Scott Randolph writes one heckuva post

If you read no other post this week, go to ScottRandolph.net. Scott explains what it is that soldiers do, and a little bit about the concept of what it means to dishonour the fallen.

Soldiers know, when they enlist, that it is entirely possible they will be shipped out and never come home. It’s part of the job. The fact that people still walk in to recruiters’ offices and sign that piece of paper make them heroes. To imply that they are simple kids who didn’t know what they were getting into, or even worse, that they died for no reason, or an immoral reason, does a horrible thing. It strips their sacrifice of the honor that it deserves. Even though those folks sitting out there in the Texas fields claim to honor and support the soldiers, they obviously have been blinded by their own selfishness as to the real way to support them.

Amen, Scott.
These brave souls volunteer for a job that involves walking into harms way. Some people get upset when their job involves repetitive tasks. But repetitive tasks are the easy part of being a soldier. The hard part involves running into an area where people are trying to kill you, and trying to make sure that they don't succeed by killing them first.
That's honour. That's bravery. That's being a U.S. soldier.

Parents honour sacrifice of their fallen

Get a kleenex and read this editorial from Opinion Journal. Ronald Griffin lost Spc. Kyle Andrew Griffin, his son, in Iraq. After reading about Cindy, he contacted other parents who lost loved ones to guage their opinion. Here is one of the responses:

Karen Long is the mother of Spc. Zachariah Long, who died with my son Kyle on May 30, 2003. Zack and Kyle were inseparable friends as only soldiers can be, and Karen and I have become inseparable friends since their deaths. Karen's view is that what Mrs. Sheehan is doing she has every right to do, but she is dishonoring all soldiers, including Karen's son, Zack.

It amazes me how people who lost their loved ones can keep on giving.
That's the fabric of our country folks. Its how we value freedom above all else.

Mother supports war, and it was reported!

Somehow, a mother of a lost soldier actually supports the war. I know that sounds unbelievable, but she seems to know what it is that soldiers do for a living. CNN wrote:

At the funeral at Tri-County Baptist Church, Kathy Dyer delivered what she believed would have been her son's own message: "It has been with the greatest pride I have served ... fighting to preserve freedom."

Lance Corporal Christopher J. Dyer, you may rest in peace knowing that your mother is fighting to preserve your honor.

Matt Lauer was in Baghdad for the Today show, and asked a soldier for his thoughts on troop morale. After the soldier said that it was good, Matt doubted it, and asked for more. According to Newsbusters:

Asked Lauer: "What would you say to those people who are doubtful that morale could be that high?"

Captain Sherman Powell nailed Lauer, the MSM and the anti-war crowd with this beauty:

"Well sir, I'd tell you, if I got my news from the newspapers also I'd be pretty depressed as well!"

Yes, Captain Sherman Powell, you couldn't be more right. Matt has been interviewing the Hollywood and NY left for too long.

Okay, I promise... last one!

DS: What do you think true patriotism is?
CS: Seeing that there is something wrong in your country and in the world and trying to make the country a better place.

Later, she says, RE: Saddam:

CS: He was their brutal dictator. There are so many brutal dictators in the world and we are not removing them. We propped Saddam up and gave him weapons to gas his own people.
Besides, Bush gives the reason that we were attacked on 9/11 because 'they hate freedom and democracy', so why are we trying to force something on them that they hate? The country is demolished and so many people are dead for something they never asked for.

Okay, Cindy, which is it?
Are you for making the world a better place, or just letting dicatators be dictators?

Giving Cindy Sheehan the finger

One more post about Cindy, that kinda puts her all into perspective. This is a Daily Kos interview by someone who calls themselves Darksyde -insert joke here- with Cindy. Here is an excerpt:

DS: Well, some would say that removing a brutal dictator who tortured his opponents and their families, committed genocide, and giving the people of Iraq a shot at freedom and democracy has some value. How do you respond to those points?
CS: He was their brutal dictator. There are so many brutal dictators in the world and we are not removing them. We propped Saddam up and gave him weapons to gas his own people.
Besides, Bush gives the reason that we were attacked on 9/11 because 'they hate freedom and democracy', so why are we trying to force something on them that they hate? The country is demolished and so many people are dead for something they never asked for.

Cindy actually suggested that the majority of the people of Iraq were the people that Bush was talking about, when he said that they "hate freedom and democracy".
This is truly a "blond moment" on her part.

Cindy; Bush wasn't talking about the masses. He was talking about the Bathists, and the people that the MSM affectionately nicknamed "insurgents." They don't want freedom in Iraq, because if Iraq is free, they lose power.

Moreover, anyone who suggests that the people of Iraq didn't want democracy are outright racist.
The last time that argument was used, was prior to the Civil Rights Act... when Americans in the South tried to suggest that black Americans wouldn't know what to do with the right to vote, and did they really want it anyway?

And this is where irony comes in:
People like yourself accuse GWB of being a power-hungry facist. Yet, he's trying to spread democracy to a country in the Middle East, and you're attacking him for it. Moreover, you suggest (strongly) that the people of Iraq don't like democracy.

Well, that's not true. And at least one woman would like to give you the finger.
(photo by Andrew Parson)

-John

But he agrees with her. Really.

To everyone who insists that the great majority of Cindy Sheehan's friends& family support her, this article on Daily Kos:

I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died. My husband and I are separated, because he doesn't support my activities, although he knows the war is a lie.

To everyone who insists that we should listen to the troops, and their families:

We live near an Air Force base and our economy depends on war. It is a very conservative, republican community. White upper-middle class.
They believe that Bush is keeping our country safe and that I am a traitor for speaking out against a President during time of war.

Just keep this in the back of your mind, folks... this is what she actually thinks.

-John

On Cindy Sheehan

In case you don't know who she is, Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Casey Sheehan, one of our brave soldiers who lost his life in Iraq on April 4, 2004.

President Bush visited with her shortly after her loss. Back then, Cindy said:

I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis,' Cindy said after their meeting. 'I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.

Now Cindy hates GWB, and she's literally camping out in a ditch outside of his ranch in Crawford, Texas, asking to meet with him again. She has become a liberal cause celeb, and she has a website www.meetwithcindy.org
How does someone change their opinion of GWB by 180 degrees within a year?
I decided to do a little web research.

First of all, I wanted to find out where Meetwithcindy.org originated. It looked like someone had created it overnight, and I was right. When I did a whois, I found out that it was born on August 8th, 2005.
So then I traced the name of the person that it is registered to: David Swanson, of Maryland.
The great thing about the progressive left is that they are all about touting their achivements. It makes their movements easier to trace on the web.

David Swanson has a few other websites, including:
afterdowningstreet.org Where you'll find a link to meetwithcindy.org
Lets Try Democracy (also known as davidswanson.org)

Who is David Swanson? If I have the same Maryland David Swanson, he was the communications director of ACORN from 2000 to 2003, and is the media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association.

According to the Radio Left website, he is the media person for the Progressive democrats of America. And surprise, that website also has an article about Cindy Sheehan.

Now I'd like to give Cindy a little bit a leeway on her loss. I really would.
But she's a little nuts.
I'm not just saying this because of her 180 degree turn on GWB, or the fact that she doesn't want to try to explain it, every time someone in the media asks her about it. And I'm not just saying this because, you know, she's camping out in a ditch outside of someone's home demanding to speak to them.
Although that is kinda nutty.
I'm saying this because when you see her and hear her, you just instinctively know that she's a nut.

But now (from Drudge Report) comes a subtle confirmation from her family, who have obviously been trying to give her some room to live with her sorrow:

The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son's good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.
Sincerely,
Casey Sheehan's grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.

I love that phrase: "silently, with prayer and respect." Man, that says it all. How many people out there are silently supporting GWB, with prayer and respect?

Anyway, now you know a little bit about the background of meetwithcindy.org, and why she's suddenly interested in the Downing Street memos, and why her newest, bestest friend is a guy named David Swanson. Who, as far as I can tell, is just a little bit to the left of Eleanor Clift.

Don't like GWB? Spray paint their car!

And now, for someone who is completely idiotic...
We've all seen the bumper stickers by those who hate GWB.
Now there are the people who are so insane, that they feel the need to deface people's cars who have a GWB bumper sticker on them. According to Reuters, after several cars were defaced in a parking lot, the police set up a sting:

Police set up a bait car with a pro-Bush bumper sticker, parked it at the airport with a surveillance camera, and waited. On July 1, the camera recorded a man spray-painting over the bumper sticker with an expletive.

Investigators traced the license plate of the suspected vandal to Fecteau, 42, who turned himself into police last week and was released after posting a $5,000 bond.

Fecteau is Lt. Col. Alexis Fecteau. No doubt, he will soon become the liberal darling as another (rare) example of a member of the military who hates Bush.

Air America is taking money from Boys & Girls???

Its too bizarre to be true. Yet, it seems like it is.

Air America is known for its cash flow problems. So if this story is right, they took a loan from a Boys and Girls club.

In early 2004, the directors of the nascent Air America network were scouring the nation for potential contributors to its start-up. One of the network's directors, Evan Montvel Cohen, appears to have partially solved the problem by arranging loans from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club that eventually totaled at least $480,000, and possibly more.

Cohen was also on the board of Gloria Wise, so he arranged for the loan.
Only the rest of the B&G club didn't seem to know about it. So now the feds have become involved, and they've suspended the $10 million of grants that the B&G club normally gets, because of bad use of their finances.

Wierd... huh?