Kerry Said What??

Kerry told a group of California students on Monday that "those unable to navigate the country's education system get stuck in Iraq". Sure sounds like he is not impressed with the education level of our Military. Anyhow, that's what he said in his own words according to a most liberal press. The amazing part is that he now denies saying what he said. Now he says that a "veteran" would never say that about the troups. Here he goes again! You would think this guy learned something a couple of years ago. Go figure!!

Moveon.org Recruiting Military to Speak Against the War.

I'm afraid to say that the political mudslinging can't get much lower. I thought that the Kerry organization recruiting relatives of fallen military was pretty low....But this new tactic is several layers below pond scum! Now "Moveon.org is trying to recruit active Military to speak out against the war!

As an enlisted man/woman or officer you take an Oath. That is a guarantee of your own personal honor, and in so doing you state the following:

(Enlisted Oath)
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

(Officers Oath)
"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)

As far as I am concerned, those at "Moveon.org" or anywhere else who attempt to recruit military personnel to speak out against the war are causing those military personnel to speak against their Oath and their Honor. Whoever causes this to happen, or participates in any manner should be brought up on charges of Treason and punished to the fullest possible extent of the law. A Dishonorable Discharge for the Military participant would relieve them of their oath. The recruiter and the Military participant should be offered life at Levinworth!

Why is a political position so important that it would cause citizens to act this way? Is the coercion worth the objective? How can these people live with themselves or sleep at night?

President Jimmy Carter against North Korean Policy

This is really tough to believe. Carter was the lead guy who established the present North Korean policy...now he's against it?? Double digit inflation Carter is against his own policy? Read on: ""Obviously most of the blame is on North Korea but it is U.S. policies that have brought us to this status," he told Reuters while riding between campaign stops for his son Jack who is running for the U.S. Senate in Nevada.

Carter, president from 1977 to 1981, negotiated a deal during a visit to North Korea in 1994 over the reclusive communist state's nuclear program when fellow Democrat
Bill Clinton was president.

"The Bush administration changed that policy," he continued. "They put in the trash can the agreement with North Korea, and as a result of that -- and threatened North Korea with military attack -- and as a result of those threats and the discarding of the previous agreement, North Korea announced that they were withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty."

"It's like night and day. It was daytime when Clinton was in office that totally prohibited and prevented any sort of plutonium enrichment," he said. "All that was dramatically changed under George Bush and now we have the North Koreans having exploded a plutonium bomb."

Somebody tell me what changed?? Other than Carter/Clinton negotiting a deal with Kim Jong Il with a wink and taking another don't look don't tell approach. All we did is make them agree not to develop the bomb and then give them the technology, parts and $640,000 to make it happen. Now that they detonated a device, Carter is complaining about policy?? Time for a memory check Mr President!! Hello, hello, can you hear me Jimmy... I voted for you...remember me??

For the record, Bush did nothing to change the policy with North Korea until Kim Jong Il had the monitoring camers disconnected and threw the IAEA out of the country. But, that didn't matter. The policy Jimmy and Bill put together already put the device on the fast track with the North Koreans!

Remember Cindy Sheehan?

I will be posting more on this...keep checking back...but...it turns out Cindy Sheehan, who's son Casey was KIA after 5 days deployed in Iraq, and who held sit-ins at Crawford Texas was (and may still be) a salaried, and expenses paid employee of the John Kerry Presidential campaign. Read on:

"Three days after Casey Sheehan died, John Kerry was standing behind the terrorist Al Sadr. Many of us mothers of military personnel, in Vacaville, CA., the home of Cindy Sheehan, called his office to blast him for his support of the terrorist. Sheehan was supporting the President at that time and was thrilled at having the opportunity to meet him. They encouraged us to support Kerry and we ignored them, choosing to stand behind the President as he had the total support and confidence of our children. Within months, his campaign came to Vacaville to visit Cindy Sheehan. She knew of his support of Al Sadr. The family became mezmorized with Kerry and his campaign embraced her, tying her into other organizations to support his campaign. They paid her expenses to travel across the United States supporting him. When asked why she would support the man who supported the terrorists who were killing soldiers and had killed her son, there was no response. She seemed conflicted. Behind all of this, is John Kerry and his group of radicals, once more, trying to demoralize our troops and jeopardizing our children."

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You would do yourselves a service to read "America Mourning". It's fair and balanced particularly for those touting Bob Woodwards latest work. Woodward is a great author. My only criticism is that he only rights left handed accounts while editing out any opposing conclusions.

There is so much information on the net regarding Cindy Sheehan, her connection to John Kerry, pornography and divorce, I think it best that the reader of this "Google" the subject for themselves. It is really disgusting! Try "Cindy Sheehan John Kerry Connection". No need to comment here either left or right.

Marriage is a minority in US households.

For the very first time in history, according to the latest US Census statistics, "non-family households" account for 50.2% of US households. That means that less than 50% of US households have an in residence husband and wife. The larger percentage is single parent or unmarried couples.

There is an ongoing debate on a state by state and national level regarding same sex marriages. Gay rights, don't ask don't tell, out of the closet.

In Iowa, a brother shot and killed his 3 sisters plus parents. In Ft. Pierce Florida, a family of 4 was found shot to death and left on the side of the road. In Atlanta, a young mother of 3 was gunned down in her own home during a break-in. Just last week an "English" man entered a one room Amish school and executed 6 little girls and wounded 4 others. These are not exceptions. They are every day occurances. They are "normal".

Perhaps it is that I am in the winter of years. Perhaps having had my two marriages ended by the death of my spouse due to cancer has made me further sensitized me to the awful result of a loss. Perhaps my "old fashioned" values are no longer of value to the majority. But I can tell you two things that are absolutely true. First that simpler times of years past were better for everyone. Those years had their problems, but the level of respect and dignity for friends, family, associates and even strangers was measureably higher than it is today. Second, if the opening of this note doesn't scare the Hell out of you, I suggest you find a place to sit quietly and search your soul for answers. Our country out of control.

This country is in trouble. Not because of Iraq or Osama. It's not because of the cost of fuel or the cost of living or the cost of anything. It is not because of politics or amnisty or immigration. America is in trouble because she continues to drift away from her self respecting way of living. As the moras of the people changes, so too does the country change from a stable rule of law and understanding body, to a permissive society in which practically anything goes and the motto is "push the envelope". I believe that the character of the people that form the nucleus of our nation continues to teach itself to rationalize the unacceptable into common reality. I hope it is not too late to change back to our previously held view of family values, marriage vows and respect for each other. An election will not cause this change, it will require a change in perception of right versus wrong, not left versus right.

Who's killing who in Iraq?

Regardless of what the liberal think tanks say to try and convince the American voter that Iraq is going badly, you only have to remove a single layer to see what is going on. To be sure, there is trouble in Iraq. That's why we have 140,000 troops deployed there and have trained 300,000 Iraq citizens as police. The following is copied off of Yahoo this morning:

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Under pressure to take stronger action against sectarian violence, the ministry in charge of Iraq's police force will change top commanders and has already fired some 3,000 employees accused of corruption or rights abuses, a spokesman said Saturday.

The Shiite-led police force is widely accused of being infiltrated by Shiite militias blamed in slayings of Sunni Arabs, and critics say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been reluctant to move against the militias since many are linked to parties in his coalition.

Thousands have died this year in the cycle of killings between Shiites and Sunnis death squads. At least 14 other people were killed Saturday, mostly in sectarian violence around the country.
Also, the bodies of 17 Shiite construction workers were found in an orchard outside Baghdad, kidnapped and decapitated in apparent retaliation for an attack on Sunni Arabs last week.
The workers' headless bodies were found Friday outside the city of Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, along with four other unknown victims, also beheaded. The killings of the workers were apparently retaliation for the kidnapping on Wednesday of three Sunni Arabs in Duluiyah by a Shiite militia, police said. The three were killed and their bodies burned."

This killing of Moslems by Moslems has been going on for years, and will continue to go on for years. The corruption in the police department comes as no surprise to anyone who has grown up in a large city and has even the most basic knowledge of city politics. I grew up in Chicago. That's all I need to say about that. Even small towns like Jonesboro Arkansas have their city politics. In Vicksburg Mississippi, there were politicians who were magicians....they could make people dissapear....permanently!!

The liberal think tanks would have you believethat 650,000 have died thus far in Iraq. That would be roughly 450 per day. Reasonable people recognize that this magnitude of death would be well covered and reported by the media. Lt. Gen Ricardo Sanchez was interviewed this week and found this incredible number sickly laughable. According to the latest estimates reported by the US military, the actual number is in the range of 20,000 total (roughly 14/day) with the over-whelming majority caused by Moslem factions killing Moslem factions.

Today, an understanding of fact requires an objective view from credible sources and a balanced input. Knowledge is power. Unfortunately, a casual input from an agenda driven or unknowledgeable source is a poor but common way to develop a liberal opinion. Fair and BALANCED is a far better approach. It yields truth and understanding of fact.

Nuclear North Korea

Well, here he is again! Same as before. Shootin' from the hip and still not limited by facts.

"Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the president's rival in 2004 and a potential 2008 candidate, assailed Bush's policy as a "shocking failure," and said, "While we've been bogged down in Iraq where there were no weapons of mass destruction (Note: Remember that Kerry saw all of the intelligence reports and agreed at that time with President Bush that we had to invade Iraq), a madman has apparently tested the ultimate weapon of mass destruction." (Reported by Yahoo).

The Senator from Mass. failed to identify that the source of both the financial aid and free nuclear technology was the good ol' USA and the Clinton Administration!!! This fact is undisputed...but.... There was a condition that President Bill put on Kim Jong Il, just promise you will only use it for white water reactors (electricity). Of course they agreed, and went about their business designing a big energy system. Puts out a whole lot of power for a few short seconds. But the best part is that you and I paid for it.... $640 million dollars plus the cost of blue prints. I think Ken Starr was looking into the wrong "white water". He looked at a good ol' boy Arkansas land deal that slick Willy & Hilly were involved in. Somebody should have been paying closer attention to the good ol' boy backdoor deal that slick Willy put over on North Korea and Kim Jong Il. Talk about faulty intelligence! Clinton actually thought this would work. After all, Kim Jong Il promised peaceful use only! Perhaps the Senator from Mass would have felt better if we abandoned the search for Bin Laden and went into North Korea after Afghanistan?

What should President Bush have done? We tried diplomacy. The fact is that the Russians and Pakistaini folks were North Korea's supplier of material bought with American dollars. Should Bush have cancelled Clinton's deal with Kim Jong Il? That would have been at the expense of South Korea and major Asian instability. The best answer would have been don't do the deal in the first place. That was stupid!

When should we leave Afghanistan & Iraq?

Picture this: A woman sits in a college classroom as a student. She is studying for a degree in her countries history with the goal of becoming a teacher, one of those charged with the opportunity to educate and enlighten the children, the next generation.

This woman is not alone, she is one of many women who are enrolled in various state and private institutions of learning. She can work to earn a salary, own property and even participate as a voter in the next election.

Name this country....

You don't have enough information. If your guess was the USA, you would be correct only if the time table was current. I didn't give a date. You should know from history that a woman's right to vote is recent...About the last 100 years. If the date were 1750, it would be highly unlikely that this arbitrary woman either owned property or was accepted in a college much less to become a degreed teacher. And, who, or what body of people made it possible for a modern day woman to be able to achieve these goals?

If you guessed that women or the US made this possible, you'd be wrong again. I suggest you read up on Admiral deGrasse and the battle of Yorktown. If it hadn't been for the French at the right time and place, we would have been subject to British domination which would have severely crimped our quest for liberty and freedom.

So, we take the battle that erupted here on 9/11 to foreign lands and ask our allies around the world to help us. In the process this Moslem Army draws the battle lines, even though the Moslem Army is largely comprised of Syrians and Iranians who are foreign to the soil on which they fight. In the process of squelching the axis in Afghanistan and Iraq, organized pockets of resistance develop as we train the indigenous population as a police force (now 300,000 strong in Iraq according to Ted Kennedy). The battle lines are drawn, and we must prevail for the sake of the freedom and liberty we established in those lands and to minimize the possibility of another 9/11 in our own country.

The reader of this blog should already know that the women of these middle eastern countries were handed their freedom when we crushed the Taliban in Afghan and unseated Saddam in Iraq. The women of these lands can attend school today, vote, run for political office, all of which was denied them previously. Women can own property, appear in public without wearing a berka and not fear being executed for their cause in freedom. Do you remember the scene in the soccer field...Two women kneeling and simultaneously executed. It happened on a soccer field that was donated to the village by the American people.

Look to Japan, Germany, France, England, Australia, New Zealand, Hungary, Italy, Israel and the Baltic states to see democracies that function today with their own cultural flavors. This freedom and democracy resulted from WW2, largely paid for with American blood. Discounting the 6 million Jews that died at the hands of the Germans between 1941 and 1944, 405,399 Americans lost their lives, and 78,976 were declared Missing in Action. The cost of freedom is always high, but not nearly as high as it would be had we, the United States of America decided that it wasn't our fight. It was our fight. It is our fight and the political voice of the American citizen should be well informed as to the cost and the reason. Today these countries are independent because we stayed after the fight and helped them rebuild and establish governments and infrastructure.Democracy will minimize terrorism and open borders for trade. That is our experience.

So, how shall it be? Would you be willing to support the suffering that went on before we became involved? Would you be willing to put on that lifestyle in sympathy and support of those who were oppressed, and would become oppressed again if we immediately withdrew from the region? If there is still a question, you might try www.rawa.org Also, did you know that the 2nd highest Moslem population is now located in Dearborn Michigan? And did you know that once a Jihad has been declared, it is the obligation of every Moslem to destroy unbelievers?

The truth is, we are not done in either country. And, if we do not prevail we will leave the region in the same shape as North/South Korea......

Amish Funeral

And so on Thursday, black carriages carrying the hand-sawn wooden coffins of 7-year-old Naomi Rose Ebersol, then 13-year-old Marian Fisher, then sisters Mary Liz Miller, 8, and Lena Miller, 7. The funeral for the fifth girl, Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12, was scheduled for Friday.

These little girls were tied up by a mad man and shot in the back of the head...sometimes repeatedly shot by a member of the "English", not the Amish...shot to death for reasons we do not understand.

The 40 some horse drawn buggies in the funeral procession passed the house of Charles Carl Roberts IV who only hours before executed these defenseless children. Sadness for all. Senseless actions on his part has left lives around the nation without answers. Again, without answers....

Terrorize the Amish

I consider myself fortunate to have been able to enjoy Amish country in several states, and have been invited inside an Amish home. I consider that a privelege!

The mother load of all Amish life is Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Bird-In-Hand, Lancaster, Nickle Mines, Intercourse are towns are significant percentage of Amish and Mennonite with their peaceful hard working culture made up of families who go to extremes in order to stay simple. As you travel and occasionally see the name "Yoder" you can be sure that you're not far from an Amish or Mennonite family. Sometimes there is an Amish store nearby with fresh home made baked goods, cheese, produce and meat. Do not pass that opportunity! Here in Georgia there are Mennonites, a more progressive version of Amish who enjoy priveleges of electricity, cars and telephones, but who base their personal lives on the simplest of style. They are peaceful. They are non confrontational. They are bonded together to help each other and live side by side with each other...peacefully! In Wisconsin, Illinois, and Kentucky along two lane roads you will see occasional Amish or Mennonite settlements. Their lives, as with their brotherhood in Lancaster are based on peaceful simple principles all centered on God. Peaceful. Simple. Caring. Hardworking.

And today in NICKEL MINES, Pa., a milk-truck driver carrying three guns and a childhood grudge stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors, and opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three people before committing suicide.

At least seven other victims were critically wounded. It was our nation's third deadly school shooting in less than a week. It sent shock waves through Lancaster County, a picturesque landscape of horse-drawn buggies, green pastures and neat-as-a-pin farms, where violent crime is virtually nonexistent. In fact, some of the communities have a near zero crime rate and therefore do not have a police department. No need for police if there is no crime!

What is happening??? Does anyone know??