Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Fwd: The Year of your Birth---A Little Different & Very Interesting


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Date: Aug 17, 2010 11:04 AM
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 A Little Different & Very Interesting


 The Year of your Birth---A Little Different & VeryInteresting

(Takes time to read, but neat!  When it stops you can go back tore-read anything you missed.)
I've received e-mails about theĆ¢€™ year of your birth' before... thisone is completely different.  Give it a try and click the linkbelow.


 What happenedin my birth year or

http://whathappenedinmybirthyear.com/


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Friday, August 13, 2010

Fwd: Soon to be Gone


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By Capt. Steven Ellison, MD
A MILITARY DOCTOR


This should be required reading in every school and college in our country.  This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a medal himself for putting this together.  If you choose not to pass it on, fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.







I am a doctor specializing in the Emergency Departments of the only two military Level One-Trauma Centers, both in San Antonio, TX and they care for civilian Emergencies as well as military personnel.   San Antonio has the largest military retiree population in the world living here.  As a military doctor, I work long hours and the pay is less than glamorous.  One tends to become jaded by the long hours, lack of sleep, food, family contact and the endless parade of human suffering passing before you.  The arrival of another ambulance does not mean more pay, only more work.  Most often, it is a victim from a motor vehicle crash.



Often it is a person of dubious character who has been shot or stabbed.  With our large military retiree population, it is often a nursing home patient.  Even with my enlisted service and minimal combat experience in Panama, I have caught myself groaning when the ambulance brought in yet another sick, elderly person from one of the local retirement centers that cater to military retirees.  I had not stopped to think of what citizens of this age group represented.




I saw 'Saving Private Ryan.' I was touched deeply.  Not so much by the carnage, but by the sacrifices of so many.  I was touched most by the scene of the elderly survivor at the graveside, asking his wife if he'd been a good man.  I realized that I had seen these same men and women coming through my Emergency Dept.. and had not realized what magnificent sacrifices they had made.  The things they did for me and everyone else that has lived on this planet since the end of that conflict are priceless.




Situation permitting, I now try to ask my patients about their experiences.  They would never bring up the subject without the inquiry.  I have been privileged to an amazing array of experiences, recounted in the brief minutes allowed in an Emergency Dept. encounter.  These experiences have revealed the incredible individuals I have had the honor of serving in a medical capacity, many on their last admission to the hospital.




There was a frail, elderly woman who reassured my young enlisted medic, trying to start an IV line in her arm.  She remained calm and poised, despite her illness and the multiple needle-sticks into her fragile veins.  She was what we call a 'hard stick.'  As the medic made another attempt,  I noticed a number tattooed across her forearm.  I touched it with one finger and looked into her eyes.  She simply said, 'Auschwitz.'  Many of later generations would have loudly and openly berated the young medic in his many attempts.  How different was the response from this person who'd seen unspeakable suffering.




Also, there was this long retired Colonel, who as a young officer had parachuted from his burning plane over a Pacific Island held by the Japanese.  Now an octogenarian, he had a minor cut on his head from a fall at his home where he lived alone.  His CT scan and suturing had been delayed until after midnight by the usual parade of high priority ambulance patients..  Still spry for his age, he asked to use the phone to call a taxi, to take him home, then he realized his ambulance had brought him without his wallet.  He asked if he could use the phone to make a long distance call to his daughter who lived 7 miles away.  With great pride we told him that he could not, as he'd done enough for his country and the least we could do was get him a taxi home, even if we had to pay for it ourselves.  My only regret was that my shift wouldn't end for several hours and I couldn't drive him myself.




I was there the night M/Sgt Roy Benavidez came through the Emergency Dept. for the last time.  He was very sick.  I was not the doctor taking care of him, but I walked to his bedside and took his hand.  I said nothing.  He was so sick, he didn't know I was there.  I'd read his Congressional Medal of Honor citation and wanted to shake his hand.  He died a few days later.



The gentleman who served with Merrill's Marauders,



the survivor of the Bataan Death March,



the survivor of Omaha Beach,



the 101 year old World War I veteran.


The former POW held in frozen North Korea



The former Special Forces medic - now with non-operable liver cancer


the former Viet Nam Corps Commander.


I remember these citizens



I may still groan when yet another ambulance comes in, but now I am much more aware of what an honor it is to serve these particular men and women.



I have seen a Congress who would turn their back on these individuals who've sacrificed so much to protect our liberty.  I see later generations that seem to be totally engrossed in abusing these same liberties, won with such sacrifice.




It has become my personal endeavor to make the nurses and young enlisted medics aware of these amazing individuals when I encounter them in our Emergency Dept.  Their response to these particular citizens has made me think that perhaps all is not lost in the next generation.





My experiences have solidified my belief that we are losing an incredible generation, and this nation knows not what it is losing.  Our uncaring government and ungrateful civilian populace should all take note.  We should all remember that we must 'Earn this.'






Written By CAPT. Stephen R. Ellison, M.D. US Army

If it weren't for the United States Military,
there'd be NO United States of America!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Fwd: Banks will no longer be a good place


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When will they ever stop????


One percent transaction tax is proposed
President Obama's finance team is recommending a transaction tax. His plan is  to sneak it in after the November election to keep it under the radar. This is a 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution i. e. Banks, Credit Unions, etc.. Any deposit you make, or move around within your account, i. e. transfer to, will have a 1% tax charged. If your pay check or your social Security or whatever is direct deposit, 1% tax charged. If you hand carry a check in to deposit, 1% tax charged, If you take cash in to deposit, 1% tax charged.This is from the man who promised that if you make under $250,000 per year, you will not see one penny of new tax. Keep your eyes and ears open, you will be amazed at what you learn. 





Some will say aw it's just 1%... remember once the tax is there they can raise it at will.





http://www.standard.net/node/44797

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Fwd: Fw: Joys of Muslim Women


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How much longer will the proliferation of this movement be tolerated in the USA?



 Long but worth the read
 
 http://www.arabsforisrael.com/
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonie_Darwish


                                                                              Joys of Muslim         Women
by Nonie         Darkish

In the Muslim         faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year old and have         sexual intimacy with this child, consummating the marriage by 9. The         dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his         slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use         her as a toy.
 
Even though a woman is abused, she cannot         obtain a divorce.
To prove         rape, the woman must have (4) male witnesses.
Often after a woman has been raped, she is         returned to her family and the family must return the dowry. The family         has the right to execute her (an honor killing) to restore the honor of         the family. Husbands can beat their wives 'at will' and the man does not         have to say why he has beaten her.

The husband is permitted to have 4 wives and a         temporary wife for an hour (prostitute) at his         discretion.

The         Shariah Muslim law controls the private as well as the public life of         the woman.

In the         Western World (America) Muslim men are starting to demand Shariah Law so         the wife cannot obtain a divorce and he can have full and complete         control of her.  It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters         and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim         men and submitting themselves and their children unsuspectingly to the         Shariah law.

By         passing this on, enlightened American women may avoid becoming a slave         under Shariah Law.

Author         and lecturer Nonie Darwish says the goal of radical Islamists is to         impose Shariah law on the world, ripping Western law and liberty in         two.

She recently         authored the book, A Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying         Global Implications of Islamic Law.

Darwish was born in Cairo and spent her         childhood in Egypt and Gaza before immigrating to America in 1978, when         she was eight years old. Her father died while leading covert attacks on         Israel. He was a high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with        his family in Gaza .

When he died, he was considered a "shahid," a         martyr for jihad. His posthumous status earned Nonie and her family an         elevated position in Muslim society.

But Darwish developed a skeptical eye at an         early age. She questioned her own Muslim culture and upbringing. She         converted to Christianity after hearing a Christian preacher on         television.

In her         latest book, Darwish warns about creeping sharia law - what it is, what         it means, and how it is manifested in Islamic        countries.

For the         West, she says radical Islamists are working to impose sharia on the         world. If that happens, Western civilization will be destroyed.         Westerners generally assume all religions encourage a respect for the         dignity of each individual. Islamic law (Sharia) teaches that         non-Muslims should be subjugated or killed in this         world.

Peace and         prosperity for one's children is not as important as assuring that         Islamic law rules everywhere in the Middle East and eventually in the         world.

While         Westerners tend to think that all religions encourage some form of the         golden rule, Sharia teaches two systems of ethics - one for Muslims and         another for non-Muslims. Building on tribal practices of the seventh         century, Sharia encourages the side of humanity that wants to take from         and subjugate others.

While Westerners tend to think in terms of         religious people developing a personal understanding of and relationship         with God, Sharia advocates executing people who ask difficult questions        that could be interpreted as criticism.

It's hard to imagine, that in this day and         age, Islamic scholars agree that those who criticize Islam or choose to         stop being Muslim should be executed. Sadly, while talk of an Islamic         reformation is common and even assumed by many in the West, such         murmurings in the Middle East are silenced through         intimidation.

While         Westerners are accustomed to an increase in religious tolerance over         time, Darwish explains how petro dollars are being used to grow an         extremely intolerant form of political Islam in her native Egypt and         elsewhere.

In twenty         years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the         President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so. You can look at         how they have taken over several towns in the USA, Dearborn Mich. is one         and there are others.

I think everyone in the U.S. should be         required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be         widely publicized, unless each of us sends it         on!

It is too bad         that so many are disillusioned with life and Christianity to accept         Muslims as peaceful. Some may be but they have an army that is willing         to shed blood in the name of Islam. The peaceful support the warriors         with their finances and own kind of patriotism to their religion. While         America is getting rid of Christianity from all public sites and erasing         God from the lives of children the Muslims are planning a great jihad on         America.

This is         your chance to make a difference...! Pass it on to your email list or at         least those you think will         listen.