THE ONE HUNDREDTH

STORMBRINGER is proud to announce that this endeavor, which started out in the spring of '08 as an unfocused rant based on military themes, honor, international security - a philosopher desperately in search of a philosophy - and remains so today, has just acquired the One Hundredth Follower.

What this means, I'm not sure, but it is taken as a compliment and a vote of confidence. I thank you all. Personally, I don't care for the tag 'follower' because I am not a cult leader - although I am a member of a cult. If I were in charge of the Blogger thingie the category to click would be called Team Members.

We were stuck at 97 for literally years then about a month ago picked up #98. Then yesterday we got over the hump and we're at 100. I suspect this has something to do with a gentleman I made acquaintance with yesterday via this blog:

Wirecutter and friend

Wirecutter is a man after my own heart - get this: first he gasses one of the long-haired, maggot-infested OWS 99%-ers (after the maggot had advanced on Wirecutter, and placed his hands on the door of Wirecutter's truck); then he goes ahead and chronicles the event in the pages of his most worthy blog Knuckledraggin my life away.

Wirecutter, I know you're out there. We haven't met - yet - and when we do I will make sure to keep my hands where you can see them and conduct myself in a calm, orderly manner. Because no good deed goes unpunished, let it be known to all & sundry that for your tremendous act of class you have been bestowed the title of Worthy Hero of the Culture Wars - you may click HERE to view your reward.

As always, I encourage members of Team STORMBRINGER to send links and items of general interest - I don't post all of them immediately but rarely do I not post them. The long-awaited analysis of the so-called OWS 99%-er "movement" is to follow, but first I have to get out and do battle with the back forty, and Mrs. StormBringer's Satanic Honey-Do list . . .


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EFF YOU JESSE VENTURA

"I will never stand for national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise fist . . ." - Jesse Ventura

Former Governor of Minnesota, ex-Navy SEAL and former wrestling star Jesse Ventura has added another credential to his resume: professional Whiner and big time Media Cry Baby:


Judge Tosses TSA Case; Lawyer told ruling 'national security'

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — So upset by the dismissal of his airport security lawsuit that he threatened Friday to apply for dual citizenship so he can spend more time in his beloved Mexico — or run for president of what he labeled "the Fascist States of America."

If that is what you have to say about America, then I say to you: "Good riddance to bad rubbish!" - America isn't about you, Jesse. Never was and never will be. America is about "Ask not what your country can do for you, rather, ask what you can do for your country."

I didn't fly those planes into those buildings; in fact, I have dedicated my life to protecting America and the Free World against the guys who would kill each and every one of us, given half the chance. But I have to stand in line to get on planes, take my shoes off, dump my drink bottle and toothpaste and everything else along with all the rest of us. And I have had to do this even back when I was a green-suiter, and even now more than ever; security clearance, credentials and blue ID card notwithstanding.

Ventura alleges that airport scans and pat-downs amount to unreasonable search and seizure. A district judge threw out his lawsuit Thursday, ruling it should have been filed in a Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ventura has said a titanium hip implanted in him in 2008 sets off metal detectors and that agents previously used hand-held wands to scan his body. He said he was subjected to a body pat-down after an airport metal detector went off last November. Ventura said he hasn't flown since and won't fly commercially again.


You know what I say to that, Jessie? I say "Tough tittie, suck it up like the rest of us." What, a big, bad man like you can't handle being frisked in the name of national security? Is that all it takes for you to turn your back on your country? That's pretty lame, if you ask me.

Remember what the bumper sticker used to say?

You can't take the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen. This is the United States of America - it's a free country and oh by the way this country made you rich and famous, you hypocrite. If you don't like it here, the border's that-a-way. You can take all your whiner 99%-er OWS friends with you, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

That's right, I'm talking to YOU Big Boy. You got something to say to my face, Jesse, you can find me. You can start by clicking on the link, over there to the right. I ain't some dumb reporter you can blow your horn in front of a bunch of cameras and microphones. And don't think you're anybody special; like you I defended this country. UNLIKE you I love my country and I don't like seeing her disgraced.


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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPPOSES FDR PRAYER AT WWII MEMORIAL

Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are expressing outrage after the Obama administration announced its objection to adding President Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day prayer to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The objection was noted during a congressional hearing on Rep. Bill Johnson's, R-Ohio, bill; the 'World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011':

"It is unconscionable that the Obama administration would stand in the way of honoring our nation's distinguished World War II veterans," Johnson said. "President Roosevelt's prayer gave solace, comfort and strength to our nation and our brave warriors as we fought against tyranny and oppression."

Roosevelt asked the nation to join him in prayer as U.S. and Allied forces launched the invasion that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. He asked God to give the Allied troops courage and faith, saying, "With thy blessing we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy."

More HERE.


Franklin Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer:

June 6, 1944

My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.



Month of Honor continues . . .


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NO LAUGHING AT THE TOMB

Month of Honor continues . . .

DEAD HORSE THEORY

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."

However, in Government and the public service sector, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Buy a stronger whip.

2. Change riders.

3. Appoint a committee to study the horse.

4. Arrange to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses - politicians love this one.

5. Lower the standards so that dead horses can be included.

6. Reclassify the dead horse as living-impaired.

7. Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

8. Harness several dead horses together to increase speed.

9. Provide additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance.

10. Do a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.

11. Declare that, since the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do live horses.

12. Rewrite the expected performance requirements for all horses.

13. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.

Hey Team - Life on the road and a heavy work load finally took their toll that's why I slipped off the radar a couple days there. Back up for air but Mrs. StormBringer has a heavy list of honey-do's - there's at least a couple weeks more hard yakka comin' up . . . in the meantime enjoy:

Today's Bird HERE


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THE GROWING EU CATASTROPHE EXPLAINED

I love economics because its the study of everything, explained with charts and graphs. Now, I'm not exactly as dumb as a box of hammers when it comes to economics, but explaining it is another matter altogether. Whoever is the guy cranking out these text-to-movie clips is a genius.





GREECE REFERENDUM ON BAILOUT PLAN MEANS EURO CRISIS ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE

The street protesters have got it right. There isn't the remotest chance of Greece's austerity measures working.


Bottom Line Up Front: The Machine is coming apart at the seams and if you thought the last three years was a rough, roller coaster ride, wait 'till you see what's next coming down the pike.


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THE MONTH OF HONOR

I always look forward to November - the month of Veterans Day, which used to be called Armistice Day, "The Eleventh Minute of the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month," the coming of the cold weather, Turkey Day when I deep fry the birds, and football. I will concentrate on Veterans and military themes throughout this, the Eleventh Month ... - S.L.

Joseph Collins served in the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army and has protected our country as a law enforcement officer for more than ten years. Raised as a pastor’s son, Joseph is a courageous man who loves his family and loves his God.

Enjoy, and If you have a few minutes I encourage you to take the time to watch this extraordinary clip:






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