REFLECTIONS

An Oregon soldier recieves a medal for saving lives from a crazed gunman in Oregon.  http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/08/news/doc493d63388bdd5884382812.txt?redirect=y We need men like Sgt. Palmer always, everywhere.

Generally speaking I don’t get many of the stories of our heroes from the MSM and the big wire services.  It is usually local papers that pay tribute to a soldier from their area.  Such as this story of Army Capt. Nick Countouriotis  receiving the Bronze Star.   http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081208/news/812080313&tc=yahoo  We should shout these stories from the [...]

Here is a heartbreaking and inspring story of one soldier’s valour and sacrifice for a country that has thrown his torch in the mud.    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20081111-9999-1n11valor.html Army Sgt. Charles Wyckoff faced a life-or-death choice.   With insurgents firing at his squad from behind a mud wall in southern Afghanistan, he ran across a field and crept around one [...]

Good coverage about handguns (click here). The perp has the teller loading bills in a bag after handing her a note that says he has a bomb. Another customer (Nabil Fawzi, former Lebenese army) sees this and pulls out his handgun (yes, he does have a CCW permit) and says “you are not robbing this [...]