet ambassador to his office for further explanation, a spokesman for Eyskens said.
At the Defense Department in Washington, Air Force Maj. Mike Stepp said the NATO air defense system picked up the MIG "before it ever crossed into NATO airspace," and the F-15s "were scrambled and intercepted the aircraft."
When the American pilots caught the Soviet plane, they saw "it had no canopy and no pilot," he said.
No Soviet Warning
West German government sources said in Bonn that Soviet officials apparently gave NATO no warning that the plane was approaching, and one questioned why Warsaw Pact defenses did not try to shoot it down.
"We would like to know whether the Soviets knew an aircraft was about to go West and why they never made any attempt to bring it down in their airspace," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The plane flew over some of Western Europe's most densely populated areas and went down only miles from a cluster of urban areas along the border.
Gaston Bourlet of the Belgian Defense Ministry said the MIG crashed at 10:37 a.m. into a house near Wevelgem, 50 miles west of Brussels, killing an 18-year-old man. The house was destroyed and only the MIG's tail section, adorned with a red star, was still recognizable.
Firefighters fought the flames for more than an hour.
Military officials in West Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium said that the MIG-23 entered West German airspace at 9:42 a.m. and that there was no response to radio requests for identification. The U.S. Air Force F-15s scrambled from Soesterberg Air Base in the central Netherlands and caught the intruder over northern West Germany.
After crossing into northern Holland at 40,000 feet, the Soviet fighter veered southward, lost speed and altitude and crashed 55 minutes after it was detected on NATO radar screens, they said.
Lt. Col. Michael R. Gannon, a spokesman at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe near Casteau, Belgium, said NATO officials had hoped the MIG would head out over the North Sea, where the F-15s could safely shoot it down.
Another official at the headquarters said privately the decision was made not to attack over land because "when it is shot in the air at high altitude, you don't know where it is going."
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Deseret News
BELGIAN DIES WHEN SOVIET JET HITS BEDROOM OF HIS HOME
Published: Tuesday, July 4 1989 12:00 a.m. MDT
A Soviet MiG-23 fighter jet Tuesday crashed into a house near the French border, killing one person, officials said. The pilot apparently had bailed out.
Two U.S. Air Force F-15 jets intercepted the plane after it crossed into Western European airspace and escorted it until it crashed.Defense Ministry spokesman Gaston Bourlet said the plane crashed at 10:37 a.m. in Wevelgem, a town on the French border about 50 miles west of Brussels.
Emmanuel de Bethune, mayor of the nearby town of Kortrijk, said a man was killed when the plane crashed into a bedroom of his home. The whereabouts of the pilot were unknown.
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HighBeam RESEARCH
A bolt from the blue. (MiG-23 fighter crash on July 4, 1989) (column)
Journal of Electronic Defense
September 1, 1989 Burhans, William A.
A Bolt from the Blue
It appeared as a brief announcement entitled "At the USSR Ministry of Defense" on page 3 of the 5 July 1989 issue of the Ministry of Defense daily newspaper Krasnaya zvezda (Red Star). On 4 July 1989, the pilot of a MiG-23 fighter interceptor assigned to an aviation unit of the Northern Group of Forces during a training mission had to eject immediately after takeoff and survived. "The aircraft continued uncontrolled flight in a western direction and fell in Belgian territory.
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MARTIANS BUILD TWO IMMENSE CANALS IN TWO YEARS
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ACCORDING to a telegram dated Aug. 17, from Flagstaff Observatory, Arizona, Dr. Percival Lowell announces the rediscovery of two new canals of Mars, which
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Sunday Magazine
Martians Build Two Immense Canals In Two Years
From August 27, 1911
MARTIANS BUILD TWO IMMENSE CANALS IN TWO YEARS: Vast Engineering Works Accomplished in an Incredibly Short Time by Our Planetary Neighbors — Wonders of the September Sky.
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THE ANGRIEST ANGEL
Original Air Date: 11th February 1996
The Wild Cards leave and alarms sound.
MALE VOICE: Clear the flight deck. Stand by for Hammerhead engagement sequence.
McQUEEN: Saratoga, this is Queen Six. Oxygen control ... check. Mission computers ... check. Master arms switch ... safe. Inertial navigation system ... check.
MALE VOICE: You're number one on the runway.
McQUEEN: Roger, Rhino four-four, ready to copy.
As the cockpit lowers the Wild Cards salute him through the observation window. The Hammerhead heads into space.
MALE VOICE: Queen Six, this is Saratoga, your distance is ...
McQueen switches off the comm. He inserts music in the player and we hear a piece of Beethoven begin.
Cut to Winslow's funeral.
CHAPLAIN'S VOICE: O' God, the creator and redeemer of all the faithful, hear our supplications and through thy infinite love and mercy graciously grant unto the soul of thy servant department, remission of all her sins. By which she may have deserved the severity ...
As the chaplain continues we see the Hammerhead flying in space then cut back to the funeral.
CHAPLAIN'S VOICE: ... of thy justice and punishments in the world to come. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven ...
Cut to McQueen's Hammerhead.
CHAPLAIN'S VOICE: ... Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses ...
McQueen's lidar warps.
CHAPLAIN'S VOICE: ... as we forgive our trespassers, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
Alien fighter comes into view.
CHAPLAIN'S VOICE: ... Amen.
Cut to honour-guard.
MARINE: Honour-guard, atten-hut.
Cut to Hammerhead.
MARINE'S VOICE: Ready - aim - fire.
The Hammerhead fires at the alien fighter. The alien returns fire.
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National Museum of the US Air Force
MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MIG-29A
Posted 4/18/2014
The MiG-29 was designed in response to a new generation of American fighters, which included the F-15 and F-16. Designed as an air defense fighter, this dual-purpose aircraft also possessed a ground attack capability. The task of producing a "frontal" or tactical fighter for the Frontal Aviation Regiments of the Soviet Air Force went to the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (MiG OKB). Employing all the technical data available about the most advanced Western aircraft, the MiG designers started working on the MiG-29 in the early 1970s, and the first prototype made its first flight on Oct. 6, 1977. U.S. reconnaissance satellites detected the new fighter in November 1977, and NATO gave it the designation "Fulcrum."
Production started in 1982, and deliveries to Frontal Aviation units started in 1983. By comparison, the USAF's first operational F-15As arrived seven years earlier in 1976, and its F-16As entered operational service four years earlier in 1979.
Although newer, the MiG-29 still lagged behind the most modern Western fighters in several important areas. For instance, the aircraft designers had little experience in either fly-by-wire controls or lightweight composite materials for airframe construction, and the first MiG-29 versions used a conventional hydraulic flight control system and an aluminum alloy fuselage. Over time, MiG designers addressed these deficiencies, and later variants of the MiG-29 incorporated some fly-by-wire controls and composite materials.
Nevertheless, the MiG-29 presented a formidable threat to Western pilots. The radars used on earlier Soviet fighters had been unable to distinguish aircraft flying below them from ground clutter, and low-flying aircraft could avoid detection. With the Phazotron NIIR N019 Doppler radar (NATO designation "Slot Back") capable of detecting a target more than 60 miles away, infrared tracking sensors, and a laser rangefinder carried on the MiG-29, a pilot could track and shoot at aircraft flying below him. Also, the pilot's Shchel-3UM-1 helmet-mounted aiming device turned the MiG-29 into a very dangerous threat once opponents came within visual range. No longer did a pilot have to turn his aircraft toward a target and wait for his missiles' sensors to "lock-on" before firing. Now, the pilot simply turned his head toward a target, and the helmet aimed the missile's sensors toward the target. This "off boresight" procedure gave the MiG-29 pilot a great advantage at close range.
The aircraft on display was an early model Soviet Air Force MiG-29A (S/N 2960516761) assigned to the 234th Gvardeiskii Istrebitelnii Aviatsionnii Polk (234th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) stationed at Kubinka Air Base near Moscow. It was one of the six MiG-29s that made a good will visit to Kuoppio-Rissala, Finland, in July 1986. This event marked the first public display of the MiG-29.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: One 30mm GSh-301 cannon; six air-to-air missiles (mixture of medium-range, radar-guided AA-10 "Alamo-A;" or close-range, infrared-guided AA-11 "Archer;" and/or close-range, infrared-guided AA-8 "Aphid" missiles); able to carry bombs and 57mm, 80mm and 240mm rockets in attack role.
Engines: Two Isotov RD-33 turbofans of approx. 18,300 lbs. thrust each with afterburner
Maximum speed: Approx. Mach 2.3
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THE ANGRIEST ANGEL
Original Air Date: 11th February 1996
McQueen and the alien twist and turn, firing on each other as they try and gain the upper hand.
McQUEEN: This one's for you, Winslow.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 1:12 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 21 May 2015
