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FReeper Canteen ~ Saturday Nite Jukebox ~ MAR 13, 2004
trussell and Bethbg79 and FRiends of the Canteen
Posted on 03/12/2004 8:03:45 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
God bless you Tonk! Can any one give me "Angels with dirty Faces" by the band "sham 69"?
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:25:55 PM PST
by
mylife
To: Mudboy Slim
Yep! It's over now!! Hehe!!
You can check!
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:25:56 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Ragtime Cowgirl; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
An E-mail I got tonight from a certain Diva.
Thought I'd share.
Dear Senator Kerry:
Since it has become clear that you will probably be the Democratic nominee for President, I have spent a great deal of time researching your war record and your record as a professional politician. The reason is simple, you aspire to be the Commander in Chief who would lead my sons and their fellow soldiers in time of war. I simply wanted to know if you possess the necessary qualifications to be trusted in that respect.
You see, I belong to a family of proud U.S. veterans. I was a Captain in the Army Reserve, my father was a decorated Lieutenant in World War II; and I have four sons who have either served, or are currently serving in the military. The oldest is an Army Lieutenant still on active duty in Afghanistan after already being honored for his service in Iraq. The youngest is an E-4 with the military police. His National Guard unit just finished their second tour of active duty, including six months in Guantanamo Bay. My two other sons have served in the national guard and the navy.
In looking at your record I found myself comparing it not only to that of my father and my sons, but to the people they served with. My father served with the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion in Europe. They landed on Utah Beach and fought for 317 straight days including the Cherbourg Peninsula, Aachen, the Hurtgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. *You earned a Silver Star in Vietnam for chasing down and finishing off a wounded and retreating enemy soldier. *My father won a Bronze Star for single handedly charging and knocking out a German machine gun nest that had his men pinned down. *You received three purple hearts for what appears to be three minor scratches. In fact you only missed a combined total of two days of duty for these wounds. *The men of my father's unit, the 87th, had to be admonished by their commanding officer because: "It has been brought to our attention that some men are covering up wounds and refusing medical attention for fear of being evacuated and permanently separated from this organization..." It was also a common problem for seriously wounded soldiers to go AWOL from hospitals in order to rejoin their units.* **You used your three purple hearts to leave Vietnam early*.
My oldest boy came home from Iraq with numerous commendations and then proceeded to volunteer to go to Afghanistan and from there back to Iraq again. My sons and father have never had anything but the highest regard and respect for their fellow soldiers. Yet, *you came home to publicly charge your fellow fighting men with being war criminals and to urge their defeat by the enemy. You even wrote a book that had a cover which mocked the heroism of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. *Our current crop of soldiers has a philosophy that no one gets left behind; and they have practiced that from Somalia to the battlefields of the Middle East*. Yet as chairman of a Senate committee looking into allegations that many of your fellow servicemen had been left behind as prisoners in Vietnam, you chose to defend the brutal Vietnamese regime. You even went so far as to refer to the families of the POWs and MIAs as Professional malcontents, conspiracy mongers, con artists, and dime-store Rambos. *
*As a Senator you voted against the 1991 Gulf War, and have repeatedly voted against funds to supply our troops with the best equipment, and against money to improve our intelligence capability*. I find this particularly ironic since as a Presidential candidate you are highly critical of our pre-war intelligence in Iraq. However, you did vote to authorize the President to go to war, *but have since proceeded to do everything you can to undermine the efforts of our government and our troops to win*. Is this what our fighting men and women can expect of you if you are their Commander in Chief? *Will you gladly send them to war, only to then aid the enemy by undermining the morale of our troops and cutting off the weapons they need to win? *
Our country is at war Senator, and as has been the case in every war since the American Revolution, a member of my family is serving their country during the war. Now you want me to trust you to lead my sons in this fight.
Sorry Senator, but* when I compare your record to those who have fought and died for this nation, and are currently fighting and dying, the answer is not just no, but Hell No*!
Sincerely,
Michael Connelly
February 14, 2004
Dallas, Texas
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:28:16 PM PST
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks Tonkin...
and thank you for your service... in the past and in the present!!
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:28:36 PM PST
by
trussell
(Member: Viking Kitty Society;New Charter member: Troll Patrol...)
To: mylife
Good evening, mylife!!
I'm on it!!
How are you this evening?
*HUGS*
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:28:50 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: trussell
Thank you for your contribution to the Canteen Music Dedication.
You did awesome!!
*HUGS*
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:29:16 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: MoJo2001
Thank you MoJo, I enjoyed my part of it!!
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:30:03 PM PST
by
trussell
(Member: Viking Kitty Society;New Charter member: Troll Patrol...)
To: Valin
Thanks for posting the letter Valin!!
I received this in email today as well from a certain gentleman who shall remain nameless. (Think blackie and work from there. Hehe!)
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:30:06 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: Houmatt
Welcome to the Canteen!
To: MoJo2001
FReepMail backatcha...MUD
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:30:26 PM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: Mudboy Slim
Backatcha!
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:31:40 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: Mudboy Slim
Overcast skies and cold here. We had snow falling during the day, did not stick, however. Getting tired of the cold. The good news, I have some spring flowers blooming.
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:32:29 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(~ I do Poetry and party among the stars~)
To: Valin
Thanks for the letter Brother.
To: MoJo2001
Thanky Gal..Im oK....
Just worried for the nex gen
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:33:17 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
Good evening mylife, good to see you again.
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:33:50 PM PST
by
Soaring Feather
(~ I do Poetry and party among the stars~)
To: mylife
What generation would that be?
LOL!
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:34:10 PM PST
by
MoJo2001
(I have a dream: DIR C: 965465065464984030373436 bytes free...)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Putting in a mild-mannered request for some
Little Feat....or some
Allman Brothers--(perhaps the Fillmore Album??)redrock
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:34:30 PM PST
by
redrock
("One man with courage....makes a majority"---Andrew Jackson)
To: All
To: MoJo2001
And how are you?... A tip of the hat to you Ladies
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posted on
03/12/2004 8:35:46 PM PST
by
mylife
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