The Trident By Jason Redman

THE TRIDENT

The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader

By Jason Redman

"There already are many books on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  There will be more, including by those who experienced the fire of combat.  This story, though, is not just about a SEAL on the Iraqi battlefield, but a SEAL at war with himself, and his ultimate victory.  I believe his story will inspire the reader, just as it did me."

--Robert M. Gates, former Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011

Former Lieutenant Jason Redman had a legendary career as a SEAL from 1995-2013 and was deployed to Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he served as a team assault force commander. In western Iraq alone, he conducted forty capture-kill missions with his men and captured more than 120 Al Qaida insurgent leaders and fighters.

But the high-stakes of combat are only part of his story. THE TRIDENT: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader is an intense and unforgettable story of a man's determination to overcome adversity no matter the cost. Redman's journey - from his training as a SEAL and the early years when he struggled to find the balance between bravery and bravado, to his near-death and subsequent recovery - is the evolution of a modern warrior, husband, and father. This is a man who has come to embody the never-say-die spirit that defines this elite fighting force.

Some topics that Jason discusses in the book and can discuss in interviews are:

•          The forging of a Navy SEAL - all Jason wanted to do from a very young age was to be a Navy SEAL.  He discusses his infatuation with the military and SEALs in particular, including his family's military history, as well as the long road to getting his Trident.
•          The reforging of a Navy SEAL - during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, Jason makes a critical error that got him into a great deal of trouble. He risked losing his Trident, and battled his own emotions to come back as a leader. Although it was a dark time for him, his faith and his family helped him recommit to his career.
•          His injury - during a battle in Iraq in 2007, Jason was seriously wounded by gunshots to the arm and face, requiring over 30 surgeries.  While hospitalized, he posted a sign on his door warning anyone who entered that they should not "feel sorry for" his wounds. He discusses in depth how he was injured, what the recovery process was like for him as well as his wife Erica, and how it led him to form his company, Wounded Wear.
•          How military service affects families - between trainings and missions, the life of a SEAL took a huge toll on Jason's relationship with his wife Erica (as well as their children). Jason also discusses how his family helped him survive the long missions, and how in his darkest times with the SEALs Erica stood by him. 
•          Missions - From the jungles of South America, to the swamps of Florida, to the desserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, Jason has no shortage of experience handling all types of missions. Jason thoroughly explains each mission and how it helped him become a better SEAL and a better leader.

THE TRIDENT is an intense and unforgettable story of a man's determination to overcome adversity no matter the cost.

More about the author: Former Lieutenant Jason Redman spent 11 years as an enlisted Navy SEAL. For his bravery in battle, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, the Purple Heart, the Navy Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (five awards), and the Combat Action Ribbon (two awards). After being severely wounded in Iraq while acting as Assault Force Commander, Redman returned to active duty with the Navy SEALs, retiring in 2013. He has founded a non-profit corporation called Wounded Wear, which provides clothing tailored for wounded warriors. He and his wife Erica live with their children in Virginia.

The Passing of the Legendary Bob Grant

Bob Grant was a giant in the talk radio industry!  And he was my friend.  R.I.P., Bob!  We love you!
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Congress Aims to Eliminate Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

AMERICA’S HOMEOWNER ALLIANCE SOUNDS ALARM: HOME MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION UNDER ATTACK

The first deduction to have been created in the income tax code should be the last one to go, says AHA.

 “They are telling us if we like our deduction, we can keep our deduction…

unless Washington changes its mind

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

America’s Homeowner Alliance (www.myaha.com), is raising the alarm about proposed legislation in Congress that aims to significantly reduce or potentially eliminate the home mortgage interest deduction for millions of homeowners.  Such a move would place a financial burden on the budgets of homeowners across America and experts have predicted that such a change in the tax code could reduce home values.

CALL 516-735-5468 or e-mail Sandy to schedule interviews with Tino Diaz, President & CEO of America's Homeowner Alliance.

“When the tax code was created, the mortgage interest deduction was one of the first benefits made available to homeowners. It is just as important today as it was in 1913 and we don’t believe Congress should reduce or take away this important financial benefit for investing in America,” said Tino Diaz, the President and CEO of America’s Homeowners Alliance.

Diaz noted that despite a time of near record low interest rates and low home prices, homeownership is at its lowest level in 18 years.

“Policymakers should focus their concern on the still recovering U.S. housing market; reducing or potentially eliminating the mortgage interest deduction for millions of homeowners should be the last thing Congress should consider.”

Diaz noted that Congress has already taxed homeowners with fees to offset the expense of programs unrelated to homeownership.  “This is not the first time Washington has imposed hidden fees on homeowners, but this is the first time they are openly considering reducing or potentially eliminating the mortgage interest deduction.  Homeowners and those who aspire to become homeowners need to know what is going on and how that will impact their family’s finances.

“For the overwhelming majority of people, their home is their largest financial investment and policymakers in Washington need to understand how important this investment is to their constituents,” added Diaz.

Diaz also pointed out that the issue doesn’t just affect the 75 million homeowners but also contractors, laborers, plumbers, Realtors, and prospective FUTURE homeowners. He is urging homeowners to join their voice with other members of the AHA in speaking out against this and other policies that impact homeownership in America.

Membership in the AHA is $20 per year and also includes exclusive membership in the AHA Member Rewards Program, offering discounts and rewards when shopping with more than 1,000 merchants offering more than 1 million products and services.

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America’s Homeowner Alliance is the first national homeowner alliance dedicated to protecting and promoting sustainable homeownership for all segments of America. Established in September 2013, the Alliance is based in St. Louis, Missouri and serves as the representative public policy voice of existing and aspiring homeowners. The Alliance is a nonpartisan organization, representing homeowners of all ethnic, income and demographic backgrounds. Additional information can be found at www.myaha.com

The End of Authority By Doug Schoen

The End of Authority

How a Loss of Legitimacy and Broken Trust

Are Endangering Our Future

 

By Douglas E. Schoen

"In The End of Authority, Doug sounds the alarm on the rising public distrust of government globally and offers his ideas for rebuilding confidence - not only in America but also around the world."                                                    --Bill Clinton, Forty-second President of the United States

Around the world, citizens have lost faith in their political and economic institutions, leading to unprecedented levels of political instability and economic volatility. From Moscow to Brussels, from Washington to Cairo, the failure of democracies and autocracies to manage the fiscal and political crises facing us has led to a profound disquiet, spawning protest movements of the left, right, and center. "I'm now beginning to feel that my government is not capable of understanding the situation, let alone solving it" - a view that citizens around the world share today.

In The End of Authority, Douglas E. Schoen systematically analyzes the leadership crises facing democracies and autocratic governments alike. He presents a firsthand, detailed assessment for why this collapse in trust happened and offers a comprehensive blueprint for how we can restore public trust in government and economic institutions in a world of division, dissension, and governments clearly lacking in responsiveness to citizen concerns. Schoen outlines bold and clear solutions and offers practical steps to fix our democracy and rebuild international institutions.

The End of Authority educates us about:

• Why the crisis of authority matters;
• Documenting and understanding the loss of trust;
• How trust works in democracies and autocracies;
• Income inequality and the crisis of capitalism;
• What's causing income inequality, why it matters and what to do; and
• Political corruption and crony capitalism.

The End of Authority's purpose is to systematically analyze the crises facing democracies and autocratic governments alike; present a firsthand, detailed assessment of why this has happened; and offer a blueprint for how we can restore public trust in government and economic institutions.

About the Author: Democratic Strategist, Fox News Analyst and Best-selling Author, Doug Schoen has been one of the most influential Democratic campaign consultants for over thirty years. Doug has advised President Bill Clinton, numerous governors and senators as well as NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. [more...]

An American Bride in Kabul

An American Bride in Kabul

 

By Phyllis Chesler

"A renowned psychotherapist's richly compelling memoir about how her experiences as an Afghan man's wife shaped her as both a feminist and human rights activist... Intelligent, powerful and timely." --Kirkus Reviews

An American Bride in Kabul is a personal memoir by best-selling author and professor of psychology, Phyllis Chesler - a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn - embarking on a Middle Eastern adventure that has lasted for more than a half century. Her journey chronicles a revealing history of central Muslim Asia and the Jews of Afghanistan, the Islamic Veil, gender and religious apartheid, and how such practices - burqas, polygamy, first-cousin marriage, and honor killing - have invaded the West by those who perpetrated 9/11 - the terrorist attack planned in Afghanistan.

Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler arrived in Kabul in 1961 with her westernized Afghan-American bridegroom. Immediately upon arrival, authorities took away her U.S. passport. Chesler became the property of her husband's family and had no rights of citizenship. Her husband - a wealthy, westernized foreign college student with dreams of reforming his country - reverted to traditional and tribal customs. Chesler found herself unexpectedly trapped in a posh polygamous family, with no chance of escape. She fought against her seclusion and lack of freedom, her Afghan family's attempts to convert her from Judaism to Islam, and her husband's wish to permanently tie her to the country through childbirth. Chesler nearly died there; but she managed to get out, returned to her studies in America, and became an author and an ardent activist for women's rights throughout the world. 

"Afghanistan and its people seem to have followed me into the future and right into the West. Niqab (face masks) and burqas (both of which I oppose) are here in America, on the streets and in the headlines. Afghanistan has landed in the West and the West is still deployed in Afghanistan.  It is the country where I was once held hostage and the country which sheltered Bin Laden as he hatched his 9/11 plot in a cave. Now, the entire civilian world is being held hostage by Al-Qaeda and other Jihadists. An eerie coincidence." 

In An American Bride in Kabul you will learn:

• that living in a domestic harem is nothing like living in a Hollywood-inspired brothel;
• what it's like to live in a polygamous household;
• about Muslims who are also fighting for women's rights and against Islamism, totalitarianism, terrorism, and gender and religious apartheid;
• how Afghanistan and Muslim-majority countries are places where anti-infidel hatred, misogyny and violence are indigenous, pandemic, and considered normal; and
• how 9/11 changed the direction of my book and all I learned about what America and the West are up against in Afghanistan, during a time of radical militant Islam.  

Chesler sees her time in Afghanistan as a great experience that opened her eyes to the plight of women and independent thinkers in restrictive cultures around the world. In the years since her story took place, Chesler has become a bestselling author and an expert on acts of violence perpetrated against women, especially the honor killings so often seen among Muslims in the West and in Muslim-majority countries, and among Hindus in India. She is now a strong advocate for Israel, America, and Western values. Her passion for social, educational and political reform defines the woman she is today, one whose clarity was forged in the fire of Afghanistan.

About the author: Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York, the best-selling author of 15 books, and psychotherapist. Chesler has lectured and organized women's rights and human rights campaigns all over the world and has also appeared on numerous national and international media outlets. Her writings have been featured in The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Times of London, The Weekly Standard, National Review, Israel National News, The New York Times, and in the Jewish and Israeli media.

The Obamacare Answer Guide

The Obamacare Answer Guide Offers Navigation and Solutions to Protect Health, Wealth and Sanity

Vice Presidential nominee, national bestselling author, conservative commentator and patriot Wayne Allyn Root reveals the hidden truths about Obamacare in a new 15-page booklet, The Obamacare Answer Guide.

Far from being a "train wreck," Root says, "Obamacare is a brilliant, cynical and purposeful attempt to damage the U.S. economy, kill jobs and bring down capitalism."

Over 5 million Americans have already lost their health insurance, but that's just the tip of the iceberg ahead says Wayne, author of the 2013 bestselling book, The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide.

According to Wayne, "Obamacare is intended to wipe out the middle class by redistributing your income to Obama's voters and leaving you dependent on government."

"I've studied 2,700 pages of Obamacare's new rules and regulations and my biggest concern is the same way government is now destroying your healthcare, is how they may also plan to destroy your life savings," says Root in The Obamacare Answer Guide.

"Obamacare is killing jobs by the millions. Since January, over 80% of all the jobs created in America are part-time jobs," says Root.

The Wall Street Journal reports:"Some 64% of small business franchise owners believe the law will have a 'negative impact' on their business," according to Public Opinion Strategies survey of more than 400 business owners with between 40 and 500 employees conducted in September and October for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and International Franchise Association. Half of Obamacare's funding comes from new taxes and fees. We're adding 30 million new patients, with no new doctors. What's worse is many doctors are planning to retire. "We're headed for a nightmare... disaster... economic collapse," says Root.  

Who benefits from Obamacare? Big government, big business, big insurance, the pharmaceutical lobby, Obama's biggest donors, and corrupt power-hungry politicians. 

Who loses? You and I. The American people. The middle class. Small business. It's all on life support. I call it 'The Murder of the Middle Class.'

The Obamacare Answer Guide offers 14 proposed solutions to protect the health, wealth and sanity of Americans - before it's too late! [more...]

Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life By Steve Franklin, PhD

CELEBRATE 100: Centenarian Secrets  

to Success in Business and Life

 

By Steve Franklin, PhD  

Dr. Steve Franklin, a former tenured professor and associate Dean at Emory University's Goizueta Business School has been on a mission since 2007 - to capture the wit and wisdom of the world's oldest people and share it with the world's younger generation. Franklin has interviewed, videotaped and surveyed over 500 centenarians across America. His newly released book, Celebrate 100: Centenarian Secrets to Success in Business and Life is an incredible treasure chest of wisdom and advice on how to live a full, productive and joyful life no matter how long you live - and greatly enhance your chances of making it to Centenarian Club status.

Franklin financed research on centenarians across the United States, capturing their wisdom about money, work and life, and sharing it with the younger generation in keynote speeches, lectures and now this book, Celebrate 100.  "It is the distilled essence of over 5,000 combined years of wisdom, insight, perspective and advice about life from over 500 centenarians who have lived life with determination, resolve and excellence. They ranged in age from 100 to 116+, were born in 30 different states and 13 countries, and included the world's oldest person (woman), man, water skier, attorney, Girl Scout, table tennis champion, doctor, and many more intriguing individuals," says Franklin.

In Celebrate 100, Franklin shares the top 7 "secrets" that the centenarians themselves believe are the reasons they have lived so long and so well. He gleans their advice on handling money and finances by investigating their best and worst financial decisions over a century, where they believe is the safest place to invest today from a 100+ year perspective of economic cycles, and how to buy cars and homes and manage credit cards.  Being a former business school professor, he asked them to share perspective and advice on looking for and enjoying work "since we spend more than half our waking hours in this endeavor." And there are many entertaining and informative "mini-bios" of the gracious and generous centenarians who shared their stories and advice about every aspect of life.

Franklin says, "If you will dig deep into these beautiful lives, you will emerge richer, wiser, more joyful, more enthusiastic about life, and dramatically increase your personal chances for celebrating 100 years of life lived with gusto. Listen to them. Laugh with them. Learn from them. And you will live life - and love life - longer."

New York Times bestselling author and national syndicated radio show host, Dave Ramsey, writes, "If you want to know how to win over the long haul, you need to talk to people who have a lot of life experience and who've still come out ahead. That's exactly what you'll get in Celebrate 100."

About the Author: Steve Franklin, PhD is an educator, researcher, author, and business executive. He also is a centenarian wannabe on a mission to "capture their wisdom" (and wit) and share it with the younger generation. [more...]