Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | March 25, 2003
CNN AMERICAN MORNING WITH PAULA ZAHNAired March 24, 2003 - 06:48 ET But first, I want to show you the family that lives here. Now three families are living in this cave. One of the families belongs to Kareem Jilti (ph) and his wife, Nockmor (ph). That’s astead (ph), Kareem, Island (ph). And [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 24, 2003
The 23-year-old American “peace activist” was fatally injured when she purposefully obstructed an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer engaging in counter-terror operations. What the Israelis graciously called a “regrettable accident” should never have occurred, because Corrie should have first been arrested, either by Israel or the United States.
The tunnels Corrie was protecting are underneath the Israel-Egypt [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 20, 2003
My brother calls my attention to this:
CBS NewsAmericans who flock to Canada for cheap flu shots often come away impressed at the free and first-class medical care available to Canadians, rich or poor. But tell that to hospital administrators constantly having to cut staff for lack of funds, or to the mother whose teenager was [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 13, 2003
Medal of Honor Due to my illness last Friday, the weekly post honoring the bravery of America’s military did not occur. So, here’s two, for this week. You know, I read these and am dumbfounded by the courage displayed.
*HANDRICH, MELVIN O.
Rank and organization: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company C, 5th Infantry Regiment. Place [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 13, 2003
We’re in mourning, and I’m fighting the mother of all stress headaches.
I’m glad Elizabeth Smart was rescued.
Chuck Simmins | March 11, 2003
President Bush called Afghan President Hamid Karzai last week to apologize for the way he was treated in a meeting with members of a Senate committee on Capitol Hill late last month, according to senior Afghan officials…
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) warned that if Karzai told the committee everything was going well, “the next time you [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 11, 2003
Airport screeners have seized more than 4.8 million items - including guns, knives, a kitchen sink pipe and a circular saw - in the 13 months the federal government has been in charge of security.
The Transportation Security Administration on Monday gave its most thorough accounting of seizures at the nation’s 429 commercial airports.
At the same [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 10, 2003
Then in June 1995, on the day that Chirac took office as president of France, a unit of French UN peacekeepers was taken hostage by the Serbs, tied to trees and chained to Serbian artillery pieces.
Chirac, who had been wounded after he volunteered to serve in the French Army in Algeria, was outraged. “I will [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 9, 2003
The Federal Government raises money in several ways, through the income tax, through excise taxes and through tariffs. To put it another way, it taxes people and corporations who were successful enough to make money. It also levies excise taxes and tariffs. These exist because trade, business, is being conducted.
So the immediate conclusion is that [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 5, 2003
As I have been predicting, the Turkish military has made up its mind. Via Fox News.
Turkey’s powerful military chief said Wednesday that the army backed the deployment of U.S. troops in the country for a war in neighboring Iraq.
The resolution authorizing US troops to enter Turkey will be resubmitted. The general gave the traditional warning [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 5, 2003
This is the oath new citizens of the United States take, apparently gladly and willingly. Too bad so many of the citizens born in the United States haven’t taken it.
I hereby declare, on oath,
that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 4, 2003
Let’s be blunt, folks. What can you do, right now, that will make Turkey a better place to live and a stronger nation in the future?
Let’s look at your European Union Application. As long as Framany and Gerance are running the show, you are NEVER, EVER going to be a member. You’re the wrong color, [...]
