Republican National Convention, Tampa, Florida - Convention kicks off Tuesday night on Prime TV

Original Post Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

File photo by Romney Campaign

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Thursday, August 30, 2012
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Thursday Night’s Program Participants/Speakers
Following not in any particular order…
August 30, 2012
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- Clint Eastwood, (Mystery Speaker?)
- GRANT BENNETT
- JEB BUSH, (FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR)
- TIMOTHY M. DOLAN, (ARCHBISHOP)
- SEAN DUFFY
- JANE EDMONDS, (FORMER MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF WORKFORCE)
- MICHAEL ERUZIONE, (OLYMPIAN)
- NEWT GINGRICH, (FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE) and wife CALLISTA
- KERRY HEALEY, (FORMER MASSACHUSETTS LT. GOVERNOR)
- TAYLOR HICKS
- KEN and PRISCILLA HUTCHINS
- CONNIE MACK, (U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATE - FL-14)
- DYLAN NONAKA
- DEREK PARRA, (OLYMPIAN)
- FRANTZ PLACIDE
- TOM STEMBERG
- SEVEN
- BEBE WINANS
- KIM RHODE, (OLYMPIAN)
- CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, (U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - WA-5)
- BOB WHITE, (CHAIRMAN OF ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG ROMNEY
- MARCO RUBIO, (U.S. SENATOR, FL)
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* 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Official WEBSITE here

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In case you missed their speeches… here they are again, in full.

Latest round of Speakers on top…

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Thursday night:

What a Night!!!

Job well done by all…

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- VIDEO-Mitt Romney: Introduction

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Clint Eastwood

(Mystery Speaker)

You just got to LOVE Clint!

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- JEB BUSH

(FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR)

Jeb… I’ll be danged if you’re not looking more and more like your Dad!

Jeb gave not so much of a speech but a wonderful presentation…

Can we say next Secretary of Education?

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- NEWT GINGRICH

(FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE)

And wife CALLISTA

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Video: Bain Intro

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- MARCO RUBIO

(U.S. SENATOR, FL)

What a GREAT Speech!!!

And we are so blessed, as a Party, to have the likes like he…

I pray Mitt finds a place for you… Marco is his new cabinet next year.

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--- MITT ROMNEY ---

A new Champion for America has been born.

One who cheers it, loves it, cherishes its history deeply. Not one who tears it down. You’re not a Regan, Mitt… Yet no one else is either. But… you’re ALL, Romney… Our Romney!

The next President of the United States!!!

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Wednesday night:
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* Senator John McCain (AZ)

Never a disappointment Sen. McCain…

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* Senator John Thune (SD)

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* VIDEO: The Bushes: 41 and 43

Your Party and Country miss you both…

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* Governor Tim Pawlenty (MN)

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* Governor Susana Martinez (NM)

What did I think of Gov Martinez? This lady is something else!!!

GREAT Speech GOV!

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* Condoleezza Rice (Former Secretary of State)

Powerful stuff by Miss Rice Wed night... wouldn’t expect anything else from her.

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* Vice Presidential Nominee Rep. Paul Ryan

This was one very… very… powerful, uplifting speech by Rep. Paul Ryan. Paul knocked this one right out of the Park too!

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Tuesday night:

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* Former Alabama Congressman Artur Davis

I had to add this man… he was GREAT! Powerful…

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Ann Romney

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N.J. Governor Chris Christie

Now I must say… BOTH Ann and Chris knocked um out of the park Tuesday night!

Chris was really great, but Ann… she was all kinds of awesome!!!

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Above videos posted on YouTube by gopconvention2012

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Watch Videos of all the Convention Speakers and much more HERE

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AubreyJ……….

ROMNEY/RYAN2012

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Tropical Storm ISAAC forms in Atlantic - August 22, 2012

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Original Post Date:
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

NOTE: Images/Links below will update automatically over the next so many days
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**** LATEST UPDATE ****

Thursday, August 30, 2012

5:00pm CDT

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SLOW-MOVING ISAAC WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER LOUISIANA TODAY, OVER ARKANSAS ON FRIDAY AND OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY NIGHT.

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MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY SATURDAY.

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Continue to monitor NOAA Weather Radio and local media for hazards affecting your area.

Keep up with the latest at links below…

This will be my last update on this post

- Latest ISAAC Public Advisory -
* Latest Shreveport, LA weather forecast
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Latest Radar/Satellite Imagery Links Below:

* Atlantic: Hurricane IR Loop

* Gulf of Mexico - Funktop Color Infrared Loop

* Key West, FL - Long Range Radar Loop

* Tampa Bay Area, FL - Long Range Radar Loop
* Tallahassee, FL - Long Range Radar Loop

* Mobile, AL - Long Range Radar Loop
* New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA - Long Range Radar Loop

* Fort Polk, LA - Long Range Radar Loop
* Shreveport, LA - Long Range Radar Loop

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For those in the path of ISAAC’s wrath… buckle up, buckle down… and have a safe ride. Most of all… keep you and yours out of harm’s way at all times.

AubreyJ.........

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Info/Map and Satellite Imagery by NWS TPC - National Hurricane Center, Miami FL/SSD

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NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong passed away today at the age of 82

NASA Official Photo - Neil Armstrong

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to step foot on the moon, passed away today at the age of 82. Mr. Armstrong's family released a statement today saying he had died from complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures performed on August 8th, just three days after his 82^nd birthday.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Neil Armstrong's Death

RELEASE # 12-601 - Saturday, August 25, 2012

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    The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden regarding the death of former test pilot and NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong. He was 82.

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    "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my deepest condolences to Carol and the rest of Armstrong family on the passing of Neil Armstrong. As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own.

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    "Besides being one of America's greatest explorers, Neil carried himself with a grace and humility that was an example to us all. When President Kennedy challenged the nation to send a human to the moon, Neil Armstrong accepted without reservation.

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    "As we enter this next era of space exploration, we do so standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong. We mourn the passing of a friend, fellow astronaut and true American hero."

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Additional information about Armstrong is available on the Web at:
http://www.neilarmstronginfo.com

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Bob Jacobs/David Weaver
NASA Headquarters

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* FOX News has a great write-up and 6 minute video HERE on remembering Mr. Armstrong’s life.

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We do truly mourn the passing of another true American Hero. Mr. Armstrong, thank you for all you have done for this great country of ours throughout your life. Not a bad ride, sir… not a bad ride at all.

AubreyJ………

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Israel: On Ground Updates - August 24, 2012

Israel: On Ground Updates

Israel unlikely to provide much if any advance notice to the U.S. if it attacks Iran's Nuclear Facilities - Iran adds many more Uranium Enrichment Machines at its Underground Bunker in Fordow - New Satellite Imagery shows Iran covered suspected Nuclear Site Building at Parchin - Plus Charles Krauthammer’s take

Friday, December 24, 2012

Image Credit IAF

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* USA Today brings us the following report and it starts off like this… Israel is unlikely to provide much if any advance notice to the United States if it attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, Middle East experts say… Advance warning is important because a surprise could hurt the United States' ability to respond and safeguard its many assets in the Persian Gulf… The assumption is that U.S. warning of an Israeli attack would come "significantly less than an hour" before it began, said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "How much of that would come from Israeli notification and how much would come from sensors we have in the region, I don't know."…

Read the full report at link below…

Israel unlikely to warn U.S. in advance of attack on Iran

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* JPost.com has this report this late Thursday afternoon and it goes in part like this. …In a possible sign of further Iranian defiance in the face of such pressure, several sources said Iran had put in place additional enrichment centrifuges in its Fordow facility, buried deep inside a mountain to protect it against enemy strikes… One source suggested hundreds of machines had been installed… In another development likely to worry the West, they said satellite imagery indicated Iran had covered a building at a military site which UN inspectors want to visit with a brightly-colored, tent-like structure…

Read this report in full at link below…

Sources: Iran expands nuclear capacity underground

* MercuryNews.com has the great read by Charles Krauthammer today that starts off like this… Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities…

Charles Krauthammer: The Cordesman criteria for Iran

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AubreyJ………

ROMNEY/RYAN2012

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Image from the Mitt Romney Express website

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AubreyJ.........

ROMNEY/RYAN2012

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Taking a Moment to Honor our Fallen Heroes

Since that tragic day on 9-11-2001… many of our bravest have given their all while fighting for this great country of ours. Please take a moment to thank them, in your own way, for all they have done and were willing to do for you -- me and this great country of ours. May God bless each and every one of these fallen Heroes, all of those who have been wounded, all of their families, friends, loved ones and their comrades in arms who were at their side.

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Never forget those that protect us -- Each and every day...

AubreyJ.........

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The Ultimate Sacrifice - Never Forgotten

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Photo for the Day - August 16, 2012

Army Staff Sgt. Frank Rodriguez, center, gives direction to Sgt. Matthew Eldridge, right, and Sgt. Jerred Keeton as they prep a robot used for ordnance disposal during the first 20th Support Command's competition for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Year on Fort Knox, Ky., Aug. 14th, 2012. Rodriguez, team leader, Eldridge and Keeton are assigned to the 22nd Chemical Battalion, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Photo courtesy of DoD

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AubreyJ………

ROMNEY/RYAN2012

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America's Comeback Team

These last four years have seen higher unemployment, declining incomes, and crushing debt. This cannot be the new normal. America needs a comeback. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: America's Comeback Team.

Israel: On Ground Updates - August 13, 2012

Israel: On Ground Updates

Israel Declares International Talks with Iran on its Nuclear Program have failed demanding deadline of just a few weeks to be handed down to Tehran to Halt its Atomic Build-Up

Monday, August 13, 2012

IAF file photo

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* The Telegraph had the following troubling news Sunday Afternoon and it starts of like this… Israel declared that international talks with Iran on its nuclear program had failed as it demanded a deadline of "just a few weeks" be handed down to Tehran to scrap its atomic build-up... It emerged that new intelligence shared with Israel by the West indicated that Iran had moved several steps closer to developing a nuclear warhead that could be fitted on the Shahab-3 missile… According to an unidentified official, new intelligence obtained by Israel, the United States and other Western states shows that Iran's development of a nuclear weapon is progressing far beyond the scope reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency…

Read this report in full at link below…

Israel demands nuclear ultimatum for Iran

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* FT.com had this take on the news out of Israel Sunday… After months of relative quiet, speculation over an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is once again sharply on the rise… According to a series of leaks and anonymous briefings to the Israeli media over the past days, senior leaders in Jerusalem are discussing the prospect of a military strike with greater urgency than ever. One report even suggested that the prime minister and defence minister are now advocating an attack before the US presidential election in November…

Read the rest at link below…

Israel puts raid on Iran back in focus

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* The New York Times had this report posted on their website late Sunday and it goes in part like this. …Referring to the Iran negotiations led by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, the [Israeli] Minister, Danny Ayalon, told Israel Radio that those nations should “declare today that the talks have failed.” After such a declaration, if Iran does not halt its nuclear program, “it will be clear that all options are on the table,” Mr. Ayalon said, not only for Israel, but also for the United States and NATO… Asked how long the Iranians should be given to cease all nuclear activity, Mr. Ayalon said “weeks, and not more than that.”… The comments came after a frenzy of newspaper articles and television reports over the weekend here suggesting that Mr. Netanyahu had all but made the decision to attack Iran unilaterally this fall…

Read this report in full at link below…

Israeli Minister Asks Nations to Say Iran Talks Have Failed

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* Boston.com had this AP report posted up on their website Sunday and this report goes in part like this. …One indirect indication came Sunday, when Israel's military began sending mock text messages to cellphones warning of incoming missiles, part of a nationwide experiment that is to continue through Thursday and reach hundreds of thousands of cellphone users. Last week, defense officials confirmed that Israel's top-tier missile defense system has been upgraded… "All threats directed at the Israeli home front are dwarfed by another threat, different in its magnitude and substance, and so I have repeated and shall repeat: Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday…

Read the rest at link below…

Israeli premier: Iran threat dwarfs all others

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* JPOST.com reports… Iran is disturbed by threats emanating from Israel to strike its nuclear sites and takes such threats seriously, a senior Iran expert told The Jerusalem Post…

Read the full report at link below…

Talk of military strike ‘makes Tehran nervous’

* UPI.com brings us the following report this early Monday morning and it goes in part like this. …Maariv [an Israeli Newspaper] said it was told by sources that if Israel decided to conduct a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites prior to the American presidential elections in November, President Barack Obama would order the U.S. military to support Israel… The U.S. Army would provide a "defense umbrella" to counter possible missile attacks by Iran and its allies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the newspaper said…

Read this short report in full at link below…

U.S. would support Israeli strike

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* Arutz Sheva reports it this way…

Israel Assured U.S. will Join War on Its Side - Report

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- World.Time.com… If the White House believes November will arrive without any nasty surprises in the Iran nuclear standoff, it is not taking seriously the feverish chatter throughout Israel‘s media positing an imminent Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic…

Why Do Israeli Media Keep Predicting War with Iran?

- The Times of Israel… PM believes Iran’s regime is aiming to ‘destroy the Jewish people,’ does not think Obama will resort to force. Nuclear drive ‘further ahead’ than previously thought. In a year, Israeli action could have only ‘negligible effect’…

Decision by Netanyahu, Barak to Strike Iran Is Almost Final -Israel TV 

- Haaretz.com… To ensure that Israel is not forced to bomb Iran, it must maintain the impression that it is about to bomb Iran…

The Threat of Attack on Iran Is Needed to Deter It 

- Al-Monitor…

What's Really Behind Bibi and Barak's 'Determination' on Iran? 

- The Huffington Post…

Yuval Diskin, Israel Former Intel Chief, Slams Netanyahu's Iran Stance 

- The Jerusalem Post…

PM: Iran Strike Reports Aimed at Tying Israel’s Hands 

- The Telegraph…

Israel Texts to Warn of Missile Strikes 

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POST UPDATE:

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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* Bloomberg brings us the following report that starts off like this… Dozens of Israelis crowded in front of a storefront at a Jerusalem shopping mall yesterday to pick up new gas masks, part of civil defense preparations in case the military strikes Iran and the Islamic Republic or its allies retaliate… “Our leaders seem to have gotten very hawkish in their speeches and this time it seems they mean what they say,” said Yoram Lands, 68, a professor of business administration, who was picking up new masks for himself and his wife at a distribution center in the mall…

Read this report in full at link below…

Israel Plans Iran Strike; Citizens Say Government Serious

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* The Washington Post has this report… An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program could trigger a bloody monthlong war on multiple fronts, killing hundreds of Israelis or more, the Israeli Cabinet’s civil defense chief warned in an interview published Wednesday… It was the most explicit assessment yet of how the government sees events unfolding in the aftermath of an Israeli attack…

Read the rest at link below…

Israel’s outgoing civil defense chief predicts monthlong war, 500 dead after strike on Iran

- Dichter file photo-

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* The Huffington Post reports it this way… Israel's prime minister on Tuesday appointed a former internal security chief as his Cabinet minister in charge of civil defense, reflecting the serious concerns about a potential retaliatory strike if Israel decides to attack Iran's nuclear installations…

Read the full report at link below…

Ex-security chief joins Cabinet for civil defense

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AubreyJ………

All we can do now is wait and see

ROMNEY/RYAN2012

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