SPANISH 101?

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The KIM AND JASON comic strip can be seen exclusively at the THINKS web site, which is where I go each day to solve the ONLY codeword puzzle available on the entire Internet.

OBITUARY OF DONALD CHARLES UNSWORTH

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I got this from THE SMALLEST MINORITY web site.

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Please click on this link to read the complete formally posted obituary for Donald Charles Unsworth at the web site of Daniel's Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Rome, Georgia.

If you wish, you may read and/or comment and sign the Guest Book, which will remain available until Friday 08 October 2010.

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"NO GUNS FOR JEWS"

VOLUNTEER YOUR COMPUTER FOR SCIENCE!

Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space: What is the capacity of your personal computer(s)? Do you realize that your personal computer(s) can probably be used to participate in scientific research programs, without interfering with any of your regular functions? I ought to know. I'm using a Toshiba Satellite notebook with less than a hundred gigabytes of memory. Yet, I'm able to volunteer my computer in support of several critical scientific research projects being conducted globally by numerous universities. These projects cause no interference with anything else I do on my computer, or on the Internet, and I do a LOT!!! For instance, I invite you to watch my numerous original videos I've created and posted on my channel at the YOU TUBE web site. Also, I constantly use the Internet for puzzles, referencing, discussions, listening to radio broadcasts, watching television and/or movies, and even to help guard the Mexican Border from criminal invasion. It's quite possible that your computer(s) is/are a whole lot bigger, faster, and more powerful than what I use. So, I'm certain you have the capability. Anyway, what I'm referring to is Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (i.e., BOINC), which coordinates individuals who volunteer their personal computers to help with research projects. The specific science projects I currently participate in are the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (i.e., SETI), the Einstein Project (pulsar search), Climate Prediction, the Large Hadron Collider (particle accelerator), the Rosetta Project (protein research for combatting disease), Spinhenge (nano-magnetic molecular research), Computing for Clean Water, Help Conquer Cancer, Discovering Dengue Drugs, and Influenza Antiviral Drug Research. Another project that I participated in, Nutricious Rice for the World, has already been successfully completed and terminated. When participating in multiple projects, a project management program is recommended, and I use Grid Republic to manage my projects. As stated previously, my computer has less than a hundred gigabytes of memory, yet I have no difficulty running all of these projects in the background, as I continue to perform all of my other normal operations, both on and off the Internet. Because of these projects, I leave my computer turned on twenty-four hours a day, and it causes no problems, not even with overheating, since I use a cooling pad. A fringe benefit is the interesting screensaver graphics which accompany these various research projects. Please read the article, EIGHT COOL SCIENCE PROJECTS THAT CAN RUN RIGHT ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER, by Adam Hadhazy, at the TECH NEWS DAILY web site.   So, please consider joining with me in helping with some of these research projects. Your computer might be the one to find a cure for cancer, or stop a pandemic from occurring, or your computer might be the one to detect intelligent life from another planet. And, yes, if that happens, you WILL be given the credit, and it will be published! Thank you. John Robert Mallernee Offical Bard of Clan Henderson Armed Forces Retirement Home Washington, D.C.  20011-8400 NOTE: "My unpopular and controversial personal opinions do not represent my Scottish clan."

MISSING PERSON ALERT!

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As of Monday 27 September 2010, BRUCE MUNDY has returned to the Old Soldiers' Home.

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Eighty-six year old BRUCE T. MUNDY, United States Navy, who served in the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Viet Nam War, and who is a member of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, is missing from the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

Officers from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, using a helicopter and a K-9 unit, spent the pre-dawn hours searching the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, but abandoned the search a few hours ago.

Patrolmen from the Security and Investigations Office at the Armed Forces Retirement Home are continuing the search.

NATHAN HALE EXECUTED

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Today is the anniversary of the execution of Nathan Hale, a twenty-one year old schoolmaster from Connecticut, and a captain in the Continental Army, who was hanged in New York City by the British Army for being a spy during the American Revolutionary War.

His famous last words were,

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

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MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDED

President Barack Hussein Obama presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to the sons of Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, United States Air Force, from left, Steve Wilson, Corey Etchberger, and Richard Etchberger, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday 21 September 2010.

Chief Etchberger received the Medal of Honor for his heroic combat actions in Laos on Monday 11 March 1968, after deliberately exposing himself to enemy fire in order to place three surviving wounded comrades in rescue slings, permitting them to be airlifted to safety.

"BROTHER GREEN"

"BROTHER GREEN"
(Traditional Ozark Mountain Folk Song)

Revised Lyrics By:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE

Oh, Brother Green,
Come right away,
For I am shot
And bleeding.
Here on the ground
Is where I lay.
Please write my love,
I'm pleading.

Tell her I know
She's prayed for me,
And answers
She's been given,
That I might be
Prepared to die
If from this life,
I'm driven.

The Northern foe
Has laid me low
In my own blood
To smother,
And now to Heaven,
I will go
To see my
Dear old mother.

Go tell my love
She must not grieve.
Go kiss my
Little sisters,
For they will call
To me in vain,
'Though by
The Yankees,
I've been slain.

My one brother
In this world wide
Is fighting for
The Union.
But I fought for
The other side
And I shall die
A Southron.

My Darling, how
I love you well!
Could we but
Meet again,
This solemn vow,
To you, I'd tell,
That we will greet
In Heaven.

NOTES: The term, "SOUTHRON", originates in Scotland, and is used by modern day Southerners who preserve Confederate ideals, to distinguish themselves from folks who merely dwell in the South, but won't defend Confederate heritage.

The word "die" is pronounced in the Scottish way, as "dee".

"WHERE SHALL I GO?"

"WHERE SHALL I GO?"
(A Cowboy's Hard Times)

Music and Lyrics by:
BILL STAINES

VERSE # 01:

I once was a cowboy
And I used to run wild.
I rodeoed and wrangled
And I rambled in style.
But I'm too old for horses,
Too old for the show,
And I'm too young for Heaven.
Now, where shall I go?

CHORUS:
Where shall I go?
Where shall I go?
I'm too young for Heaven.
Now, where shall I go?

VERSE # 02:
I once had a true love.
I made her my wife.
I swear that I loved her
Near most of my life.
But, the cold of the winter
And wind laid her low.
She's gone on before me.
Now, where shall I go?

VERSE # 03:
I was never a drunkard,
But, this I will say,
The taste of the whiskey
Gets better each day.
The bartender scowled,
"You're drinking too slow.
We close in ten minutes."
Now, where shall I go?

Now, it's out in the evening
With the stars burning bright,
Nothing but memories
To share with the night.

Recorded by CONNIE DOVER

On her album, "THE WISHING WELL"

A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

This day, Friday 17 September 2010, is officially National Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Recognition Day.

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LET'S ALL CELEBRATE CONSTITUTION DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our beloved United States of America!

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Two hundred and twenty-three years ago, on 17 September 1787, the divinely inspired Constitution of the United States of America was signed, and our nation ceased being a confederacy and became a republic, with George Washington installed as the first president of the newly created republic.

In observance of the two hundred and twenty-third anniversary of this event, on Friday 17 September 2010, at 1400 Hours, Eastern Time, the first two hundred and twenty-three visitors to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. will get a slice of birthday cake, and meet Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America, and author of our sacred Constitution of the United States of America.



Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE
Tuesday 21 October 1986
Ogden, Utah

VERSE # 1:
Parchment, quill,
And the people's will
In a sacred land;
With sword and pen,
The rebel men
Made a noble stand.

CHORUS:
The light goes forth
Throughout the World
To shine for all to see.
"We, the People" forevermore
Born of God to stay free!
"We, the People" forevermore
Born of God to stay free!

VERSE # 2:
Freedom's light
Was born of fight
Against a tyrant king.
Nothing's free
Or comes easily.
You work for everything.

VERSE # 3:
Federal power
Can grow by hour,
The Founders warned us all.
Search and fight
For what is right,
Or you'll see Liberty fall!

"LECTURES ON THE CONSTITUTION"
by Shane Killian


"MAN, FREEDOM, AND GOVERNMENT"
by Ezra Taft Benson (04 August 1899 - 30 May 1994)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you truly believe in and wish to demonstrate your own personal support for the Constitution of the United States of America, then I highly recommend visiting and participating in the OATH KEEPERS web site, the RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION web site, and the SIPSEY STREET IRREGULARS web site.

PARAMEDIC CRISIS IN DETROIT

I'm grateful to DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL for referring me to this story.



When I watch this, I'm impressed by the difference between the folks who live in urban Detroit, Michigan and the folks who reside in isolated rural communities in the Great American West.

In fact, doesn't this recall images of the very same problems that emerged in New Orleans, Louisiana from Hurricane Katrina?

Is it purely a racial difference between Black people and White people?

Or, is there something more to this difference between these demographic groups?

The folks I know who live out West learn to fend for themselves, and are equipped to do so.

I ain't the smartest guy around, but if I can pass an Emergency Medical Technician course (which I have in Utah and Idaho), then almost anybody else can.

Everyone has an inalienable right to be armed, and our government is prohibited by the Constitution of the United States of America from interfering with that inalienable right.

Anybody who wants to can carry rescue equipment and tools in their personal vehicle.

I've also lived in small rural communities where I had the opportunity to serve as a volunteer firefighter and a reserve police officer.

So, no, folks do NOT have to rely on ONLY paid, full time, professional emergency response personnel.

Citizens can learn to take care of themselves and to follow the scriptural admonition to become our brother's keeper.

In fact, consider how much fewer taxes would be required if folks would start looking out for themselves and each other?

"WAIL OF THE COPPERAS COVE JAIL"

Words and Music by:
JOHN ROBERT MALLERNEE
Sunday 12 January 1975

VERSE # 01:
Born along
Santa Fe tracks
In a tent among
Coal miner's shacks,
He was the eighth
Hungry mouth
In a family to feed.
He roamed before
He could walk
And he sang before
He could talk,
With that combination
To tell the
World of his need.

CHORUS:
So, roll on
Santa Fe Rail.
Take me from
Copperas Cove Jail.
With an old
Used guitar
In an empty boxcar,
A hungry poor
Hobo can wail.

VERSE # 02:
His father consumed
By his drink,
He grew up
On poverty's brink.
By the time
He was ten,
His family had split
Far and wide.
He wasn't
Wanted around.
So, he followed
That far away sound
Of a Santa Fe
Train calling out
To his dreams
Deep inside.

VERSE # 03:
He met his
True love at sixteen,
A red headed lass
Named Maureen,
The child of
A prosperous
Man of position
In town.
With no one around,
They had fun
'Til he'd kiss her
"Goodnight!"
And then run
To play his guitar
In a sleazy saloon
Called, "Sundown".

VERSE # 04:
One day, her
Father caught him.
His gun made
His business
Look grim.
He wanted the boy
To leave town
And never come back.
In anger, the boy
Pulled a knife
And stabbed the man,
Taking his life.
He's lost everything
And the future
Is sure looking black.

DESERET NEWS REPORT

MORMON CHURCH, ISLAMIC RELIEF TEAM UP FOR PAKISTAN FLOOD RELIEF

By Jamshid Ghazi Askar

Published: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 12:15 a.m. MDT

SALT LAKE CITY

The LDS Church shipped an estimated 400,000 pounds of food, blankets and other relief aid Friday to flood-ravaged Pakistan.

"We're loading 10 containers that will be shipped to Pakistan," said Nate Leishman, the church's manager of emergency response. "We're doing this in conjunction with one of our partners, which is Islamic Relief."

Under an arrangement between the Mormons and Islamic Relief, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating physical goods while Islamic Relief oversees shipping and distribution.

"The containers will arrive at the Port of Karachi in about 3-4 weeks," Leishman said. "Islamic Relief has a big presence in Pakistan and quite a few aid workers over there right now. They will take the product and actually distribute it for us into the affected flood areas. It will go right to the people. They have the ability to do that much better than we do in the country of Pakistan."

Leishman said that each of the 10 containers holds approximately 40,000 pounds of hygiene kits, blankets, quilts and foodstuffs such as beans, rice and the nutritional supplement atmit.

Pakistani immigrants in Utah are also striving to succor the millions of flood victims in their homeland. The Pakistan Association of Utah, for example, has already amassed upward of $53,000 for that very purpose.

"This is not just a flood — it is a disaster," said Abdul Rashid Afridi, a fundraiser for the Pakistan Association of Utah.

"There is cholera, malaria, typhoid (fever), all these diseases. There is no drinking water. There is no food. Seventy percent of Pakistan is under water; 30 million people are under the open sky.

"Different organizations are feeding them, but after three weeks they are still finding places where aid hasn't reached yet and people are dying."

Beginning Monday, the Pakistan Association of Utah will be using 10 billboards donated by local company Regan Signs to encourage donations from Utahns to aid Pakistani relief efforts.

Afridi said that the Mormon church and the Pakistan Association of Utah teamed up to help victims of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan that killed 80,000 people. This time around, Alfridi explained, LDS leaders have again taken a proactive approach to aiding Pakistan in its hour of need.

"The first two planes that landed in Pakistan, in Islamabad, during this flood were the Mormon church's," he said. "Two of their planes landed first and arrived with (a lot) of help."

Friday's shipment to Pakistan by the Mormon church won't be the last humanitarian aid going from Latter-day Saints to Pakistan. However, future iterations will likely involve on-the-ground purchases in Asia, thereby eliminating the need for costly shipping.

"I don't know about (more) shipments, but we're going to be doing a lot more on Pakistan," Leishman said. "If possible we always like to purchase the product in the country if it is available, so we'll be either be purchasing out of Pakistan or out of India and providing the product that way.

"We're also working with several humanitarian organizations in Pakistan, providing them with funds to purchase medicines, shelter items and food."

Leishman declined to disclose the monetary value of the donated goods shipped Friday.

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Here is my response:

"Greetings:

As a member of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, I am frankly suspicious of this donation.

While I applaud the idea of helping relieve the horrific effects of a cataclysmic natural disaster, I'm dismayed by the partnership with Islamic Relief, due to that allegedly religious organization's track record for diverting charitable donations to support of Islamic military activities.


On her web site, DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL has offered proof of this on numerous occasions.


However, I readily admit I am not intelligent enough to understand the intricacies of the numerous financial and geopolitical sources, statistics, and data that she cites.


So, I can only remain leery, for I lack the hard facts to prove her allegation.


Maybe someone who is better educated (i.e., the DESERET NEWS staff?) can delve further into this situation by accessing Debbie Schlussel's archived documentation.


I will state that I am openly and unapologetically biased, for I personally regard all of Islam as a blatantly sworn mortal enemy of our beloved United States of America.


Thank you.


John Robert Mallernee
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Washington, D.C. 20011-8400"

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A SAD ANNIVERSARY WITH AN OMINOUS FUTURE

On the morning of Tuesday 11 September 2001, our beloved United States of America was attacked by foreign powers.

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Because our own government refuses to acknowledge that the entire religion of Islam and all of its adherents are our sworn mortal enemies, those deaths remain unavenged, and our current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are merely futile efforts.



Please click on this link to read the official government document, "THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT", consisting of five hundred and eighty-five pages, in Portable Document Format.

Unfortunately, our own government used this enemy attack as an excuse to violate our divinely inspired CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to impose hateful tyranny upon the American people, through passage of the flagrantly illegal U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act and creation of the blatantly anti-American Department of Homeland Security to deprive average American citizens of their basic liberties.

As a result, the horror of a bloody civil war has become inevitable, for that is now the only recourse left for restoring our lost republic and our inalienable rights, since our peaceable electoral process is now totally vain.

On the morning of Tuesday 11 September 2001, I was serving a full time mission for The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints on a ranch in the high desert of Utah, and first learned of this tragedy on the DRUDGE REPORT web site.

My initial impression was that someone was playing a sick joke, for I could not believe what I was seeing.

I will never forget.

UNITED STATES ARMY "SPIRIT OF AMERICA" BROADCAST

****************************** ****************************** Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space: Does your computer have a high speed connection to the Internet? Then, you may wish to watch "SPIRIT OF AMERICA", a program put on by the United States Army, at 1030 hours this morning, or at 1930 hours tomorrow evening. The United States Army will stream this program LIVE, over the Internet, for ONLY these two performances! I don't know if it's possible to record this program. So, hurry up and arrange your personal schedule to accommodate being able to view this spectacular patriotic program. A few years ago, I watched this show downtown in Washington, D.C., and I highly recommend it. Thank you. John Robert Mallernee Offical Bard of Clan Henderson Armed Forces Retirement Home Washington, D.C.  20011-8400 NOTE: "My unpopular and controversial personal opinions do not represent my Scottish clan." ****************************** ******************************