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"Earned" respect ... vanity (sort of) rant
Zac's Mom

Posted on 05/11/2005 11:17:38 AM PDT by Zacs Mom

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To: jellybean

McCain and Romney get no respect in my book. I’ll vote next Tuesday. The presidential line appears headed for a write in this November.


21 posted on 01/31/2008 12:48:41 PM PST by Ingtar (Thompson - delegates, Huckabee - brokered, Keyes - Only C left. Which one on 2/5?)
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To: Zacs Mom
You mean:

RINOstone Hero ???


22 posted on 01/31/2008 12:52:59 PM PST by xcamel (Two-hand-voting now in play - One on lever, other holding nose.)
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To: jellybean

I notice that “general_re” is no longer with us...


23 posted on 01/31/2008 12:53:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Second To None!)
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To: Laverne; SE Mom; altura; rintense; rodguy911; Bahbah; Fudd Fan; Mo1; jveritas; AliVeritas; ...

~~PING!


24 posted on 01/31/2008 1:01:28 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don't know the reason for general_re's departure, but Zac's Mom is now posting from Heaven. :(
25 posted on 01/31/2008 1:07:53 PM PST by jellybean (I brought the popcorn for the Battle of The Rinos - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: jellybean
Zac's Mom, I know you're no longer with us, yet you continue to provide a service to our country by reminding us about the true John McCain!

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Amen!

26 posted on 01/31/2008 1:14:36 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Zacs Mom

This not new, it’s just something that, I suspect, most us Vets are on the fence about.

To those of us who our service during those times were a life changing event, it’s still very hard and, to me, disturbing subject to think about, let alone post about.

Part of me remembers, like it was this morning, those events, and part of me says...walk a mile in another man’s shoes, which I didn’t.

Personally, I think there is more than enough after service evidence to sink McManic’s ship with, than to open old wounds.

That’s just me.


27 posted on 01/31/2008 1:18:08 PM PST by papasmurf
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To: trisham

I used to have a very long expose of John McCain when he was running in 2000. I can’t find it now so these old threads will have to suffice as evidence of his betrayal.


28 posted on 01/31/2008 1:18:13 PM PST by jellybean (I brought the popcorn for the Battle of The Rinos - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: jellybean
The man is not looking good:


29 posted on 01/31/2008 1:21:41 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Zacs Mom

Bump for reference


30 posted on 01/31/2008 1:37:55 PM PST by bcsco (Tag space for rent: "aPaulogists" need not apply.)
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To: papasmurf; STARWISE

I posted this a minte ago on another thread- and have mentioned it elsewhere lately.

I don’t want to go there.

My son is a comabat vet who absolutely can’t STAND John McCain. He said this morning that in his view- this entire topic should NOT be brought up during the campaign, for many reasons- many of which he didn’t want to pursue- but he said it’s just wrong.

My feeling is- it will backfire and bring sympathy to McCain and might well be enough to get him the nomination.

I won’t support this as a way to bring down McCain. There are endless reasons why this man is not suited to be our nominee- dredging up a painful past is bound to harm US more than him.


31 posted on 01/31/2008 1:46:47 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

I understand your point (and your
son’s) totally. Thanks for posting
this.


32 posted on 01/31/2008 1:49:29 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: SE Mom; papasmurf
You express my feelings exactly. McCain’s volatile temper, his vulgar language to fellow Senators and his RINO record are excellent examples of his unfitness for CIC, but our willingness to stoop to the depths that some of us have in vilifying his POW time (and it was a long, long time) leave us wide open to the accusations of the likes of BOR. Let’s cut out the vitriol on his service time and stick to valid issues of his failings.
33 posted on 01/31/2008 2:08:21 PM PST by upcountry miss
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To: devolve; Zacs Mom; STARWISE; jellybean; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; MeekOneGOP

Ah STARWISE & jellybean, what a surprise to see a “Zacs Mom” post! I miss her still!

Thank you, she is fighting with us still!


34 posted on 01/31/2008 3:36:18 PM PST by potlatch ("Kindness is more important than wisdom, the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom" - Rubin)
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To: potlatch

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Bump -


35 posted on 01/31/2008 3:54:41 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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To: jellybean; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; ...
Yes, Zac's Mom might be no longer with us, but her inbox is bulging : ) she's never left the ping list ♥
36 posted on 01/31/2008 5:04:16 PM PST by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Cousin, Mom and FRiend)
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To: Zacs Mom

The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides

But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about -- his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for. Since McCain himself, a downed Navy pilot, was a prisoner in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years, his staunch resistance to laying open the POW/MIA records has baffled colleagues and others who have followed his career. Critics say his anti-disclosure campaign, in close cooperation with the Pentagon and the intelligence community, has been successful. Literally thousands of documents that would otherwise have been declassified long ago have been legislated into secrecy.

Also see:

Vietnam Veterans Against John

Do you know what Amnesty is? Do you have any idea what it will cost us?

Now.................

I hope the following 14 reasons are read so many times that the readers get sick of reading them. I have included the URL’s for verification of the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.

Homeland Security Report
http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf

12. The National Policy Institute, ‘estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.’
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/publications.php?b=deportation

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. ‘The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States’.
http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html#Illegals

The total cost is a whooping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR !

37 posted on 01/31/2008 5:18:37 PM PST by B4Ranch ((Don't forget to say a prayer for our soldiers out there in harm's way. ))
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To: trisham

Ladies,

It should never enter your mind wether or not the candidate for president is good looking or not. America is sick. Yes, it has been contamined with many deadly viruses and diseases.

Do not ask yourself if your doctor is good looking! Ask if she or he is a professional who can set America on a path to restore her health. If your answer is no ......... KEEP LOOKING!


38 posted on 01/31/2008 5:26:12 PM PST by B4Ranch ((Don't forget to say a prayer for our soldiers out there in harm's way. ))
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To: Zacs Mom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFM1xqqTX_g


39 posted on 01/31/2008 7:27:08 PM PST by streetpreacher (Arminian by birth, Calvinist by the grace of God)
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To: B4Ranch
It should never enter your mind wether or not the candidate for president is good looking or not

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"Good looking" is altogether different from looking good. McCain does not look well.

40 posted on 01/31/2008 7:34:09 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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