Help a Wounded Warrior

Some bad news from the normally uplifting Iowahawk. Iraq War veteran and medic Darren Lee has been injured while here in the states and has suffered some pretty bad injuries: Doc's nose was broken in 3 places, and suffered a severe eye injury (ripped eyelid detached retina, displaced lens). He is currently in the hospital facing some surgery this week. Whether his eye can regain function, he will be out of work for some time.

I would like to ask our readers to please donate something, anything to help out this hero. Iowahawk has the information here and I'll copy and paste it below.

If you have some to spare, you can PayPal it to Doc at

doclee462@yahoo.com

Or you can send it the old fashioned way to

Doc Lee
400 S. Mt. OliveSiloam Springs, AR 72761

A special thanks to Iowahawk for bringing this to our attention. I'll be donating via PayPal and I hope that everyone else does as well.


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Lance Orton: Profile of a Hero

 There were a lot of heroes in the defusing of the car bomb in Times Square last night and this morning. They include the police chief Ray Kelly, the bomb squad, the NYPD, and the FDNY. However, all of their efforts would have been in vain if not for one man.

A t-shirt vendor who tipped off the police.

This man has been talked about now in the NY Times, with a little bit about this hero who does not want to be named. A nametag identifies him as Lance Orton.

A little about his actions:

“I’m not going to say nothing, I’m not going to say nothing,” he said when first approached by a gaggle of reporters.

As he walked down the street, employees from Junior’s restaurant stood outside applauding him. He briefly entered the restaurant before heading toward 44th Street.

He walked with a limp, had a cane, wore a white fedora and had a hoop earring in his right ear.

When asked if he was proud of his actions, he said: “Of course, man. I’m a veteran. What do you think?”

Hero.

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Why Albania is So Great, Part Four-- Mother Teresa

Now, I know that the whole of the Albanian nation did not create Mother Teresa, but the way she is revered by the population shows that in Albania, kindness and decency go a long way. This is especially pertinent, considering that most of the people in that country are Muslim and Orthodox and Mother Teresa was Catholic. Still, her good deeds are recognized and used as an example by the giving people of Albania and Kosovo.The person we know as Mother Teresa was born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in what is today the capital of the republic of Macedonia. She went on to a life of good works, helping the sick and the poor in India.

Today, Mother Teresa is known for her charity throughout the world. She is revered by Catholics, Muslims, and Hindus alike, and she showed us how we should act towards another. Albania should be proud of their native born, and we should all act to help those less fortunate.

Part Five: http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-albania-is-so-great-part-5.html


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Hero: Elie Wiesel

One of our features is a hero who we think exemplifies the positive traits of a human being. And one of our heroes is more than just a hero, he is a truly great person. I am honored to nominate Elie Wiesel.

Born in Romania, Wiesel's entire family was murdered by the Nazis. He wrote the famous book Night about this. While the book is incredibly heart-wrenching, it should be required reading for every school child:

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

And Wiesel made sure that the world did not forget the horrors of the Holocaust. He tried to make it so it did not happen again. He has written many books, with the intent of making sure that humanity does not repeat the same mistakes and that we think about what we are doing. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and met with President Bush to ask that Saddam Hussein be removed from power for his crimes.

He truly is a hero:

Let us remember, let us remember the heroes of Warsaw, the martyrs of Treblinka, the children of Auschwitz. They fought alone, they suffered alone, they lived alone, but they did not die alone, for something in all of us died with them.

Thank you, Mr. Wiesel.

Hero: Mithal al-Alusi

Jumping in Pools would like to run a series of some people who are making dramatic changes to the world for the better. They may not be well recognized, but they represent what we desire from humanity. In their acts of heroism, we can appreciate and replicate.

Mithal al-Alusi

Mithal al-Alusi is a member of the Iraqi Parliament and is a secular Sunni. He has worked hard to create peace in his home country. He was one of the top candidates for Prime Minister in 2005.

He has fought for a free, democratic Iraq, despite the fact that terrorists assassinated two of his children. Alusi has strongly backed an alliance with the United States and Israel. He supports democratic nations supporting each other against tyranny. He recently visited a conference in Israel, a major step for an Arab politician. Upon his arrival, he was criticized in Iraq and there was even talk of execution.

Fortunately, Alusi beat the charges against him. In fact, it's not illegal for citizens of Iraq to visit Israel. Novel concept, huh? Now he is acquitted and stands tall as a hero for Iraq and the world. Even the Huffington Post is happy.