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pidaua
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posted August 10, 2006 09:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, they must be doing something right AND looks like there are MANY that don't believe we are sending babies to die.

US Army seen reaching recruiting goal despite war
Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:50 PM ET

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, which fell short in recruiting last year, made its 14th straight monthly goal in July and is expected to hit its 2006 target despite the Iraq war making recruiting harder, officials said on Thursday.

Jeff Spara, in charge of Army recruiting policy, denied the Army has been making its recruiting goals by taking lower-quality volunteers who previously might have been rejected, as some experts contend.

"It looks very good right now," Spara said of the active-duty Army reaching its goal of 80,000 new soldiers in fiscal 2006, which ends September 30. It fell about 7,000 recruits short of the same numerical goal in fiscal 2005.

Spara said it was "too close to call" whether the Army's part-time components, the National Guard and Reserve, will reach their 2006 targets. Both missed their July quotas and fell short last year.

The Army provides the bulk of U.S. ground forces in Iraq. Spara said the war continues to complicate recruiting, with parents and other influential adults more likely than in the past to counsel potential recruits against volunteering.

The Army sent 10,890 recruits into boot camp in July, exceeding its biggest goal of the year of 10,450 and pushing it 4 percent above its year-to-date goal. The Army has landed 62,505 recruits through July, and needs 17,495 more in the final two months of fiscal 2006 to meet its goal.

The Army National Guard missed its July goal by 25 percent and stood 1 percent behind its year-to-date goal. The Army Reserve missed its July goal by 13 percent and also was 1 percent behind its year-to-date goal.

The Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force made their July recruiting goals. The part-time Navy Reserve missed, and trailed its year-to-date goal by 16 percent.

Spara attributed the Army's success to several steps taken to boost recruiting, including monetary enlistment incentives, raising the enlistment age limit to a person's 42nd birthday, adding recruiters, and relaxing a ban on certain types of tattoos.

Some critics have questioned the quality of some recruits entering the Army. They note the Army is taking more recruits with criminal records, mostly misdemeanors; with body weight exceeding maximum body weight standards; and who fall into the military's lowest acceptable quality category.

"They're taking in less-qualified people," said Lawrence Korb, an assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan. "Now, what they (Army leaders) will argue is that they are still above the minimum standards."

But Korb, an analyst with the Center for American Progress, said when the Army brings in more people who do not meet its highest standards, it increases the chances of misconduct in the ranks and of having a less-capable force.

Spara defended the quality of the new recruits, saying, "You know, it's a question of whether you want a bagel or you want angel food cake. They're both bread."

"They are qualified medically, physically and morally," he added.

The U.S. military moved to an all-volunteer force in 1973, during the tumult of the Vietnam War era.

Some analysts have said if the military cannot attract enough recruits, the United States might have to consider reinstating the draft.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-10T205042Z_01_N10462276_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-RECRUITING.xml&src=rss&rpc=22


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The democratic world believes that it is not the terrorists that are to blame, but us. Us, the westerners.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the sooner you eliminate this misconception from your minds, the better.
We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!

http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000489.htm

Provided by the lovely Lady Lioneye

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Venusian Love
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posted August 10, 2006 09:20 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooooo hooooooooooooo more murder and more death!!!!!!!

Pidua. You are being of heaven! Supporting such positivity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God must be so proud of you!!!!!


August 1, 2006
Al-Rashedeen Army Sniper Attacks Against Coallition Soldiers in Iraq
The Al-Rashedeen Army Released a video showing multiple sniper attacks on coalition soldiers in Iraq. The Al-Rashedeen Army is an Iraqi Insurgency group that has been fighting US and coalition forces in Iraq as well as the Iraqi National Guard.

Video Screenshots (Length: 36 Secs)

http://www.members.aol.com/beautifuldreamz/attack.wmv


July 28, 2006
The Leagues of the Righteous People IED attack on Humvee
The Leagues of the Righteous People, a Shi'ite Iraqi Insurgency group, released a video of an improvised explosive device (IED) on an American Humvee in al-Naseriya, Iraq. The Humvee can still be seen traveling at full speed after the blast and then driving off the road at fullspeed.

Video Screenshots (Length: 12 Secs)
http://www.members.aol.com/beautifuldreamz/tank.wmv


Come on lets send even more Pidua!!!!!!!! As long as we aren't there we shouldn't care!!!!!


Yeeeee hawwwwwww!!!!!!!!


http://www.members.aol.com/beautifuldreamz/israel.wmv

Come on lion eye! let's send more Canadian soldiers!!!!!!!!! You can sit down comfortably in your house in Alberta in the mean time!!


http://www.members.aol.com/beautifuldreamz/canada.wmv

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lioneye68
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posted August 10, 2006 10:10 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, we sure know YOU won't be there, VL...But, we'll know where to find you...cuddling up with the dust bunnies under your bed.

You may want to pick another city to live in, though. New York isn't your best bet, being that it holds the worlds second largest Jewish population, the people the death-cults love to target for mass murder....But, the world shouldn't worry about that. Shouldn't spend their army's resources countering that...There's nothing to worry about there.

When you're done being in denial, you'll come to appreciate - no, *honor* your brave countrymen who are standing up for what's right, to protect the innocent from the actions of death-cults who plan to take over the world. You'll come to appreciate that they've taken the aggression to the land of the aggressors, and kept it away from home. Some day, when you're done being in denial.

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salome
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posted August 10, 2006 10:27 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Spara defended the quality of the new recruits, saying, "You know, it's a question of whether you want a bagel or you want angel food cake. They're both bread."

what does this mean??

is he saying that angel food cake is more desirable than bagels?

i love bagels!!

i think bagels everywhere should protest...they comprise a very special kind of bread...their bread status should be given special designation.

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salome
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posted August 10, 2006 10:55 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
from Unclyclopedia.org

Why Join the Army?

If you join the army, you get paid, you get free training, free food, free accomodation, and a free funeral (how encouraging) for the entire period of your service, and a military pension afterwards (if you don't die). You can then spend the rest of your life with one arm, two cats and talking about the huge sacrifice you made to your country. You also get to tell civilians that you know more than they possibly can about the complexities of defence policy because you spent three years scrubbing a general's car, you have a bumper sticker saying "I support our troops." and you spent your entire life getting into drunken brawls in German strip clubs. You can also make fun of the Airmen because they are a bunch of pansies who have it so much easier than you...

Also, you get to shoot **** ! How freaking cool is that!

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Army

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posted August 10, 2006 11:01 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 12:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Salome,

For someone that stated in another post that she is so familiar with the Military and how all personnel should act- of course this is based on your experience with your grandfather and working on a base- you sure LOVE to slam the Soldiers don't you?

I am sure your family is absolutely proud of you.

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The democratic world believes that it is not the terrorists that are to blame, but us. Us, the westerners.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the sooner you eliminate this misconception from your minds, the better.
We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!


http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000489.htm

Provided by the lovely Lady Lioneye :)

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salome
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posted August 11, 2006 01:25 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
oh pidaua, it was a silly perspective...

what i've learned from those whom i admire and respect is that the ability to laugh at oneself is very important...not to take oneself so seriously -- to be so full of blustery self-importance is true foolishness.

there's a time and a place for everything, and i respect those and the situations i've encountered and learned from very much.

however, fundamentally, i believe the things about which Linda Goodman wrote in Star Signs, including the following ~

quote:
Do not kill any living creature for any reason...You must not remove any person's or creature's Free Will choice to live or die.

Not killing is so basic, it shouldn't even need to be mentioned. If you have formerly killed "in the line of duty," with the mistaken notion of "patriotism," forgive yourself and cleanse yourself. There's never a real reason for killing anything or anybody. There is always a way to solve a "dangerous," existential situation where your murder or another's murder is threatened, without killing the aggressor. There is always a way to prevent the death of one person without killing another."


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posted August 11, 2006 01:41 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And she calls herself a Christian LOL.


a REAL CHRISTIAN would never agree with world wars. That's the law of humanity.


You are no Christian. You are a disgrace to Christians.

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is just it Salome, YOU ALWAYS hide behind the phrase "it was in jest". That is similar to that negative ugly kid in school that would say something derogatory, then quickly add "just kidding".

This thread was about the US Army exceeding it's recruiting goals. But you, HAD to post something that was derogatory to the Military. In affect, when you post something of that nature, you are also posting it TOO the people. For some reason the Leftests here think we are too stupid to understand the absolute rude connotations behind various posts.

For example, you felt compelled to post something derogatory towards the Military by indicating they can "shoot $hit" that feeds right into the leftest view that the Military is full of violent people (or as Mirandee noted- neo Nazi's).

Stainblow often uses other people's quotes to insult people- then when called on it she pretends she didn't mean it, it was something from someone else and how could anyone think she was being rude? Two well known examples "Gash Limbaugh" and calling me some old Fife dude from a series that was in black and white. She hates that guy, already indicated a series of negatives about him- and calls me him. See, that way she can hide behind the "character" and not call me a POS.

For some reason it has become common practice for you to post something with authority and once it is questioned (as jwhop, Bear, Isis and I have done to you) you back track, use terms like hysterical, and say it was only intended to be a joke.

Passive - Aggressive- that is what it is called when people act like you.


Description:

Someone who is passive-aggressive will typically not confront others directly about problems, but instead will attempt to undermine their confidence or their success through comments and actions which, if challenged, can be explained away innocently so as not to place blame on the passive-aggressive person.

_________________________

Does that sound familiar? "I didn't mean to say that offensively.. it was just a joke" or "Really, I wasn't the one that called her a c*nt.. I just copied and pasted someone else calling her a c*nt".

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Often passive-aggressive behavior manifests itself in individuals who view themselves as "peaceful." These individuals feel that expressing their anger through passive-aggressive behavior is morally favorable to direct confrontation.


The lack of repercussions resulting from passive-aggressive behavior can lead to an unchecked continual attack, albeit passive, on one's acquaintances.

In the psychoanalytic theory of transactional analysis, many types of passive-aggressive behavior are interpreted as "games" with a hidden psychological payoff, and are classified into stereotypical scenarios with names like "See What You Made Me Do" and "Look How Hard I've Tried".

OMG.... that is TOTAL STAINBLOW...

"See, Pidaua MADE me call her names... Are you happy now?"

Holy crap.... that is too funny...

I am sure there will be many comments from the peanut gallery.. albeit, in indirect phrases and comparisons to old timey comics.

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
TP = HYPOCRITE

IN one post TP yells at someone for making a judgement of what constitutes a Muslim.

THEN TP comes on here and says I am not a Christian.

LMAO... TP- you wouldn't know the difference between a Christian and a rock. I am sorry that you are such an unfortunate that you feel that making absurd statements some how justifies your existance in life.

Again, I would never advocate getting rid of you- we need people like you to balance out the equation. For every winner, there is a loser and you seem to occupy the latter arena perfectly.

I would like for you to show me where I have advocated a world war.

I would like for you to post or quote where I have ever said " I want to go to war and kill people"

As Bear says, there are only TWO kinds of people that want to go to war, those that have never been and stupid people.

NO ONE WANTS a war- unfortunately, sometimes we have to in order to keep the world safe from idiots like you. Maybe you should serious think about joining an extremist Muslim group where you hatred will be received with open arms.

Pathetic loser

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posted August 11, 2006 02:14 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pid, what do you expect from an intellectually challanged coward?

All the codes of conduct only apply to those who oppose them - but they may break any given code of conduct at any given time, as they see fit.

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salome
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posted August 11, 2006 02:16 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
dear pidaua ~

you seem confused and upset about some things here...

i haven't backtracked anywhere, or used the phrase "it was in jest" anywhere. nor have i used the term "hysterical" or stated that something "was only intended to be a joke."

i simply haven't said those things...i posted what i posted because, as i said, it was a silly perspective. and to me, it's not derogatory. i didn't backtrack on anything.

you seem confused and disoriented...

you have a habit of accusing people of the very things that you yourself do with impunity, such as the following ~

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The lack of repercussions resulting from passive-aggressive behavior can lead to an unchecked continual attack, albeit passive, on one's acquaintances.

aggressive-aggressive, rather than passive-aggressive, to be sure, but i believe your propensity for "unchecked continual attack [albeit aggressive-aggressive] on one's acquaintances" is behavior of your own that you might wish to examine. you seem to do that rather frequently -- accuse others of the things most glaring in you.

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posted August 11, 2006 02:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lots of passive-agressives here.

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salome
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posted August 11, 2006 02:26 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hi jwhop ~

what does this have to with "US Army Seen Reaching Recruiting Goal?"

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posted August 11, 2006 02:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
nothing salome, I clicked on the wrong thread

Now corrected.

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posted August 11, 2006 02:36 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 02:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh right Salome... playing that Passive Aggressive role again, as though your post was intended for what?

"it was a silly perspective..."

Silly perspective.. I see, that changes everything - as though a silly perspective means what? A "funny" outlook - a jest or joke.

But hey, go ahead and hide behind the words... You sure fooled me!

You actions are very similar to my cats actions when they think they are being sly. See a cat, when they hide their eyes behind an object, thinks that their whole body is hidden. Because they "can't" see without peering around the object, they think they can't be seen. Yet, there they are... with everyone looking.

Alot like you....

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salome
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posted August 11, 2006 02:45 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
from what am i hiding pidaua?

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lioneye.. Great Post!!

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)

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pidaua
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posted August 11, 2006 02:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
More information:

Common signs of Passive-aggressive personality disorder
There are certain behaviors that help identify passive-aggressive behavior. [2]

Ambiguity
Avoiding responsibility by claiming forgetfulness
Blaming others
Chronic lateness and forgetfulness
Complaining
Does not express hostility or anger openly
Fear of competition
Fear of dependency
Fear of intimacy
Fears authority
Fosters chaos
Intentional inefficiency
Making excuses and lying
Obstructionism
Procrastination
Resentment
Resists suggestions from others
Sarcasm
Sullenness
A passive-aggressive may not have all of these behaviors, and may have other non-passive-aggressive traits.


The current criteria for the passive-aggressive personality disorder as proposed by the Personality Disorders Work Group for the DSM-IV includes:


passive resistance to fulfilling social and occupational tasks through procrastination and inefficiency;

complaints of being misunderstood, unappreciated, and victimized by others;

sullenness, irritability, and argumentativeness in response to expectations;

angry and pessimistic attitudes toward a variety of events;

unreasonable criticism and scorn toward those in authority;

envy and resentment toward those who are more fortunate;

self-definition as luckless in life and an inclination to whine and grumble about being jinxed;

alternating behavior between hostile assertion of personal autonomy and dependent contrition (Millon & Radovanov, Livesley, ed., 1995, p. 321).

**** OMG.. it just keeps getting better!!!!

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salome
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posted August 11, 2006 03:12 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
topic ~ US Army Seen Reaching Recruiting Goal

thread content ~ pidaua's contempt for salome in the form of irrationally posting long, meaningless descriptions of essentially nothing, because of differing perspectives and opinions.

who's avoiding what here??

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posted August 11, 2006 03:42 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am a Christian...I am the daughter of a retired Senior Chief MSGT (30 years served!)of the US Air Force. It is a part of me to believe that any country that has freedom and is strong MUST have a secure military in order to protect itself in this world..if you think anything different then I ask you, what planet are you living on? ..Venus?...(no pun intended)...welcome to planet Earth and until all is balanced and civilized..and on the same page....whenever that may be...God Bless those that stand up and defend the Western World's honor...soldiers have all my respect...one day it is through their sacrifice that we will ALL enjoy freedom and democracy on a Global scale and finally be on the same page...and if you don't get it you never will...stand for something or fall for everything!

I don't condone war and violence but I most definitley am not one that believes a weak military would be the answer for our country.....some ppl really need to open their eyes.

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Venusian Love
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posted August 11, 2006 04:00 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's one thing to support soldiers and it's another to support the corrupt soldiers who rape and murder young Iraqi girls.

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posted August 11, 2006 04:06 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Linda Goodman wrote that statement long before 9/11 in her book "Star Signs" and though I know she is a very spiritual woman and non-violent, who is to say what her views may be on this presently in light of what is happening in the world post 9/11? I am non-violent myself, would prefer a peaceful solution, but we are living in different times where our very safety is threatened and the world is going through some turbulent shifts in change.

Read "Star Signs" section "Playing Musical Eagles" and you may have an idea of how Linda feels about our Blessed United States of America.

Here is an exerpt from that part of the book "Star Signs" describing the Great Seal of the United States:

The "E Pluribus Unum" legend written across the Eagle's beak ~ OUT OF MANY, ONE ~ does not only refer to the single nation formed of the 13 colonies, as many people believe. The esoteric code of this phrase is that the original dream of America was that those concepts upon which she was founded would eventually spread to include all nations - thus this unify them into One.

Read all of "Playing Musical Eagles"

and then...


Meditate on that for awhile...

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