I was thinking the same thing as Pam when I came across her blog. Of course, if we don’t say ‘Happy Memorial Day” will Bill O’Reilly and Fox News start a new diatribe about the “War on Memorial Day?” Please read her posting below: I’m looking at today’s twitter & Facebook posts and the phrase … Continue reading
Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of Army Lt. Colonel Dominic “Rocky” Baragona, 42. At the time, Baragona was the highest ranking American soldier to die in the Iraq war. He was part of a convoy leaving Iraq when his Humvee was sideswiped by a contractor’s truck. They were an hour away from base … Continue reading
Party flipping Senator Arlen Specter (D then R then D again-PA) and author of the “magic bullet” theory in the Kennedy assassination, has set a new standard for slinging mud in his primary race against Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA). By way of background, Joe Sestak is a retired Navy admiral who is the highest ranking former military … Continue reading
This country has a lousy track record of how it treats its returning veterans. Politicians make speech after speech about how veteran’s issues are high on their priority list but then it becomes just another broken promise. Part of the problem may be that so few politicos are veterans themselves. Another is Americans’ notoriously short attention … Continue reading
