I got this from the “Poetrooper” a couple days ago. Nice job Russ!

I’ve wondered who’d do the evil deed;
Not surprisingly, it’s Harry Reid.
It was Cronkite stabbed us in the back;
This time it’s a pol not a media hack.
Uncle Walter used his powerful podium
To betray me and mine with nightly odium;
America’s avuncular pontificator,
Now an admitted, liberal, media traitor.

In his lonely grave, FDR must be spinning,
Franklin Delano’s party’s lost all sense of winning,
Focused on feelings rather than thinking,
Their cut’n’run view is that our ship is sinking.
FDR, who stayed firm through our world’s darkest days
Would despair at his party’s current, cowardly ways.
“There is no fear but fear itself?”
Ha! His party’s put courage on its bottom shelf.

Within this old vet a haunting fear lurks
That we may again lose to these liberal jerks.
They control the main airways, most that’s in print;
All the world sees and hears is their wimpish bent.
Belaboring losses in their daily whining,
All that America stands for they’re undermining;
Supplying our enemies with moral support,
Craven quitters inside, opening the gates of our fort.

To witness all this is surely most saddening,
More even than that is how much it is maddening,
That we who go out, lay our lives on the line,
To protect all the rights of these whiners to whine,
Are so seldom portrayed in a positive light,
Are never given credit for winning the fight;
Yet fight on we do to protect even those,
Who never buy us a drink, just give us the hose.

It is my prayer that Senator Reid, will someday account for his treacherous deed,
Kneeling towards Mecca, sore knees on a rug, perhaps he’ll regret he gave in to the thug.

Russ Vaughn
Combat Infantryman
Vietnam 65-66

Hat tip to Charles Johnson at LGF for bringing this one to my attention.

The political opportunists will of course try to use this to their advantage and are already doing so. The anti-gun crowd and liberal left wing are now spinning up the presses with the help of the MSM, and forgetting about the victims in the process. No surprise there I guess.

I didn’t start crying for the victims until today because I don’t know them personally, and it took awhile before it finally hit me. I don’t mean to be callous with that statement, but when it comes right down to it, I wasn’t there. I can’t possibly understand what these people went through, but from past experience I’ve got a pretty good idea. When the bullets start zinging by your ears it’s a whole different story folks, and we’ll all do stuff we wouldn’t normally do. It’s a matter of physics and survival in a way, but it’s also about character. That’s what separates the wheat from the chaff.

God rest your soul Liviu Librescu.

Velvet Hammer has some good stuff here:

Whatever happened to Dick and Jane? or Our Children-Their Agendas

Check out this link from her post also:

I just watched my obligatory 10 minutes of TV while I was getting my lights out meal for the day. I tuned into C-Span folks, and lo and behold, John Kerry was doing his Global Warming best to act (?) like Al Gore. I honestly don’t understand how people can take this stuff seriously. And just who’s side is Newt on here? Anyhow, so much for TV, I think I’ll pass……….

Kerry and Gingrich Hugging Trees — and (Almost) Each Other

Dana Milbank reports on the supposed debate and has a video of the dog and pony show at the following link:

Washington Sketch: A Warm Debate on Global Warming

What a circus….

Right Truth has a couple of good roundups that I thought I’d pass along today:

Can the United States deter a nuclear terrorist attack?

Probably not from what I’m seeing.

Iran, 2 years and a bomb

The problem is that we don’t actually know how much outside help Iran has had with their peaceful nuclear program, or do we?. Anyhow, industrial scale capacity for enrichment might just be “OZ” hiding behind the curtain. That remains to be seen….

Hat tip to ya Debbie! Right Truth is one of the best sources for information on the web. Illusion. Meet reality……

I like this. John’s website is HERE

This is one hell of a good tribute to our fellow American’s serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s from Bob Parks over at Black and Right

Hat tip to bdfaith at Old War Dogs and Michelle Malkin.

Sheesh, and we thought we had problems with our educational system. Good luck Pakistan. Be proud of your people that have made it to America and are now helping make this a better place for us all. OK, most of you anyhow……….