long before that Douchebag Daniel Schorr of NPR plagiarized his piece about Rev Wright, Lawrence Korb and Ian Moss wrote this in the Chicago Tribune.

Excerpt

April 3, 2008

In 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F. Kennedy's challenge to, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," gave up his student deferment, left college in Virginia and voluntarily joined the Marines.

In 1963, this man, having completed his two years of service in the Marines, volunteered again to become a Navy corpsman. (They provide medical assistance to the Marines as well as to Navy personnel.)

The man did so well in corpsman school that he was the valedictorian and became a cardiopulmonary technician. Not surprisingly, he was assigned to the Navy's premier medical facility, Bethesda Naval Hospital, as a member of the commander in chief's medical team, and helped care for President Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1966 surgery. For his service on the team, which he left in 1967, the White House awarded him three letters of commendation.

What is even more remarkable is that this man entered the Marines and Navy not many years after the two branches began to become integrated.

While this young man was serving six years on active duty, Vice President Dick Cheney, who was born the same year as the Marine/sailor, received five deferments, four for being an undergraduate and graduate student and one for being a prospective father. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both five years younger than the African-American youth, used their student deferments to stay in college until 1968. Both then avoided going on active duty through family connections.

Who is the real patriot? The young man who interrupted his studies to serve his country for six years or our three political leaders who beat the system? Are the patriots the people who actually sacrifice something or those who merely talk about their love of the country?

pissed off patricia @ 3:

Jan @ 1:

How long is Pope Nazi I going to be here? I'm sick to death of the coverage.

I know what you mean! As President Clinton used to say, "I feel your pain"

Me too. This pope sucks. At least the old pope made an effort not to be an enormous douche. Pope Ratzi, not so much.

Troubled homeowners. Don't fall prey to "rescue" scams.

I put a little photoshop egg on ABC's face.
http://www.mmsullivan.com/doom/the-reviews-are-in-abc-squanders-critical...
Feel free to use the image with a credit/linkback.

Jan @ 1:

How long is Pope Nazi I going to be here? I'm sick to death of the coverage.

now, to be fair. he was only a part of the hitler youth.

i'm sure if nazi germany would have won WWII ratzi would have given up his hitler youth ways *cough*

Let me get this straight.

The candidates face a few tough questions and flop (both of them) and everyone here is crying in the beer.

In the same turn all of you want us to believe either of these tow are going to show resolve and bravado to deal with an international crisis.

Ha Ha Ha , ..... you really are a funny guy!!!!

ABC can't possibly get too much crap over that debate. All of the "debates" (really joint press conferences) have been pretty bad apart from the NPR one, but wow, that was godawful.

Samson- @ 13:

Massala @ 12:

Let me get this straight.

The candidates face a few tough questions and flop (both of them) and everyone here is crying in the beer.

In the same turn all of you want us to believe either of these tow are going to show resolve and bravado to deal with an international crisis.

Ha Ha Ha , ..... you really are a funny guy!!!!

lemme guess you are the type of genius that chooses their candidate based on crucial things like 'who you'd rather have a beer with'?

and, btw, i don't want 'bravado' from a prez in dealing with int'l issues. i want sensibility and responsibility, not bravado.

seriously, what do you have against talking about important issues?

btw, i don't want 'bravado' from a prez in dealing with int'l issues. i want sensibility and responsibility, not bravado.

I think Lincoln said the same thing about George McClelland. Then he replaced him with US Grant.

Issues are important. Then again, so is character of the individual trying to persuade you.

I think it's about time we started recognizing last night's performance by Charlie Gibson and George Stepha.... was staged as part of the MSM's love affair with McCain. Yes, it was an utter low in journalism but an utter high in political manipulation and corporate control. It was time to shake things up, give Hillary a better shot to split the Democratic vote and ensure what could pass for a legitimate victory for John McCain so the puppetmasters can retain control.

And they're all in on it, including those whores at NPR's Morning Edition. Did anyone catch Juan William's assertion that yes, these "gotcha" questions are relevant and fair? And it trickles all the way down to local journalism. I just met with a local reporter yesterday looking for dirt on an investigative hit job on a local candidate. Whores--all of them.

The ABC Debate: Whiny Liberals

Massala @ 12:

Let me get this straight.

The candidates face a few tough questions and flop (both of them) and everyone here is crying in the beer.

In the same turn all of you want us to believe either of these tow are going to show resolve and bravado to deal with an international crisis.

Ha Ha Ha , ..... you really are a funny guy!!!!

Yeah...bravado sure has worked out well with bushy hasn't it? That "Cowboy Diplomacy" sure did charm the world didn't it? Yeah...that worked wonders with our allies. Schmuck!

This video just made me a supporter of Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlR9DNfqGD4