Powerful video of Tom Burnett Senior and Alec Rawls at the August 2nd Memorial project meeting. The clip below is Part 1 of Alec’s new video exposé, starting with Mr. Burnett 's appeal to the American people to please help him stop the Park Service from planting a giant Islamic shaped crescent atop his son's grave.
Part one: it points to Mecca. Clip covers the Mecca orientation of the giant crescent, the phony redesign, and the crescent-topped minaret. Lots of unaired news video and animated graphics, bookended with the coolest spaghetti western music ever.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Tom Burnett Senior: “We have an Islamist design here that can't go forward, please.”
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Death row inmate put to death for Crosby teen's murder
Have you noticed that as of late there is not much in the news about protesters over the death penalty. I didn't even know this guy was to be put down untill today. Do the crime in Texas and you will pay.
HUNTSVILLE — Before being put to death Wednesday, George Whitaker III apologized for taking the life of his ex-girlfriend's sister in an attack more than a decade ago that also left the victim's mother and a younger sibling permanently injured.
"I apologize for the pain and suffering I caused," said Whitaker, in an address to 16-year-old Shakeitha Carrier's parents, who did not witness the execution. "I pray Lord, please forgive me."
He then smiled at his own family members as they watched his final moments through a window in Texas' death house. He told them not to forget him and asked them to take care of his two children.
As the lethal drugs began flowing, he said: "You all take care. I love y'all. I'm going on to sleep."
Minutes later, Whitaker, 37, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. He was the 16th prisoner to be put to death this year in Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state. Three more Texas prisoners are set to die next week, including one from Harris County.
Whitaker, a former mechanic, was sentenced to death for taking Shakeitha Carrier's life during a home invasion in 1994. The teen was his former girlfriend's sister.
He was said to have been despondent about the breakup with Catina Carrier about two months before the murder.
On June 15, the day of the shooting, Whitaker went to the Carrier home in Crosby, east of Houston, to return items his former girlfriend left when she moved out of his home.
Carrier's mother, Mary Carrier, refused to let him into her home and instead told him to put the belongings on the porch.
"The expression on his face," Carrier testified, "it didn't look right to me." Whitaker brandished a gun and pushed his way into the house, court records show. Mary Carrier ordered her 5-year-old daughter Ashley to go upstairs as she begged Whitaker not to hurt her children. Whitaker shot Mary Carrier and then ran upstairs and pistol-whipped Ashley into unconsciousness.
Mary Carrier said she heard her daughter Shakeitha, known as Kiki, plead with Whitaker. "I heard Kiki cry, 'George, please don't! And then a shot," Mary Carrier said during Whitaker's trial.
Whitaker went to his truck to reload his gun and shot Mary Carrier a second time as she ran for help. Kiki died from the gunshot wound to her head. Ashley survived but suffered some permanent brain damage while Mary Carrier no longer has use of her right hand.
Catina Carrier was not home at the time.
Whitaker had exhausted all of his appeals days before the execution.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously rejected a clemency petition to commute Whitaker's death sentence to life in prison.
Person Of The Week
I know most of you have most likely seen ths, but I think it's worth watching again. We do have heros at home.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wednesday Hero
25 years old from Fulton, New York
2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
December 3, 2006
Spc. Kenneth Haines joined the United States Army in September 2000 as a fire support specialist and had been assigned to his unit for just over three years. He deployed to Iraq in October of 2006.
During his time in service, he received several military awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and National Defense Service Medal.
Spc. Haines was killed by an IED that was detonated near his vehicle while on patrol in Abu Hishma, Iraq.
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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Tribute to Our Military On Veterans Day 2008
As a retired member of the Armed Forces of this great country, I would like to thank each and every one of you from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afganistan for you service. Stay strong and proud.
For Our Military
I saw this over at Airman Mom and thought I would help pass it along to all of our military friends both current and past. Hand Salute.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Man's massive child porn collection included newborns
Not much I can say about someone like this. The article says it all.
A Central Florida man who had a massive child-pornography collection that included victims as young as newborns was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Wednesday.
Tony Guerra, a former food-services worker at what was then called Disney-MGM Studios, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of receiving and distributing child pornography.
In 2007, investigators found more than 5,000 images and videos of child pornography on Guerra's roommate's computer. In court documents, an investigator estimated the oldest of the children in the images was no more than 6.
During Wednesday's hearing, FBI Special Agent Nick Savage called Guerra's child pornography "the largest collection of infants and babies I've ever seen."
"This was an extremely shocking collection of child pornography," he said.
The FBI began investigating Guerra, who was living in Kissimmee, Fla., after receiving a tip from Australian authorities.
Investigators recovered Internet chats from the computer where Guerra and more than 30 other people discussed child pornography.
Guerra told others his preferred age was zero to 12 years old and that he likes hearing children scream. In one chat, Guerra referred to wanting a 2-year-old. Guerra also suggested a man go to Disney to look for girls.
Investigators learned that Guerra persuaded a man in Australia to sexually abuse his 6-year-old daughter and 6-month-old granddaughter, record the abuse and share it with him.
Several of the people Guerra communicated with also have been arrested.
Guerra made a brief statement and told the judge, "I'm sorry for what I did."
A psychologist testified that Guerra had both motor and social delays throughout his life, he is socially awkward and never developed normal relationships with males or females.
The psychologist said that at some point, Guerra became interested in pornography and then progressed to viewing child pornography.
Guerra showed little emotion throughout Wednesday's testimony and often held his head down. He appeared to briefly cry during a recess when a woman in the courtroom called out that she loved him.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Gable asked U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven to sentence Guerra to 20 years in prison.
Defense attorney Peter Warren Kenny asked the judge to sentence Guerra to the minimum — five years. He said Guerra is an "extremely damaged young man" who needs treatment.
Scriven accepted Guerra's plea agreement and ordered him to serve 130 months in prison. After prison, Guerra will be placed on probation for life.
Austin PD seeks shooting suspects; 7 schools closed
This is kind of strange. AK's body armor. hummm
By JANET ELLIOTT Austin Bureau
Nov. 6, 2008, 11:27AMShare Print Email Del.icio.usDiggTechnoratiYahoo! BuzzAUSTIN — A man armed with an assault rifle and wearing body armor was shot and killed by a rookie police officer in an early-morning shootout on this city's east side.
The shooting came after an attack that left two other men wounded and spurred Austin school district officials to call off classes at seven campuses in that area for the day.
Police Chief Art Acevedo praised the young officer as a hero. The dead suspect is believed to have been involved in the earlier shooting that left two people wounded at a nearby residence.
The fatal shooting occurred after a chase in which a pickup truck that was seen leaving the residence crashed into a closed hamburger stand while fleeing police.
Five men ran away from the truck, one of them firing an AK-47 at police, Acevedo said.
The rookie officer, whose name has not been disclosed, returned fire, killing the man, the chief said.
"What we really are pleased with is the fact that our officers responded to this very critical scene,"Acevedo said. "As a result of the heroic efforts by one of our young cops — he's only been around since January, he's a brand-new police officer — the only loss of life was that of the suspect that was out there trying to cause mayhem in our community."
Another suspect was taken into custody, and police are questioning a second "person of interest," Acevedo said.
Nearby Reagan High School and six other schools are closed until tomorrow, the chief said, as a precaution while police pursue two and possibly three other suspects.
No students or staff members had arrived at the schools before the closures were announced.
The initial call of shots being fired at the residence came in at 3:58 a.m. Arriving officers heard gunshots, Acevedo said, and chased the fleeing pickup.
The two men who were shot at the residence are in stable condition at a hospital, the chief said.
Officers blocked off a half-mile radius and a SWAT team is looking for the additional men, who are believed to be armed and dangerous.
Police have not released the names of any of the people involved in the incidents.
A cashier at a Randalls store where police and news media had taken over much of the parking lot said she lives in the neighborhood and had not heard of previous problems.
She was shocked to hear that an officer had been involved in the deadly exchange of gunfire.
"I feel sorry for the officer," said the woman, who wouldn't give her name because of company policy.
janet.elliott@chron.com
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wednesday Hero
41 years old from Raleigh, Arkansas
31st Combat Support Hospital
March 07, 2004
Cpt. Gussie Jones was born in Arkansas and was one of eight children. She began her Army career by enlisting in 1988 as a personnel clerk and climbed to the rank of a sergeant.
In 1986, Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Arkansas Central University. She was selected to attend the Army Enlisted Commissioning Program and earned her second bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 1998. It was in nursing.
Her career as a registered nurse and a commissioned officer began in September 1998 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. In 2002, after completing a course in critical-care nursing, she was assigned to Beaumont Army Medical Center, where she became a mentor.
"She was a very dedicated person and was always smiling, said a co-worker and friend, Capt. Susan Gilbert. If anyone asked her to do something, she would do it. And she was very kind and gentle and patient with the patients."
Cpt. Jones died of a heart attack while on duty in Baghdad, Iraq. During her 15 years of military services, Jones received a Joint Service Commendation medal, four Army Commendation medals and three Army Achievement medals.
"She was so much a part of their team, and so her death must really affect their morale," Gilbert said. "I'm very worried about the other soldiers because they've lost their battle buddy."
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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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Kidnappers kill Mexican boy with acid injection
I have heard of a lot of ways to kill someone, but this is a first for me. These people need to be hunted down and the same thing done to them. This is just crazy.
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press
Nov. 3, 2008, 3:35PMShare Print Email Del.icio.usDiggTechnoratiYahoo! BuzzMEXICO CITY — Kidnappers killed a 5-year-old boy by injecting him with acid after his family sought police help — a new low even for Mexico's brutal kidnapping gangs.
Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Mancera said today that assailants injected the acid into the boy's heart and buried him on a hill outside the capital — a death that showed the plague of kidnappings for ransom afflicts the working class as well as the wealthy.
A kidnapper seized the child at a street market in the gritty borough of Iztapalapa on Oct. 26 and the boy was killed three days later, Mancera's office said in a statement.
Prosecutors said kidnapper hailed a taxi to carry the child to a house in neighboring Mexico state. The taxi driver later saw the boy's image on a television announcement seeking information on the kidnapping and returned to the market to alert the child's parents.
Authorities said the kidnappers asked for 30,000 pesos ($23,000) in ransom but killed the child after hearing police were looking for the boy.
Anti-kidnapping prosecutor Juan Maya told Reforma newspaper that the abductors knew the boy's parents, who he said are street vendors in Iztapalapa, but spokemen for the agency could not immediately confirm that today.
Mancera said five suspected kidnappers, including a 17-year-old, have been arrested.
The child's death recalled the recent kidnap and slaying of Fernando Marti, the 14-year-old son of a sporting goods magnate whose death prompted a national outcry against crime.
Young Marti's decomposing body was found in the trunk of a car even though his family reportedly paid a ransom. Prosecutors said a federal lawman was part of the gang that kidnapped Marti.
Outrage over that case prompted more than 100,000 people to march through Mexico City in August to demand an end to endemic police corruption and rising crime.
On Monday, dozens of people left messages on Reforma's Web site expressing outrage at the 5-year-old's death. Some called for Mexico to reinstate capital punishment.
"They should definitely give the death penalty to these people, who have no conscience," wrote a man who identified himself as Eric Aguilar of Mexico City. "Keeping them alive only guarantees a hidden danger for the rest of society."
Mexico has one of the world's highest kidnapping rates, according to the anti-violence group IKV Pax Christi. Kidnappings are up 9 percent this year and average 65 per month nationwide, according to the federal Attorney General's Office, which blames a growing web of drug cartels, current and former police officers and informants who point out potentially lucrative victims.
Most kidnappings go unreported for fear of police involvement. The nonprofit Citizens' Institute for Crime Studies estimates the real kidnapping rate to be more than 500 per month.
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