Men go to work, that is what they do. But in this economy you must learn new skills or perish.

My wife went away with her parents and sister today for a long weekend to visit out of town family. She asked me what am I going to do, and I thought for about a second and said…work, what else. To me and every other small business owner, work is not drudgery, it’s not as if we are going off to the salt mines, it’s what we do. It is how we become successful. It is who we are. We compete in the business arena, and success is our motivation, money may be our reward, but success our goal.

So what, you say, you all know this. I know that as well. However there is a point here and it is very important, as it will mean your success or defeat in the near future.

Many, many small business owners are fighting for survival. This requires new and different skills, not necessarily the ones you have developed and honed over the years of entrepreneurship activities.

The knee jerk reactions is to work harder, put in more time and sacrifice yourself, taking no pay check, investing your IRA, your insurance cash values, your credit cards and then moving on to absorb every other available dollar you can reach, from family, friends, whomever has available cash.

The problem is this will not work. This will waste all the dollars you invest and will put your family in harm’s way, as home mortgages will not get paid, cars will be repossessed, savings drained, utter personal destruction, while the business fails to respond favorably.

The business owner must do things he abhors, but if he is to survive the current changing conditions, including massively reduced revenues, increasing overhead, choking debt, he must change his strategies rapidly, immediately, in order to survive and emerge.

You must downsize as soon as possible and as deeply as possible, most common mistake is to wait too long and not cut deep enough.

You must reduce debt by working it out, going in to default as soon as you see what is occurring. Stop paying on your credit cards and any other non survival debt obligation.

None of this is what you want to do and thus you wait…too long, absorbing losses you cannot afford, preventing the reinvention of your business so it may survive and emerge profitable again.

You need help, someone experienced in such procedures, downsizing, working out your debt, and reinventing your business.

The normal skills you have perfected are not the skills you need in such a situation.

The normal tendency, under such pressures, is to work harder and longer doing what you have always done, and this will not work in the current economy.

The objective is to understand where you are and further understand the changes you must make. It is not normal. It is not business as usual. It is upside down and backwards to what you have always done and thus is very difficult to do. Unfortunately failure to implement as soon as necessary can be fatal.

Call us for help. We can lead you through this mine field. Call Norm at 413-584-2481. He will arrange a no obligation teleconference. We can discuss your options.

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Would you all agree with me that war is an ugly, but sometimes necessary thing? No SANE person ever wants to go to war. But when diplomacy fails and our national well being, safety, and security are at stake military action is sometimes necessary. When military action can no longer be avoided, for it to be truly effective it must be conducted violently and with overwhelming force to quickly defeat the enemy and make them KNOW that further resistance is futile. Contrary to what many opponents of any war believe, fewer people on both sides die if you hold to these principals. When you try to make war “nice,” as our spineless yellow bellied politicians have done, it turns into a slow war of attrition, a war of a thousand cuts. The enemy that threatened you is never defeated and will ALWAYS be a threat until they are defeated. They gain strength day after day and kill more and more of your people a few at a time.

With regard to Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other conflict in which our military is employed, just about every conservative I know, be they politician, talk show host, fellow soldier, sailor, Marine or airman, have universally held the opinion “let us win, or bring us home.” That includes me. When we went into Iraq and Afghanistan, there was a genuine military purpose and legitimate national security goal. Once the initial military victories on the ground had faded into history, the politicians got involved and began to tear down the success of our military. Especially those liberal politicians who didn’t want us to go to Iraq or Afghanistan in the first place, but who would not speak out because the POLLS said speaking out against the actions wasn’t popular. Cowards.

As each day passes, the liberals withdraw more and more support from our military men and women who are on the front lines risking and sacrificing their lives for America. The withhold money, new weapons, and reinforcements. They attack and belittle the military in the press. The two most notable examples of this are senator Harry Reid of Nevada who said the war in Iraq was lost before the surge ever began, and congressman Jack Murtha (spit) of Pennsylvania who with no proof or evidence came out publicly and loudly to proclaim that U.S. Marines in Haditha, Iraq were murderers and baby killers. Of course they were proven innocent, but Murtha (spit) couldn’t and still hasn’t found a microphone to say he was wrong, or that he is sorry for what he said. He calls himself a former Marine, but I assure you any REAL Marine would rather disembowel himself than shake this traitors hand.

Now we have the Obama administration about to prosecute three Navy SEALs for capturing a terrorist on the field of battle ALIVE. Keep in mind that usually SEALs don’t CAPTURE anyone. They kill them. Why are they being prosecuted? Because the terrorist, the mastermind of the abduction, torture, execution, and burning of four Blackwater agents whose bodies were then hung from a bridge, this scumbag got a bloody lip. I’m sure he wasn’t read his Miranda rights either. He should have died of acute lead poisoning. Navy “leadership,” in politically correct lock step with Obama and the liberals, tried to give these SEALs non-judicial punishment which would still effectively end their careers. Seeing the absurdity of this they exercised their option and demanded a trial by Courts Martial. God bless them.

Yesterday I heard several people who had been ardent supporters of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan say it was time to bring our troops home. Radio hosts Roger Hedgecock and Glenn Beck were two of the more notable. When our Commander-in-Chief (in this case the campaigner-in-chief) and the rest of our national command structure no longer support our military in a time of war, when they will throw our own soldiers under the bus, when they WILL NOT ALLOW OUR MILITARY TO WIN, it is time to bring them home. The lives of a million of those dirt bag, swine excrement, satanic terrorists is not worth the life of even one single American.

Bring them home. Now.
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Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
By Rowan Scarborough

Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.

The three, all members of the Navy’s elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called an admiral’s mast — and have requested a trial by court-martial.

Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named “Objective Amber,” told investigators he was punched by his captors — and he had the bloody lip to prove it.

Now, instead of being lauded for bringing to justice a high-value target, three of the SEAL commandos, all enlisted, face assault charges and have retained lawyers.

Matthew McCabe, a Special Operations Petty Officer Second Class (SO-2), is facing three charges: dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee, making a false official statement, and assault.

Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, SO-2, is facing charges of dereliction of performance of duty and making a false official statement.

Petty Officer Julio Huertas, SO-1, faces those same charges and an additional charge of impediment of an investigation.

Neal Puckett, an attorney representing McCabe, told Fox News the SEALs are being charged for allegedly giving the detainee a “punch in the gut.”

“I don’t know how they’re going to bring this detainee to the United States and give us our constitutional right to confrontation in the courtroom,” Puckett said. “But again, we have terrorists getting their constitutional rights in New York City, but I suspect that they’re going to deny these SEALs their right to confrontation in a military courtroom in Virginia.”

The three SEALs will be arraigned separately on Dec. 7. Another three SEALs — two officers and an enlisted sailor — have been identified by investigators as witnesses but have not been charged.

FoxNews.com obtained the official handwritten statement from one of the three witnesses given on Sept. 3, hours after Abed was captured and still being held at the SEAL base at Camp Baharia. He was later taken to a cell in the U.S.-operated Green Zone in Baghdad.

The SEAL told investigators he had showered after the mission, gone to the kitchen and then decided to look in on the detainee.

“I gave the detainee a glance over and then left,” the SEAL wrote. “I did not notice anything wrong with the detainee and he appeared in good health.”

Lt. Col. Holly Silkman, spokeswoman for the special operations component of U.S. Central Command, confirmed Tuesday to FoxNews.com that three SEALs have been charged in connection with the capture of a detainee. She said their court martial is scheduled for January.

United States Central Command declined to discuss the detainee, but a legal source told FoxNews.com that the detainee was turned over to Iraqi authorities, to whom he made the abuse complaints. He was then returned to American custody. The SEAL leader reported the charge up the chain of command, and an investigation ensued.

The source said intelligence briefings provided to the SEALs stated that “Objective Amber” planned the 2004 Fallujah ambush, and “they had been tracking this guy for some time.”

The Fallujah atrocity came to symbolize the brutality of the enemy in Iraq and the degree to which a homegrown insurgency was extending its grip over Iraq.

The four Blackwater agents were transporting supplies for a catering company when they were ambushed and killed by gunfire and grenades. Insurgents burned the bodies and dragged them through the city. They hanged two of the bodies on a bridge over the Euphrates River for the world press to photograph.

Intelligence sources identified Abed as the ringleader, but he had evaded capture until September.

The military is sensitive to charges of detainee abuse highlighted in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The Navy charged four SEALs with abuse in 2004 in connection with detainee treatment.

Hello people,

I am back with the 4th installment of The gaming Bug. This part focuses on my pre-university days.

Once I completed my 10th standard, I continued my pre-university education from the same college. I took PCMB as my subjects. During my first year, things changed drastically. I no longer played any sport. The reason was, I could not find the time. Football was a distant dream. All we did was talk about how things were in high school. There were no houses like the previous years and no rivalries with any other section of my college. It was really boring. I however maintained my reputation as a hot headed guy. As for physical fitness, I used to do a lot of cycling. This helped me maintain my stamina even though I had no other physical activity.

This was the time video games came into the picture. Of course, they were in my head ever since I saw one. But now, the interest to play more and more video games started kicking in. Games like Super Mario, Adventure Island, Contra, Donkey Kong, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter and so many more were the happening games during those days. My concentration slowly but surely drifted from football to video games. There was a rumor about some district level football tournament but no one came to me saying the same. I too did not bother much because I had enough of football in my life. I completed the first year and completely forgot about football in the process. But.. I guess time had fixed one last appointment that would once again drag me to the football ground.

I was now in the second and final year of my pre-university days. All of us were quite busy with our subjects when there was one more talk about a district level football tournament. I was not too interested. I thought it was another passing rumor. But it wasn’t. Swapnil one day came to me and told me that there will be a district level football tournament which once again would be held in our own college ground. He also told me that this was the last chance for us to relive those olden days and to do what we do best.. play football. I did not even think much and just agreed.

Once again we had a great team. Some of the guys from the state level football team like Satya, Swapnil ,Shashank and Arun were once again reunited. There were some new guys like Deepak and Manju. Shivananda was also part of the team. The problem was we had very less time to practice. Some of us had lost touch of the game. Because some of them were new to the team, we had a difficult time understanding each other on the ground. But training takes you only that far and then comes pure instinct. We had a great team. Once again, we had a rock solid defense. Our attack was balanced. Unlike the last time, I was one of the main players in the team. All other players came to me for suggestions and tactics. We planned our positions and were all set for one final show down.. the time of our lives was here.

When the time finally came, there were 5 teams for the competition. The 4 colleges that came were EMHS, Suratkal College, Karkala College and SRS College. Over time, SRS College had become our sworn enemy. What I heard as a rumor during my first was in fact real. Our college has then lost to the very same SRS College. Some of our team members who were part of the team that lost to them knew that team very well. We on the other hand, were excited and waiting for the challenge. Our fixtures were Us Vs Karkala College and EMHS Vs SRS College. The Suratkal college got a bye which meant they directly played in the finals.

They say experience counts. This was the first time I understood what that meant. Most guys in our team had not played competitive football. Most importantly, they had no idea how to handle the expectations of the huge crowd. Some of us had been there and done that. So it was up to us to calm these guys down. We just told them to concentrate on the ball and play like how we always played during our school days without worrying too much about the crowd.

Ours was the very first match. The whole college was let off only to see our match and to support us. It was some atmosphere. This team from Suratkal was not so good. Our defense proved too strong for them. I may not have played much football over the last one year. But the magic was all there. It came back the moment I got into the ground. All the spectators kept screaming our names each time we got the ball and booed the opponents whenever they got the ball. This brought down the morale of our opponents. Shashank with our fellow defenders stood like a wall at the back. No body could penetrate them that day. The BIG 3 from the previous games were no longer there but these 3 guys never gave us any chance to worry. Satya was as good as ever as a golie. This was the time me, Shashank and Arun played as a unit. Our One-Two-One passing was tearing our opponents down. They had no answer to our focused counter-attack. Swani and Swapnil along with all the other guys were as good as ever. We had a lot of chances to score in the first half but we did not convert any of the great opportunities. It was in the 2nd half that we got our chance to break free. We got a great ball from Satya back from our goal. Our team was passing effectively and Swani took the ball the opponents’ goal. There were 3 defenders in front of him and I was behind. He could not penetrate them alone. I just called him from behind and he quickly responded with a pass. The crowd was getting anxious with every passing minute. I tapped the ball and just shot it into the goal. The very next second, the crowd was dancing and cheering “SIPRA SIPRA” because it was now 1-0. I had scored again and this time in front of my open people. It was a great feeling. I just ran around like a mad dog celebrating and my team mates joined the party. Satya came running down to me and he reminded me of the same situation back during our state level match. We won the match 1-0. The other match was won by the SRS College. The next match was against our worst enemy.. SRS College. It was a match we were waiting for. The time had finally come. It was the final showdown of our lives.

Swapnil and Satya knew this SRS team well. More specifically, had a bitter experience with one guy.. Ryan. They told us to watch out for this guy. We all saw who this guy was and were all ready for the match. There was good support for the SRS team also. When the match started the entire crowd erupted once again. We got better completion from these guys than our previous opponent. Just before we could get into to the groove we were shocked at what we saw. Enter the scene.. Ryan. Every time this guy got the ball, their supporters went crazy and they kept shouting and cheering “GO DIXCY GO”. And god! I now understood why those supporters loved this guy so much. He had amazing control over the ball. He single handedly dribbled past every guy from our team. He on his own easily penetrated the powerful defense of ours. For the first time, there was a crack in our wall. He was so fast that we could hardly match him. This guy what the best football I had even seen in my life. But from the opposite team, even we were amazed by this guys game. He was highly professional and played a clean game. But this was not the time to relax. We somehow managed to control those guys till the 1st half. During the break, we were just talking one thing. How to control this Ryan. We knew that if we had to win, we had to contain Ryan. So we decided that each time he got the ball, every body would target him. It was like a pack of hungry wolves chasing down their selected prey. And to some extent it worked. When the second half started, we made sure Ryan did not get the ball. Every time he got the ball, all of us would just forget the other guys and just run to attack this one person. They say nobody is perfect. So was this guy Ryan. He was a great dribbler but a very bad finisher. He could single handedly take the ball till the other end, ripping our famed defense apart but he could not score goals. In fact he did not even attempt to score goals. He never passed the ball which was his biggest weakness. Our team had finally cracked the Ryan code. We had a lot of good chances but could not convert. Time was running fast. Almost at the dieing moments, I got the ball and I gave a precise long ball to Deepak. He did well and took the ball till the very end. His cross was prescise and right in front of the goal. There were 3 of us running for the ball and no defender to stop us. We were hardly a meter away from the goal post. Unfortunately, the ball was intercepted by my other team mate Rakshit I think his name was. He did not try to stop the ball. He just put his leg forward. The ball bounced onto his knee and went above the goal. We were all disappointed. This was the last minute of the game. If ever he left the ball, I was in line and may be the result would have been better. But this is football and sometimes things don’t work as expected. He apologized but we said it was not his mistake at all. The game ended with a draw 0-0. The match went to a penalty shootout. SRS went on to win the match. We all were disappointed but the experience is all that kept us alive. It was the last time for some of us and we enjoyed the moment.

After the match, we congratulated the SRS guys. I went and shook hands with our tormentor Ryan. I told him he was great with the ball and wished him the very best for the rest of the tournament. For my surprise, he told me I was the best among my team and I must continue to play football. We hugged each other and hoped to meet again in some other football match. we then walked away. It was all over.

This concludes the fourth part of ‘The Gaming Bug’. Stay tuned for the fifth and the final part ‘The End of an Era’.

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Dear Kevin,

I have to admit that my housemates and I were skeptical when you told us about the Liberation Diet a few weeks ago.  It sounded too good to be true and, Lord knows, we’ve tried many promising diets in the past.  But your approach made sense and we decided to give it a chance.  After only two weeks, we’re all feeling better.

We started by weaning off excessive carbs, diet sodas, and artificial sweeteners, and replacing them with fresh whole milk, eggs, butter, bacon, and other real foods.  The only problem is that as we’ve become used to fresh food from the farm, we no longer like the taste of the ultra-processed foods that used to dominate our diet.

In addition to not being hungry all the time, I’ve noticed that I don’t seem to need a daily Nexium anymore. If I had known that I could relieve acid reflux and other digestive problems with real food, I would have started eating it a long time ago!

Thanks again for telling us about the Liberation Diet and giving us the opportunity to discover real food again!

Chris Tobin

Aston, PA

The foundation of any kind of  Therapy or Counselling  is the relationship you establish with the therapist. Research has shown that the technique the therapist uses is not as important as the relationship you build together. As therapy progresses and trust is established, you will actually use the relationship between you and your therapist as a workspace, to resolve problems in your life.

Because the relationship with the therapist is so essential to the process, it is important to find a therapist to whom you feel connected, with whom you feel safe. In any kind of Therapy or Counselling, you intentionally make yourself deeply vulnerable to another human being. That is a very frightening assignment indeed. But you must realize it is this very process of self revealing and trust building that can be the means of your healing. At the end of this frightening and difficult path lies the inner wholeness you long for.

Obviously, if you are to make yourself so vulnerable, you must feel safe. A good therapist builds that sense of trust and safety with you.

The process of creating a “safe space” in which therapy can take place is referred to as building a “secure frame,” and it is a very important aspect of therapy.

The “frame” is the environment of your therapy. It includes the physical surroundings, the emotional environment, the therapeutic structure, and the relationship between you and your therapist.

A secure frame is a very special private space in which you feel safe, “held” and supported. A secure frame is an environment in which every detail reflects structure, safety, and support. Psychodynamic therapists believe that the secure frame is a vital element of the therapy.

But what are the personal, individual skills and traits that characterize a good therapist?

In my opinion life experience and how somebody learns from it in order to grow personally makes him becoming a “good” and “trustable” therapist. Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross describes that in perfect words, talking about “the most beautiful people” who are in my eyes also the “best therapists”:

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

Experience Life under the Guidance of God

Police are injured as Egypt fans’ anger over reported violence at a World Cup game erupts at the Algerian embassy…. From BBC News. Full story

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CAIRO, Nov 19, 2009 (AFP) – Egypt suspended its membership of the Union of North African Football Federations on Thursday, complaining that Algerian fans had thrown stones at their supporters during the country’s World Cup exit.

The Egyptian Football Federation wrote to its counterparts in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia charging that its fans had come under sustained assault during the make-or-break qualification play-off in Khartoum on Wednesday, the state MENA news agency reported.

Algerian fans wave to welcome players of the Algerian national football team in Algiers on November 19, 2009 to celebrate their victory over Egypt (AFP photo)

Egypt had already called in the Algerian ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Algiers for consultations in protest.

The game’s Sudanese hosts strongly contested Egypt’s version of events insisting just four Egyptian fans had sustained minor injuries and calling in the Egyptian ambassador in Khartoum in its own protest.

By contrast, world football’s governing body FIFA said that three Algerian players and the goalkeeping coach suffered injuries that “weren’t superficial” ahead of Egypt’s 2-0 victory in Cairo on Saturday that forced the play-off.

A number of Algerian fans were also injured after the game, triggering attacks against Egyptians and Egyptian interests in Algeria.

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Nigeria mourns loss of football U-17 world crown… From BBC News. Full story

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Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.
– Napoleon

It is interesting to watch the progeny of the might British Empire make chuckling sounds like a chicken while defining their defeat and withdrawal from Afghanistan as “Exit Strategy”. This is how the Charge of the Light Brigade into Afghanistan is ending. Afghanistan defeat: British Failures of “the White Man’s burden”

UK Defeat in Afghanistan Rudyard Kiplings What Man's burden

Our question to the bright son of England is, if you are going to include Mullah Omar and the top Taliban in the new government of Afghanistan, why are you guys bombing the poor, the innocent, the children and the women in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. If you were going to find the moderate Taliaban and form a government with them, then why didn’t you listen to Pakistans advice a decade ago when Islamabad asked you to do this very thing. US attacks on Pakistan have fueled the Afghan insurgency

Senior Taliban will play role in Afghan govt, says Miliband

International Council of Security and Development (ISOC): Taliban control “virtually all” of Afghanistan

EDINBURGH: Ending the war in Afghanistan will include senior Taliban commanders sitting in government in Kabul, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday.

Miliband also told a meeting of NATO’s parliamentary assembly that military action must be accompanied by a political surge to restore Afghans’ faith in their corruption-scarred government.

Miliband said the vast majority of Taliban fighters are not committed to a global jihad and can be persuaded to stop fighting. He said a settlement must also include those top Taliban commanders prepared to renounce violence.

Perpetual Mimitic War: Strategy for continued Failure in Afghanistan Obama’s Afghan ‘Strategy’ without an “Exit Plan” is a ‘Straightjacket’ named quagmire & defeat

“Once reintegration gains momentum, and the insurgency is starting to fray or crumble, we will need to support President (Hamid) Karzai in reaching out to those high-level commanders that can be persuaded to renounce Al Qaeda and pursue their goals peacefully within the constitutional framework,” Miliband said.

“This will be far from straightforward. But the historical lessons are clear. Blood enemies from the Soviet period and the civil war now work together in government. Former Talibs already sit in the parliament. It is essential that, when the time is right, members of the current insurgency are encouraged to follow suit.” Miliband said Afghanistan was not “a war without end”, and that success depended on political as well as military strategy.

Bluster before exit: US capitulates to Afghan Taliban: Negotiating retreat schedule ap

He said that military strategy “must be allied to civilian effort to improve governance, especially at the local level”.

Miliband said “the Afghan people also need to see, from the appointments of Cabinet ministers and provincial governors, that there is a fresh attempt to govern in their interests”.

Miliband said good governance for Afghanistan did not mean imposing Western-style democracy, but building on “the ancient but continually evolving traditions on which the Afghan polity has existed as a stable but loose confederation for some two and a half centuries”. He also called on more support for Pakistan to help “squeeze the life out of the terrorist threat from both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border”.

Tick Tock Tick Tock-2011: Obama’s shrinking Afghan timeline

You wasted three trillion Dollars, bankrupted your economy, spread war and disaster to Afghanistan and murder and mayhem to Pakistan—for what?

When you guys left South Asia we thought you had left for good, but you keep coming back—after hundreds of body bags that you will admit to, it is time that you left sooner than later.

Afghanistan fiasco: Cleaning up the Am-Brit failures in Kabul again

Can Obama pull US out of the Afghan quicksand? Choosing China & Pakistan over Bharat (aka India)

Rand report: End GWOT. Defeat Al-Qaeda with police & Dollars Hindu Kush Curtain Call: The End Game in Afghanistan

The Pakistani perspective: Peace deals only way to precipitate face saving for US & Obama’s smooth Exit strategy from Afghanistan

Graveyard of Empires: AfPak-TurkTaj-UzbKaz-AzKyr -istan

The BBC’s Caroline Duffield in Lagos discovers a nation in mourning after Nigeria’s shock defeat at the 2009 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Abuja…. From BBC News. Full story

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Obama runs for cover: uses Iran and Al-Qaeda for self-defense
IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC UPROAR AGAINST OBAMA’S MISHANDLING OF FT. HOOD MASSACRE

Article: The Post & Email

Today is Obama’s unlucky day, and the overwhelming wave of public outcry at his mishandling of the Ft. Hood Massacre has led him to run for cover, using Iranian and al-Qaeda agents for self-defense.

YahooNews, a we’ll-print-anything-to-run-cover-for-obama news outlet, is pushing 2 reports this morning to this effect.

In the first report, “AP Source: Gitmo 9/11 suspects to NY for trial”, Devlin Barrett of the AP informs the world that Obama will move several Al-Qaida terrorists to New York City, and put them on trial in a civilian court. This information was leaked to the AP, by someone in Eric Holder’s department. Barrett says that Holder will make an announcement this morning.

Uh, does ANYONE in the BHussein Obama Administration remember what happened the LAST TIME those Al-Qaeda terrorists were New York City? Anyone? It wasn’t fucking pretty.

In the second report featured by YahooNews, “Obama orders review of possible Fort Hood signs” two AP reporters, indicate that Obama has ordered an investigation of why warning signs of Hasan’s proclivities were ignored.

Then to avert anger over this Sunni Muslim who committed the massacre for purely religious motives, Obama has given the Justice Department the go-ahead to seize 5 Shiite Mosques and a NYC Skyscraper tied to Iranian intelligence and terrorism-promotion activities in the U.S.A.. The Jerusalem Post reprints the AP report on this move.

Seeing that Obama worshiped in a Sunni Mosque as a boy, and seeing that his whole family is Sunni, according to his sister Maya, this attempted seizure will only inflame the Islamic world with internecine strife.

Though other news outlets, such as CBS, are reporting these events, the Associated Press, after the gaff last month of being associated with a report which named Obama as Kenyan-Born, has evidently considered it their duty to be extra-devout in running cover for Obama on the Islamic issue.

What’s really being defend here, though, is not National Security, but rather Obama’s rapidly declining poll numbers.

To belittle the horrific nature of the Ft. Hood Massacre, to deny its association with the authentic nature of Islam, and to play games with issues of National Security to defend your political image, all indicate that Obama, having usurped the Presidency for his own power and glory, uses his pretense of authority for his own power and glory.

Glory? This man has no glory. He has no power. He certainly has no power over me.

Obama runs for cover: uses Iran and Al-Qaeda for self-defense
IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC UPROAR AGAINST OBAMA’S MISHANDLING OF FT. HOOD MASSACRE

Article: The Post & Email

Today is Obama’s unlucky day, and the overwhelming wave of public outcry at his mishandling of the Ft. Hood Massacre has led him to run for cover, using Iranian and al-Qaeda agents for self-defense.

YahooNews, a we’ll-print-anything-to-run-cover-for-obama news outlet, is pushing 2 reports this morning to this effect.

In the first report, “AP Source: Gitmo 9/11 suspects to NY for trial”, Devlin Barrett of the AP informs the world that Obama will move several Al-Qaida terrorists to New York City, and put them on trial in a civilian court. This information was leaked to the AP, by someone in Eric Holder’s department. Barrett says that Holder will make an announcement this morning.

Uh, does ANYONE in the BHussein Obama Administration remember what happened the LAST TIME those Al-Qaeda terrorists were New York City? Anyone? It wasn’t fucking pretty.

In the second report featured by YahooNews, “Obama orders review of possible Fort Hood signs” two AP reporters, indicate that Obama has ordered an investigation of why warning signs of Hasan’s proclivities were ignored.

Then to avert anger over this Sunni Muslim who committed the massacre for purely religious motives, Obama has given the Justice Department the go-ahead to seize 5 Shiite Mosques and a NYC Skyscraper tied to Iranian intelligence and terrorism-promotion activities in the U.S.A.. The Jerusalem Post reprints the AP report on this move.

Seeing that Obama worshiped in a Sunni Mosque as a boy, and seeing that his whole family is Sunni, according to his sister Maya, this attempted seizure will only inflame the Islamic world with internecine strife.

Though other news outlets, such as CBS, are reporting these events, the Associated Press, after the gaff last month of being associated with a report which named Obama as Kenyan-Born, has evidently considered it their duty to be extra-devout in running cover for Obama on the Islamic issue.

What’s really being defend here, though, is not National Security, but rather Obama’s rapidly declining poll numbers.

To belittle the horrific nature of the Ft. Hood Massacre, to deny its association with the authentic nature of Islam, and to play games with issues of National Security to defend your political image, all indicate that Obama, having usurped the Presidency for his own power and glory, uses his pretense of authority for his own power and glory.

Glory? This man has no glory. He has no power. He certainly has no power over me.

Firstly, isn’t that an odd turn of phrase? “It is as I feared”. Instinct screams at me that it would involve a whole knew tense if I were to translate it. Anyway, I am certain that I am coming down with the lurgie. I coughed. I never, EVER cough, unless I am ill. So, yes. Illness is fast approaching me. I should stock up on supplies before it becomes too dire. Anyway, if I get ill, I will merely spend my days sleeping, and maybe reading, and catching up on Merlin, then True Blood. I have successfully caught up on Heroes and Glee (I say caught up, but neither of the series I have watched are being shown yet at home… So, yes, Merlin is the logical choice.

In other news, it absolutely pissed it down last night. Total downpour. And pubs were packed to watch the Ireland-France match. Unfortunately, Ireland didn’t win. Nothing like a victory to boost a country whose ego is already so big that they are being crushed under it’s weight. Anyway, France are playing on Wednesday, I think. Fingers crossed they’ll lose then!

Vietnam lost 0-1 to Syria in their 2011 Asian Cup qualifier in Hanoi on Saturday evening, facing a very high hill to climb in their group, which includes powerhouse China.

Vietnam’s Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto and his players did not intend to play low later in the game at the My Dinh National Stadium when they could not remain in good fitness against their stronger opponents from the Middle East. In the 93rd minute, captain Nguyen Minh Phuong could not reach to touch the ball from a low cross during an attack by the home side.

Vietnam midfielder Le Tan Tai (C) fights for the ball with a Syria player at My Dinh Stadium on Nov. 14. Syria won 1-0. (Photo: SGGP)

Right after the hosts’ missing chance, substitute Raja Rafe gave Syria a 1-0 win with an unchallenged header in the 94th minute. Weakening central defenders Vu Nhu Thanh and Le Phuoc Tu did not concentrate enough, leaving Rafe free. The final whistle came just after the only goal.

Syria’s win gave them nine points after three games and the top position in Group D, but left Vietnam in the third place with three points. China are in second with six points while Lebanon have no points.

Inspired by about 30,000 fans at My Dinh Stadium on Saturday evening, the hosts came close to the opposite goal immediately. Vietnam come closest in the first half when captain Phuong struck the post in the 14th minute.

Vietnam’s Portugal-based striker Le Cong Vinh and forward Nguyen Viet Thang made lots of efforts towards Syria’s defending so that the Vietnamese midfielders could get more space to play. It was the midfielders who brought about chances but none were converted. 

Meanwhile, the West Asians developed attacks from both wings and crossed the ball towards their taller strikers. Vietnam goalie Duong Hong Son had to work hard against the high balls. Son made at least four or five excellent saves until the final minute of the game, and then unchallenged Rafe beat him with a header.

Vietnam coach Calisto said after the match that Australian referee Benjamin Williams ignored two Syria situations that were worth penalties for the home side.

Vietnam left Hanoi Sunday for Syria for the second leg.

In the 2007 Asian Cup, Vietnam were among the last eight.

Position and points in group D
1: Syria  9  
2: China  6  
3: Vietnam  3   
4: Lebanon  0

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I had planned to do NaNoWriMo this month, but real life sucks and I cannot freeze time (yet) and hence it was impossible. Initially I tried to find motivation from a NanoWriMo challenge thrown down via Facebook-gauntlet by Dear Friend S, only neither of us realized we were going to have to write 2400 words a day. We both tried, and…no. I even tried adding lesbian ninjas, the traditional NaNo word count padding, but there’s only so much lesbian ninjas can do.

I proposed a modification. NaNoShoStoWriMo. 50 short stories. A minimum of 500 words each. Before November 30. Dear Friend S accepted.We refuse to admit defeat. We just like to reframe it. In this way, defeat becomes Innovation and Awesomeness.

Writing the first story now. Plot: narrator’s girlfriend steals things, even intangible things. Oh watchu gonna do, boy? Can you deal? Can you deal with lesbian ninjas thrown your way? We shall see.

Mike McFarlane congratulates Chris McDougall

Chris McDougall and the Hurricanes like playing in Allman Arena. (Home of the Stratford Cullitons)

Why?

Because for the second time in a row, they went into Stratford, Chris McDougall stood on his head and they stole the victory.

Friday night, despite being outshot 39-17, Chris McDougall and the Hurricanes defeated the hometown Cullitons 4-1.

Guelph opened up the scoring in the first on an unassisted goal by Brandon Anselmini.  Hurricanes leading scorer Dan Mohle made it 2-0 Guelph. Luca Penzo got the assist.

After a scoreless second period, Craig Dalrymple scored 15 seconds into the 3rd to pull the Cullitons with in one. (assist went to Cohen Adair). The game was close until Martin Kudla made it 3-1 Guelph when he scored a powerplay goal at 16:05 (assist went to Captain Mike McFarlane).

In the late stages of the game (1:34 left) with Stratford looking to pull it within one, the Hurricanes received a penalty.

Then with 59 seconds left Stratford pulled their goalie to create a 6-4, Mike Iacocca sealed the victory with an empty netter to make it 4-1 (Mike McFarlane and Tyson Theaker received assists).

The win put the moved the Hurricanes back into 7th place with 16 pts. (7-13-2). One point over the 8th place Kitchener Dutchmen.

Remember, tomorrow night is Guaranteed Win Night against the Dutchmen.

Which means that anyone who purchase a ticket on game night will receive a free ticket to another Hurricanes home game if they don’t defeat the Dutchmen.

Game time is 7:30 sharp.

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