House Permits Pentagon to Assign U.S. Military Along Mexican Border

Friday , May 12, 2006


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is looking at ways the military can help provide more security along the U.S. southern border, defense officials said Thursday, once again drawing the nation's armed forces into a ...

May 9, 1864: 142 years ago Union Major General John Sedgwick was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. His death was said to have been caused by a Confederate sharpshooter armed with a Whitworth rifle.

Just before he fell Sedgewick had been berating some artillerymen for ducking due to ...

I'm the legitimate offspring, of the bastard offspring, of the Ulster plantation. You can thank good King James I for that'un. :roll:

What were my ancestors going to do, Harry? They weren't Irish enough to be Irish; Scottish enough to be Scottish; or British enough to be British. There was nothing ...

Whitey,

I think we've met on another board. Remember CSA history?

I was posting under another username but my avatar and signature were the same.

I'm hard to track, huh?

It's all over the state.

My jurisdiction isn't typical, we have more marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms than anything. There's meth around town though.

In the rest of the state meth is dominant. Usually because of oilfield workers and types like that.

Small business owners like to point out that illegal aliens do the jobs that Americans don't or won't do, blah, blah, blah. So what?

Let's just say, for arguments sake, that every perceived advantage to illegal aliens is true; there are still more disadvantages. Name me an advantage to illegal ...

Besides, if Wholley had to get legal so should everyone else!

I acknowledge the U.S. Constitution grants them the right to protest but the protests still annoy me. Mexico doesn't grant non-citizens those rights. I could not go to Mexico and legally protest anything.

No amnesty! You should not recieve a reward of amnesty and citizenship when your very first ...

Long overdue! :soldier_thumbs_up:

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!" :o

The last words of Union General John Sedgwick at the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 9, 1864. Moments later he was killed by a single shot from Confederate sharpshooter, shooting a Whitworth rifle ...

Smells like.....victory.

Leave the "whahte likker" at home!

A bunch of North Carolina boys out after dark with automatic weapons. This could get ugly if Elvis flies over in a UFO.

Ah'uz raised in 'em parts. Ah've knowed 'bout thangs lahke 'at all mah lahfe.

anglo-saxon wrote:It's old age, mate. Lots of it going on 'round 'ere.

I'm 39 years "young", dang it!

If Sean Connery can still be a stud after going bald so can I!

Correct me if I'm wrong (no chance of that not happening! :lol: ). I may not understand all the particulars.

Isn't a British Officer said to "hold the Queen's Commission?" So in a very real sense Harry doesn't just go to war for his country, like an American soldier does, he goes specifically for ...

harry hackedoff wrote: As per sops, we spent the evening in bed with a bottle of Veuve Cliquot as we have for the past eighteen years and I`ve just left her in a state of serene bliss

What happened Harry? Did you put the Mrs. to sleep in the middle of your performance again?

harry hackedoff wrote:Will Colon Powell feature in the next Presidential campaign?

I'm sure the choices will be paper or plastic.