badwillie
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PLEASE VOTE FOR AN EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY
by Crumpet inthis is a cause well worth supporting;please vote it takes only one push of a button for a whole day off work!!.
we have a real chance to make april 23rd, our nations day a bank holiday.
if you are in agreement then please vote and also please send this to as many people as possible as it's all about numbers.
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Terror Level - ORANGE!!
by badwillie inhomeland security advisory system.
current threat level march 12, 2007 the united states government national threat level elevated, or yellow.. the u.s. threat level is high, or orange, for all domestic and international flights.
only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.. see the transportation security administration (tsa) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.. recommended activities all americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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Frannie - don't you have some socks to darn, or a some stockings to knit Luv?
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Terror Level - ORANGE!!
by badwillie inhomeland security advisory system.
current threat level march 12, 2007 the united states government national threat level elevated, or yellow.. the u.s. threat level is high, or orange, for all domestic and international flights.
only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.. see the transportation security administration (tsa) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.. recommended activities all americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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badwillie
REAL ID Proposed Guidelines Issued
March 1, 2007 – The Department of Homeland Security announced its proposal to establish minimum standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards in compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005. The REAL ID requirements are a result of 9/11 Commission recommendations, which Congress passed into law, and will enhance the security and integrity of driver's licenses. Read More.
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PLEASE VOTE FOR AN EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY
by Crumpet inthis is a cause well worth supporting;please vote it takes only one push of a button for a whole day off work!!.
we have a real chance to make april 23rd, our nations day a bank holiday.
if you are in agreement then please vote and also please send this to as many people as possible as it's all about numbers.
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badwillie
Just what the world needs - another day in which the Brits get to officially sit on their collective arse and do squat all!
This is the 21st century, stop sipping tea and whinging do some bloody work! Learn to pull your weight.
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Terror Level - ORANGE!!
by badwillie inhomeland security advisory system.
current threat level march 12, 2007 the united states government national threat level elevated, or yellow.. the u.s. threat level is high, or orange, for all domestic and international flights.
only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.. see the transportation security administration (tsa) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.. recommended activities all americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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badwillie
Crumpie - please honey, let the men here discuss current events, why don't you run along to the Nags Head for another pint of warm beer and catch up on all the latest Posh & Becks dirt.
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Terror Level - ORANGE!!
by badwillie inhomeland security advisory system.
current threat level march 12, 2007 the united states government national threat level elevated, or yellow.. the u.s. threat level is high, or orange, for all domestic and international flights.
only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.. see the transportation security administration (tsa) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.. recommended activities all americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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badwillie
We should expect to remain in the elevated and high ranges for some time to come.
Really?? hmmm..suspicious... I will be monitoring any further posts by you!
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Terror Level - ORANGE!!
by badwillie inhomeland security advisory system.
current threat level march 12, 2007 the united states government national threat level elevated, or yellow.. the u.s. threat level is high, or orange, for all domestic and international flights.
only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.. see the transportation security administration (tsa) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.. recommended activities all americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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badwillie
Homeland Security Advisory System
Current Threat Level
March 12, 2007 — The United States government national threat level Elevated, or Yellow.
The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and international flights. Only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage.
See the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.
Recommended Activities
- All Americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.
- Everybody should establish an emergency preparedness kit as well as a communications plan for themselves and their family, and stay informed about what to do during an emergency situation
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Warriors and Wusses
by badwillie infrom the los angeles times
joel stein warriors and wussesjoel stein.
january 24, 2006. .
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badwillie
From the Los Angeles Times
JOEL STEIN
Warriors and wusses
Joel Stein
January 24, 2006
I DON'T SUPPORT our troops. This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car. Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is unwilling to urinate on.
I'm sure I'd like the troops. They seem gutsy, young and up for anything. If you're wandering into a recruiter's office and signing up for eight years of unknown danger, I want to hang with you in Vegas.
And I've got no problem with other people — the ones who were for the Iraq war — supporting the troops. If you think invading Iraq was a good idea, then by all means, support away. Load up on those patriotic magnets and bracelets and other trinkets the Chinese are making money off of.
But I'm not for the war. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken — and they're wussy by definition. It's as if the one lesson they took away from Vietnam wasn't to avoid foreign conflicts with no pressing national interest but to remember to throw a parade afterward.
Blindly lending support to our soldiers, I fear, will keep them overseas longer by giving soft acquiescence to the hawks who sent them there — and who might one day want to send them somewhere else. Trust me, a guy who thought 50.7% was a mandate isn't going to pick up on the subtleties of a parade for just service in an unjust war. He's going to be looking for funnel cake.
Besides, those little yellow ribbons aren't really for the troops. They need body armor, shorter stays and a USO show by the cast of "Laguna Beach."
The real purpose of those ribbons is to ease some of the guilt we feel for voting to send them to war and then making absolutely no sacrifices other than enduring two Wolf Blitzer shows a day. Though there should be a ribbon for that.
I understand the guilt. We know we're sending recruits to do our dirty work, and we want to seem grateful.
After we've decided that we made a mistake, we don't want to blame the soldiers who were ordered to fight. Or even our representatives, who were deceived by false intelligence. And certainly not ourselves, who failed to object to a war we barely understood.
But blaming the president is a little too easy. The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices may be inefficient, but an army of people ignoring their morality is horrifying. An army of people ignoring their morality, by the way, is also Jack Abramoff's pet name for the House of Representatives.
I do sympathize with people who joined up to protect our country, especially after 9/11, and were tricked into fighting in Iraq. I get mad when I'm tricked into clicking on a pop-up ad, so I can only imagine how they feel.
But when you volunteer for the U.S. military, you pretty much know you're not going to be fending off invasions from Mexico and Canada. So you're willingly signing up to be a fighting tool of American imperialism, for better or worse. Sometimes you get lucky and get to fight ethnic genocide in Kosovo, but other times it's Vietnam.
And sometimes, for reasons I don't understand, you get to just hang out in Germany.
I know this is all easy to say for a guy who grew up with money, did well in school and hasn't so much as served on jury duty for his country. But it's really not that easy to say because anyone remotely affiliated with the military could easily beat me up, and I'm listed in the phone book.
I'm not advocating that we spit on returning veterans like they did after the Vietnam War, but we shouldn't be celebrating people for doing something we don't think was a good idea. All I'm asking is that we give our returning soldiers what they need: hospitals, pensions, mental health and a safe, immediate return. But, please, no parades.
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My Letter RE: Beaumont Article on JW's "disaster relief"
by badwillie inhere is my letter to the writer who authored this piece: .
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15921650&brd=2287&pag=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=8 .
dear jamie,
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MM - very nice letter, sincere and direct. I wish these papers would stop giving away valuable column inches to the WT media (actually marketing) department. Hopefully this journalist will actually look into all this stuff.
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Church members come from far and wide to repair hundreds of houses
by Country Girl inchurch members come from far and .
wide to repair hundreds of houses .
by: jamie reid, the enterprise 01/13/2006 .
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