Kim Basinger, according to information I found on the internet, was 33 years, 5 months, 9 days, old on 5/17/1987. I recognize that I completed my escape from Africa on 5/13/1987 and then the USS Stark FFG-31 was hit by Saddam on 5/17/1987 because it was transporting me to Bahrain for medical treatment. I imagine that Phoebe had dreams of Africa in 1986 when I was missing and presumed dead. There are probably other clues to find associated with this movie but I have found it almost impossible to concentrate on any further today.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167203/
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
Release Date: 5 May 2000 (USA)
I recognize the day 2/14/1986 as when I was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and was a Prisoner of War in Libya until 4/14/1986. Around the time I was shot down, I was the same age as Colonel Ilan Ramon of the Israeli Air Force. Bill Gates took a page out of that book and hired Monica Lewinsky to target President Clinton around the time I was in Microsoft to establish probable cause back in 1995. Bill Gates has also purchased and corrupted such public officials as George W. Bush and Dave Reichert.
From 2/14/1986 to 9/19/1986 is: 217 days
217 / 365 = 0.59
From 2/14/1986 to 9/19/1986 is: 0.59 year
From 4/14/1986 to 8/28/1986 is: 4 months, 14 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=37786
Proclamation 5520—National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1986
August 28th, 1986
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Courage and sacrifice are no strangers to America. In every war since our first struggle for independence, America's prisoners of war have endured terrible hardships and have been called upon to make extraordinary sacrifices. The bravery, perseverance, and profound devotion to duty of our POWs and MIAs have earned them a place of honor in the hearts of all Americans. Their heroism is an inspiration to future generations. Their spirit of hope and their commitment to the defense of freedom are a claim on our loyalty to them.
All Americans are also deeply moved by the pain and suffering endured by the families and friends of those who remain missing or unaccounted for. We share both their burden and their commitment to secure the release of any U.S. personnel who may still be held against their will, to recover the missing, to resolve the accounting, and to relieve the suffering of our missing servicemen. Until the P.O.W./M.I.A. issue has been resolved, it will continue to be a matter of the highest national priority. As a symbol of this national commitment, the P.O.W./M.I.A. Flag will fly over the White House, the Departments of State and Defense, the Veterans' Administration, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on September 19, 1986. It will also fly over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
In order to recognize the special debt all Americans owe to the men and women who gave up their freedom in the service of our country and to reaffirm our commitment to their families, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 220, has designated September 19, 1986, as "National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day," and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this occasion.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 19, 1986, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day. I call on all Americans to join in honoring all former American prisoners of war, those still missing, and their families who have made extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of this country. I also call upon State and local officials and private organizations to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh.
RONALD REAGAN
From 5/13/1987 to 12/16/1987 is: 217 days
217 / 365 = 0.59
From 5/13/1987 to 12/16/1987 is: 0.59 year
http://www.nps.gov/archive/trte/index.htm
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The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward. Today the trail encompasses about 2,200 miles of land and water routes, and traverses portions of nine states.
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Designation
National Historic Trail - December 16, 1987
http://www.tntota.org/enabling_legislation.htm
PUBLIC LAW 100-192 [S. 5781; December 16,1987
TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-S. 578:
HOUSE REPORTS- No 100-461 Comm on Interior and Insular Affairs
SENATE REPORTS No 100-175 Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Vol. 133 (1987)
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 1 considered and passed House, amended.
Dec. 3 Senate concurred in House amendments. 101 STAT. 1309
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/121687a.htm
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on Low Intensity Conflict Policy
December 16, 1987
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Conflict in the Third World can pose serious threats to our security interests. Low intensity conflicts, which take place at levels below conventional war, but above routine peaceful competition among states, can be particularly troublesome.
The attached report, prepared pursuant to section 1311 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1987, responds to legislation passed by the Congress in 1986. It describes actions taken, and ongoing, as a result of our experience with low intensity conflicts over the last several years and highlights a broad-range effort to address problems associated with low intensity conflict and our Special Operations Forces. In that regard, in June of this year, I approved a new national policy and strategy for low intensity conflict and established a Board for Low Intensity Conflict that is chaired by my National Security Adviser. The essential elements of our low intensity conflict policy and strategy are described in the report.
We have also activated the new Unified Command for Special Operations, improved our special operations capabilities, and established the office of the new Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
More work lies ahead. The United States must continue to respond to challenges arising from low intensity conflict -- to defend our interests and support those who put their lives on the line in the common cause of freedom. For the United States to be effective in this most important undertaking, there must be public understanding and strong congressional support. I hope this report will contribute to a broader understanding of low intensity conflict and the support that our policy requires.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
This clever little clue was 5 months, 9 days, into the year 1987, and almost a month after I completed my escape after being shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 2/14/1986.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=34379
Nomination of Kenneth P. Bergquist To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
June 9th, 1987
The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth P. Bergquist to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict). He would succeed Chapman B. Cox. This is a new area of responsibility provided for in P.L. 99-500 of October 18, 1986.
Since 1986 Mr. Bergquist has been the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Readiness, Force Management and Training at the Department of the Army, 1983-1986.
Mr. Bergquist graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1967) and the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1977). He served in the United States Army, 1967-1974, and since 1974 has served in the United States Army Reserve. He was born April 12, 1944, in Washington, DC. Mr. Bergquist is married, has two children, and resides in McLean, VA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album was massively successful, and is considered to have been U2's worldwide commercial breakthrough. In addition, it has often been praised by music critics as the band's best album and one of the best rock albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Joshua Tree won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards of 1988.
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Themes
Water and desert
Numerous aspects of the album emphasize water and the desert. To begin with, the cover photograph is a black-and-white photo of the band at Death Valley National Park in the desert of California [2], taken by the band's longtime photographer Anton Corbijn; then there is the title of the album, which harkens to the California desert's Joshua Tree. Throughout the album, there are numerous explicit lyrical references to water and desert. Specifically, there are 46 references to the words rain, raining, rainin', rainfall, flood, water, well, sea, ocean, and river. Also, there are 17 references to desert, dry, plain, heat, dust, sunlight, and the sun. Water and desert, poetic equivalents of life and death, loss and redemption, and other diametrically opposed but uniquely linked forces, are thus used for a variety of purposes (which are further explained later):
Reconciling Greg Carroll's death;
Analogizing the duality of American spirit and its oft-ruthless foreign policy;
Setting a tone of the American Southwest, providing a cinematic backdrop for the music - as Bono has said, a canvas on which to paint; and
Creating tone of rusticism, purity, earthiness, piety, rootsiness, and complementing the bluesy/country vibe.
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Track listing
"Where the Streets Have No Name" – 5:37
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" – 4:37
"With or Without You" – 4:56
"Bullet the Blue Sky" – 4:32
"Running to Stand Still" – 4:18
"Red Hill Mining Town" – 4:52
"In God's Country" – 2:57
"Trip Through Your Wires" – 3:32
"One Tree Hill" – 5:23
"Exit" – 4:13
"Mothers of the Disappeared" – 5:14
Music by U2, lyrics by Bono.
Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
Assuming this release date in the article is correct, I'm not entirely sure why this would point to the hit on the Stark, other than obvious reasons associated with me. There are some ideas, such as the sense of loss of the sailors that were killed during another assassination attempt on me. Maybe that is why. At first, I thought it was going to point to 5/13/1987, but instead, it is 33 months, 3 days, after 5/17/1987, which was the day the USS Stark FFG-31 was hit.
After I wrote that last paragraph, I read again the title of the album and that makes sense, actually. "Dark at the end of the tunnel" seems to be a good representation of the day the Stark was hit while transporting me home after I completed my escape from Africa. They'll probably try again. They always do.
Released February 20, 1990
Dark at the End of the Tunnel is the sixth studio album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1990. It is the first collection of all new material released by the band since their 1987 album BOI-NGO. It is also notable as the first record to find the band shying away from the previously heavy use of New Wave elements with more emphasis on a heavy, Modern Rock sound.
Track listing
"When The Lights Go Out" "Skin"
"Out Of Control"
"Glory Be"
"Long Breakdown"
"Flesh 'N Blood"
"Run Away (The Escape Song)"
"Dream Somehow"
"Is This"
"Right To Know"
"Try To Believe"
Oingo Boingo
Flesh ’n’ Blood
Over time Ive come to feel
That everything must come apart it seems
From the little child to the man of power
From the beggar to the angel of my dreams
From the thinnest thread we are sewn together
From the finest string we dangle over time
From the highest wire do we walk through fire
Should our balance ever falter
Should our steps be unaligned
Such a big storm yeah such a strong wind blowing
Such a loud voice calling for me to cross the line
Chorus
But Im not gonna give up the ghost
No, not gonna give up the ghost
Im not gonna give up the ghost, no not gonna give it up
cause I havent the strength to hold out too long
If we both hold on together we can make each other strong
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh n blood
After all were flesh
Drop the mask take away the house
And forget about the income and the car
Were all the same underneath our shell
Weve all been to hell and we know what its like
And weve shared each others sins
We all know what its like to give up the fight
Weve all been ashamed at one time or another
We all have dreams and nightmares too
When it all comes down well look out for each other
(no one else will)
But when I hear the call when I feel the thirst
When the catcher comes to take my soul
Hes gonna have to fight me first
Chorus
Every cloud has a silver lining
And every soul is tender to the touch
We are made of stone, we are made of steel
And were all the same when we return to dust
But when I hear the call when I feel the thirst
When the catcher comes to take my soul
Hes gonna have to fight me first . . .
Chorus out
