ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization

September 9, 2005

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"Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians - Local police
officers began confiscating weapons from civilians in
preparation for a forced evacuation of the last
holdouts..."

It sounds like a headline from _Unintended Consequences_.
But it's happening now -- today -- in New Orleans.  Law
enforcement officials are confiscating the legally-owned
firearms from law-abiding citizens without due process,
without warrants, and without cause, leaving their owners
utterly defenseless and at the mercy of looters and thugs.

According to an article in the New York Times
(http://tinyurl.com/9ot44), the police superintendent P.
Edwin Compass III decreed that no civilians in New Orleans
will be allowed to carry firearms of any kind, even if they
possess permits to do so. "Only law enforcement are allowed
to have weapons," he said.

(Well, not quite. The New Orleans police department will
not be confiscating the weapons of private security
personnel, guaranteeing that only those wealthy enough to
afford a private bodyguard can be assured of protection).

Second Amendment advocates have long warned that such
confiscations would undoubtedly occur in the event of major
catastrophe. That they were right is not a surprise. Sadly,
neither is the fact that few gun owners have resisted the
confiscations.

Over the years, Americans have become increasingly ignorant
about what rights they really have. Inalienable, individual
rights have given way to "junk rights" -- privileges to be
granted or withheld at the whim of the government. So if
the government demands that they give up their guns, it's
only natural that they should comply. Police officers and
soldiers who are confiscating the firearms are either
equally ignorant about citizens' rights ... or _simply
don't care_ about following unconstitutional orders.

We've stated repeatedly that we must restore a Bill of
Rights culture in this country. Until the populace knows
ALL of its rights _and insists those rights be respected_ ,
the "brown-shirting" now in New Orleans will only get
worse.

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We MUST educate our fellow citizens about the Bill of
Rights, or what's happening in New Orleans today will
probably happen in your town tomorrow.

Wanna bet the brownshirts aren't lusting to do it?

- The Liberty Crew

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To Vietnam veterans and others... I received this today...

USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION MAILING LIST
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Marines, Corpsmen, & Others,

Just a quick note to let everybody know we have re-designed the KIA database, one of the most important aspects of our organization and presence on the web. 

We have added the ability to add KIA details by conflict.

http://www.popasmoke.com/kia

Please stop by when you can, your feedback is always appreciated.  If you know of any KIA's from any conflict, not listed, please let us know.

Semper Fi,

Alan H. Barbour
Wally Beddoe

Another email received today.....

USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION MAILING LIST
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Marines, Corpsmen, & Others,

FROM THE COMMAND BUNKER

MIKE CLAUSEN MEMORIAL FUND



“The enduring emotion of war, when everything else has faded, is comradeship.  A comrade in war is a man you can trust with anything, because you have trusted him with your life.”   William Broyles Jr., “Why Men Love War,” in Esquire, 1984

Sgt Greg Davis USMC gregbobbette@bellsouth.net   has popped a green smoke grenade in the zone.  He has alerted our USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION that one of our own is in need.  Fifteen months ago, our brother and Medal of Honor winner, Mike Clausen was laid to rest in a common grave with no visible marker to honor his memory. See site address www.mikeclausen.com 

J.D. Barber our President/Chairman of the Board has come up with a mission plan to complete this noble mission.  As an association, we don’t want to get involved with any fund raising.  But, as individual Marines [A FEW GOOD MEN], we can step up and lend a hand. If we can find 100 good men to donate $100 each, we will accomplish the goal of a proper grave marker honoring Mike, which will cost about $10,000.

J.D. and your editor have kicked in our $100.  I know we can find 98 other good men.  Please help us by making a donation today so we can get a proper memorial for our fellow Marine.  Together, we can make this mission a success.  Mike Clausen, Medal of Honor winner, represents our best.  We owe his memory our full support.  Visit site www.mikeclausen.com  .

Any contribution can be sent [snail-mail] to the following:

Mike Clausen Memorial Fund
P.O. Box 2161
Hammond, LA 70404


A Marine is not dead until he is forgotten. OOORAH!!!

Semper Fidelis.

Charles Maddocks,
Editor POPASMOKE



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Raymond M. Clausen Jr., a helicopter crewman in the Vietnam War who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow marines stranded in a minefield under enemy fire, died May 30, 2004 at a hospital in Dallas, Texas. At 56 years old, Mike Clausen, who lived in Ponchatoula, La., died of liver failure.


Mr. Clausen, a native of New Orleans, enlisted in the Marines in May 1966 after attending Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.


On Jan. 31, 1970, Private First Class Clausen, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 of the First Marine Air Wing, flew as crew chief on a mission to rescue marines who had inadvertently entered an area containing American-laid mines while pursuing enemy troops near Da Nang.


Private Clausen guided the pilot to a landing in a patch of tall grass cleared by one of several mine explosions. Twenty marines were nearby, 11 of them wounded, one already dead, and the other 8 in place, fearful of setting off additional mines if they moved.


Private Clausen disobeyed an order by the helicopter pilot to remain on the craft. "I told him, `No, sir, I'm going off the plane,' " he recalled in an interview with The Dallas Morning News last January.

He leaped from the helicopter, ignored the presence of hidden mines, picked up a wounded marine and carried him back to the craft. Several other marines followed his path to the helicopter, knowing it would be clear of the mines.


Private Clausen then directed the helicopter to another spot and resumed his rescue efforts. His citation said that despite the threat of further mine explosions, he made six trips out of the helicopter. On one of them, a mine detonated while he was carrying a wounded marine, killing another member of the stranded platoon and wounding three other men.


"Only when he was certain that all marines were safely aboard did he signal the pilot to lift the helicopter," his citation said.


President Richard M. Nixon presented Mr. Clausen with the Medal of Honor at the White House on June 15, 1971.


Soon after leaving military service in 1970, Mr. Clausen was in an auto accident that left him in a coma for several months and impaired his ability to work, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported. But he spoke often to veterans' organizations.


His wife, Lois, two brothers and a sister, survives Mr. Clausen.


Medal of Honor

CLAUSEN, RAYMOND M.


Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing



Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 31 January 1970
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Note from DC: This was received from a Vietnam Marine (who served with 1/9, the Walking Dead)... published without further comment.

The following was an E-mail sent to me by Sherman Batman a former career SF SNCO who was an operative with the Studies and Observations Group, CCS in RVN. We harass each other at every opportunity but the truth is we harbor mutual respect. I hope this is a legitimate letter. Regardless, you former warriors will remember the attitude and appreciate how these young Marines think.

Take Care My Friends,

Buzz

The following email was sent from a Col. who is a surgeon stationed in Iraq. It was sent to his Dad who was a fighter pilot in Vietnam during the war. I'm seeking permission to put it on our website. Verified by Troy Watson.

Dear Dad,

If I ever hear airmen griping and complaining, I jump into them pretty quickly, now. Most people over here have nothing to gripe about compared to Marines. Marines are different. They have a different outlook on life.

One Marine Private was here for several days because he was a lower priority evacuation patient. He insisted on coming to attention and displaying proper military courtesy every morning when I came through on rounds. He was in a great deal of pain, and it was a stressful to watch him work his way off the bed and onto his crutches. I told him he was excused and did not have to come to attention while he was a patient, and he informed me that he was a good Marine and would address "Air Force Colonels standing on my feet, Sir." I had to turn away so he would not see the tear in my eye. He did not have "feet" because we amputated his right leg below the knee on the first night he came in.

I asked a Marine Lance Corporal if there was anything I could get him as I was making rounds one morning. He was an above the knee amputation after an IED blast, and he surprised me when he asked for a trigonometry book. "You enjoy math do you?" He replied, "Not particularly, Sir. I was never good at it, but I need to get good at it, now." "Are you planning on going back to school?" I asked. "No sir, I am planning on shooting artillery. I will slow an infantry platoon down with just one good leg, but I am going to get good at math and learn how to shoot artillery." I hope he does.

I had the sad duty of standing over a young Marine Sgt. when he recovered from anesthesia - despite our best efforts there was just no way to save his left arm, and it had to come off just below the elbow.

"Can I have my arm back, sir?" he asked.

"No, we had to cut it off, we cannot reattach it." I said.

"But can I have my arm?" he asked again.

"You see, we had to cut it off."

He interrupted, "I know you had to cut it off, but I want it back. It must be in a bag or something, Sir."

"Why do you want it?" I asked.

"I am going to have it stuffed and use it as a club when I get back to my unit." I must have looked shocked because he tried to comfort me, "Don't you worry now, Colonel. You did a fine job, and I hardly hurt at all; besides I scratch and shoot with my other hand anyway."

God Bless the Marines

Marine Math

The Korean War, in which the Marine Corps fought and won some of its most brutal battles, was not without its gallows humor.

During one such conflict a ROK (Republic of Korea) commander, whose unit was fighting along with the Marines, called legendary Marine Chesty Puller to report a major Chinese attack in his sector.

"How many Chinese are attacking you?" asked Puller.

"Many, many Chinese!" replied the excited Korean officer.

Puller asked for another count and got the same answer "Many, many Chinese!"

"Goddammit!" swore Puller, "Put my Marine liaison officer on the radio."

In a minute, an American voice came over the air: "Yes sir?"

"Lieutenant," growled Chesty, "exactly how many Chinese you got up there?"

"Colonel, we got a whole shitload of Chinese up here!"

"Thank God," exclaimed Puller, "at least there's someone up there who knows how to count!"

Hello. This is the first blog for this retired U.S. Marine. It'll be short but pithy... and now we have a few more words as I get the hang of this... I hope it's interesting enough to come back to!