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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christian P. Humphreys
28 years old from Fallon, Nevada
6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 49
November 15, 2008


A funny, nice guy who loved to fly. That's how Christian P. Humphreys is remembered by his friends. "He was a great guy, always happy and had a joke," said Sean Whitney, a flight medic. "We used to play with our paintball guns in the cornfields behind his house."

Humphreys flew with the Fallon Naval Air Station Search and Rescue Longhorns from June 6, 2004, to May 5, 2006. He left the Navy and joined the Army as part of the "Blue to Green" program to become a helicopter pilot.

Humphreys, along with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Donald V. Clark, 37 years old from Tennessee, was killed when their OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed while on a mission over Mosul, Iraq. As a rescue crew chief, Humphreys was in charge of the operation behind the pilots. He made the decisions when to deploy rescue crews out of the helicopter to assist injured people, and he also took care of the equipment.

"He was a funny guy, a nice guy, a lot of character," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Schmidt. "The guy was always entertaining, always had something to say, but like everyone here, he displayed the professionalism in saving lives."

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christian P. Humphreys leaves behind a wife and parents.

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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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Merry Christmas From The Family by Robert Earl Keen

Outrage Over SNL Skit About NY Gov. Patterson

People are in a tizzy over a skit SNL did over the weekend in which NY Gov. David Patterson was the target.

During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played Paterson, imitating his wandering eye, gravelly voice and blunt, self-effacing demeanor...

As longtime "SNL" player Amy Poehler was announcing her departure from the show, Armisen's Paterson started wandering, as if lost, in front of the camera.

"Gov. Paterson . . . you're in the shot!" a chuckling Poehler said.

But here's the line that I like.

Paterson's spokesman, Errol Cockfield, said, "The governor is sure that 'Saturday Night Live,' with all of its talent, can find a way to be funny without being offensive," Cockfield said.

I wonder if Cockfield*snicker* thought the same thing over the last eight years? One skit stands out in my mind in particular in which they called President Bush a retard. Wasn't much outrage then.

Olbermann Gets Pwned

We all know Keith Olbermann's intolerant obsession with Bill O'Reilly. He needs O'Reilly to generate the paltry ratings his show gets. I don't think he can go a night without mentioning Bill O. Well, on Wednesday's episode it kind of backfired on him. On Tuesday's episode of the FNC show "Red Eye With Greg Gutfeld", a great show by the way, they had someone on from High Times magazine. He made a joke about how Fox News's green room had the best pot and one of the co-hosts of the show made a joke where he said "Mr. O'Reilly doesn't like people to touch is stash", or something like that. When the show aired the words "Mr. O'Reilly" was beeped. Olbermann, in his all his wisdom, assumed that Fox News had beeped it because it reflected bad on "The Worst" Bill O'Reilly. What Olbermann failed to realize was that the host, Greg Gutfeld, had had the name beeped on purpose just for Olbermann to mention it on his show. And the stupid bastard fell for it hook, line and sinker. Hate is a powerful thing, eh Keith.

I don't know what exactly is in that video, as I can't watch it, but I hope it's the piece from Countdown and Gutfeld's reaction.

Toys For Tots II

I'm 29-years-old. I haven't been a kid for 17 years, and I don't shop for kids, so I have no idea what to get kids or even what they like. I knew one thing I wanted to get. A Teddy Bear for a boy and one for a girl. Every little kid should have a Teddy Bear. I never did, though. So I got one for each, then came the hard part. What to get for older kids. What do kids between the ages of, say, 8-10 like these days? When I was at that age I was still playing with my little green army men, Transformers and He-Man. Kids today at that age a far ahead of where I was, so what to get them? I was surprised to find out that Wal-Mart doesn't have as many toys as one would think. As I said, I don't shop for kids, so I ended up getting a basketball hoop that hangs on the back of a door and a Bratz doll. Also, people, if you do buy a doll for TFT, or whatever, please remember that there are more than just White girls who like dolls. I'm willing to bet that most people don't even think about something like that.

650 And Counting

Man made Global Warming proven beyond a doubt.

Doubt.

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Spc. Jonnie L Stiles
38 years old from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
769th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard
November 13, 2008


Louisiana National Guard spokesman Maj. Michael Kazmierzak said Spc. Jonnie L. Stiles had been serving as a gunner on a Humvee doing route clearance when and IED detonated near his vehicle in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He said the job typically involves checking roads for bombs and insurgents.

Stiles' wife, Launa, said that he was nearly killed last month when a suicide bomber blew up a military vehicle in front of his. She said he was still able to rescue three other soldiers and returned to duty before his 30-day recovery period was finished.

"He was strong and really cared for his men," she said.

Stiles was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and graduated from Littleton High School in Colorado. He served in the military for 17 years, first joining the Marines and then switching to the Army in 1999. He served three years at Fort Carson, left the Army and then returned as a member of the Colorado Air National Guard in the Summer of 2007.

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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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