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John Murtha Loses it

2006-06-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

John Murtha appeared on Meet the Press Sunday morning and the military bloggers are all over it:

From Blackfive.com:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2006/06/the_zarqawi_ope.html

"Russert played an interesting quote from Karl Rove to the effect that: if we bailed out of Iraq to leave it in shambles, what Persian Gulf nation would paint a target on its back by allowing us to operate from their soil with the implicit acceptance that if things went bad for them, the US would turn tail and run? Following that assertion, Russert queried Murtha on just how we could have taken out Zarqawi under such conditions. Without missing a beat Murtha accepted Rove's premise by claiming that the entire Zarqawi operation could have been run out of... Okinawa. Yeah, that's right, Okinawa. The basis of this claim is that Zarqawi was bombed (ostensibly from aircraft that could have come from outside Iraq) and therefore why not just pull chalks and slink back to Oki where we could comfortably launch bombing missions at will." [emphasis mine]

What????

Blackfive and Froggy Ruminations blogger do a great job of explaining how the US running operations out of Okinawa is an insane premise. It is a scary thought that these Dems just might be in control of our national security in 2006.....I shudder at the thought.

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2006/06/murtha_jumps_th.html

I am sorry, but I think John Murtha has lost his mind. Like most Liberals, he hates the President so much that he has lost all rationality. He is no longer speaking coherently......he is nuts!

I find it interesting that he would declare what Clinton did in Somalia as a "victory" and a military tactic that we should follow now in Iraq when so many military personnel have considered Clinton's failed policy in Somalia a huge blunder that should never be repeated.

It just goes to show you that the Dems do not know how to fight or conduct a war since they are so completely inept at understanding the enemy and the military.

For Murtha to witness the obvious successes this past week in Iraq and yet not even acknowledge them as such is a disgrace to every soldier and Marine in Iraq now. Dems are just so blinded by their hatred and lust for revenge (Clinton's impeachment) that they are willing to make us lose in Iraq and completely do away with all that our military have accomplished over there just so they can say, "See! President Bush is a failure!" when they know it isn't true.

Murtha repeatedly states that we cannot win this war and that we are losing. Yet we are winning this war and we will claim final victory as long as we do stay the course.

People cry out, "Peace! We want peace!" Yet they don't know the definition of peace. Peace isn't just the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. The Iraqi people have experienced what justice is for the first time in 30 years. When they witnessed the mistreatment of prisoners in Abu Garaib, they were outraged. But they also saw those responsible brought to justice and dealt with.

They have seen Uday and Qusay Hussein brought to justice as well as Sadaam Hussein being brought to justice. These experiences are proof of peace being brought to the Iraqi people. War will pass, but they need to see the presence of justice in their country.

Is every part of the war perfect?? No, of course not. World War II had many failures before the successes were apparent. If the American people just hang on, we will see many victories in Iraq. But if we leave now and forsake the Iraqi people like we did the Vietnamese and Cambodian people, there will be hell on earth.

I thought it was so revealing when Murtha stated this: (Via: Expose the Left) http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/06/18/murtha-mtp/

MURTHA: "The thing that disturbed me and worries me about this whole thing is we can’t get them to change direction. And I said over and over in debate, if you listen to any of it, in Beirut President Reagan changed direction, in Somalia President Clinton changed direction....... "

And Dems consider this a bad thing! The fact that they cannot get President Bush to change direction is what I love most about this President. President Reagan was wrong to cut and run from Beirut. Clinton was wrong to cut and run from Somalia........yet Dems see this tactic as a sign of victory.

Heck, even Bin Laden knows that cutting and running is a sign of weakness and failure.

I sure hope Dems get Murtha to run for President in 2008. It would be so great to see this Meet the Press interview over and over on campaign commercials!!

FAKE Soldier Caught in Lies on Web

2006-05-23T09:52:00.000-07:00

GOTCHA!!

Thanks to Military bloggers out there.....Jessie Macbeth has been debunked!

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005245.htm

Great work!!!!!!

TRUTH will prevail..........

CENTCOM: Captured Al Qaeda Documents

2006-05-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

Apparently, CENTCOM has translated captured documents from Al Zarqawi's headquarters. They go on to explain that the insurgency is hurting and needs to re-vamp its strategy (or "strategery" ) because the Americans and Iraqi army are seriously hurting them.....

In other words.....WE ARE WINNING IN IRAQ. I know, I know, you probably won't hear about this on the ABC News or NBC News....

Via Michelle Malkin:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005155.htm

and PowerLine blogs:
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014021.php

Excerpt:

"CENTCOM announced today that they had captured al-Qaeda correspondence in Iraq that discusses the state of the insurgency, especially around Baghdad but also around the entire country. Far from optimistic, the documents captured in an April 16th raid reveal frustration and desperation, as the terrorists acknowledge the superior position of American and free Iraqi forces and their ability to quickly adapt to new tactics:

"[T]he Americans and the Government were able to absorb our painful blows, sustain them, compensate their losses with new replacements, and follow strategic plans which allowed them in the past few years to take control of Baghdad as well as other areas one after the other. That is why every year is worse than the previous year as far as the Mujahidin’s control and influence over Baghdad."

Of course, those of us who keep up with blogs already knew all this, but pass this on to those who may only get their news from the Main Stream Media.....

http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Shared%20Documents/Extremist%20Page/full_translation_done_may_3.aspx

Charlie Sheen: Highly Credible Public Figure.....Huh??

2006-03-22T13:37:00.000-08:00

Get out your tin foil hats.......Charlie Sheen questions official 9/11 story:

[enter The Twilight Zone music here....]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=JON20060322&articleId=2153

"Actor Charlie Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures in questioning the official story of 9/11 and calling for a new independent investigation of the attack and the circumstances surrounding it."

Wait a minute...did I read that correctly? "Actor Charlie Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures..." ?????

Charlie "I slept with a lot of high class call girls and entered re-hab after I made a string of really bad movies" Sheen is now a "highly credible public figure" simply because he questions the government and 9/11??

I sure admire Denise Richards more and more......

Hat tip: http://www.michellemalkin.com/

Liberals Welcome Change and Diversity, Right??

2006-03-22T13:16:00.000-08:00

Supposedly, "whiny" kids grow up to be Conservatives who can't handle change or freedom of thought according to this recent study:........

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1142722231554&call_pageid=970599119419

It's the Liberals who embrace change and diversity of thought...right??

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washpostblog/2006/03/new_blog_red_america.html#comments

These are examples of comments from the new Wash. Post Conservative Ben Domenech's new Blog:

"Disgusting. What is he supposed to be balancing? Once again, the Post falls victim to its own infantile insistence upon false equivalence."

"Now I remember why we used to call the Commies Red. the new RED Blog wants to put out the same kind of propaganda. Dissent is Patriotic, and should never stifled, even if you disagree."

Yep, no hyperbole there.......

See? I Told You So!

2006-03-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

March 24, 2006
Another UPDATE: Reason #6........Bush knows what the military is supposed to be used for.

Liberals support the military, as long as they do not use their weapons:

http://www.cpt.org/

"We have been so overwhelmed and overjoyed to have Jim, Harmeet and Norman freed, that we have not adequately thanked the people involved with freeing them, nor remembered those still in captivity."

Yeah, right. I am sure the angry phone calls they received about not thanking the troops had nothing to do with their suddenly remembering to thank the troops....

" ..So we offer these paragraphs as the first of several addenda: We are grateful to the soldiers who risked their lives to free Jim, Norman and Harmeet. As peacemakers who hold firm to our commitment to nonviolence, we are also deeply grateful that they fired no shots to free our colleagues. We are thankful to all the people who gave of themselves sacrificially to free Jim, Norman, Harmeet and Tom over the last four months, and those supporters who prayed and wept for our brothers in captivity, for their loved ones and for us, their co-workers." [emphasis mine]

..It's a good thing the soldiers didn't use their weapons otherwise these "grateful" Libs wouldn't support or thank them anymore!!

March 23, 2006
UPDATE: These Liberals make this all too easy:

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/23/060323083516.2phtlue4.html

George Lucas claims that Bush is "provincial" simply because he hasn't traveled the world all that much....

"We are a provincial country. Our president has barely been out of the country."

See Reason #5 on my top 10 list of why Liberals hate President Bush.

March 22, 2006

UPDATE:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/20/AR2006032001416_pf.html

This article by Ruth Marcus just proves my point about how the Liberals feel about GWB:

They hate his manliness! They want the "paper" man who wimps out under pressure and caves in with low poll numbers or bad press.

They want the cheerleader and not the RUGBY PLAYER!!

10 Reasons Why Liberals and the Main Stream Media Hate President Bush

2006-03-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

1) He Loves His Wife This concept is so foreign to Liberals and the MSM because they had 8 yrs. of the Clintons. A man completely faithful, in love and devoted to his wife is seen not as something to be admired, but as a weakness to them. When Elizabeth Vargas toured the Oval Office, the Wash Post claimed that Bush was "fixated" on the rug in the middle of the room. They put a negative spin on the fact that the President was pointing out the rug that his wife designed to all visitors. Can it be that the MSM just doesn't understand that a man can actually be so proud of his wife and what she does that he mentions it to anyone who sees the rug? Liberals just cannot comprehend a man so proud and "fixated" on his wife. It baffles them.

2) He Owns One House Another thing that baffles the Left and the MSM is the fact that President Bush is a wealthy, even "rich", man and yet he doesn't have a house in Aspen, Santa Barbara, the Hamptons, or even an Italian Villa like George Clooney (who purchased it from John Kerry). Instead of being glad that our President isn't a big spender or extravagant, they look down upon it. To them, if you are rich then you should flaunt it. The fact that Bush and his wife live in one ranch house in (gasp) TEXAS of all places, since 1999 just shocks them.

3) He has a Harvard MBA This fact really bugs them! Harvard is their school. It is one of THE most Liberal institution in the USA. They have Communists on the faculty. How could "their" school even admit George W. Bush, son of George H.W. Bush, head of the FBI and CIA and Republican National Committe during the ...gasp...Nixon years??? Even John Kerry couldn't get admitted. Not only did Bush get admitted, but he actually graduated! How could Harvard allow this to take place? This just rips them up inside so they constantly talk about how GWB was a "C" average student. Doesn't matter, he still has a Harvard MBA. Which is more than Ted Kennedy, Barbra Striesand or John Kerry can say.........

4) He Played Rugby (Varsity) Rugby is a sport that must scare most Liberals. There are no pads like in football. It is a "manly" sport full of testosterone. Libs and the MSM absolutely hate the idea that Bush played the sport. Not only did he play it, but he was good at it! So they, instead, focus on the fact that Bush was also once a cheerleader. By pointing this out, they aren't threatened. They actually feel safe making fun of something like that. It makes them feel "manly".

5) He Speaks Plainly and Simply Like most humans, Liberals judge people alot even though they act like they don't. They judge people by the clothes they wear, what labels the clothes are, what people say, how they say it, what cars they drive, where they live, etc. The fact that President Bush speaks rather plainly and in only one language really irks them. He is a rich educated man, yet he doesn't speak French or Italian. He doesn't talk "down" to people as they do. How can this be?? Drives them nuts. He was not world traveled before he was President and he doesn't suddenly speak in another langauge to impress people. How strange that is to them.

6) He Loves Military Folk George W. Bush loves and respects anyone who has served, is serving, or will serve in the Armed Forces. He learned to admire and respect their sacrifices through his father's WWII experiences. He understands what the military is used for and how they sacrifice daily for their country. The Liberals really hate this about Bush because they hate the military and all it stands for (and the police too) because it goes against their Socialist agenda. They'll say they support the miitary, but that support ends as soon as the military picks up a weapon and uses it to calm a riot, protect themselves, or kill the enemy. When Joel Stein, the L.A. Times reporter eviscerated by Hugh Hewitt, said he admired the military, he carefully included the fact that his admiration ended as soon as a soldier picked up his weapon. This is how most Liberals feel toward the military: we love you and support you as long as you do not use your weapon. It just shows you that they do not even know what the military is for. After 8 yrs. of the Clintons, it is no wonder.

7) Bush is a Baby Boomer, But He Isn't Liberal How can this be?? This fact just really tears them up. Liberals think "their" generation is the Greatest Generation (sorry Tom Brokaw) because they "ended a war" and freed the minds of Americans by spreading their socialist and feminist agendas. They cannot begin to understand how George Bush could be from this generation and yet not further their agenda. It goes against all they know.

8) He Quit Drinking and Drugs Without Rehab Most Liberals ask, How can a man quit drinking and doing cocaine without stepping foot inside a rehab clinic? To them it is impossible. That is why they insist upon still calling Bush a drunk and a cocaine addict because in their feeble little minds no man on earth could possibly have that much self discipline to quit cold turkey and stay sober all these years. It makes them, Ben Affleck, et. al. who have entered into rehab, look very "unmanly" and just plain weak compared to the President. They can't have that! So they'll keep calling him a drunk and an addict even though there is much evidence that shows Bush is still sober after all these years. Pretty admirable.

9)He Says What He Means and Means What He Says After 8 yrs. of Clinton's "waffling" and Kerry's "flip-flopping" many Liberals just cannot fathom the fact that GWB actually means what he says and he isn't persuaded or affected by opinion polls. Clinton lived and breathed by public opinion polls. He even left Hussein in power to further starve and kill his own people while stealing from the UN, simply because students at Ohio State University didn't agree with removing Hussein from power. They absolutely HATE the fact that George W. Bush had the brass ones to actually go through with the right thing to do. As Madeleine Albright said at the Ohio State townhall meeting back in 1998:

"What we are doing," replied Albright, "is so that you all can sleep at night. I am very proud of what we are doing. We are the greatest nation in the world ..."
She stopped as the audience rose and applauded.
"... and what we are doing," she resumed, "is being the indispensable nation, willing to make the world safe for our children and grandchildren, and for nations who follow the rules."

Now that the dirty deed is done, they writhe in their hatred for the man who actually did what he said he was going to do. They like weak "paper" men who are easily intimidated by bad press and opinion poll numbers. Because Bush cares very little about both, the MSM and the Left keep trying to sway public opinion against the man and the war. They know they cannot change the President's mind. He says what he means.

And finally....

10) He Evoked the Name of Jesus Christ This fact more than any other is the main reason Libs and the press hate the President. The name of Jesus is a very powerful name. It causes wars and brings peace. It ends lives and saves lives at the same time. In the 2000 election, GWB said he had been saved by Jesus. That very statement marked him as enemy #1 with Liberals and the MSM. Christianity goes against all their Socialist beliefs even though they'll never admit it. After September 11, 2001 they remained silent for a time as the world grieved. They went along with a Christian themed National Memorial Service. But all that silence soon ended. To have a President so openly express his love and gratitude to Jesus for saving his life meant nothing but trouble for them:

no more abortion on demand
no more rationalization for their actions
In comes accountability
In comes presonal responsibility

In other words, everything they loathe and hate. After he claimed to be a Christian...he forever became the #1 enemy of Liberals and the MSM.

There you have it. The TOP TEN reasons why Liberals and the MSM hate President Bush

Let it Snow!

2006-03-17T20:17:00.000-08:00

Who says it doesn't snow in the desert?? Last weekend in Carefree we saw a lovely sight..........

We had snow in the valley last weekend!! Not only did we need the rain, but the snow was a pleasant surprise. We can enjoy it because it doesn't really damage too many things including scheduled events.

Unfortunately, the snow and people playing in it may have caused some damage to golf courses in Carefree......

WMD & Iraq/Al Queda Pre-War Evidence

2005-11-17T21:04:00.000-08:00

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A Post on WMD evidence and an Al Queda/Iraq link before the war...............

From the NYT on June 25, 2004:

Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990's were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by the Americans in Iraq.....

American officials described as an internal report by the Iraqi intelligence service detailing efforts to seek cooperation with several Saudi oppositions groups, including bin Laden's organization, before Al Queda had become a full-fledged terrorist organization. He was based in Sudan from 1992 to 1996, when that country forced him to leave and he took refuge in Afghanistan.....

The document, which asserts that bin Laden "was approached by our side", states that bin Laden previously "had some reservations about being labled an Iraqi operative" but now was willing to meet in Sudan, and that "presidential approval" was granted to the Iraqi security service to proceed....."

....At the meeting, bin Laden requested that sermons of anti-Saudi cleric be rebroadcast in Iraq. That request, the document states, was approved by Baghdad."

Other evidence of the link:Clinton also believed in the al Queda/Iraq link before President Bush did.........[from Washington Times article June 25,2004] "..during President Cllinton's eight years in office, there were at least two official pronouncements of an alarming alliance between Baghdad and Al Queda. One came from William S. Cohen, Clinton's defense secretary.

He cited an al Queda-Baghdad link to justify the bombing of a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan.Mr. Bush cited the linkage, in part, to justify invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein. He said he could not take the risk of Iraq's weapons falling into bin Laden's hands....The other pronouncment disclosed a close relationship between al Queda and Saddam's regime, which included specialists on chemical weapons and all types of bombs, including truck bombs, favorite weapon of terrorists."

When William H. Cohen testified to the 9/11 commission regarding the proceeding disclosures, he said that "bin Laden had been living [at the plant], that he had, in fact, money that he had put into this military industrial corporation , that the owner of the plant had traveled to Baghdad to meet with the father of the VX program." He said that "if the plant had been allowed to produce VX that was used to kill thousands of Americans, people would have asked him, 'You had a manager that went to Baghdad; you had Osama Bin Laden, who funded, at least the corporation, and you had traces of VX and you did what? And you did nothing?' Is that a responsible activity on the part of the secretary of defense?" [emphasis mine]

Or a President of the United States?

President Bush did the right thing by ending the connection between Iraq and al Queda ....before we were attacked with chemical weapons.

The TRUTH is out there!

A Veteran's Day to Remember.....

2005-11-10T13:06:00.000-08:00

My husband and I attended a wonderful Veteran’s Day banquet at a local elementary school this morning. They had it today (USMC’s Birthday, by the way…) because they have no school tomorrow….

Anyways, the teacher does this every year to honor Veteran’s of all branches of service. She has done this for about 13 yrs. now.

Her students make a wonderful buffet breakfast and then decorate the entire classroom with red, white, and blue decorations. They make beautiful placemats for the quests and they do a creative job too!

Each student is told to find a Veteran, can be a family member or neighbor, interview them and then invite them to come to the banquet to talk about their service.

I wasn’t able to attend the banquet last year, but my husband did and he told me to make sure I set aside some time to attend this year. So I did…..

Best decision I made this year!!

After the delicious breakfast, each child got up and introduced their guest Veteran. Some were Air force currently serving, others were retired Army. There were even 2 Veteran’s of Iwo Jima there!! Amazing.

As the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Veteran spoke, I almost teared up as I pictured him at 18 yrs. of age entering the Marine Corps just a few days after Pearl Harbor. He said he and his wife were horseback riding that December morning when they heard of the attack. He enlisted soon after. He found himself on Iwo Jima in the 4th Infantry Division of the Marine Corps. For 60 days they battled there and lost 6,000 men in the first 30 days. He said they could see the enemy and didn’t know who they were fighting. But they held on…..and won.

The other Iwo Jima Veteran spoke about how he went from the cotton fields of Arkansas to Camp Pendleton where he trained as a young Marine. From there they went straight into battle. They were the first division ever to do that. Just imagine those scared young Marines heading into battle so soon after boot camp. As he spoke, I was overwhelmed with pride. To think that this man survived one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history and was now here to talk about his experiences with these 6th graders in an American classroom. It was almost too much to handle. I looked at my former Marine husband and was even prouder of him than ever. He is part of this honorable fraternity. Must be an awesome feeling.

After they finished, a young man spoke about his experiences on board a submarine during the Cold War. It was fascinating to hear about the “cat & mouse” games that they played with the hidden enemy.

But the one story that stayed with me and made me want to write it down on my blog, was the story of the Vietnam Veteran.

When he started speaking, he was tearing up because his mind was flashing back to when he returned home in 1969 to a “thankless” America filled with distrust of government and hatred toward the military. He spoke about how he was invited to this banquet for 3 years but this time it was different: not very many Vietnam Vets were present. One of them, he explained, was not joining him because he took his own life this year.

Fighting back tears, he explained that it is hard sometimes for vets to live their lives. He explained that this one vet probably had issues in his life that he could not deal with any longer. He advised the young 6th graders staring at him to try and handle their problems with faith. He told them to stay strong through the hard times.

He tearfully thanked the class and all who were there for remembering the Vietnam Vets and for appreciating them because unlike the Veterans of WWII and the Gulf War, his generation never received the welcome home from America that they deserved.

He was an engineer in Vietnam and saw his share of horror and chaos, but he also was proud to serve his country in a noble cause.

And, yes, the Vietnam War was a noble cause. America was trying to stop the spread of Communism which in the end helps strengthen America and Democracy everywhere. It was the Communist sympathizers here in America that tried to stop this noble cause. They did it in the media: newspapers and television. They turned America against the American fighting man with exaggerated stories of atrocities and, in some cases, downright lies about what the military were doing in Vietnam.

Now, they are trying to do it again to our fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Blinded by their hatred of our President and the military who love him, they will again tear down the American fighting man and make him into a robotic killer (or “clones” as George Lucas sees them….) out to do the governments’ evil acts to the innocent victims or “minutemen” in Iraq. They will call this war on terror ignoble or egregious and try to turn America against it with the media: newspapers and television.

They will print the exaggerated stories of the military committing atrocities again and they will read off the names of the dead as if they truly cared about who these men were. They will try to shock Americans with lies or by withholding the truth about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs. All this in order to make sure President Bush is left with a shameful record when he leaves office. They could care less about Iraq or the people who live there. They could care less about our military. They just want to hurt President Bush and this is the only way they know how.

I wouldn’t be surprised of they do cry for impeachment soon. Give them time.

We may not be able to stop the Liberals who hate the military and all it stands for, but we can make sure the TRUTH is out there and known.

That is what I love about blogs. And I will be damned if I will sit by and watch them allow our Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans come home to a “thankless” America like their fathers, Uncles, and grandfathers did during Vietnam.

It’s not going to happen. We won’t let it.

After this man finished telling us about his experiences, I went up and hugged him. I thanked him for his service and welcomed him home. I wished I could have done more, like traveled back into time and welcomed him home in 1969…….but I was only 2 then.

So, remember a Veteran today. If you have tomorrow off from work or school…thank a Veteran. It is because of them that we can enjoy tomorrow in peace and quiet in our country.

It is because of the brave that this is the land of the free.

God bless them all.

Back From the Dead!

2005-10-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been over a year since I have written on this blog and I have missed it.

I finally graduated Suma Cum Laude from ASU West in May of 2005 and am now teaching Graphic Design at a local community college. Boy has it been fun!

I am glad to be "back from the dead" -meaning being a full time college student at age 37 wasn't easy. And many times I felt like I was a zombie.

But I did learn alot from being in college again...a Liberal college at that......and last year's election was the most educational experience for me than any other.

Liberals

I tell you what, I met a lot of them at ASU West campus. From "Communist dictator supporters" to "former hippies" to "God-only-knows-what-they-believe-in-" types all over campus. I also met, shamedly, many military personell who felt it necessary to bad mouth their Commander-in-Chief as if to say, "Don't hate me since I am in the military because I hate Bush too!" They stood out as a bunch of gutless "wieners" to me. Especially since they never saw combat but acted as if they did.

I had to take a lot of art classes with many other artists who used these classes to produce anti-war artwork that soon became the norm around campus. I tell you, it would be a miracle for these Libs to come up with one origianl idea instead of the usual : War is Evil, George W. Bush is Hitler, etc. diatribe I saw all the time in class. I felt like screaming many times over.

Finally, last fall, I was forced to take a stand in class one night when my teacher was encouraging us to vote in the upcoming election. She was even giving us the night off to go vote. Of course, she claimed she wasn't "telling us how to vote" but she was. One student said it was okay for her to tell us how to vote and I sighed heavily and rolled my eyes. "Here we go again, " I thought to myself, another soliloquy by a former hippie teacher reliving the 60's for us again. Sheesh. Enough is enough!

I asked her if she felt that nothing good had come from the War in Iraq. She admitted in class that, yes, she felt some good had come from the war: Hussein was gone, so were his sons, people were free to vote, etc. Then came the usual Liberal comeback: BUT......

They always say that when they are forced to list the good things that have happened: "But....."

I stopped her and said that there was no "But..." and boy that made her mad.

I then quickly, before the others began screaming at me and foaming at the mouth, listed off the many good things that have happened in Iraq since the fall of Baghdad. She agreed that these were good things indeed.

I, again, quickly stated that there was no other way to get rid of Hussein other than removing him with force.

Thats when the others began yelling with their usual "100,000 civilians killed" ramblings. So, I hit them with another number: 300,000 civilians killed by their own ruler. One young man stated that number represented the people killed in the Iran/Iraq war and my TEACHER corrected him by saying that was not true. Hussein did kill 300,000 of his own people and they are uncovering many more mass graves. Nice try, though.

I brought up the UN Oil-for-food scandal (in my opinion, the best thing that has come out of this war!) and many other things like Libya giving up their WMD's, Spirit of America rebuilding with Marines in Iraq, many of the military blogs created, etc. The list went on and on.

I then noticed that no one was screaming at me and I had the floor. My teacher then decided we needed a break.

Nice timing.

Education

In retrospect, I do believe that the election was the best time of strength in this country since World War II. I am glad that President Bush won....so very glad you cannot imagine. I have never prayed so hard for anything in my life than for the President to win last November.

I learned a lot about my classmates and my teachers from the election. I learned a lot about myself as well.

Now I am on to bigger and better things as I teach art now and enjoy being a mom and wife again.

God is good.

It is good to have a blog so I can write this stuff down!!

Back to School

2004-08-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

I am back in school now at Arizona State University West campus full time. I also am working as a reading tutor at a local school.....plus doing an independent study in painting for a solo show this Fall.

Needless to say, I will only be blogging every once in awhile here. Not that too many people read this blog! But it is for me, I suppose.
I am taking a class called "Ethnic Women Writers" and as you can tell by the title, it is a feminist class.

My professor is feminist as well. Not so much the "man-hater" as I thought she would be, but she is feminist none-the-less.

We have to read several books written by women who have dealt with social issues like spousal abuse, slavery, homosexual discrimination, sexual molestation and abuse, etc. Sounds like fun reading, huh??

Well, so far, the books are proving to be interesting. I am not much of a fiction fan, so I am glad the we are reading autobiographies. It helps me to learn to write better when I read how others write about their lives and experiences. It should be a good class, if I can survive all the feminist jargon and babbling....sheesh. Women are great, but we are not that great! I love men and everything about them. I couldn't imagine a world without men. I understand that men are the dominant sex, but I think they have come a long way too...baby.

I also am taking many art classes as this is my final year as an art major. Those of you out there starting your college careers right out of high school, my advice to you is: STAY IN SCHOOL and GRADUATE in four years.

It is SOOOO hard to go back when you are in your thirties. I have been working on this degree for 19 years. No joke! It has been so hard, but worth it.

So stick with it no matter how hard it is. It does get better when you finally reach your senior year. It is all downhill from there, but not in enjoyment. It actually becomes more enjoyable. So hang in there through all those freshmen required clases.....

I have to make a video for one art class. It will be about ASU West and our campus activities. The final videos from our class will be broadcast as a commercial for the school on a local cable channel. That will be a challenge, but I have made a video last Fall and it all should come back to me.

The independent study will be about portraits. I am planning on painting many portraits done in different styles. Mostly abstract expressionism. Should be a fun challenge. To view my previous work, go to my web site: www.artbyruth.com

So, if I don't blog much, you will know why!

Word from a Marine in Iraq

2004-08-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

A very good and well written article by a Marine helicopter pilot in Iraq. Not just because I agree with him....but because he is an eye witness to what is happening there.....from the NYT:

"The battle has been surreal, focused largely in the cemetery, where families continue burying their dead even as I swoop in low overhead to make sure they aren't sneaking in behind our forces' flanks, or pulling a surface-to-air missile out of the coffin. Children continue playing soccer in the dirt fields next door, and locals wave to us as we fly over their rooftops in preparation for gun runs into the enemy's positions."

"....I've not been deluded into thinking that we came here to free the Iraqis. That is indeed the icing on the cake, but I came here to prevent the still active "grave and gathering threat" from congealing into something we wouldn't be able to stop.

Weapons of mass destruction or no, I'm glad that we ended the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

My brother and other American jet pilots risked their lives for years patrolling the "no fly zone" (and occasionally making page A-12 in the newspaper if they dropped a bomb on a threatening missile battery). The former dictator's attempt to assassinate George H. W. Bush, use of chemical weapons on his own people, and invasion of a neighboring country are just a few of the other reasons I believe we should have acted sooner. He eventually would have had the means to cause America great harm - no doubt in my mind.

The pre-emptive doctrine of the current administration will continue to be debated long after I'm gone, but one fact stands for itself: America has not been hit with another catastrophic attack since 9/11. I firmly believe that our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq are major reasons that we've had it so good at home. Building a "fortress America" is not only impractical, it's impossible. Prudent homeland security measures are vital, to be sure, but attacking the source of the threat remains essential.

"When critics of the war say their advocacy is on behalf of those of us risking our lives here, it's a type of false patriotism. I believe that when Americans say they "support our troops," it should include supporting our mission, not just sending us care packages. They don't have to believe in the cause as I do; but they should not denigrate it. That only aids the enemy in defeating us strategically.

Michael Moore recently asked Bill O'Reilly if he would sacrifice his son for Falluja. A clever rhetorical device, but it's the wrong question: this war is about Des Moines, not Falluja. This country is breeding and attracting militants who are all eager to grab box cutters, dirty bombs, suicide vests or biological weapons, and then come fight us in Chicago, Santa Monica or Long Island. Falluja, in fact, was very close to becoming a city our forces could have controlled, and then given new schools and sewers and hospitals, before we pulled back in the spring.

Now, essentially ignored, it has become a Taliban-like state of Islamic extremism, a terrorist safe haven. We must not let the same fate befall Najaf or Ramadi or the rest of Iraq.
No, I would not sacrifice myself, my parents would not sacrifice me, and President Bush would not sacrifice a single marine or soldier simply for Falluja. Rather, that symbolic city is but one step toward a free and democratic Iraq, which is one step closer to a more safe and secure America.

I miss my family, my friends and my country, but right now there is nowhere else I'd rather be. I am a United States Marine."

Read the whole article...it is great. (via Instanpundit)

Weekly News

2004-08-23T08:24:00.000-07:00

LBJ and John Kerry have a lot in common........a questionable Silver Star, short service in a war, and a camera brought along to record their actions during wartime ...maybe for a future run for President?? Read the article here:

"He wore the Silver Star in his lapel all his life, up to and through the presidency," said Robert Caro, a historian and Johnson biographer. "When he was campaigning in Texas and he wanted to draw people's attention to it, he would actually do this (with his lapel) when he was giving a speech," said Caro, demonstrating how Johnson would grab his lapel with the Silver Star and flap it.

After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Johnson, then a lanky lawmaker from Texas, became the first member of Congress to enter active duty.
"The minute WWII began, he was a very ambitious politician, and he understood if he was going to run for some higher office down the road, he needed to have some kind of military service," said Robert Dallek, another Johnson biographer. "So he volunteered and became a naval officer. He's in Washington as a reserve naval officer, and he goes to see (President Franklin D.) Roosevelt and convinces him to send him on an inspection tour of the southwest Pacific."
Rare home movies, from a camera Johnson carried on that tour, show Roosevelt's young protege in Australia, where he met MacArthur, who allowed him to go on a single bombing mission as an observer.

This is a great article, from Truth Laid Bear blog, complete with a graph to show how the 527 groups have spent millions bashing the President as compared to the $100,00 spent by the Swiftboat Veterans....(from Instapundit)

Samples:

Swift Boat Veterans for TruthReceipts: $ 158,750OpenSecrets.org Description: "SBVT represents Vietnam Swift boat veterans who are critical of Democrat John Kerry's decision to make his military service a major part of his campaign for president. The group questions Kerry's record in Vietnam and denounces his anti-war activities following his military service. The group's donors include some major Republican contributors."

America Coming TogetherReceipts: $26,905,450 OpenSecrets.org Description: "One of the leading Democratic interest groups dedicated to defeating President Bush in November. Run by longtime Democratic operatives and financed in part by wealthy Democratic donors, the group plans a massive voter mobilization effort in 17 battleground states."
MoveOn.orgReceipts: $9,086,102 OpenSecrets.org Description: "Begun in 1998 to protest the impeachment of President Clinton, the group has become a powerful political force since then. Its political action committee, the MoveOn PAC, spends millions of dollars to support the election of Democratic candidates. The MoveOn.org Voter Fund is raising soft money, which may be contributed in unlimited amounts, for TV ads in key battleground states that are critical of President Bush."

I can see why the Kerry camp is worried about the Swiftboat Vets......

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So, did the Left ever question Bob Dole's service and medals during the 1996 campaign?? This from NRO's Jim Geraghty explains......

YES, THE LEFT QUESTIONED BOB DOLE'S MEDALS IN 1996
Let's not hear any more talk about how high-minded the left was about Bob Dole and his medals eight years ago. The Nation argued that Bob Dole got his first Purple Heart for a self-inflicted wound. Robert Ellis, who, like Dole 10th Mountain Division in World War II, sought to debunk the "myth" of Dole's heroism:

"The truth about Dole's war record is considerably less than awe-inspiring. Yet the myth endures, and with the candidate running on the contrast between his and Clinton's military record[WHAT CLINTON MILITARY RECORD???], his campaign isn't eager to give a more accurate account. Dole, at the behest of his handlers, is less reticent about his service than in the past, but he mainly speaks about his wound and rehabilitation.
He has passed up several opportunities to correct the exaggerated versions in biographies, and in the case of his self-wounding has even approved a sanitized account in which his maladroitly hurled grenade goes unnoted. Journalists continue to portray him as a hero, winner of two Bronze Stars. Joe Klein, for example, writes in Newsweek that Dole knows "what guns do. He also knows what politicians do, which is rarely anything quite so dramatic as leading an army into battle." Such attempts to make political capital out of Dole's war service go beyond the respect due him for the role he played as a soldier with the 10th Mountain Division."

A presidential candidate's fellow veteran makes claims, charging the candidate wasn't the hero his party says he was? Unprecedented!

The bias here is so painfully obvious that it sickens me. I am glad that Bob Dole is coming forward to question John Kerry's record.

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It's been a tough August for John Kerry.......this from Chris Lynch's "A Large Regular" via Instapundit:

Highlights:

Aug. 1 - Normally a candidate gets a "bounce" in the polls immediately after his convention - not so for Kerry.

Aug. 2 - Kerry advisor says Kerry will make world safer by giving Iran nuclear fuel and hope that they use it for good. Sane people everywhere say, "Are you friggin' kidding me?" Meanwhile the Kerry campaign suffers some guilt from association after Howard Dean questions the timing of terror alerts in New York - claiming they could be politically motivated. Again, sane people everywhere ask, "Are you friggin' kidding me?"

Aug. 3 - Swift Boat Veterans for Truth explain their version of the real story of John Kerry's military history - this picture was interesting

Aug. 4 - The Kerry campaign and DNC lawyers threaten legal action against any stations that air the Swift Boat ads. Instead of addressing the allegations made by the vets - Kerry decides that threat of legal action would be better. The campaign slogan is officially amended to "Bring it on.....and we'll sue!" Meanwhile Senator Kerry announces:
I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history.

Aug. 5 - Kerry tells reporters that he would not have waited around like Bush did for 7 minutes on 9/11. He states:
"Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whispered in my ear, 'America is under attack,' I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had something that he needed to attend to -- and I would have attended to it." This claim comes back to bite him in the ass when his actual reaction to the morning of 9/11 is revealed - over 40 minutes of not being able to think or act.

Aug. 6 - Former New York Mayor - Rudy Giuliani notes that it is sad that a man running for the president seems to be getting his clues from Michael Moore and Rudy adds for good measure:
John Kerry is an indecisive candidate [with] an inconsistent position on the War on Terror, who voted against funding for our troops and who cannot give a clear answer on his position concerning the decision to remove Saddam HusseinOn the Swift Boat front - the now controversial Michael Kranish pens a piece for the Boston Globe that claims that George Elliot has recanted his criticism of John Kerry. George Elliot responds under oath saying "I said no such things."

Aug. 7 - Kerry's wife Theresa contradicts Kerry's claim that the President did not act properly on the morning of 9/11 by saying:

"I think the president behaved correctly in terms of being quiet amidst stunning news like that in a classroom of kids," she told the host of MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews" during an interview before the Democratic National Convention last month. "You know, what can you do? It takes you a couple of minutes to digest what you have just heard. And then he was . . . not in his White House and in his office with all of his people. He was in the school in Florida."

It gets pretty bad when even your own wife disagrees with what you have said!!! Read the whole article..it is great fun!

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It just Keeps Getting Worse and Worse.....

2004-08-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

This article, from the Village Voice writer Sydney Schanberg regarding Kerry's cover-up of surviving POWs and MIAs still in Vietnam after the war, is devistating.......

"Senator John Kerry, a decorated battle veteran, was courageous as a navy lieutenant in the Vietnam War. But he was not so courageous more than two decades later, when he covered up voluminous evidence that a significant number of live American prisoners—perhaps hundreds—were never acknowledged or returned after the war-ending treaty was signed in January 1973."

"......In the end, the fact that Senator Kerry covered up crucial evidence as committee chairman didn't seem to bother too many Massachusetts voters when he came up for re-election—or the recent voters in primary states. So I wouldn't predict it will be much of an issue in the presidential election come November. It seems there is no constituency in America for missing Vietnam P.O.W.'s except for their families and some veterans of that war.
A year after he issued the committee report, on the night of January 26, 1994, Kerry was on the Senate floor pushing through a resolution calling on President Clinton to lift the 19-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam. In the debate, Kerry belittled the opposition, saying that those who still believed in abandoned P.O.W.'s were perpetrating a hoax. "This process," he declaimed, "has been led by a certain number of charlatans and exploiters, and we should not allow fiction to cloud what we are trying to do here."
Kerry's resolution passed, by a vote of 62 to 38. Sadly for him, the passage of ten thousand resolutions cannot make up for wants in a man's character."

Excellent article. Read the whole thing.

Hypocrasy at its Worst.....

2004-08-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

John F. Kerry filed a complaint to the FEC to stop the Swiftboat Vets' ad........can you imagine what the press would be saying if the Bush campaign had filed a complaint against that Moveon. org "Bush is Hitler" ad????

"The complaint was filed against Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. It states that "based on recent press reports and SBVT's own statements there is overwhelming evidence that SBVT is coordinating its expenditures on advertising and other activities designed to influence the presidential election with the Bush-Cheney campaign."
Members of that group have denied any coordination with the GOP campaign, as have members of the Bush-Cheney team."

Notice they don't say that one of the Vets in the ad worked for John McCain:

"During the 2000 presidential primaries, Galanti was the Virginia Chair of Senator John McCain's presidential bid. "John is the only guy I know who is more positive than I am," says Galanti. "He did quite well in Virginia especially considering that the campaign was composed of an all-volunteer Army of political non-professionals"!

Galanti's military decorations include the Silver Star, Two Legions of Merit for combat, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star for combat, nine Air Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal for combat and two Purple Hearts."

-From the Mudville Gazzette

I suppose that means that the Swiftboats are in connection to John McCain??? We'll see if Kerry's camp touches that one.......

Friday News....

2004-08-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

This from NRO.....it states that the rich are paying more taxes since the Bush tax cuts were implemented. That surely goes against the Bush critics who are saying that the tax cuts went strictly to the rich.....

"One of the inconvenient facts for the foes of the Bush tax cuts is that the percentage of total taxes paid by the rich rose after the economic stimulus plan was put into effect. This consequence of the Bush tax cuts is highly damaging to the case by the Bush-haters that his tax cuts disproportionately benefit Halliburton executives and Bill Gates. Moreover, the Bush tax cuts took some 2 million low-income taxpayers off the tax roles entirely, so it's hard to argue that working families didn't get a financial benefit."

One final point: The CBO study confirms that the rich carry the bulk of the tax burden on their shoulders. The CBO estimate says that the share of income taxes paid by the richest 20 percent of earners fell from 82.5 percent to 82.1 percent in 2004. The report also states that the top 10 percent of earners will pay “only” 66.7 percent of 2004 taxes, with the top 1 percent paying 32.3 percent. Fully 80 percent of Americans pay less than 18 percent of total income taxes. Not even Al Sharpton could look at this data and say the rich are getting a free ride.
How much exactly does the Kerry-Edwards team want the rich to pay? Seventy percent? Eighty percent? One hundred percent? Does the Left want rich people like Barbara Streisand, George Soros, Teresa Heinz, and Ted Kennedy to pay all the taxes? Hey, now there’s an idea . . . " -Stephen Moore

Read the whole article...it's great!

Bob Novak seems to think the news will help Kerry....

"In the long run, however, the trouble with Holtz-Eakin is economic rather than political. His analysis is static, a zero-sum game that plays into Kerry's hands. It does not score the dynamic impact of the Bush tax cuts in not only promoting the economic recovery but also accelerating the ascension of Americans upward through the tax brackets. The study does not suggest that taxpayers in the top 20 percent are not the same today as they were in 2000."

Rep. Bill Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and star of the conference call, concluded from those numbers that ''the system is more progressive'' because of the Bush tax cuts. Thomas then explained to the journalists that ''progressive'' means the more you make, the higher percentage of taxes you pay. "

We'll see what happens at the RNC.........all I can say is that if the rich pay the most taxes, then they deserve a tax break. They will re-invest that extra money or spend it, which benefits the economy.

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From Deborah Orin at NY Post:

"Their online dialogue is punctuated with questions about why the "mainstream media" have been mostly ignoring this story — and why the 13 pro-Kerry vets are automatically assumed to have more credibility than 264 anti-Kerry vets.

Just imagine the coverage if 264 vets who served with Bush in the Texas Air National Guard made similar charges. For those bloggers, this story has become a test of the mainstream media's credibility — and its liberal anti-Bush bias."

It makes my head spin when I think of how the media would be covering this if it were about Bush lying about his time in the TANG.

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From Swiftboats for Truth web site:

"In addition, Senator Kerry closed the Democratic National Convention with a story in which he claimed that five of the boats fled on March 13 after a mine went off and he came back. His campaign is now admitting that he fled and the rest stayed.
Attacking our organization does not respond to the facts that occurred in Vietnam. Senator Kerry says that he has learned to charge into an ambush in connection with this, instead he is fleeing down the river from the facts."

All John Kerry has to do is state facts to support his claim..... yet all he and his campaign are doing is spewing out ad hominems. Informal fallacies imply a lack of argument. Read John O'Neill's entire statement.

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Duncan Currie over at Weekly Standard has a good article about how many first time voters are pro-life......

"On abortion, Pace Poll researchers slice the new voter demographic into four groups. There are those who believe "abortions should be legal and generally available" (21 percent); those who feel "regulation of abortion is necessary, although it should remain legal in many circumstances" (23 percent); those who say "abortion should be legal only in the most extreme cases, such as to save the life of the mother, incest, or rape" (41 percent); and those who think "all abortions should be made illegal" (13 percent). The survey shows that, essentially, 44 percent of new voters are pro-choice while 54 percent are pro-life. Among first-time Latino voters, pro-lifers outnumber pro-choicers 61 percent to 34 percent; among blacks, the pro-life/pro-choice breakdown is 59 percent/42 percent. Self-described "moderates" similarly tend to be more pro-life (52 percent) than pro-choice (45 percent). "

Interesting news indeed.........

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And Now for Something Completely Different.....

2004-08-19T22:16:00.000-07:00

A friend sent this to me.....it is so funny!

She claims that a man can be caught by the same methods mentioned here:

"They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts, honey and two cans of Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was captured for relocation."

I think she is right!

The TRUTH About Jane and John

2004-08-19T14:49:00.000-07:00

"I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we should someday become communist." -Jane Fonda, Michigan State University on November 22, 1969

Jane in Hanoi So many young people born in the 70's may only know Jane Fonda from her movies and exercise videos. I was a HUGE fan of hers when I was a liberal Democrat. I thought she was a strong example for young women. I loved the movie "Klute" and even owned a copy of it on video.

I am afraid that most young women today will never know the truth about Jane Fonda because the Liberal media has done such a great job at covering up her visit to the North Vietnamese camps during the Vietnam War.

In the book I just finished reading, "Reckless Disregard" by Robert Patterson, he brings to light the trip Jane took to the North Vietnamese camps in Hanoi and what she did there.

Things Hanoi Jane did while visiting the enemy:

1972- While American armed forces were being killed on the battlefields of Vietnam, Fonda visited Hanoi and had her picture taken sitting among the North Vietnamese. She wore a North Vietnamese helmut while sitting on an anti-aircraft gun pretending to shoot down an American jet.

She made radio broadcasts and films in Hanoi specifically designed to affect morale of the American troops. These braodcasts were used to encourage the Viet Cong as well. She told them to continue their struggle against America.

"I am speaking to the US servicemen, I don't know what your officers tell you....

but [your] weapoms are illegal and...the men who are ordering you to use

these weapons are war criminals according to international law.

In the past,in Germany and Japan, men who committed these kinds of crimes were tried and executed."

She returned home wearing a necklace given to her by the enemy. It was made from the melted parts of an American b-52 bomber shot down over Hanoi. Imagine you are a family member whose loved one was on that plane. And there is Jane Fonda wearing that necklace with pride.

It sickens me.

After returning home, she told the media that our prisoners were safe and being treated fairly. I found this information at this web site:

"When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp communist political officer if I would be willing to meet with her. I said yes, for I would like to tell her about the real treatment we POWs were receiving, which was far different from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese, and parroted by Jane Fonda, as 'humane and lenient.' Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees with outstretched arms with a piece of steel re-bar placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane every time my arms dipped."

"Jane Fonda had the audacity to say that the POWs were lying about our torture and treatment. Now ABC is allowing Barbara Walters to honor Jane Fonda in her feature "100 Years of Great Women." Shame on the Disney Company. "

Fonda's response when the released POW's contradicted her claims:

Fonda said the idea that the POWs she had met in Vietnam had been tortured was "laughable," claiming: "These were not men who had been tortured. These were not men who had been starved. These were not men who had been brainwashed." The POWs who said they had been tortured were "exaggerating, probably for their own self-interest," she asserted. She told audiences that "Never in the history of the United States have POWs come home looking like football players. These football players are no more heroes than Custer was. They're military careerists and professional killers" who are "trying to make themselves look self-righteous, but they are war criminals according to law." [http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp]

If you do a Google search, you will find many more of these stories.

So, why am I writing about Hanoi Jane here on my blog??

Because Presidential Candidate John Kerry stood up with Jane Fonda and counted himself among her supporters.

In September 1970, John Kerry joined with Fonda and actor Donald Sutherland (her "Klute" co-star) and many other political and Hollywood celebrities on a so called "rapid American withdrawal" campaign. This lovely event was called the "F>ck the Army" tour, sort of a perverse USO tour. It was performed outside of military bases across the United States. Michael Moore can't hold a candle to Jane Fonda, that's for sure.

On these tours, she displayed disgruntled vets. Sort of like what was seen in "Forest Gump" movie starring Tom Hanks. She was the primary bankroller for Vietnam Vets Against the War, John Kerry's group. She had met with communists in 1967 and began her tirade against the war.

Freedom of speech was one of the many freedoms our soldiers were fighting for then and now, but what Ms. Fonda was doing was aiding and abetting the enemy. It is called: TREASON.

And yet, to this day, she has never been charged. Instead, she has been praised.

And John Kerry, to this day, has never come out and denounced his nor her actions back in 1972. The "Winter Soldier Investigation" was his biggest moment. He and Fonda used this "investigation" to undermine our efforts in Vietnam and to cause uprising here in the US.

It was found later that most of the tesimony of the "Vietnam Vets" could no be corroborated, though, and many were found to be frauds.

In the awesome book, "Stolen Valor" by BG Burkett, it was revealed that the "wintesses" were lying for effect. The documentary film of the proceedings was produced by a man, Al Hubbard, who claimed to be a Vietnam Vet. He had served in the military, he had not been the Air Force officer he claimed to be. Isn't it a federal crime to impersonate an officer??

Kerry and Hubbard went on "Meet the Press" together to denounce the war.

Then there was "Dewey Canyon III" in which many Vietnam Vets marched to the National Mall carrying the Viet Cong flag and other flags supporting Communist countries like Cuba, China, and North Korea. They spilled red paint on the steps of the Capitol. Their star speaker was John Forbes Kerry.

While Kerry was speaking at this event, American servicemen were being tortured in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Retired rear admiral Jeremiah Denton was one of those servicemen:

"When Kerry joined me in the Senate, I already knew about his record of defamatory remarks and behavior criticizing U.S. policy in Vietnam and the conduct of our military personnel there. I had learned in North Vietnamese prisons how much harm such statements caused.
To me, his remarks and behavior amounted to giving aid and comfort to our Vietnamese and Soviet enemies. So I was not surprised when his subsequent overall voting pattern in the Senate was consistently detrimental to our national security.
Considering his demonstrated popularity during the Democratic primaries, I earnestly hope the American people will soberly consider Kerry's qualifications for the pres idency in light of his position and record on both our cultural war at home and on national security issues.
To put it bluntly, John Kerry exemplifies the very reasons that I switched to the Republican Party. Like the majority in his political party, he has proven by his words and actions that his list of priorities -- his ideas on what most needs to be done to improve this country -- are almost opposite to my own."

Read his entire statement. It is important.

Is Vietnam and that era relevant to what is happening today? Some Kerry supporters will say no. Others will say YES because they compare the War in Iraq to Vietnam. John Kerry himself brought up Vietnam throughout his campaign leading up to the Democratic National Convention ultimately culminating with his speech there. So, Vietnam is once again in the forefront.

I consider this to be a Godsend. All that John Kerry did after Vietnam is more important than anything he did while in Vietnam. He provided aid and comfort to our enemy. He stood alongside and supported (and received support from ) a treasonous woman named Jane Fonda. Americans need to know of his actions before they vote on November 2, 2004.

Had George W. Bush made his 6 year service to the Texas Air National Guard the center of his campaign, then his actions would also be fair game.

John Kerry has done this to himself. He chose to stand up and by Jane Fonda while American servicemen were being killed on the battlefields and tortured by the enemy while they used his speeches for brainwashing.

As J.F. Kelly put it so bluntly..........

"There is no question that John Kerry earned his decorations and that he put his life at risk in the service of his country. There is no doubt in my mind, moreover, that he has the intelligence to serve as president. But there is also no doubt in my mind that his anti-war activities while our troops were still fighting, dying and being tortured in filthy Vietnam prisons were despicable.
For that reason, even aside from his anti-defense voting record in the Senate, he is one ex-shipmate that I could never support as commander-in-chief of the armed forces."

Commander Kelly was the XO of the USS Gridley and commanded John Forbes Kerry from 1967-68.

Know the facts before you vote.

Cartoon

2004-08-19T14:34:00.000-07:00

This cartoon by my husband. The terrorists are happy John Kerry has no time for terror briefings!!

Iraqi Soccer Team....Already Losers

2004-08-19T12:42:00.000-07:00

Now I cannot cheer for the Iraqi Soccer Team...not for what they said about the President.....but because they claim that the insurgents are not "terrorists" and they would join them in the fight against our troops if they were not in Athens.

"To a man, members of the Iraqi Olympic delegation say they are glad that former Olympic committee head Uday Hussein, who was responsible for the serial torture of Iraqi athletes and was killed four months after the U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in March 2003, is no longer in power.

Here it comes...the ever present "but...."

But they also find it offensive that Bush is using their team for his own gain when they do not support his administration's actions in Iraq. "My problems are not with the American people," says Iraqi soccer coach Adnan Hamad. "They are with what America has done in Iraq: destroy everything. The American army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the [national] stadium and there are shootings on the road?"

Can you say, "ungrateful"????

What a shame. I say, let's put these guys on the firing end of a AK47 in the hands of a United States Marine in Fallujah. ....but I digress.

That Bush Ad....Nails It!

2004-08-19T12:26:00.000-07:00

In the newest Bush ad, the announcer claims that John Kerry hasn't attended over 76% of the Senate Intelligence Committee meetings.....and yet Kerry claims he takes our intelligence and the War on Terror seriously.

This article pretty much shows that the Bush ad is correct!

Summary: "A Bush-Cheney '04 ad released Aug. 13 accuses Kerry of being absent for 76% of the Senate Intelligence Committee's public hearings during the time he served there. The Kerry campaign calls the ad "misleading," so we checked, and Bush is right.

Official records show Kerry not present for at least 76% of public hearings held during his eight years on the panel, and possibly 78% (the record of one hearing is ambiguous).

Kerry points out that most meetings of the Intelligence Committee are closed and attendance records of those meetings aren't public, hinting that his attendance might have been better at the non-public proceedings. But Kerry could ask that his attendance records be made public, and hasn't."

Read the whole article. It is great.

Kerry Supports the Troops??

2004-08-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."

-Senator John Kerry, March 16, 2004.

In his speech to the VFW in Ohio yesterday, John Kerry spoke about how he supports the US military and admires them for their service.

But his record says something completely different:

In 1991: Kerry voted to cut the defense budget by 2 percent and to shift these funds to social programs. [Charles R. Smith, "Kerry's Real Defense Record", Newsmax.com, March 4, 2004]

In 1992: Kerry voted to cut $6 billion from defense.

In 1993: Kerry voted against a militry pay raise. He voted to reduced overall defense spending by $8.8 billion. [Senatorial Congressional Resolution 106]
He also wanted to force early retirement of 60,000 active duty service members. This is the year that the World Trade Center was bombed and terrorists declared war on America.

In 1994: Kerry proposed cutting $43 billion from defense spending (remember, the terrorists delcared war on us...) Kerry said: "What we have offered to the Senate is an opportunity to register our votes for real choices for a set of choices that reflect what the American people would really like to be spending their money on as opposed to being forced to spend it by continuation of programs that the President [Clinton] has asked to have cut."[John Solomon, "Kerry's 1994 Effort to Cut Defense Eyed" Assoc. Press, March 19, 2004]

Not even Robert Byrd supported this bill: "We have already cut defense spending drastically.....Cutting another $4billion (for fiscal year 1995) is simply unwise and insupportable." [Ibid.]

In 1995: Kerry voted to freeze defense spending.

In 1996: Kerry proposed $6.5 billion Dept. of Defense budget cut. He also proposed a spending freeze. Not one single senator supported his proposal. Remember, by this time, embassies had been attacked by Al Queda and Americans were killed....the war was still on.
Kerry also stated that the missile defense system was not needed because "the supporters of this bill will say that North Korea, Iran, Iraq, or Lybia now have or will have shortly, the ability to launch a missile that can reach our shores. That is simply not the case."

From his Ohio speech yesterday: "For example, why are we unilaterally withdrawing 12,000 troops from the Korean Peninsula at the very time we are negotiating with North Korea – a country that really has nuclear weapons?"

An obvious example of Kerry's shortsightedness. Now he thinks North Korea is a threat, but back in 1996, they weren't a threat. Hmmm......read on:

In 1998, North Korea fired its Taepo Dong missile over Japan, on its way to dropping a simulated nuclear warhead off the west coast of the US. China has a ballistic missile tracking system, obtained from the Clinton administration, that can reach the US mainland.

6 of the last 10 years, Senator Kerry has voted to freeze or greatly reduce the defense budget even though Al Queda had delcared war on the United States.

He also voted against the $87 billion increase in the Iraq war funding...

This bill went towards supplying our troops with body armor, hazardous duty pay increases, humvees, and a $1.3 billion increase in medical care to military families. Bush also gave the military pay raises this year as well.

From his speech yesterday: "Military families are going through difficult times these days. Many of their loved ones are in faraway places, leaving them to care for their families alone. The last thing our servicemen and women need on their minds is the stress of wondering if their loved ones back home will be okay.... That means making sure families have competitive pay, good housing, decent health care and quality education for their children. "

Yep, and this bill will help these families.

Kerry did not vote for this bill and neither did other liberals like Kennedy, Harkin, Kucinich, and Pelosi. They claim that it was an "inappropriate" use of taxpayers dollars. [ Chad Allen, "The Only Spending Liberals Hate" Washington Dispatch, September 12, 2003]

So, John Kerry's idea of "supporting the troops" isn't what we Americans call support.

His record stands on its own.....and it stands on sand.

From his speech yesterday:

"What they need is a president who protects their families while they are putting their lives on the line protecting the American family."

Thank God they have one in office now.

Kerry Wants Iraq to Become Vietnam

2004-08-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, liberal reporter/journalist Helen Thomas, wrote an editorial in the Seattlepi.com site. In this editorial, she blasted John Kerry for agreeing with President Bush's decision to send troops to Iraq.

She claims to be disappointed that John Kerry told America that knowing what he knows today, he still would have voted to give the President authorization to enter Iraq for the same reasons cited by the President.

She calls Kerry a "warmonger" type not much different than Bush.

In her article, she claims that Kerry, should he be elected, should do all he can to bring our troops home and end the war:

"Kerry has talked about drawing down American forces and an eventual pullout.

But he could learn something from two previous wartime Republican presidential candidates who had a better take on the public pulse and won the White House.

In 1952 during the Korean War, Dwight D. Eisenhower made a campaign promise that he would "go to Korea" and end the bloodshed. He did go to Korea and the war ended with a cease-fire standoff months after his inauguration.

In 1968, Richard Nixon said he had a "plan" to end the Vietnam War and the voters, wanting peace, bought it. Nixon -- in part forced by Congress -- reduced the U.S. troop commitment to Vietnam, but U.S. forces were still there when Nixon was forced to resign from office in 1974 because of the Watergate scandal. But the war ended the following year.

These were not triumphal solutions but they did give Americans some hope of eventual escape from the two quagmires." [emphasis mine]

There is, however, a problem with Helen Thomas' logic and memory here. In the excellent book, "Reckless Disregard", Robert Patterson writes that Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer saw the war in Vietnam as still winnable. Our US forces were winning major battles and holding the North Vietnamese back. In 1972, he urged President Nixon to bomb key strategic sites in and around Hanoi and Haiphong Harbor. Nixon agreed to this change from Johnson's policy. The result of this strategic air campaign worked.

On December 18, 1972, the US unleashed its "greatest arsenal assault on the enemy in the history of the war."

The 1972 bombing campaign forced the North Vietnamese to immediately ask for peace. They also began to treat our POW's more humanely. Nixon began to withdraw our troops from Vietnam. His "peace through strength" idea worked.

But, in 1975, when the North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam again, the Democrats abandoned our ally. After the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation, the Democrats voted to "cut off all economic aid to all anti-Communist governments in Cambodia and South Vietnam." Both regimes fell within months after the vote...which lead to mass slaughter of these two countries. Almost 2 million people were murdered at the hands of their new Communist rulers. Nixon is partly to blame for this because of his lack of integrity in his administration. Had he been less concerned for getting relected and more concerned for our involvement in Vietnam, perhaps things would have been different. But, still, the Democrats took political advantage of Nixon's situation and used their new found power to get what they wanted: US troops out of Vietnam no matter what and the Communists allowed to do what they want.

I am sure our early withdrawal from Vietnam made some people feel better. But look at the consequences that were faced by our allies because of the selffishness and ineptitude of the Liberal Democrats in Congress back in 1972-1975.

Helen Thomas was a journalist back then and she is still spewing out the liberal diatribe now.

She wonders why John Kerry would still vote the same way now knowing what he knows about the intelligence and WMD's in Iraq...well, perhaps I can answer her question:

John Kerry said he would vote the same way because he knows that removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right thing to do and he saw what the intelligence said about the WMD's and he knows that Hussein posed a serious threat. But he would rather die than admit it, so he just says that he would still vote to give the President the authority to this day.

So, John Kerry is in a pickle of his own making. He is being pressured to vow to pull our troops out of Iraq after he is elected to please the Liberals who hate war no matter what the reason. And he is being pressured not to pull out the troops because of what happened to our allies after Vietnam and after the Gulf War I (The Kurds were slaughtered by Hussein....). He knows the consequences of both situations:

If he doesn't do what the Libs want, he will lose his base supporters....and possibly lose the election.

If he does do what the Libs want, he could be elected and withdraw our troops leaving the Iraqi people and the ME to be taken over by the terrorists who will attack America in retaliation. Vietnam all over again.

Too bad Helen Thomas is wrong about John Kerry: He is nothing like George W. Bush. Bush isn't led around by popular polls and his base supporters. He knows the consequences of removing our troops from Iraq too soon: mass slaughter of the Iraqi people and losing the ME forever to the terrorist regimes. Bush knows he must stand firm and remain steady during this time of testing because our enemies are watching our every move.

As Robert Patterson points out in his fine book, Osama Bin Laden has been studying our country's military policy since 1993. After the attack on the World Trade Center and Somalia went by without retaliation, he called our military "paper tigers" who cut and run when the casulaties mount and the pressure becomes too intense.

He was right about Clinton's administration, unfortunately. I am sure that Bin Laden would love for a Liberal people pleaser to be elected AGAIN this year so that our troops will once again cut and run.....and leave our allies in the wake of terror once again.

Helen Thomas is definitely wrong: we do have a choice this election. A clear choice indeed.

Swiftboat Vets' Ad Working....

2004-08-18T21:16:00.000-07:00

Looks like an independent poll suggests that the ad has its effect on undecided voters. Read the whole article here.

Sample:

"The whole goal of a negative ad is to plant a seed of doubt — and it did," said Professor Chris Borrick of Muhlenberg College, who did the ad study with the firm HCD Research."

I, for one, am hoping the truth gets out there and continues to be defended.