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This video is scary!
Currently, our freedom and rights including the Second Amendment right to bear arms have legislation threats from our own government. But this video provided by the NRA shows that anti-gun politics and organizations here in the United States are not the only evil lurking to destroy American rights. There are other countries in alliance with the UN and a evil organization called IANSA that want to take away our right to defend or home and family.
It is wrong that so many have given the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom, The Constitution of The United States and the Bill of Rights. Currently we have troops in hostile environments fighting in wars putting their lives on the line to defend freedom. How can we, as Americans, stand by and watch as our rights are being subjected to deterioration! As our troops are over in distant lands fighting for our rights, we not only owe them our support. We also owe it to them and those who have fought before them to defend those very same freedoms from the enemy here in our own country. Americans here on the home front were given the right to keep and bear arms by the founders of our great country. It is also written that that right shall not be infringed. However, now has come the time when we must stand up and let our voices be heard. Today with the threats at hand that want to take away those very same rights, it becomes our responsibility to defend those rights and our freedom.
So, in this post I have presented to you a problem, but I also want to provide you some solutions.
On April 19, 2010 The Second Amendment March will be held in Washington DC. Visit The Second Amendment March web site for more information and make plans to attend. Join the NRA and GOA

Hope to see you there

 

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We were on the way back to our campsite at the Cabbage Patch Bar when I caught a bike in a parking lot across the road out of the corner of my eye. Cindi asked what was wrong as I quickly changed lanes and made a u-turn. “I think I see a biker broke down” I told her as we made our way back. It was late Sunday afternoon and we had been up since dawn out taking pictures of bike week happenings, so we were both pretty tired. I could tell this young man was happy to see someone pulling in to check on him as we turned into the parking lot. I make it a habit to carry tools and always pull over to see if I can be of assistance when I see someone broke down. It seemed a shame to see hundreds of motorcycles and cars passing by while no one stopped to ask if he needed any help.

 

The custom motorcycle that this young man was riding looked pretty new and it seemed that the transmission plug had vibrated enough to work its way out. I introduced myself and he responded that his name was Tony. I was quick to notice that he had a great deal of respect as he spoke using the word “sir”. I wanted to tell him to leave off the sir, but I sensed there was a reason for it. Tony was in trouble and had no way of getting help, so I offered to attempt to find a Harley Davidson transmission plug or at least a close resemblance to get him back on the road. We also would need to find some transmission oil for the machine as it was all drained from the case. I knew this was going to be tough late on a Sunday afternoon during bike week, but we headed out to try.

I found a auto parts store reasonably close, but they had no idea what I might be able to use for a Harley. I guessed at the size and grabbed a couple of bolts that I thought might work and then asked if there was any type of a motorcycle shop nearby. The guy told me that Carl’s Speed Shop was up the road about 2 miles, so I gave them a call to see if they were open and had the parts we would need.

Luckily, I was able to get someone in parts and they said that they had the part and the oil. We headed on up Nova Road in Holly Hill to Carl’s Speed Shop though it was right at closing time for the motorcycle shop. When we arrived, I found the guy I had spoke with outside at one of the vendor tents and we went back inside to get the parts. When he held up the bolt I knew it was definitely not what I was looking for. This drain plug was way too small. I had measured the opening to the case and found it was about one half inch.  He asked one of the mechanics to help and though he was busy, he made his way over to the parts bin to find an assortment of drain plugs. We were able to find the correct drain plug, purchase some transmission oil and get back to Tony just before dark.

When I returned, Tony was glad to see that I had brought back the exact part needed to get his bike back on the road. As he put the drain plug back in and filled the case we talked. I learned that Tony was active Army and was in fact a Captain! He was only home on leave and his parents had surprised him by booking a hotel room in Daytona Beach for Bike Week. After filling the case with oil, we found that one quart was not enough to bring the level up to the stick. He was not real sure as to the Harley specifications for the transmission either. I remembered seeing a fairly large crowd of motorcycles just up the road at a Dunkin Doughnuts, so we followed him up to the restaurant. While I was inside asking if they had WIFI to check on the transmission specs, one of the men asked me what I needed Internet for. I explained the problem and as luck would have it, he had extra transmission oil on him. This was great being as Carl’s Speed Shop had already closed and chances of finding another motorcycle shop or Harley dealer open were real thin. He had enough oil to properly fill Captain Tony’s transmission up and we got him back on the way to having a good time at Bike Week. Thanks for the help!

I followed Capt. Tony back to his hotel and it made me feel good to have helped him out. He called a few days later to thank me again.

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I just learned of a critical situation that will be going on in Washington DC on March 17th. So critical that I have heard the call to be present in DC on that day. The call of  a group called Gathering of Eagles has brought to attention that there are anti-war protesters that wish to use the Vietnam Veterans Memorial also known as The Wall as prop in their political protest march to the Pentagon.

 

 I can not….. NO! I will not sit in Florida and wonder if there are enough volunteers that will show up to help protect The Wall. I will be standing with the eagles to send a message, a message that will be heard around the world.

Most important, a message that will be shown to our troops that are currently on tour and fighting with their lives on the line every day. The troops need to see that America cares about them then and now. They need to know they they are not forgotten, just as those who have already given the ultimate sacrifice are not forgotten. While the anti-war protesters from answer, code pink and other so called peace movement organizations claim they march for peace, we have seen the destruction and defacing that they have committed during past protests.

These anti-war protesters have the right to protest, but they are so very wrong if they think they will be able to approach The Wall as part of their demonstration. Leave The Wall out of it!

Gathering of Eagles, an impromptu coalition of veterans’ groups, pro-military organizations and Internet activists, wants to right the wrong. “We are a non-violent, non-confrontational group. We look to defend, not attack. Our focus is guarding our memorials and their grounds,” they explain. “We believe in and would give our lives for the precious freedoms found in our Constitution. We believe that our freedom of speech is one of the greatest things our country espouses, and we absolutely hold that any American citizen has the right to express his or her approval or disapproval with any policy, law or action of our nation and her government in a peaceful manner as afforded by the laws of our land.”

What the Eagles will not stand for, however, are “violence, vandalism, physical or verbal assaults on our veterans, and the destruction or desecration of our memorials. By defending and honoring these sacred places, we defend and honor those whose blood gave all of us the right to speak as freely as our minds think.”

Watch this video below by clicking the play button

Never Forget what they did for us.

 Don’t forget those who are fighting now.

The message needs to be clear that the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC is sacred ground and there is no tolerance for political debate or abuse toward it and the honorable Americans that it represents. This can only be accomplished in numbers, strong numbers of Veterans, Friends, Family and Volunteers standing shoulder to shoulder in protection of our memorial.

What will I do? I am going to be there to help and document a very important day in American history. What can you do? Join us on March 17th in Washington DC to show we care. We care about and support the men and women that have fought in the past and we care and support those who are fighting now. If you can not make it for any reason, you can help me to make the trip. This month is a very expensive month for me as it is and finances would dictate that I not go, but I will not allow that to stop me. If you wish to help me with the added expense of travel to DC, click on the donation button to the right. Any amount is appreciated. If you are going to be in Daytona for Bike Week, hire me to do photo work of you and your motorcycle. If you can not afford to donate, help by spreading the word to your friends. Thanks for any effort you may be willing to give.

More information at www.gatheringofeagles.org

Source:

http://www.gatheringofeagles.org

http://www.smalltownveteran.net/bills_bites/2007/03/a_gathering_of_.html

http://www.desertdispatch.com

http://www.michellemalkin.com

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Veterans Day weekend is upon us.

No better time for me to introduce to you a couple of my friends and their Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Tom and Dee Twigg of St. Cloud Florida began the project back in 1996.

They were at a Pow Wow for Thanksgiving and had set up a table with a chair that had only a uniform to honor those missing in action and prisoner of war.

A elderly women in a wheelchair approached the table. She had with her a Bronze Star and Purple Heart medal with citations that had belonged to her son who lost his life in the Vietnam war. She told them that because of her failing health, she feared that she would not be able to make it to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. She wanted to leave the items at the table in his memory.

Dee Twigg told the woman to hold on to the medals for one year and they would bring the wall to her so that she could leave it there. Tom and Dee began constructing a small replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall and returned to the same Pow Wow the next year. The woman was there with her son’s medal and laid them at the base of the wall in his remembrance. It was a very touching sight for the Twiggs and from that came the idea of Bringing Home the Wall.

The original wall that Tom and Dee created was on white paper and framed in panels to replicate the original wall in Washington DC. The concept was created when the Twiggs saw that there were many that simply could not get out to see a traveling wall, much less make the trip to Washington DC. So they have created a Vietnam Veterans Memorial that can be displayed indoors at Veteran’s hospitals and nursing homes. Places where there are people that are not able to get out because of health and/or financial abilities.

I met Tom and Dee at their display they had setup during Bike Week 2005 in Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife and I stopped in to take a few pictures for our Bike Week site and talked with the couple for a few minutes. As we walked away from the wall, we discussed what nice people we had met and wanted to help them. We turned around and discussed a web site for their cause. Turned out that they did not have one. Because web design is something that I do, we offered to build and host a web site as our donation toward helping the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. We have become close friends since that day and we try to get out to help and show support wherever the wall is being displayed.

The wall has been completely redesigned by Tom and Dee to look even more like the actual Vietnam Memorial. The wall now stands almost 8 foot tall at the tallest point and is printed on black laminated plastic with white lettering. The new wall was constructed and designed by the Twiggs in May of 2006 with very little financial aid to them. The only financial aid that the Twiggs receive is that of the modest donation jar that they put up at the wall during public displays. Usually the amount taken in is short of covering the expenses of transporting and setting up the wall.
This weekend on November 11th you are invited to come out and visit the wall. The Bringing Home the Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be set up at the Lakeland City Center for you to visit. The wall will be escorted in to town by the U.S. Military Vets MC and there is to be a candle light walk to the wall at 6:30 pm. You can find more information on the Lakeland City Veteran’s Day activities at the City of Lakeland web site. They are calling the day A Celebration of Heroes and it will include musical entertainment, a parade and a welcome home for troops returning form the 116th and 495th. Come on out and show your support for the returning troops and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

My wife and I will be on location all day to take photographs of the event. If you can’t make it this weekend for Veteran’s Day, then please visit my friend’s web site Bringing Home the Wall and sign the guestbook there. There is also a place on their web site where you can show appreciation for their efforts with a donation using Pay Pal. If you stop by this weekend be sure to look for me and let me know that you read about the event on my blog and thanks to all that visit and read it!

Video from Lakeland Veteran’s Day

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