Beautiful.

Good to have ya back Ace.

Thanks for the compliment, but check the byline.

Goddamnit. Sorry about that. Fuckin byline. Are you sure your not Ace?

Thanks for the link, Harry, and for stopping by. Pathetic that these Pinkos hold their anti-war protests, disguised as "vigils", outside of military hospitals. And that's why we're there, so the troops don't have just them to see.

Stay tuned for next week....

Is it just me or does our side have a lot more fun than theirs?

I make a point of 'visiting' the hippies in my town each Thursday night, to remind them who provides them the freedom to exercise their rights of assembly and free speech.
And to tell them that they are shit-for-brains hippies.
But I'm grateful to those that keep vigil for the Troops, especially in front of our hospitals.
The last thing they need is to see those anti-American sons-of-bitches 'supporting' them, after losing a limb or worse.
What callous, selfish pigs.
Useful idiots.

Good job outta these guys. Now I hope they've learned the lesson of the First Battle of Fallujah: Never pay for the same ground twice.

Their permit renewal committee should have more redundancy than the safety systems on a nuclear reactor.

Today is a great day. First Portugal, then Canada, now this. We have crushed the moonbats, seen them driven before us, and heard the lamentation of their girly-men.

God bless 'em.

Sorry, I don't find the whole "Sign calling the other guy an asshole" thing to be that witty.

Sorry, I don't find the whole "Sign calling the other guy an asshole" thing to be that witty.

And the award for "Completely Missing the Point of the Effing Post and Consequently Setting Up Yet Another Dumb-Ass Strawman" goes to . . . SSS!!

Not to mention "imagining a sign that isn't in the picture." The only signs I see say "This corner under new non-commie management," "support our troops," and "U tha ou mil" -- which probably in its entirety reads "US (something?) thanks our military."

Glad to help.

I think starshapedscar has been hitting the same wacky weed as the code-pink-commies.

Time for CODESISSYPINK to go home and make themselves usful

I wonder where Code Pink gets their money from. Someone is giving Medea Benjamin $$ to fly all over the place to be obnoxious.

It would be interesting to do an actual auditing of the protest industry, to see who pays for how much of what.
And to see what hotels the big names get to stay in (my bet it isn't the airport Days Inn).

It would be interesting to do an actual auditing of the protest industry, to see who pays for how much of what.

This might be a good place to start.

My husband did two tours in Vietnam and when he came home he joined up with a number of these "pinko" organizations as you people call them, protesting outside hospitals and government buildings.

Why?

Because, after seeing and experiencing what he had in the war zone, losing many friends and being wounded himself, came to realize the American people were being led astray by the likes of Johnson and Nixon, all in the name of the political downside of "America losing a war."

Someday, many of you people, who my husband referred to as, "talkers, but not walkers" (not that some of you haven't served) will see the light and understand that Iraq is proving to be just as big a mistake as Vietnam ever was.

What's most disheartening, is that right now, it appears that anyone who doesn't agree with the current policies is considered unpatriotic, and treasonous, and I think that is not only unfair, it is un-American.

Maybe, instead of taking over the sidewalks outside the hospitals, the pro-war protesters could step inside and see what this fiasco has wrought.

Martha:

We don't really mind if protests are held outside government buildings. We do think it's heinous and despicable when protests are held outside a medical facility. The "pro-war" protestors are not "taking over the sidewalks" to send a message, but to stop the liberal hyenas from demoralizing patients and their loved ones during their recuperation.

geoff:
Have you ever visited any of the wounded?

I spend 20 hours a week doing so, and believe me, if you think the anti-war protesters are "demoralizing" these people, you are dreaming.

There are certainly some who are still as gung-ho as ever, but at least 90% of those who are free to voice their concerns and opinions say that it's the actual war itself, the rationale behind the initial invasion, and the realization that their wounds will forever effect their lives, that has them wondering why they were there in the first place and if and when their fellow soldiers will ever return.

That "at least 90%" sounds kinda like Kerry's claim that 3/4 of the military planned to vote for him 2004.

Someday, many of you people...will see the light and understand that Iraq is proving to be just as big a mistake as Vietnam ever was.
That'll happen only if we (again) turn our backs on the aspirations of a people seeking to live with a government of their own choosing.

Cordially...

Have you ever visited any of the wounded?

No I haven't (they closed the military hospital here years ago). I make it a point to donate, though, and I religiously read the BlackFive site to hear the stories of the wounded, dead, and active military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq. None of them sound anything like what you describe - most are trying to get back to their units as soon as they can, and most believe that they're doing a tremendous amount of good for the Iraqi people.

So I'm sorry, but your account sounds a lot like projection and selective filtering to me. But I think we'd all agree that peace, quiet, and a non-political atmosphere would be the best environment for the patients.

There are certainly some who are still as gung-ho as ever, but at least 90% of those who are free to voice their concerns and opinions say that it's the actual war itself, the rationale behind the initial invasion, and the realization that their wounds will forever effect their lives, that has them wondering why they were there in the first place and if and when their fellow soldiers will ever return.

Martha. Is. Full. Of. Shit.

She thinks that if the soldiers she supposedly visits do not tell her what whe wants to hear then they are simply not free to speak out. Bullshit.

I'm sure she goes down like a turd in a punchbowl in a military hospital.

Not that I believe she actually visits. She's like PLV or Micah Wright: a shameless liar.

Now--wait for it--

"How many hospitals have YOU visited Lipstick?"

Oh, she beat me to it with geoff.

Totally predictable and pathetic.

Now, time for her to go kill some penguins in the "Artic".

Martha,

I'll have to take your claim that your husband served in Vietnam. While his alleged service carries a demand for some well-deserved respect, it's not about to convince me to toe some ridiculous lefty line.

As for the comment about not 'Walking the Walk', I guess you mean serving in the military. I don't know who on this page has actually served in the military, but let me clear something up for you: The military serves the civilians. I pay for it every day. For that support, and for that money, I expect the military to protect me and my interests AGAINST ALL THREATS, FOREIGN. Are they braver than me? After watching Band of Brothers, and reading the book, I have to reply with an unqualified 'Yes'. But nobody, NOBODY, is going to tell me to stop operating in the interest of my own preservation, or the preservation of my way of life, just because I don't "Walk the Walk."

You see, we're different from the banana republics that the libs love so much, like Cuba, in that CIVILIANS call the shots, not the military. Imagine that.

Finally, you're right: This is in many ways just like Vietnam, in that we are operating in the interests in our country, and there are idiots out there who would like to see America back down again, to prove that we can be pushed around, so another 15 years of terrorist pinpricks can be endured, until they set us up for the knockout punch.

In short, nothing you've said so far matters. Murtha served in the military and he can sit and spin on it too. Your comment about military kids losing their support for the mission is a load of bull in any event.

Over and out.