Experts say green "brainwashing" is scaring preschoolers
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/29/2009 02:34:00 PM
Parents have accused early childhood centres of "greenwashing" their children by burdening them with the responsibility of saving the world.
Tots as young as three have sent letters to Kevin Rudd about their passion for green living and asked companies to reduce their packaging.
Others are growing their own food, repairing toys and walking to preschool in an effort to reduce their toll on the environment.
But experts have called for caution in teaching children about climate change because of the potential for fear, anxiety, frustration, anger and despair at catastrophic events.
Mother Paula Driscoll, from Sydney, said environmental disaster was the new nuclear holocaust.
"Nuclear war and weapons were our big worry," she said.
"This generation, their great worry is green. It is drummed into them everywhere."
Schoolchildren raised running out of drinking water, rising sea levels and the extinction of polar bears in a survey on their views last year.
"Children of that age should not be thinking the world is coming to an end," Sydney father-of-three Andrew Potter, 35, said.
Two members of the Religion of Perpetual Outrage charged by U.S. in plot to attack Danish paper
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/29/2009 02:29:00 PM
Two Chicago men have been arrested and charged with plotting to attack a Danish newspaper whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed -- including one with him wearing a bomb in a turban -- led to deadly protests by Muslims, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 published the controversial cartoons of Mohammad, the founder of Islam, which were subsequently republished elsewhere and sparked protests that killed several dozen people.
U.S. authorities accused David Headley, 49 and a U.S. citizen, of hatching the plot in late 2008 to attack the paper and said he posted to an Internet discussion group that he felt "disposed toward violence" because of the published cartoons.
Dubbing the scheme the "Mickey Mouse Project," Headley traveled twice to Denmark this year where he visited two offices of the Danish newspaper -- in Copenhagen and Arhus -- taking video and posing as a potential advertiser on behalf of a Chicago business, First World Immigration Services.
That business is owned by Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48 and a Canadian citizen, who was arrested on October 18 at his home in Chicago on a charge of conspiracy for discussing potential targets with Headley and helping him make travel plans, the Justice Department said.
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds.
Nun volunteering as abortion clinic escort in Illinois
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/27/2009 01:46:00 AM
A Dominican nun has been seen frequenting an abortion facility in Illinois recently - but not, as one might expect, to pray for an end to abortion or to counsel women seeking abortions, but to volunteer as a clinic escort.
Local pro-life activists say that they recognized the escort at the ACU Health Center as Sr. Donna Quinn, a nun outspokenly in favor of legalized abortion, after seeing her photo in a Chicago Tribune article.
I guess she missed out on that whole "Thou shalt not murder" portion of the Ten Commandments.
State Issues Issue 1 -- Proposed Constitutional Amendment to authorize the state to issue bonds to provide compensation to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts - State of Ohio If the State of Ohio was operating on a budgetary surplus I could understand the argument of those in favor of the issue wishing to distribute approximately $200 million in state funds. However, according to Governor Ted Strickland and Budget Director J. Pari Sabety the state will have an estimated budget deficit of more than $7 billion in the upcoming 2010 - 2011 operating budget. With this in mind, taxpayers would willingly be adding 2.8571428572% to the deficit. Further, Ohio Budget Director J. Pari Sabety writes that the total debt including interest to Ohioans would be $293.9 Million.
I contend that it is the obligation of the federal government and not the individual states to support veterans. The only exception for this would be veterans of the National Guard as opposed to members of the active duty and reserve. I also find the picking and choosing of which wars and/or conflicts are included to be biased as well. What about those who served in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw); Lebanon (Multinational Force in Lebanon); Libya (Gulf of Sidra incidents/Operation El Dorado Canyon); Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury); Persian Gulf (Operation Earnest Will); Panama (Operation Just Cause); Somalia (Operation Gothic Serpent/Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa); Bosnia and Herzegovina (Operation Deliberate Force); Kosovo (Operation Noble Anvil); Philippines (Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines); and Sahara/Sahel region of Africa (Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara) -- not to mention advisers who served in Central America in the 1980s. Why is the Ohio General Assembly purposefully excluding these veterans?
I am voting no on Issue 1.
Issue 3 -- Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Amend the Constitution to Allow for One Casino Each In Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo and Distribute to All Ohio Counties A Tax on the Casinos -- State of Ohio I have seen the moral decay that casinos have caused across this country. Despite what the talking heads and supposed experts say I have seen with my own eyes these facilities bring about increased poverty and crime. The majority of those who choose to visit will be the same ones who spend their last dollar on a lottery ticket rather than to purchase food for their family.
It rails against my beliefs, and as such I will gladly be voting no on Issue 3.
Local Issues Montgomery County Five Rivers Metro Parks Levy I'll be voting yes, partly because of it replacing the existing levy of 1.8 mills, but because of the work they do with respect to conservation.
Dayton Metro Library levy I'll be voting no because it increases taxes. If it was just replacing the current levy of 1.25 mills I would consider it, but because it includes an increase of 0.5 mill I will happily vote against this.
Ohio has joined with several other states, including Montana and Tennessee, in asserting independence from federal gun laws with the introduction of House Bill 315. This bill, sponsored by Representatives Morgan and Martin, would make all guns manufactured wholly within the state of Ohio exempt from federal gun regulations provided sales are within state boundaries.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives has claimed that they have the authority through the right to regulate interstate commerce because even exclusive intrastate sales of guns have an effect on gun sales nationwide.
With two states already having passed similar bills, and many more being considered, this will not be an issue that can be ignored much longer and will likely head for the courts as the issue of states rights vs federal authority are ironed out.
Boycott of California government schools in the making
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/23/2009 12:28:00 PM
SaveCalifornia.com has launched a new drive to protest a pro-homosexual bill recently signed into law.
Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, tells OneNewsNow he is calling for a boycott over a law designed to force students to honor a deceased homosexual activist.
"With Harvey Milk Gay Day now the law for California government schools, and a handful of sexual indoctrination laws already existing that are in effect throughout the entire school year, parents have to at least boycott Harvey Milk Day or days or week," Thomasson urges.
The boycott, he says, needs to be established by parents to protect their children, but also to drive home a point that they do not want their children indoctrinated with a pro-homosexual philosophy. Thomasson feels that taking students out of the government school system is the only way to accomplish this protection. He adds that parents also need to be aware of the quality of education their children are receiving in California.
Thomasson reports that "on the academic chart, California is among the lowest academically in the country. On the sexual indoctrination chart, California leads the pack with Massachusetts following."
Given these statistics, the West Coast pro-family, pro-child organization hopes that the boycott will convey the message that time in the classroom should not be used in a way that might risk losing average daily attendance funds. In addition, Thomasson believes California parents need to be concerned enough about the welfare of their children to begin homeschooling or sending them to private or religious schools.
Obama to skip twenty year anniversary celebrations of fall of Communism
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/23/2009 12:26:00 PM
President Obama has reportedly informed the German government that he will not travel to Berlin on November 9 to participate in the 20th-anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is an unfortunate decision on multiple counts.
First, it is another slight to another European ally — one that is going all-out to celebrate the event. The invitation to Obama was extended personally by Chancellor Angela Merkel last June.
Second, it is a failure to correct the historical misstatement of his citizen-of-the-world address last year in Berlin, when he credited the fall of the wall to the "world standing as one" and failed even to mention the names of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
Third, it is an embarrassment for the United States not to be represented at the highest level for the commemoration of an event of this magnitude. As Matt Welch writes in the November issue of Reason magazine, November 1989 was “the most liberating month of arguably the most liberating year in human history” — the end of the Soviet Union and communism in Europe and a 50-year Cold War that was a worldwide ideological battle. It was battle led by America.
Fourth, it is an opportunity for Obama to give a speech in which he does not apologize for his country but celebrates the triumph of freedom that has been the driving force of American history from its beginning through his own election.
No surprise. I'm sure he and his fellow comrades will be lighting candles and singing Joan Baez songs lamenting the anniversary and pining for the return of the Soviet Union.
Government school indoctrinator gets three years in prison for raping student
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/23/2009 12:25:00 PM
A Greenon teacher who was charged with raping a student is headed to prison.
Michael Markeson, 28, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday morning.
Markeson appeared in court earlier this month and pleaded guilty to sexual battery. He was a teacher at Indian Valley Middle School and Greenon High School.
He was arrested in June after investigators said he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old male student in his home.
Markeson resigned from his teaching position in August.
Dayton Daily News endorses Rhine McLin for Dayton Mayor
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/20/2009 05:03:00 PM
Just the other day, I was wondering where Ted Kennedy's liquor shipments are now being delivered now that The Swimmer has assumed room temperature and is taking his eternal dirt nap south of Hades. I never knew that Ellen Belcher was such a big fan of Chivas Regal. How exactly does the DDN endorse McLin?
They say that she "isn't a natural spokesperson," "is not an initiator or a born leader," "more suited for service in the legislature," and "mostly unimpressive." Wow! What a ringing endorsement if ever there was one. DDN claims McLin "has shown excellent judgment" when she hired City Manager Jim Dinneen. Excellent judgement? In June 2005, Dinneen blamed Dayton's woes on the surrounding cities of Oakwood, West Carrollton, Kettering, Riverside, Moraine, Vandalia and Trotwood. Blaming others for your own misjudgement? Excellent? Maybe if Montgomery Burns is on the DDN's editorial staff.
After illustrating one failure after another about McLin, they turn to her opponent Gary Leitzell. They attempt to discredit him claiming "there is a disconnect between him and the real-world problems of a city hall" while ignoring the bizarre behavior and comments that have embodied McLin. While
Leitzell hasn't been heard wanting to "leverage the talentability" of Dayton's youth, his opponent has now been heard wanting to "icubate businesses" [22:20]. displaying her gastroenterological qualifications [24:15]. or offering such gems like this: "We're using the things like called technology. One of the things is like the radio is uhm like the photography cameras that we have at our intersections" [36:51]. The next time you want to know why Dayton Government Schools are in the state of decay it might be that she only meets with the Board of Education four times a year [46:17], and then can't remember their name "Dayton Board of a School Board of Education" [47:48].
In addition, while they point to Leitzell's job as a negative attribute to his goal of being mayor, they ignore the job that McLin once had. With one company after another leaving Dayton and the city on prolonged life support about to assume room temperature, her background as a licensed funeral director and embalmer for McLin Funeral Home will serve her well as Dayton's Mortician-In-Chief uhm Mayor, that is. Residents of Dayton should cast their vote for Gary Leitzell who is clearly the logical choice for Dayton. How much longer will Mahatma McLin parade around during her walks around downtown ignoring the burning city around her as she sighs "Fiddle-dee-dee, tomorrow is another day"?
New report suggests over one billion abortions committed
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/20/2009 05:03:00 PM
In their new report entitled, "Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress", the the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute reports that over a billion abortions have been committed. The president and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, Sharon Camp, is quoted saying "The gains we’ve seen are modest in relation to what we can achieve." The gains are modest? If one billion children murdered is a modest gain, exactly how many do they intend on killing? The genocide conducted by Sharon Camp and her ilk make Stalin, Mao, and Hitler pale by comparison.
Homeschool group fundraiser at Chick-Fil-A in Washington Township
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/18/2009 04:10:00 PM
On October 19th from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM, the Reaching New Heights Homeschool Co-Op will have their fundraiser at the Chick-Fil-A at 1482 Miamisburg-Centerville Road. Dayton, OH 45459 [Map] (This is not the Chick-Fil-A located in the Dayton Mall). All receipts placed in the Reaching New Heights box throughout the day will count towards the fundraiser. As they do not automatically print receipts, please ask for a receipt to place into the box. Reaching New Heights Homeschool Co-Op will receive credit for any purchase made on October 19th as long as "Spirit Night" is mentioned at the time of purchase. This will include breakfast, lunch, dinner as well as catering orders that are placed on that day.
Financial donations will also be accepted that day if you wish to donate to the homeschool co-op. Reaching New Heights Homeschool Co-Op receives 20% of any Spirit Night purchase, so please come out to support this worthwhile cause. Thank you.
U.S. officials in recent days expressed to the Palestinian Authority that President Obama's administration is "disgusted" with Israel, a top aide to PA President Mahmoud Abbas told WND in an interview.
Nimr Hamad said the White House was disgusted that Israel is refusing to halt all settlement activity as a precondition for re-starting talks with the PA over the creation of a Palestinian state. "Settlement activity" refers to Jewish construction in the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem.
Hamad repeated that the term "disgusted" was used more than once in recent meetings with U.S. envoys to describe the administration's attitude toward Israel. Hamad did not name the U.S. envoys using the terminology.
Dayton Daily News backs the wrong candidate for Kettering City Council
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/15/2009 07:34:00 PM
DDN has endorsed Amy Schrimpf and Frank Spolrich for Kettering City Council. Both Schrimpf and Spolrich are Republicans, but have not received the endorsement of the Montgomery County Republican Party. That endorsement, which was the only one given to candidates for Kettering City Council, went to Ashley Webb during a caucus meeting the evening of 6 October 2009.
During that meeting four candidates spoke: Ashley Webb, Amy Schrimpf, Debbie Waker, and then Frank Spolrich. Amy Schrimpf said that she was endorsed by Mayor Don Patterson as well as Peggy Lehner, two people I would not want to have supporting my candidacy. When Patterson was looking for our support several years ago, he spoke to us at a meeting at MCL Cafeteria. There had been rumors that he was looking to have the city income tax increased and he was questioned about it. He looked us each in the eye and promised that he would not seek any such increase in the city income tax. We later learned that to be a lie as he had the increase pushed through so that we would have the same rate as Dayton. Recently HB176 was before the state legislature. This is an unconstitutional piece of legislation which grants special rights to those with gender identity issues and those of different "sexual orientation." Lehner became an embarassing slobbering mess [1:00:38 through 1:05:58] as she made one excuse after another for her support of the bill which has cost her dearly in the support of my fellow Republicans. I and the others in the caucus meeting discussed these two factors when discussing the possible endorsement of Schrimpf. The other factor we discussed with regard to Schrimpf was a postcard she sent that was postmarked 26 September 2009. On the back of the postcard it says how she is endorsed by Patterson and that his wife is the Honorary Chair of her campaign. She then explains that because I supported Patterson several years ago, that she would direct her volunteers to place a sign in my yeard during the weekend of 3/4 October, and would then remove it shortly after the election on 3 November. She then gives the recipient an opt-out procedure to call her cell phone if I wouldn't like the sign placed in my yard. This was the sole contact I had from her. I had not received a phone call or email from her--only this postcard. I found it quite presumptuous to say the least that I, and others, would automatically support her just because we made the mistake of supporting Patterson several years ago. I was quick to then contact her to express my displeasure whereupon she then dismissed any responsibility blaming it on Patterson. That's real leadership if there was ever an example. I can assure you that when this was brought up it was quite an eye opening development with the others at the meeting. The postcard along with her support of Patterson and Lehner doomed any chances she had.
In addition, a couple days after the caucus meeting a source who was on the selection committee informed me that the only reason Schrimpf currently holds her City Council seat is that Patterson wanted a female to take over Lehner's seat. His first and foremost qualification was not if they possessed the necessary qualities to serve on the city council but that they were the same gender as Lehner. I doubt that in their in-depth research DDN learned of any of this. Were they outsourcing this to Rick Sanchez of CNN? Who's next, Debbie Lieberman? Also, there hadn't been any plans by the party to endorse any of the candidates running for Kettering City Council, but that didn't deter Patterson. He contacted the Party and requested that a caucus meeting be held to endorse two candidates for Kettering City Council with the interpretation that it would be merely a rubber stamp process and his candidate, Schrimpf, would be anointed. He quickly learned that was not the case, as she was resoundingly rejected along with Spolrich and Waker.
After Schrimpf spoke, Debbie Waker spoke with the group. She listed two main reasons as to why we should endorse her. First that she was active with the Republican Party while in high school -- twenty years ago; and that she was instrumental in having the income tax levy passed. Later when the candidates had left us to deliberate and make our decision when her name was brought up, there was muffled laughter in the room. You're pitch to us to ask for our vote was to advise us you were the driving force in raising our taxes? And if that wasn't bad enough, your other main reason was what you did for the party two decades ago? Sorry. Try again.
Frank Spolrich spoke last going on about how four years ago he was overwhelmingly endorsed by the party. The problem with that statement is that it is patently false. Mr. Spolrich, in the eloquent words of Congressman Joe Wilson, "You lie!" I was there at the meeting at MCL Cafeteria where you were endorsed, along with Patterson. It was not overwhelmingly whatsoever. There were several rounds of voting in which there was one tie after another. Finally, after one more round, you won by one vote. That doesn't qualify as being overwhelmingly endorsed by the party in any way, shape, or form you wish. The only time in which I had any contact whatsoever from Spolrich proir to the evening of 6 October was the meeting at MCL Cafeteria. I wasn't alone in this regard. None of us there had received any contact from him other than the ten seconds he spent passing a pamphlet around before the meeting asking us to simply read his information.
Of the four candidates, only one took the time to call several times as well as to come to my home and speak with me about their candidacy and why they should have my vote: Ashley Webb. Several of us stood to not only give personal endorsements of him, but to enthusiastically recommend that we as a Party endorse him. In the end I believe that Webb received the overwhelming endorsement of the party receiving nearly 80% of the vote. Schrimpf received only three votes; Spolrich received one, and Waker didn't receive any at all.
You will be able to meet the candidates for Kettering School Board and Kettering City Council candidates courtesy of the the League of Women Voters. The Kettering School Board candidates event will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, and the Kettering City Council candidates event will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 28. Both events will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 901 E. Stroop Road.
I am not only proud but honored to endorse Ashley Webb for Kettering City Council.
International military students again eligible to earn the Special Forces Tab
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/15/2009 07:33:00 PM
Officers and noncommissioned officers from foreign militaries will again be eligible to earn the coveted Special Forces Tab in a move by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School to continue a long tradition of integrating allied partners into Green Beret training.
Government school indoctrinator in Florida gets 2 years probation for spiking autistic student's soda with hot sauce
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/08/2009 05:53:00 PM
A Miami Lakes special education teacher was sentenced today to two years of probation after she was found guilty of putting hot sauce in an autistic student's soda, WFOR-Ch. 4 reports.
Sylvia Tagle also was sentenced to 100 hours of community service.
The boy's parents said they were outraged at what they call a "lenient" sentence.
"It's really sad and you know what? It really, really sends a bad message to everyone," the father told the judge.
Last month, Tagle was convicted of abuse after she gave a soda with hot sauce in it to the Bob Graham Educational Center student to teach him a lesson.
Tagle says the boy grabbed the soda from her desk when she was with other students.
Tagle could have faced up to five years in prison.
Jurors found Tagle not guilty of three other charges, including pulling a student's hair and not changing soiled diapers.
Elated the case had come to an end with no prison time, Tagle said she loves her job and the children she teaches. "I love all my autistic children," she told WFOR. "That's why I've done it for so many years. It's not an easy task but I love doing it. And whatever happened was not done intentionally."
Government school indoctrinator in Tennessee charged with stealing lunch money
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/08/2009 05:53:00 PM
A Cason Lane Academy teacher accused of pocketing students’ lunch money was charged with theft under $500 Monday by Murfreesboro Police.
Teacher Angela M. Strube, 30, of Sky Valley Trail in Smyrna was charged with theft of the money from her third grade students after an investigation by Detective Lt. Nathan McDaniel.
McDaniel's arrest warrant accused Strube of removing the lunch money from envelopes.
Murfreesboro City Schools’ spokeswoman Cheryl Harris said Strube was suspended without pay. She is a tenured teacher.
Police spokesman Kyle Evans said the Murfreesboro City Schools system, not the children, was the victim because the teacher reported the children paid for the lunches.
"She admitted to taking the school lunch money – just to pocket the money," Evans said.
Principal Chad Fletcher reported money missing from the school lunches and Smart Card fund Sept. 14.
Evans said the investigation about the Smart Card fund money remains open.
"We are glad to make an arrest in this case," Evans said. “Anytime you have an authority figure you trust stealing from the most vulnerable is a sad situation."
Strube is scheduled to answer the charge Nov. 30 in General Sessions Court.
Former government school indoctrinator pleads guilty to sexual battery on student
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/08/2009 05:52:00 PM
A teacher pleads guilty to raping a student.
Greenon teacher Michael Markeson was arrested in June and pleads guilty to sexual battery as part of a plea agreement.
Markeson, a fifth grade teacher at Indian Valley Middle School and a drama teacher at Greenon High School, is accused of raping a high school student inside his home.
he next Mayor's Day is scheduled for October 20 at Stuart Patterson Center. http://tinyurl.com/ydatae3
Mayor Rhine McLin’s next Mayor’s Day event is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, at the Stuart Patterson Center, 238 Baltimore Ave. Citizens will have an opportunity to meet with Mayor McLin for up to 15 minutes. Mayor’s Day meetings are conducted by appointment only and can be arranged by calling 333-3653 in advance. Mayor’s Day is designed to make City government more accessible to the citizens of Dayton.
Spoiled fruits and vegetables will not be provided for those attending.
Bill Goodman's gun show targeted in New York undercover investigation
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/08/2009 05:51:00 PM
An undercover investigation funded by the City of New York found weapons were sold illegally at seven gun shows in three states — including at Bill Goodman’s Gun and Knife Show at Hara Arena — Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Let me make sure I understand this correctly, the Mayor of New York City whose jurisdiction ends roughly six hundred miles from here is investigating a gun show in Dayton, Ohio? Riiiiiiight.
450 mayors petition Obama to adopt broad gun reform
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/07/2009 09:33:00 PM
Among those Ohio mayors are Donald Plusquellic (Akron, OH), Mark Mallory (Cincinnati, OH [still not recruited to play for the Reds?!?]), and Dayton's Mortician-In-chief, Rhine McLin. Her joining this petition is another reason for Dayton residents to vote for Gary Leitzell.
I want to offer my congratulations to Ashley Webb on winning the sole endorsement of the Montgomery County Republican Party last night. It was a great meeting.
Post Office has thousands of workers paid for...not working
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/01/2009 04:12:00 PM
The U.S. Postal Service, struggling with a massive deficit caused by plummeting mail volume, spends more than a million dollars each week to pay thousands of employees to sit in empty rooms and do nothing.
It’s a practice called “standby time,” and it has existed for years — but postal employees say it was rarely used until this year. Now, postal officials say, the agency is averaging about 45,000 hours of standby time every week — the equivalent of having 1,125 full-time employees sitting idle, at a cost of more than $50 million per year.
Mail volume is down 12.6 percent compared with last year, and many postal supervisors simply don’t have enough work to keep all employees busy. But a thicket of union rules prevents managers from laying off excess employees; a recent agreement with the unions, in fact, temporarily prevents the Postal Service from even reassigning them to other facilities that could use them.
Paver Dedication for Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/01/2009 04:11:00 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A paver stone honoring Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday, October 10, at 11:00 a.m. at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum by the SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Chapter of the Special Forces Association, Carlisle, PA. The public is invited to attend.
Shughart (August 13, 1958 – October 3, 1993) is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death he was a non-commissioned officer in the Army's premiere special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), or "Delta Force." Together with Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions he performed during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993.
Shughart distinguished himself on October 3, 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Member with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Shughart provided precision sniper fire from the lead helicopter during an assault on a building and at two helicopter crash sites, while under intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fire. While providing critical suppressive fires at the second crash site, he and his team leader learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the site.
Shughart and his team leader volunteered to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After their third request to be inserted they received permission to perform this volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fire at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, they were inserted one hundred meters south of the crash.
Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Shughart and his team leader fought their way to reach the critically injured crew members. Shughart pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him in the most vulnerable position.
Shughart used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers while traveling the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. He continued his protective fire until he depleted his ammunition and was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life.
The Museum Located in downtown Fayetteville, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum is part of the U.S. Army Museum System and tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from 1940 to the present. Museum hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday; open Federal holiday Mondays. For more information call 910.643.2774 or visit the website at www.asomf.org.
Monument dedication for the 281st Assault Helicopter Company
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/01/2009 04:11:00 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A monument honoring the 281st Assault Helicopter Company will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday, October 17, at 5:00 p.m. at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum. The public is invited to attend.
The 281st Assault Helicopter Company (AHC) was instrumental in the strategic reconnaissance missions that were the mainstay of the 5th Special Forces Group (ABN), Special Projects and Special Operations units. It is considered to be the legacy unit for today’s Special Operations Aviation units and was the only Aviation unit attached to the 5th Special Forces Group (ABN) during the Vietnam War.
The 281st Assault Helicopter Company was constituted in 1965 as the 281st Aviation Company and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. Under Operation Control (OPCON) to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Nha Trang Vietnam the unit performed tactical air movement and support of troops operations. The 281st flew over the entire II Corps area and became renowned for their gun cover protecting American and allied troops.
During its operational life in Vietnam, the 281st became the first organized Special Operations Helicopter unit in the United States Army. This prestigious unit was decorated for Valor and Meritorious Service by the United States Army, the United States Navy and the Republic of Vietnam.
The Museum Located in downtown Fayetteville, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum is part of the U.S. Army Museum System and tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from 1940 to the present. Museum hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday; open Federal holiday Mondays. For more information call 910.643.2774 or visit the website at www.asomf.org.
"Child Advocate" Whoopi Goldberg says Roman Polanski didn't commit "rape-rape"
Posted by DarthDilbert at 10/01/2009 04:09:00 PM
Does this mean she is a drug addict-drug addict again? Roman Polanski deserves nothing short of the death penalty. When I hear of celebrities who cherish the title of "child advocate" then dismiss what Polanski did it makes my blood boil. He should not be allowed to steal another microbe of oxygen. Do not pass go, do not collect an Oscar, go directly to the hangman's noose. Only when swift justice is dealt to these animals, and the message is delivered clear and without any confusion whatsoever will the epidemic be halted.
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to homeschool.
