In June of 2006, House Resolution 861, “Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary” was brought to a vote.  You can download a PDF of the resolution by clicking here.

RESOLUTION

Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.

Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror, a long and demanding struggle against an adversary that is driven by hatred of American values and that is committed to imposing, by the use of terror, its repressive ideology throughout the world;

Whereas for the past two decades, terrorists have used violence in a futile attempt to intimidate the United States;

Whereas it is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, take the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance;

Whereas the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other terrorists failed to stop free elections in Afghanistan and the first popularly elected President in that nation’s history has taken office;

Whereas the continued determination of Afghanistan, the United States, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be required to sustain a sovereign, free, and secure Afghanistan;

Whereas the steadfast resolve of the United States and its partners since September 11, 2001, helped persuade the government of Libya to surrender its weapons of mass destruction;

Whereas by early 2003 Saddam Hussein and his criminal, Ba’athist regime in Iraq, which had supported terrorists,
constituted a threat against global peace and security and was in violation of mandatory United Nations Security Council Resolutions;

Whereas the mission of the United States and its Coalition partners, having removed Saddam Hussein and his regime from power, is to establish a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq at peace with its neighbors;

Whereas the terrorists have declared Iraq to be the central front in their war against all who oppose their ideology;

Whereas the Iraqi people, with the help of the United States and other Coalition partners, have formed a permanent, representative government under a newly ratified constitution;

Whereas the terrorists seek to destroy the new unity government because it threatens the terrorists’ aspirations for Iraq and the broader Middle East;

Whereas United States Armed Forces, in coordination with Iraqi security forces and Coalition and other friendly forces, have scored impressive victories in Iraq including finding and killing the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi;

Whereas Iraqi security forces are, over time, taking over from United States and Coalition forces a growing proportion of independent operations and increasingly lead the fight to secure Iraq;

Whereas the United States and Coalition servicemembers and civilians and the members of the Iraqi security forces and those assisting them who have made the ultimate sacrifice or been wounded in Iraq have done so nobly, in the cause of freedom; and

Whereas the United States and its Coalition partners will continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror:

Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) honors all those Americans who have taken an active part in the Global War on Terror, whether as first responders protecting the homeland, as servicemembers overseas, as diplomats and intelligence officers, or in other roles;

(2) honors the sacrifices of the United States Armed Forces and of partners in the Coalition, and of the Iraqis and Afghans who fight alongside them, especially those who have fallen or been wounded in the struggle, and honors as well the sacrifices of their families and of others who risk their lives to help defend freedom;

(3) declares that it is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq;

(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq;

(5) congratulates Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Iraqi people on the courage they have shown by participating, in increasing millions, in the elections of 2005 and on the formation of the first government under Iraq’s new constitution;

(6) calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners to support the efforts of the Iraqi and Afghan people to live in freedom; and

(7) declares that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the noble struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.

Earl Pomeroy voted no.

This resolution was a symbolic gesture to say to the men and women of our military services, and those who love them something equivalent to, “We believe in the cause for which you fight and that your victory is certain.” Once again: Earl Pomeroy voted NO. You can see his vote by clicking here. His name is right next to Ms. Pelosi.

If Earl Pomeroy cannot even deviate from the extreme liberal left of Nancy Pelosi’s Democrat Party for a symbolic measure to encourage our soldiers and their families, is there anything he will stand up for?  He’s notorious for photo ops with the troops, and visits that serve his image back here in North Dakota, but when he returns to Washington he votes like a San Francisco liberal...NOT like the North Dakotans he claims to represent when he flies back here in a new flannel shirt to campaign.

It’s time to vote him out of office, for once and for all.

Clint F
http://www.bismarckmandanblog.com

The page on the Cooper Firearms website reads:

In response to the recent article highlighting Dan Cooper’s personal political donations, the board of directors, shareholders and employees of Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc would like to issue the following statement.

The employees, shareholders and board of directors of Cooper Firearms of Montana do not share the personal political views of Dan Cooper.
Although we all believe everyone has a right to vote and donate as they see fit, it has become apparent that the fallout may affect more than just Mr. Cooper. It may also affect the employees and the shareholders of Cooper Firearms.

The board of directors has asked Mr. Cooper to resign as President of Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc.
Daily operations will continue with the competent staff currently in place in Stevensville, MT producing the finest, most accurate rifles money can buy.

Dan Cooper has spent all of his working life producing the highest quality rifles built here in the USA. He started with nothing but the American Dream and built that into firearms company anyone would be proud of. We firmly believe Dan stands by the 2nd amendment.
We wish him all of the best in his future pursuits.

I’d buy a Cooper rifle...but only after I make sure that he truly has been shown the door.  If he stays, sales will likely go elsewhere.  I’m sure that’s what the rest of the company was thinking.  Like they said above, his decisions affect the employees and stockholders of that company.  To do a stupid stunt like support Obama can only hurt, and I read that they’ve heard from thousands of angry gun owners/buyers.

Whoever he/she is, they’ve been circling Bismarck-Mandan lately.  This photo was taken during the big Memorial Bridge demolition extravaganza.  Yes, I did Photoshop it to bring the banner closer to the airplane.

If you know who this pilot is, let me know.  I might like to fly with ‘em!  More photos from the Memorial Bridge demolition are available at BismarckMandanBlog.com, by the way.

Make your own Obamessiah poster!  Have a blast.  Just click here to begin the hilarity.

I can’t give the Democrats credit for crafting this; they’re just not that smart.  But you can bet they’ll capitalize on it as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

But one department member in attendance said if it solved some of the “extreme dysfunction” in the department, it would a welcome change.

Communications problems in a communications program...ironic, isn’t it?  Actually, I think that’s good real-world training for those students, having worked in communications for most of last 20 years.  Some places I worked for suffered from the same issue from time to time!

In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.

“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

We need to just bounce everybody serving in Washington, and start with a fresh crew.

So many people have been “thrown under the bus” by the Obamessiah, there aren’t room for them all under a conventional one.  After throwing Franklin Raines under the bus this week, this is the kind of bus Obama is gonna have to start using!