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            &lt;div&gt;I propose we take the Gitmo guests and tie them to posts in an open area, then bring out a firing squad. &amp;#160;But before the firing squad get down to the dirty work, bring in a couple of pigs and slaughter them in full view of the post-terrorists and have the firing squad dip their ammunition in the pig&amp;#39;s blood. &amp;#160;Have the firing squad shoot the terrorists 1 by 1 skipping 1 in the middle. &amp;#160;Now, take all the dead terrorists and dump their bodies in a single pit and dump the slaughtered pigs (entrails, blood, dismembered limbs and all) into the pit with the dead terrorists) and finally, turn the last terrorist loose.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Any Muslim caught in the act of terrorism or attempting to commit terrorism or preaching terrorism or advocating terrorism ever after shall be given the same treatment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;General Pershing&quot; src=&quot;http://www.picshag.com/pics/122009/general-pershing-big.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hat tip to&amp;#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ruthjtaylor.vox.com/&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration: underline; &quot;&gt;Ruthie&lt;/a&gt;, AGAIN.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I interrupted my focus this post to bring you this little item from American lore in answer to the latest terror attempt. &amp;#160;You want America spared the hateful actions of Muslim extremists? &amp;#160;Stop pussy footing around and get down to the business of sending them the only message they will respect. &amp;#160;Fire every politician who ever said anything stinking of appeasement to or about Muslim terrorists. &amp;#160;Start with the bowing president and continue till there is no simblance of a wet noodle spine to be found in any representative we place in power. &amp;#160;That and nothing less will be the end of Muslim terrorism on Americans.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
    
    
    


    
    
    

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            &lt;p&gt;The opposition is not interested in curing global warming, universal national health care insurance, or any other massive program except in how they help their underlying agenda. &amp;#160;Whatever you want to call it, the net effect is statism or centralizing power to a government. &amp;#160;Any government. &amp;#160;If not the United States Congress or the Supreme Court or the presidency then to the United Nations. &amp;#160;Someone who will take all personal responsibility off of the individual. &amp;#160;Someone to blame for everything. &amp;#160;This is why the conservative arguments are not making headway. &amp;#160;This is why the conservative agenda is not capable of getting traction in our society. &amp;#160;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
    
    
    

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/5CWlgS/hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/12/12/a-memo-to-the-global-warming-cult/&quot;&gt;HotAir&lt;/a&gt; blog;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;[&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia, &amp;#39;times new roman&amp;#39;, serif; line-height: 18px; &quot;&gt;We’ll never be foolish enough to allow a band of fanatics to use “&lt;a href=&quot;http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=YjAxYzA3NmI0N2Y1MDVhYzdmM2JkZGIyMjE5ZWU2OTI=&quot; style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; &quot;&gt;peer review&lt;/a&gt;” to rule all dissenting opinion out-of-bounds, then declare themselves the proud owners of a mighty consensus. You global-warming fanatics underestimate how much you&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; &quot;&gt;needed&amp;#160;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; &quot;&gt;those tactics to gain power. You’ll never have that kind of&amp;#160;unchallenged authority&amp;#160;again, because we will never stop demanding the raw data, and we’ll drown you in laughter when you mutter something about&amp;#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6936328.ece&quot; style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; &quot;&gt;deleting it by accident&lt;/a&gt;. We will never forget that you began with a conclusion and sought to harvest data that supported it – the exact&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; &quot;&gt;opposite&amp;#160;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: normal; &quot;&gt;of the scientific method.]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The majority of people everywhere now, do not want to be responsible and certainly do not want to be held responsible for the problems we face. &amp;#160;Like little children they don&amp;#39;t want to make sacrifices by their own will but would rather be told what they have to do or not do. &amp;#160;Appealing to their reason simply will not have any effect on these desires unless and until you first address their emotionalism. &amp;#160;They have no shame for the political tactics, the violence they instigate, the outright made up data they use to write studies and reports which support their arguments to get this agenda in place. &amp;#160;The kiss of death to a conservative talking point is to base it on reason alone. &amp;#160;You have to link it to the real and personal consequence involved for the individual you are trying to reach with your concerns. &amp;#160;You don&amp;#39;t even have to explain the reasons why you are concerned. &amp;#160;Like a parent saying to a child, &amp;quot;Because I said so!&amp;quot; with its implied &amp;quot;-or else I&amp;#39;ll spank you!&amp;quot; we simply have to rain consequences on the children for their own benefit. &amp;#160;You have to be the grown-up to their irresponsible attitude and behavior the same way you&amp;#39;d be the grown up in the park when one unruly kid is behaving in a way that is dangerous to anyone else. &amp;#160;You don&amp;#39;t just tell &amp;#39;em to knock it off, you ensure they knock it off. &amp;#160;So must we be vigilant in correcting the childish agenda and liberal behavior. &amp;#160;No longer can we afford to allow them to continue until the consequences of their arguments and policy fall on them because like children, they will continue until the damage is irreparable. &amp;#160;&amp;quot;Stop swinging that stick, you&amp;#39;re going to put someone&amp;#39;s eye out!&amp;quot; &amp;#160;&amp;quot;Stop increasing government and government spending, our economy is going to collapse. &amp;#160;If you feel bad about the poor now, just imagine how you&amp;#39;ll feel about the poor when you ARE homeless and hungry. &amp;#160;If you feel bad about the uninsured now, just imagine how you&amp;#39;ll feel when &lt;strong&gt;you &lt;/strong&gt;can&amp;#39;t get a needed operation because the waiting list is too long or they simply won&amp;#39;t do it for you. &amp;#160;If you feel bad about the damage done to the environment now, just imagine how you&amp;#39;ll feel when there isn&amp;#39;t any fuel to keep warm so &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; cherished trees are chopped down for firewood. &amp;#160;If you&amp;#39;re going to cause me to lose my job by your cap and trade bill, I&amp;#39;m coming to your house to find wood for my fire and food for my kids.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the voter battleground, not usually in the halls of Congress, (though quite often this liberal disease is employed there as well especially with regard to the banking regulations) as evidenced by liberal talking points on Climategate, ACORN support, war support, and a slew of other damnable evidences, the liberal is not accountable to truth or shame. &amp;#160;Regardless of climategate the peer reviewed studies are respected, regardless of ACORN&amp;#39;s abuses they were a force for good in national policy, regardless of Democrat&amp;#39;s congressional voter support for the war in Iraq it was an unnecessary war.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some of the best conservative institutions are great at providing statistics and data we need for reason, but on the ground, out here in the battle for hearts and minds, reason is not the most effective weapon. &amp;#160;Real or implied, immediate, and personal consequences are. &amp;#160;Never leave a discussion on policy with anyone thinking a liberal policy is not immediately and personally consequential. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On the lighter side;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;cid:1.2014998702@web82304.mail.mud.yahoo.com&quot; src=&quot;http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&amp;amp;ik=92be457194&amp;amp;view=att&amp;amp;th=125906e06b2140e9&amp;amp;attid=0.1&amp;amp;disp=emb&amp;amp;realattid=0.0.1.1&amp;amp;zw&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Smoke and mirrors matter to the magician. &amp;#160;With them he can make you believe what is not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Speech and horrors matter to the politician. &amp;#160;With them he can make you feel what is not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Facts and data matter to the scientician. &amp;#160;With them he can learn what is true and what is rot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If he muddies the information, a magician certainly, a politician perhaps, a scientician he is not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Smoke put in your eyes, Oh the discomfort and disabling of sight.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Smoke put in your arse, Oh the discomfort and disabling ensuing fight.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He who put smoke in my eyes has made me the fool.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He who put smoke in my arse is a fool to think I am fooled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When I was in trouble, did he think to take advantage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now I&amp;#39;m awake, it would be no&amp;#160;adage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;my anger is unmeasured to recompense disadvantage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh look!, he&amp;#39;s unconcious. &amp;#160;We&amp;#39;d better employ his tobacco enema and&amp;#160;resuscitate&amp;#160;him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        
    
            
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            &lt;table style=&quot;background-color: #ffffff; width: 550px&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/graphics/sb_thomasmore/nltr_header.gif&quot; usemap=&quot;#headermap&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(43, 66, 126);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(159, 14, 14);&quot;&gt;December 10, 
2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Chessani Case - Chessani 3&quot; height=&quot;229&quot; hspace=&quot;8&quot; src=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/graphics/sb_thomasmore/imag202.jpg&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left&quot; title=&quot;Chessani Case - Chessani 3&quot; vspace=&quot;4&quot; width=&quot;195&quot; /&gt;Email
post (#2)&amp;#160;by H. Hamilton –&amp;#160;A report&amp;#160;written by&amp;#160;a concerned CA citizen
attending the Board of Inquiry for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani.&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;IF the Board of Inquiry doesn&amp;#39;t find Lt Col. Chessani INNOCENT of all charges, 
accusations, 
and wrong doing, 
it won&amp;#39;t be the fault of Thomas More Law Center!&amp;#160; Lead by Col. Shelburne and Robert Muse, 
this is one of the BEST, 
nothing gets by, 
DEFENSE TEAMS this court observer has ever witnessed.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
A finding other than &amp;quot;DROP THESE RIDICULOUS CHARGES BECAUSE CHESSANI IS ACTUALLY SUPERMAN!&amp;quot; would be because the Board is deaf, 
dumb, 
and blind!&amp;#160; (or the fix is in...)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
As I entered the court room, late, a phone caller was giving
information on how he would figure out Chessani&amp;#39;s retirement based on
his 22 years, 3 months service with regards to the Board&amp;#39;s decision of
IF he had to retire, and IF as a LtColonel or a Major.&amp;#160; (Considering
Chessani was a fast tracked officer who would have been at least a full
Colonel by now, punishment has already been instituted and THAT is a
travesty!&amp;#160; Anything lower is double indemnity if you ask me...)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Today may have been the easiest day for the Defense... One after another, 
a parade of long term Marine co-officers and friends, 
even his pastor, 
as character witnesses, 
barraged the Board and prosecution with a long list of detailed compliments to the great Lt. Colonel... &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Colonel Paul Greg Allen (ret.), a formidable man with a 30 year 8 mos.
career, said Chessani was a &amp;quot;Natural leader on one of the most
demanding tours (both Battles of Fallujah) and I was excited to get him
there...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; Chessani is, &amp;quot;Proactive... Quality exceptionally high...
Never an over reaction as a commander...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; When asked if there was a
noticable difference when Chessani was relieved of duty -- &amp;quot;There was
never a grievance, his work product was no different...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; (And
something like) lesser men sacrifice their integrity -- Not Lt. Col
Chessani!&amp;#160; (I couldn&amp;#39;t write fast enough!) &amp;quot;Highest moral integrity --
Absolute integrity!&amp;quot; Allen had seen &amp;quot;many opportunities to stumble and
fall and he (Chessani) has never done that.&amp;quot;&amp;#160; &amp;quot;Command confidence under
extreme conditions -- no stripping Marines of their dignity when
chastised -- Top 1% or 2% of ALL Marines I&amp;#39;ve served with -- ONE OF A
HANDFUL OF OFFICERS I&amp;#39;D TRUST IN COMBAT WITH MY ONLY SON, MY WIFE&amp;#39;S
LIFE, AND MY OWN...&amp;quot; (Yeah, WOW!!!)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Pastor Ernest Ferdinand (Marcus?) Merritt, an exceptional man with an
exceptionally more than pleasant disposition, who had coincidently
served in the USMC...&amp;#160; Admittedly, I was spellbound...&amp;#160; I took no notes
-- I was also watching the Board Members to see IF they had any
reaction, any signs of humanity, with all of the BEAUTIFUL things said
so vividly about the Chessani Family, the devotion, the close
friendship of their wives and kids, Mrs. Chessani&amp;#39;s Sunday School
teaching, the Congregation always giving the most votes to Jeffrey
Chessani for the top committees which Jeffrey turned down 3 years ago
so as not to blemish the Congregation -- at the Congregation&amp;#39;s
insistence, he has since accepted the 2 posts...&amp;#160; A Man For All
Seasons...&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Sgt. Maj. William Shaw -- BAM! (They had to slow him down at one point
for the court stenographer&amp;#39;s sake!&amp;#160; Mine too!!)&amp;#160; 20 years active duty
and a ton of duty including amphibious assault...&amp;#160; GREAT ENERGY!&amp;#160; Spoke
to Chessani&amp;#39;s always being out amongst the men, never micro-managing,
&amp;quot;Very Patient like a father... ALWAYS open and willing to talk about
concerns...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; LtCol. Chessani was one of the top 2 commanders out of
all 20 he&amp;#39;d ever worked with... &amp;quot;Great character, Moral compass,
Warrior, Trainer...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; When asked if he&amp;#39;d ever want to serve under the
LtCol. again?&amp;#160; &amp;quot;I WOULD SEEK IT OUT!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Lt. Col. Carla Maureen(?) Jessup, now Provost Marshall in K. Bay,
HI...&amp;#160; A WOMAN OF GREAT SUBSTANCE!&amp;#160; Anti-terrorist, Battalion
Commander, Perris Island, a whole bunch of stuff!!&amp;#160; She&amp;#39;s known the
LtCol. and his family for almost 25 years BECAUSE THE CHESSANI&amp;#39;S ALWAYS
HAD THE NON-MARRIEDS OVER TO THEIR HOUSE FOR MEALS AND FOR CERTAIN,
CHRISTMAS!!&amp;#160; &amp;quot;Most honest leader of Marines... Genuinely cares for the
people around him...&amp;#160; HE ALWAYS DOES THE RIGHT THING &amp;#39;CAUSE IT&amp;#39;S THE
RIGHT THING TO DO...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; Has never known him to or would never expect him
to ignore ANY kind of problem...&amp;quot;&amp;#160; &amp;quot;He cares for everybody the same...
MY FAITH HAS BECOME STRONGER BECAUSE OF HIM...&amp;#160; I BELIEVE JEFF HAS
VALIANTLY SERVED THE CORPS AND HIS MARINES.&amp;quot;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Colonel B. Byrne: (After A 40 minute break, I entered late...&amp;#160; Then it
was hard to keep up, I&amp;#39;m no pro...)&amp;#160; Byrne was in charge of fitness
reports of Majors, (GUESS WHO WAS AND STILL HOLDS THE #1 PLACE of ALL
Majors reviewed?!&amp;#160; Yup, Chessani!) RE 1st and 2nd Fallujah fights --
&amp;quot;Exceptional!&amp;quot;&amp;#160; He described a number of circumstances in a very large
battlespace that included Fallujah, Abu Ghraib, Zadon, etc. where
information had to be communicated to his Bravo Command, 4 Marines
killed in complex attack ambush...&amp;#160; (not unlike Haditha...) The Battle
for Fallujah occurred within 10 days of Chessani&amp;#39;s arrival, no question
he knew what to do, had experienced a child being killed in a house and
he knew to report up the command, Regimental Command would make the
decision to investigate, if not, you move forward...&amp;#160; As to Military
Character, &amp;quot;Jeff is an exceptional officer.&amp;quot;&amp;#160; As to Personal Character,
&amp;quot;Jeff has a personal sense of honor that motivates him.&amp;quot;&amp;#160; (It is
important to note that Chessani is accussed of never having
&amp;quot;investigated&amp;quot; the civilian deaths in Haditha...&amp;#160; RIDICULOUS!)&amp;#160; After
Byrne had explicitly said that Reg Command makes the decision to
investigate after the reports are &amp;quot;pushed up and pushed down,&amp;quot; General
Craparata asked the absurd -- &amp;quot;But don&amp;#39;t you think that it is your duty
to investigate every civilian death?&amp;quot;&amp;#160; Answer: NO! NOT IF IT IS A
BONAFIDE COMBAT ACTION and you CAN&amp;#39;T investigate IF YOU&amp;#39;RE IN THE
FIGHT! (AS IN HADITHA!!) Then Byrne added something very poignant, &amp;quot;And
if one of YOUR Marines is thought to be culpable, YOU MAY NOT
INVESTIGATE IT YOURSELF! (obvious reasons -- but that&amp;#39;s exactly what
the Board wanted!)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
Since there was a long break before General Toolan&amp;#39;s testimony and my children needed me, 
I had to drop the ball.................&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; We&amp;#39;ll find out tomorrow -- AND TOMORROW IS (ARE?) CLOSING ARGUMENTS!!&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
IF ANYONE IS WONDERING IF THEIR DONATION TO THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ON
BEHALF OF LT.COL.CHESSANI WAS WORTH IT -- IT&amp;#39;S THE BEST MONEY YOU EVER
SPENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;ANN ARBOR, 
MI – There was some good news in yesterday’s Board of Inquiry hearing taking place at Camp Pendleton, 
California.&amp;#160; Despite the obvious bias of their high command, 
“stand-up” Marine officers, 
Majors Jeffrey Dinsmore and Luke McConnell, 
in strong and unequivocal testimony, 
substantiated LtCol Chessani’s innocence. 
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Today, a long line of “stand up” field grade officers and enlisted men
who served with LtCol Chessani are expected to testify as to his
outstanding military character. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt=&quot;Chessani Case - Dinsmore headshot &amp;amp; name&quot; height=&quot;158&quot; hspace=&quot;8&quot; src=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/graphics/sb_thomasmore/imag353.jpg&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; title=&quot;Chessani Case - Dinsmore headshot &amp;amp; name&quot; vspace=&quot;4&quot; width=&quot;125&quot; /&gt;Major
Jeffrey Dinsmore was LtCol Chessani’s intelligence officer.&amp;#160; He has
served as an active-duty Marine for over 23 years.&amp;#160; In yesterday’s
testimony, he informed Board members of the complexity of the daylong
engagement in Haditha on November 19, 2005. He also informed the Board
his intelligence assessment before November 19, 2005 indicated Marines
were going to be attacked in Hadtiha that day.&amp;#160; Follow-on intelligence
after November 19, 2005 confirmed to Major Dinsmore and LtCol Chessani
that the attack on November 19, 2005 was one they were expecting from
foreign fighters—namely Syrians.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt=&quot;Chessani Case - McConnell headshot &amp;amp; name&quot; height=&quot;174&quot; hspace=&quot;8&quot; src=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/graphics/sb_thomasmore/imag354.jpg&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; title=&quot;Chessani Case - McConnell headshot &amp;amp; name&quot; vspace=&quot;4&quot; width=&quot;125&quot; /&gt;Next
to testify, was Major Luke McConnell, company commander of the Marines
originally charged in the case.&amp;#160; He explained to Board members that he
spoke to his Marines, as their commanding officer, during and after the
engagement.&amp;#160; He personally fought in the engagement.&amp;#160; He confirmed his
company was in a daylong battle with insurgents.&amp;#160; He also went to where
the Marines entered homes to clear out insurgents.&amp;#160; Major McConnell was
briefed by Lieutenant Kallop, the units platoon leader, that he ordered
the Marines to clear the homes of insurgents and unfortunately there
were civilians killed as collateral damage.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Major McConnell testified that all the Marines he spoke to that day
confirmed in his mind the Marines were doing the right thing.&amp;#160; Major
McConnell testified LtCol Chessani came to Major McConnell’s battle
space to be debriefed by him.&amp;#160; LtCol Chessani and Major McConnell
toured the battle space together and spoke about the days events.&amp;#160;
Several times after November 19, 2005 Major McConnell and LtCol
Chessani spoke about the Marines actions in great detail.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The bad news, as predicted, the government, in its efforts to disgrace
and destroy LtCol Chessani, has consistently ignored the rules of
fundamental fairness by introducing tainted evidence from other cases
that had nothing to do with the allegations against LtCol Chessani, and
which would never be allowed in court-martial proceedings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Part of the evidence the government recently introduced is forensic
reconstruction of where the Marines assaulted through residential
structures from which they were fired upon.&amp;#160; These Marines include
Lance Corporals Tatum and Sharratt, who have since been exonerated.&amp;#160;
This evidence was refuted at earlier hearings.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, the government was allowed to introduce evidence clearly
not relevant to whether LtCol Chessani was substandard in performance
of duty or willfully negligent in not accurately reporting the day of
the battle (November 19, 2005).&amp;#160; Much of the problematic evidence being
placed on the record comes from the enlisted Marines’ cases, which do
not involve issues before this board.&amp;#160; The most egregious evidence
allowed has been pictures of dead civilians that LtCol Chessani never
saw, meant only to inflame the Board members— including giant, poster
size blow-ups of the dead.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tomorrow the board will hear closing arguments. &lt;br /&gt;
The Thomas More Law Center, 
a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, 
Michigan, 
has been defending LtCol Chessani at no charge.&amp;#160; The Law Center’s attorneys, 
Robert Muise and Brian Rooney, 
both former Marine officers, 
have teamed up with the detailed military attorneys, 
LtCol Jon Shelburne, 
USMC, 
and Capt Jeffrey King, 
USMC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The misconduct allegations against LtCol Chessani claim he failed to properly report and investigate the November 19, 
2005 Haditha incident.&amp;#160; However, 
the indisputable evidence proves LtCol Chessani immediately reported the deaths of the 15 civilian Iraqis to his superiors.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Not one of his Marine superiors hearing of the civilian deaths ─
including top generals ─ considered it unusual.&amp;#160; Not one ordered a
further investigation.&amp;#160; Instead, they commended him for a job well
done.&amp;#160; In fact, LtCol Chessani’s immediate superior told him no
investigation was needed because it was a bona fide combat action ─
consistent with orders in effect at the time: no investigation of
civilian deaths related to combat action.&amp;#160; That order was changed in
April, 2006, well after the Haditha incident.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LtCol Chessani’s commanding general, Major General Huck, reported up
the chain of command, “I support our account and do not see the
necessity for further investigation.”&amp;#160; This same commanding General was
allowed to retire without going to a Board of Inquiry, and he was
allowed to retire as a Major General.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Consequently, 
not one of LtCol Chessani’s superiors faced, 
nor will they ever face, 
a court-martial or a Board of Inquiry for their actions in relation to November 19, 
2005.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Of the eight Marines initially charged in the incident, 
six Marines, 
including Chessani, 
had criminal charges dismissed and one was acquitted.&amp;#160; Only one Marine still faces criminal charges.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Thomas More Law Center defends and promotes America’s Christian
heritage and moral values, including the religious freedom of
Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human
life.&amp;#160; It supports a strong national defense and an independent and
sovereign United States of America.&amp;#160; The Law Center accomplishes its
mission through litigation, education, and related activities.&amp;#160; It does
not charge for its services.&amp;#160; The Law Center is supported by
contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, and is
recognized by the IRS as a section 501(c)(3) organization.&amp;#160; You may
reach the Thomas More Law Center at (734) 827-2001 or visit our website
at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(159, 14, 14);&quot;&gt;www.thomasmore.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Link to Board of Inquiry Order&lt;br /&gt;
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A Self Described “Grunt Civilian” gives First Hand Account of Chessani Board Of Inquiry (BOI)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(159, 14, 14);&quot;&gt;December 09, 
2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Chessani Case - Shelbourn, 
Muise, 
Chessani, 
Rooney&quot; height=&quot;176&quot; src=&quot;http://www.thomasmore.org/graphics/sb_thomasmore/imag141.jpg&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right&quot; title=&quot;Chessani Case - Shelbourn, 
Muise, 
Chessani, 
Rooney&quot; width=&quot;195&quot; /&gt;Email post by H. Hamilton – The report from a concerned CA citizen attending the Board of Inquiry for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Today (12-08-09) started with LtCol Kevin Gonzalez who was GREAT AND 3-4 HOURS!
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Brigadier General Lewis Craparotta (Board member) and the Defense stopped the ongoing, 
ad nauseum questioning of witnesses since Board already has testimony...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Lieutenant
Colonel Brian Christmas (under Colonel Stephen Davis who says Davis is
his hero) was great and another Chessani protagonist who was with Davis
19 Nov &amp;#39;05...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Colonel Christopher Conlin was there but they&amp;#39;ve cancelled him, 
Colonel David Furness too...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Colonel
Julian Alford spoke in the afternoon -- he has been with Chessani
throughout their careers and reassured the Board that IF there was any
question of the LAW OF WAR being broken, Chessani would have
investigated...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;Lieutenant
General Natonski (USMC Forces Command) was there...&amp;#160; He said EVERY
civilian kill, every time, should be investigated -- pretty funny when
the Defense asked him if that went for the 2nd Battle for Fallujah and
he had to say &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; -- he added that all civilians had been asked to
leave so they were &amp;quot;pretty sure&amp;quot; all kills were insurgents...&amp;#160; yeah,
right...&amp;#160;&amp;#160; BUT when he started, everything he said was what Chessani
HAD done, LTG Natonski was saying things about trusting subordinates to
get you the right info was essential (Chessani did!), that it was a
&amp;quot;Marine&amp;#39;s duty&amp;quot; and the &amp;quot;expectations&amp;quot; were to trust the reports coming
up and with ensuing correctional reports changes made (Chessani and
Davis did!).&amp;#160; SO when asked why he&amp;#39;s relieved Chessani of his command,
LTG Natonski said it was more than just the killings...&amp;#160; It was also:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;o&amp;#160;The Humvee that tipped over (oh goodness!&amp;#160; My son-in-law as a 1st Lt. &lt;br /&gt;
o&amp;#160;ran a Humvee into a small canal on his first time out in the thing
which was great fun for his entire platoon making fun of his
&amp;quot;education!!! ...He&amp;#39;s now a Company Commander...)&lt;br /&gt;
o&amp;#160;A HAZING that took place (Oh NO not a hazing!! In the military?!!&amp;#160; I thought that was just for college kids and Boy Scouts!)&lt;br /&gt;
o&amp;#160;The Sky news episode that maybe Don or Clo knows about -- something with a sniper? (They probably killed a nice insurgent...)&lt;br /&gt;
o&amp;#160;A (better sit down...) HIGH STAKES poker game...&amp;#160; Yup, 
the amount:&amp;#160; TWO tril... mmmil... no, 
thousand dollars... that&amp;#39;s $2,000.00 -- TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;When LTG Natonski was done and heading for the door we all had to stand...As he approached the door, 
he looked neither left nor right...&amp;#160; I was at the door so out of respect for the man who had spoken of THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO, 
I opened it for him AND his minion followed, 
neither one saying THANK YOU.....&amp;#160; So I put my head out the door and loudly whispered, 
&amp;quot;YOU&amp;#39;RE WELCOME!&amp;quot; at his back -- @?#*~!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;1. Major General Richard P. Mills (by phone from Afghanistan) Commander, 
1st Marine Division.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 2. Major Dinsmoor&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 3. Major McConnell &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 4. Hyatt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160; 12/10 Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160; 1. Allen&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 2. Jessop&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 3. Shaw (?)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 4. Merritt&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 5. Drake&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160; 6. Toolan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(formerly Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops)&lt;br /&gt;In memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can make a donation to Valour-IT through Paypal &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=valour-it-donations&quot;&gt;here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;&gt;Project Valour-IT, in memory of &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=about-sfc-william-v-ziegenfuss&quot; title=&quot;About SFC William V Ziegenfuss&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;SFC William V. Ziegenfuss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries.&amp;#160; Technology supplied includes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voice-controlled Laptops - &lt;/strong&gt;Operated by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; color: #18507c; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/preferred&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;speaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt; into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wii Video Game Systems - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://us.wii.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;Whole-body game systems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Personal GPS - &lt;/strong&gt;Handheld &lt;a href=&quot;http://gps.about.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;GPS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; devices build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdhealth.mil/TBI.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;TBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and severe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdhealth.mil/clinicians/ptsd.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;PTSD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;The experience of Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered serious hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how &lt;a href=&quot;http://fuzzilicious.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-its-important.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;important&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; these laptops and other technologies can be to a wounded service member&amp;#39;s recovery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 1.24em&quot;&gt;Blackfive is once again leading the ARMY team in a friendly competition among the military branches/milbloggers to raise funds for Project Valour IT -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/10/valourit-fundraiser-on-the-way.html#comments&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 1.24em&quot;&gt;http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/10/valourit-fundraiser-on-the-way.html#comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 1.25em&quot;&gt;I have joined the Army team...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Team Leaders&lt;/p&gt;Air Force&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mudvillegazette.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; color: #18507c; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Mudville Gazette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Army&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackfive.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; color: #18507c; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Blackfive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marines &lt;/strong&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; color: #18507c; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Villainous Company&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Navy&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.usni.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; color: #18507c; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;USNI Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; FONT-SIZE: 1.55em&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;...It is comforting to know there are people who care so much.&amp;#160; After a year of surgeries, treatment and therapy, it can be discouraging. Although I am a trained attorney, due to TBI, it is unclear what my future will be.&amp;#160; The computer will help with my therapy and my transition back to civilian work.&amp;quot; – Captain V, U.S. Army Reserves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;26&quot; src=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/uploads/images/angelfind.jpg&quot; width=&quot;25&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;I work at the Men&amp;#39;s and Women&amp;#39;s Trauma Recovery Program at The Menlo Park VA. Our program&amp;#39;s mission is to serve military men and women who are suffering from the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. On behalf of our entire program, I want to personally thank you for donating the WII Fit. The Wii gaming system offers opportunities for our patients to actively interact with one another, which is different from other gaming systems. For example four people can actually play tennis or baseball, which helps them engage with one another, and reduce isolation. The Wii fit will allow our patients to actively exercise with others and gives them another avenue to engage in healthy habits. With your donation, you are working with us to help support each person&amp;#39;s recovery and building the foundation for a better quality of life for our veterans and active duty service members. - Melissa Puckett, Recreation Therapist/Supervisor, January 2009&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;January 18th, 2006 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Dear Mrs. Smith,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;It was brought to my attention that your organization, Soldier&amp;#39;s Angels, did something very special for the Marines of our Injured Support Battalion. I want to take this time and thank you so much for your contribution to make special memories for those who sacrifice so much.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your contribution of laptops is quite above and beyond. I am grateful that you have taken time to honor our injured heroes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;I remain...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;[Partial funding for this project was provided by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) fund&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt; of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saafdn.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;San Antonio Area Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. For more than 40 years, the San Antonio Area Foundation, a publicly supported philanthropic institution, has been administering donors’ funds and granting gifts from those funds to worthy charitable causes that significantly enhance the quality of life in the communities they serve.]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it&quot; title=&quot;Project Valour-IT&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;Project Valour-IT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; began when Captain Charles &amp;quot;Chuck&amp;quot; Ziegenfuss was wounded by an IED while serving as commander of a tank company in Iraq in June 2005. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;During his deployment he kept a blog (an online personal diary, opinion forum, or news analysis site-called a milblog or military weblog when written by a servicemember or about military subjects). Captivating writing, insightful stories of his experiences, and his self-deprecating humor won him many loyal readers. After he was wounded, his wife continued his blog, keeping his readers informed of his condition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;As he began to recover, CPT Ziegenfuss wanted to return to writing his blog, but serious hand injuries hampered his typing. When a loyal and generous reader gave him a copy of the Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred software, other readers began to realize how important such software could be to CPT Ziegenfuss&amp;#39; fellow wounded soldiers and started cast about for a way to get it to them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;A fellow blogger (blog author) who writes under the pseudonym FbL contacted Captain Ziegenfuss and the two realized they &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;shared a vision of providing laptops with voice-controlled software to wounded soldiers whose injuries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt; prevented them from operating a standard computer. FbL contacted &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/&quot; title=&quot;Home Page, shortcut key=1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;Soldiers Angels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who offered to help develop the project, and Project Valour-IT was born. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;In sharing their thoughts, CPT Ziegenfuss (now a Major) and FbL found that memories of their &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=about-sfc-william-v-ziegenfuss&quot; title=&quot;About SFC William V Ziegenfuss&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;respective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://fuzzilicious.blogspot.com/2005/08/tale-of-two-fathers.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;fathers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; were a motivating factor in their work with the project. Both continue their association with this project in memory of the great men in their lives whose fine examples taught them lasting lessons of courage and generosity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;In the years since its founding in 2005, the project has acted to meet emerging needs and its mission of supporting the the severely wounded has expanded.&amp;#160; In addition to voice-controlled laptops, Valour-IT now helps provide active and whole-body video games such as Wii Sports, which is used to great effect in physical therapy,&amp;#160; and personal GPS systems that help compensate for short-term memory loss and organizational/spacial challenges common in those with brain injuries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;To Whom It May Concern, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello, my name is LCpl. Andrew. I am a Marine that was wounded in Iraq and got medevaced to Brooke Army Medical Center in Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. I recently received a laptop. I was informed that it was you, the Soldier&amp;#39;s Angels that donated it. I can&amp;#39;t tell you how thankful I am to have support from organizations such as yourself. It really lets me know that there are people out there that still care about the troops and what they are sacrificing for this country. I appreciate what you have done for me and having this laptop is actually good therapy for my hand. Once again thank you and I am proud to serve this country knowing there are people like you that I am protecting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrew&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Currently there is such a large need for the laptops &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it&quot; title=&quot;Project Valour-IT&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;Project Valour-IT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; provides that many wounded heroes requesting laptops are put on a waiting list. But for $800 you can sponsor someone on the waiting list and pay for his or her voice-activated laptop, which will make these heroes&amp;#39; wait much shorter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you are unable to sponsor a wounded soldier and fund the full cost of a laptop but would still like to help, we welcome you to donate what you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=valour-it-donations&quot; title=&quot;Valour-IT Donations&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. Or, consider coordinating a group of people such as co-workers or a community organization to raise the funds to sponsor one or two soldiers.&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;Thank you for your generosity and support for those to whom we all owe so much...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium; font-family: arial&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small; font-family: tahoma&quot;&gt;If you have any questions regarding our Valour-IT or Adopt a Wounded Soldier program, please &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:angels@soldiersangels.org?subject=VALOUR-IT%20/%20WOUNDED%20SOLDIERS%20PROGRAMS&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #18507c&quot;&gt;email us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small&quot;&gt;God in Heaven protect our warriors from the Washington, DC arm chair generals as You alone are the Hope we can trust.
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Members of Congress and civilian bureaucrats that can&amp;#39;t balance a
budget, spending America into eternal debt, participate in all sorts of
immoral behavior, fully corrupt, can&amp;#39;t drive themselves from point A to
point B, speak at the level of 8 year olds, are only focused on a
personal self serving agenda, totally devoid of courage, integrity,
personal responsibility...in short are greedy cowards...with no
credible experience in national security and less than zero military
service, now want to second guess a seasoned military chain of command
in devising strategy and tactics in the Afghanistan war.
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The political apparatus in Washington, DC has abandoned our troops in
harms way, indecision is allowing the enemy to refit their forces and
costing American lives, has sent a message of American political
weakness and surrender to the Islamic butchers, while giving scant
attention that our warriors are giving their lives and blood while
indecison reigns.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If Afghanistan is a &amp;quot;war of necessity&amp;quot; as the Commander In Chief
says, how can any level of leadership allow our men and women to be
without the resources to win??&lt;/strong&gt;
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Nothing is more despicable than sending men and women into war and then
betraying them while in battle...it would be entirely appropriate for
the military chain of command to withdraw all troops to safe areas,
expect a victory position within 72 hours from the Commander in Chief
with credible proof of resources to win, otherwise, the military chain
of command resigns.
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not one more drop of American blood spilled while Washington D.C. leadership cowers in surrender.&lt;/strong&gt;
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