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Friday, July 13, 2007

Blogwatch

A few posts of note in the wake of the disgusting, but predictable, House vote to withdraw troops (spineless traitors):

The Thunder Run:
Democrats Vote to Surrender
...Compare their doom and gloom assessment with the assessment being given by men on the ground and you'll see who is living in an alternate reality. We can only hope that the deadline date of April 1, 2008 some kind of sick joke on the aprt of the Democrats, who will at that time, simply jump up and scream, "Got Ya, April Fools!"


I guess America's cowards can't handle the thought of actually winning...

Michael Yon:
Al-Qaeda on the Run: Feasting on the Moveable Beast
...Al Qaeda’s ultimate failure in much of Anbar and now in parts of Diyala relates back to one of the pillars of success—or failure—in this war: Values. People who understand how to tamp down this war realize the critical pillar that values can play into success or failure in counterinsurgency, or COIN...



Nor can they work up the spine to stop horrors like this:

Michael Yon:
Bless the Beasts and Children
...I told the Iraqi commander, Captain Baker, that it was important that Americans see this; he took me around the graves and showed more than I wanted to see. He said the people had been murdered by al Qaeda. I made video of him speaking, and of the horrible scene. The heat and stench were crushingly oppressive and broken only by the sounds of shovels as Iraqi soldiers kept digging...

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In Honor of Mike Stokely

1ST ANNUAL
“RIDE TO REMEMBER…”


SGT Michael James Stokely
US Army E Troop 108th Cavalry 48th BCT GEORGIA ARMY National Guard
KIA 8/16/05 – Yusufiyah, Iraq

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Law Enforcement Escorted Ride
(Cars and Motorcycles Welcome!)


Starting at First Baptist Church of Peachtree City (208 Willow Bend Road/behind City Hall)

AND THE ROUTE WILL INCLUDE THE SGT MIKE STOKELY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN SHARPSBURG, GA

Ending at Jackson-Pless National Guard Armory on Armory Road by Newnan High School/Newnan, GA

Family fun, games, entertainment, BBQ, door prizes, auction and

Grand Prize Raffle – a Motorcycle!

Pre-registration urged but can register onsite beginning at 8:00 a.m. We will Roll-off at 10:00 a.m.

This is a ‘sponsor’ ride with a goal of a minimum of $25 per bike/car

For each $250 in sponsorship donations – Free raffle ticket for the Grand Prize

Additional Tickets for the Motorcycle Raffle - $50

LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING SO WE CAN HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD

One free meal ticket with each $25.00 sponsorship donation

Don’t want to ride? Come to the BBQ – plates available for $10.00 each

Children under 12 / hot dog plate - $5.00 each

Make checks payable to “The Mike Stokely Foundation”

Proceeds will help establish a scholarship in Mike’s name at his college

Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, GA - $25,000 challenge goal

For more information contact: Robert Stokely at rrmwastokely-AT-aol.com

WEBSITE: http://www.mikestokely.com/

100 Fountainhead Way, Sharpsburg, GA 30277

678-416-1387

The Mike Stokely Foundation, Inc. is registered and in good standing with the Georgia Secretary of State as a non-profit corporation and is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (3)(c) charitable organization.

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