Remember Pearl Harbor!
December 7, 2011 is the seventy year anniversary of what our nation endured on that torturous and bloody Day of Infamy. National Geographic has a nice website on this subject, which you can find here. You can Google the topic by clicking this link.
Hedy Lamarr
We've added Hedy Lamarr to our Hollywood Actors page both for her part in inventing a torpedo guidance system, and for her loyalty to these United States. You can visit that page by clicking here.
Cynthia Basinet
United Nations 2011!
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4 October 2011 Hearing of Petitioners by the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on behalf of the Western Sahara Mr. Chairman
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentleman All I do know, is long before there was the Arab spring, there was the Sahawrian fall. Where the Sahawrians lived bravely and were attacked and died in violence, at the hands of the Moroccan policies and perpetrated by their Army. This act, despite warnings and reports by many, including a 2008 Human Rights Watch report cited in my last year's speech was against a people living in self determination and continued peaceful resolve. It is this strength witnessed when visiting their refugee camps over a decade ago, that embody the wisdom of the Saharwian people. A people that have steadfastly proven themselves to be on the forefront of many frontiers. And a people who's examples are desperately needed by all and should be protected by all. Thank you for your time. Miss Cynthia Basinet
Nobel Peace Prize Nominated Singer.Actress
You can hear Cynthia delivering this address,
in Windows Streaming Format, by clicking
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You can hear an MP3 version by
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Update on
Remembering
9-11!
Lisa was there on 9-11, and you can read her story on her page. She sent in some more recent comments and pictures, and we are proud to display them. Though she is smiling in the photo above, she isn't smiling now, as her words will portray. Thank you, Lisa, for all you've done for this country by making your story available, painful though it may be.
Thank you, Mr. President!
From Cynthia Basinet May, 2011: Well, no one celebrates death, [but] this is so fantastic of our President. When Trump was tryin to trump him... When a prince and princess married... When addressing the correspondence journalist dindin and Oprah... The President knew. He didn't upstage. He didn't bring reprisals on that wedding. That's a smart, smart, slick man!
This is such a good day for America. I lived in Paris under terrorism. It can pass.... It does pass. He was a spoiled neophyte (not sure [of] the word but when one is obscured by their own vanity of greatness [reference to the poem "On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness" by Arthur Guiterman, which you can see here])... Culminating in real costs to real lives with real loves and the cost of loss of freedom. While the agitator, Osama died using his woman to shield him [according to initial reports]. Even if 9-11 and all his prior attacks had not been orchestrated and committed... The reality would be the same ... a man that was a coward was found hiding by a mighty man... A mighty man fighting not just against the insidious acts, but for the growth and protection of women and against the tyranny produced under the Taliban.
These comments by Cynthia were made before secondary reports came out that Osama's wife was not used as a human shield. This webmaster leaves the original sentiments in because it is important to note Cynthia's lack of bitterness or vitriol. Her words are simply strong, but respectful to the dignity of humanity as a whole.
Why Iraq?
We have a page which gives this webmaster's viewpoint as to why Iraq was a good first choice in the war on insurgency, and why President Obama's continuation of the effort in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a good idea. You can go to that page by clicking the photo above. - Included is, following the commentary, a link to President Clinton's speech December 16, 1998 re: his own military strike against Iraq that day.
Cards and Letters
In honor of the United States and its courage when under fire, we include this video (which is located on our Bytes page) featuring Mark McBride, son of Janet (listed below). We dedicate Mark's song to every veteran who fought, and fight, for freedom.
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