For those who don't remember

[Judy Harder]

> John Glenn (DEMOCRAT) said this -----
> It should make you think a little:
>
> There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In
> the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month
> of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as
> the entire war-torn country of Iraq.
>
> When some claim that President Bush shouldn't
> have started this war, think about this:
>
FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II.
> Germany never attacked us ; Japan did. From 1941-1945,
> 450,000 lives were lost ... an average of 112,500 per year.
>

> Truman (DEMOCRAT) finished that war and started one in Korea
> North Korea never attacked us From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives
> were lost ... an average of 18,334 per year.
>
> John F. Kennedy (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnam conflict in
> 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
>
Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From
> 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost.. an average of 5,800 per
> year.

> Clinton (DEMOCRAT) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French
> consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin
> Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did
> nothing. Osa ma has attacked us on multiple occasions.
>

> In the years since terrorists attacked us , President Bush
> has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled
> al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya , Iran , and, North
> Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who
> slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. And the Democrats are
> complaining about how long the war is taking.
>
> But Wait, There's More...
>
>
> It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno
> (DEMOCRAT) to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation..

>
> We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in Iraq
> for less time than it took Hillary Clinton (DEMOCRAT) to find
> the Rose Law Firm billing records.

>
> It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the
> Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took
> Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at
> Chappaquiddick.
>
> It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the
> votes in Florida!!!
>
> Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military
> morale is high!
>
> The biased media hopes we are too ignorant
> to realize the facts
>
> But wait... there's more!
>
>
>
> Some people still don't understand why military personnel do
> what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators
> John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading.
> Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's
> also a good example of one
> man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.

>
> This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who
> have never served think of the military.
>
>
> Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn): 'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?'
>
> Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
> 'I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I
> served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was
> hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in
> the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my
> life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took
> time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.'
>
> 'I ask you to go with me .. as I went the other day... to a
> veteran's hospital and look those men .with their mangled
> bodies, in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job!

>
> You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as
> I have gone, to the widows and Orphans
> of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... and you look
> those kids in the eye and tell them that their DAD'S didn't
> hold a job.


> You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington
> National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd
> like to remember, and you watch those waving flags anf the
> crosses. You stand there, and you think about this nation,
> and you have the gall to tell ME that those people didn't
> have a job?
>
> What about Metzenbaum?'
> For those who don't remember
> ...
> During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA .
>
> Now he's a Senator!
>
> If you can read this, thank a teacher.
> If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.
>
>
>
> It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating. I AM!!!

[flo]

good heavens, if this Metzenbaum is a senator now and was a lawyer during WWII, how old does that make him?   NO COMMENT on the rest of the article, since most republicans that served between the demecratic terms and the part they played in all this is, for obvious reasons, ommitted.

[W. Gray]

Metzenbaum was born in 1917 and is still alive, but is not a senator.

He defeated John Glenn many years ago around the time this exchange took place.

Later, Glenn defeated Metzenbaum but Metzenbaum eventually was elected the other Ohio senator.

Metzenbaum served a total of about twenty years.

There is some question as to whether he actually represented the Communist Party.

[Teresa]

Got this an an alert in my e-mail...
Talk about scary... 
What is the matter with people? Has the world lost all common sense?
I can tell you that it looks like the Democrats ( and probably a few Republicans want to trash our wonderful constitution and turn everything we stand for into a communist socialist country...

The 2008 election has yet to be decided, but one thing is clear: If the Democrats win the White House, expect an all-out attack on talk radio. Political talk, as we know it, could end.

If they win, Rush, Imus, Savage, Beck, and dozens of other major hosts will be muzzled by using federal regulations to control political talk.

So, what's their plan of attack?

As Newsmax magazine reveals in its just-released special report, "The Battle for Talk Radio," leading liberals in Congress, the Democratic presidential candidates, and even some Republicans speak openly of their plans to end conservative talk radio using federal regulations.

Their weapon: a revived Fairness Doctrine, which would once again require stations to air divergent points of view — a clever ruse that makes station owners leery of airing controversial talk-radio hosts fearing law suits and federal sanctions.

With a new Fairness Doctrine, you could see many top conservative radio hosts canned.

This Newsmax special report also features an exclusive interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly who tells Newsmax there is no question a plan is being hatched.
"The far-left kooks will try, but they will fail," O'Reilly says.

[W. Gray]

Yes,

One of the Congressional democrats started the threat with that effort.

Most talk radio (but not all) is conservative and that really rankles the left.

The only real leftist competition is Air America, led by Al Franken, but their following is minuscule.