america - land of the free, and home of a dumb president
hello friend
today is another day..and its another day closer to when president bush is outta office! (hopefully)
if youre sick of my political rants and what not..then leave now lol because this is another one..anyways my dad gave me this letter that a guy from his armory e-mailed to him..its addressed to senator kerry..before you read it..i wanna say something real quick lol...im only 14...so really i have no say in what goes on in america...and right now i dont like either canidate..they have their pros and cons...bush is funny (though he doesnt mean to be) and kerry plays bass..and like any politician they have tons of cons...anyway...vote paul for president
heres the letter...you pretty much just have to read the bolded text to understand
this letter is signed by somebody who i will keep anonymous for several reasons
Dear Senator Kerry,
Since it has become clear that you will probably be the Democratic nominee for President, I have spent a great deal of time researching your war record and your record as a professional politician. The reason is rimple, you aspire to be the Commander in Chief who would lead my sons and their fellow soldiers in time of way. I simply wanted to know if you possess the necessary qualifications to be trusted in that respect.
You see, I belong to a family of proud U.S. veterans. I was a Captain in the Army Reserve, my father was a decorated Lieutenant in World War II; and I have four sons who have either served, or are currently serving in the military. The oldest is anArmy Lieutenant still on active duty in Afghanistan after already being honored fir gus service in Iraq. The youngest is an E-4 with the military police. His National Guard unit just finished their second tour of active duty, including six months in Guantanamo Bay. My two other sons have served in the national guard and the navy.
In looking at your record, I found myself comparing it not only to that of my father and my sons, but to the people they served with. My father served with the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion in Europe. They landed on Utah Beach and fought for 317 straight days including the Cherbour Peninsula, Aachen, the Hurtgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. You earned a Silver Star in Vietnam for chasing down and finishing off a wounded and retreating enemy soldier. My father won a Bronze Star for single handedly charging and knocking out a German machine gun nest that had his men pinned down. Yourecieved three purple hearts for what appears to be three minor scratches. In fact you only missed a combined total of two days of duty for these wounds. The men of my father's unit, the 87th, had to be admonished by their commanding officer because: "It has been brought to out attention that some men are covering up wounds and refusing medical attention for fear of being evacuated and permanently separated from this organization..." It was also a comon problem for seriously wounded soldiers to go AWOL from hospitals in order to rejoin their unite. You used your three purple hearts to leave Vietnam early.
My oldest boy came home from Iraq with numerous commendations and then proceeded to volunteer to go to Afghanistan and from there back to Iraq again. My sons and father have never had anything but the highest regard and respect for their fellow soldiers. Yet, you came home to publicly charge your fellow gifhting men with being war criminals and to urge their defeat by the enemy. You even wrote a book that ahd a cover which mocked the heroism of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. Our surrent crop of soldiers has a philosophy that no one gets left behind; and they have practiced that from Somalia to the battlefields of the Middle East. Yet as chairman of a Senate committee looking into allegations that many of your fellow servicemen had been left behind as prisoners in Vietnam, you chose to defend the brutal Vietnamese regime. You even went so far as to refer to the families of the POWs and MIAs as Professional malcontents, conspiracy monger, con artists, and dime-store Rambos.
As a Senator, you voted against the 1991 Gulf War, and have repeatedly voted against funds to supply out troops with the best equipment, and against money to improve or intelligence capability. I find this particularly ironic since as a Presidential candidate you are highly critical of our pre-war intelligence in Iraq. However, you did vote to authorize the President to go to war, but have since proceeded to do everything you can to undermine the efforts of out government and out troops to win. Is this what out fighting men and women can expect of you if you are their Commander in Chief? Will you gladly send them to war, only to then aid the enemy by undermining the morale of out troops and cuttin off the weapons they need to win?
Our country is at was Senator, and has been the case in every war since the American Revolution, a memeber of my family is serving their country during the war. Now you want me to trust you to lead my sons in this fight.
Sorry Senator, but when I compare your record to those who have fough and died for this nation, and are currently fighting and dying, the answer is not just no, but Hell No!
Sincerely,
******* ******** February 14, 2004
well..im done..but i made this cool picture!
this has been a mindless rant from the desk of paulie