REAL HEROS WEAR DOG TAGS

The U.S. soldier who gave his own life to save an Afghan girl last week, displayed a compelling act of heroism.  Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, died in Afghanistan after rushing in to save an Afghan child who was in the path of a military vehicle barreling down a road.  Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, was riding along in a convoy in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan when some children were spotted playing on the road ahead. The children were picking up shell casings lying on the road to recycled for money. Weichel and other soldiers got out of their vehicles to get the children out of the way of the oncoming convoy of trucks. The children were moved to safety, but the young Afghan child darted back onto the road to pick up more casings.  Weichel spotted the girl and quickly moved to get her out of the way.  He succeeded, but not before he was hit by a heavily armored truck.  The little girl was safe, but Weichel died of his injuries.


Lt. Col. Denis Riel, a spokesman for the Rhode Island National Guard, said Weichel embodied values that can’t be taught. “I have heard nothing but incredible stuff about this kid, selfless beyond our core values that we live up to,” Riel said.  “As I hear more from family and others, he was the living embodiment of the Army’s core values: courageous, selfless and loyal.  All values we expect from our soldiers.  We mourn all combat deaths, but this one is a significant loss.” 


Last December, Sgt. Dennis Weichel, was one of the soldiers spotlighted on national television when he surprised his own children, by showing up unexpectedly at their school.  He was able to spend a few days over the holidays with them before deploying to Afghanistan.  "There is nothing that means more to me in the world than my children." He said holding his children in his arms.  The story of his life has touched the hearts of many across the world and Sgt. Dennis Weichel will always be remember for his courageous sacrifice in the line of duty.  Real heros don't wear capes, they wear dog tags. Written by Linda Sumner Urza, One fine day 


  

WALKING THE WALK

When I said my prayers the other night, I asked God why there was so much hunger, homelessness, and fear in the world. I was going to ask Him what He plans to do about it, but I thought He might ask me the same question!  I decided instead of whining to Him, I would strive to make everything that came my way, better than when I found it. It may be an idealistic approach, but if everyone lived by this one principle, there would be no hunger, homelessness, or fear.  Maybe one fine day, we'll all understand the power within ourselves and realize that through the desire to do good works, we can change the course of humanity.  By Linda Sumner Urza for One fine day.

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

                   LETTER FROM PROCTER AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE WRITTEN TO OBAMA. 

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America's true living legends. He is an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher, and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management.  Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that was termed as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-president of Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble, and over the course of 36 years has made corporate history. Snopes varified this letter through Mr. Pritchett and the letter is also confirmed in news interviews and verified on Youtube. 

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.  You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. 

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America, and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America ' crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg, which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaugh's, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term, I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett

(Please pass this information on, the American people deserve a change for the 2012 presidential election. There are too many shadows in Obama's history. Want to really know who Obama is and what he believes?  Read his book, Dreams From my Father, it will scare you too!)