I’ll Tell You What…

From the Concerned Women for America website:

A new t-shirt being marketed by Planned Parenthood boldly proclaims “I had an abortion.” That shirt, and the broader “I’m not sorry” abortion campaign is making headlines. And it is also making even some abortion advocates cringe. CWA’s Senior Policy Director Wendy Wright has more on this in-your-face campaign, and one of the women behind it.

Listen to the discussion.

Did anybody actually see this covered in the news? I sure didn’t. Basically, this vote prevents the exportation of homosexual “marriage” to all states through rulings of the federal judiciary.

See this Lincoln quote for a reason why this is important no matter how you feel on the issue.

Click Read More… to see how your representative voted.

From the House of Representatives website:

This is funny.

Mrs. Kerry told Pennsylvanians, “We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics.”

Later, Colin McNickle, the editorial-page editor of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper, asked her what she meant by “un-American.” She told him many times that she did not say that. After much persistence she told him, “You said something I didn’t say. Now shove it.”

What’s even funnier is that Mr. Kerry said, “I think my wife speaks her mind appropriately.” He’d better not disagree. She has all the money!

See the video for yourself.

As a former naval officer I find it incredible that anyone could not support those who honor their committment to serve their country and Commander-in-Chief. This covenant is honored regardless of political party by honorable people. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone to know that when I read an article like this one, which contains statements made by those who served with Kerry, I lean even more towards the Republican party. Read on for some quotes…

Here are a few quotes:

“…His biography, ’Tour of Duty,’ by Douglas Brinkley, is replete with gross exaggerations, distortions of fact, contradictions and slanderous lies. His contempt for the military and authority is evident by even a most casual review of this biography. He arrived in-country with a strong anti-Vietnam War bias and a self-serving determination to build a foundation for his political future…”



– John O’Neill, spokesman, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

“During Lt.(jg) Kerry’s tour, he was under my command for two or three specific operations, before his rapid exit. Trust, loyalty and judgment are the key, operative words. His turncoat performance in 1971 in his grubby shirt and his medal-tossing escapade, coupled with his slanderous lines in the recent book portraying us that served, including all POWs and MIAs, as murderous war criminals, I believe, will have a lasting effect on all military veterans and their families.”



– Captain Charles Plumly, USN (retired)

“In 1971, when John Kerry spoke out to America, labeling all Vietnam veterans as thugs and murderers, I was shocked and almost brought to my knees, because even though I had served at the same time and same unit, I had never witnessed or participated in any of the events that the Senator had accused us of. I strongly believe that the statements made by the Senator were not only false and inaccurate, but extremely harmful to the United States’ efforts in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. Tragically, some veterans, scorned by the antiwar movement and their allies, retreated to a life of despair and suicide. Two of my crewmates were among them. For that there is no forgiveness. “



– Richard O’Meara

And there are many more. Please read the statements yourself and decide who you would want to run the country.

A 1917 quote from the Rev. William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian clergyman and pamphlet writer:

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
• You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
• You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
• You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
• You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

This is often mistakenly credited to Abraham Lincoln. See The Ten “You Cannots” Abraham Lincoln Did Not Say for more information.

From The Federalist:

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” –George Washington

It’s no surprise that John Kerry has devoted so much time and energy questioning George W. Bush’s record as commander-in-chief. Nor is it any surprise that he recently launched a campaign calling on Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld to resign after a handful of military personnel humiliated al-Qa’ida terrorists in Abu Ghraib prison while attempting to obtain actionable intelligence about their plans to kill more of our troops…

These political attacks are just the latest round on Kerry’s long list of black-bag antics designed to undermine America’s military strength and resolve.

Kerry, who fancies himself a war hero, has spent much of his political career denigrating American military personnel and the nation they defend. But his anti-American actions preceded his first campaign for Congress — indeed, they were the platform from which he launched his political career.

Like his comrade “Hanoi Jane” Fonda and so many other Leftist protagonists from the Age of Aquarius, Kerry was a child of wealth and privilege. Today, he is the wealthiest member of Congress (the “F” stands for “Forbes,” after all) but don’t expect that to be a central theme of his “man of the people” campaign. (In fact, the top five wealthiest Senators are all Democrats.)

Kerry grew up hobnobbing with the Massachusetts Cape glitterati, a life of leisure including all the accoutrements — the best schools, the best vacation homes, the best yachts, etc. He socialized with the rich and famous, especially the Kennedy clan elites, where he was taken under the wing of his future patron saint, Teddy. He attempted to emulate John Kennedy’s PT-109 heroics by joining the Navy and using his connections to obtain an assignment for a short tour on a swiftboat in Vietnam. Kerry then went on to collect three Purple Hearts in just two months — all of dubious merit, but requisite for a ticket home to pursue his political aspirations.

Unlike John F. Kennedy, however, when John F. Kerry got home, there was no hero’s welcome. The nation was in turmoil over our continued role in Vietnam, the result of limited but well-publicized Leftist protests against the war. So Kerry, ever the opportunist, endeavored to become the Left’s most “useful idiot” (as Lenin called Western apologists for Soviet propaganda), collaborating with Fonda, et al., and leading protests accusing his “brethren” in Vietnam of all manner of atrocities.

Kerry was (and remains) an effective spokesperson for his Leftist cadre. His anti-war protest period culminated with his 1971 congressional testimony, after which he told the press, “There are all kinds of atrocities and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free-fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare. All of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions….”

Regarding the substance — and source — of Kerry’s claims, Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking intelligence officer ever to defect from the Soviet bloc, says “KGB priority number one at that time was to damage American power, judgment, and credibility. … As a spy chief and a general in the former Soviet satellite of Romania, I produced the very same vitriol Kerry repeated to the U.S. Congress almost word for word and planted it in leftist movements. KGB chairman Yuri Andropov managed our anti-Vietnam War operation. He often bragged about having damaged the U.S. foreign-policy consensus, poisoned domestic debate in the U.S., and built a credibility gap between America and European public opinion through our disinformation operations. Vietnam was, he once told me, ’our most significant success’.”

As for the success of Kerry’s anti-democracy protests and his leadership of the VVAW and association with Fonda’s Winter Soldier Investigation, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam’s most decorated military leader, wrote in retrospect that if not for the disunity created by such stateside protesters, Hanoi would have ultimately surrendered.

But the consequences of Kerry’s actions should not stop with the fall of Saigon.

Kerry, by his own account, violated the UCMJ, the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Code while serving as a Navy officer, and he further stands in violation of Article three, Section three of the U.S. Constitution.

Upon entering the Navy in 1966, John Kerry signed a six-year contract (plus a six-month extension during wartime) and an Officer Candidate contract for five years of active duty and active Naval Reserve. This indicates that Kerry was clearly a commissioned officer at the time of his 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris — in direct violation of the UCMJ’s Article 104 part 904, and U.S. Code 18 U.S.C. 953. That meeting, and Kerry’s subsequent coddling of Communists while leading mass protests against our military in the year that followed, also place him in direct violation of our Constitution’s Article three, Section three, which defines treason as “giving aid and comfort” to the enemy in time of warfare. (As General Vo Nguyen Giap is his witness….)

Thus, we refer our readers to the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, which states, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President … having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

It is for this reason — for his record of giving aid and comfort to the enemy while a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in violation of his oath — that we insist John Kerry resign his seat in the U.S. Senate. He has dishonored his family, dishonored his state and dishonored our nation. He is not fit for public office at any level of government, much less, the highest office in the land. John Kerry should resign.

I just wanted to post some of the results of the hard work of the ACLJ. The ACLJ is an organization that fights to protect the US Constitution, protect religious liberties, protect life and protect the religious rights of Americans.

* School children can continue to say “one nation under God” when they quote the Pledge of Allegiance - thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (on June 14, Flag Day!). The Justices DISMISSED the case, doing away with a lower court’s decision that declared the phrase “under God” unconstitutional. With the support of members all around the country, the ACLJ filed a major brief in the case on behalf of 68 members of Congress and more than 260,300 Americans (including some 2,600 school-age children, many of whom attend public schools and wanted to continue reciting the Pledge intact).

By dismissing this case and eradicating the appeals court decision, the Supreme Court of the United States REMOVED A DARK CLOUD that had been hanging over one of the nation’s most important and cherished traditions: acknowledging via the Pledge of Allegiance that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government. Thank you again for your prayers and support in this important legal battle!

* The U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City dismissed a lawsuit challenging the public display of a monument of the Ten Commandments - a monument that had been on display in Pleasant Grove, Utah, since the early 1970s. The court agreed with the ACLJ about the historical significance of this monument - and that the law is clear concerning the display of the Ten Commandments: in short, that such a monument is CONSTITUTIONAL. The ACLJ continues to be involved in more than a dozen cases nationwide - defending the constitutional display of monuments of the Ten Commandments in Nebraska, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

* We’ve settled the case of a county health department employee from Illinois who filed a FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT claiming she was denied a promotion because she expressed reluctance to participate in any way in abortion counseling of health department clients. We argued that this violated her rights of free speech and freedom of religion, as well as her right to be free from religious discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act. In the settlement agreement, the county agreed to pay the settlement of the claims (without admitting liability in the case). Both parties agreed that the lawsuit would be DISMISSED.

* With your help, the ACLJ succeeded in protecting the constitutional rights of students in a Michigan case, where two high school graduation speakers were asked to talk about friendship at commencement exercises. In their speech, they wanted to mention that the best example of friendship in their lives comes from Jesus Christ. The speakers told the ACLJ a school official said that if they mentioned the name of Jesus during the speech, they would be REMOVED from the stage. The speakers contacted the ACLJ just two days before graduation, and we immediately sent the principal a legal memorandum outlining the law. The speakers were permitted to deliver their speech as planned - including the mention of the name of Jesus - WITHOUT CENSORSHIP.

* In a second Michigan case, Marylou Statson of Davison wanted to place a marker with the message “John 3:16” as part of a school district’s playground fundraising project, in which patrons could - in exchange for a donation - place a paving stone inscribed with the message of their choice in the playground. Statson contacted the ACLJ when she was told that her message was unacceptable and that the marker would not be placed in the playground. The ACLJ sent a demand letter to the superintendent of schools outlining the legal issues and the fact that denying Statson the opportunity to use that message violated her First Amendment FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. The ACLJ letter said that if the school district did not accept the inscription, a lawsuit would be filed. The school district responded by reporting that the marker with the inscription “John 3:16” would indeed be permitted.

* The Justices handed down a disappointing decision that blocked the implementation of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a measure that would have protected America’s youth from the most sordid material on the World Wide Web. The high court declared COPA unconstitutional and sent the case back to a lower court for trial. In its major brief, the ACLJ represented itself and 13 members of Congress and urged the high court to reverse the lower court’s decision. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY for this critical issue as it goes back to a lower court and we continue our efforts.

* In one of three terrorism cases, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the U.S. government has the power to hold American citizens and foreign nationals without charges or trials - BUT that detainees can challenge their treatment in U.S. courts. This troubling ruling limits the President’s role as commander-in-chief, gives suspected terrorists access to U.S. courts, and allows American civilian courts to become involved in military decisions. The ACLU had filed major briefs in all three terrorism cases.

THANK YOU for the important role you are playing in the ongoing work of the ACLJ! Victories like these can only happen as members like you continue to pray faithfully and give generously. You make the difference!

So we appreciate you … and we look forward to dramatically increased effectiveness in cases across the nation as friends like you contribute to our FREEDOM FIGHT 2004 Matching Challenge.

Your contribution during this campaign can be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $300,000, its impact doubled through the Matching Challenge fund. Please give generously today!

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From a Yahoo! News/AP story:

Former national security adviser Samuel Berger, under investigation for removing classified documents from the National Archives, stepped aside on Tuesday as an informal adviser to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

This is our Clinton legacy. Berger is the second Clinton official to get busted for taking home classified materials. The first was John Deutch.

What a stupid thing to do. I smell another Watergate. ..

For all you Windows users, there’s a new virus on the loose…

Bagle.ai is a mass-mailing worm with its own SMTP mass-mailing engine that harvests addresses from infected machines and includes a remote access program. The virus is being sent with multiple attachment types. In some cases, the body of the message contains a password for attached password-protected ZIP files. The virus can copy itself to file sharing folders common, for example, with peer-to-peer networks, and can terminate existing security applications processes.

Attachment names (with com, cpl, exe, scr, zip extensions) are:

• Cat
• Cool_MP3
• Dog
• Doll
• Fish
• Garry
• MP3
• Music_MP3

Anarchist ’Ruckus Society’ trains for blockades, chaos, disruptions

Here’s an interesting article about how Teresa Heinz Kerry’s Tides Foundation is funding, through the Howard Heinz Endowment, “some of the principal groups organizing demonstrations and disruptions of the GOP convention” including the anarchist group, Ruckus Society. This is a very interesting read.

Thanks to TGS.

Here’s a quote that’s as relevant today as it was 143 years ago:

The candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court . . . the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.



–Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861

The things you can do with Photoshop.