As a veteran myself and a son of a career officer buried at Arlington, I have been around the military and fighting men most of my life. Brian’s story is the most amazing that I have ever heard. He must be an amazing soldier. What an example for the rest of us! Brian, I salute you. I would love for a movie to be made about this, though in today’s Hollywierd, most of them wouldn’t consider making anything patriotic and truthful about Iraq. BTW would someone please remove Poker Star’s lowlife ads in comment 3 and 4. Thanks.

I hope that whoever manages this site will remove comments 3 and 4 which are not relevant. That anyone would leave trash like that on the site of an American hero really is beneath contempt. “Poker Star” is a dim bulb.- Another comment from that famous Greek -Anonymous

Not sure how to prove it to you, but I didn’t.

That link goes to a copy I saved and put on my site.

It looks like Ebay overturned their own decision. I clicked on your soul and it’s still for sale.

Something makes me wonder if you had anything to do with it.

It’s a miracle!

It’s gone! I think that Jesus must have interfered.

Plus the government is a horrible guage for what is fit for television. The networks, however, know what everybody will put up with since they have so much riding on the size of their audience.

Can I be president or secretary?

The one thing I never said was that Kerry would do wonders for the presidency. But don’t forget Bush’s has not been good for the economy either. He has passed “socialized medicine,” raised steel tariffs, increased farm subsidies, vastly increased education spending, and increased regulations on the business community after Enron. Yet, everyone focuses on the tax cuts. These items greatly hurt the economy leaving the question open if the tax cuts were any good at all (this is something only a good economist could answer), so are we really any better off? We can be certain that Bush has hurt the economy with the steel tariffs and farm subsidies and business regulations, and know that he will continue with his religious agenda. Kerry would not have been able to do anything as president with a Republican congress. A do-nothing president is far superior to one with an agenda, especially a religious one.

I have never wanted Kerry as president. What I wanted was Bush out. I’d have voted for Michael Moore if I thought he would have beaten Pope Bush the Second. Now that’s a sick notion! But I recognize the religious authority that Bush is bringing to this great country is, by far, worse than what any despicable piece of liberal trash could do.

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Do you still want Kerry, or can you not get past your fear of what Christians will do to this country? Christians may hurt the country, with them you can never be sure. Kerry, on the other hand, would have been sure to weaken this country, without a doubt.

Aren’t you going to write a “crazy christians” post? Did you notice that when people left, and they had to cross through the chairs, they would opt to walk in front of two people, rather then that one guy in the red jacket. Those craaaaazy christians.

my name isn’t Jesus, and here’s to Jeb in 2008.

I lost? Jesus boy, you think I had the least hope that Kerry would get Texas?

Looks like 4 more years of building religious theocracies for our enemies and upholding the socialist agenda in the name of capitalism! All hail Pope Bush the Second!

Dear God, save me from those who believe in you.

you lost, but does it really upset you that much?

I was serious

heh, drop a compliment and get burned. I must be more careful.

Oh boy! Keenan thinks my comment is half-way decent! Wait until I tell my parents!

Wow, one of the first half-way decent comments I’ve had in a while. Too bad I disagree with much of it. I would like to disable anonymous comments; even a pseudo name would be more preferable. Unlike the main stream reaction, I do not think that a political disagreement is the end all in conversations as long as that person has a rational base for their conclusions.

Initially, it’s the approval of Bush “will not rush to war”. The proper reaction to Sept. 11 would have been the complete annihilation of Iran within weeks, or at least as soon as the military can get there. As a prior US Marine, I know we can get there in a matter of days. Such a reaction is a last resort, but our fucked up foreign policy for the last 50 years has led us to this. I have mentioned that I think Bush has acted better than any other candidate would have. The UN should not even be in the picture or even acknowledged by the US.

I also disagree that Bush has any plans to do anything with Iran. He is too sympathetic to their religion and he respects it. Will Kerry do anything? I think there is a better chance at it. In the very least, he doesn’t have any affection for religion other than show. I think he will act in such a way for posterity and not, as Bush, on his religious beliefs.

Israel has long acted independently. They have more respect for Bush and his Traitor of State Collin Powell. Because of this, I think they will be better off dealing with Kerry.

As for the Middle East endorsements for Bush, I do not see any attempt at deception. They state their reasons clear enough. Bush has ended the most direct threat to Iran (Saddam and the Taliban), creating a power vacuum in the area and a more open border that the Shiites have no problem taking advantage of. Iran has spent years fighting Saddam. Plus, Bush has chosen not to allow the American army to win. Other than talk, he has taken no action against Iran. They view it as I do: that Bush will not act against them. They have suffered more under Democrats than the Republicans. Clinton imposed the most sanctions and economic pressures on them. They fear, rightly, that Kerry will do the same. The Democrats are consistent insisting on human rights and Kerry will more likely get sanctions passed and bring economic pressure against Iran.

I’ll let Bush himself defend his faith against abortions from when he signed the Partial Abortion Ban Act of 2003, “This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government, because it does not come from government, it comes from the Creator of life.” He has also done more than doubled gov’t spending on his faith-based initiatives. It was this Democratic administration that has reduced the size of federal government to its smallest since 1960. Kerry promises to expand Federal Government spending by $2 trillion over the next decade. But Bush promises to expand Federal Government spending by $3 trillion over the same period- a whopping 33% margin. As for the abortion issue, I think I’ve blogged about it before, but just check out Abortion Rights are Pro-Life which basically lays it out clearer than I ever could.

Bush has shown, by “groveling” before the U.N., that the U.N. is pointless. He’s shown that peace doesn’t come from just talking, but from acting. The American people can see that he spent allot of time trying to convince the U.N. to do what was right, and that Bush will not rush to war, but take the time to try to convince others to see that he is right. He only went to war when it was apparent that the U.N. wasn’t going to go with him. That doesn’t show weakness, that shows strength. He was trying to make the coalition stronger. He let the U.N. kill itself through its inability to act. He was showed that America is stronger then the U.N. and that we don’t need it. Do you really think Kerry would do that? Do you think Kerry would put more pressure on Iran and North Korea? He has proposed less pressure. Bush is trying to threaten North Korea. He’s putting pressure on them until he has to go and fight them. If you threaten a country with military action, and show, as Bush has done with Iraq, that you will follow up on your threats, the enemy has a very good chance of giving in. We’ll know when Iran and North Korea are eminent threats, and if we don’t the Israelis will. Israel has a history of doing our dirty work for us. Which president will do the most damage to Israel’s ability to defend itself (and us)? When Kerry gets into office and puts world pressure onto Israel, how eager are they going to be about saving our asses from Iran? They know that Iran will come for us first, but what incentive will they have to protect us? What’s ironic is that if Kerry is in office, we’ll need them.
Bush opposes abortion because he thinks it is murder, not because of Jesus, but because of rational thinking. He has rationally determined that a fetus is close enough to a baby so that killing it would be murder. Kerry also sees a fetus as a baby, but he doesn’t mind seeing a few babies die if it will get him in good with the American people.
Bush has done something that hasn’t happened for a long time in our country. He has reduced the size of the Federal Government. Somehow, this has become a bad thing to you. You criticize him for increasing the budget, yet when he cuts off federal spending for stem cell research he gets slammed for it. That’s government out of what should be the private sector. I like that. You should too. He didn’t do that based on Jesus either. He did that one based on the reasoning that makes him oppose abortion; killing babies is bad. He also did it because he wanted the government out of it.
Iran supports him because he hasn’t taken any action against them yet. Right now he’s busy talking. But sooner or later, he’ll get busy acting. He’s done it once. He’ll do it again. Last thing – have you thought that maybe Iran supports Bush because they know it will make Americans vote for Kerry? Totalitarian governments are known for using deception.

I haven’t. I was just giving my own reasons for not supporting Kerry.

If I thought you had read any of the reasons I’ve posted, I’d reply properly.

Wouldn’t providing comfort to the enemy during the Vietnam war stop you from voting for him?

Oh, Keenan.

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It’s not procreation that exuses it, it’s marraige. The government focus is led by a Democrat. Do you not respect the “bloody torture” (symbolic) of Dagny Taggert? It’s just a slight error in philosophy that causes them to respect their particular bloody torture. When they say beautiful, they are referring to sex, because I have heard, in a government school, by a Lutheran abstinance teacher from an organization called somethinglife, that “sex is a beautiful thing” and “sex is great.” You are wrong about the sex is evil thing. Nowadays, even in very conservative areas of christianity, sex isn’t shunned, it is just respected and set aside until marraige.
How do you know which evil will harm you the least when you don’t understand the evil. That is like telling me that you’ll go and sit in an ant mound because it looks empty from the outside, rather than cut a rose that you know will prick you if you take it. (Damn, that’s a good analogy. Antbed for Kerry, he looks empty now, but he might be full of stinging ants. And then of course the rose for Bush, a beautiful man with a few faults, symbolized by the thorns).

The proper word is not “delayed”. It is “repressed”. According to their teaching, sex is sinful or depraved, regardless of how it is exercised or motivated. Only procreation excuses it as a necessary evil. Have you not noticed the recent gov’t focus and censorship of sex and nudity in films or even the tremendous fines ($1.75 million) doted out for talking about such things? Yet grossly violent and bloody movies pass as PG? Did you not notice the xtian relish of that snuff film by Mel Gibson. So let’s review. Sex and nudity is punished. Bloody torture is respected. If they use the word “beautiful”, sex is not likely what they are referring to.

“Go with the evil you can predict and understand”? I think I will go with the one that will harm me the least. Bush got more socialist bills through and raised more tarrifs stunting the economy than Clinton ever though possiblet. Bush is also vocal and more respected in the community. He is listened to. Just in these quick examples (meaning there are many more) Kerry is does the least harm.

But they don’t teach that the body is disgusting and vile, or that it should be shunned and repressed. They teach that it should be delayed and that it is the most beautiful thing that will ever happen between a man and a women. The only difference between your view and theirs is when it should happen. They just want to delay it. By the way, Kerry has principals, and morals, you’ll have to wait until he reaveals them until you know how bad they are. Go with the evil you can predict and understand.

No, I made other posts that explain my choice. Although, this post does demonstrate the religious hatred of the self, it is not a reason to base a vote on. As for Kerry being Catholic, it is only to get some Catholic votes. I’d be suprised if he’s ever seen the inside of a Catholic church.

And as for sex being a big deal, it is one of man’s greatest joys. (Man including both sexes). It is a very big deal. Teaching that sex is evil; that the body is disgusting and vile; that it should be shunned and repressed, is one of the worst tortures religion has brought to mankind.

you’re going to vote for Kerry because Bush is against sex before marriage? Is it really that big of a deal. At least it’s something that a few people can benifit from (STDs, pregnancy). Kerry will pass things that kill our industry, like environmental laws. Plus, he’s catholic, they’re prudes too.

not funny

Kerry would put more pressure on Isreal to “make peace” with Palestine. That is enough in itself to vote for Bush.

It’s hard for me to agree with anything I’ve read here, though I did find one sentence. However, I support your right to say it, and to believe whatever you want to, even though I disagree vehemently.

you’re funny

Who are you talking to, Carla? I don’t get it, how can someone own crazy?

your crazy is all i have to say

Faith isn’t a huge deal. A republican christian isn’t tied down to his religion. He doesn’t have to do everything the Bible says because allot of it doesn’t really apply. Christianity is kind of like a theory that doesn’t always work in practice, and Christians realize this to the point that they don’t let it affect many of their decisisons. You can see evidence of this by looking at the war in Iraq; Jesus says to turn the other cheek, Bush says “shock and awe.” Shock and awe is what the terrorists see. That is what is important. It may have taken us forever to go to war, and it may not be an all-out war, but this is the kind of war we have to fight in order to keep the Iraqis peaceful, and to stop them from hating us. This isn’t a conquering of a nation, it is a rebuilding. You have to take it slow and easy so that rebuilding will take place. The same thing happened in the Civil war; the union fought the Confederacy thinking that they would eventually become friends again.
The anti-capitalist actions of Bush would only get worse with Kerry in office; Kerry wants more socialized medicine, more restictions on business, and more money for education. The only thing that Kerry would be better for would be things like gay marriage. Is that more important then the safety of the United States? He may even pour federal money into stem cell research.
Bush is a capitalist at heart, he just lets his “compassion” get in the way. You can see this by looking at his position on the FairTax plan, he leans towards supporting it, Kerry opposses it. Kerry is anti-capitalist to the core. I’d rather vote for someone who is a half-assed capitalist than someone who is anti-capitalist. We are, after all, only a half-asses capitalist nation.

Yes, Bush has principles. He has FAITH. He will do what he thinks is right. Right according to religion. I am not talking about what did happen, i.e. Bush finally got around to defend us however poorly. But he has done nothing to Iran, the most important threat. Iran is a religious theocracy. They’ve got god and Bush respects that. Kerry on the other hand will do what he thinks his constituents want and HAS done so throughout his history. Besides the men’s personality, there is really not a great rift between them. They are both socialists. Do not forget that Bush pushed through a medical bill that would have made Hillary Clinton blush. I think its called “socialized medicine.” Bush also raised steel tariffs, increased farm subsidies, vastly increased education spending, and increased regulations on the business community after Enron. These actions are hardly capitalistic. They are, in fact, entirely leftist in their origins.

You don’t know what Kerry will do when he gets into office. Much of what he says now is contraty to what he has said and done in the past. With Bush you get what you see. He’s tougher than you portray him. With Kerry we never would have gone to war, we would have conceeded to the appeasers. Bush’s war is not a half-war, at least through the perception of the Iraqis and terrorists. Terrorists see Bush as a threat, and, while still a threat, Kerry is not as threatening. Kerry is the terrorist’s choice. As for the religious aspects, Bush doesn’t push any of his religious aspects without having other reasons for pushing them. The stem cell research is not the government’s to fund in the first place, he opposes abortion because he thinks it is murder, and so on.

Someone should ask Chontosh about how his rifle jammed when all of this was happening. Then maybe we could find out the real story.

The intgernet is filled with story about Chontosh’s heroism, but nothing about him.

Who is he, where is he from, his background, a biography.