59 Year Old Just Returned From Iraq Duty

By Thomas Geyer – The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa Hubert Hugh Pries had a choice in 2001. At age 52, he could have continued to work a 9-to-5 job at his Davenport law firm. Or he could go to the worst crisis zone there was in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

He did not choose law.

Now 59, Pries recently returned to Bettendorf after completing a yearlong tour of duty in Iraq. He pounded the ground as a combat soldier alongside men and women less than half his age.

It was the best time of my life, and the worst, he said.

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Could the Big Quake Hit Chico?

by Jack Lee

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Earthquake swarms are again hitting the Reno Nevada area and people want to know… is the big one approaching and is Chico in any danger?

The big shake would have a magnitude of 7.0 or greater and it is generally preceded by foreshocks. This has scientists thinking the big one could be coming very soon. Reno is ground zero for two deep faults that converge within the city limits. A deep fault is generally not visible from the surface, but its movement and power is every bit as dangerous as shallow faults.

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Iraqi Soldiers Now Patrol Basra

Story by Deborah Haynes

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In a new sweep seven iraqi battalions entered a large market area one of three remaining Mehdi Army bastions in Basra where they found four large hauls of munitions including 20 rockets of the type that were being fired at Britains military base at the airport on a near daily basis. Tellingly, the rocket fire has all but stopped since March 25. A number of roadside bombs, of the sort that killed a US marine earlier this week (the first US casualty in Basra since the invasion) were also uncovered at the market.
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Bombs made in Iran were found in the market place. The Iranian Government has repeatedly rejected this claim. Lt-Gen Furaiji keeps a small collection of Iranian-made mortars in his office at the Shat al-Arab hotel, which sits on the bank of the Shat al-Arab waterway. He said: Thanks to the Iranians for handing over all these weapons to us.

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Better in Basra

From the Times…

Iraqi soldiers are standing proud in Basra one month after launching a surprise offensive to wipe out murderous gangs of Shia militants that had been allowed to flourish under Britains watch.

Many of them say the operation has boosted their confidence, but the militiamen warn that the only reason the fledgling Iraqi army had any success was because they continue to observe a ceasefire order by the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

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Homes for All the Poor People

Catherine – a little girl in our neighborhood – told me that she wanted to be President one day.

Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there with us – and I asked Catherine – ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?’

Catherine replied – ‘I would give houses to all the homeless people.’

‘Wow – what a worthy goal you have there Catherine’, I told her (while both parents Beamed), ‘But, you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that. You can come Over to my house and clean up all the dog poop in the back yard and I will pay you $5 dollars. Then we can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $5 dollars to use for a new house.’

Catherine (who was about 4) thought that over for a second, and then replied, ‘Why Doesn’t the homeless guy come over and clean up the dog poop himself, and you Can pay him the $5 dollars?’

Welcome to the Republican Party, Catherine…..

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Who Pays the Most – Who Pays the Least

Price of gas in the USA

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Health Care

I dare you to watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJxmJZXgNI

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Canadian Government Completes Free Trade Deal with Columbia

by Tina Grazier

While Pelosi and Reid work hard doing not much of anything except trying to ensure higher gas prices, raise taxes and eliminate jobs for all Americans, Canada is working on a deal to create a bigger market for Canadian goods and services with Columbia:

Canada concludes free trade talks with Colombia – Reuters

Once implemented, the free trade agreement would improve access for agricultural products, industrial goods and services trade between Canada and Colombia, and it would provide for a more secure investments, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said in a news release posted on its Web site.

After two years in control the democrat Congress has failed to accomplish something as simple, yet vital to America, as a free trade agreement with Columbia. They aren’t working on other issues of importance to Americans either, like social security reform, education, or healthcare…so what are they doing…what have they been up to?

The answer is quite simple.They are running for the presidency…as a party…on our dime. For two years we have paid them to foment hatred, discontent, and suspicion of our president, our military, and our industry with investigations and hearings setting the stage. This isn’t a “do nothing” Congress. It isn’t an inept body of incompetents. They know exactly what they are doing…running a congressional political rally machine for the party of socialism and progressivism. Do they ever do anything else?

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JOKE OF THE WEEK

Submitted By John Freitas….

Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

Finally fed up, God said, ‘THAT’S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results,

I will judge who does the better job.’

So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.

They moused.
They faxed.
They e-mailed.
They e-mailed with attachments.
They downloaded.
They did spreadsheets!

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STOCK MARKET DIVES 394 POINTS – OIL GOES UP!

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Regular $4.38 a gallon!

Diesel rockets to over $5 a gallon!
No end in sight for increasing pump prices!

Our whole economy is being hurt by the price of crude. Our dollars are flowing into the middle east in unbelievable numbers and here we are sitting on vast, untapped oil deposits from ANWR to the Florida coast. We’re sitting as the Communist Chinese drill our oil off the coast of Cuba 48 miles from Florida!

We’re told by our government leaders the drilling for oil here has been blocked by our inviromental lobby.

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