Steelers All Time Leading Receiver Hines Ward Has Retired

Michael T. Wayne 3-20-2012 12:45pm

Hines Ward’s constant smile while wearing the black and gold has been a staple in Pittsburgh for the last 14 years. After today Pittsburgh fans will not be able to see it again, at least on the field. As a Miami fan, I can say without thinking, that just to watch the way Hines Ward carried himself on the field, the enormous smile on his face after every catch, even when the Steelers are beating my Dolphins, it has always been difficult to not like this man; also, to respect him very much. I want to wish you well, Hines, as you give up the game which you so obviously love, in an organization as prestigious as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ward will remain a Steeler, indefinitely; leading all others in yardage, with over 12,000 career yards, two Super Bowl Championships, Superbowl 40 MVP, and appearance in the Pro Bowl, and one HELL of a blocker. A very interesting third round pick if you think about it. Thanks for all of the memories, and God Bless You.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
By Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

America's Most Bibically-Hostile U. S. President

David Barton
When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out Catholics, he has equally targeted traditional Protestant beliefs over the past four years. So since he has attacked Catholics and Protestants, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Christian. But that, too, would be inaccurate. He has been equally disrespectful in his appalling treatment of religious Jews in general and Israel in particular. So perhaps the most accurate description of his antipathy toward Catholics, Protestants, religious Jews, and the Jewish nation would be to characterize him as anti-Biblical. And then when his hostility toward Biblical people of faith is contrasted with his preferential treatment of Muslims and Muslim nations, it further strengthens the accuracy of the anti-Biblical descriptor. In fact, there have been numerous clearly documented times when his pro-Islam positions have been the cause of his anti-Biblical actions. Listed below in chronological order are (1) numerous records of his attacks on Biblical persons or organizations; (2) examples of the hostility toward Biblical faith that have become evident in the past three years in the Obama-led military; (3) a listing of his open attacks on Biblical values; and finally (4) a listing of numerous incidents of his preferential deference for Islam’s activities and positions, including letting his Islamic advisors guide and influence his hostility toward people of Biblical faith.
1. Acts of hostility toward people of Biblical faith:
• April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of Christians, saying they “cling to guns or religion” and have an “antipathy to people who aren't like them.” 1
• February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke conscience protection for health workers who refuse to participate in medical activities that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in February 2011. 2
• April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University, Obama orders that a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is making his speech. 3
• May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the National Prayer Day (a day established by federal law) at the White House. 4
• April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect, Obama nominated three pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; of course, the pro-life Vatican rejected all three. 5
• October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately omitting the phrase about “the Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence – an omission he has made on no less than seven occasions. 6
• November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is “E pluribus Unum” rather than “In God We Trust” as established by federal law. 7
• January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court. 8
• February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress. 9
• April 2011 – For the first time in American history, Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring. 10
• August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its new health care rules that override religious conscience protections for medical workers in the areas of abortion and contraception. 11
• November 2011 – Obama opposes inclusion of President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial. 12
• November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama studiously avoids any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech. 13
• December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights. 14
• January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring their pastors and rabbis. 15
• February 2012 – The Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but announces it will no longer forgive student loans if the public service is related to religion. 16
2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led military toward people of Biblical faith:
• June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs forbids references to God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National Cemetery. 17
• August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just War theory to officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains and is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third century AD – a theory long taught by civilized nations across the world (except America). 18
• September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits commanders from notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from chaplains. 19
• September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for Walter Reed Medical Center stipulating that “No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.” 20
• November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds support for Operation Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to impoverished children across the world, because the program is run by a Christian charity. 21
• November 2011 – The Air Force Academy pays $80,000 to add a Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans. 22
• February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West Point disinvites three star Army General and decorated war hero Lieutenant General William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event because he is an outspoken Christian. 23
• February 2012 – The Air Force removes “God” from the patch of Rapid Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei). 24
• February 2012 – The Army orders Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read. 25
3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical values:
• January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. 26
• January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional. 27
• March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. 28
• March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. 29
• March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. 30
• May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive” sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions. 31 He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 32
• May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their “criminal” activities. 33
• July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 34
• September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should “not tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they may negatively affect homosexual “equality.” 35
• July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include abortion. 36
• August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence education programs. 37
• September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. 38
• February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 39
• March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get abortions for victimized underage girls. 40
• July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March 1778. 41
• September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 42
• October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion. 43
4. Acts of preferentialism for Islam:
• May 2009 – While Obama does not host any National Day of Prayer event at the White House, he does host White House Iftar dinners in honor of Ramadan. 44
• April 2010 – Christian leader Franklin Graham is dis-invited from the Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer Event because of complaints from the Muslim community. 45
• April 2010 – The Obama administration requires rewriting of government documents and a change in administration vocabulary to remove terms that are deemed offensive to Muslims, including jihad, jihadists, terrorists, radical Islamic, etc. 46
• August 2010 – Obama speaks with great praise of Islam and condescendingly of Christianity. 47
• August 2010 – Obama went to great lengths to speak out on multiple occasions on behalf of building an Islamic mosque at Ground Zero, while at the same time he was silent about a Christian church being denied permission to rebuild at that location. 48
• 2010 – While every White House traditionally issues hundreds of official proclamations and statements on numerous occasions, this White House avoids traditional Biblical holidays and events but regularly recognizes major Muslim holidays, as evidenced by its 2010 statements on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha. 49
• October 2011 – Obama’s Muslim advisers block Middle Eastern Christians’ access to the White House. 50
• February 2012 – The Obama administration makes effulgent apologies for Korans being burned by the U. S. military, 51 but when Bibles were burned by the military, numerous reasons were offered why it was the right thing to do. 52 Many of these actions are literally unprecedented – this is the first time they have happened in four centuries of American history. The hostility of President Obama toward Biblical faith and values is without equal from any previous American president.

MTW- What are you Barrack? You are definitely NOT a Christian, many think you to be a Muslim; however, I believe you a merely an Atheist, pandering your BS to any group other than Christians, as you seem Hell bent on trying to see this Great Nation become Hell bound, like yourself. As far as I am concerned, you could not get there fast enough to please this CHRISTIAN!

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL WHO SUPPORT AND DEFEND HER!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy, however, IN GOD We Trust!

Army Staff Sgt. Bales Named as Suspect in Afghanistan Massacre

By Liz Goodwin -National Affairs Reporter | The Lookout

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales during a training exercise at Fort Irwin, CA. (Photo released in August by the 28th Public Affairs Detachment)
Military sources late Friday identified Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales as the name of the 38-year-old suspect accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a Sunday rampage. Bales has not yet been charged in the case. He was flown to the U.S. military maximum security prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas from Kuwait Friday. "I can confirm" the name of the suspect is Robert Bales, a U.S. official told Yahoo News on condition of anonymity. Bales' Seattle-area celebrity lawyer, John Henry Browne, said Friday that his client is in shock. "He is in shock, kind of like a deer in headlights at the moment," Browne said Friday morning, a local station near Joint Base Lewis-McChord King 5 News, reported. "I told him not to talk about the allegations at all, so I cannot tell you how he is responding because I told him not to talk about it." Browne earlier told reporters at a news conference Thursday that the decorated soldier wasn't happy that he had been deployed a fourth time despite sustaining two injuries, including a traumatic head injury and the partial loss of his foot in Iraq. Browne dismissed rumors that the soldier had marital troubles, and said he had two young children. "He did not want to deploy," Browne told the Seattle Times. "In fact he was told he was not going to go. Then, really almost overnight, that changed." Browne told the paper that a soldier in his unit had lost a leg in combat the day before the alleged shooting. The New York Times quoted a "senior" American official saying the soldier had been drinking before the alleged shooting. "When it all comes out, it will be a combination of stress, alcohol and domestic issues — he just snapped," the anonymous official told the paper. A U.S. defense official told the Associated Press that investigators are looking into how much of a role drinking might have played in the killings. The revelation of Bales' identity comes after criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the lack of U.S. cooperation in investigating the massacre. Karzai also questioned whether just one American soldier was involved. The soldier was one of 4,000 soldiers in the 3rd (Stryker) Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division stationed at Lewis-McChord in Washington State. The base's medical center is being investigated for allegedly down-grading post- traumatic stress diagnoses to other mental illnesses that do not prevent deployment or qualify soldiers for disability payments.

MTW- This is such a shame. I know, the plethora of stories which led up to this article, and the articles that will follow this one are many. This one, however, was at the correct time. When we have our very own Military physicians, not only from Lewis-McChord, now "downgrading" P.T.S.D. into less severe diagnoses, which NPR revealed in its 2010 investigation, being rampant in our Military, whom is the responsible party? This 38 year old Staff Sergeant has been through it. Sent back at his age for a fourth tour with PTSD, which was intentionally “downgraded” by doctors, at I wonder whose behest (where are all of the new young people enlisting?). And they wonder why he snapped? Is this what downsizing the Military is going to do to our current active or inactive troops? Give me a break. If our President had served in the Military, perhaps our Servicemen and women may be better off. Not my fault, the man I voted for WAS in the Military. We now have Soldiers being silenced by Obama, as well as being sanctioned for a Facebook page stating “I will no longer follow illegal orders from this President”. I suppose the 1st amendment does not apply to our Soldiers. Sgt. Bales will more than likely either spend the rest of his life in a mental ward, or a cell at Leavenworth. If he gets the cell, Mr. Obama should get the cell right next to his. His is, after all, the Commander-In-Chief of the Military. What has happened to the Afghans, who were massacred, is a tragedy which could have been avoided. Did anybody learn anything from Vietnam? I offer my sincere condolences to Afghanistan, as well as a big way to go for you, Mr. President. I now know why you apologize so much; you are wrong most of the time. The people who voted for you are also to blame, for you are not qualified to be in the position which you hold. Please go away. I do not care where.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HER ARMED FORCES, AND THE ENTIRE WORLD!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

World's Shortest Books

I understand that you don't have a ton of extra time to read books, so, I've compiled a short list of books that can be read at a single sitting. World's Shortest Books
MY BLACK GIRLFRIENDS By Tiger Woods ____________________________________________
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY COUNTRY By Jane Fonda & Cindy Sheehan Illustrated by Michael Moore Foreword by George Soros ________________________________________
MY CHRISTIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS & HOW I HELPED AFTER KATRINA By Rev Jesse Jackson & Rev Al Sharpton ______________________________________
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT BILL By Hillary Clinton ___________________________________
Sequel: THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HILLARY By Bill Clinton _____________________________
THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD By Bill Gates ____________________________________
THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY By Dennis Rodman _________________________________
THINGS WE KNOW TO BE TRUE By Al Gore & John Kerry _____________________________________
GUIDE TO: THE PACIFIC By Amelia Earhart ____________________________________
HOW TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST By Dr. Jack Kevorkian __________________________________
TO ALL THE MEN WE HAVE LOVED BEFORE By Ellen de Generes & Rosie O'Donnell _______________________
GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE By Mike Tyson __________________________________
THE AMISH PHONE DIRECTORY _______________________________________
MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS By O. J. Simpson _________________________________________
HOW TO DRINK & DRIVE SAFELY By Ted Kennedy ______________________________
MY BOOK OF MORALS By Bill Clinton With introduction by The Rev. Jesse Jackson ____________________________________________________
HOW TO WIN A SUPERBOWL BY THE DETROIT LIONS ___________________________________________________
My Complete Knowledge of Military Strategy By Nancy Pelosi ________________________________________________________
AND, JUST ADDED: And the shortest book of them all... THINGS I DID TO DESERVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE by Barack Obama

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL WHO SUPPORT AND DEFEND HER!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Karzai Tells NATO pull back, Taliban-US Talks Off

By AMIR SHAH and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Associated Press

Afghan villagers pray during a prayer ceremony for the victims of Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March, 13, 2012. Taliban militants opened fire Tuesday on a delegation of senior Afghan officials including two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers visiting villages in southern Afghanistan where a U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

A U.S. helicopter flies in the sky after militants opened fire on delegation of senior Afghan officials in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March, 13, 2012.

Afghan villagers listen to a speech by an Afghan official, unseen, part of a delegation during prayer ceremony for the victims of Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March, 13, 2012. Taliban militants opened fire Tuesday on a delegation of senior Afghan officials including two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers visiting villages in southern Afghanistan where a U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghan policemen are seen at the scene of a bomb explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. A delegation investigating Sunday's shooting killing civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar by a U.S. soldier was meeting in the southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded about 600 yards away. The blast killed one Afghan intelligence official and wounded three other people, but the delegation members were unharmed. (AP Photo/Allauddin khan)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: President Hamid Karzai demanded NATO troops immediately pull out of rural areas in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians, and the Taliban broke off talks with the U.S. The setbacks effectively paralyze the two main tracks for ending the 10-year-old war. Part of that exit strategy is to gradually transfer authority to Afghan forces while another tack is to pull the Taliban into some sort of political discussions with the Afghan government. Karzai also said he now wants Afghan forces take the lead for countrywide security in 2013, a year ahead of schedule. He spoke as Afghan lawmakers were expressing outrage that the U.S. flew the soldier suspected in civilian killings to Kuwait Wednesday night when they were demanding he be tried in the country. "Afghan security forces have the ability to keep the security in rural areas and in villages on their own," Karzai said in a statement after meeting visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. He said he had conveyed his demand to Panetta during their meeting. Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai confirmed that Karzai was asking for NATO to immediately pull back from villages and rural areas to main bases. Karzai is confident that Afghan security forces know "a thousand times better than any foreign troops the culturally sensitive ways of dealing with their own people," Mosazai said. If the NATO troops did pullback, it would leave vast areas of the country unprotected and essentially mean the end of the strategy of trying to win hearts and minds by working with and protecting the local populations. The American accused of killing 16 civilians on Sunday was stationed on just such a base, where a small group of soldiers worked with villagers to try to set up local defense forces and strengthen government. Leaving rural areas would also mean pulling back U.S. forces from the border areas with Pakistan. The accused soldier, who has not been named, is suspected of going on a shooting rampage in villages near his base in southern Afghanistan, killing nine children and seven other civilians and then burning some of their bodies. Karzai told Panetta that the weekend shootings in southern Afghanistan were cruel and that everything must be done to prevent any such incidents in the future. He said that was the reason he was demanding the pullout from rural areas now and early transfer of security. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron said in Washington on Wednesday that they and their NATO allies were committed to shifting to a support role in Afghanistan in 2013. Obama gave his fullest endorsement yet for the mission shift, but he said the overall plan to gradually withdraw forces and hand over security in Afghanistan will stand. In January, after French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that foreign forces speed up their timetable for handing combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, Karzai said he would be in favor of that — if it were achievable. The call for an immediate exit from rural areas is a new demand however, and it is unclear how it will affect the transition strategy and ongoing talks with the U.S. about how to manage a long-term U.S. military presence in the country. Karzai is known for making dramatic demands then backing off under U.S. pressure. Even if he eventually changes his tone, the call for a pullback will likely become another issue of contention between the Afghans and their international allies at a time of growing war weariness in the United States and other countries of the international coalition. The Taliban said it was suspending talks with the U.S. because the Americans failed to follow through on their promises, made new demands and falsely claimed the militant group had entered into multilateral negotiations. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that they had agreed to discuss two issues with the Americans: the establishment of the militant group's political office in Qatar and a prisoner exchange. The Taliban said the U.S. initially agreed to take practical steps on these issues, but then "turned their backs on their promises" and came up with new conditions for the talks. "So the Islamic Emirate has decided to suspend all talks with Americans taking place in Qatar from today onwards until the Americans clarify their stance on the issues concerned and until they show willingness in carrying out their promises instead of wasting time." "We must categorically state that the real source of obstacle in talks was the shaky, erratic and vague standpoint of the Americans therefore all the responsibility for the halt also falls on their shoulders." The Taliban also said Karzai falsely claimed the Afghan government was involved in three-way peace talks with the militants and the U.S. The Taliban said talking to the Afghan government was "pointless." Panetta applauded Karzai last month for telling an interviewer that the U.S., Afghan government and the Taliban recently held three-way talks aimed at moving toward a political settlement of the war. The Taliban denied the claim at the time. Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the U.S. had agreed in January to include representatives of the Karzai government in future meetings, but U.S. officials would not confirm that. U.S. officials did say that if this initial trust-building phase of contacts with the Taliban blossoms into full peace negotiations, the U.S. would sit alongside the Taliban and the Afghan government. The secretary of the Afghan peace council, which has been pushing for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said it was not clear why the Taliban stopped negotiations with the United States. Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar speculated that it could be related to the Taliban's request that five top Taliban leaders be released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He said Afghan government needs to be involved in the negotiations. "In the past, we did a lot of preliminary work to build trust and goodwill for talks," he said, if the Afghans are not involved, any peace process won't work.
Associated Press writers Deb Riechmann, Heidi Vogt and Lolita C. Baldor in Kabul, Mirwais Khan in Kandahar, Kathy Gannon in Islamabad and Adam Schreck in Kuwait City, Kuwait, contributed to this report.

MTW- I can see another apology coming in the form of releasing the 5 Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay. I thought we had done away with Gitmo's terrorist suspect holdings. After a decade of War, the Taliban is still there, and a viable power. It is not our job to “fix” some other Country with a different culture. Our time tables are simply too long, as our Soldiers are in bad shape serving multiple tours in two theatres of operation. The buck stops with Obama. It would seem that he cares more about how he is doing with his Foreign Policy, and kissing ass of the people who hate us right now (can you blame them?), than he cares for our Soldiers’ wellbeing. NATO needs to do what Karzai wants, if you indeed respect HIS office as President of Afghanistan. We need to speed up our departure, for this is what is right, and what they want us to do. Our Armed Forces need to be treated better by this administration, and brought home; without the hassles of getting the treatments for their health-physical or mental-without having to go on television to get the V. A. to act as they should. This War has damaged not only the Afghan people, but our Military as well. End this conflict Mr. Obama, you seem to think you have the ability, but are you saving it for after the election, for yourself? It is possible you will simply let the next Man in the office handle it. One can only hope for the latter. Worry about HERE.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL WHO SUPPORT AND DEFEND HER!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

To Russia With LOVE, and Thanks!

Russian fuel tanker reaches Alaskan town bound by ice From Maria P. White, CNN -Sun January 15, 2012 BERING SEA — The Russian-flagged tanker Renda, carrying more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel, sits in the ice while the Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew breaks the ice around the tanker approximately 19 miles northwest of Nunivak Island Jan. 6, 2012. The cutter Healy crew is escorting the Renda crew to Nome, Alaska, where the tanker crew will offload the needed fuel to the city.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS It is the first-ever attempt to supply fuel to an Arctic Alaska town through sea ice The Renda made its way through icy water carrying 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products Nome, Alaska, has enough fuel to last until about March (CNN) -- A Russian tanker carrying fuel arrived in the Alaskan town of Nome on Saturday night, the Coast Guard said, as officials started preparations on delivering the much-needed supplies. U.S Coast Guard ice breaker Cutter Healy accompanied the fuel tanker Renda as it made its way through the frozen waters carrying 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products. "The first step is to ensure the ice is safe for the personnel to walk on," said Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow. "Then they will work to connect the piping and check for leaks. Safety is our primary concern." The cutter has broken through almost 300 miles of ice for the tanker on a journey that took them through southern Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Tanker nears Alaska town buried in snow The voyage is the first-ever attempt to supply fuel to an Arctic Alaska settlement through sea ice. A company in Nome contracted the Renda to deliver the fuel after ice formed over the Bering Sea following a ferocious November storm that prevented the last delivery of the season via barge. The Coast Guard urged Nome residents not to go out on the ice to watch the operations, saying the behavior of the ice is unpredictable and ice conditions could change. Nome is not in immediate danger of running out of fuel, said Coast Guard Capt. Craig Lloyd, who is coordinating the mission. The town has enough fuel to last until about March, but the delivery was attempted now because it would have been more difficult then, he said. Officials considered flying in fuel, but it would have taken more than 300 flights, each carrying 4,000 to 5,000 gallons, to meet the town's needs, said Jason Evans, chairman of Sitnasuak Native Corp.
MTW- I do not know if it has been said; I read about the aid Russia provided in January to Nome, Alaska, and I would like to say thank you to the Nation of Russia, albeit a little late. It is nice, finally to not be at odds with Russia. The residents of Nome are appreciative for your help, as I am. The way things are in this World these days, there are simply not enough people helping people. No matter the Country, or language differences. So here it is, a very sincere THANK YOU to the Nation of Russia. We are all Human Beings, and not at all as different as our governments used to make us think. God bless you all!

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL WHO SUPPORT AND DEFEND HER!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Spread The Stupidity

This is a funny e-mail which I have received: Subject: SPREAD THE STUPIDITY I thought you could you a good laugh for a moment today.
Only in America ...do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America ...do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Only in America ...do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America ...do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America ...do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. I love this one!!!!!!!!
Only in America ...do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER...
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity and share this with someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)...in other words, share this with everyone. We all need to smile every once in a while. Spread the Stupidity!

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STAES OF AMERICA AND ALL OF MANKIND!
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy