Robert Opyd (baghdad-bob)

July 17, 2009

Is anyone going to read the 1,016 page Bill for Government takeover of the healthcare industry???

Filed under: Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 04:45

It only took Investor’s Business Daily 16 pages to find out that within this health stealing bill that “PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE” will become illegal.  Will someone stop this bill?  

The death of choice, Investor’s Business Daily editorial.

Michelle Malkin’s take here…

Rush Limbaugh’s take is here…


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July 14, 2009

After all that MJ stuff… Maybe we should have a memorial for a real AMERICAN HERO!

Filed under: Personal business areas,Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 06:06

I received this from a friend and I AGREE COMPLETELY!

Friday, July 10, 2009

MEMORIAL SERVICE: YOU’RE INVITED!

For the past few days we’ve heard about big splashy memorial services. 

We want a nationwide memorial service for men such as Darrell “Shifty” Powers!

Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506Th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you’ve seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.

I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn’t know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the “Screaming Eagle”, the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat.

Making conversation, I asked him if he’d been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made.

Quietly and humbly, he said “Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 . . . ” at which point my heart skipped.

At that point, again, very humbly, he said “I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . do you know where Normandy is?” At this point my heart stopped.

I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said “I also made a second jump into Holland , into Arnhem .” I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day.

I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France , and he said “Yes. And it’s real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can’t make the trip.” My heart was in my throat and I didn’t know what to say.

I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I’d take his in coach.

He said “No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy.” His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this.

Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer.

There was no parade.

No big event in Staples Center .

No wall to wall back to back 24×7 news coverage.

No weeping fans on television.

And that’s not right.

Let’s give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. Please forward this to everyone you know. Especially to the Veterans.

Rest in peace, Shifty.

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July 10, 2009

This question should be asked… Is it speculation? I am having my doubts…

Filed under: Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 06:29

I received this from a co-worker, and it brings up some points that do need to be addressed.

Probably too late to do anything now.  This should have been vetted before he was allowed to run for ANY US public office. 

More questions and this time, they’re really good questions.

I have little interest in getting into the middle of the Obama birth
issue, but yesterday Paul Hollrah over at FSM did so and he believes
the issue can be
 resolved by having Obama answer one simple question:

How could a young man arrive in New York in early June 1981 without
the price of a hotel room in his pocket, suddenly, only one month
later, find the money for an around-the-world trip?

And, once he was on a plane, shuttling between
New York, Jakarta, and Karachi, what passport
was he carrying when he passed through U.S. Customs and Immigration?

The American people not only deserve to have answers to these
questions, as concerned citizens, they must have the answers.

The ongoing debate over Obama’s citizenship
can now become a very short and simple one.

Q: Did he travel to Pakistan in 1981, at age 20?
A : Yes, by his own admission.

Q: What passport did he travel with?
A: There are only three possibilities.
1) He traveled with a U.S. Passport,
2) He traveled with a British passport,
3) He traveled with an Indonesian passport.

Q: Is it possible that Obama traveled on a U.S. passport in 1981?
A: No, it is not possible. Pakistan was on the U.S. State Department’s
“no travel” list in 1981.

Conclusion:

When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he was traveling on either a
British or an Indonesian passport.

If he were traveling on a British passport, that
would be proof that he was born in Kenya on
August 4, 1961, and not in Hawaii as he claims.

And, if he were traveling with an Indonesian passport, that would
imply that he relinquished whichever citizenship he had held, British
or American, prior to being adopted in 1967
by his Indonesian step-father .

Whatever the truth of this matter, the American people need to know
how he managed to become
a “natural born” American citizen between 1981 and 2008..

Given the destructive nature of his plans for America, as indicated by
his speech before Congress, and his disastrous spending plan that
Congress has passed, the sooner we learn the
truth, the better.

If you don’t care that your President has not proven that he is a
natural born citizen, and may be in clear violation of the
Constitution, then just delete this and go back into your cocoon.

If you do care, then send this to as many as you can!

 

Fred L . Languell
Lcdr, USN, Ret

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July 3, 2009

Happy July 4th AMERICA!!!

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror,Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 23:04

Let us understand what the framers wanted and why they did what they did on this GREAT DAY!  

The Constitution and Declaration of Independence are not “fluid” documents or constraints as President Obama thinks it is.  These documents ring true now as they did then!  The following are some good write ups on the Constitution and Declaration:

From the Heritage Foundation and American Thinker blogs…

The American Thinker on Remembering what the Declaration was NOT!

The Heritage Foundation on “Independence Forever”…


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July 2, 2009

This is from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin and World Net Daily news feed…

Filed under: Counterterrorism/War on Terror,Politics and Opinions — baghdad-bob @ 05:44

I think the most telling point is that we will go through this whole plan asleep!

Editor’s note: Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin is an online, subscription intelligence news service from the creator of WorldNetDaily.com – a journalist who has been developing sources around the world for the last 25 years.

A refugee from the Muslim Middle East thinks he has discovered Islam’s 20-point plan for conquering the United States by 2020 – a plan revealed in the latest issue of Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

Anis Shorrosh, author of ”Islam Revealed” and ”The True Furqan,” is a Christian Arab-American who emigrated from Arab-controlled Jerusalem in January 1967.

”The following is my analysis of Islamic invasion of America, the agenda of Islamists and visible methods to take over America by the year 2020,” Shorrosh says. ”Will Americans continue to sleep through this invasion as they did when we were attacked on 9/11?”

1. Terminate America’s freedom of speech by replacing it with statewide and nationwide hate-crime bills.

2. Wage a war of words using black leaders like Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson and other visible religious personalities who promote Islam as the religion of African-Americans while insisting Christianity is for whites only. What they fail to tell African-Americans is that it was Arab Muslims who captured them and sold them as slaves. In fact, the Arabic word for black and slave is the same, ”Abed.”

3. Engage the American public in dialogues, discussions, debates in colleges, universities, public libraries, radio, TV, churches and mosques on the virtues of Islam. Proclaim how it is historically another religion like Judaism and Christianity with the same monotheistic faith.

4. Nominate Muslim sympathizers to political office to bring about favorable legislation toward Islam and support potential sympathizers by block voting.

5. Take control of as much of Hollywood, the press, TV, radio and the Internet as possible by buying the related corporations or a controlling stock.

6. Yield to the fear of the imminent shut-off of the lifeblood of America – black gold. America’s economy depends on oil and 41 percent of it comes from the Middle East.

7. Yell ”foul, out-of-context, personal interpretation, hate crime, Zionist, un- American, inaccurate interpretation of the Quran” anytime Islam is criticized or the Quran is analyzed in the public arena.

8. Encourage Muslims to penetrate the White House, specifically with Islamists who can articulate a marvelous and peaceful picture of Islam. Acquire government positions and get membership in local school boards. Train Muslims as medical doctors to dominate the medical field, research and pharmaceutical companies. (Ever notice how numerous Muslim doctors in America are, when their countries need them more desperately than America?) Take over the computer industry. Establish Middle Eastern restaurants throughout the U.S. to connect planners of Islamization in a discreet way.

9. Accelerate Islamic demographic growth via:

 

  • Massive immigration (100,000 annually since 1961).

 

  • Use no birth control whatsoever – every baby of Muslim parents is automatically a Muslim and cannot choose another religion later.

 

  • Muslim men must marry American women and Islamize them (10,000 annually). Then divorce them and remarry every five years – since one can’t legally marry four at one time. This is a legal solution in America.

 

  • Convert angry, alienated black inmates and turn them into militants (so far 2,000 released inmates have joined al-Qaida worldwide). Only a few ”sleeper cells” have been captured in Afghanistan and on American soil.

10. Reading, writing, arithmetic and research through the American educational system, mosques and student centers (now 1,500) should be sprinkled with dislike of Jews, evangelical Christians and democracy. There are currently 300 exclusively Muslim schools in the U.S. which teach loyalty to the Quran, not the U.S. Constitution. In January of 2002, Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in Washington mailed 4,500 packets of the Quran and videos promoting Islam to America’s high schools – free of charge. Saudi Arabia would not allow the U.S. to reciprocate.

11. Provide very sizeable monetary Muslim grants to colleges and universities in America to establish ”Centers for Islamic studies” with Muslim directors to promote Islam in higher-education institutions.

12. Let the entire world know through propaganda, speeches, seminars, local and national media that terrorists have hijacked Islam, when in truth, Islam hijacked the terrorists.

13. Appeal to the historically compassionate and sensitive Americans for sympathy and tolerance towards Muslims in America who are portrayed as mainly immigrants from oppressed countries.

14. Nullify America’s sense of security by manipulating the intelligence community with misinformation. Periodically terrorize Americans with reports of impending attacks on bridges, tunnels, water supplies, airports, apartment buildings and malls.

15. Form riots and demonstrations in the prison system demanding Islamic Sharia as the way of life, not America’s justice system.

16. Open numerous charities throughout the U.S., but use the funds to support Islamic terrorism with American dollars.

17. Raise interest in Islam on America’s campuses by insisting freshman take at least one course on Islam.

18. Unify the numerous Muslim lobbies in Washington, mosques, Islamic student centers, educational organizations, magazines and papers by Internet and an annual convention to coordinate plans, propagate the faith and engender news in the media.

19. Send intimidating messages and messengers to the outspoken individuals who are critical of Islam and seek to eliminate them by hook or crook.

20. Applaud Muslims as loyal citizens of the U.S. by spotlighting their voting record as the highest percentage of all minority and ethic groups in America.

Shorrosh is a member of the Oxford Society of Scholars, has traveled in 76 countries, and is a lecturer and producer of TV documentaries. ”Islam Revealed” is a bestseller now in its eighth printing. His forthcoming 10th book, from which the 20-point plan is abridged, is titled ”Islam: A Threat or a Challenge.”

”The True Furqan” is also available for viewing on Islam-Exposed.org. Shorrosh’s new website is Focusing-on-Islam.com.

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