Strange looking vessel

Navy Ship Named for Gabrielle Giffords Hits the Water

 

 

The U.S.S. Gabrielle Giffords hit the water for the first time in Alabama, but it won't officially launch until later

A LONG TIME OVERDUE, DO THEY EVEN TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY IN SCHOOLS ANYMORE ? And this article is written by a black man

It’s Time to Scrap Black History Month            

     Carl Jackson | Feb 28, 2015

As we draw near the end of Black History Month one thing is for certain, it's done more to suppress American History than tell her story.
According to history.com the origins of Black History Month begins in 1915 when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the then Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), which is an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements of blacks and other peoples of African descent. In 1926, the group sponsored a national Negro History week, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Republicans Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
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Action Alert!

BATFE poised to ban entire class of rifle ammunition

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) is poised to ban an entire class of rifle ammunition -- and we have to stop them!
Background information can be found here (link is external). In brief:

Having failed to enact a federal ban on the AR-15, America’s most popular rifle, [President Obama is] now using the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to do the next best thing. BATFE is now proposing to ban a whole class of common rifle ammunition used in that overwhelmingly popular firearm.

The BATFE is taking public comments on the proposed ammunition ban until March 16th, so there's still time to make your voice heard!
Here's what you can do to stop the BATFE from enacting this backdoor gun control measure:
1. Send email to the BATFE at APAComments@atf.gov (link sends e-mail) (follow the instructions at the link for submitting comments).
2. If you prefer to send a letter, mail it to:

Denise Brown, Mailstop 6N-602, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Enforcement Programs and Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 99 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20226: ATTN: AP Ammo Comments.

3. Contact your members of Congress and tell them to oppose the BATFE's backdoor gun ban. Call 202-224-3121
4. You can also contact you congressmen via email at this link (link is external), provided by our friends at the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action.

When a "white" guy defends obamas actions [David Swerdlick]

Steve Malzberg: D'Souza Debates David Swerdlick, Has No Apologies for Obama Twee     Feb  2015

A verbal slugfest erupted on Newsmax TV's "The Steve Malzberg Show" Thursday as African-American columnist David Swerdlick sparred with conservative

UPDATE.........

'Stolen' Oregon Home Found 2 Days Later Half a Mile Away News Max · 29 minutes ago

 

An Oregon home reported stolen Tuesday has been found about a half mile from its original location, but the question of who moved it is …

 

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UNLIKE HIDEOUS MONSTERS FROM HOLLYWOOD,

THREW THIS IN BECAUSE I LIKE THE LOOKS OF THIS FISH

                                                

THE HORRIFYING ANGLER FISH IS FOR REAL!

Hollywood has certainly given us plenty of chills, gore and grotesque creatures over the years. But when we think about some of the real creatures that inhabit our planet, we can't imagine anything scarier than the Angler Fish.

The Angler Fish doesn't need Hollywood special effects to make it one of the most frightening creatures on earth. Her front dorsal spine sticks out of her head! There's a fleshy "bait" on the end that actually glows in the dark, making it downright irresistible to fish in the dark waters a mile below the ocean's surface. Staying very still, she dangles the glowing bait in front of her mouth. Soon, an unsuspecting fish swims up to grab the bait … but in a flash, the Angler Fish has its prey skewered on its nightmarish teeth.

Dad hits back after 'false arrest' at school meeting
Spoke out against daughter's X-rated reading assignment

William Baer gets ushered out of a school board meeting in May 2014 by Lt. James Leach, who was then police chief of Gilford, New Hampshire.

A New Hampshire man who was handcuffed and arrested for speaking his mind at a local school board meeting last year has filed a lawsuit against the police, alleging violations of his civil rights.

The criminal charges against William Baer of Gilford, New Hampshire, were tossed out of court by Belknap County Judge James Carroll in December, as WND previously reported.
Then-Acting Police Chief James Leach, who made the arrest, could have dropped the charges but elected not to, said Baer, who was arrested while addressing the board about a reading assignment given to his daughter’s ninth-grade class that included sexually explicit material.
“Lieutenant Leach, and Police Chief (Anthony) Bean Burpee, both took an oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” Baer told WND. “Lieutenant Leach violated my rights when he silenced and arrested me, and Chief Bean Burpee continued to violate my rights by prosecuting me for nearly seven months.

DAD HITS BACK

Naked at airport security

A traveler, apparently upset when asked to remove his belt, decided to make sure he would not set off the metal detector by stripping naked at the security check point. 

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) -

It happened at Pulkovo Airport in St. Persburg, Russia.
Security video of the incident showed the man start by taking off his shoes. He then removed his pants and then his shirt and his watch.
The man did leave his socks on.

After calmly walking through the check point the man puts his watch back on before grabbing his clothes and walking off.
Police are reportedly investigating the incident, although security personnel at the scene didn't seem too bothered by the entire incident. 

Filed by 26 states, where are the other 24 ? Whatever the outcome at least SHERIFF JOE is trying to do something

Sheriff Joe hauls 'defiant' Obama before judge............         President's refusal to obey 'another affront to the rule of law'Published: 1 hour ago   Bob Unruh

 
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An attorney for Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County is asking the judge who ordered federal bureaucrats not to implement President Obama’s amnesty-by-memo plan to order a hearing over the administration’s apparent refusal to abide by the order.

A notice and recommendation was filed Friday in the Texas case, which was brought by 26 states, by attorney Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch on behalf of Arpaio, who has his own lawsuit against Obama over amnesty but joined the Texas case in a friend-of-the-court filing.

“Several reports indicate that the executive branch under the Obama administration has not complied with this court’s temporary injunction, but continues full-speed to implement a grant of amnesty and related benefits to approximately 5 million citizens of foreign countries who are illegally in the United States under the defendants’ November 20, 2014, executive action programs implemented by several memoranda issued by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson,” the filing explains.
The suggestion is accompanied by a motion seeking “further leave” of the court to file the request.

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 FCC Approves 'Net Neutrality' Regulations
Conn Carroll | Feb 26, 2015

SHARES

If you like what Obamacare has done to health care, you are going to love what the Federal Communications Commission is about to do to the internet.
The FCC voted by a slim 3-2 margin Thursday to pass new "net neutrality" regulations that give the federal government unprecedented control over how the internet is managed.
Just as Obamacare was supposed to make health care cheaper for all Americans, net neutrality is supposed to guarantee "free and open access to the internet," according to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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I thought the"president" couldn't make laws

Obama to ban bullets by executive action  Threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle     Published: 21 hours ago    (Washington Examiner)

 It’s starting.
As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including the huge outdoors company Cabela’s, to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president.

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Al-Qaida planning kamikaze attacks on ships in Mediterranean, cables claim
Leaked document claims effort to extend range to Europe   Published: 7 hours ago

The USS Cole, which was targeted by Al-Qaida in Yemen in 2000, killing 17 sailors. Photograph: Reuters

(LONDON GUARDIAN) Al-Qaida has developed a seaborne unit to attack targets around the Mediterranean, according to a confidential report from Russian intelligence, one of a cache of secret documents from spy agencies around the world tracking jihadi terrorist groups.
According to the Russians, North African al-Qaida (Aqim – al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb) has established a 60-strong team of suicide bombers to plant mines under the hull of ships and to use small, fast craft for kamikaze attacks.
The claim, in a leaked document from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), is one of a string of reports on the rise of Islamic State (Isis) and al-Qaida.

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C'MON...Stealing lunch money ? From pre-schoolers ?This bitch should go to jail !! At the risk of being racist, look at her name, I wonder if she is one of obamas wonderful mexicans ?

School-bus aide busted for stealing from preschoolers   Woman caught on surveilance video pilfering lunches, money from backpacks   Published: 18 hours ago

(WCAU-TV) A New Jersey school bus aide was arrested after she allegedly stole bagged lunches and money from dozens of preschool students.
Rosa Rios, 33, of Millville, New Jersey, was arrested Friday and charged with robbery and theft. Rios worked as a bus aide for the Sheppard Bus Service.
Bill Opposes Tests Determining School Placement
A Millville Police Officer said she was looking over surveillance footage from a school bus in the company back on Feb. 4 while investigating whether money was stolen from the bus driver. She then spotted Rios on camera going through the students’ backpacks, police said.

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TPNN reports:

Ted Cruz Just Shed Light on Another Crime Committed by Obama; And it’s a Whopper   24 February, 2015

Senator Ted Cruz, a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate and a favorite within the pro-liberty, pro-Constitution grassroots Tea Party movement, said that Obama has gone way beyond prosecutorial discretion with his unconstitutional amnesty for illegal aliens, but is basically “counterfeiting immigration documents.”

   Appearing on FOX News’ “The Kelly File” with Megyn Kelly on Tuesday, Sen. Cruz accused Obama of a “my way or the highway approach,” and that just because Congress may not give him everything he wants, and he is unwilling to compromise, doesn’t give him to the authority unilaterally ignore federal law and violate the Constitution, and America’s system of checks and balances.

   Regarding the huge decision late Monday by federal Judge Hanen, which at least temporarily halts the implementation of Obama’s illegal amnesty, Sen. Cruz told Kelly (emphasis added):

“This district court opinion, it’s a 50-page opinion which I would encourage anyone interested in the law to read this opinion, because it’s a careful, scholarly opinion. And one of the things it points out is the president has claimed, rather absurdly, that the basis of his authority is quote, ‘prosecutorial discretion,’ that he is simply choosing not to prosecute four-and-a-half million people here illegally.
   But what the district court concluded quite rightly, is they’re doing far more than that. The administration is printing work authorizations — it is affirmatively acting in contravention of federal law.
   Basically, what it’s doing is counterfeiting immigration documents, because the work authorizations it’s printing are directly contrary to the text of federal law, and it is dangerous when a president ignores federal law.”
   Before declaring his illegal amnesty Obama previously claimed 22 times, in his own words, that he had no such constitutional authority, including the infamous “I’m not a dictator,” and “I’m not a king” lines. 

And of course he is speaking to a predominately hispanic crowd made up of ??? illegals

President Obama Defends Immigration Policies in MSNBC/Telemundo Town         By  Suzanne Gamboa

President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to pass a bill declaring his immigration executive action illegal and then vowed to veto it while at a town hall where he also exhorted young people to vote and predicted a Latino or Asian American would one day be in the White House.

Obama spent about an hour discussing immigration at the bilingual town hall hosted by MSNBC and Telemundo on the Florida International University campus.

"If McConnell, the leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House John Boehner want to have a vote on whether what I'm doing is legal or not, they can have that vote. I will veto that vote," Obama said

"Do you really intend to deport 11 million people?"-----Why not, if they are here illegally ? They wouldn't be here if not for obamas  "open border policy" THEY ARE ILLEGALS!!!
If they come into the country thru the system set in place, then WELCOME ! otherwise..........ADIOS
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Strange news out of Oregon

Home vanishes in Oregon

 

 

An Oregon sheriff says a 1,200-square-foot cabin along a river has been stolen, taken right off its foundation. Officials are asking for help finding it…

 

‘Jihadi John’: The Islamic State killer behind the mask is a young Londoner     The Washington Post

© Rex features American hostage Peter Kassig is paraded in front of the camera in an orange boiler suit in a video released on the internet showing the beheading of British hostage Alan Henning, by a British ISIL terrorist known as "Jihadi John."

LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.
But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize.
“I have no doubt that Mohammed is Jihadi John,” said one of Emwazi’s close friends who identified him in an interview with The Washington Post. “He was like a brother to me. . . . I am sure it is him"  STORY

 

So, no matter what republicans come up with, obama will VETO it. No matter what WE THE CITIZENS want or think. HOW DARE WE, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE ???

obama Puts Pressure On Republicans Over Immigration: 'I Will Veto' Attempts To Block Reform

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - president barack obama raised the political pressure on Republicans over immigration on Wednesday, telling young members of Miami's Latino community that Republicans were to …The Huffington Post · 32 minutes ago

Obama: 'They Can Have That Vote,' But I Won't Back Down On Immigration    

 

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Exclusive: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says Constitution Trumps ‘Compassion’ for Undocumented Immigrants

 

 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told ABC News the Constitution trumps “compassion” for undocumented immigrants. In an exclusive interview with ABC News and Fusion inside the ornate governor’s mansion in Austin, Texas …ABC News · 1 hour ago

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Video captures octopus grabbing crab in surprise land attack Published February 25, 2015  FoxNews.com

An incredible video has captured the moment when an octopus leaps from a rock pool to launch a surprise attack on a crab before dragging the unfortunate crustacean to its death.
The 50-second YouTube video shows a yellow crab near the edge of a pool. Suddenly, an octopus emerges from the waters, catching the crab completely unawares. Carefully avoiding the crab’s claws, the octopus ensnares its prey with its suckers before quickly retreating to the watery depths with its meal.
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Reel-y? 280-pound catfish reportedly caught in Italy's Po River By Greg Botelho and Joseph Netto, CNN    Wed February 25, 2015

 

 

 

 

Dino Ferrari poses with a 280-pound catfish he says he caught in Italy's Po River.(CNN)

Catfish come in all varieties, shapes and sizes, some big and some small.

And one downright gigantic, apparently now swimming in a river in Italy.

That's the fish story being told by Dino Ferrari, who reeled in a 280-pound (127-kilogram), 8.75-foot-long catfish last Thursday along the Po River, said Davide Valla, who is with Ferrari's sponsor company Sportex. (The sponsored fisherman wouldn't say exactly where he caught the big fellow, choosing to keep his favorite spots secret.)

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I thought these were obamas friends

Iran hangs obama in effigy even as it negotiates nuclear deal with US

 

 

The Feb. event marked Iran's overthrow of the Shah, and featured anti-American and anti-Israel sentiments. (MEMRI)

 

Just weeks before Secretary of State John Kerry held new nuclear talks with Iran’s foreign minister in Geneva, Iranians were hanging Kerry's boss in effigy at a huge Tehran-sponsored rally marking the Islamic Revolution’s 36^th anniversary, an event that critics say underscores the absurdity of the ongoing diplomatic effort.

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Susan Rice: Netanyahu Visit 'Destructive' To U.S.-Israel Relationship   The Huffington Post

© MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images US National Security Adviser Susan Rice speaks during the closing session of the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism at the State Department on February 19, 2015 in Washington, DC. AFP… Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech in front of a joint session of Congress will be "destructive" to U.S.-Israel relations.
"What has happened over the last several weeks, by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the Speaker [John Boehner] and the acceptance of it by Prime Minister Netanyahu two weeks in advance of his election, is that on both sides, there has now been injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship," Rice told PBS' Charlie Rose.
"It's always been bipartisan," Rice added. "We need to keep it that way. We want it that way. I think Israel wants it that way. The American people want it that way. When it becomes injected or infused with politics, that's a problem."
Obama has said he will not meet with Netanyahu ahead of his speech in March, saying it would be "inappropriate" to meet with the leader two weeks before the Israeli elections. Netanyahu was invited to speak in front of a joint session of Congress by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who did not seek approval from the White House before sending the invitation.
Several lawmakers have spoken out against the speech, saying it could cause additional strain on international talks over Iran's nuclear plans. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called Netanyahu's speech "a tawdry and high-handed stunt" in a statement earlier this month.

MSNBC Admits Failure: Dropping Al Sharpton, Other Libs And “Moving Away From Left-Wing TV”

By Robert Gehl, February 23, 2015.

 

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MSNBC’s experiment with “going left” has been a colossal failure and now network executives are trying to right the ship – by throwing all the leftist hosts overboard.

First, it was Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid’s horrible shows. Next will likely be Chris Hayes and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
The MSNBC source told The Daily Beast, “Going left was a brilliant strategy while it lasted and made hundreds of millions of dollars for Comcast, but now it doesn’t work anymore…The goal is to move away from left-wing TV.”
The station likely will keep Rachel Maddow – a darling of the left – but she may be the only one remaining.
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 Can’t Make This Up: Islamic State Refuses To ‘Work’ With Boko Haram Because They’re Black

 So often we hear liberals chastise us conservatives for being such allegedly racist schmucks. But hear me, hear me loud, liberals, for today I present to you a genuine case of racism, brought to us courtesy Breitbart:
A U.S. intelligence officer told NBC News the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will not likely team up with Nigerian radical Islamic group Boko Haram in any official capacity due to the group’s racism against black Africans.
“The Arab world is incredibly racist,” the officer explained. “They don’t see black Africans as equivalent to them.”
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"The president is just too close to environmental extremists to stand up for America's workers. He's too invested in left-fringe politics to do what presidents are called on to do, and that'sPUT THE NATIONAL INTERESTS FIRST," he said.

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

             

President Barack Obama has officially vetoed a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, marking his third rejection of congressionally approved legislation during his six years in office.

 

In the veto message, Obama said that the bill "attempts to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether or not building and operating a cross-border pipeline serves the national interest."

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F*CK HOLLYWOOD

Oscars 2015: 'American Sniper' Snubbed Despite Its $400M-Plus Box Office

 

February 23, 2015 12:00 AM

Clint Eastwood's American Sniper may have hit it big with America's heartland, but it all but struck out at the Academy Awards.

The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow movie, starring Bradley Cooper as real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was up for six Oscars, including best picture and best actor, but went home only with the Oscar for best sound editing.

Sniper has been a runaway hit at the box office since its Dec. 25 release, becoming the most successful war film of all time. Through Sunday, the movie has grossed $319.6 million in North America and $108.6 million internationally for a worldwide total of $428.1 million.

That's far more than any other best picture contender, including winner Birdman which has grossed $76.5 million worldwide, including $37.7 million in the U.S.

Sniper is based on the book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice and Kyle, who was killed by a fellow veteran at a shooting range in 2013.

The film has been unique in galvanizing moviegoers both in American's heartland and in more liberal markets.

American Sniper was also up for an Oscar for best adapted screenplay, which it lost to fellow best picture nominee The Imitation Game.

 

AND THEY CAME FROM ???

France has been hit by a series of mysterious drone overflights at nuclear plants and other landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower and the presidential palace, at a time of heightened security.

Drones spotted flying over Paris landmarks

 

At least five drones were spotted flying over central Paris landmarks during the night and police were unable to catch the operators, sources close to the probe said on Tuesday. The country has been hit by a series of mysterious drone overflights...

 

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Tom Stiglich Cartoons

Terror group Al-Shabaab releases a video calling for attacks on shopping malls.

Obama Is the Scaremonger-in-Chief

Far from the dire picture painted by the president and his fellow Democrats, 90 percent of the Department of Homeland Security would remain on the job in a partial government shutdown.

President Obama and congressional Democrats are offering up doomsday scenarios if the Department of Homeland Security funding authorization expires this Friday.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson implied on the talk shows Sunday morning that efforts to thwart terrorist attacks and assist Americans buried in snow could be imperiled if Republicans keep trying to de-fund the president’s executive action on illegal immigration. Johnson amplified his dire predictions that afternoon before a gathering of the National Governors Association, saying: “[A shutdown] means taking people off the front line and realigning their responsibility.” Not to be outdone, the president issued his own warning in a session Monday before the National Governors Association. A partial government shutdown, he said, would end up suspending pay for more than 100,000 Homeland Security agents, which “will have a direct impact on America’s national security because their hard work helps to keep us safe.”
All very interesting, except what they’re saying isn’t true.

READ ON          Daily Beast 

What's the old saying, "THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE".........

Massachusetts man ships snow from his yard cross country

 

 

MANCHESTER-by-the-SEA, Mass.– A Massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard: He’s shipping it to people in warmer climates for the bargain price of $89 for six pounds.New York Post ·STORY

Mixed feelings about this... I don't think she should have even been there, with the wars going on all around her, but I do think our "government" should have tried to do something besides sitting back "twiddling their thumbs"

Read the Last Letter Kayla Mueller Sent to Her Family
"My heart longs to be with you all as... I have never felt before" Kayla Mueller's words in a haunting last letter to her family.

Updated at 9:09 AM EST on Monday, Feb 23, 2015

Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker killed while in ISIS custody, wrote a letter to her family saying: "I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option take it, even if it takes more time." The family shared a second letter exclusively with “Today” in which the 26-year-old wrote: “Give your suffering to the Lord, let our creator support you. Continue to pray, by God I feel your love and your prayers.” It is the last letter they received from Kayla while in captivity.

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So, it's OK to negotiate with terrorists for a known deserter, but NOT for an innocent young girl there doing charity work

READ-BERGDAHL

Feb 23, 2015 · The Obama administration’s swap of five Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay for accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl may have doomed any hope Kayla Mueller’s family had for working out a deal with ISIS, the murdered aid worker’s family said in an interview.

One Nation Under Allah?????

American school changes Pledge of Allegiance to One Nation under ‘Allah’

Todd Starnes (Fox News) reported:

 

Things have gone too far with this school in Colorado.

Tom Lopez, Colorado high school principal, is allowing Muslim students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic.
The Arabic translation of the Pledge of Allegiance replaced “one nation under God” with “one nation under Allah (The Islamic God).”
Parents are complaining that the Pledge of Allegiance should always be recited in English to avoid any kind of propaganda.
As a veteran and a friend of a man killed defending these children in their little games they like to play with our pledge, I’m offended,” wrote Chris Wells on the Daily Coloradoan.

The principal has defended his position:
I’ve been shocked with prejudicial statements that have been made,” he said. ” I’ve been shocked with the lack of seeking understanding. There’s definitely suspicion and fear expressed in these people’s minds. There’s some hate.”

HE NEEDS TO REMEMBER.....THIS IS AMERICA....[NOT IRAQ]