Declaring War On Gas Prices

A note from the Blog Sgt: We are all in this together, I mean fighting to survive the obnoxious gas prices! So to help out I have added to our newsletter some tools to find the cheapest gas in your area, some tipps on saving gas money, and information on how to take Legislative Action. Do not think that you can sit back and ride this one out, get involved by writing or emailing your Senators and Congressman. Put the pressure on and keep it on. The price of crude has all but doubled in a year, what if anything has our President and Secretary of State done to put pressure on Opec to bring that price back to reasonable? What has been done to bring our Oil Companies to their responsibility to build new refineries to keep aligned with gas demand and environmental constraints? There are many facets to this situation, dig in to it and learn, then get involved. WE MUST GET THIS UNDER CONTROL!

Marines Back in Beruit!!

Message sent to the President of the United States:

At 2347 on Wednesday July 19, 2006 US Marines returned to Beirut, Lebanon for the first time in 23 years. CNN Correspondent Barbara Starr did a great job of reporting the event. Reporting from aboard a landing craft with Marines from the USS Nashville, Barbara Starr broadcast live via phone to the world that the 46 Marines were 10 minutes away from landing at Beirut harbor. After the landing craft landed, Barbara went on to describe all she was seeing and that the Marines had several security measures in place and several back up naval craft standing by. Yes, the Marines are on a mission in Lebanon to rescue Americans from the hostilities between Israel and the Hezbollah. Yes, our news media are doing a great job of reporting the events. But DAMN the Embedded Reporting giving away troop strength, movements, positions, and security planning!! The same great reporting can be done without providing everyone in the world watching CNN a heads up on our Marines!! Or do we just want to give the Hezbollah great intelligence on what we are about to do? Not only has this endangered the Marines, but the very Americans they are trying to rescue. Hezbollah would like nothing better than to strike at this landing party to inflict casualties in an attempt to draw the United States into the fray.

Those that have given Embedded Reporting approval has again put our Marines in more danger than they already were in. I realize some have indicated that Embedded Reporting is the greatest thing since popcorn, but there is also common sense that needs to be applied during operations to protect troop movements, etc.

Semper Fidelis,
Russ Eaglin
Former Marine Sergeant

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