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Here at the Move America Forward Daily File we chronicle the good news on the War on Terrorism you might
not have heard about on the evening news. We also shine the spotlight on those whose conduct against our
country and our military is unbecoming.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Some of the Artwork Submitted for “I LOVE AMERICA” Art Exhibit & Patriotic Rally
Thursday, July 21, 2005
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-American “Art” Display
Attorney General Bill Lockyer is an official sponsor of this disgusting display of anti-American, anti-military and anti-Semitic “art,” according to a press release issued on July 12, 2005 by the California Arts Council (a taxpayer-funded entity).
The news release quotes Lockyer as saying:
“It is an honor to co-host this powerful exhibit and display the talent of our legal community,” Lockyer said. “Creative expression stimulates freedom of thought, appreciation for diversity and opens new windows onto the world in which we live. The collected works of these fine artists – and lawyers – achieve these worthwhile objectives with style and beauty.”
CLICK HERE to VIEW CLOSE UP of News Release
The artwork is showcased at the California Department of Justice seen here:
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Pro-American Response to Pearcy’s Anti-American Propaganda
“I LOVE AMERICA” Art Exhibit & Rally
This Thursday - July 28th from 3:30 PM - 10:00 PM
+ 3:30 PM The “I LOVE AMERICA” Exhibit Opens
Join Move America Forward and Mark Williams of Sacramento powerhouse radio station, KFBK 1530 for our own pro-American response to the hateful messages of Anti-Americanism on display at the California State Attorney General’s office.
 * Design your own pro-American artwork that proudly displays in a favorable light our American flag, our troops, and our nation’s heritage of liberty and democratic principles. Try to make your painting/drawing/etc… about 8.5” x 11” (about the size of a typical piece of paper). On the back - or attached to your pro-American artwork include a note to a soldier/Marine/sailor/airman serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) or Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).
* Deliver your artwork by the Move America Forward headquarters before the event to be included in the display (or bring it with you to the event!). Our officers are located at:
Move America Forward
Our phone number is (916) 441-6197.
* On Thursday, July 28th from about 3:30 PM until 10:00 PM we’ll have all the artwork submissions presented outside the State Attorney General/California Justice Department’s office. The public is invited to come see the pro-American displays and the messages written to our troops to this event.
* And here’s the best part… we’ll take all the pro-American artwork submitted to us, along with your notes to the troops and we will send them overseas to the men & women serving in Iraq & Afghanistan the following week along with shipments of coffee & cookies!
* Sac Union: “Patriotic Art Show to Counter Attorney General’s Exhibit”
* Follow the latest developments by listening to Melanie Morgan of KSFO 560 AM - San Francisco weekday mornings from 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM (CLICK HERE to stream) or Mark Williams of KFBK 1530 AM - Sacramento weekday evenings from 7:00 - 10:00 PM (CLICK HERE to stream) for more information. [All times are Pacific Time Zone]. You can also sign the petition to protest Attorney General Lockyer’s actions - CLICK HERE - courtesy of California High School Conservative BLOG.
 .... Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward (left); and Mark Williams of KFBK 1530 - Sacramento (right). Morgan & Williams just returned from the “Voices of Soldiers” Truth Tour from July 7th - 17th where they interviewed U.S. Troops serving in Iraq.
Monday, July 18, 2005
More Photographs from Iraq!
* Melanie Morgan of KSFO 560 AM - San Francisco [and MAF Co-Chair] conducting an interview with the troops:
* Michael Graham of WMAL 630 AM - Washington, D.C. interviews the troops: 
* Lt. Col. (Ret.) Buzz Patterson with our troops at Camp Victory: 
* Sandstorm strikes the Medical Recovery Tent: 
* Here are our luxury accomodations - cots under the canopy of our plastic tent: 
Sending the ‘right’ signals
The following was written by Spc. Curt Cashour of the military’s “Desert Voice” on the “Voices of Soldiers” Truth Tour that took place from July 7th - 17th. Cashour is based at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
Sending the ‘right’ signals
There’s an old saying among those in the media that states, “If it bleeds it leads.”
There’s a reason the motto has stuck: it’s the truth.
Take Iraq for example. Day after day, stories of car bombings and suicide attacks take prominence over the many good news stories happening in the war-torn country.
With this in mind, a group of radio talk show hosts took to U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Iraq to let service members tell the other side of the story.
With stops at Camps Victory and Prosperity in Iraq, and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, the “Voices of Soldiers Tour” featured five conservative-minded talk show hosts, each of whom conducted live broadcasts full of stories from the frontlines told by service members themselves. The trip was sponsored by Move America Forward, a not-for-profit political advocacy group that supports both the war on terror and the men and women of the military.
Using a three-tiered approach consisting of talk radio, Internet and grass roots efforts, Move America Forward works to publicize the good news stories coming out of Iraq that are often overlooked by mainstream press outlets, said co-chairman Howard Kaloogian, a former member of the California House of Representatives who founded the organization in March of last year to offset the steady stream of bad press the U.S. military was receiving in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal.
“We’ve all worked in politics and media, so countering established media is something we can do,” said Siobhan Guiney, former executive director of Move America Forward.
“The goal of the [Voices of Soldiers] trip is to make sure that the mainstream media does not get away with turning Iraq into Vietnam,” said Melanie Morgan, co-founder of Move America Forward and host of the “Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan Show,” a talk program on KSFO AM in San Francisco.
Keeping the American public abreast of all the positive developments in Iraq is important, because if the national discussion turns to abandoning Iraq, the progress we have made there will be lost, Morgan said.
Throughout the weeklong trip, on-air personalities ate in military dining facilities, lived in tents and accompanied troops patrolling the streets of Iraq. At each stop, the hosts broadcast live programs back to the United States, often reuniting troops with their family members while on the air.
Portions of the broadcasts were carried on various talk radio programs throughout the United States, giving listeners from across the nation the chance to call and speak directly with service members.
The group’s final stop was at Camp Arifjan’s Zone 6 Community Center. Troops huddled around Morgan and Washington D.C.-based host Michael Graham as they beamed their programs back to the United States by telephone.
Maj. Jane Nealy of the 461st Personnel Services Battalion, a Reserve unit that’s deployed to Arifjan, waited with anticipation for her on-air interview with Morgan. When she’s not deployed, Nealy listens to Morgan nearly every morning as she navigates traffic on her way to work, she said.
“It’s good to see that there are media personalities that are interested in what Soldiers have to say and not just getting sensational photos for the T.V.,” Nealy said.
Although he normally prefers romantic songs to talk radio, Senior Airman Thomas Truong also said he was excited to talk about his deployment experience on “The Michael Graham Show.” Truong immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in1989.
The trip was plagued by bad weather and technical difficulties, but all of the hardships were worth it. The broadcasts went a long way toward educating ordinary citizens about the lives of service members serving in the war on terror, said Sgt. Alexander Gago of U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, who added that the trip also opened the eyes of the talk show hosts.
“I had them hiking into tents, up roads and through dust storms. They’ve had to go through some physical and mental challenges that have made them better people,” he said.
“I’ve never worn a Kevlar vest in 120 degree heat before. You have to experience it to understand it,” Kaloogian said.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
First Pictures from Iraq
* This is where the “Voices of Soldiers” Truth Tour delegation is staying - a picture of our accomodations at Camp Victory:
* Melanie Morgan with Iraqi Lt. General Abdul Qader Jassim: 
* Howard Kaloogian with Iraqi Lt. General Abdul Qader Jassim: 
* Brad Maaske (of the Iraqi Truth Project and KMJ NewsTalk 580 in Fresno), Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson (of the RighTalk Radio Network), and Martha Zoller (of WDUN NewsTalk 550 Atlanta/Gainesville) in front of the Iraqi Ground Forces Command: 
* Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson at Camp Victory: 
* These are the accomodations provided to the delegation - an Army-issued cot to sleep on: 
* And here is the delegation arriving at the Baghdad Airport:  Note: These last two photos courtesy of Martha Zoller and the good people of WDUN 550 Atlanta/Gainesville. To see more of Martha’s pictures and trip accounts - CLICK HERE!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Diary Entry - First Days of the Truth Tour
My vacation adventure began in Florida, meeting people dressed in their traditional native uniforms: Mongolia, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Lithuania, Canada, Kuwait, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. A total of 61 different countries gathered, working together in one place.
But this doesn’t look like the EPCOT Center I remembered as a child: barbed wire, high concrete obstacles and guards with automatic weapons at the gates preventing entry.
This is CENTCOM, the nerve center for the war on terror. From this base in Tampa, the Army directs its forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s the first stop on a Truth Tour MoveAmericaForward.com has organized to allow the troops on the ground to tell their side of the war.
We are all impressed with the depth of understanding and the complexity of fighting a global war against a Virtual Caliphate when General Custer, director of intelligence there, briefs us with a presentation unclassified but normally reserved for congressmen.
Awaiting permission, I hope to post most of that briefing at MoveAmericaForward.com.
Dennis the hurricane is approaching so now its time to leave. From here we travel to Baghdad with six talk show hosts representing San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno, Atlanta, Washington DC, and the Internet radio network RighTalk.com. More were invited but didn’t find the time (this is my vacation) or money (the cost of this trip is paid for by each of the hosts attending along with major funding by Move America Forward – no taxpayer funding for this trip!), or perhaps inclination to go. Also two documentary producers and 9/11 family survivors join me for this 18 hour ride: Washington DC to Frankfurt to Kuwait City.
To enter Baghdad you become cargo boarding an available transport. Ours was a C-130J Hercules with four prop engines being flown by a Maryland Air Guard crew. With us buckled onto the red straps that serve as seats are 40 soldiers from various units, and a reporter from Wired Magazine. He served on the DNC staff and worked for Clinton/Gore ’92.
As we flew over Baghdad airport at 18,000 feet, the plane banked left circling tightly within the airspace of the runway itself. Then the engine sound changed dramatically until it was eerily quiet. Sitting next to me is Mark Flagg, a veteran Tomcat pilot who today flies for FedEx, his parents died on AA77, the flight that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. “Flight idle,” he yells, a maneuver designed to fool IR missiles by cooling the engines. It also causes the plane to drop like a rock.
Suddenly, flares are jettisoned from either side of the fuselage. Like the first shake of an earthquake you know what is happening and there isn’t much to do but sit and wait for whatever comes next. Bang! The ground comes up to meet us with a thud that would shatter the axle of a lesser beast, but this is the Hercules.
Turns out the liberal reporter bunks with us too. Somehow, the dessert atmosphere chilled in the tent. But everyone at Camp Victory is smiling and we smile back. Getting here is an E-Ticket ride, yet the adventure has only now begun.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Photos From CENTCOM BBQ
On Friday, Move America Forward along with Stafford Hospitality, through a “Thank You BBQ” for U.S. Central Command and troops stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Over 600 members of the U.S. Central Command and troops based at MacDill Air Force Base attended the BBQ.
Here are some of the photo highlights from this event…
* Move America Forward Co-Chairman, Howard Kaloogian (left), along with the #2 official of the U.S. Central Command, Brigadier General John Custer [Intelligence Director] (center):
* Our heroes of the U.S. Armed Forces getting a well-deserved “Thank You” - in the form of delicious BBQ:
* RighTalk Radio host - and Move America Forward board member, Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson broadcast his radio show live from the CENTCOM BBQ:
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* Mark Williams of powerhouse radio station KFBK 1530 AM - Sacramento, interviews Major Eliza Guvir of Romania:
* Kathy Antrim of the San Francisco Examiner - a great author and journalist - interviews one of the Coalition Partners from another nation at the CENTCOM BBQ:
* Howard Kaloogian Addresses the Troops:
The Group Is Now in Kuwait
Greetings from the Middle East…
I’m writing to you from Kuwait (the land Saddam Hussein raped and pillaged during the first Gulf War)—the whole gang arrived late last night,and we’re not sleeping much due to jet lag.
It’s 104 degrees at 8:30 at night. We’re taking off again at 6:30 A.M. in a military transport aircraft for Camp Victory.
I’m really excited about getting the chance to see our troops in Iraq, and to provide them the means to provide a direct, unfiltered report to the American people about how they see things going in Iraq and their mission. At the same time, I am also concerned/worried about how successful we will be in orchestrating our live broadcasts. We are nervous about our broadcasting facilities and we very much hope that they are all going to work for us.
Meanwhile, we haven’t uttered a word about what we’ve found - since we’ve yet to even arrive in Iraq - and some on the extreme far left are already attacking us! But, we invite their criticism, as it suggests that they are worried about what will happen if the American people hear reports from our troops that might run differently from certain far-left “Blame America First” journalists. Who will the public trust? A reporter stuck in some hotel bar, hopelessly biased to the point that he/she seems almost to be rooting for America to fail and withdraw? Or will they trust the word of a Marine or soldier who sees what is happening each day on the ground in Iraq?
Tragically we learn of another suicide bombing today, with some 21 Iraqi police recruits killed by a homocidial maniac. We’ll tell that story, along with all the other stories that are here to be told.
Look for us on our webcast at RighTalk.com and of course you can stream my show on KSFO live at www.KSFO.com - I’m first up at 5:15 AM (Pacific Time) / 8:15 AM (Eastern Time) with my partner Lee Rodgers, who is broadcasting as usual from the United States.
Wish us all luck.
Your thoughts and prayers are with us.
Melanie Morgan
Saturday, July 09, 2005
The Briefing from CENTCOM at MacDill AFB
On Friday, July 8, 2005 the delegation comprising the “Voices of Soldiers” Truth Tour received a briefing from US Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base.
* Here’s the group outside CENTCOM Headquarters:
* The CENTCOM Briefing Room:
* CENTCOM officials and “Truth Tour” participants discuss conditions in Iraq, the state of the Iraqi insurgency, security along the Syrian border, and more:
* From Left to Right - Michael Graham (WMAL 630 - Washington D.C.), Howard Kaloogian (Co-Chairman, Move America Forward), Martha Zoller (WDUN 550 - Atlanta/Gainesville), Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.) Buzz Patterson (RighTalk Radio, Move America Forward Board Member):
* More from the briefing… CENTCOM Officials, Mark Williams (KFBK 1530 - Sacramento), Brad Maaske of the Iraqi Truth Project (and KMJ 580 - Fresno, CA):
* Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson (the man who carried the nuclear football!) and CENTCOM officials:
* Martha Zoller (WDUN 550 - Atlanta/Gainesville) and Major Eliza Guvir of Romania. The Major is part of the 72 country coalition involved in planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom housed at CENTCOM:
[See more of Martha Zoller’s photos - CLICK HERE]
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