My apologies for what I am about to say....

My time here has been short-lived (about a week i think). But this is my last post for the following reason:

The Terrorism war (most of it in Iraq and not here thank goodness) is no joke to me. For myself and the other wise individuals here such as USMC Pilot, Scrapiron, LoveAmerica, Paul, nehemiah (sorry for leaving so many other nice people out) etc., it is a serious matter.

To put politics above our country as liberals have done lately against the US is treasonous - aiding and abetting terrorists as they watch our actions and listen to us closely ("we can't win this war" and "Bush lied") which only motivates them like a spoiled child (I had 4 children, I know - but all turned out very well thank you as a result of corrective discipline).

When I was much younger I owned a small restaurant. I refused to sell cigarettes and alcohol. Cigarettes because I loved my customers more than the few dollars I would make and alcohol because I didn't want to be associated [directly or indirectly] to a drunk driving accident (in Wisconsin there are many drunk driving accidents killing innocent people to a greater number of men killed fighting terrorism). It seemed everyone told me, "If you don't sell cigarettes to them, someone else will" and "They'll just get it somewhere else".... But to me, my decision was based on truth, facts, and principle, NOT rationalizations or money. I feel good with my decision and I KNOW that NOT ONCE, did I ever cause an innocent family to die from a drunk driver and that NONE of my customers got lung disease from anything I did for those 12 years. Not one. Yet, I became very financially wealthy because of my LOVE (I know - corny coming from a guy huh?) for others and by helping them (not by trying to get as much money out of them as I could).

I believe that America has lost it's ability to be true to itself, it's pride and it's humility, it's truth and it's history. People don't even remember that we are guaranteed a Republic - NOT a democracy. That saddens me. Today, we are all about MONEY. The TV shows are "I want to be a millionaire" and "greed" and people want to "get rich quick" and win the big lotto. Well, I NEVER ONCE bought a lottory ticket OR gambled and while other might have much more than me, I am content. CONTENTMENT is the difference between happiness and despair - love and hate.

I want to thank Jay, Lorie, Paul, Kim and the rest of you good people for all your hard work on "Wizbang" and I apologize as I know some of my posts were sometimes mean-spirited. My only defense for any mean-spirited post is that I LOVE AMERICA so much and I NEVER WANT TO SEE OUR SERVICEMEN DIE IN VAIN AGAIN AS WE DID IN VIETNAM (the first war America ever lost) - CUT, RUN, AND LOSE. Those 58,239 KIA - as it turned out, died for nothing (this does not include the millions of others including innocent civilians). The communists (including Hanoi Jane and Kut-and-run Kerry) for their spread of communism AND America (for quitting) AND the rest of the world (for not doing enough) are all at fault for the deaths. The fight against terrorists - if lost - will be the death of America, the death of the world, and death to millions of innocent women and children. That shall not happen.

I wish ALL OF YOU the best (yes, even you Muirgeo, Lee, Barney, Hugh, nogo). Was fun for the time....

May God continue to bless America - and EVERY single innocent man, woman, and child our military saves (inside and outside our country).... I support our troops like no other. Our future is something Americans must preserve - not necessarily for us, but for the protection of innocence and those that understand and fight for that innocence....

Wow - too stupid to realize you are being called stupid.

Some people, like Kim, will lie to themselves to believe anything. Very similar to the lie about Al Gore claiming to "invent the internet." But get the message out - it worked for Gore, even though it was dishonest. I expect nothing less for Kim, who will believe anything told to her that makes her feel better about the political situation. ("Jews in Iran wear badges!" and countless other stories she has written - 100% bs)

Good riddance Steak.

Steak, I wish you'd reconsider. God bless you, keep believing in the U.S.A. and what it should be.

jp2 you're such an asshole...

No need to write out the full word for "stupid" anymore just type "jp2".

There is no need for anyone in any civil discussion to call for the hanging of people or refer to them as communists, terrorists...

That's what steak did, daily. Good riddance.

Take care, Steak.

It's all just words - no harm done. Our democracy was built by people debating and disagreeing. Those same tools help Americans keep democracy alive today.

Republicans and Democrats and Independents -- everyone who has an opinion is entitled to express it. Thanks for expressing yours and adding to the debate.

Aw, steak, don't give up. Fight the good fight. "And don't let the bastards drag you down..."

P.S. That bumper is flippin' hilarious!

steak111111: Your comment above is most eloquent; I hope you'll reconsider and return.

steak...hang in there.

We all went through feeling like dealing with trolls was a dirty business...then we started ENJOYING being dirty! :)

I have enough of you low-lifes smearing some one for something he didn't even say.

Heres what the troops who HAVE served say about who supports them.

http://vawatchdog.org/old%20newsflashes%20OCT%2006/newsflash10-30-2006-1.htm

Actions speak louder then your words, lies and mis-representations.

Kerry ranks a 92%

And here...JERK!!!

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004549M

And here he gets a B.

Look at the Dems rating compared to the PHONEY Republicans you support. You pitiful uninformed disrespectful liar....YOU and the politicians YOU support DO NOT SUPPORT THE TROOPS GOT ITY. A Yellow sticker on your HUMMER MEANS CRAP!!!

jp2 is a perfect example of the dishonesty and bluffing from the liberal left. jp2 is talking about civil discussion and in the same vein jp2 is calling Kim "stupid" and "100% BS".

In all honesty, the liberals are really "stupid" if we use their own standard.

Sorry jp2, try to get out of the intellectual and moral sewage of the liberal left as soon as you can.

steak, we will miss you. thanks for the post.

Look at the Dems rating compared to the PHONEY Republicans you support. You pitiful uninformed disrespectful liar....YOU and the politicians YOU support DO NOT SUPPORT THE TROOPS GOT ITY. A Yellow sticker on your HUMMER MEANS CRAP!!!
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I am looking at the Dems' actions and here is what I see:

- calling our troops Nazis, PolPot
- the most murderous American military
- our voluntary army is an army of the poorest, the black, the brown
- "stupid" military.

If this is what Dem 's support for the troops mean, I shudder to think what Dem's opposition is going to be like.

BTW, muirego when are you going to move to a communist utopia with strict population control, forced abortions and no evil big corporations?

Talking about "stupidity": muirego thinks left-wing propaganda websites are proof and facts. If this is liberals 's "smart" or intelligence, I shudder to think what liberal stupididy would be like.

I consider myself of average intelligence (smart enough to escape from a communist country and not to have any illusion about the leftist utopia), yet the liberals said/post things that insult even my average intelligence.

The liberal left is truly in an intellectual sewage.

You'll miss steak calling for the hanging of liberals? Sad.

Anyways, plenty of insults about me - but nothing about knowingly distorting Kerry's words. That doesn't bother you?

Kerry said in 1972 himself that a voluntary army is an army of the poorest, the black, the brown. He called the US military brutal in the mold of Genghis Khan.

If Kerry meant Bush, then he is really stupid or utterly dishonest. Bush graduated from Yale and Harvard. Bush had a higher GPA than Kerry at Yale. Who is lying here? Talking about the liberals with a long list of distortion and lying from the NYT, CBS, the democratic party has been lying for years.

My conclusion is that the liberals and dems are not honest enough to admit who they are. When they caught, they tried to lie again. If Kerry meant Bush, then I have to say that the guy is really stupid for not knowing the facts or really dishonest for ignoring the facts. Either way, how can liberals support such a guy to be their pres candidata?

"I have enough of you low-lifes smearing some one for something he didn't even say."

You have removed all doubt about how stupid you are...

muirgeo; The only 92 Hanoi John scores is a 92% chance he would be shot in the back on any battle field in the world if there wasn't a chance of hitting one of our loyal troops. Put him out there without all of his guards and see how long he lasts. 5-4-3 bang, bang, head gone.

Old jp2 just dislocated his shoulder patting himself on the back.

JP and Muirego, Kerry deserves some ridicule for his tantrums. He mis-spoke (supposedly) and then out and out refused to apologize for any harm his words caused, pretty much saying it was everyone else's fault (especially the "wingnuts" on the right... I still can't believe he actually called his opposition wingnuts on his website... can you imagine the uproar if a prominant conservative referred to his or her opposition as moonbats??)for not knowing what he meant. Then he decided to apologize only when even his own party told him he was wrong, and even then it was still everyone else's fault. Kerry is a botched joke. This bumper sticker is no worse than the lib stickers claiming there's a recession because of Bush, or that Bush doesn't care about children or women... those stickers are out and out lies meant to hurt... but I'm sure you think those stickers are FINE, right??

Time to go gas up my Hummer, spray my hair with aerosol hairspray, and have some coffee from a styrofoam cup *rolling my eyes* That's a joke, son... actually I just bought a hybrid car, don't use hairspray, and I recycle... AND I'm a Republican!

Yeah...I'm with ya Scrapiron. Drop kerry-fag in Iraq today as a second louie and he'd be fragged in an instant.

Talking about "stupidity": muirego thinks left-wing propaganda websites are proof and facts.

Posted by: LoveAmerica Immigrant

Calling VA websites left-wing and propagandist? You really don't suopport the troops or care for the truth do you.

That's exactly why steak tucked tail and yelped out of here. He couldn't handle the facts and got tired of denying them...it does wear you down after a while...constantly being bombarded with inconvient facts and truths knowing your only defense is to lie, mis-inform, make stuff up or name call...SUCKS DOES'T IT.

Here's some more.

Other then denials like LoveAmerica Immigrant's anyone else want to explain these findings.

These are evaluations by Veterans on actual votes by our congressmen and senators. There are very distinct trends as to WHO supports the troops.

muirgeo: "Calling VA websites left-wing and propagandist?"

The "VA website" you allude to has as its tag-line:
"KEEPING AN EYE ON THE VA BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO"

hmmm...????

Justrand,

Which climate journals???

OMG, here we liberals are, cruising to an easy victory in recapturing both Houses, when John Kerry attempts a joke about Bush's stupidity. Unfortunately his own complete and total lack of intelligence negated his ability to tell the joke properly, and next thing you know the whole country's pissed off. That's just great. What is it with this guy, can't anybody in our party make him shut up until after the elections?

Look, we know John is an all-American hero for the part he played in turning public opinion against the Vietnam war in the 70s. We appreciate the fact that he's constantly brought to light the evil deeds of our military, and campaigned for pulling out of this war after he mistakenly voted us into it. He is obviously a man of integrity and honor, but every time he opens his mouth in the last couple of years, the conservatives have had a field day and the Democrats lose votes. Please, somebody make him be quiet until we get some people into office.

Everything had been going so well: Many of our candidates have been talking about "faith" and "values," words that really juice the hicks in middle America and NASCAR country. Of course all our candidates have been hammering Chimpy McHitler on the Iraq war, and just like in the 70s are starting to build a general feeling of hopelessness and despair in the American public that we can't win. Another winning strategy has been to point out how bad our economy is. As strange as it sounds, this has actually been working pretty good! It's kind of like saying, "It stinks in here" - even if it doesn't, half the people think they smell something. Fortunately, many of our supporters aren't exceptionally bright, so when we tell them the economy stinks, they smell it :)

The Democratic National Committee correctly identified that the sound of Nancy Pelosi's voice made people want to slit their wrists, so they told her to be quiet for the last several weeks leading up to the election, and she has. The same with Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, Charlie Rangel, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, and for the most part, they've clammed up. I understand the DNC even insisted that Ted Kennedy not drive anyone any place until after the polls close. But what about John Kerry? Is it too much to ask that the official boat anchor of the DNC zip his pie-hole for ONE FREAKING WEEK? If something like this happened in the GOP, Karl Rove himself would neuter the offender with a pair of nail clippers.

Where's our Karl Rove?

"KEEPING AN EYE ON THE VA BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO"

hmmm...????

Posted by: Justrand

And your point is???

my point, more-ego, is that a self-styled "Watchdog" organization OF the VA is NOT a "VA Website".

Anymore than John Kerry saying he supports the troops means he REALLY does.

get it???

Here's a question - When Saddam Hussein is convicted on November 5 (the fact that this verdict in an Iraqi court has been purposely timed to be "decided" two days before the US midterm elections is a pure coincidence and anyone who says otherwise is a liberal islamofascist terrorist-loving troop hater and everyone knows that Iraq is now a sovereign country with an independent judiciary) how will Wizbang respond?

No, I'm not asking whether or not it's a good thing to convict a mass murderer - the vast majority of people around the world agree with that. I'm asking how should Americans (I'm not one), whatever their political persuasion react to a pre-arranged verdict in a foreign country being deliberately timed to influence their own election?

Isn't this just a little more important than a bad joke?

As for the actual Wizbang response, my hopes are not high.

"When Saddam Hussein is convicted on November 5"

Point of information - I read in the the last couple days that the decision may not happen until after the election.

I guess Karl wants to wait until closer to the election to decide if he should spring the news on America before or after election day.

Ahhh, don't you just love that sweet fresh air of democracy - Republican style!

I read dumb people

muriego his point is that it is NOT a VA website you friggin jackass. That you use that obviously partisan site as facts is just truly laughable.

cat, let me ask you something, besides the fact that the Iraqi parliament has insisted that the US has nothing to do with setting timelines for their judicial preceedings (of course we all know that liberals would never believe that, as Karl Rove rules the world), what is the big deal about when the decision is made? Because as far as I am concerned, if he is convicted, he is convicted, it matters not WHEN it happens, if you have a problem with him being convicted before the elections, than you are trying to stifle the truth, to deny facts, plain and simple.

red fog, get a new joke.

my point, more-ego, is that a self-styled "Watchdog" organization OF the VA is NOT a "VA Website".

You know, you'd think a supposed doctor would know the difference between the actual VA and a group that purports to watch it.

muriego is supposed to be a doctor?! holy f'ing hell!

PeaceMoonbeam is another perfect example of the moral sewage of the liberal left: John Kerry is a hero to the left for lying and serving as a propaganda tool for the North Vietnamese communist (even McCain can tell you about that). The liberal 's legacy in IndoChina: 2 million Cambodians (1/3 of the population) were killed in a genocide. 500K Vietnamese boat people died on the sea.

THat 's your hero and proud record, liberals. What a despicable movement.

D-Hoggs: "muriego is supposed to be a doctor?! holy f'ing hell!"

worse...he's supposed to have been a MAJOR in the Air Force!! (whose "Air Force" is still unclear)

LoveAmerica, call me crazy but I think peacemoonbeam was a sarcastic post. If not, then once again I am NOT stunned at how friggin' crazy t