December 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Medal of Honor history: Biddle and Wiedorfer

66 years years ago,Privates Melvin Biddle and Paul Wiedorfer earned the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of the Bulge. On Dec. 23, 1944, Private Melvin Biddle and his unit set out on a mission to rescue a stranded company in Belgium. Biddle...

Published Mon, Dec 27 2010 1:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Holiday news update

Even w/o all the usual suspects in town, there are still a few items to discuss. Mostly I'm trying out new software. I now have Adobe CS 5 so I taught myself After Effects and Premiere Pro. Now I just need to color fix my melon. We should thank the...

Published Wed, Dec 29 2010 12:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Spirit of America finishing the year, not the effort

The year is ending, but Spirit of America is hardly stopping to notice. They are focused on helping our troops directly on the ground in Afghanistan. Here are a couple of reports sent along by Founder Jim Hake. First, our year end appeal http://www.spiritofamerica...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 2:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This Is Not A Drill

December 7, 1941. A date that will live in infamy, and matched by only one other. It was, of course, more than just Pearl that was hit. Today, take a moment and remember that day. Remember those who died then, and who died in the long bloody war ahead...

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 10:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Official Lying- A user's guide

The worm's eye view of our diplomatic dithering points out an aspect of diplomacy and US public policy that is worth discussing, LIES! Does our government tell them? Constantly, should they? In some cases, yeah. Sec. Def. Gates has been quoted lately...

Published Wed, Dec 08 2010 12:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Secure Freedom Radio- Guest Hosting

Mr. Gaffney is mobile and hostile today so I hosted for him and the show was all about what's up in Afghanistan. My rant is on our lack of a strategy and our will to win, then Sara Carter from the Wash Examiner talks about the Catch and Release problem...

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 6:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Wikileaks is not jouralism

At the link below is good argument about why Wikileaks is not journalism and the damage, aside from danger to our troops and harming our foreign relations, it is doing to the journalist profession: ...The SPJ [Society of Professional Journalists] President...

Published Fri, Dec 10 2010 4:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Gitmo Justified

Below is an article in the WSJ that claims that the recent Democratic Congress ratified the Bush-era policy by refusing to fund any effort to shut the detention facility: The Collapse of the Guantanamo Myth By John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty When...

Published Sat, Dec 11 2010 1:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

The continued incompetence of our enemies

If we can be thankful for one thing in the war waged against us by the hirabis, it is their near complete, glaring incompetence. And when I say us, I mean western civilization since the latest failure was in Sweden. This clown at least managed to burn...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 12:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Decorated soldier receives second star and new command in S.C.

Retired U.S. Army infantry officer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney (for S.C.) John Berkley Grimball received his second star – becoming major general – and command of the S.C. Military Dept.’s Joint Services Detachment (JSD) in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 10:44 PM by BLACKFIVE

White House Press Brief- Health Care, START & Xmas Whining

Episode 3 of the Uncle J as Press Secretary series.

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 1:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: reid, press brief, gibbs, cnn, cbs, fox, obama, white house, press secretary

When is enough, enough?

Ok, I’ll say it. Enough is enough America. Why haven’t we done anything to stop this crap? That’s exactly what it is too, crap. We dance around in our tutus, not wanting to piss anyone off and keep taking face shots. WTF? Our boarder security is a joke...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 9:42 PM by BLACKFIVE

WWII Rescue Recorded by Submarine Commander

McQ sent this one. This is an amazing film recently found of a submarine rescuing all 12 members of a B29 crew that crashed 70 miles off the coast of Japan in WWII. It is an interview with one of the crewmembers as he sees the film.

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 12:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels

Solitary Confinement and the UCMJ

Our friend at Confederate Yankee is gravely concerned about the solitary confinement of a certain private. Bradley Manning, traitorous little *** that I suspect him to be, is still entitled to defend himself in court, and it seems to go beyond the pale...

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 3:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Need a little pick me up?

Nice little kickass vid. Features the flakes from Berkeley and the push back. You may have difficulty picking out the real "fascists" in the vid:

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 10:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels

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