Bear Creek Ledger

Remember on this July 4th - Freedom isn’t Free.

Today there is a family in Clarksville, TN who will be burying their son, SPC Joshua L. Plocica.
SPC Joshua L. Plocica, 20, of Clarksville, TN, died June 25, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. [...]

From the Military Motivator Blog
Technorati Tags: Motivational photo, USMC Logic, Support the Troops

Sen. Webb (D-VA) is using the politics of extortion to get his way. It’s called a politicians’ temper tantrum.
He’s holding up Pentagon nominations for a free ride to Vietnam for his 3rd wife and child, his excuse for the hold is Blackwater. Because as you know, Blackwater is the root of all evil [...]

According to this story from Pat Dollard, President Clinton called in Gen. Wesley Clark from Fort Hood to attack US CITIZENS! And yes that would be a violation of Posse Comitatus Act.
I didn’t know this, did you know about this? How could the drive bye media be so negligent in their [...]

Click Image For Full SizeLance Cpl. Julie Martinez

Lance Cpl. Julie Martinez, a radio operator with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the communication capabilities during a backload of Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 to the USS Essex June 9.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy [...]

Richard Henry Lee at American Thinker has an interesting story about the Obama’s and their mortgage. This involves more than Tony Rezco, it involves a friend of the wife who can’t be named since she is supposedly off limits to any scrutiny.
The Obamas got their mortgage from Northern Trust. By curious coincidence, one of [...]

Too bad for Weasley Clark, that possible cabinet position is probably a no go.

IBD
Technorati Tags: 2008 Election, Wesley Clark, thrown under the bus, Barack Hussein Obama, Dhimmicrats

This may not be a story you’ve read about.
IBD - He Covered For His Fellow Troops

The Air Force’s Covel gave fighter
pilots the right targets, leading to
the killing of 100 terrorists and to
his Silver Star for bravery in battle.
Realizing his team was vastly outnumbered, he climbed to a nearby exposed roof and directed air [...]

It’s been a very long time since we’ve heard from milblogger Thunder6. In preparing a speech for a civics event he wrote about why he joined the Army, what the Army teaches you, deployments, the strength needed to pull yourself through these deployments and the loss of a close mentor and friend. [...]

Why would a Congressman be immune from committing a crime?
The Nashville Democrat was accused this week by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association of breaking the law when he used a password he said was given him to access a members-only association Web site and download documents.
Cooper showed and discussed the documents during a hearing [...]