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Politics : Hanoi john Should Be Court Martialed -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (395)	3/8/2004 4:07:57 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 681

Column: Kerry's illogical claim By Gary Livacari Published: Monday, March 8, 2004 This just in: "According to the Associated Press, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry served on a Navy gunboat in Vietnam and was recognized with numerous military decorations for courage under fire and wounds sustained in combat." Big news, right? I doubt it. One can hardly watch a Kerry campaign rally or stump speech without the senator droning on and on about his Vietnam War record. I do not mean to belittle Mr. Kerry's service. As the son of a career Navy captain, I was taught to show respect for all military men and women, including guardsmen and reservists. I was also taught that courage and leadership are measured in such intangibles as humility, dignity and civility. Unfortunately, Mr. Kerry has yet to learn such a lesson, as he shamelessly flaunts his war record while conveniently disparaging the service of others in the National Guard - namely, President George W. Bush - for political gain. What is even more appalling is that, according to Sen. "Flip-Flop" Kerry's convoluted logic, the Republicans' criticism of his "latest" opposition to the Iraq war is somehow illegitimate and not open for discussion. After all, President Bush never saw combat in Vietnam; therefore, Mr. Kerry believes he is exempt from having to answer the basic questions of many Republicans - and the American people - regarding his weak, reckless and fickle foreign policy record. Consider Kerry's latest "Republicans are cowards" campaign rhetoric: "I'd like to know what it is Republicans who didn't serve in Vietnam have against those of us who did." Well, Mr. Kerry, I certainly hope you are not referring to the numerous Republican senators, congressmen and senior Bush White House officials who also - believe it or not - served in Vietnam. Are you referring to Republican Sen. John McCain? A man who endured unimaginable torture as a prisoner of the Viet Cong, while you paraded across the East Coast fulfilling speaking engagements with "Hanoi" Jane Fonda and smearing your fellow soldiers as war criminals before Congress. What about military careerist and Bush's Secretary of State, Colin Powell? Do his Purple Hearts and Silver Stars qualify him to disagree with you? What about Sec. Powell's Undersecretary, Richard Armitage, who also saw combat in Vietnam? Senator Chuck Hagel and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge sustained wounds in Vietnam. May they dare criticize you? In fact, like Sen. Kerry, all of these men served bravely and honorably in Vietnam. Like Sen. Kerry, all of these men supported - at least initially - the war in Iraq. But unlike Sen. Kerry, these Republican war heroes still steadfastly support the Iraqi war, although it is no longer as popular politically. They have not lost their moral clarity, nor have they been so blinded by the horrors of Vietnam, as to develop a reflexive distrust of American military power and prestige. Such men are too principled and too dignified to hide behind their war record when engaging in political debate. Can you imagine Colin Powell defending the post-war reconstruction of Iraq by saying something as absurd as "I know something about ground occupations for real ... Bring it on"? Colin Powell, along with every other Republican, would much rather defend the war on principle, instead of cowardly brandishing Vietnam heroics, although it would be easy and convenient to do so. This is the mark of true and courageous leadership - the type of leadership that has distinguished the entire Bush administration from the desperate and hopelessly cynical Democratic Party throughout this successful War on Terror. Sen. Kerry, wartime service, regardless of how honorable, does not give you a free pass to change your mind as the "political wind blows," especially on issues that will have a profound and lasting effect on America's future. It is also does not excuse your Senate votes over the last 15 years, which led to a gradual dismantling of American defense and intelligence capabilities - votes that made America an easy target for the horrific attacks of September 11. Yet you still did not learn your lesson after 9/11, for you voted to deny our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq $87 billion in military assistance. Had you not been outvoted, this foolish position could have resulted in the loss of even more American blood. Sen. Kerry, for all your political flip-flops, you have consistently been on the wrong side of history. No Vietnam War record can ever change this harsh, indisputable fact. -The writer, a freshman majoring in political science, is a Hatchet columnist

To: American Spirit who wrote (395)	3/8/2004 4:56:04 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 681

Kerry's 9/11 Deceptions Justin Darr March 5, 2004 This just in! Kerry strategists inform the Senator that he will need to be more than Senator Teddy Kennedy's rude little "boy toy" to get elected president. Worse yet, he may actually have to answer questions about his ultra liberal voting record, be held accountable for his decades long history of policy flip flops, and actually talk about what he would do as president. Mr. Kerry is soon to find out that while preaching anti-American self hatred and neurotic knuckle biting about the fact that the French still do not like us may carry a candidate to victory in the Liberal activist dominated Democrat Primaries, they will earn nothing but ridicule in a general election. There is only one way Kerry can even attempt not to follow in the footsteps of his former political partner, Mike Dukakis. He must control the campaign debate to deceive the American people into not noticing his many political albatrosses, the biggest of these being his role in making America vulnerable to the 9/11 attacks and his attempts to ignore its impact on our Nation. Why? Because Kerry knows what every American knows deep down within themselves. If Kerry, Al Gore, Howard Dean, or any other contemporary Liberal politician had been president in 2001, America would have responded to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 with weakness and fear rather than strength. Sound ridiculous? However, upon examination, Kerry's stands in regard to the United Nations, his resistance to the War on Terror, his opposition to fund the reconstruction of Iraq, and his promise to spend the first 100 days of his Administration traveling the world apologizing to the Axis of Evil for Bush's foreign policy indicate a man who is in complete denial that 9/11 ever occurred. Either that or he is a Leftist anti-American idiot trying to cover up his long history of being hostile to our nation defending itself. You be the judge. For months John Kerry has been dancing on the edge of a sword claiming that President Bush lied to the American people about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in order to start a war for his own political benefit. The fact is that if 9/11 had not happened, Bush would not have invaded Iraq. Kerry would like us to think that Bush just woke up one day and said, "You know what, Laura. Sure would like to invade some country for no reason. That will teach the White House staff from over cooking my eggs!" What Kerry fails to say in his speeches is that Bush was unknowingly acting on flawed intelligence that stated that Saddam had W.M.D. and was prepared to use them. In light of Saddam's history of doing anything so long as it killed a lot of people, and the fact that terrorists were flying planes into buildings in America, Bush could not take the chance of playing it safe and waiting to see if Iraq would act first and give anthrax to terrorists. If anyone is to blame for the Invasion of Iraq it is Saddam Hussein, who in pressing his braggadocio habit of sticking his finger in America's eye got it chopped off. It is easy for Kerry to sit back and contradict himself saying that Iraq was never a threat to America. After all, now that Iraq is free, we know they will not support terrorist attacks on America in the future (so Kerry can never be wrong!) But in light of 9/11, the only way a president could take the risk of allowing a mad man like Hussein to stay in power with even the possibility of W.M.D. would mean he was willing to risk sacrificing another few thousand innocent American civilians on their way to work in order to keep a bunch of Third World autocrats "respecting" us. Bush does not see that as an option. Evidently, Kerry does. Even Bill Clinton admits that he had the same intelligence data as Bush about Iraq and Kerry himself stated that he thought Saddam had these weapons. However, John never calls himself or Clinton a liar. But the bigger issue (and the one Kerry wants to hide from us) is why was this intelligence flawed? The answer is because Kerry and his other Socialist cohorts systematically eviscerated the American intelligence apparatus during the Clinton Administration. Kerry backed one intelligence cut after another, supported the "Torricelli Amendment" requiring that all American intelligence sources be properly "warm and fuzzy" and not the traditional brand of informant who is the type of person who would dime out his friends for money. In the end, we got what we paid for: second rate intelligence. Kerry wanted American intelligence run on an inadequate budget under minatory rules that prevented our personnel from doing their jobs and he got his wish. Now he will do anything to keep these facts from the voters. As President Bush rolls out positive campaign ads demonstrating his leadership of America through its toughest years since World War II, one thing will become abundantly clear to all Americans: Kerry's Leftist propaganda machine will do anything to stop the truth from getting out. This is why they are having a conniption over 9/11 images being used in Bush ads. It is not that they care about "offending the families" of the victims (the Liberals only care about the victims of 9/11 as far as they can manipulate them to support their Agenda). They just do not want the voters reminded about why the War on Terror began and President Bush's greatest successes in defending our nation. What else can Kerry do? Tell the truth? "Yes, my fellow Americans, elect me and I will grovel at the feet of a bunch of erstwhile colonial empires in the U.N. begging for the "right" to defend New York City from foreign attacks. And, I will continue to cut military spending so we no longer have the strength to stop groups of savages who proudly aspire to kill every American in the world unless we convert to Islam. And I am proud of the fact that I am going to raise your taxes! Plus, I find it very amusing that you do not notice that I am dodging the gay marriage issue until the time I am elected when I will surely cave in to this special interest group just as I have caved to every other Leftist special interest in the past who donated money to my campaign." Get ready for a lot of hysterically shrill tantrums from Liberals in the next few months. And, when you go to the poles in November; Remember 9/11. americasvoices.org

To: American Spirit who wrote (395)	3/8/2004 5:02:54 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 681

no cure for flipflopper kerryboy Dr. Fred Brown, 79, Pioneer in Fighting Foot-and-Mouth, Dies By JEREMY PEARCE Published: March 8, 2004 r. Fred Brown, a virologist who studied foot-and-mouth disease in cattle and later led in the development of early vaccines and methods to test for the disease, died on Feb. 20 in his home in Guildford, England. He was 79. The death was confirmed by Dr. Thomas G. Burrage, a colleague of Dr. Brown's from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a federal research center off Long Island. He said he did not know the cause.

To: American Spirit who wrote (395)	3/8/2004 5:32:53 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 681

Message #549611 from JDN at Mar 8, 2004 4:01 PM by jdn I hope all TRUE AMERICANS will read below, especially read the statistics and comment at the end, you will see why I feel it SO IMPORTANT that Bush win and win in a landslide. jdn As we approach November 2004 one may wish to consider the following: At about the time our original 13 states adopted a new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship." "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage." Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the most recent Presidential election: Population of counties won: by Gore, 127 million; by Bush, 143 million; Square miles of land won: by Gore, 580,000; by Bush, 2,427,000; States won: by Gore, 19; by Bush, 29; Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won: by Gore, 13.2; by Bush, 2.1. Professor Olson adds, "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was (mostly) the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great country, Gore's territory encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare..." Olson believes the U.S.is now somewhere between the "apathy" and the "complacency" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy; with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.