Sgt. Jan Pietrzak and wife Quiana murdered

This hurts my heart! What is our world coming to. Let's band together and pray.


A young sergeant may have been killed by some of his men.
Pietrzak, 24, was murdered execution-style alongside his young new bride, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak, in their California home near Camp Pendleton and police believe the killer was a fellow Marine.
Though court reports point to one shooter, four Marines have been charged in the double homicide -- two of whom were under Pietrzak's command.
Robbery was reportedly the motive for the crime.
"To burglarize their home and then to treat them in the way they did before they died and to murder them -- it's hard for our minds to comprehend this kind of savagery," District Attorney Rod Pacheco told "Good Morning America."
According to court papers, the three other suspects named 18-year-old Lance Cpl. Emrys John as the shooter.
All four said that 26-year-old Jenkins-Pietrzak was sexually assaulted, but each suspect said the other three did it. Lance Cpl. Kesaun Sykes, 21, reportedly confessed to cutting off her clothes. A fire was set in the home, apparently to destroy evidence of the crime.

Hard -Hit 2/7 returns home from Afganistan

> > Hard-hit 2/7 begins return from Afghanistan Dan Lamothe - Staff writer-Posted : Wednesday Nov 5, 2008 9:41:23 ESTThe Marine battalion that experienced more casualties than any other unit in the Corps this year has begun returning home from southern > Afghanistan, a unit spokeswoman said Tuesday. Members of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, will return to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif., said Maj. Kelly Frushour, a Marine spokeswoman in Afghanistan. Advance parties of Marines with the 1,000-strong battalion began arriving in California the week of Oct. 27, with most of the battalion arriving next month, said Mike Alvarez, a spokesman at Twentynine Palms. At least 16 Marines and a Navy corpsman with the battalion were killed during a five-month period of the deployment that ended Oct. 31. The unit provided security, launched outreach efforts and helped train more than 800 Afghan police officers in southern Afghanistan, Marine officials said. A special-purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force comprising units from North Carolina, Hawaii and California is expected to replace 2/7 and handle many of the same duties, Frushour said. Like 2/7, it will operate out of Camp Bastion, a British base in Helmand province. Marines with 2/7 handled operations in the Helmand districts of Sangin, Gereskh, Musa Qaleh and Now Zad, and the Farah province districts of Delaram, Golestan, Bakwa and Bala Baluk, Frushour said. Afghan forces and International Security Assistance Forces commanded by Army Gen. Robert Cone have since taken over Sangin, Gereskh and Bala Baluk, Marine officials said. In an e-mail to Marine Corps Times, battalion commander Lt. Col. Richard Hall said that in three districts designated the most dangerous, 2/7 used In-District Reform, a program through which Marines patrol the region and provide security while police recruits attend an eight-week boot-camp-style training program. In the other five districts, the battalion used the Focused District Development program, with Marines training police recruits while a smaller, more highly trained Afghan police force — the Afghan National Civil Order Police — handled regional security. The mission spread 2/7's Marines over 10,000 square miles, Hall said, leaving some platoons to fight off ambushes more than eight hours away from Camp Bastion. "Certainly, the tyranny of distance is problematic at times, but nothing insurmountable, " Hall said. "Aviation is an invaluable asset here." http://www.marineco rpstimes. com/news/ 2008/11/marine_ afghanreturn_ 11040

Our Future?

A little something to think about this weekend... before you vote Tuesday.'The mark of a profound person is the ability to foresee consequences before one acts' This is an e-mail from B.Gen James Cash, USAF, who has written some very good articles on the subject. Here he recommends someone else's e-mail that impressed him, and scared him. General Cash Wrote:Occasionally, I receive an email that I agree with so totally I want to pass to everyone on my list. This is one of those emails. I have approval from the writer to forward the attached, and feel free to post it on your websites, or forward to friends. The election of Obama as President of the United States will mark the apex, and beginning downslide of this Republic. The only question is the rate at which the downfall will occur. The writer of this essay is Jerry Molen. Jerry is a great friend and an Academy Award winning Hollywood Producer. He did Jurassic Park , Hook, Rainman, and many more class movies. He won he Academy Award for Schindler' s List. Jerry is one of the very few clear thinking conservatives that I know from Hollywood . We need to get this out to as many as possible to include liberal Democrats.. We are about to make the Mother-of-All- Mistakes, because the Republican Party gave us no reliable alternative. In my opinion, if the conservative movement does not rally behind the only alternative left to us, this country will become a true Socialist State within the next two Presidential terms. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the most grave situation this nation has faced in my lifetime. Jim Cash B/G, USAF, Ret. Jerry Molen wrote: 'Election woes defined by prose.....' We just experienced an overhyped, positively outrageous primary election season that has left me cold and wondering where the heads of our citizens are hiding out. Must be someplace where the sun doesn't get to very often. At one time in my life I was a determined, dedicated and ever loyal registered Democrat. Then something happened (Lyndon Baines Johnson) that turned my life around and gave me much pause as to the veracity of a party that dwelt on and fed off of the most unfortunate among us. Some of those unfortunates were in their positions in life by way of their own choosing and others were there by circumstance But always, always with a door open to them to reach for new heights, achieve new goals, change their lives for the better. And also, always ever present were the bottom feeders doing everything they could to take advantage of those who had not or have not seen the light of better days and times nor realizing they were in fact the masters of their own destiny. They had come to believe that they were dependent on those in power in Washington and that they would look out for them and take care of their every need. They are still waiting and expecting allthose promised freebies. Most people aren't even aware that the Democrats ruled Washington for over 40 years. It wasn't until 1994 when the so called Gingrich Revolution changed that for a short period of time. Nor do people realize that it was the Dem's that created the failed policies of the many entitlement programs that are falling apart right before our eyes. Please do not think I find the Republicans blameless in all this. They too, suffer from ego inflation and greed motivators built into the system. It's just that the past few months I've listened to the rantings and railings of the left in America calling for more giveaways and better ways to obtain the proverbial 'free lunch'. I think that to sum up my feelings and why I am so set apart from those within the circles of political power and influence can be illustrated best by a quote by noted basketball legend and talk show co-host Charles Barkley: 'Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last fifty years...and they are still poor'. And now with the election results comes the promises of 'change'. 'Change we can believe in.' 'Change for the future'. When in fact if you really, I mean REALLY listen to what the new MESSIAH is asking for is not 'change of policy' or 'change for the better'. He is warning all of us that he wants our change all right, 'loose change', pocket change', social change and political change...... So people wake up. For if you don't the change you get may not be the change you were expecting or the change you wanted. To close my screed, I want to leave you with some JM predictions in the event the junior Senator from Illinois becomes President and especially if the House and Senate are veto proof. 1). Strict new gun laws will be enacted even though he promised he would not. 2). The phrase 'In God We Trust' will be removed from all currency. 3). He will back away from his pledge to Israel and leave them to the wolves of Islam. 4). Hillary Clinton will be named to the Supreme Court. 5). Tax rates will return to their highest levels in 30 years. 6). The capital gains tax will be at least double current levels. 7). Retired Army General Wesley Clark will be named Secretary of Defense. 8). The borders will be 'basically open' to all comers. Especially those from the Middle East and South America .. 9). Amnesty will be granted to all illegals now in the U.S regardless of status or even gang members (MS-13). and 10). The war in Iraq will be brought to an abrupt end and the results will be tragic and the consequences to our military will be devastating. I realize that my predictions may not sit too well with some people and the best we could all hope for is that I am totally wrong. Any bets? Jerry Molen

What's your opinion? Would you say, Well we have to make the best of it now? Would you say we need to pray, pray for our leaders? E-mail me @ angelbaby391802@yahoo.com

Well we have voted.... Today is Nov. 15 and # 5 has been done

Putting on the ARMOUR Of GOD

“We never take the armor off, but this step means renewing our commitment to wearing that armor. Thus daily . . . we fasten Truth around our loins, tie the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace on our feet; buckle Jesus’ Righteousness around our chest; place the Helmet of Salvation on our heads; take the Shield of Faith on our left arms; unsheathe the Word of God as our sword, and stand before God ready to do prayer battle. How often? I usually put on the armor of God each morning in my devotional time. But, when I face a special prayer battle, I often say: “Father, I renew my wearing of Your armor fully right now, so that I may have full protection against the enemy.” As I begin prayer battle, I also affirm, “The Lord Jesus won total victory over the enemy, and I claim that same victory in this battle.”
Paul refers to “spiritual weapons” with which we wage prayer warfare. . . . Here are a few:
· 1. The Blood of the Lamb (Revelation) 12:11).
· 2. The Word of Our Testimony (Revelation 12:10).
· 3. Faith (Hebrews 11:6).
· 4. The Name of Jesus (John 16:23; Philippians 2:9, 10)
Other such weapons include the various kinds of prayer—petition, intercession,
thanksgiving, and praise. . . . I challenge you to search out these and other weapons and learn how to use them in your pray life. . . . These weapons are real, and we can use them in prayer warfare.
Do not neglect the chief weapon—the Word of God. Not only study the Word of God, but also use it continually in every prayer and in every life situation. . . . Study the Bible and speak its words in each crisis you face. Pray God’s Word back to Him. Write His Word down and keep it in front of you at home, in your car, and at work. Do this until using the Word becomes and automatic reflex. This is the key to victory.
Then, having prepared in this way, simply begin personal battle. How Pray . . . pray . . . pray. Pray regularly—pray earnestly.”

My Prayer

“This my prayer, dear Lord, today, As I travel Life’s pathway;
May I brighten, guide, enlighten Those I meet along my way.”

“You can tell how great a person is by what it takes to discourage him.”

Books that I have made

These are my heros. I have made books for their families. I call them memory books. Our group calls them Condolence books.

Marine 1st Lt. Matthew R. Vandegrift --28, of Littleton, Colo.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 21 in Basra, Iraq, from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations. Matthew is the soldier on the far left.

Marine 1st Lt. Matthew R. Vandegrift28, of Littleton, Colo.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 21 in Basra, Iraq, from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations.
Marine 1st Lt. Matthew R. Vandegrift rememberedThe Associated Press
Growing up in Texas, Matthew R. Vandegrift was the kid in the middle of the rock fight, the one who dropped a cat out a second-story window to see if it really would land on its feet, and the one who put the emergency brake on a car that was rolling down a hill after he saw it in a James Bond movie.
“He was never the guy to start the fight,” said his brother, Barrett. “But he was always the one to finish it.”
Vandegrift, 28, of Littleton, Colo., died April 21 from wounds sustained during combat in Basra. He was a 2003 graduate of Texas A&M, where he was part of the school’s Midshipmen Battalion NROTC program, and was assigned to Camp Lejeune.
Vandegrift fulfilled a lifelong desire to serve his country and to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served in the Marine Corps from 1963 to 1971. “That boy thought I hung the moon,” said his father, John Vandegrift. “It’s the proudest thing I can claim.”
Mary Jane Vandegrift described her son as a charismatic child who grew into a caring man, someone who was determined to better the lives of those around him.
“He was the perfect kid,” she said. “One in a million.”

Corporal Jason L. Dunham was 22 years old when he left us. He came from the small town of Scio (sigh-oh) population 1900. It’s the kind of town where everyone knows your name... where values and respect still mean something. It was here, along a winding country road filled with rolling-meadows, and a swift moving creek, that Jason L. Dunham was brought into this world.

Army Pfc. Andrew T. Engstrom22, of Slaton, Texas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died July 4 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related incident. His death is under investigation.

Pfc. Brandon C. Smith 20, of Washington, Ark.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed in action March 18 in Qaim, Iraq.

LCpl Bobby L. Twitty, 20, of Bedias, Texas; assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 22 from a nonhostile vehicle accident in Ramadi, Iraq.

Lcpl Dennis J. Veater
Saturday, March 17, 11 p.m.
Lance Corporal Dennis Veater was supposed to come home to Lackawanna County next week. Instead of that joyous homecoming, loved ones gathered Saturday to pay tribute to the 20- year-old Marine, who was killed in Iraq.

Cpl. Christopher Degiovine 25 of Lone Tree, Colo.Degiovine died April 26 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

. Dustin J. Lee 20, of Quitman, Miss.; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga.; died March 21 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Herman J. Murkerson Jr.35, of Adger, Ala.; assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.; died Oct. 1 while conducting combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq.

-NavyMatthew Michael Flocco
Age: 21
Hometown: Newark, Del., USA
Occupation: Aerographer's mate second class, U.S. Navy
Location: Ground, Pentagon
"He was teaching himself to play his guitar. He'd play constantly. He was real soft, not one of those loud guys. You could hardly hear him it was so low. That was his first love, music. I always played to him all his life. I played harmonica and accordion." -- Michael Flocco, father

Lance Cpl. Casey L. Casanova
Lance Cpl. Casey L. Casanova, 22, of McComb, Miss. died May 2 in Al Anbar province, Iraq, supporting combat operations. She was assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Sgt. Melvin "Jay" Horn
Jays father and I are friends and have been since he was a teenager. Jay came home from Iraq and died in a hospital in California. He was hurt in Iraq and was never able to get over it.

DoD Identifies Marine CasualtyThe Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Master Sgt. Brian P. McAnulty, 39, of Vicksburg, Miss., died Dec. 11 when the CH-53 helicopter he was riding in crashed just after takeoff in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Submitted by Alan H Barbour, Historian, USMC Combat Helicopter Association

Marine Pfc. Bufford K. Van Slyke22, of Bay City, Mich.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Saginaw, Mich.; died Feb. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Marine from Hawthorne was killed while fighting in Iraq, state and federal officials announced Friday.Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Mayhan, 25, died Dec. 21 in combat in Anbar province.

Honoring our Hero
On 11/22/2006 our lives came to a screeching halt. On that day we were notified that our son, Pvt. Heath D. Warner had been killed by a roadside IED (improvised explosive device) in the Al An bar province in Iraq. That was the saddest day of our lives and has forever changed our family. Heath believed in the mission he was fighting in. He told us before he left for Iraq that he was going over there to fight so we would not have to fight the terrorist over her. We know that while Heath was on top of his humvee, he was thinking of us, his family, friends and fellow Americans. He died thinking of us and we live thinking of him.

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn L. Gabbard46, of Polk City, Iowa; assigned to Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa Army National Guard, Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa; died in Baghdad on Jan. 20 when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was in crashed. Also killed were Col. Brian D. Allgood, Staff Sgt. Darryl D. Booker, Sgt. 1st Class John G. Brown, Lt. Col. David C. Canegata, Command Sgt. Maj. Roger W. Haller, Col. Paul M. Kelly, Staff Sgt. Floyd E. Lake, Cpl. Victor M. Langarica, Capt. Sean E. Lyerly, Maj. Michael V. Taylor and 1st Sgt. William T. Warren.

The Price of Independence

THE PRICE OF INDEPENDENCE


Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, and another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declarations of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” They gave you and me a free and independent America. They history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fight the British, We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so mush for granted… We shouldn’t. Take a moment while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid……..

Harry Potter or not?

Harry Potter: Is It Something That Christian Children Should Read and/or See?by Rich Deem
Harry Potter books (and movie) are quite popular now, and even more Harry Potter will be found in all kinds of marketing schemes to profit from this popularity. My objection to the book series is from the point of the worldview represented, and the participation of the "good guys" in occult practices specifically prohibited in the Bible. The following are practices that the Bible forbids believers from engaging in:
Occult Practices Forbidden in the Bible (# times mentionedverses)
sorcery (5)1
divination (13)2
mediums (7)3
conjuring spirits (5)4
necromancy (2)5
fortune telling (7)6
witchcraft (2)7
charming (2)8
wizardry (2)9
enchantments (2)10
spiritism (1)11
signs performed using evil powers (4)12
astrology (1)13
false visions (3)14
spells (2)15
occult books (1)16
The Old Testament describes the punishment, given by God, for those who participate in occult practices. For both the one who practices and the one who hires the one who practices, the penalty is death (Exodus 22:18,1 Micah 5:12,1 Leviticus 20:6,3 Leviticus 20:27,3 1 Chronicles 10:13-14,3), indicating the seriousness of these offenses.
These prohibitions extend to both the Old and New Testaments. Occult practices by believers are condemned by Jesus in the books of Matthew and Mark,12 Paul in the books of Galatians1 and 2 Thessalonians,12 and Luke (several times in the book of Acts).2, 4, 16 Some of those who practiced sorcery, when they became followers of Jesus Christ burned their occult books.16 These days, however, many Christians are actually promoting these books to other believers, and finding "Christian" analogies and even the "Gospel" story in it. The problem is that the "good" guys in Harry Potter are relying upon magic and sorcery instead of God for their power. The Bible states emphatically that doing evil to accomplish good ends is not acceptable.17
I have heard from many Christians that the Harry Potter series is fantasy, and so it is okay to indulge in it, since it isn't "real" witchcraft. The problem that we Christians have is that we have believed the Disney lie that witchcraft is okay, or maybe just a minor sin. We have been indoctrinated by the years of slow introduction through the culture and videos into believing that it is okay to indulge in this stuff as long as we don't actually participate in it personally.
However, the Harry Potter stories take place in the fantasy land of Great Britain. Most would agree that this is a real place. Are all things that are classified as fantasy okay for a Christian to indulge in? Is it okay to play video games where the object is to murder everybody in sight, with blood and body parts flying everywhere? Is it okay for a Christian to read trashy novels where everybody is engaged in adulterous, incestuous or bisexual activities? It is fantasy after all, so it must be okay to read these things? The fallacy of the fantasy excuse becomes apparent when we discuss areas of sin that are still considered sinful by the culture to which we have become acclimated.
Other Christian writers, such as C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, have used fantasy and magic. The difference between C. S. Lewis and Harry Potter is the source of the power. In The Chronicles of Narnia, the source of the power is Aslan - the Lion representation of Jesus Christ. In Harry Potter, the source of power is unknown, but available to those who wants to us it.