Someone sent this to me and I thought it was very interesting.

Things that make you think a little........ There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January.  In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January.  That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.

When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following:  FDR led us into World War II.  Germany never attacked us, Japan did.  From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost an average of 112,500 per year.  Truman finished that war and started one in Korea.  North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost an average of 18,334 per year.  John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.  Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.

From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost an average of 5,800 per year.  Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.  Bosnia never attacked us.  He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing.  Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.  In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.  The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but it took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound.  That was a 51-day operation.  We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.  It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.  It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida!

 Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!  The Military morale is high! The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.  Wait, there's
more..... JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004, 11:13:  Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do for a living.  This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading.  Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.  This is a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of the military.  Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn:  "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"  Senator Glenn:  "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps.  I served through two wars.  I flew 149 missions.  My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.  I was in the space program.  It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line.  It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.  I ask you to go with me as I went the other day to a veteran's hospital and look those men with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job.  You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags.  You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?  I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs.  And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than life itself.  And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible.  I HAVE held a job, Howard!  What about you?"  For those who don't remember – During WWII.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA.  Now he is a Senator!  If you can read this, thank a teacher.  If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.  It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating 'till November.

WORKING PEOPLE FREQUENTLY ASK RETIRED PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THEIR DAYS INTERESTING.  

 I WENT TO THE STORE THE OTHER DAY.  I WAS ONLY IN THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.  WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS A CITY COP WRITING OUT A PARKING TICKET.  I WENT UP TO HIM AND SAID,”COME ON, BUDDY, HOW ABOUT GIVING A SENIOR A BREAK?"  HE IGNORED ME AND CONTINUED WRITING THE TICKET. 

 I CALLED HIM A NAME.  HE GLARED AT ME AND STARTED WRITING ANOTHER TICKET FOR HAVING WORN TIRES.  SO I CALLED HIM A WORSE NAME.  HE FINISHED THE SECOND TICKET AND PUT IT ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE FIRST.  THEN HE STARTED WRITING A THIRD TICKET.  THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.  THE MORE I ABUSED HIM THE MORE TICKETS HE WROTE.  I DIDN'T CARE.  MY CAR WAS PARKED AROUND THE CORNER AND THIS ONE HAD AN "ELECT JOHN KERRY" BUMPER STICKER ON IT.

 I TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN EACH DAY NOW THAT I'M RETIRED.  IT'S IMPORTANT AT OUR AGE.

This was a note I wrote on Sunday, intending to send to Fox News Channel (FNC), but didn't because I blanked on the address to send it to:

While Mr. 'Splainer Man is certainly right that there are 2nd amendment rights, and that they are not absolute (for example felons and other prohibited possessors), he is absolutely wrong about fully-automatic weapons (Uzis, etc.) being banned.

There is a tax "stamp" and almost anyone with a clean background and enough money to buy the weapon and tax stamp together can own one. Would Thompson Center still continue to make Thompson Machine Guns (which they do), if no one could own one? However some semi-autos are banned based solely on magazine capacity and/or country of origin. The ban is pointless, hypocritical and can not be proven to have helped in ANY way claimed.

Much like the fantasy that right to carry laws increase crime (can be demonstrated to have reduce it EVERY TIME tried), the so called "Clinton weapons ban" is a feel-good, but otherwise pointless example of politics run amok and rights being trampled in the name of political glory/grandstanding.

Perhaps he should understand the facts before he 'splains them?

By the way, while using the NRA "lobby" to talk about Kerry's gun positions, I think it is a cleaner argument that he's rated 100% by Sarah Brady's lobbies ... I guess the NRA is just a more PC scapegoat? When I see things like this, I worry about FNC becoming another CNN ... PLEASE don't do that!

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Another plug for the book ... read it to see how Kerry is linked to communism, treason, and assorted other crimes solely to further his own glory!

If just 10% of the claims in this book are true, John Kerry is a traitor and should be up on charges as a war criminal, not up on the campaign for the presidency. If you are STILL ignorant enough to consider voting for this moron, at least read this book!

But vote! No matter how stupid/ignorant/fraudulent I think Kerry supporters are, VOTE for someone. Get involved or don't complain as this country continues to slide into serious decline.