It will be curious to see if the media in the coming days gives Rep. Charlie Rangel's "members of the military only join because they can't get a good job" comments similar play to Sen. John Kerry's "the troops are stupid" slur. On "Fox News Sunday" this morning, Rangel had the following to say : […]
Friday's Los Angeles Times had a great article on Army Special Forces Capt. Jeffrey "Toz" Toczylowski -- a soldier who died in Iraq on Nov. 4, 2005. His dying wish was a $100k party for his friends and family in Las Vegas. The article is heartwarming and you can really see what kind of man […]
Today's Union-Tribune has some excellent stories on servicemen who were awarded medals for bravery in Iraq this veterans day. Marine Lance Cpl. Carlos Gomez Perez's story can be found here. Don't miss the links in the sidebar for two other stories. Remember these brave men, and the others who didn't make it back today. It's […]
Late this afternoon Sen. John Kerry apologized -- sorta: As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to […]
The Los Angeles Times ran a front page story last week about Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger who has been nominated for the Medal of Honor. Unfortunately, like most of those so honored, if Adlesperger is awarded the Medal of Honor it will be posthumously. Adlesperger, acting as the point man for the four-man fire […]
It looks like those sleazy payday loan(sharks) won't be getting so much cash out of military members according to this report. Interest rates on payday loans to military service members would be limited under an agreement reached yesterday by House and Senate Republicans. The measure, imposing a 36 percent cap on the annual interest rate […]
About every other week "media writer" Neal Gabler (how come I've never seen anything he writes on the Web?) complains on "Fox News Watch" that any media reporting on Iraq that isn't negative somehow paints a "false" picture of what Gabler knows is going on there. A lot of what has been missing in the […]
A U.S. Marine recruiter who was "featured" in Michael Moore's "documentary" was killed in Iraq. The headline: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Marine killed in Iraq Not included in this short wire story (a longer version is here) was an anecdote about Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar that brought a smile to my face. Raymond Plouhar said that […]