http://www.getfreshminds.com/2008/10/help-ratchet.html

and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sign the petition here it takes 2 minutes, and you will be doing a GREAT thing:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/release-ratchet-from-iraq-now

Thanks so much everyone. We need 1000 signatures.  Im an animal lover and cant stand to see the site of OUR soldiers dog NOT coming home with her...

Thanks

Mike

This may sound kind'a like "Saving Private Ryan" theme but its quite different than the movie per se.

This morning, while having coffee in my office cubicle, I happened to come across a particular article on Digg about US military threatening to kill a dog that is befriended by a soldier while she is on duty on Iraq. At first, I thought the article was too dramatic to be true but when I googled it, it was in fact, turned out to be HORRIBLY real.

The article revolves around the story of Sgt. Gwen Beberg who befriended a pup orphan during her active duty in Iraq. She named the pup Ratchet. I know the hardships of being a military personnel, coming from the experiences of my father who happens to have an experience in the military too. The horrible atrocities of war, the violence, surviving against the vicious attacks from the enemy lines - all of these are faced by soldiers everyday of their active stay in one of the battle-devastated areas in the world - Iraq.

I give credit to the heroism, bravery and patriotism of the soldiers out there in Iraq and in other battlefields today. They serve their country well and they deserve proper treatment when they return home - weary from the battle. However, in this case (and in so many others), most of the soldiers are not being treated very well by the government and main agency they serve - even resorting to the fact of killing a precious innocent life of a DOG.

Well, yeah. You read it right. A dog's life. I know too, the importance of human life. But a dog's life is also life. From my own perspective, the military - the soldiers are trained to protect and preserve life. But I dont know what kind of perspective did the military have in this case.

The article discusses the life of Sgt. Beberg in Iraq and how Ratchet, the dog, became her lifeline and provided a more sane side of her life during her stay. Unfortunately, because of the stop-loss, Sgt. Beberg was forced to stay longer than her agreed duration period over there. Ratchet provided something for Sgt. Beberg - that in life there is still hope. Ratchet was able to get accepted on Baghdad Pups, an organization that help in the transportation and logistics of befriended dogs of other soldiers. According to one article from getfreshminds.com, the dog will be shipped to Minnesotta to Sgt. Beberg's family who will take care of Ratchet. Unfortunately, the dog's journey was halted by Sgt. Beberg's Commanding officers, confiscated the dog and sentenced it to face certain death. On the other hand, Sgt. Beberg is now under military investigation just for - befriending a dog in Iraq.

According to the military, there is a regulation against soldiers befriending animals in enemy terrirtory or from battle lines and soldiers who happen to break this particular regulation will be court-martialed.

Honestly, I find it ridiculous. Why? The military does not refer to a particular section in the rules and regulations about this matter. This is the first time I've ever heard of this. I dont understand why they are more willing to punish a soldier (who want to keep her sanity during her hurrendous stay in Iraq) for JUST BEFRIENDING a dog than court martialling the rowdy soldiers who kill thousands of innocent civilians in Iraq, rape their women, destroying their cities etc. etc. There's even a case of a soldier having fun while throwing an innocent pup over a cliff!

I am a dog owner too. And I empathized with Sgt. Beberg. I understand the atrocities all the soldier have gone through. All those atrocities are enough to make them insane, afflicted with war shock and even commit suicide when they gone home. Ratchet helped keep the sanity of Sgt. Beberg. So it is naturally devastating for her to see or hear if Ratchet got killed by the commanding officers she loyally served - not only the commanding officers but for the main agency, government and the COUNTRY she loyally served.

Jesus, I cant imagine why they would like to do atrocities even to their own soldiers. I thought the military is there to protect and preserve life. All forms of life, from what I understand. I dont want to see the military turning into heartless terminators - that they are trigger happy to kill any life - whether its human or canine.

I hope the military would do something about this. The military SHOULD uphold the highest ETHICAL behavior, the proper ways of engaging during a combat, to defend its country, to protect and preserve life. And that particular article on Digg is now at the top of the front page topics will almost 4,000 diggs and hundreds of comments. Man, are the military and its generals have GONE INSANE too? ARE THEY THAT TRIGGER HAPPY TO KILL EVEN A DOG?! The military should establish a program for this matter. They can set up clearing (screening), logistics and transporting stations for the befriended pets of the soldiers. In a psychological point of view, this will be REALLY helpful in keeping the sanity of the soldiers in the lines.

Right now, I am hoping that Ratchet would arrive safe and sound to Minnesota. I hope that Sgt. Beberg will be cleared from the investigation. I hope the military and its concerned authorities will get their sense of justice correct. If there is any particular regulation about befriending animals in the battlefield, they SHOULD explain what it is and why it is needed. I just hope that the soldiers like Sgt. Beberg would get the proper treatment they deserve.

The manner of treating even the simplest form of life reflects how you will treat the higher form of life - the way you treat a dog, a cat or any other animal life - domesticated or not - will surely reflect or give a psychological hint on the way you treat human life  and handle interpersonal relationships.

I ask every reader of this blog to pass this to your senators, to everyone else. Let this be known to the rest of the world. The rowdy soldiers who killed innocent civilians, shot their dogs, raped their women, orphaned their children should be the ones COURT MARTIALLED rather than the ones like Sgt. Beberg who protected and preserved life in any form, and who duly served their country.

Here are the main articles that you can refer to: (PLEASE ALSO PASS THIS!)

http://www.getfreshminds.com/2008/10/baghdad-pups.html

http://www.spca.com/press/item/56

You can also go to Digg to digg this article: http://digg.com/political_opinion/US_Military_threatens_to_kill_pet_of_deployed_US_Soldier

You can also go to the Baghdad Pups website: http://www.baghdadpups.com/

To Sgt. Beberg,

I'm keeping up the best hopes for you and Ratchet. I hope you will overcome this dark episode of your life. I'll pray for you both. God bless!

Deux nouvelles recrues pour venir prêter main forte au reste de ma collection, Sunstreaker (Universe 2.0 classic) & Autobot Ratchet (Animated). Tout deux en rayons chez ToysRus au milieu d' autres modèles: Optimus Prime Animated Supreme class ( ENORME et hors de prix...99,99€...), Bulkhead Headmaster Animated Leader class, Megatron Animated Leader class, quelques modèles de classe Ultra, Voyager et deluxe dans la gamme Universe 2.0 qui reprend une partie des anciens héros redesignés... et le plus surprenant tout les modèles deluxe repaint "Rounded box" du film, une exclu des magasins Target au USA!

Pour en revenir à mes 2 nouveaux Transformers, Sunstreaker est très détaillé, parfaitement articulé  et ressemble vraiment au personnage de la première génération, un "Must have!" en puissance. Quand à Ratchet il respecte à la perfection les canons établis de la série animée actuelle: bien articulé et visage très bien modélisé, une réussite!

Post-scriptum: La carte visible sur l’une des photos m’a été remise pour mes achats à ToysRus dans le cadre d’une offre promotionnelle, il s’agit d’un bon de réduction à valoir sur de prochaines dépenses… collector !!!

Location: Ratchet, The Barrens

Faction: Neutral

Perhaps it's my affinity for gallows humor or simply the break neck pace of goblin life that has me hanging by the ropes, but I'm dying to tell you about this one.

Okay, you can hurt me for that one, but sure enough right outside of Ratchet is an honest to goodness gallows for hanging people.  It leaves several questions in my mind.  First of all, how do goblins get people in the nooses?  They are small, the nooses are high.  Perhaps that's why its fallen into such disrepair.

Other reasons for it's tragic unused state could be the fact that goblins, unlike both the Horde and Alliance have found no use for any form of capital punishment.  They are far nobler beings in that sense.  They probably just found it wasn't cost effective. After all, why hang people when you can make them slaves for the glory of the Undermine?

Then again, I suppose they could have just bought the thing from ikea.

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L'édition spéciale de Spore ou "Galactic Edition" est donc un coffret regroupant deux DVD (un "making-of" du jeu et Comment créer votre Créature, DVD signé National Geographic Channel), un livret relié intitulé L'Art de Spore, un grand poster, ainsi que le "manuel galactique" de 100 pages.

I give this game a 9

have a good night yall

SOme i have written

• Love is mine
• What is Love
• Life is worthwhile

"What about love?
Don't you want someone
To care about you?
What about love?
Don't let it slip away
What about love?
I only want to share it with you
You might need it someday"

Love the song.. it rocks

There is nothing worse than a broken heart. It feels as though your life has ended. Haha well so I have heard

Good night!

Chantilly,

Trafico,Saude,

Nome,

Mundial,

mundo,T

erra,

Ratchet,

Tagus,

how important it is that they are just there. how important it is that they are just there.

Some people do not know Some people do not know

how well it is doing, only to see it. how well it is doing, only to see it.
Some people do not know Some people do not know

how comforting her kind smile effect. how comforting her kind smile effect.

Some people do not know Some people do not know

how much poorer we would be without them ... how much poorer we would be without them ...

They knew it, we would say! They knew it, we would say!

Roses are

So is my cheeks when i think of you

....XOXXO

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Good luck

by Zeenat

Once upon a time this girl met a guy who lived across the world,
Never would she imagine he would want her as his girl.
Every time they saw each other they had nothing to say,
Not noticing wasting time would have been useful in ways.

Small words gradually changed into sayings to one another,
Both not knowing the emotions they had for each other.
Her heart was flowing with joy; to her cousin she had to tell,
Never did she think into his arms her heart had just fell.

Her cousin told her that she had something important to say,
She was smiling with joy as she said he too feels the same way.
A couple days before she had to leave back on the airplane,
Every time they saw each other, it no longer felt the same.

Both being sad, they knew what their hearts were going through,
Yet he was trying to be strong, saying is there anything we can do.
The day she was at the airport, her heart was waiting to say goodbye,
She didn't know how soon she had to leave; never even found out he tried.

Hours in silence, memories played, in her heart he is forever kept,
There she sat alone staring out the window, in her tears she slept.

Submission date : 2008-09-03
Last edit : 2008-09-03

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PS. If you're one of the hundreds of commentators who didn't understand the hilariously SIMPLE fact that this is OS X put to Vista commentary, I suggest

Simply amazing. The colors are wonderful. I wish to see a flower looking that way one day.

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