from Move America Forward...

You've all heard about the anti-American and anti-military art that is being sponsored by California's Attorney General (Bill Lockyer, Democrat) and displayed in a taxpayer-funded facility...Well on Thursday, July 28th there was a great response in the form ofthe "I LOVE AMERICA" Pro-American Art Exhibit & Rally in front of the California Department of Justice (where the offensive, taxpayer-fundedart is displayed).

There are great news stories on the event ere:

Sacramento Union

KTXL

And some terrific pictures you can view at the Move America Forward website

If you talk to anyone who was there you'd feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction that there was such a strong response by those who are sick of seeing our military, our troops and our nation criticized, undermined and rebuked (and now at taxpayer expense and with the blessing of California's "Top Cop").

This was discussed on Laura Ingraham's national radio show on Friday,Jerry Doyle's national radio show on Friday, Fox News Channel, MSNBC,several local talk radio stations around the nation and I believe is a topic of discussion on Monday's Hardball with Chris Matthews (where Melanie Morgan is to be a guest).

And for more great works of art, visit Castle Argghhh! for the Art of the Liberators

SUNSET VOLLEYBALL — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Edward Brown (right) spikes the ball over an opposing player during a volleyball game as the sun sets at Balad Air Base, Iraq, July 26, 2005. Brown is assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's manpower office. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tim Beckham

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason Ellis holds his daughter upon his return to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, from a deployment to Iraq, July 10, 2005. Ellis, assigned to the 37th Security Forces Squadron, and 80 other members from his squadron were deployed eight months to Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command Security Forces personnel are greeted by commanders and coworkers as they deplane at the Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, flight line, July 10, 2005, following an eight month deployment to Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brandon Jejia hugs his wife, Chantell, upon his return to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, from a deployment to Iraq, July 10, 2005. Jejia is assigned to the 37th Security Forces Squadron. Family members and well-wishers cheer other returning squadron personnel. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bonifaicio Garcia, a member of the 37th Security Forces Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, holds his young son Julian after returning home, July 10, 2005, after an eight-month deployment to Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Mertz receives a big hug from his wife on the Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, flight line upon his return from an eight-month deployment to Iraq, July 10, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Dial hugs his daughter, Trinity, at the Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, flight line upon his return from an eight-month deployment to Iraq, July 10, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell


U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rick Bouwhuis, 37th Security Forces Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, is embraced by his wife and two sons upon his return from an eight-month deployment to Iraq, July 10, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell

News of Note
London Bombings
Police: All 7/21 London Suspects in Custody
Police question arrested London bomb suspects

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sunni Muslim Fights in Global War on Terrorism
Saddam grilled about 1991 Shiite crackdown
U.S. Army Strykers Return to Combat Zones
Troops Nab Al Qaeda Cell Leader
Police Find Surface-to-Air Missiles

Operation Enduring Freedom
23 Troops in Afghanistan Become U.S. Citizens

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Officials Explain Terror Financing System
Egypt's top cleric rails against terrorism
Rice: 'Stop Making Excuses' for Terrorists
Federal Judge: Parts of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
Ahmadinejad not man in Tehran embassy photo - CIA
Palestinian gunmen free U.N. contractors
U.N. expands sanctions against al-Qaida

Oil-For-Food
U.N. Mystery Man

What the HELL is going on? (I feel so bad for the BSA this week...)
Lightning Kills Scout Leader

Fox News
NASA Chief: I'm Responsible for Foam Problem
Frist Splits From Bush on Stem Cell Research
Grand Theft Auto Lawsuit
Attacks Kill Dozens in Iraq

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Suicide bomber kills Iraqi army volunteers
Gaza farmers said set to sell greenhouses
Suicide bomber kills Iraqi army volunteers
Mubarak, rival fight over election symbol
U.N.: Sudan forces commit rape in Darfur
Suicide bomb kills 25 near Syria border

Reuters: Top News
Senate OKs anti-terror USA Patriot Act renewal
Space shuttle crew scans for damage
Democrats challenge WHouse on Roberts documents
Senate leader backs expanded stem cell research
Space shuttle crew scans for damage
North Korea nuclear talks enter uncharted territory
Democrats challenge WHouse on Roberts documents
Bush to bypass Senate to appoint Bolton-sources

CENTCOM: News Release
DETAINEE DIES AT CAMP BUCCA (complications of chronic Malaria)

Department of Defense
ON THE GROUND
Iraq Duty a Family Affair for Reserve Couple — Story
Guard Soldiers Protect VIPs Visiting Baghdad — Story
Engineer Summit Focuses on Reconstruction — Story
Assessment Looks at Kharkh Water Treatment Plant
Army Reimburses Over $1 Million to Iraq Rebuilding
Hawaii Guard Builds Kandahar Infrastructure — Story

IN IRAQ
Georgia Military Cadets, Alumni Serve in Iraq
Soldiers Provide Food to Kindi Residents
Flightline Marines Keep Helicopters Ready
Over 400 Louisiana Guard Soldiers Re-enlist
Training, Hydration Help Troops Cope With Heat

IN AFGHANISTAN
Deployed A-10 Pilot Reaches 3,000-Hour Mark
Marines, Sailors Open Medical Clinic in Afghanistan

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Team Helps Overcome Platelet Shortage

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Troops Preview 'The Great Raid' — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Police Complete Advanced Training
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Troops Kill Six Insurgents
Apache Copter Crash Injures 2
Insurgents Killed, Captured
Officials Report on Copter Incidents
New U.S. Ambassador Sworn In
Afghan Army Hones Artillery Skills
Defense Leaders' Views on Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Marks 3 Years
Afghanistan Daily Update Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
New Class Teaches Bio Warfare ID
Coast Guard Topic: Chem Security
NORTHCOM Stands Ready, Able
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Report Focus: Combat Stress
U.S. to Return 11 Bases to Germany
U.S. Army Europe Prepares Staff
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualty — Story

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1619 - The Virginia House of Burgesses, the first U.S. elective governing body, is formed.
1729 - The City of Baltimore is founded.
1733 - In Boston, the Society of Freemasons opens its first American lodge.
1792 - France's national anthem - the "Marseillaise" - is first sung.
1839 - Rebel slaves take over the Amistad.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issues an "eye-for-eye" order - for every Black prisoner shot by Confederates, a Rebel prisoner will be shot.
1864 - Battle of the Crater (Petersburg campaign).
1870 - The Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100.
1908 - The Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris.
1909 - The U.S. Army accepts delivery of the first military airplane.
1913 - The 2nd Balkan War ends.
1916 - German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant in New Jersey.
1942 - FDR signs the bill creating the Womens' Navy Auxiliary agency (WAVES); the German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk.
1946 - At White Sands, NM, the first rocket attains an altitude of 100 mi (167 km) altitude.
1956 - The U.S. motto "In God We Trust" is authorized.
1965 - LBJ signs the Medicare bill; it goes into effect the following year.
1971 - A Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter, killing 162; the U.S. Apollo 15 lands on the Moon.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives recommends three articles of impeachment for President Richard M. Nixon.
1975 - Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit.
1983 - In California, the official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft is set at 832 kph.
1984 - The Alvenus tanker spills 2.8 million gallons of oil in Louisiana.
1988 - Ronald J. Dossenbach begins his world record ride, pedaling across Canada
from Vancouver to Halifax.

Birthdays
1863 - Henry Ford, auto maker
1880 - Robert Rutherford McCormick, editor/publisher of the Chicago Tribune
1939 - Eleanor Smeal (National Organization for Women)
1940 - Patricia Schroeder (Rep-CO)

Passings
1914 - Jean Léon Jaurès, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Biscailuz, Robert Lynn, USMC (CA); CH46A shot down, remains returned June, 1993
Byars, Earnest Ray, USMC (TX); CH46A shot down,remains returned June, 1993
Frederick, David A., USMC (OH); CH46A shot down,remains returned June, 1993
Waterman, Craig H., USMC (MA); CH46A shot down,remains returned June, 1993

1968
Beyer, Thomas J., USAF (ND); O2A disappeared while on reconnaissance mission

1970
Brown, Donald A., USAF (AZ); RF4C disappeared (navigator) while on mission over Laos
Chavez, Gary A., USAF (NY); RF4C disappeared (pilot) while on mission over Laos

1972
Breckner, William J., Jr., USAF (OH); F4D shot down over Hanoi, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Major General - alive as of 1998
Price, Larry D., USAF (FL); F4D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973