Terri's Fight

Since I have so many e-mails in my box from various advocacy groups, I'm just going to encourage everyone to check the main page. Click on the subject line in this entry to be taken there.

PLEASE keep her and her family in your prayers. =-(

God bless!

2 Years In Iraq

WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN (Democrat of Ohio) SAID:
(Begin quote)
1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during 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.
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following:
a. FDR ... led us into World War II.
b. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
c. 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.
d. John F. Kennedy ... started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
e. Johnson ... turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
f. 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 3 times by Sudan and did nothing Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
g. In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has
liberated 2 countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear
inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and
captured a terrorist (Saddam Hussein) 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 Chapaquiddick. 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." (End of quote)

But wait, there's more ...

Another JOHN GLENN quote (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 Senator 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.
Here is the exchange:

Senator Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat of California - speaking to Senator John Glenn, Democrat of Ohio): "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"

Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio): "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through 2 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 9-to-5 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, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA. Now, he's a Senator!

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in
English, thank a Veteran.