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Meet Irena Sendler (1910-2008)

She was a 98 year-old Polish woman at her time of death. During World War II, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. She dedicated herself to smuggling Jewish children out. Infants were carried in the bottom of the tool box she used and older children in a burlap sack she had in the back of her truck.

She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children during this time

She eventually was caught and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families but most had been killed. She then helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted.

In 2007, Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected.

Al Gore won for presenting a slide show on Global Warming.

That’s our society for you.

This woman. Amazing.

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Mr. Obama, you are a pussy. You apologized to the leader of a savage people, a people who will be indebted to us for our sacrifice for their nation for many generations. A people who have asked for help, and then fought us tooth and nail every step of the way. A people who work for the destruction of our way of life. You apologized to a man, who we put in power to lead a people we drug from the dirt, who told the Pakistani government that they would aid them in a fight against the U.S. We drug them from the dirt, we dusted them off, gave them a means to educate, support, and defend themselves. We paid the lives of our sons so that the days of theirs could be a little brighter, and they have spat in our face. Our soldiers took what actions were necessary to safeguard themselves, and you apologized to the very people who were responsible for the deaths of two of them. Eleven years we’ve fought in that damn country just to give them some semblance of a good life, and very chance they get they strike out at us. Leadership is not for the faint or weak hearted. You are both. You cannot even stand behind the people you claim to lead. You’re a disgrace to your position, the United States armed forces, and the American people. You’ve stood on the shoulders of the administrations before and paid them no due credit, nor shown any real thanks to the real men facing the fire on your behalf. Keep your fucking change, I’m an American and a Soldier, and you’ll never change that. I’d say you’ve forgotten the face of your father, but I doubt he was a man worth remembering. Whatever faith you may be, just remember there is a special place in hell for cowards.

Into the dark.

1: Full name:

-Andrew Jason Hackney

2: Zodiac sign:
-Scorpio.

3: 3 Fears:
-Failure, Death, Losing someone I love.

  4: 3 things i love:
-Driving around at Night, Music, This girl.   

5: 4 turns on:
-Eyes, Smile, Hair, Skin. I’ll tell none of the the mental/personality portion, it’s semi private,

6: 4 turns off:
-Promiscuity, Deceit, Procrastination on important issues, Inability to cope with life.

7: My best friend:
-Is very far away at the moment.

8: Sexual orientation:
-Hetero.

9: My best first date:
-Probably the one I had with Michele. Though which was actually our first date is still somewhat undetermined.

10: How tall am I:
-5’8”

11: What do I miss:
-Being downrange.

12: What time was I born:
-Can’t say I really know.

13: Favourite color:
-I’m not really sure.

14: Do I have a crush:  
-No, both parties are well aware.

15: Favourite quote:
-When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Corinthians 13:11

16: Favourite place:
-Todash Turnpike.

17: Favourite food:
-Beef.

18: Do I use sarcasm:

-Often.

19: What am I listening to right now:
-The Temper Trap.

20: First thing I notice in new person:
-How that person holds them self. We carry with us the deeds we have done and the thing’s we’ve said. You can tell a lot from a person by judging the weight of their personal burdens and hat they may be.

21: Shoe size:
-9 1/2R

22: Eye color:
-I’m never sure, they change.

23: Hair color:
-Dirty blond.

24: Favourite style of clothing:
-Pants, T shirt, Jacket. Clean and warm is the only real requirement.  

25: Ever done a prank call?
-Many. Me and a buddy once called over the net to the next battle space asking for John Connor.

26: What colour of underwear I’m wearing now?
-Not wearing any.

27: Meaning behind my URL:
-It’s my name.

28: Favourite movie:
-Too many good ones to pick from.   

29: Favourite song:
-I couldn’t tell you.

30: Favourite band:
-See previous response.

31: How I feel right now:
-Bored, Sick, Terrified, Exhausted.

32: Someone I love:
-Michele, My family, and the dozens of Brothers I’ve had the pleasure of serving with. 

33: My current relationship status:
-Taken.

34: My relationship with my parents:
-It was mostly good.

35: Favourite holiday:
-Any one where I get to spend time at home.

36: Tattoos and piercing I have:

I have a Keywork on my left shoulder blade.

37: Tattoos and piercing I want:
Not quite sure.

38: The reason I joined Tumblr:
-To follow an old friend until neither of us needed it anymore.

39: Do I and my last ex hate each other?:
-No, I would say it’s a tentative friendship.

40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?:
-Yes.

41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?
-I have, though not in months.

42: When did I last hold hands?
-January.

43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?
-I wake up about five minutes before I need to be in formation, so not long at all.

44: Have I shaved your legs in the past three days?
-No. Sexually biased survey for the win. I bet it was made by a dude too.

45: Where am I right now?
-In bed.

46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?
-I have many who would take care of me, but most likely I’ll be getting an IV from Doc.

47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?
-Loud.

48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad?
-No.

49: Am I excited for anything?
-Yes, mostly in a bad way, and partially in a really awesome way.

50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?
-Yes.

51: How often do I wear a fake smile?
-Never. If I’m not happy with you, I’ll let you know.

52: When was the last time I hugged someone?
-Yesterday actually.

53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?
-There wouldn’t be much to do but pack up and move on.

54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?
-I once lent $100 dollars to a recovering Heroin addict so he could “buy food.” I didn’t trust him, but he was one of my soldiers, and he needed food. I lent him the money, knowing I was giving him the rope to hang himself with. I waited outside his room all day to see him when he got back from where ever he was. He came walking into the barracks with a bunch of Walmart bags loaded with food, showed me the receipt when he set the bags down. He paid me back the next week. There is a bit of trustworthiness in everyone, you just have to find it.

55: What is something I disliked about today?
-It was a good day.

56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
-I’d have to think about that for a long time. Something with that potential cannot be squandered.

57: What do I think about most?
-Everything, I’m very pensive.

58: What’s my strangest talent?
-Identifying traits and faults and self diagnosis of yourself are things that cannot be done. Too biased.

59: Do I have any strange phobias?
-Aliens. 

 60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
-It’s situational.

61: What was the last lie I told?
-I’m not sure. I’m not big on lies. When I choose to deceive it’s with misinformation and avoiding the issue. I can rarely bring myself to flat out lie to someones face.

62: Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
-Video.

63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
-Yes.

64: Do I believe in magic?
-I’m not really sure. I’m kind of grounded in science, which one could say is simply the institutionalization of traditional “Magic.”

65: Do I believe in luck?
-In a way of sorts.

66: What’s the weather like right now?
-Dark and Cols.

67: What was the last book I’ve read?
-Last one I finished was Wizard and Glass by King. Right now I’m reading The Wolves of Calla, by the same author.

68: Do I like the smell of gasoline?
-Who doesn’t?

69: Do I have any nicknames?
-Many.

70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had?
-Worst in pain? Breaking my foot. Worst in duration? Being sore from a blast.

71: Do I spend money or save it?
-A little of both.

72: Can I touch my nose with a tounge?
-No.

73: Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me?
-No.

74: Favourite animal?
-Canines. To include non domesticated species.

75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?
-Reading.

76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?
-The concept of The Devil, or Satan, has only as much power over you as you allow him to have. This is in accordance with modern religion, where the notion of Satan comes from anyway. Therefore if you simply deny him, he is not there, and as such cannot have a last name.

77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? 
-Pumped up Kicks.   

78: How can you win my heart?
-You cannot in it. If it isn’t yours from the get go it simply wont be.

79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?
-Who knows, in the end it isn’t really my problem at that point.

80: What is my favorite word?
-Fuck.

81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr:
-You mean people canpay attention to more then just  few at a a time?

82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?
-The cale is a lie.

83: Do I have any relatives in jail?
-No.

84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?
-Turn Ethereal.

85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
-There’s a few.

86: What is my current desktop picture?
-Amanda Seyfried from In Time.

87: Had sex?
-Yes.

88: Bought condoms?
-Yes.

89: Gotten pregnant?
-See question #44 from appropriate response.

90: Failed a class?
-Many.

91: Kissed a boy?
-No.

92: Kissed a girl?
-More then I’d let on

93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?
-Yes.

94: Let someone video tape you having sex?
-Nope. 

95: Left the house without my wallet?
-Not recently.

96: Bullied someone on the internet?
-Not really? Define bully.

97: Had sex in public?
-No.

98: In a vehicle?
-No, actually.

99: Smoked weed?
-Yes.

100: Did drugs?
-Yes.

101: Smoked cigarettes?
-Yes.

102: Drank alcohol?
-Yes.

103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?
-No. It’s a retarded notion.

104: Been overweight?
-No.

105: Been underweight?
-Yes.

106: Been to a wedding?
-Many.

107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?
-Only Five?

108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?
-I’ve done the T.V. ting for days.

109: Been outside my home country?
-Yes.

110: Gotten my heart broken?
-Yes.

111: Been to a professional sports game?
-Yes. Many. 

112: Broken a bone?
-Yes.
  113: Cut myself?
-Never intentionally.

114: Been to prom?
-No.

115: Been in airplane?
-Yes.

116: Fly by helicopter?
-Yes, and almost always in the damn door when we fly doors open.

117: What concerts have I been to?
-IOzzfest ‘06.

118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex?
-No.
  119: Learned another language?
-No.

120: Wore make up?
-Not in public, and not really by choice either.

121: Lost my virginity before I was 18?
-Yes.

122: Had oral sex?
-Was this written by a fucking preteen?

123: Dyed my hair?
-No.

124: Voted in a presidential election?
-No, my chain of command dropped the ball on that one.

125: Rode in an ambulance?
-Um, I’ve done plenty of Casevac missions.

126: Had a surgery?
-Yes.

 127: Met someone famous?
-The Govenator.

128: Stalked someone on a social network?
-Not really no. 

129: Peed outside?
-All the time.

130: Been fishing?
-It’s been too long.

131: Helped with charity?
-Yes.

 132: Been rejected by a crush?
-Many times.

133: Broken a mirror?
-Yes, I actually broke one right before deployment. lol.

134: What do I want for my birthday?
-I don’t care what gifts I get, I’d like to see people mostly.

135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names?
-Two.

136: Was I named after anyone?
-Yes.

137: Do I like my handwriting?
-It’s a non-issue.

138: What was my favourite toy as a child?
-Umm, Legos.

139: Favourite TV Show?
-The Walking Dead right now.

140: Where do I want to live when older?
-Some place outside the city.

141: Play any musical instrument?
-No.

142: One of my scars, how did I get it?
-Running into a wall.  

143: Favourite pizza toping?
-Meat.

144: Am I afraid of the dark?
-No. I’m comfortable there.

145: Am I afraid of heights?
-Kinda.

146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?
-Never sneaking out no.

147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?
-Yes.

148: What I’m really bad at:
-Talking to people.

149: What my greatest achievements are:
-Deployment.

150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me:
-A person once told me to stop feeling sorry for myself shortly after the cheated on me. That fucking hurt. lol.

151: What I’d do if I won in a lottery:
-Education, Savings, Investment.

152: What do I like about myself:
-See question #58.

153: My closest Tumblr friend:
-The people on here are my friends. 

154: Something I fantasize about:
-Not telling.

Before you read this gem of a statement, I would like you to know that the author is not famous, he’s not a big important person. He’s a normal person like you and I who had the honor of serving his country. Now read on.

Infantrymen have a pride and arrogance that most Americans don’t understand and don’t like. Even soldiers who aren’t infantrymen don’t understand. The pride doesn’t exist because we have a job that’s physically impressive. It certainly doesn’t exist because it takes a higher level of intelligence to perform our duties. It’s sad and I hate to admit it, but any college student or highschool graduate can physically do what we do. It’s not THAT demanding and doesn’t take a physical anomaly. Nobody will ever be able to compare us to professional athletes or fitness models. And it doesn’t take a very high IQ to read off serial numbers, pack bags according to a packing list, or know that incoming bullets have the right of way.

The pride of the infantryman comes not from knowing that he’s doing a job that others can’t, but that he’s doing a job that others simply won’t. Many infantrymen haven’t seen a lot of combat. While that may sound ideal to the civilian or non-infantry soldier, it pains the grunt. We signed up to spit in the face of danger. To walk the line between life and death and live to do it again - or not. To come to terms with our own mortality and let others try to take our life instead of yours. We have raised our hands and said, “Take me, America. I am willing to kill for you. I am willing to sacrifice my limbs for you. I will come back to America scarred and disfigured for you. I will be the first to die for you.”

That’s why the infantryman carries himself with pride and arrogance. He’s aware that America has lost respect for him. To many he’s a bloodthirsty animal. To others he’s too uneducated and stupid to get a regular job or go to college. Only he knows the truth. While there are few in America who claim to have respect for him, the infantryman returns from war with less fanfare than a first down in a high school football game. Yes, people hang up their “Support Our Troops” ribbons and on occasion thank us for our service. But in their eyes the infantryman can detect pity and shame; not respect. Consider this: How excited would you be to meet the average infantryman? Now compare that with how excited you’d be to meet a famous actor or professional sports player and you will find that you, too, are guilty of placing the wrong people on a pedestal. You wouldn’t be able to tell me how many soldiers died in the war last month, but you’d damn sure be able to tell me if one of the actors from Twilight died.

Yet the infantryman doesn’t complain about that. He continues to do his job; to volunteer his life for you, all while being paid less in four years than Tom Brady makes in one game.

It’s a job most Americans don’t understand, don’t envy, and don’t respect. That is why we have pride for the infantry.
-Tomas David Lamb.

To be back out in Laghman. Garrison life bores me, civilian life terrifies me, deployment was the best time I ever had. No bullshit, no petty stress. I’m gonna miss being able to get out there and get after it with the guys. They’ll all be there next year and I wont be able to go with them. Part of me feels like this life suits me, and that I should stick with it, but the other part of me wants to get out and get away before I can’t get out. I have no idea what to do.

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O m g crying forever at that mans face

i am so sorry for that man, i cannot imagine how hard this is for him.

omg this made me cry so much I hope he finds her and I hope she’s safe :((( 

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