"Now, when you're rescued and returned with your patrol to command headquarters, what will be among the first of your duties that you'll undertake?"

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Dictionary.com


victim

a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler

a person who is tricked or swindled; dupe










http://effectiveforgiveness.com/forgiveness-removes-victim-mentality/

Effective Forgiveness


Forgiveness Erases the Victim Mentality

4 months ago admin


Forgiveness stops us from retelling our grievance story

Someone with a victim mentality is never short of telling and retelling grievance stories. When we are hurt, we want the whole world to know what our offender did to us. We will talk about how our friend took our job and almost made us lose our home. We will talk about how our other friend betrayed us. We will talk about how our brother is not helping us or how our sister stole the man we were supposed to have married. Repeating an offense to paint a bad image of our offender is what psychologists call a “grievance story.” We talk about it to whoever will listen. The sad thing is that while we may feel empowered that we are attacking someone else’s image we really are not getting anywhere with it.

As we retell this grievance story, we present yourself as a helpless and weak victim while our offender emerges strong and powerful. Doing this repeatedly will establish in our mind that we are indeed a weak victim. That is not where we want to be. The good news is that forgiveness will replace our grievance story with that of victory because we no longer see yourself as a victim, we are now a survivor. We have forgiven them. We have moved on. And people respect survivors more than victims.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2013/02/stargate-atlantis-home.html - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 9:01 PM Pacific Time Seattle USA Wednesday 27 February 2013


You see, as I have stated for the official record enough times already, George Walker Bush was never a pilot qualified to pilot jet aircraft of any branch of the United States military. He deserted the United States national guard military because he was transferred to a unit where they would have required him to demonstrate that he was capable of piloting a jet aircraft and he never was capable of pilot a jet aircraft so he deserted. His required military medical examination in 1972 would have also proven that he is a diseased homosexual who got his chips cashed in a federal prison in Mexico.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 27 February 2013 excerpt ends]










http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/smith/profile/

U.S. ARMY


Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith

Medal of Honor

WAR ON TERRORISM


SERGEANT FIRST CLASS PAUL RAY SMITH

B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith

Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously during a White House ceremony April 4, 2005.





http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0504/04/lol.05.html

CNN


TRANSCRIPTS


Aired April 4, 2005 - 15:00 ET


And today, we bestow upon Sergeant Smith the first Medal of Honor in the war on terror. He's also the first to be awarded this new Medal of Honor flag










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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Quotes


Dr. Yen Lo: Attractive plant you have here.

Zilkov: Thank you, doctor. It's actually a rest home for wealthy alcoholics.










http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050404-5.html

THE WHITE HOUSE [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

April 4, 2005

President Presents Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith

The East Room

3:07 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon and welcome to the White House. Today is a special occasion: We are here to pay tribute to a soldier whose service illustrates the highest ideals of leadership and love of our country.

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith, of Florida, gave his life for these ideals in a deadly battle outside Baghdad. It is my great privilege to recognize his extraordinary sacrifice by awarding Sergeant Smith the Medal of Honor.

I appreciate Secretary Don Rumsfeld joining us today; Secretary Jim Nicholson, of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Senator Carl Levin, Senator Bill Nelson, Senator Mel Martinez, Senator Johnny Isakson and Congressman Ike Skelton. Thank you all for joining us.

I appreciate Secretary Francis Harvey, Secretary of the Army; General Dick Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Pete Pace, Vice Chairman; General Pete Schoomaker, Chief of the Army.

I want to thank the Medal of Honor recipients who have joined us today: John Baker, Barney Barnum, Bernie Fisher, Al Rascon and Brian Thacker. Honored you all are here.

I appreciate the family members who have joined us today. Thank you all for coming: Birgit Smith, his wife; Jessica Smith; David Smith; Janice Pvirre, the mom; Donald Pvirre, stepfather, and all the other family members who have joined us. Welcome.

I appreciate Chaplain David Hicks, for his invocation. I want to thank Lieutenant Colonel Tom Smith, for joining us, who was Paul Smith's commander. I particularly want to welcome soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, Paul's unit in Iraq.

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for bravery a President can bestow. It is given for gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in the face of enemy attack. Since World War II, more than half of those have been awarded this medal gave their lives in the action that earned it. Sergeant Paul Smith belongs to this select group.

The story of Paul Smith is a story of a boy transformed into a man and a leader. His friends and family will tell you that he joined the Army in 1989, after finishing high school. When he joined the Army, he was a typical young American. He liked sports, he liked fast cars, and he liked to stay out late with his friends -- pursuits that occasionally earned him what the Army calls "extra duty." (Laughter.) Scrubbing floors.

Two things would change Paul's life and lead him to the selfless heroism we honor today. The first would come when he was stationed in Germany and fell for a woman named Birgit Bacher. It turns out that Paul had a romantic streak in him: On the first night he met her, Paul appeared outside Birgit's window singing "You've Lost That Loving Feeling." (Laughter.) In 1992, the two married, and soon, a young soldier became a devoted family man who played T-ball with his son and taught his daughter how to change the oil in his Jeep Cherokee.

Second great change in Paul's life would come when he shipped off to Saudi Arabia to fight in the first Gulf War. There the young combat engineer learned that his training had a purpose and could save lives on the battlefield. Paul returned from that war determined that other soldiers would benefit from the lessons he had learned.

Paul earned his sergeant's stripes and became known as a stickler for detail. Sergeant Smith's seriousness wasn't always appreciated by the greener troops under his direction. Those greener troops oftentimes found themselves to do tasks over and over again, until they got it right. Specialist Michael Seaman, who is with us today, says, "He was hard in training because he knew we had to be hard in battle." Specialist Seaman will also tell you that he and others are alive today because of Sergeant Smith's discipline.

That discipline would be put to the task in a small courtyard less than a mile from the Baghdad airport. Sergeant Smith was leading about three dozen men who were using a courtyard next to a watchtower to build a temporary jail for captured enemy prisoners. As they were cleaning the courtyard, they were surprised by about a hundred of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard.

With complete disregard for his own life and under constant enemy fire, Sergeant Smith rallied his men and led a counterattack. Seeing that his wounded men were in danger of being overrun, and that enemy fire from the watchtower had pinned them down, Sergeant Smith manned a 50-caliber machine gun atop a damaged armor vehicle. From a completely exposed position, he killed as many as 50 enemy soldiers as he protected his men.

Sergeant Smith's leadership saved the men in the courtyard, and he prevented an enemy attack on the aid station just up the road. Sergeant Smith continued to fire and took a -- until he took a fatal round to the head. His actions in that courtyard saved the lives of more than 100 American soldiers.

Scripture tells us, as the General said, that a man has no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. And that is exactly the responsibility Paul Smith believed the Sergeant stripes on his sleeve had given him. In a letter he wrote to his parents but never mailed, he said that he was prepared to "give all that I am to ensure that all my boys make it home."

On this day two years ago, Sergeant Smith gave his all for his men. Five days later, Baghdad fell, and the Iraqi people were liberated. And today, we bestow upon Sergeant Smith the first Medal of Honor in the war on terror. He's also the first to be awarded this new Medal of Honor flag, authorized by the United States Congress. We count ourselves blessed to have soldiers like Sergeant Smith, who put their lives on the line to advance the cause of freedom and protect the American people.

Like every one of the men and women in uniform who have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sergeant Paul Smith was a volunteer. We thank his family for the father, husband and son and brother who can never be replaced. We recall with appreciation the fellow soldiers whose lives he saved, and the many more he inspired. And we express our gratitude for a new generation of Americans, every bit as selfless and dedicated to liberty as any that has gone on before -- a dedication exemplified by the sacrifice and valor of Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith.

And now if his family would join me, please. Lieutenant Commander, please read the citation.

(The citation is read and the medal is presented.) (Applause.)

END 3:17 P.M. EDT










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http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050404-9.html

THE WHITE HOUSE [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

April 4, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate


Philip J. Perry, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Joe D. Whitley, resigned.



http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/05/nation/na-medal5

Los Angeles Tims


The Highest Honor for a Fallen Soldier

He had written that he would 'give all that I am to ensure that all my boys make it home.'

April 05, 2005 Elise Castelli Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Two years to the day after Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith was killed defending his unit from an enemy attack near the Baghdad airport, President Bush on Monday presented his family the first Medal of Honor awarded in more than a decade.

In a tear-filled White House ceremony, Bush handed Smith's 11-year-old son, David, the nation's highest award for valor in combat.

"Scripture tells us ... that a man has no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. And that is exactly the responsibility Paul Smith believed the sergeant's stripes on his sleeve had given him," Bush told an audience that included Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. "In a letter he wrote to his parents but never mailed, he said that he was prepared to 'give all that I am to ensure that all my boys make it home.' "

On April 4, 2003 -- barely two weeks after the Iraq war began and five days before Baghdad fell -- the 3rd Infantry Division captured the capital's airport. Smith, 33, who had served in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, in Bosnia and in Kosovo, was assigned to turn a courtyard near the airport into a temporary holding pen for Iraqi prisoners.

But as his unit of the 11th Engineer Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division advanced, it was attacked by more than 100 members of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard.

Outnumbered and out in the open, Smith climbed aboard an armored personnel carrier and began shooting a .50-caliber machine gun, firing more than 300 rounds of ammunition. He held off the attack, killing nearly 50 Republican Guard soldiers before being mortally wounded by Iraqi fire.

"Sgt. Smith's leadership saved the men in the courtyard, and he prevented an enemy attack on the aid station just up the road," Bush said. "We thank his family for the father, the husband, and son and brother who can never be replaced."

In his remarks, the president recalled a young man who, after graduating from high school in Tampa, Fla., joined the Army in 1989 and received "extra duty -- scrubbing floors" for high jinks with friends. But that soldier became a "devoted family man who played T-ball with his son and taught his daughter how to change the oil in his Jeep Cherokee."

Smith's wife, Birgit, whom he met in 1990 while stationed in Germany, clutched the left hand of her 18-year-old daughter, Jessica, and wept as the president handed the framed medal, with its signature blue ribbon with 13 stars, to her son.

"Every one of our soldiers deserves the title of a hero," Birgit Smith, who lives in Holiday, Fla., said after the ceremony. "To truly honor Paul, we must honor all the soldiers and the work and sacrifice they do on a daily basis in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world."

The last combat action for which Medals of Honor were awarded was in Somalia. Two were given to Army sergeants killed in the October 1993 "Black Hawk Down" incident in Mogadishu.

Recommendations for the Medal of Honor take at least 18 months to investigate. Including the award to Smith, 3,460 Medals of Honor have been presented since the award was established in 1861.










http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/05/opinion/oe-scheer5

Los Angeles Times


Bush Threw Us a 'Curveball'

Report shines a light on 'crazy' Iraqi informant.

April 05, 2005 ROBERT SCHEER

Last October, just weeks before the presidential election, I wrote a column stating that the acting director of the CIA was suppressing a report to Congress that was potentially embarrassing to President Bush's campaign. The report had been completed by the CIA's own independent inspector general four months before the election, yet the agency rebuffed Congress' request that it be made public.

Now, thanks to last week's release of another report, that of the Bush-appointed Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, we learn that the embargoed CIA report centered on the outrageous case of the now-infamous Iraqi informant known by the code name, "Curveball."

Unfortunately for the American people, we were to an embarrassing extent persuaded to go to war based on the fantasies of this known liar, the main source of the administration's claim that Saddam Hussein had a functioning biological weapons program. It was Curveball, an Iraqi chemical engineer who defected, who was the inspiration for then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's statements before the United Nations that the U.S. knew Iraq possessed mobile bio-weapons labs.

Perhaps even more disturbing is the presidential commission's finding that Curveball's unreliability was withheld from the unwitting Powell, even as the administration was pushing him out onto the world stage to trade his prodigious credibility for world support for the invasion.

Ironically, Powell's U.N. sales job, which had the U.S. press raving about his statesmanlike bearing and brilliant mind, was aimed squarely at rebutting the conclusions of U.N. weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq, who were not finding the weapons and weapons-making facilities that U.S. intelligence agencies had pinpointed.

Yet, as the commission's report makes indelibly clear, the U.N. inspectors -- who exercised extraordinary access in Iraq before the March 2003 invasion -- were right. From the aluminum tubes debunked by the U.S. Energy Department to the Africa uranium story debunked by Ambassador Joe Wilson, from the anthrax-laden drone aircraft that White House briefers told senators threatened Florida to Curveball's futuristic-sounding mobile bio-weapons labs that have never been found, Powell and the White House were, as the president's commission has just unanimously concluded, "dead wrong."

The case of Curveball was relevant to the election because it went to the heart of the administration's competency in managing national security. At best, what emerges from the presidential commission's report is a picture of an American leadership in total disarray on national security; at worst, it shows widespread complicity at the top in a concerted effort to deceive the electorate on matters of war.

Recall that then-CIA Director George Tenet, later rewarded by Bush with the Medal of Freedom, provided the basic briefing and final vetting of Powell's disastrously false presentation of the case against Iraq. According to the commission's report, Tenet was working with Powell the night before the U.N. speech when he spoke on the phone to a high-ranking CIA official who warned him not to rely on Curveball's information. That warning had been issued by others in the agency, but Tenet claims that he cannot recollect hearing it.

In fact, the CIA had long harbored strong doubts concerning Curveball's veracity. The foreign government holding him had even informed the U.S. that the Iraqi exile was a "fabricator" who had suffered a "nervous breakdown" and was "crazy." But his words were spirited all the way to the top of the administration because they conveniently supported its vision to use 9/11 as an excuse to create a compliant Middle East through aggressive use of U.S. military power.

After the occupation of Iraq in spring 2003, the massive U.S. Iraq Survey Group confirmed that Curveball was either hallucinating or lying, finding no WMD or WMD facilities. It turns out the informant wasn't even in Iraq at the time he claimed to be working on biological weapons.

The Curveball case was definitively closed when the CIA gained access to the Iraqi defector in March 2004 and categorically repudiated his story. That was half a year before the U.S. presidential election, however, and clearly the White House didn't want the CIA inspector general to blow the whistle and embarrass the president as he fought for his political survival.

To squelch the exposure of such widespread incompetence and deadly manipulation of national security intelligence is a betrayal of democracy.










http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/22/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-release-benghazi/index.html

CNN


First round of Hillary Clinton State Department emails released

By Alexandra Jaffe, CNN

Updated 8:59 PM ET, Fri May 22, 2015

Washington (CNN)The State Department released its first round of emails from Hillary Clinton's time as Secretary of State on Friday, offering a new look at her handling of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

The roughly 300 emails, about 850 pages, are part of the 30,000 that she turned over to State from her private email server, which she used almost exclusively to conduct both private and public business during her time at State. They reveal a range of correspondence from Clinton, everything from policy briefs to scheduling requests to friendly exchanges with staff.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest says the new emails "do not change in any way anyone's understanding" of what happened in Benghazi, and the State Department reiterated the same in a tweet.

"The emails we release today do not change the essential facts or our understanding of the events before, during, or after the attacks," the department tweeted.

Clinton herself commented on the release at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Friday, telling reporters she was happy they were out but was waiting for more.

"It's beginning. I just would like to see it expedited, so we could get more of them out more quickly," she said.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50264

The American Presidency Project

William J. Clinton

XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001

Remarks to American Seminarians in Vatican City

June 2, 1994

Thank you very much, Cardinal, Mr. Ambassador. After that political comment he made he has another good reason to go to confession now. [Laughter] Cardinal Baum, Cardinal Szoka, to all of you here, and especially to the American seminarians who are here, let me say it is a profound honor for me and for Hillary and for our entire American party to be here in the Vatican today and for me to have had the meeting that I just had with His Holiness.

We had a wonderful discussion about a large number of things. I'm always amazed to find him so vigorously involved in the affairs of the world. We talked about the difficulties in Bosnia, as you might imagine. We talked a lot about Poland and Eastern Europe. We talked at some length about Russia and our emerging relationships there.

We talked for quite a long while about Asia, about the need to protect religious freedoms in Asian countries and to promote that. And I pledged to the Pope my best efforts to work with other nations, especially nations in Asia, in the cause of religious freedom. We talked about the challenges presented at the moment by the dispute we're having with North Korea.

We talked at great length about the role of the Islamic states in the future of the world, not only in the Middle East but elsewhere. We talked a lot about the Middle East, and I thanked His Holiness for the recognition that the Holy See has given to Israel and the support to the peace process.

We talked about the upcoming conference in Cairo on world population problems, about where we agreed and where we didn't and how we could come together on a policy that would promote responsible growth of the world's population and still reaffirm our common commitment for the central role of the family in every society.

It was for me, as it was last year in Denver, an awe-inspiring experience. But I hope it was also an important experience for the people whom we represent and the progress we are trying to make.

For those of you who are American seminarians here, I would like to say a special word of appreciation for the role of the Catholic Church in our country. There are 20,000 parishes, 9,000 Catholic elementary and high schools, over 200 Catholic colleges and universities, one of which gave me a degree a long time ago. The thing I have always revered about the Catholic Church was the sense of constancy and commitment of the Church in our national life, the sense of putting one's life, one's money, one's time where one's stated ideas are. The Catholic Church has brought together faith and action, word and deed, bringing together people across the lines of rich and poor, of racial lines and other lines perhaps better than any other institution in our society. And I am convinced that it's been able to do that because people like you, those of you who are here as seminarians, have been willing to make the ultimate commitment of your entire lives in the service of that in which you believe.

In all secular societies, it is recognized that very few people have the capacity to make a commitment of that depth and constancy. And yet all of us know that, ultimately, the meaning of our lives depends upon the constant effort to achieve a level of integrity between what we feel and what we think and what we do. And I stand here today to tell you that as an American President I am immensely proud of the commitment you have made.

Hillary and I have a friend whom we treasure greatly, who is a Jesuit priest whom I met over 30 years ago, who went to law school with us later and who continues to labor to fulfill his vows. And one of my most treasured possessions that I ever received from a personal friend was a letter that he wrote to us after he had been a priest for 20 years, explaining without being at all self-righteous what it had meant to him to have kept his vows for two decades and why he thought in a way he had lived a selfish life because he had achieved a measure of peace and comfort and energy that he could have found in no other way.

It is that feeling that I think ultimately we want for all the people of our Nation and all the people of the world. And for your example in taking us in that direction, I thank you very much.

Thank you.

NOTE: The President spoke at approximately 1:05 p.m. in the Sala Clementina at the Vatican.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 12/15/07 7:39 PM
I had a dream last night that I was playing in a football game. I can only remember there were red jerseys on the players. The opposing teams were locked together on the line of scrimmage and I went around the scrimmage line where there were a lot of players clashed together but the line was fairly symmetrical, which isn't quite the description I am looking for here but it's close. So I went around the line of scrimmage and I made a touchdown. I didn't even have to catch the football; rather it was on the ground in front of me and I picked up or it was already waiting for me or something like that. Then I fired it back to the quarterback with great speed and accuracy and somebody said something after that, in a manner similar to what I used to write about as in foreign dreams. I can't remember now what it was that the person said but it might have been something about my passing skill. As in those foreign dreams, I never know who said that particular phrase.

JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 12/15/07 7:53 PM
What that scene in the dream I had a few hours ago, where I fired the football back to the quarterback


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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: May 21, 2009

JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 05/21/09 4:09 AM
I have been awake for about a half-hour I guess and I cannot even begin to recall what time I got into bed to take a nap. I guess I took a nap. I feel that I was asleep for a while but I am confused. So anyway the dream I had seems to have been just before I awoke. The first part I remember may be closer to a real memory than any other part in the dream. I was walking towards a football field and I was going to participate along with the other players in the American football game that would be held there. I vaguely recall some people that I guess were talking to me as I walked to the field. I am aware of a fence that I was walking to and then I walked around that fence that I could not see over and then I was near the field. I have the sense although it is vague that this all happened in the 1970's but I am not certain. The next scene I have pondered over it seems since the dream occurred to me in my sleep although that seems an odd sense in itself. The dream seemed to start off as a continuation of that first sequence but I am left with the sense that it is a very different sequence and that is another distinction I ponder in the sense I wonder why I even have that feeling. So anyway the plot of that sequence seems to be that I had to tackle a runner so he could not reach the end zone and make a goal. The setting was night time and I spotted the runner and he seemed to be running around the edge of a very large swimming pool and I knew he was running towards the end zone. The edge of the swimming actually seemed to be a running track as you would see on a lot of American football fields and he was running along the curve of that surface at the end of the swimming pool and that area would also resemble the outer curve of a running track although I could visualize no details to suggest he was running on a track. So then I saw myself and I thinking to myself again as I seemed to have pondered several times that I seeing my feet as I floated down towards the ground so I could intercept him. At this point in my journal if I had been writing this five years ago or so I would have recorded that at this point in the dream the narrator of the dream told me I was wearing a "Batman" costume. I saw myself as I floated down to perch on one surface of some kind of structure that I cannot visualize but that I am wondering whether it was a high diving board although I did not seem to touch down onto the diving board itself. Then I seemed to be on the ground and I was standing in the path of the runner and we were jinking and I was watching his movements to understand his timing so he could not evade me to my side. The next part is to vague to articulate and I did put him on the ground and I can still visualize him to some extent although I cannot recall enough detail to articulate and then there seems that he fumbled the football before he was down and I took the ball to run with it towards the other end zone. I am also left with the sense that there was another person nearby that was there ever since I touched down to intercept the runner and I can still visualize that person as well but not well enough to describe. I ponder whether that was an umpire but I am not certain although that would make sense and that would explain why I feel confident that opposing player fumbled the ball and the ball was still in play and I had the confidence because an umpire was watching and knew that the ball was still in play. So then I was running towards the other end zone and I have the sense that I knew I was not going to make it because another person had quickly caught up with me and while I do not remember from the dream that I was tackled I do remember thinking I was about to get tackled. Oh yeah, I just remembered there were others details about when I intercepted the runner before that. He seemed to be trying to bribe me so that I would not tackle him. But I did tackle him and I can recall that I took the ball and that I was running with it back towards the direction he came from. So that seems to be the end of that sequence but the dream did continue and the next part I can remember is that I was in some kind of waiting room and there was somebody I wanted to talk to about the football I was still carrying and for some reason I had the driver's license of that runner I tackled. I cannot now relate the sequence as these details occurred in the dream but I remember sitting in that waiting which seemed a lot similar to that senior citizen's home the VA put me into but it was not that place I was sitting at in the dream. I think it is just the furniture that reminds me of that place although as I was writing this I was thinking about how that place could be considered a waiting room. So I was sitting there and I was reading the driver's license and I noted that he had even signed my name next to his name for some reason and I guess it was something to represent that he had given me that driver's license but I don't know what I was supposed to do with it although I don't think I actually wondered about that during the dream. I read some other details on it that I cannot now remember and there was something about the name of a highway system that I would recognize if I saw it again but that I cannot now remember. There were other details and I remember talking to some people but the details are fuzzy. I seem to recall that I was walking outside and I still had that football and I guess it was layered on top of a pack I was carrying on my back but I am not clear on that other than about the sense I was carrying that football in that manner but yet I do not recall any weight from a shoulder pack.


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THE KILLERS

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THE KILLERS

"For Reasons Unknown"

I pack my case. I check my face.
I look a little bit older.
I look a little bit colder.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: - posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 9:27 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 15 January 2015 - http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-dreamed-of-red-badge-last-night.html


Well, the operative detail is that I could not wear my US Marine Corps uniform because of what he did. I had to be somewhere. A duty assignment or something that is so damned frustratingly elusive in my mind.

He had punched me in the chest I vaguely recall. The impact of his fist wasn't that hard but he hit an object adorning my olive-colored uniformed shirt and there was an area obviously soaked with blood and I wasn't going to be able to go anywhere looking that way.

I write about it now only because of how that was one time so infrequent seeing myself wearing a US Marine Corps uniform in a sleeping dream. Now I just remember a possible third time. That time I saw myself wearing my US Navy Cross and working in an office building chasing down a person stealing classified documents. Now I just recall another time I wrote about wearing that same medal in an elevator and that person saying he was surprised "they" let me wear it and me saying in response I was proud of my service in Bosnia.


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Nuclear football

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The nuclear football (also known as the atomic football, the president's emergency satchel, the button, the black box, or just the football) is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room. It functions as a mobile hub in the strategic defense system of the United States.


Contents

According to a Washington Post article, the president is always accompanied by a military aide carrying a "football" with launch codes for nuclear weapons. The football is a metallic Zero Halliburton briefcase carried in a black leather "jacket". The package weighs around 45 pounds (20 kilograms). A small antenna protrudes from the bag near the handle.


Operation

If the president (who is commander-in-chief) decided to order the use of nuclear weapons, they would be taken aside by the "carrier" and the briefcase opened. A command signal, or "watch" alert, would then be issued to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president would then review the attack options with the aide and decide on a plan, which could range from a single cruise missile to multiple ICBM launches. These are preset war plans developed under OPLAN 8010 (formerly the Single Integrated Operational Plan). Then, using whatever communications technology the satchel contains, the aide would presumably[citation needed] make contact with the National Military Command Center or, in a retaliatory strike situation, multiple airborne command posts (who likely fly Boeing E-4Bs) and/or nuclear-armed submarines.

Before the order can be processed by the military, the president must be positively identified using a special code issued on a plastic card, nicknamed the "biscuit". The United States has a two-man rule in place, and while only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons, the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense (there is a hierarchy of succession in the event that the president is killed in an attack). Once all the codes have been verified, the military would issue attack orders to the proper units. These orders are given and then re-verified for authenticity.

The football is carried by one of the rotating presidential military aides, whose work schedule is described by a top-secret rota (one from each of the five service branches). The aide is occasionally physically attached to the briefcase via a security cable around the wrist. This person is a commissioned officer in the U.S. military, pay-grade O-4 or above, who has undergone the nation's most rigorous background check (Yankee White). These armed officers are required to keep the football readily accessible to the president at all times. Consequently, an aide, football in hand, is always either standing or walking near the president or riding in Air Force One, Marine One, or the presidential motorcade with the president.










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The Americans Season 3 Episode 13

March 8, 1983

Airs Wednesday 10:00 PM Apr 22, 2015 on FX



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F.D. » Transcripts » A-B » The Americans

03x13 - March 8, 1983


I know Agent Gaad is not happy, but from where I stand, that's two times you've gotten close to people there.










"Space: Above And Beyond"

"Dear Earth"

3 March 1996

Episode 17 Season 1 DVD video:


US Marine Corps 1LT Nathan West: On April 9th, at 1800, on the planet Mors, your son - my brother - was killed in action. Neil was courageously defending his position and died valiantly. But now, I can never throw him another football or share an inside joke. Today, I'd easily give my own life just to be able to argue with him. And yet, it doesn't mean I'm unable to let him know how much he meant to me, how much I love him. Because to tell you, Mom and Dad, is to tell Neil. I can't express how much I miss him, how much I miss you both and John. Keep him safe. And if one day you should receive a yellow envelope from the Marines, don't bother to open it. Reread this letter and know how much your sons loved one another and you and that we are once again together. With all my love, your son, Lieutenant Nathan West.










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Major (United States)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant commander in the other uniformed services. Although lieutenant commanders are considered junior officers by their respective services, the rank of major is considered field grade.

The pay grade for the rank of major is O-4. The insignia for the rank consists of a golden oak leaf, with slight stylized differences between the Army/Air Force version and the Marine Corps version.










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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

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The American Presidency Project

George Bush

XLI President of the United States: 1989 - 1993

Joint Statement With Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom on the Former Yugoslavia

December 20, 1992

The President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have agreed as follows.

The objectives of our policy are:

(a) to work for a peaceful and just settlement in the former Yugoslavia;

(b) to prevent the spread of the fighting in particular to Kosovo and Macedonia;

(c) to maintain the humanitarian aid effort which includes over 2,000 British troops and without which many more lives will be lost this winter.

The President and Prime Minister paid tribute to the work of the United Nations in the former Yugoslavia and to the courage and dedication of the troops who are ensuring that convoys get through. They welcomed the success of the UN and its agencies, despite all the odds, in delivering large quantities of aid to those in need. They agreed on the importance of enabling that effort to go ahead.

The United States and the United Kingdom have agreed to cooperate on a Resolution in the United Nations to enforce compliance with the `no-fly' zone for Bosnia should violation of the existing ban continue. The aim of the resolution would be to prevent flights taking place other than those specifically authorized by the United Nations.

The President and the Prime Minister:

(a) agreed that steps need to be taken to prevent the spread of fighting into Kosovo and Macedonia;

(b) welcomed the decision to deploy UN troops in Macedonia and hoped that this UN presence would be stepped up over the coming weeks;

(c) agreed also to press for the very early increase in the numbers of observers in Kosovo;

(d) agreed that our attitude to sanctions would depend on a rapid and radical change of policy by Serbia;

(e) confirmed that they would be ready, depending on Serbia's response, to impose new sanctions. They could initially include cutting postal and telecommunication links and could lead to closing the borders and complete diplomatic isolation for years to come.

The President and the Prime Minister paid tribute to the work of Cy Vance and David Owen in trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement in the former Yugoslavia. Both Governments will continue to give the negotiators their full support.

Note: The joint statement was made available by the Office of the White House Press Secretary but was not issued as a White House press release. The statement referred to Cyrus Vance and Lord David Owen, Cochairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.










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Deliverance (1972)

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Bobby: Mister, I love the way you wear that hat.










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transcript

The Choice 2000


PETER BOYER: George W. made his way at Andover, but not in the fashion that Senator Prescott Bush or George Herbert Walker Bush might have imagined. He did not become senior class president or a star baseball player like his father, but he did discover his own persona: a cheerleader with an antic streak.










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The American Presidency Project

Ronald Reagan

XL President of the United States: 1981 - 1989

Remarks on Signing the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

June 23, 1982

Director Bill and Members of the Congress, distinguished quests who are here, and you ladies and gentlemen, all distinguished:

I bring you greetings from a former Director of this Agency, Vice President George Bush, who couldn't be here with us this morning. And I want to give him credit, because I'm going to tell a story of his. And it's always dangerous telling a trade joke to members of the trade, because the chances are too good that they've heard it. But I'm going to take the chance anyway. It's one of the few stories that I can tell now since ethnic jokes are a no-no. This one is an Irish joke, and my name is Reagan, so I can tell the story. [Laughter] But it has to do something with the occasion and with your line of work.

And the story is that there was an agent overseas and happened to be in Ireland. And there was an emergency, and it was necessary to contact him immediately. So, they called in another agent, and they said, "Now, you'll go there. His name is Murphy, and your recognition will be to say, "Tis a fair day, but it'll be lovelier this evening.'"

So, he went to Ireland, a little town in Ireland, into the pub, elbowed himself up to the bar, ordered a drink, and then said to the bartender, "How would I get in touch with Murphy?" And the bartender says, "Well, if it's Murphy the farmer you want, it's 2 miles down the road, and it's the farm on the left." He said, "If it's Murphy the bootmaker, he's on the second floor of the building across the street. And," he says, "my name is Murphy." So, he picked up the drink, and he said, "Well, 'tis a fair day, but it'll be lovelier this evening." "Oh," he said, "it's Murphy the spy you want. Well, he's"—[ laughter].

When President Dwight Eisenhower came here almost 23 years ago to dedicate the cornerstone of this building here, he spoke of heroes—"heroes," he said, "who are undecorated and unsung, whose only reward was the knowledge that their service to their country was unique and indispensable."

We've got to do something about that airport. 1 [Laughter]

Well, today I speak again of those heros, the men and women who are locked in a dangerous, sometimes deadly conflict with the forces of totalitarianism, the men and women whose best accomplishments, whose greatest deeds can never be known to their countrymen, but only to a few of their superiors and ultimately only to history. These men and women, these heroes of a grim twilight struggle are those of you who serve here in the Central Intelligence Agency.

1 The President was referring to the noise of an airplane taking off from National Airport.

Whether you work in Langley or a faraway nation, whether your tasks are in operations or analysis sections, it is upon your intellect and integrity, your wit and intuition that the fate of freedom rests for millions of your countrymen and for many millions more all around the globe. You are the trip-wire across which the forces of repression and tyranny must stumble in their quest for global domination. You, the men and women of the CIA, are the eyes and ears of the free world.

Like those who are part of any silent service, your sacrifices are sometimes unappreciated; your work is sometimes misunderstood. Because you're professionals, you understand and accept this. But because you're human and because you deal daily in the dangers that confront this nation, you must sometimes question whether some of your countrymen appreciate the value of your accomplishments, the sacrifices you make, the dangers you confront, the importance of the warnings that you issue.

And that's why I have come here today; first, to sign an important piece of legislation that bears directly on your work, an act of Congress whose overwhelming passage by the representatives of the American people is a symbol of their support for the job that you do every day. But even more than this, I've come here today to say to you what the vast majority of Americans would say if they had this opportunity to stand here before you. We're grateful to you. We thank you. We're proud of you.

The bill I'm about to sign is one that has received from both Houses of Congress the most careful attention and serious debate. And I would be remiss if I didn't cite for the public record the names of those who were instrumental in its passage. This effort actually began several years ago. In the 97th Congress, the chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Intelligence, Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative Edward Boland, worked diligently for its passage. So too did many Members of the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats alike, some of whom are here with us today.

I especially want to state my deepest admiration for Senator John Chafee, whose outstanding leadership guided this bill through the Senate. And as always, Howard Baker must be thanked for his leadership, which I have come to admire very much. And finally, I only wish that the late Representative John Ashbrook, who took the lead on the House floor, could be with us here to witness this signing. The Intelligence Identities Protection Act is his legislative monument.

As I've said, the enactment of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act is clear evidence of the value this nation places on its intelligence agencies and their personnel. It's a vote of confidence in you by the American people through their elected representatives. It's also a tribute to the strength of our democracy.

The Congress has carefully drafted this bill so that it focuses only on those who would transgress the bounds of decency; not those who would exercise their legitimate right of dissent. This carefully drawn act recognizes that the revelation of the names of secret agents adds nothing to legitimate public debate over intelligence policy. It is also a signal to the world that while we in this democratic nation remain tolerant and flexible, we also retain our good sense and our resolve to protect our own security and that of the brave men and women who serve us in difficult and dangerous intelligence assignments.

During the debate over this bill, some have suggested that our focus should be not on protecting our own intelligence agencies, but on the real or imagined abuses of the past. Well, I'm glad that counsel was rejected, for the days of such abuses are behind us. The Congress now shares the responsibility of guarding against any transgression, and I have named a new Intelligence Oversight Board and Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board to assist me in ensuring that the rule of law is maintained in areas which must remain secret and out of the normal realm of public scrutiny.

Beyond this, I have full confidence that you'll do your job vigorously and imaginatively while making sure that your activity is lawful, constitutional, and in keeping with the traditions of our way of life. And while you're at your job and while I'm President and while these Congressmen stand at watch, we'll work together to see to it that this powerful tool of government is used to advance, not abuse, the rights of free people.

Today, after nearly a decade of neglect and sometimes overzealous criticism, our intelligence agencies are being rebuilt. This is altogether in keeping with the American tradition. Such activities have been crucial to our survival as a nation. The sacrifice of Nathan Hale, whose statue stands near here, is a national legend. And in our own time, the valiant performance of our intelligence agencies at crucial battles like Midway and Normandy is a matter of historical record. It is out of this valiant service during World War II that your agency was born.

As some of you perhaps know, it was in 1943 that General Bill Donovan decided to penetrate the Third Reich with secret agents. He did so against the advice of our more experienced allies, who said it was an impossible task. It was only 35 years later that the story of those efforts were fully brought to light in a book called "The Piercing of the Reich," by Joseph Persico. I thought you'd be interested to know that the young New York lawyer who was given the job of penetrating Nazi Germany was described in this book as "a man with boundless energy and confidence, a man with an analytical mind, tenacious will, and a capacity to generate high morale among his staff. He delegated authority easily to trusted subordinates and set a simple standard: results."

As some of you know by now, the name of that young lawyer who performed the impossible task of putting 103 missions into Germany is William Casey, and he is now your DCI. He's a close friend to whom I owe a great personal debt, and I know that debt grows greater every day with the job that you and he are doing together.

I'm familiar with the important changes that have been made in CIA analysis and operations under Bill's leadership, and I know that together you're writing another important and inspiring chapter in the history of those who've worked in America's intelligence agencies. We'll need this kind of excellence from you, for the challenges in the months and years ahead will be great ones.

As some of you may know, I've spoken recently about the fading appeal of totalitarianism and about the internal decay of the Soviet experiment. And some have asked in response why I place such an emphasis on the strength of our military and of intelligence agencies if indeed it is our adversaries who are approaching the point of exhaustion. Well, the answer to that is not difficult. History shows that it is precisely when totalitarian regimes begin to decay from within, it is precisely when they feel the first real stirrings of domestic unrest, that they seek to reassure their own people of their vast and unchallengeable power through imperialistic expansion or foreign adventure.

So, the era ahead of us is one that will see grave challenges and be fraught with danger, yet it's one that I firmly believe will end in the triumph of the civilized world and the supremacy of its beliefs in individual liberty, representative government, and the rule of law under God.

And that's why we must now summon all the nations of the world to a crusade for freedom and a global campaign for the rights of the individual, and you are in the forefront of this campaign. You must be the cutting edge of freedom in peace and war, and in the shadowy world in between, you must serve in silence and carry your special burden. But let me assure you, you're on the winning side, and your service is one which free men will thank you and future generations honor you.

It's with special pride, then, that I now sign this piece of legislation into law. Thank you, and God bless you.

[At this point, the President signed the bill.]

It's law.

Note: The President spoke at 11:32 a.m. outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters building in Langley, Va. Prior to his remarks, he was given a tour of the building, at which time he spoke to a small group of CIA employees.
As enacted, H.R. 4 is Public Law 97-200, approved June 23.










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Yankee White


Episode Number: 1x01

Episode Title: Yankee White

Original Air Date: 23/09/2003


GIBBS: Why you so sure it was the flu?

KATE: (sighs) It’s the same symptoms Major Kerry had.










From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as 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 United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/23/2003 is 3899 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 7/6/1976 ( premiere US film "Cannonball!" ) is 3899 days





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NCIS Season 1 Episode 1

Yankee White

Aired Tuesday 8:00 PM Sep 23, 2003 on CBS

AIRED: 9/23/03










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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Remarks Announcing the Nominations of Dr. Elias Zerhouni To Be Director of the National Institutes of Health and Dr. Richard Carmona To Be Surgeon General

March 26, 2002

Well, thank you, Tommy, very much, and welcome to the White House for this historic announcement. I appreciate your leadership, Tommy, in leading this administration's strong efforts to improve our Nation's health care, to make sure that more Americans get affordable health care, better patient protections, that the system puts our patients first, the system understands the importance of our docs, and we value that relationship, patient and doctor.

I also want to assure our fellow Americans that we're going to make and are making an unprecedented commitment to medical research. And we're improving our public health system to make sure that we can respond quickly to any biological threat that our country may face. We're putting sound health care policies in place and, as importantly, putting a quality team in place. And that's what we're here to discuss today.

It's my honor to nominate two fine men to head important Government institutions, to take important jobs. My nominee to lead the National Institute of Health is Elias Zerhouni, and my nominee as the next Surgeon General is Richard Carmona. These are distinguished physicians who have worked tirelessly to save lives and to improve lives. They bring exceptional knowledge and skill to these critical jobs. And they are absolutely dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all Americans.

It is my honor to welcome their families here as well. Thank you all for coming, Nadia Zerhouni and her children, and Diane Carmona and her children. We welcome you all, and we're glad you're here. I want to thank the Acting NIH Director, Ruth Kirschstein, for being here as well. Where are you, Ruth? There you are. Thank you so much, Ruth, for a fine job. I appreciate the Acting Surgeon General. Ken, where are you? Ken, thank you for being here, and thank you for your fine job as well.

I want to thank the former NIH Director, Harold Varmus, for being here. Antonia Novello is here. Thank you, Antonia. I remember you. [Laughter] She was a former Surgeon General under "41." [Laughter] And I'm so pleased that former House Minority Leader Bob Michel, former Senator Dennis DeConcini of Arizona, former Congressman John Porter, as well, from Illinois, is here. Thank you all for coming. We're honored you're here. And I also want to thank the Ambassador from Algeria for being here as well. Thank you all for coming.

The National Institutes of Health is entering a new era of medical promise. NIH researchers recently cracked the genetic code, an amazing achievement with enormous potential benefits. New diagnostic tools are alerting patients when they have an elevated risk of certain diseases, so they can take an active role in preventing them. New treatment therapies will be tailor-made for an individual's genetic makeup. And many medical treatments will become less invasive. American medicine is on the verge of dramatic progress against AIDS, against diabetes, and against heart disease. We're closing in on cancer's cause and cancer's cure.

The anthrax attacks against American citizens also demonstrated the need to strengthen our defenses against bioterrorism. Medical research will improve our ability to identify and respond and treat infectious diseases, whether they occur naturally or are used as terrorist weapons. The NIH has taken a leading role in this important front on the war against terror. The work of the National Institutes of Health have never been more promising and never been more important.

Leading the NIH is a great responsibility, and I have picked the right man to do so. Dr. Zerhouni and his wife immigrated to America from Algeria with $300 in their pocket, but a dream of opportunity. Today, he is the executive vice dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the chairman of the department of radiology and radiological science at Johns Hopkins, and a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering. He is an expert in biomedical research and is committed to extending his benefits to all Americans and all humanity.

Dr. Zerhouni will also bring strong management skills to the NIH, and they are needed. This is a large and complex organization. The NIH budget has grown dramatically from around $2 billion in 1975 to more than $23 billion today. And my 2003 budget proposes an additional increase of nearly $4 billion. I urge Congress to approve this increase, and when they do, we will have completed my campaign commitment to double funding to this vital medical research over the next 5 years. Dr. Zerhouni is well prepared to manage this rapidly growing institution during times of great new opportunity and urgent biodefense needs. He has supervised research at Johns Hopkins, one of our Nation's leading research facilities. One former colleague calls him a quadruple threat: a doctor who excels at teaching, researching, patient care, and management.

Dr. Zerhouni shares my view that human life is precious and should not be exploited or destroyed for the benefits of others. And he shares my view that the promise of ethically conducted medical research is limitless. As Director of the NIH, Dr. Zerhouni will be at the forefront of our efforts to promote biomedical research with a careful regard for the bounds of medical ethics.

Dr. Zerhouni, thank you for accepting this incredibly exciting challenge.

Translating medical research into practical life-improving changes is a critical function of the Surgeon General. Since 1871, the Surgeon General has been America's chief health educator, giving Americans the best, most up-to-date knowledge on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of disease.

When I first learned that Dr. Richard Carmona once dangled out of a moving helicopter, I worried that maybe he wasn't the best guy to educate our Americans about reducing health risks. [Laughter] But that turned out to be just one of several times that Dr. Carmona risked his own life to save others. As an Army Green Beret in Vietnam, a decorated police officer in Pima County, Arizona, a SWAT team member, a nurse, and a physician, Dr. Carmona has redefined the term "hands-on medicine."

Dr. Carmona currently serves as the clinical professor of surgery and clinical assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Arizona. He is also the chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical System. He will bring to the Surgeon General's Office a proven commitment to service and a strong management background.

The next Surgeon General will address three particularly urgent issues. First, the Surgeon General administers the 5,600-member Public Health Service Commission Corps, health care professionals who are on call for emergency duty. Members of this force were deployed in New York and Washington, DC, after the terrorist attacks of September the 11th and during the anthrax attacks that followed. Dr. Carmona has worked for many years in law enforcement and community preparedness, important preparation for any emergency that may come. Dr. Carmona is an experienced voice to help educate Americans about the best precautions and response to the threat of bioterrorism.

Second, I have asked Dr. Carmona to lead an important initiative focusing on prevention and lifelong healthy living as a key component to medical care. The research is overwhelming that simple improvements in diet and exercise would result in dramatic improvements in America's health. Studies show that overweight Americans who are at risk of developing type II diabetes or coronary heart disease can delay and possibly prevent these diseases with just moderate exercise and a healthy diet. Walking 30 minutes a day will dramatically improve your life. Playing a game with your children in your backyard will help. Walking in a park can make a difference to your health. These relatively small actions can dramatically reduce costs and strain on our health care system.

Fitness and a healthy lifestyle are a priority for me. I really like to run. It makes me feel better. The doc and I are going to encourage all our country to either run or walk or swim or bicycle for the good of their families, for the good of their own health, and for the good of the health of the Nation.

And thirdly, Dr. Carmona is going to speak regularly to the Nation about alcohol and drug abuse and the tremendous toll they take on our society. Substance abuse by students undermines academic achievement and dims the great hope of the American Dream. Alcohol is a prime cause for many of our society's ills, not the least of which is domestic violence. And the long-term health effects of alcohol and drug abuse are devastating. If we want to live healthier and longer, we're going to have to tackle the problems of alcohol and drug abuse. And Dr. Carmona's going to make that one of his priorities.

Doctor, I thank you so very much for your willingness to serve our country.

I have found two fine Americans who are willing to serve our Nation, and I'm grateful for their service. It is now my honor to welcome to the podium Dr. Zerhouni, the nominee to run our National Institute of Health.

NOTE: The President spoke at 1:47 p.m. in the East Room at the White House.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047687/releaseinfo

IMDb


You Know What Sailors Are (1954)

Release Info

USA 4 November 1954










http://www.tv.com/shows/ncis/yankee-white-265747/trivia/

tv.com


NCIS Season 1 Episode 1

Yankee White

Aired Tuesday 8:00 PM Sep 23, 2003 on CBS

Quotes


Kate: I can't give him Air Force One floor plans. They're top secret.

Gibbs: Come on. I saw this in a Harrison Ford movie.

Kate: Well, that's Hollywood speculation. You're asking for the real thing.

Gibbs: Isn't the President's head down here someplace?

Kate: No.

Gibbs: This is in the movie. Yeah, Harrison was sitting right here.










http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/416462/Pat-Nixon

Encyclopædia Britannica


Pat Nixon

American first lady

Pat Nixon, née Thelma Catherine Ryan, byname Pat or Patricia (born March 16, 1912, Ely, Nevada, U.S.—died June 22, 1993, Park Ridge, New Jersey), American first lady (1969–74), the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, who espoused the cause of volunteerism during her husband’s term.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php

The American Presidency Project

Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969-1974


August 8, 1974


I have never been a quitter.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2006 8:56:59 PM

Subject: scat


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=scat

scat

To go away hastily; leave at once.

"GO AWAY!"


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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4324

The American Presidency Project

Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974

244 - Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President of the United States.

August 8, 1974


I would have preferred to carry through to the finish, whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so.










http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/vietnam-m-z.html


NORRIS, THOMAS R.

Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, SEAL Advisor, Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team, Headquarters, U.S. Military Assistance Command. Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 10 to 13 April 1972. Entered service at: Silver Spring, Md. Born: 14 January 1944, Jacksonville, Fla. Citation: Lt. Norris completed an unprecedented ground rescue of 2 downed pilots deep within heavily controlled enemy territory in Quang Tri Province. Lt. Norris, on the night of 10 April, led a 5-man patrol through 2,000 meters of heavily controlled enemy territory, located 1 of the downed pilots at daybreak, and returned to the Forward Operating Base (FOB). On 11 April, after a devastating mortar and rocket attack on the small FOB, Lt. Norris led a 3-man team on 2 unsuccessful rescue attempts for the second pilot. On the afternoon of the 12th, a forward air controller located the pilot and notified Lt. Norris. Dressed in fishermen disguises and using a sampan, Lt. Norris and 1 Vietnamese traveled throughout that night and found the injured pilot at dawn. Covering the pilot with bamboo and vegetation, they began the return journey, successfully evading a North Vietnamese patrol. Approaching the FOB, they came under heavy machinegun fire. Lt. Norris called in an air strike which provided suppression fire and a smoke screen, allowing the rescue party to reach the FOB. By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, undaunted courage, and selfless dedication in the face of extreme danger, Lt. Norris enhanced the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_R._Norris


Nickname: Tommy, Ratso

Place of birth: Jacksonville, Florida

Allegiance: United States Navy

Battles/wars: Vietnam War

Awards: Medal of Honor

Other work: FBI agent

Thomas R. Norris, USN (Retired) (born 14 January 1944) is a retired a U.S. Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue of two downed pilots in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam on April 10-April 13, 1972. At the time of the action, Lieutenant Norris was a SEAL Advisor with the Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 03/28/07 5:50 AM


That's what the POW guards always say: Today, Ray. You're going home today, Ray. You'll be eating dinner with your family tonight, Ray.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979


1979

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the year 1979.


February 11 – Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power in Iran, overthrowing Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8723205/Shahs-troops-in-gun-battle-with-airmen.html

The Telegraph


Shah's troops in gun battle with airmen

Jim Allan, who died on August 10 2011 aged 75, covered many huge stories for The Telegraph. Here is his account of the fighting that propelled Khomeini to power in Iran, from February 11 1979



http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/me_iran0089_02_05.asp

World tribune


Friday, February 5, 2010

February 11, 1979: The day modern Iran was hurled into the Dark Ages

By Sheda Vasseghi

For centuries, Iran has been a center of struggle between opposing ideologies and ways of life. Now, in the twenty-first century, it will be a decisive battleground for progress versus calamity.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/11/photos-iran-1979-revolution_n_4768789.html

THEWORLDPOST

The Huffington Post


10 Iconic Photos Of Absolute Fury From Iran's 1979 Revolution

Posted: 02/11/2014 4:44 pm EST Updated: 02/11/2014 4:59 pm EST


An army officer guarding the SAVAK (National Intelligence and Security Organization) headquarters in Tehran stands on top of an armored personnel carrier, with three demonstrators as a gesture of unity, on the afternoon when the army conceded and the Iranian Revolution was declared victorious, February 11, 1979.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026510/releaseinfo

IMDb


I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)

Release Info

USA 9 March 1935



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026510/trivia

IMDb


I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)

Trivia


First appearance of Porky Pig.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4326

The American Presidency Project

Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974

246 - Letter Resigning the Office of President of the United States

August 9, 1974

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I hereby resign the Office of President of the United States.

Sincerely,

RICHARD NIXON










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045556/releaseinfo

IMDb


Big Leaguer (1953)

Release Info

USA 19 August 1953










http://www.tv.com/shows/have-gun-will-travel/three-bells-to-perdido-123670/

tv.com


Have Gun - Will Travel Season 1 Episode 1

Three Bells to Perdido

Aired Saturday 9:30 PM Sep 14, 1957 on CBS

AIRED: 9/14/57










http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-82/sts-82-day-04-highlights.html

STS-82 Day 4 Highlights

Back to STS-82 Flight Day 03 Highlights:

On Friday, February 14, 1997, 6:00 a.m. CST, STS-82 MCC Status Report # 7 reports:

Astronauts Mark Lee and Steve Smith worked throughout the night in the cargo bay of the Shuttle Discovery, conducting a spacewalk lasting six hours and 42 minutes to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, which now contains new science instruments for an expanded view of the universe.

The first spacewalk of the second servicing mission of the Telescope began at 10:34 p.m. Central time Thursday night when Lee and Smith switched their spacesuits over to battery power. The spacewalk was slightly delayed to enable ground controllers to assess the unexpected movement of one of Hubble's solar arrays, which slewed from a horizontal to a vertical position as Discovery's airlock was depressurized. The motion was created by an apparent gust of air from the airlock, but caused no damage to the array which was repositioned horizontally.

Once outside, Lee and Smith went right to work, opening the aft shroud doors on Hubble to remove the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph and the Faint Object Spectrograph. The telephone-booth sized instruments slid out of their compartments and were replaced by two brand new instruments, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer. STIS was installed in Hubble shortly before 1 a.m. Central time, followed almost two hours later by the NICMOS. Payload controllers send commands to check the health of the two instruments, which were declared alive and well and ready for calibration over the next several weeks. The aft shroud doors were finally closed as Lee and Smith stowed the old science gear in protective containers for the trip back to Earth. With their work successfully completed, Lee and Smith returned to Discovery's airlock at 5:17 this morning to wrap up the first of four planned excursions into the Shuttle's cargo bay.



http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9702/14/hubble.12am/

CNN


Delayed Hubble spacewalk begins

February 14, 1997

Web posted at: 12:30 a.m. EST (0530 GMT)

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas (CNN) -- Following a last-minute delay, two astronauts left the shuttle Discovery late Thursday on the first of four spacewalks of the Hubble Space Telescope's $350 million refurbishment.

Astronauts Mark Lee and Steve Smith, wearing bulky white spacesuits, climbed out into the shuttle's open cargo bay at 11:45 p.m. EST as the shuttle soared 360 miles above Australia.










http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-14/news/mn-28638_1_servicing-missions

Los Angeles Times


Astronauts' Pit Stop at 370 Miles Up

Shuttle: Spacewalk begins to replace some '70s technology on Hubble.

February 14, 1997 ROBERT LEE HOTZ TIMES SCIENCE WRITER

HOUSTON — As sleepless astronomers held their breath, two astronauts began an exacting orbital house call on the $2-billion Hubble Space Telescope late Thursday, culminating two years of painstaking rehearsals for one of the most demanding tasks in NASA's space program.

In a six-hour spacewalk scheduled to end early today, the astronauts planned to replace two outdated instruments in the bus-sized orbital telescope with more sophisticated sensors designed to dramatically improve its color vision and expand its ability to perceive infrared light.

"Hubble was built to be serviced, and this is a bit more exotic than getting a part replaced on your car, but it's similar in some respects because this is all part of routine maintenance," NASA spokesman Steve Nesbitt said.

The spacewalk by payload commander Mark Lee and mission specialist Steven Smith was temporarily delayed when Hubble's right solar panel suddenly moved, apparently when air from the air lock hit it. But there was no apparent damage and the walk began only 15 minutes late.

"Oh my gosh. Beautiful!" Lee said as he gazed at the 43-foot telescope.

Nesbitt said the astronauts should be able to finish all the work they had planned for today.

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery, parked in orbit 370 miles above Earth, will conduct three more midnight spacewalks over the weekend to complete a $350-million refurbishment of NASA's orbital eye, replacing vintage 1970s technology with the best the 1990s has to offer.

The new equipment will let astronomers stare with clearer, more discerning eyes at a universe of wonders, from the dense dust clouds in which stars and planets are born to the voracious black holes devouring the hearts of many galaxies. "We're salivating," said one University of Michigan stargazer.

Later today, astronauts Gregory J. Harbaugh and Joseph R. Tanner plan to replace a failing guidance sensor with an $8-million device designed to ensure that the telescope can stay aimed properly.

First they must install handrails and foot rails to protect the instrument as they work. After wiggling the new guidance sensor into place, they must undo six bolts and 18 delicate electrical connectors, with fingers made stiff and clumsy by space gloves, to replace an engineering data recorder.

Drawing from a collection of 150 tools and crew aids especially designed for the mission, the crew will ratchet into place a variety of other upgrades Saturday and Sunday, including protective lens caps and a grab bag of new electronics. The shuttle also will nudge the observatory into a slightly higher orbit to extend its lifetime.

It is the second time in three years that NASA has launched a service mission to the Hubble. Two more servicing missions are planned to keep the telescope operational well into the next century.

In 1993, astronauts snagged the telescope with the shuttle's robot arm and, in a series of dramatic midnight spacewalks, hauled it aboard the shuttle to repair its out-of-focus optics, which had been seriously flawed in the manufacturing process.

When astronaut Steve Hawley, who helped launch Hubble in 1990, captured the gleaming 12-ton observatory and maneuvered it into the cargo bay early Thursday, the telescope seemed none the worse for its years in space, although the NASA logo on its side was peeling and there appeared to be a small hole, caused by a micrometeorite, in one of its large solar wings.

"I wish you could see the expression on Dr. Stevie's face," shuttle commander Kenneth Bowersox radioed mission control. "Looks like he just shook hands with an old friend."










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 posted by H.V.O.M at 2:28 AM


In another part of the dream, I was riding in the back of a metro bus. There were people on there I recognized from that past few years. I feel there is a lot to that part of the dream I cannot remember. One person indicated he heard I once had lipo-suction and I explained that I had actually had my memories suppressed. I think that detail about lipo-suction isn’t about lipo-suction, rather it is just supposed to be a clue to remind me of a conversation I had with someone about 8 years ago and so I would remember that person even though I didn't see her in the dream. There was a lot to that part I cannot remember and I wish I could remember it all. One interesting part of the dream is that I would sometimes catch a reflection in the bus window glass that appeared to be a U.S. Navy pilot wearing a helmet and equipment as though he was sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft. I looked around to see where that reflection was coming from, but I never did see that person sitting there on the bus.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 18 April 2007 excerpt ends]





JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Fri, May 19, 2006 10:21:01 PM

Subject: Re: Journal May 19, 2006


Kerry Burgess wrote:


I wonder where the divergence point is in history? When did I become Kerry Burgess and who am I really? There was probably a real Kerry Burgess, someone that looked like me.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 19 May 2006 excerpt ends]










https://www.motorola.com/us/Motorola-History/Corporate-Motorola-History-Timely-Achievement.html

Motorola


Motorola milestones


Founding of Company


On September 25, 1928, Paul V. Galvin and his brother, Joseph, incorporated Motorola's founding company—Galvin Manufacturing Corporation—in Chicago, Illinois, USA.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036187/releaseinfo

IMDb


The Mysterious Doctor (1943)

Release Info

USA 3 March 1943










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/releaseinfo

IMDb


Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Release Info

USA 18 November 1996 (Hollywood, California) (premiere)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/fullcredits

IMDb


Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Full Cast & Crew


James Cromwell ... Zefram Cochran










http://www.tv.com/shows/goodyear-television-playhouse/october-story-198443/

tv.com


Goodyear Television Playhouse Season 1 Episode 1

October Story

Aired Sunday 9:00 PM Oct 14, 1951 on NBC

A young girl from Brooklyn causes a stir with television executives when she announces she has invented a portable TV that can be built for $2.14.

AIRED: 10/14/51










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/quotes

IMDb


Die Hard (1988)

Quotes


Hans Gruber: "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho."










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1963


April 1963

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The following events occurred in April 1963:


April 14, 1963 (Sunday)

The Institute of Mental Health (Belgrade) was established.



http://en.imh.org.rs/about-imh/history/

Institute of Mental Health


HISTORY

In the late 1950’s, significant changes took place in the field of psychiatry. Public appeals for a more humane approach to psychiatric patients and their inclusion in the community, as well as new developments in pharmacotherapy, have led to fundamental changes in the understanding of psychiatry and psychiatric care.

A group of Serbian psychiatrists gathered around Prof. Dr Slavka Moric-Petrovic (Prof. Dr Dušan Petrovic, Prof. Dr Milan Popovic, Prof. Dr Miroslav Antonijevic, Prof. Dr Predrag Kalicanin, and others) decided to embark on a pioneer project of introducing global trends in psychiatry and opening the first social psychiatric institution not only in the former Yugoslavia, but in the entire Balkans. After the project design, made by architect Vladeta Stojkovic, was accepted, on June 5th 1960 the foundation stone was laid, and on April 14th 1963, the Center for Mental Health officially began its work. This marked the beginning of operation of the first psychiatric institution in this part of Europe completely oriented toward social psychiatry, laying the emphasis of treatment and support to patients in the treatment process on the social environment, and insisting on social and psychological methods of treatment for psychiatric disorders.










http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309540/bio

IMDb


Biography for

Bill Gates

Date of Birth

28 October 1955, Seattle, Washington, USA

Birth Name

William Henry Gates III





http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transvestite

transvestite


A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.

someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=65391

The American Presidency Project

Woodrow Wilson

XXVIII President of the United States: 1913 - 1921

Address delivered at the First Annual Assemblage of the League to Enforce Peace: "American Principles"

May 27, 1916

When the invitation to be here to-night came to me, I was glad to accept it,—not because it offered me an opportunity to discuss the program of the League,—that you will, I am sure, not expect of me,—but because the desire of the whole world now turns eagerly, more and more eagerly, towards the hope of peace, and there is just reason why we should take our part in counsel upon this great theme. It is right that I, as spokesman of our Government, should attempt to give expression to what I believe to be the thought and purpose of the people of the United States in this vital matter.

This great war that broke so suddenly upon the world two years ago, and which has swept within its flame so great a part of the civilized world, has affected us very profoundly, and we are not only at liberty, it is perhaps our duty, to speak very frankly of it and of the great interests of civilization which it affects.

With its causes and its objects we are not concerned. The obscure fountains from which its stupendous flood has burst forth we are not interested to search for or explore. But so great a flood, spread far and wide to every quarter of the globe, has of necessity engulfed many a fair province of right that lies very near to us. Our own rights as a Nation, the liberties, the privileges, and the property of our people have been profoundly affected. We are not mere disconnected lookers-on. The longer the war lasts, the more deeply do we become concerned that it should be brought to an end and the world be permitted to resume its normal life and course again. And when it does come to an end we shall be as much concerned as the nations at war to see peace assume an aspect of permanence, give promise of days from which the anxiety of uncertainty shall be lifted, bring some assurance that peace and war shall always hereafter be reckoned part of the common interest of mankind. We are participants, whether we would or not, in the life of the world. The interests of all nations are our own also. We are partners with the rest. What affects mankind is inevitably our affair as well as the affair of the nations of Europe and of Asia.

One observation on the causes of the present war we are at liberty to make, and to make it may throw some light forward upon the future, as well as backward upon the past. It is plain that this war could have come only as it did, suddenly and out of secret counsels, without warning to the world, without discussion, without any of the deliberate movements of counsel with which it would seem natural to approach so stupendous a contest. It is probable that if it had been foreseen just what would happen, just what alliances would be formed, just what forces arrayed against one another, those who brought the great contest on would have been glad to substitute conference for force. If we ourselves had been afforded some opportunity to apprise the belligerents of the attitude which it would be our duty to take, of the policies and practices against which we would feel bound to use all our moral and economic strength, and in certain circumstances even our physical strength also, our own contribution to the counsel which might have averted the struggle would have been considered worth weighing and regarding.

And the lesson which the shock of being taken by surprise in a matter so deeply vital to all the nations of the world has made poignantly clear is, that the peace of the world must henceforth depend upon a new and more wholesome diplomacy. Only when the great nations of the world have reached some sort of agreement as to what they hold to be fundamental to their common interest, and as to some feasible method of acting in concert when any nation or group of nations seeks to disturb those fundamental things, can we feel that civilization is at last in a way of justifying its existence and claiming to be finally established. It is clear that nations must in the future be governed by the same high code of honor that we demand of individuals.

We must, indeed, in the very same breath with which we avow this conviction admit that we have ourselves upon occasion in the past been offenders against the law of diplomacy which we thus forecast; but our conviction is not the less clear, but rather the more clear, on that account. If this war has accomplished nothing else for the benefit of the world, it has at least disclosed a great moral necessity and set forward the thinking of the statesmen of the world by a whole age. Repeated utterances of the leading statesmen of most of the great nations now engaged in war have made it plain that their thought has come to this, that the principle of public right must henceforth take precedence over the individual interests of particular nations, and that the nations of the world must in some way band themselves together to see that that right prevails as against any sort of selfish aggression; that henceforth alliance must not be set up against alliance, understanding against understanding, but that there must be a common agreement for a common object, and that at the heart of that common object must lie the inviolable rights of peoples and of mankind. The nations of the world have become each other's neighbors. It is to their interest that they should understand each other. In order that they may understand each other, it is imperative that they should agree to coцperate in a common cause, and that they should so act that the guiding principle of that common cause shall be even-handed and impartial justice.

This is undoubtedly the thought of America. This is what we ourselves will say when there comes proper occasion to say it. In the dealings of nations with one another arbitrary force must be rejected and we must move forward to the thought of the modern world, the thought of which peace is the very atmosphere. That thought constitutes a chief part of the passionate conviction of America.

We believe these fundamental things: First, that every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live. Like other nations, we have ourselves no doubt once and again offended against that principle when for a little while controlled by selfish passion, as our franker historians have been honorable enough to admit; but it has become more and more our rule of life and action. Second, that the small states of the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity that great and powerful nations expect and insist upon. And, third, that the world has a right to be free from every disturbance of its peace that has its origin in aggression and disregard of the rights of peoples and nations.

So sincerely do we believe in these things that I am sure that I speak the mind and wish of the people of America when I say that the United States is willing to become a partner in any feasible association of nations formed in order to realize these objects and make them secure against violation.

There is nothing that the United States wants for itself that any other nation has. We are willing, on the contrary, to limit ourselves along with them to a prescribed course of duty and respect for the rights of others which will check any selfish passion of our own, as it will check any aggressive impulse of theirs.

If it should ever be our privilege to suggest or initiate a movement for peace among the nations now at war, I am sure that the people of the United States would wish their Government to move along these lines: First, such a settlement with regard to their own immediate interests as the belligerents may agree upon. We have nothing material of any kind to ask for ourselves, and are quite aware that we are in no sense or degree parties to the present quarrel. Our interest is only in peace and its future guarantees. Second, an universal association of the nations to maintain the inviolate security of the highway of the seas for the common and unhindered use of all the nations of the world, and to prevent any war begun either contrary to treaty covenants or without warning and full submission of the causes to the opinion of the world,—a virtual guarantee of territorial integrity and political independence.

But I did not come here, let me repeat, to discuss a program. I came only to avow a creed and give expression to the confidence I feel that the world is even now upon the eve of a great consummation, when some common force will be brought into existence which shall safeguard right as the first and most fundamental interest of all peoples and all governments, when coercion shall be summoned not to the service of political ambition or selfish hostility, but to the service of a common order, a common justice, and a common peace. God grant that the dawn of that day of frank dealing and of settled peace, concord, and coцperation may be near at hand!

Note: Address delivered at the First Annual Assemblage of the League to Enforce Peace, May 27, 1916.










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USA 15 July 1988 (limited)










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John McClane: So that's is what this is about, Hans? A fucking robbery?

Hans Gruber: Put down the gun.

John McClane: Why'd you have to nuke the whole building, Hans?

Hans Gruber: Well, when you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you










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From: Kerry Burgess

To: hotline@dodig.mil; HQ-OIG-Counsel@mail.nasa.gov

Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 9:52:45 AM

Subject: Bill Gates-Microsoft-Corbis the International Terrorist Organization violently against the space program and the US federal government

To: hotline@dodig.mil; HQ-OIG-Counsel@mail.nasa.gov

From: Kerry W. Burgess (official United States federal undercover identity created to investigate and prosecute and convict the criminal activity against the legitimate operations of the United States Department of Defense and against the legitimate operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; an identity completely compromised by forces hostile to the United States of America)










You can be convinced to go to war against weaklings and bomb their mud hut homes but when the real enemy against the United States federal is identified then you suddenly get cautious.

You are the greatest COWARDS this country has [ ever ] had


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- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 5:21 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 25 May 2015