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POPSJohn Birch | American Hero Murdered by Chinese Communists Captain John Birch's death were deliberately covered up by the U.S. government. The reason for the cover-up did not become evident until some years later. On September 5, 1950, California Senator William Knowland announced on the floor of the Senate that the murder of John Birch had been deliberately covered up by communist sympathizers to conceal the true nature of Mao Tse-tung's "agrarian reformers" who were trying to oust Chiang Kai-shek's government. As Knowland charged on the floor of the Senate, had the truth about John Birch's death not been suppressed by our government, it is quite likely that America's official policy towards the Chinese communists and towards Chiang Kai-shek would have been significantly different. Perhaps the American betrayal of China to the communists might never have occurred. On such seemingly small events do the fates of men and nations so often hinge.
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POPSIsolated Extremist???????? Al Qaeda in Yemen is the same group with which Anwar al-Awlaki is affiliated. Awlaki, a U.S.-born imam, preaches a radical form of Islam that may have inspired the Fort Hood killer. As CNSNews.com reported earlier, al-Awlaki described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a "hero" after Hasan allegedly shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood last month. Hasan reportedly had contacted al-Awlaki on numerous occasions before the rampage. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) told ABC News it looks like al-Awlaki "played a role" in the attempt to bomb Flight 253. "All roads point back to Yemen, they point back to Awlaki, I think it is a pretty deadly combination," Hoekstra told ABC's "The Blotter."
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POPSBob Dylan: "i was born very far from where i'm supposed to be"
As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden The wounded flowers were dangling from the vine I was passing by yon cool crystal fountain Someone hit me from behind Ain't talkin', just walkin' Through this weary world of woe Heart burnin', still yearnin' No one on earth would ever know They say prayer has the power to heal So pray for me, mother In the human heart an evil spirit can dwell I am a-tryin' to love my neighbor and do good unto others But oh, mother, things ain't going well Ain't talkin', just walkin' I'll burn that bridge before you can cross Heart burnin', still yearnin' There'll be no mercy for you once you've lost Now I'm all worn down by weeping My eyes are filled with tears, my lips are dry If I catch my opponents ever sleeping I'll just slaughter 'em where they lie Ain't talkin', just walkin' Through the world mysterious and vague Heart burnin', still yearnin' Walkin' through the cities of the plague. Well, the whole world is filled
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POPSDHS Sec.Napolitano: "The System Worked" on Attempted Al-Qaeda Plane Bombing
For the first three months of this administration, they refused to use the word terrorism." Per Napolitano, "the system worked" (see the video, also at peekurl.com/vjvx1c2). Let's Roll 2 by Mark Steyn On December 25th 2009, the government's (post-9/11) security procedures all failed, and the only good news came once again from alert individuals: (Jasper) Schuringa, sitting in seat 20J, in the right-most section of the Airbus 330, looked to his left. "I saw smoke rising from a seat ... I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped," he said. "I searched on his body parts and he had his pants open. He had something strapped to his legs." The unassuming hero ripped the flaming, molten object " which resembled a small, white shampoo bottle " off Abdul Mutallab’s left leg, near his crotch. He said he put out the fire with his bare hands. Schuringa yelled for water, and members of the flight crew soon appeared with fire extinguishers.
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POPS Let's Roll 2 by Mark Steyn If the facts remain broadly as outlined, this incident has serious implications for airline travel: A man is on the no-fly list but is allowed to board the plane. Everyone flying on an inbound long-haul flight to the United States is forced to hand over excessively large amounts of liquids and gels and put the small amounts permitted into separate plastic bags, yet the no-fly guy's material for bomb-making sails through undetected. This time the last line of defense worked. Next time, the paradise-seeking jihadist might get lucky and find himself sitting next to, say, Charlie Sheen, too immersed in a lengthy treatise on how 9/11 was an inside job to notice the smoldering socks in the next seat; or to the same kind of nothing-to-see-here crowd who thought Major Hasan's e-mails were "consistent with his research interests". (http://bit.ly/6qYzZd)
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POPSGod Bless Our Troops I realized the families that I saw this night, owed their lives to these soldiers who were willing to fight. Soon round the world, the children would play, and grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas day. They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year, because of the soldiers, like the one lying here. I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone, on a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home. The very thought brought a tear to my eye, I dropped to my knees and started to cry. The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice, "Santa don't cry, this life is my choice; I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more, my life is my God, my Country, My Corps." The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep, I couldn't control it, I continued to weep. I kept watch for hours, so silent and still and we both shivered from the cold night's chill.
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POPSThe Messenger Full Length Movies Online Co-written by Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon, THE MESSENGER is a powerful and tender story about a returned war hero making his first steps toward a normal life. In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army tar who has meet returned bag from a journeying in Irak and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow tar Tony Stone (Harrelson) to bear the bad programme to the idolized ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission patch seeking to find comfort and sanative back on the bag front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Morton), to whom he has meet delivered the programme of her husband's death, Will’s emotive detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous,...
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POPSThe Rich Rule Over The Poor The rich rule over the poor, And the borrower is the slave of the lender. (Proverbs 22:7 ESV) And so it goes. King George and his band of bandits got us into this mess with conservatives cheering him along every step of the way while he created a mountain of new federal debt, the largest contributors to which were Bush's tax breaks for the rich. Their hero of the hour shamelessly exploited 9/11, fear and the "war on terror" as a pretext to take the ax to civil liberties and to shroud their policies and actions in secrecy. So don't cry me a river now and cloak it with a biblical quote. You are the ones who wanted to mythify Bush as a great leader--pull your crap out on someone else who is idiotic enough to believe in it, but don't pretend you can cash in to God's love by supporting benefits that go to the wealthiest of Americans and contradict the message of Jesus of serving the poor. It's disgusting and so are you.
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POPSHeroes of the Counter-Jihad I am so happy to see the late GREAT Orianna Fallaci listed as number ONE. She absolutely deserves it, and if you don't know who she is, it is well worth your time in finding out. To all the rest, THANK YOU for all you do ! Full details @ source
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POPSHave you ever wondered what hope looks like? Meet Celeste Fleck The joy caregivers and donors feel is genuine and not of stuff or material gifts. It is in the smiles of the children they care for, a first spoken word, a glance or a step. Each little success is a miracle of its own making. And what happiness when someone is well enough to go home. There is much about ourselves we can learn here.
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POPS'It's A Wonderful Life,' Indeed It's A Wonderful Life" is my favorite Christmas classic because it is a story of hope and redemption. One that in many ways transcends the movie itself. At a time when the movie's star actor, Jimmy Stewart, was wondering if he had lost the "magic" that had made him a pre-war Hollywood titan, director Frank Capra asked the World War II hero if he would play a part in a film he was producing.
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POPSJohn Birch Society Sponsoring CPAC From fictional death panels to communist infiltration and of course birtherism, it is time again for the conspiracy right to exert their control. Conservatives reach backwards ...
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POPSFirst Look: ‘Iron Man 2′ Trailer Arrives First ‘Iron Man’ 2 movie trailer arrives online with fresh new action. Paramount Pictures has just released the first movie trailer (below) for “Iron Man 2.” It looks pretty damn good,delivering some fresh new action with Mickey Rourke as Iron Man’s alter ego nemesis, Whiplash. The movie stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg, and Olivia Munn. In “Iron Man 2,” the world is now aware that billionaire inventor, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super hero, “Iron Man.” He has started to become pressured by the government,the press, and the public to reveal his technology with the military. Tony doesn’t want to give up the secrets of the technology because he fears the information will get into the wrong hands. Tony will also forge new alliances,and confront new forces.
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POPSTO HONOR ED FREEMAN He's coming anyway. And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses. And, he kept coming back.... 13 more times..... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. Medal of Honor Recipient , Ed Freeman , died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise , ID ......May God rest his soul..... I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a whole bunch about some Hip-Hop Coward beating the crap out of his "girlfriend" Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!
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POPSThe Trophospher, Where The Business Action Hero Toils Inside companies -- like in war -- strategy is highly valued. Clear strategies followed by tactics. In fact, tactics are where many strategy lovers bump their heads. This books strikes a chord that I've been thinking about for years working in the trophospher: collaboration is the key to sustainable leadership and lasting relationships. Not a new concept, but one that is gaining momentum among what I call the new generation of managers who pull together the right people with the right skills for the right job, and seek input/feedback along the way that gets poured back into any existing "process" or "framework." "The New How: Creating Business Solutions through Collaborative Strategy" -- to which I'd add "and Tactics" -- is one book I must read. I'll get it on my 2010 BookStack!
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POPSGuitar o rama... Guitar hero done full house Christmas lights style! I've been looking into this Light o Rama quite a bit lately and it looks like it's pretty cool stuff though this is the first interactive version I've seen. I'd like to see it done with some more intense music but for a first round this is pretty awesome. For those that don't know, Light o Rama is a light controller designed for controlling ornamental lighting like this. You can find some pretty amazing displays on youtube if you look around.
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POPSThe Canadian Soldier He is a philosopher and a drudge, an assassin and a philanthropist, a servant and a leader, a disputer and a mediator, a Nobel Laureate peacekeeper and the Queen’s Hitman, a brawler and a healer, best friend and worst enemy. He is a rock, a goat, a fool, a sage, a drunk, a provider, a cynic and a romantic dreamer. Above it all, he is a hero for our time. You, pale stranger, sleep well at night only because he exists for you, the citizen who has never met him, has perhaps never thought of him and may even despise him. He is both your child and your guardian. His devotion to you is unwavering. He is a Canadian soldier.
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POPSMedusa From ancient times, the Medusa was immortalized in numerous works of art, including: * Medusa on the breastplate of Alexander the Great, as depicted in the Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii's House of the Faun (c. 200 BC) * The "Rondanini Medusa", a Roman copy of the Gorgoneion on the aegis of Athena * Medusa (oil on canvas) by Leonardo da Vinci * Perseus with the Head of Medusa (bronze sculpture) by Benvenuto Cellini (1554) * Medusa (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio (1597). * Tête de Méduse, by Peter Paul Rubens (1618) * Perseus Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone (oil on canvas) by Luca Giordano (early 1680s). * Perseus with the Head of Medusa (marble sculpture) by Antonio Canova (1801) * Medusa (oil on canvas) by Arnold Böcklin (c. 1878) * Perseus (bronze sculpture) by Salvador Dalí
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POPSSupergoodmovies - Veelle Movie Opening Details Vaana’s hero Vinay is all set to entertain the viewers with a flick that is being produced by RaviPrakash. The movie is starring vinay and ‘Kajal’s sister’ Nisha Agarwal making her debut entry. The film’s unit gathered for the shoot in Annapurna studios and the camera was switched on by M.M.Keeravanai and the first clap was given by sensational director S.S.Rajamouli.
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POPSSupergoodmovies - Varudu Movie on 26th March The cast of this summer special flick includes Allu Arjun, Arya, Suhasini, Naresh, Ashish Vidhyardhi, Shyaji Shinde, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam, Brahmaji,Prasad. A new girl will be sharing her screen space with Arjun who will make her debut through this.