I have UNLIMITED bandwidth for the desecrated crosses pics

[Barad Simith]

UNLIMITED. It's in the contract. They charge me for hard drive space, not bandwidth.

Unfortunately, I only have a little over 4 MB of space left between 2 accounts (and that's after going through, just now, and ridding the accounts of everything that wasn't absolutely necessary).

That's not bad, though, considering I can host about 40 photos of 100 K each.

Email the pics to [e-mail] or PM me with links to the DU threads (in case I don't see them right away), and I'll host as many as I can.

Remember, it's unlimited bandwidth. A million views an hour? No extra charge (although I sure hope we don't crash the servers). Hotlink to your hearts' content.

:bounce:

I'm acquainted with the owner of the company I rent the space from, and he once explained how he can afford to do this without charging me an arm and a leg. I didn't understand it, but I know it works.

[ailsagirl]

1. Kick (bless you)

[Kire]

2. this seems easier

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=111&topic_id=43471

[dweller]

3. check here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4362471&mesg_id=4362471


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[Barad Simith]

4. FIRST SET (4)

[Barad Simith]

5. another

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. In honor of the fallen we see here--Real people RIP

Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales


20, of Coahoma, Texas; assigned to the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq.

Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, a logistics vehicle system operator died April 3 in a vehicle accident in Iraq. Friends and former teachers in his hometown of Coahoma, Texas, a town of 1,000 people 260 miles west of Dallas, described Bales as happy-go-lucky, popular and responsible.

“Chad was the type of man who did whatever needed to be done,” said a former high school football teammate, Billy-Bob Walker. “He never complained and always pulled his share.”

The school’s football coach, Robert Wood, called him a go-getter. “He gave great effort in everything he did and was always willing to play his role,” Wood said.

Army Spc. Jason C. Ford


21, of Bowie, Md.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based in Schweinfurt, Germany; killed March 13 when his patrol hit an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq.

When Spc. Jason C. Ford’s unit arrived in Tikrit, Iraq, to take over security duties, the soldier was uneasy. When he called his father and stepmother, he told them of hearing gunfire during his first patrol in Tikrit, the site of frequent attacks on U.S. soldiers.

“I could hear the anxiety. It was almost like he was saying to himself, ‘This is the real thing,’” said his father, Joseph Ford. Days later, on March 13, the 21-year-old soldier from Bowie, Md., was killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to his Humvee while he was on just his second patrol in Tikrit.

People gravitated to the soldier because of his happy demeanor, his stepmother said. “He was just sweet, a good child,” Irene Ford said. “There was nobody who didn’t like him.”

Joseph Ford said the Army gave his son structure and some “growing up.” The Vietnam veteran said he tried to reassure his son that his training would get him through his tour in Iraq.

— Associated Press

Army Spc. Joseph L. Lister


22, of Pleasanton, Kan.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Riley, Kan.; killed while riding in a convoy Nov. 20 when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, Iraq.

Fifth soldier from Kansas, 16th from Riley, killed in Iraq

Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Pleasanton resident who gained maturity in the Army and had a strong religious faith has become the fifth Kansas soldier and the 16th from Fort Riley to die serving in Iraq.

The Army post said that Spc. Joseph L. Lister, 22, died Nov. 20 in Ar Ramadi when the convoy in which he was traveling was hit by a homemade bomb.

Lister is survived by his wife and an infant son at Fort Riley. People who knew him said that he’d become more mature and confident and was proud of his military service.

“Everything was really clicking for him,” said the Rev. Jim Landrum, pastor at First Baptist Church in Pleasanton, where Lister was baptised in 1999.

Landrum said Lister could be headstrong as a teenager. John Heidrick, a Pleasanton High School, from which Lister graduated in 1999, described Lister as sometimes ornery.

“He responded pretty good most of the time to some guidance and structure,” Heidrick said. “He was very proud of what he was doing. He was very proud of being in the Army.”

Landrum said Lister showed pride in his faith in part by getting a large cross tattooed on his back.

According to accounts from family, Landrum said, Lister was with two other soldiers when the attack occurred and probably would have preferred to die instead of the others.

“Joe had such a strong faith, he had no question about where he would spend eternity,” Landrum said.

Heidrick, a retired Air Force intelligence officer, teaches special education classes at Pleasanton High School, helping students with study skills. He said he helped Lister stay organized and focused on school assignments.

Lister moved to Pleasanton from Lawrence as a high school freshman to live with his grandparents, Heidrick said.

“He seemed like a lost kid, and the military is a family, and you are well taken care of in the military,” Heidrick said.

Lister sang in both the school choir and church choir.

“He didn’t have a great voice or anything, but he had a lot of enthusiasm,” Heidrick said.

Heidrick said that while in high school, Lister had talked about becoming a history or special education teacher. Heidrick said he had been surprised by Lister’s decision to enlist in the Army in 1999.

Lister was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. He joined the Army in August 1999 and had been stationed at Fort Riley since July 2002. He was an armor crewman who deployed to Iraq in September.

About 6,500 Fort Riley soldiers are deployed in Iraq. The post deployed 12,000 troops in 1990 for the Persian Gulf War, losing 18 soldiers during combat.

Heidrick said duty in Korea had prepared Lister for service in the Gulf.

“I think he knew he would eventually go somewhere to fight the war on terrorism,” Heidrick said. “He was ready to do it.”

The news of the post’s 16th death, the third in 10 days, was being felt by families still living at Fort Riley.

“Everyone knows this is to be expected, but this is still very painful,” said Pearl Speer, the post’s director of community services. “Life is going to go on and they’re not going to defeat us in those ways.”

[opihimoimoi]

7. OMG, How in the World this Nation produced such a DOOFUS

to go out and do this horrible deed. Was he inspired by Bush/Rove/Pubs?

The familes must be PISSED.