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The Sun-Times has put this article into their archives to be viewed for a fee. So to recap: in his last Friday article, Thomas Lipscomb said: "In the midst of the controversy between the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and Kerry campaign representatives about Kerry's service in Vietnam, new questions have arisen. "The Kerry campaign has repeatedly stated that the official naval records prove the truth of Kerry's assertions about his service. "But the official records on Kerry's Web site only add to the confusion. The DD214 form, an official Defense Department document summarizing Kerry's military career posted on johnkerry.com,...

The New York Times has a new typewriter key for the Swift Boat veterans story that reads: "the unsubstantiated charges of the Swift Boat veterans." Unsubstantiated? It was Kerry -- not the Swift Boat veterans -- who told The Washington Post: "I wish they had a delete button on LexisNexis." The Swift Boat veterans haven't been forced to retract any of their story [Unfit for Command]. Meanwhile, John Kerry has been issuing about a retraction a day since the Swift Boat veterans started talking. Most recently, Kerry has had to back-pedal on the circumstances surrounding his first Purple Heart. Kerry...

BOYCOTT BORDERS BOOKSTORE. I went to a local Borders Bookstore last night and not only did they not stock "Unfit for Command" they were bursting with anti-Bush books and of course, Hill & Bill books. Looking at the prominent display (right behind the cash registers starring at you) for Bill Clinton's book, I knew they were biased. I say "Boycott Borders". I know I will. I also emailed the manager to complain about their political bias effecting customer service.

I just listened to Don and Roma on WLS-AM 890 in Chicago. This is morning talk radio that tends to be conservative. They had their regular visit from Peter Jennings this morning (who comes on a few times a month). After a brief talk about Arnold and the convention last night, Don asked Peter Jennings why nobody in the media will even ask John Kerry a question about the Swift boat vets' accusations or his Christmas in Cambodia. Peter Jennings responded that, (perhaps not an exact quote) "none of the Swift boat critics were on the boat with John Kerry."...

(It may not do any good, but if they get flooded with e-mail everytime they give the Kerry Rep. a free pass, they might eventually ask a tough question.) Dear Fox & Friends, Your guest Democrat this morning, like they do every time the subject comes up, claimed that Kerry was only repeating what some disgruntled soldiers told him. When they go to this DNC talking point, why do you never ask: Why then did Kerry never apologize after many of those same veterans were exposed as imposters and or liars. Kerry’s Co-leader of the VVAW claimed to be an...

Kerry: Swift Boat Vets for Bush Ad Fact Check - 'Medals'8/31/2004 3:12:00 PM To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of Kerry-Edwards 2004:"Let's take this garbage off the air. Let's get on to address the future of the American people and all that rests on this country. All George Bush has to offer is fear and smear," said former Georgia Senator Max Cleland.FACT CHECKAD TITLE: "Medals"DATE: 8/30/04PAID FOR BY: Bob Perry, Harlan Crow and Other Texas Friends of GeorgeBush, Karl Rove &...

Tuesday, August 31, 2004, I saw what looked like the entire Swift Boat Veterans For Truth Ad, on CNN.

Brian Kilmeade: These swift boat ads are really hurting you guys. John Kerry needs to address them, don't you think? Kerry Campaign Advisor: They aren't hurting us. A recent NPR poll shows us up by 4 percent. Brian Kilmeade: Don't you think it would help if Kerry actually addressed these charges? This new ad by the Swift Boat Veterans talks about the medals that John Kerry threw in the trash. Kerry Campaign Advisor: All we see from Republicans are attacks by these Swift Boat Guys and Rudy Guilliani. Thats all they have is negative attacks. Brian Kilmeade: Shouldn't Kerry address...

In new ad, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ask: "How can the man who renounced his country's symbols now be trusted?" http://humaneventsonline.com.edgesuite.net/unfit_video4.html

Miami, FL, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush has edged ahead of Sen. John Kerry in a poll of Florida residents released Monday, erasing an earlier 5-point deficit. Bush, who is to be formally nominated to run for president this week at the Republican National Convention, was the choice of 48 percent of registered voters surveyed in a poll conducted for the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times. Kerry, the Democratic Party nominee for president, was the choice of 46 percent of respondents. Four percent said they were undecided and 2 percent said they supported independent candidate Ralph...

Senator Also May Have Set Up Meetings Between Chinese Firms, U.S. Officials (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released recently declassified documents showing that Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accepted laundered contributions for his 1996 re-election campaign from the Communist Chinese government and that, in exchange, he may have arranged meetings between Chinese aerospace executives and U.S. government officials. Obtained from the FBI through Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests, the documents are related to the FBI’s “Chinagate” investigation into the Clinton campaign’s acceptance of contributions from Communist...

FBI files indicate that VVAW leader Al Hubbard reported to the VVAW Executive Committee meeting upon returning from Paris the following, “Hubbard indicated that VVAW as an organization had received commitments of support from Leftists throughout the world. He indicated that following the conference he had private discussions with individuals from Laos and Cambodia, the primary topic discussed were tactics in the United States anti-war movement. In his opinion these discussions turned out to be the most important part of the conference for him. He said that during these talks he was able to confirm the fact that a seven...

Recently I have read that John Kerry has told the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that he was not referring to them in his senate speech in 1971, but to all the other Vietnam War veterans. Well, we should apply the same standard to this that Kerry and his news pals have used, that is; That Kerry did not serve in their tent, unit, team, foxhole, aircraft, patrol unit, or squad so therefore he cannot know what these men were doing or not doing. Therefore, because by his own admission that by these standards the SBVT could not have known...

Anti-Kerry 'Swift Boat' Group Vows To Keep Up Ad Campaign AFP: 8/29/2004 WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (AFP) - The controversial group of veterans, whose television advertisements attacking Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sparked a national debate, vowed Sunday to keep up their campaign until the November 2 election. Retired admiral Roy Hoffman, who founded the so-called "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," told Time magazine that since their first, relatively small ad ran in three states earlier this month, the group had raised 2.5 million dollars from 37,183 donors. "We knew that we were going to stir the pot, but I...

I've noticed a distrubing trend. Every DemocRat talking head, starts off with the assertion that the swift boat vets, have been thoroughly discredited, they are called out and out liars and worse. The host, even on Fox, doesn't utter a peep in response. And if they have a Republican on for balance, they invariably lack the back bone to challenge the assertion, that the swift vets are anything other than members of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Since the DNC talking points go unchallenged, I'm sure many accept the propoganda as truth. Kerry and the DNC treat a psychotic liar like...

One more brick in the Kerry wall...... http://teamhouse.tni.net/Misc/Kerry/ChungKerry.htm

Nov. 3, 2004: Vietnam vets - finally, you heroes have come home You were spit on. You were called war criminals. You were called baby killers. You served your country and came home to abuse and to be shunned by your countrymen. Many never came home at all. There were lost limbs, broken lives, broken families, alcoholism, drugs, homelessness, despair, and even suicide. You could not understand why you were so hated. There was no parade welcoming you home. There was nobody to offer you their seat on a full airplane. There was no one wanting to shake your hand...

The answers to all the questions raised by critics of John Kerry could probably be answered by the large archive of documents he keeps in his home. Douglas Brinkley, the 43-year-old author who wrote "Tour of Duty," the biographical account of Kerry's time in Vietnam, described it this way: "I'm talking a massive archive. I had to sit in his house, with this woman watching me, and go through the collection – 12-page letters, notebooks, journals. I made three different trips, and stayed there for days." Brinkley is the only one who's been allowed to handle this extensive resource. Indeed,...

To: stockpirate I am not sure this is the proper place to put this...but here goes... To All The Vets of Viet Nam, I was born in 1955, a baby boomer...into an alcoholic and abusive family. I was 14 years old when Woodstock rocked this nation. I remember standing in front of a 12" black and white set watching it unfold on the 6 o'clock news. I also remember my father using the term..".long haired hippie pukes" and being totally disgusted with the whole mess. Being 14 with a father who like to use his fists..I naturally rejected anything he...

In July of 1950, during the first month of the Korean War, near the village of No Gun Ri, U. S. soldiers opened fire on a group of civilians gathered under a railroad bridge allegedly killing anywhere between 50 and 350 civilians. Over 50 years later, debate continues over what really happened. Watch host John Callaway as he welcomes to the Pritzker Military Library Charles Hanley, co-author of The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War, and Robert L. Bateman, author of No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident, as they...