REAL American Heroes – Cameron Lyle from UNH

Today we salute YOU Mr. Bone Marrow Donor.

Real American Heroes!

Cameron Lyle – Univ. of New Hampshire Track & Field. Click to enlarge.

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Since the tragic events in Boston, the only news we have heard lately is bad news. A story coming out of New Hampshire will hopefully change that.

Cameron Lyle, a senior track and field athlete from the University of New Hampshire, will miss the rest of his career after deciding to donate bone marrow to an anonymous donor later this month.

Back in his sophomore year of college, Lyle along with other UNH athletes participated in a drive on campus to join the national bone marrow registry. After having his mouth swabbed, Lyle did not think anything of the event and went about his collegiate career on the track team, throwing the discus, shot put and hammer.

It wasn’t until Lyle received a phone call from National Marrow Donor Program a few months ago that things started to change. They informed him during that initial phone call that he was a possible match for someone. A few weeks later, the organization called back and told Cameron that he was a 100 percent match. Lyle decided that he would donate his bone marrow which ended his career at New Hampshire.

“They told me it was a one in five million chance of me being a match for a non-family member,” Lyle told the Eagle Tribune. “They gave me the timeline and everything’s been moving quickly after that.”

After Lyle has the surgery, he will not be able to lift 20 pounds over his head for a few weeks. With that limitation, Cameron will be not able to throw the discus, hammer and shot put. He was scheduled to compete in two more meets this season including the America East championship. But Lyle knew the decision he would make.

“I knew right away I was definitely going to donate. I was pretty terrified at first but it is starting to settle in.”

Lyle’s bone marrow will be going to a 28-year-old male who is suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Lyle and the anonymous recipient must remain unknown to one another due to law.

“He has six months to live and I have the possibility to buy him a couple of more years,” said Lyle about the recipient of his bone marrow. 

The toughest person Lyle had to tell about his decision was his track and field coach at New Hampshire Jim Boulanger.

“I felt like I was walking into the principal’s office had done something wrong,” Lyle thought about telling his coach. Much to Lyle’s happiness, his coach was behind him.

“I told him, you either do 12 throws at the conference championships, or you give another man a few more years,” Boulanger said. “It was easy for me.”

The surgery is set for April 24 and Lyle is ready. His mother, Christine Sciacca, will be going with him to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for the procedure. Lyle looks forward to possibly meeting the man he is helping.

“I’d love to meet him some day,” Lyle said. “He’s not that much older than myself. I just can’t imagine what he’s going through.”

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Thirtieth Day of April in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Thirteen.

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Deputy Buonadonna Benefit

Benefit for Deputy John Buonadonna

of the Durham County

Sheriff’s Department.

When: Saturday April 27, 2013 11:00am – 7:00pm

Where: Charlie’s Pub & Grille

758 Ninth Street

Durham, NC 27705

Pre-sale tickets available at Charlie’s. Telephone (919) 286-4446   

Click on the flyer for the full size / printable version.

And here are a few photos I stole from his Facebook page. I hope he doesn’t mind.

Deputy John playing Santa Claus during the Bahama Christmas Parade.

Just John

John and the Blue Devil.

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Tenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Thirteen.

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ALERT – Westboro Baptist Church in North Carolina

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Westboro Baptist Church will be protesting SGT Donna Johnson’s funeral at 10:15am Saturday Oct 13, 2012 at the Raeford Presbyterian Church, 128 Edinborogh Ave. Raeford NC 28376.

If you live close, please go & help the volunteers stand in line between WBC & the family.

If you can’t, please repost or share this BLOG so others will know about it.

SGT Johnson was killed in Khost, Afghanistan on Oct 1st by a suicide bomber. She has served our nation for 6 yrs. This was her 3rd deployment.

Update: A short video of the THOUSANDS that turned out to SUPPORT our fallen heroes and send a CLEAR message to the Westboro people.

 

 

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Tenth Day of October in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Twelve.

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It Is The Veteran….

 A good friend of mine attended Rolling Thunder in DC this weekend. His name is Tom Gallo and he is a terrific artist and a HUGE PATRIOT. Please check out some of his artwork.

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http://tomgalloart.com/Home.aspx

Here are a couple of other items he has done. Click on any pic for a larger image.

 

The ‘TEA” Shirt from 2010

 

 

Marine Version of  ‘It Is The Veteran…’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Twenty Eighth Day of May in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Twelve.

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Occupy the RDU Airport Atrium

On Wednesday, October 26, 2011 a group of about 100 World War II Veterans will fly up to DC for a day trip. Please come out to the RDU Airport (The Parking Deck Atrium) about 7:30pm and “Occupy” a spot.

It is sponsored by the Triangle Flight of Honor

The Atrium empty

 

 

 

The Atrium in November 2010 during the heroes homecoming.

 

 

 

At about 8:00pm, our TRUE celebrities will be returning! Let’s give them a warm welcome home!

Our True Celebrities.

Occupy the Atrium!

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Twenty First Day of October in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven

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Meg Griffin is going to the Marine Corps Ball in NC

Update November 21, 2011:

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-friends/index.html#/v/1286906112001/milas-big-night-out/?playlist_id=86912

Well, not really Meg, since she is an animated character, but the actress that does Meg’s Voice, Mila Kunis has accepted and invitation from Marine Sgt. Scott Moore. Congratulations Scott.

Meg Griffin (character from 'Family Guy' voiced by Mila Kunis)

The Blaze Story

And here are a couple of photos of the actress herself.

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis

And here is the Youtube clip of Scott asking her to the Marine Corps Ball.

Congratulations Sgt. Moore. You two have fun!

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Eleventh Day of July in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven.

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Navy Chics are “HOT HOT HOT”

A US Naval Vessel (click to enlarge)

 

Update – January 25, 2012

Just got word that my pal Sarah will be coming home on February 10, 2012. Please join me in welcoming home one of our HEROES!

 

SD2010 went to a little Independence Day gathering with some dear old friends on Monday evening. Our lovely hostess (Ms. Faye) has a daughter (Sarah) that is currently serving in the US Navy. Now, those of you who know & follow Silence, know full well that I had to ask about Sarah and how she was doing.

So… I get back home and I do a little search, on the vessel that Sarah is stationed on, and I find lots of great info. They even have a Facebook page with pics of the crew and everything.

Here’s a pic of  my buddy Sarah at work on the USS XXXXXXXXXXX (Ships name withheld to protect privacy)

Spent shells are "HOT HOT HOT" (Click image to enlarge)

Navy Chics are HOT HOT HOT…… sing it w/ me now.

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Sixth Day of July in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven.

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Lt. Dan Band – For the Common Good

This blogger has been pondering what his message would be for this, the 235th anniversary of our Great Republic, known as the July 4th Holiday. Thanks and a Hat Tip to a fellow local Patriot…Rick Johnson of Paul Revere Radio for informing me of this new movie release.

And here are a few pics from the movie trailer. Note: These photos were copied from the LT. Dan Band – For The Common Good Facebook page. I do NOT own the rights to these photos and if there is any issue with me duplicating them here, please let me know & I will remove them ASAP.

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Lt. Dan Band: For The Common Good

Lt. Dan Band on Stage

Raquel Welch

Lt. Dan with the Marines in Iraq

Jon Voight

Robert Duvall

Entertaining troops at Camp Anaconda in Iraq

Happy Independence Day Patriots!

Note: As one of Silence’s fellow Patriots (Simon) reminded me, please get yourself in the habit of calling  this holiday “Independence Day” and NOT the “4th of July”.

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 on this First Day of July in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven.

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Westboro Baptist Church in Mississippi

On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.

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That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable – though certainly noteworthy and solemn – occasion for us to mark.

And in fact when Sgt. Rogers’ body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera from Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend’s cruiser gives an indication of the scene last Thursday.

What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers’ funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn’t happen.

You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers’ funeral.

But the Westboro mob wasn’t on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident – thank God.

Why weren’t there protestors?

Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.

From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information…

A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.

Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.

Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.

A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.

Fred Phelps, the disbarred lawyer and Democrat activist who leads the Westboro congregation, will undoubtedly pursue some form of legal action for the way his people were thwarted in Brandon. Let him try. There isn’t a jury in Mississippi which will see things his way.

This is a template for how to handle the Westboro people. If lawsuits don’t work, other means will. Whatever it takes to keep them from harassing bereaved military families on the day their fallen loved ones are laid to rest.

UPDATE: Some of the feedback we’ve received from this piece came along the lines that it’s inappropriate to refer to Fred Phelps as a “Democrat activist.”

We stand by that characterization. If anything, it’s an understatement.

Fred Phelps ran for major office in Kansas as a Democrat no less than four times. He ran for governor on the Democrat ballot in 1990, 1994 and 1998 and for senator in 1992. Phelps received 11,000 votes, or seven percent, in 1990, he received 5,000 votes, or three percent, in 1994 and he picked up 15,000 votes, or 15 percent, in 1998. And in the senatorial contest in 1992 he garnered 49,000 votes, or 30 percent. Phelps furthermore ran as a Democrat candidate for mayor of Topeka in 1993 and 1997.

Phelps also has been closely associated with Al Gore on several occasions throughout Gore’s career – Phelps’ son Fred, Jr. was a Gore delegate at the 1988 Democrat convention and the Phelpses hosted a Gore fundraiser in Topeka that year. Phelps claims that Westboro members “ran” Gore’s 1988 campaign in Kansas.

Phelps may not fit within the typical definition of “Democrat activist” some of our readers expect – but a six-time Democrat candidate is an activist Democrat. That is quite clear, as unknown to the public as it might be.

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Nineteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven.

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Who is John Galt?

John Galt’s Speech (mini-version from Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ 1957) [ 964 words ]

For twelve years you’ve been asking “Who is John Galt?” This is John Galt speaking. I’m the man who’s taken away your victims and thus destroyed your world. You’ve heard it said that this is an age of moral crisis and that Man’s sins are destroying the world. But your chief virtue has been sacrifice, and you’ve demanded more sacrifices at every disaster. You’ve sacrificed justice to mercy and happiness to duty. So why should you be afraid of the world around you?

Your world is only the product of your sacrifices. While you were dragging the men who made your happiness possible to your sacrificial altars, I beat you to it. I reached them first and told them about the game you were playing and where it would take them. I explained the consequences of your ‘brother-love’ morality, which they had been too innocently generous to understand. You won’t find them now, when you need them more than ever.

We’re on strike against your creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. If you want to know how I made them quit, I told them exactly what I’m telling you tonight. I taught them the morality of Reason — that it was right to pursue one’s own happiness as one’s principal goal in life. I don’t consider the pleasure of others my goal in life, nor do I consider my pleasure the goal of anyone else’s life.

I am a trader. I earn what I get in trade for what I produce. I ask for nothing more or nothing less than what I earn. That is justice. I don’t force anyone to trade with me; I only trade for mutual benefit. Force is the great evil that has no place in a rational world. One may never force another human to act against his/her judgment. If you deny a man’s right to Reason, you must also deny your right to your own judgment. Yet you have allowed your world to be run by means of force, by men who claim that fear and joy are equal incentives, but that fear and force are more practical.

You’ve allowed such men to occupy positions of power in your world by preaching that all men are evil from the moment they’re born. When men believe this, they see nothing wrong in acting in any way they please. The name of this absurdity is ‘original sin’. That’s impossible. That which is outside the possibility of choice is also outside the province of morality. To call sin that which is outside man’s choice is a mockery of justice. To say that men are born with a free will but with a tendency toward evil is ridiculous. If the tendency is one of choice, it doesn’t come at birth. If it is not a tendency of choice, then man’s will is not free.

And then there’s your ‘brother-love’ morality. Why is it moral to serve others, but not yourself? If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but not by you? Why is it immoral to produce something of value and keep it for yourself, when it is moral for others who haven’t earned it to accept it? If it’s virtuous to give, isn’t it then selfish to take?

Your acceptance of the code of selflessness has made you fear the man who has a dollar less than you because it makes you feel that that dollar is rightfully his. You hate the man with a dollar more than you because the dollar he’s keeping is rightfully yours. Your code has made it impossible to know when to give and when to grab.

You know that you can’t give away everything and starve yourself. You’ve forced yourselves to live with undeserved, irrational guilt. Is it ever proper to help another man? No, if he demands it as his right or as a duty that you owe him. Yes, if it’s your own free choice based on your judgment of the value of that person and his struggle. This country wasn’t built by men who sought handouts. In its brilliant youth, this country showed the rest of the world what greatness was possible to Man and what happiness is possible on Earth.

Then it began apologizing for its greatness and began giving away its wealth, feeling guilty for having produced more than its neighbors. Twelve years ago, I saw what was wrong with the world and where the battle for Life had to be fought. I saw that the enemy was an inverted morality and that my acceptance of that morality was its only power. I was the first of the men who refused to give up the pursuit of his own happiness in order to serve others.

To those of you who retain some remnant of dignity and the will to live your lives for yourselves, you have the chance to make the same choice. Examine your values and understand that you must choose one side or the other. Any compromise between good and evil only hurts the good and helps the evil.

If you’ve understood what I’ve said, stop supporting your destroyers. Don’t accept their philosophy. Your destroyers hold you by means of your endurance, your generosity, your innocence, and your love. Don’t exhaust yourself to help build the kind of world that you see around you now. In the name of the best within you, don’t sacrifice the world to those who will take away your happiness for it.

The world will change when you are ready to pronounce this oath:

I swear by my Life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine.

Text courtesy of Daryl J. Sroufe.   Source

 

I am John Galt!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Tenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Eleven.

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