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[VIDEO] U.S. Soldier Survives Taliban Machine Gun Fire During Firefight
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YouTube: No rounds penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries. This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
*READ* From the cameraman:
” I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn’t start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety.”
“A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. “
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[VIDEO] The Real America: Terrorists in The Eyes of The World
I don’t care about the consequences of people knowing how I feel about this video and the atrocities committed by some Americans. This video highlights how our actions are affecting those around the world and how our soldiers seem to be completely detached from any emotions. I am not in any way blaming this on all military persons, but the government’s decision to go to war with other countries only to put more money into their greedy pockets and drain the already poor countries resources is sickening. Some of those soldiers over there are good men and women, but there are also some who are not and take advantage of the situation that they’ve been put into (I’m referring to the soldier killing 17 civilians and the soldier throwing a puppy).
We don’t have freedom, what we have is the appearance of freedom. Everyday we are being stripped of our rights and being prepped for a government takeover. I’m not saying this will happen now or even in 100 years, but the way we are handling ourselves as a country is not the America I had read so much about, as a child. The price of gas is going up, foreclosures and bank owned properties are almost all that’s left in the real estate market, we could be arrested if the government has “probable cause” and never have to be tried by a jury and held for as long as they insist, and most recently, Obama signed a bill that stated his administration could take control of our food, energy, water, etc.
This video highlights many things that we may have known, may have not wanted to know, or were too unaware to know, but either way, this is the truth. People see America in a way that we cannot. Our media is controlled and we are only shown so much (freedom?) and able to form unintelligent decisions. I am heartbroken at knowing the state of our country, economy and reputation. Is this the American Dream?
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[VIDEO] ‘The Invisible War’ – Sundance Trailer
The fact that these rapes are occurring within the military is shocking enough, but to know that only 2% result in convictions is absolutely disgusting. People do rape people and although we can’t necessarily stop that behavior, we should at least be punishing these individuals for the horrendous acts they’ve committed. You fight for this country, yet you condemn those within it as well as strip them of their freedoms. The military is supposed to be a place where you’re only fear comes from the battlefield, not the people who fight alongside you.
According to the Department of Defense, around 19,000 military men and women were assaulted in the year 2010 alone. Of that number, about 20% are servicewomen, while another 1% are servicemen. Sadly, this totals roughly 500,000 soldiers that have been sexually assaulted while serving in the military.
From this, I could assume that raping individuals or molesting people in the armed forces is okay in their eyes, but simply being gay is not. This seems rather unjust and corrupt for an American Organization. If we wanted to protect our troops and America, for that matter, we should be prosecuting those who take from others what they want without permission and allow those who are homosexual to serve without discrimination. Luckily, thanks to President Obama as well as others, one of these problems has been addressed.
Unfortunately, the issue of molestation and rape is still one that needs some attention drawn to it.
Speaking out: Several rape victims documented, including Marine Corps 1st Lt. Ariana Klay (shown center) who was raped by her senior officer and his friend, have contemplated suicide following their attacks and speak out now for awareness
There is much more to be said on this topic, but hopefully this film will spread the word and help crack down on the unfair advantages that many higher-ups have in our military. Please share this with anyone and everyone so you can help be a part of the awareness. The only thing that keeps things from changing is not being aware. Don’t let our military be another example of how ignorance allowed people to be taken advantage of.
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[VIDEO] ‘Obama Blasts GOP Candidates on Booing of Gay Soldier at Debate’
GOP candidates are silent when audience boos a gay soldier at their Orlando FL debate. Rick Santorum doesn’t even acknowledge the soldier’s service. The Commander in Chief calls them out on their failure to honor our men and women in uniform.
Kim Jong Il, Leader Of North Korea, Is Dead
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Kim Jong Il, supreme leader of North Korea, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack during a train ride, state television reported Monday. He was 69, according to official sources. Kim, known in his homeland as “The Lodestar of the 21st Century” and by more than 2,000 other titles, is reported to have had a history of serious ailments, including diabetes, stroke and pancreatic cancer. He may have been on dialysis at the time of his death. In North Korea, he was considered a “contemporary god.”
Kim formally assumed power over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as North Korea is formally known, in October 1997 by becoming General Secretary of the Korean Workers’ Party. His elevation to supreme leader, a little over three years after the death of father Kim Il Sung, was the first dynastic transfer of power in a communist-bloc state. The younger Kim also ruled the nation as Chairman of the National Defense Commission, the highest state institution in North Korea. His father, whose embalmed body is on display in Pyongyang, remains the country’s president.
It’s nice to see a man like Jong Il pass away after the many years of famine and poverty that he forced upon the people of North Korea. He was a dictator who enjoyed living lavishly, while draining the resources of his country for building a more militant regime focused on nuclear weaponry.
Kim spent a reported 25 percent of his country’s budget on Korea’s nuclear military and ambitions while his people were starving. He showed no apparent remorse for anything.
Today is a good day, although we still have to see what’s next for North Korea. That alone, is a terrifying idea.
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[VIDEO] A Powerful Message To The World
Although some of you may recognize this speech from the film ‘The Great Dictator‘ featuring Charlie Chaplin, most of you probably do not. Using this speech with these images proved to be pretty moving which is ironic due to the fact that the film was a comedy used to make fun of Hitler and the Nazis. If you haven’t yet seen it, I suggest you give it a try. Until then, take the message from the video above. It’s a great one.
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[VIDEO] A New Message From Anonymous For The American People
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Dear brothers and sisters. Now is the time to open your eyes!
In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America.
The National Defense Authorization Act is being called the most traitorous act ever witnessed in the Senate, and the language of the bill is cleverly designed to make you think it doesn’t apply to Americans, but toward the end of the bill, it essentially says it can apply to Americans “if we want it to.
Bill Summary & Status, 112th Congress (2011 — 2012) | S.1867 | Latest Title: National Defense Authorization Act for.
This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote, declares the entire USA to be a “battleground” upon which U.S. military forces can operate with impunity, overriding Posse Comitatus and granting the military the unchecked power to arrest, detain, interrogate and even assassinate U.S. citizens with impunity.
Even WIRED magazine was outraged at this bill, reporting:
Senate Wants the Military to Lock You Up Without Trial
…the detention mandate to use indefinite military detention in terrorism cases isn’t limited to foreigners. It’s confusing, because two different sections of the bill seem to contradict each other, but in the judgment of the University of Texas’ Robert Chesney — a nonpartisan authority on military detention — “U.S. citizens are included in the grant of detention authority.”
The passage of this law is nothing less than an outright declaration of WAR against the American People by the military-connected power elite. If this is signed into law, it will shred the remaining tenants of the Bill of Rights and unleash upon America a total military dictatorship, complete with secret arrests, secret prisons, unlawful interrogations, indefinite detainment without ever being charged with a crime, the torture of Americans and even the “legitimate assassination” of U.S. citizens right here on American soil!
If you have not yet woken up to the reality of the police state we’ve been warning you about, I hope you realize we are fast running out of time. Once this becomes law, you have no rights whatsoever in America. — no due process, no First Amendment speech rights, no right to remain silent, nothing.
The US senate does not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?
Cruelty and injustice…intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told…if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you turned to the now President in command Barack Obama. He promised you order. He promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
More than four hundred years ago, a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness. Justice, and freedom are more than words – they are perspectives. So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek…then I ask you to stand beside one another, one year from November 5th, 2011, outside the gates of every court house of every city DEMANDING our rights!!
Together we stand against the injustice of our own Government.
We are anonymous.
We are Legion.
United as ONE.
Divided by zero.
We do not forgive Censorship.
We do not forget Oppression.
US SENATE…
Expect us!!
Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem
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[VIDEO] Rick Perry’s Campaign Video… With A Twist
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It’s hard to tell exactly what he was on about in much of this.
Honestly, if kids “observed’ Christmas any harder in schools than they already do, they would be elves. And liberals don’t hate religion, we’re too busy drum circling, same sex marrying, and not owning guns to bother.
So what was he talking about? He was talking about trying to break double digits in Iowa. And since he’s sitting on a big pile of money from people who once thought he was going to be president, it’ll be fun to see him thrash about as his campaign gasps for air.
But Rick Perry and all other heathen-haters take note: atheists and agnostics are 20 percent of the population and growing–more than African-Americans or Latinos. Add in gays, lesbians, bi and transgender folks, and you not only have a substantial voting block, you have a fucking awesome party. Lezzdoit.
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This is such a great video in response to the video posted below made by Rick Perry. Andy Cobb does a great job of not only pointing out the flaws in Rick Perry’s message, but it’s also extremely witty and humorous. Seeing as I’m an Atheist, I found this pretty amazing. Too many Atheists are going around and insulting religion (for various reasons that I understand), but this is a much better way to show people that we are not all bad. Just because we don’t believe in God doesn’t mean we don’t believe in morality, kindness, respect, and much more.
Now, here is the original Rick Perry video:
I’d like to pint out that the first video I posted has over 3,000 likes and only 55 dislikes. The latter video (with Rick Perry) has been viewed over 740,000 times and has over 3,800 likes with a whopping 179,000 DISLIKES. This man is an absolute idiot and I can’t believe people actually feel he’s capable of running our nation. God help us….. 
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[VIDEO] Little Girl’s Reaction To Her Military Father Reading A Pre-Recorded Bedtime Story
This is a wonderful video that shows an American soldier reading a bedtime story to his two-year-old daughter, who is delighted to see her Daddy. Although there has been some reports mentioning that he was overseas at the time that his daughter viewed this video, that is not the case.The soldiers wife, and adorable girl’s mother, has updated her YouTube with the following:
I want to take this opportunity to clear up a few things and explain our particular situation. I’ve received a lot of comments about my husband being overseas, but he was not deployed. He had to leave for two months to attend Basic Military Training in Texas, as he just enlisted in the USAF. Our daughter didn’t understand him leaving or how long he’d be gone, or if he’d come back. She’s so young and I didn’t want her to think he just vanished. Prior to his departure, he recorded several videos of him talking with her, reading to her, making silly faces, ect. Once he left, every day she would ask “daddy back? see daddy?” and I was so grateful to have something to show her. In this particular video, our kitten knocked something off the shelf in the living room and it made a noise. She was trying to get daddy’s attention to tell him “silly kitty.”
In any event, I believe the confusion stemmed from me tagging this with “kids and deployments.” I apologize for the misunderstanding, but I tagged that so that other families could hopefully find this and get the idea to create similar videos for their children. And not just military families, anyone who has to leave for any amount of time. It’s so important that kids know they are loved.
Thank you everyone for your interest and kind words. There are sacrifices in being a military family, but technology today is so great in helping to ease the pain. I’ll be honest, on difficult nights I was known to have him read me Farmer Mickey, as well.
Seeing a child, unaware that the person she is communicating with isn’t really there, is still amazing. For her, she is able to see her daddy and share a hug with him. To her, this is easy to deal with him not being there because in her mind, he is. Hopefully when he does get deployed (if that happens), she’ll be more understanding hen she sees these videos that he’s taken so much time to create for her. Sadly, he doesn’t get to share his daughter’s same joy because while he is away, he doesn’t receive any videos. Luckily, he is not overseas and will be reunited with both his daughter and his wife soon enough.
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[VIDEO] The ‘Felonious Munk Presents: Stop It B! OBAMA PAY YOUR &*%$#% BILLS’ Video
First of all, I want to say that I did enjoy this video. Although I don’t completely agree, I also don’t disagree. Also, I could write an extremely in depth and lengthy piece on my opinions, but would rather not bore you unless you’re interested in hearing more. If so, comment and I promise to respond.
Now, after watching this video I must admit that I do agree with the opinions of this gentleman as far as our country needing to balance the fucking budget. In fact, this rant should have been made years ago when we were going to war under Bush and digging our country into the worst economic debt in quite some time. The fact that we’re holding the current president, Mr. Barack Obama, responsible for the mistakes made in previous regimes in the United States of America.
Yes, we do owe money to China. But lets please think about who borrowed that fucking money. Obama has inherited a war that has cost this country an absurd amount of money, a collapsing economy, a resistance from Congress, and yet he’s expected to make everything better? It’s not that fucking simple, and if you think it is, then you should maybe go out and try to run a country that has been in the process of gaining debt for more years than you’ve probably been alive.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that President Barack Obama is the best man for the job, not do I think he’s done everything in his ability to accomplish things that the citizens of this country want. What I am saying is it’s a bit difficult for him to make changes when Congress is constantly going against the changes the President is looking to implement. Let’s also remember the great things he has accomplished instead of focusing on the things he hasn’t been able to because of resistance, time constraints, and the problems that were dumped into his lap. Anyone can bitch about the country and what’s happening, but not everyone can stand up and attempt to do something.
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