This story on Yahoo! made my spine tingle.
"Tales of ghost sightings in the six worst hit southern provinces have become endemic, with many locals saying they are too...
Well, I didn't think it would happen, but it did. I put my name on a waiting list to get tickets to the Inauguration on January 20th. I put my name on the list of a Democrat...
If you've read the Hutton Inquiry out of Britain, the 9/11 Report or even the Senate Intelligence Report - you know the truth about Iraq and why we're there. And you've done...
UPDATE
I sent an email to Home for Our Troops, which helps to build specialized homes for injured troops.
They sent me an email today that they have been informed of Sam's...
For those of you who don't know Chief Wiggles of Operation Give, you're missing out on the most dedicated American patriot who spends his free time helping the children and...
In case I haven't written in a thousand times before, the brothers at Iraq the Model are amazing.
I couldn't decorate my tree with lights
Because I don't have enough...
...The first headline you see this morning says:
"67 year-old Romanian woman pregnant with twins"
Just another one of those helpful reminders that even old, ugly people...
Ok. I read that headline and wondered, "if scientists can predict if an asteroid will or will not hit the earth 24 years from now, why the hell can't the weatherman tell me what...
When I was younger, I always wrote poems. Not good ones, mind you, but they were of my thoughts and my inner most feelings. They were so dramatic for a kid of my age at the time...
Every year for the past three years - we take my son skiing - my sister and her family and my Mom.
Two years ago we went to Lake Placid, New York. It's a drive from hell, but...
So this was it. My first Christmas day ever, all by myself. I thought it would be really sad, but it was okay. I got to speak to two of my soldiers - which reminded me that even...
As we get ready to go to my sister's house for a night of great food, loud talking and gift giving - it struck me how much my life has changed since last Christmas.
Last year...
This story comes from the Marine Mom website, a group of Moms who do tireless work supporting their Marines. We adopted 8 Marines from them this holiday season.
"Josh and his...
Death just plain sucks. It's true, as one of my soldiers pointed out, that it's all about being selfish and wanting to keep the dead person here with you, alive. Indeed it is....
My son wrote this on the computer at school and brought it home for me - so I posted it here.
A Army Christmas Story
In northern Iraq there was a gunner squad who lost 50...
All day today, no matter what I did at work, no matter what I tried to do - I couldn't stop thinking of the heroes that were killed today on that base in Mosul. At least 24...
Sure, the mainstream media isn't relevant for getting news anymore, but they sure are a source of humor and gossip.
The past week or so they've been hammering Secretary...
I constantly try to tell people I know that the simplest act by YOU, can have the greatest return and reverberate for a long time, sometimes without you knowing it. This story...
Sgt. Rafael Peralta, 25, wasa platoon scout.I've read this story a few times, but thanks to LGF - there's a picture to go with the words.
FALLUJAH, Iraq(Dec. 2, 2004) --...
I almost cried when I read that Lisa Marie Presley is selling 85% of her father's estate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, not Graceland thankfully. I haven't even been there yet - and...
...is to PAY for my teeth! Or at least some better dental insurance.
I have had ONE root canal and my son had his checkup and teeth cleaned. So Saturday as I open the lovely...
Iraq Veterans are being made HOMELESS screams the headline from Drudge Report this afternoon (conjuring up every negative image of the Vietnam War possible). Is...
Cpl. Robert P. Warns II, 23, of Waukesha, Wis., died Nov. 8 as a result of enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 2nd...
Yet despite them all, and after this bloody month of November, here we are now on the eve of elections — the most unlikely of all events in the last half-century of...
"The government has found traces of a rocket fuel chemical in organic milk in Maryland, green leaf lettuce grown in Arizona and bottled spring water from Texas and California."...
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