Freedom was not free and never will be. There is a cost.
Of the 56 men who signed the declaration, 12 fought in battles as members of state militias, five were captured and imprisoned during the Revolutionary War, 17 lost property as a result of British raids, and five lost their fortunes in helping fund the Continental Army and state militias battle the redcoats. here….
h/t Weasel Zippers for the story & link
Robert Maginnis, a retired Army officer, said: “There is no genetic markers for homosexual proclivities while skin color is dictated by our DNA. In recent years the homosexual lobby used political pressure and bigoted intimidation to cower the medical community into declaring their proclivities ‘normal,’ whereas forever until the last few years it was considered a disorder. Declaring such behavior ‘normal’ may work for the political cowards in Washington and Hollywood but fails the straight-face test in middle America.”
Retired Army officer Robert Maginnis rejecting liberal Navy Secretary Ray Mabus contention that pro-military activists who opposed lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the ranks are just like the bigots who fought against racial desegregation decades ago.
h/t Weasel Zippers for the story
Like all weapons handed to “allies in the War on Terror” they generally fall into the wrong hands. The US has made a terrible habit of arming the wrong side. They either try to pick the winner of a conflict and that side ends up getting their ass kicked or they pick the lesser of two evils that are eventually bad guys in the end.
Two high end Riverine boats, 10 sailors, and no tow rope?
Depending on the mission, it can bristle with weapons from six different mounts. Wood said the boat on order has a remote-controlled weapon mount for a .50-caliber machine gun — or other weapon — on a mast behind the cockpit. It will also have a twin weapon mount on the bow that is controlled from the cockpit, as well as four mounts for crew-served weapons elsewhere on the boat. The mounts include electrical power supply to allow the use of mini-guns.
So we are to believe that two of these boats broke down at the same time? They couldn’t communicate with their command ship? No tow rope?
The ship has cabin space that can be configured to carry more than 20 troops or serve as a floating command post with extra communication gear.
Sorry, something is terribly wrong here. I think this was done on purpose.
I don’t understand this at all. Two attack vessels loaded with enough firepower to decimate the dingys the Iranians showed up in, yet our people are forced to surrender. The boats were in the area for a reason, they were apparently told to go where they went, why would they not defend themselves? More Obama “rules of engagement”?
Is it just me or does something seem a bit sketchy here. Would Obama order these men into harms way for political gain in an attempt to prove the Iranians are reasonable in returning the sailors? 
h/t weasel zippers for images.
Shamelessly stolen from Irish who stole it from here.
And they have their own clothing line.
