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Medal of Honor
Their Stories in Their Words. Video Testimony of the events that *earned* them the Medal of Honor (*****)
An American Carol - Comedy
The best comedy of 2008 and perhaps the new millenium, sure to be a hit with Our Warriors. I was one of the first to see it at the theater and this was my review then: http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2008/10/movie-review--.html
It's available in Blu-Ray and it'll certainly be in my DVD collection. Finally, a great movie, patriotic, anti-Michael Moore, with actors of rational minds.
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LTG(ret) Michael DeLong: A General Speaks Out
Go Behind the Scenes at CentCom with the #2 General in charge of the Middle East Theater. He dispels myths and explains the decisions and personalities involved in the decisions made in the Who, What, Where, When and Why. When the SecDef needed an answer, this was the man he called.
Clearly, he was a Marine's Marine leading the US Military at times of Great Peril. He speaks frankly and writes in a manner without political aspiration. (*****)
Robin Moore, RIP: The Hunt for Bin Laden
There is perhaps no other civilian author that has searched so deeply and learned so much about the "Green Berets", which happens to be the title of his earlier book, on which John Wayne's movie was based.
Following the Invasion of Afghanistan, he went as quickly as he could get there and talked to the Men from the 5th Special Forces Group who were still there to hear the stories straight from the horses' mouths on how 200 Special Operations troops were able to rid the world of a tyranny and deal a deadly blow to the enemy Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the weeks following 9/11. (*****)
SSG David Bellavia: House To House
SSG Bellavia, Recipient of the Silver Star and recommended for the Medal of Honor takes us into the realities of Urban Combat. Another True Hero who will likely continue to lead this Nation forward as he continues to serve our Nation in new ways. (*****)
Marcus Luttrell: Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, USN SeAL, and a true Hero takes the reader through his experiences including those that EARNED him the Navy Cross in Afghanistan. (*****)
Ace Of Spades: Why Language Matters In this article, Ace of Spades demonstrates how the writing style of "journalists" and other writers is purposely used to influence the electorate. He explains this far better than I have been able to do, but this is the foundation of why I could no longer be silent.
Go to War against the Nazis with SSG Smith of the 94th Infantry Division. Review: http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2010/04/everymans-war-vet.html.html
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Cooking the Books: BLS removes Men from Labor Force
The official unemployment rate fell a miraculous .3% in a month, from 8.1% to 7.8% just in time for the November elections. This comes a month after the BLS miraculously found a few hundred thousand new jobs they had "previously missed" this year dropping the official rate from 8.3% to 8.1%, last month. This would be good news, if it meant that more Americans were finding work in proportion. Unfortunately, this is NOT the case. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), works for the Executive Branch, for the White House, for Obama, and says there were 114,000 new jobs in September, but there are 465,000 fewer unemployed workers in September. The difference of 351,000 appears to be unaccounted for.
Somehow, though only 144,000 people found work last month, there are 775,000 more people employed than in August. And this is irrespective of those laid off in September.
The question is how do you reduce the unemployment rate so dramatically while adding only as many jobs as needed to maintain the current rate? The answer, for the BLS, is to reduce the number of unadjusted 16-19 year old males you include in the Labor Force, dramatically. This allows you to show realistic numbers in other blocks, including the "adjusted" numbers, while lowering the unemployment rate. Then you reduce the number of "unadjusted" unemployed by 954,000 instead of the 144,000 new jobs, so the "adjusted" number goes down by 456,000, or .3% in a month. This takes 211,000 total people out of the "adjusted" Labor Force, in a month.
"Seasonally adjusted," there are fewer Americans in the Labor Force now than in June, officially. That would mean that since June, accounting for those Americans that returned to school, 100,000 more Americans have retired, died, or been thrown in jail or psych wards, than entered working age. That's 211,000 fewer Americans, of all ages, that are in the Labor Force than in September 2011. To get there, they reduced the number of 16+ year old males in the Labor Force by 268,000 since last month, seasonally adjusted. It reduced the number of 16+ year old males in the Labor Force, in unadjusted numbers, by 711,000, and "seasonally adjusted," by 799,000, from last year. Either we have a lot fewer 16+ year old males than last year, or we have a lot more in jail.
If these numbers don't add up, you could blame MS-Excel that did the math for me, or you can go to the BLS page that reported the numbers. But since it automatically updates, you'll want to save a copy of the data for future comparisons. I'm not an accountant or statician, but I do know that if you add ONLY 144,000 jobs, you can't have 775,000 more workers. And I do know if you reduce the number of people available for work without finding it, you will also reduce the rate of people that can't find work.
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Cooking the Books: BLS removes Men from Labor Force
The official unemployment rate fell a miraculous .3% in a month, from 8.1% to 7.8% just in time for the November elections. This comes a month after the BLS miraculously found a few hundred thousand new jobs they had "previously missed" this year dropping the official rate from 8.3% to 8.1%, last month. This would be good news, if it meant that more Americans were finding work in proportion. Unfortunately, this is NOT the case. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), works for the Executive Branch, for the White House, for Obama, and says there were 114,000 new jobs in September, but there are 465,000 fewer unemployed workers in September. The difference of 351,000 appears to be unaccounted for.
Somehow, though only 144,000 people found work last month, there are 775,000 more people employed than in August. And this is irrespective of those laid off in September.
The question is how do you reduce the unemployment rate so dramatically while adding only as many jobs as needed to maintain the current rate? The answer, for the BLS, is to reduce the number of unadjusted 16-19 year old males you include in the Labor Force, dramatically. This allows you to show realistic numbers in other blocks, including the "adjusted" numbers, while lowering the unemployment rate. Then you reduce the number of "unadjusted" unemployed by 954,000 instead of the 144,000 new jobs, so the "adjusted" number goes down by 456,000, or .3% in a month. This takes 211,000 total people out of the "adjusted" Labor Force, in a month.
"Seasonally adjusted," there are fewer Americans in the Labor Force now than in June, officially. That would mean that since June, accounting for those Americans that returned to school, 100,000 more Americans have retired, died, or been thrown in jail or psych wards, than entered working age. That's 211,000 fewer Americans, of all ages, that are in the Labor Force than in September 2011. To get there, they reduced the number of 16+ year old males in the Labor Force by 268,000 since last month, seasonally adjusted. It reduced the number of 16+ year old males in the Labor Force, in unadjusted numbers, by 711,000, and "seasonally adjusted," by 799,000, from last year. Either we have a lot fewer 16+ year old males than last year, or we have a lot more in jail.
If these numbers don't add up, you could blame MS-Excel that did the math for me, or you can go to the BLS page that reported the numbers. But since it automatically updates, you'll want to save a copy of the data for future comparisons. I'm not an accountant or statician, but I do know that if you add ONLY 144,000 jobs, you can't have 775,000 more workers. And I do know if you reduce the number of people available for work without finding it, you will also reduce the rate of people that can't find work.
SSgt Workman is featured in the Hall of Heroes and a book review on this from Marine Till Death that read it as it was written: http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2008/12/shadow-of-the-sword-by-jeremiah-workman-w-john-bruning.html
http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/2008/12/ssgt-jeremiah-workman-navy-cross-usmc-iraq-marion-oh.html and links to prior articles.
Reads like an action novel, but gives insight into the way a Special Forces team operates. Go Along as an SF Medic turned Team Sergeant Trains and Fights in Afghanistan and the Invasion of Iraq.
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