National Guard pictures, in the flood and ice. & a couple more picts

[uppityperson]

Thank you National Guard!


BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrr


One of just a neighborhood in flat land where water spreads and spreads and spreads and spreads and... Notice the houses are higher than the road?


Gain silos for an arty picture


Hjelmkost Center, looks like wet feet is all for the boat (under the tent) and church. Hopefully.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Good work. Thank you for posting this and keeping us all informed. k+r, n/t

[uppityperson]

2. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr brrr brrr brrrr

[ColbertWatcher]

3. I think that's the worst part of it--that it was so freakin' cold.

Here are three pictures that I found that I think best illustrate the community:

[annm4peace]

4. We want all of our National Guard in the US to help with our State's needs

Gov. Pawlenty should be calling back all the MN National Guard to help with the Flooding. There is going to be more flooding and they AND their Equipment should be here in MN to help.

http://www.minnesotanationalguard.org/press_room/fact_sheets/military_equipment.php

Equipment of MN National Guard

http://www.minnesotanationalguard.org/units/unit_template.php?unit=PUNRR

How much of the State's Tax Payer dollar's being spent on private contractors for their equipment and vehicles being used in the flooding that the MN National Guard could be using? It must be huge amount.

http://www.theredbulls.org/tiki-index.php It is not too late, they need to be called back.

I know that there are already MN NG helping in Moorhead but none of our National Guard should be out of the country. They are calling for more volunteers but they should be calling our MN Guard members that are still in the country to be called back to help this state. That is what they have signed up for and trained for, and what the Constitution says they are suppose to be here for.
On Feb 13th, 1000 MN NG members were sent to Iraq in Feb.. To train Iraqi police.. The MN NG haven't left the country yet, they are still in WA.
Gov Pawlenty could call them back, if he was truly for the people of this state. (not using the MN NG for his way to higher office)
Some of these Guard members have been sent to Iraq 4 times, many for 3 times. They should be here in MN for natural disasters and any unrest here. We, as taxpayers, should not paying private companies and contractors to do what the MN guard should be doing.
Maybe Pawlenty is getting campaign donations from the private companies.


In fact it is illegal for the NG to be overseas.. In Dec it was declare Iraq was no longer an imminent threat.

The Guard are the mainstay of America's national defense, and as with other American institutions, the Guard's duties are distributed between the states and the federal government. Unless called into national service, each unit and each individual member of the Guard remains in the service of their respective states.
Five years ago, George Bush called the Guard into national service pursuant to the 2002 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq. The AUMF, passed by Congress in its rush to war, established a limited mission: First, the removal of Saddam Hussein from power; second, enforcement of preceding United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the elimination of alleged Iraqi WMDs and ballistic missiles.



Sadly I heard tonight that Military's "North Com" is going to graciously send two more rescue helicopters to Moorhead and Fargo.

** Maybe they should close "North Com" and send them to Iraq.. and bring back our National Guard and especially those MN Guard members waiting in Washington to be sent out.

[uppityperson]

6. Bring the National Guard back to their nation. To do what needs doing here.

I very much agree with what you write and it pisses me off very much too

[winyanstaz]

5. This is what the National Guard is supposed to be doing...

NOT fighting wars for oil half a world away when we need them so much here at home.
Please write or call your Representatives and don't let up the pressure to bring our troops home now.
Stop the Wars!!

[annm4peace]

7. State Legislature writing bills to Bring their National Guard home

http://www.bringtheguardhome.org/

"Bring the Guard Home! It's the law." is a national movement of state campaigns to end the unlawful overseas deployment of our National Guard.

State campaigns are active in Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, and new states are joining all the time.