Back in the district where I grew up, the slimy Curt Weldon is trying to swift-boat Democratic challenger (and netroots endorsed superstar) Joe Sestak. Well, this is how you respond to a swift-boating:
Man that ad kicks ass. And so does Sestak.
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Republicans are wrong on the issues, period. All the issues. No rational and informed electorate would ever elect them in a real democracy, because their policies give special favors to a tiny minority at the expense of the vast majority. So they deflect attention from how they use political power with personal attacks on their opponents and pumping up issues like gay marriage and Terri Schiavo.
At no time are Republicans more dishonorable than when they attack the military records of people who served. This is utter hypocrisy because these cowards don’t serve themselves. And sometimes they lie about having served when they didn’t — for example, Dan Quayle famously put a “Vietnam Veteran” bumper sicker on his briefcase until veterans’ groups forced him to remove it. Quayle used family influence to get a slot in an Indiana National Guard journalism unit that was already overstaffed in order to avoid the draft and Vietnam. Quayle was never anywhere near Vietnam.
The ballot arrived in the mail this week. An insert included warned the voter to affix $.63 postage for prorper delivery. This notice was not included on the return envelope. When people put their $.39 on it and drop it into the box, what is going to happen to those ballots with insufficient postage?
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They will be returned to sender by the post office for insufficient postage.
I get a kick out of the GOP’s mock-outrage at the crude voter suppression attempt by a California GOP candidate, in the form of a letter warning Hispanic voters they could go to jail for voting. Caught red-handed, party officials and office-holders are trying to distance themselves from the candidate and his antics. Even the candidate threw on a hazardous-waste suit — he blamed it on a campaign staffer whom he fired, and claimed he didn’t know anything about it. He’s lying through his teeth.
Who are they kidding. This crap is standard fare from the GOP tactical playbook. It’s been done in numerous elections all over the country. The California candidate and/or his campaign manager didn’t dream this up. There are consultants and companies who cater to Republican campaigns who are set up to do exactly this kind of thing — and they do it, somewhere, in every election.
Lie and deny. Lie and deny. When caught in the cookie jar, blame it on Bill Clinton.
And these lying assholes wonder why their cries of “voting fraud!” and voter suppression gimmicks like photo ID and requiring everyone to re-register have no credibility — and no traction. Fuck these undemocratic bastards. All this shit proves is even they know they can’t win elections honestly by campaigning on issues and competing with ideas and competent candidates.
Can any of you trollfucks show me a single case where photo ID would have prevented a fraudulent vote? How many people go to polls impersonating someone else? None. Not a single documented case. Photo ID is a “solution” for a problem that doesn’t exist. The real — and only — purpose of photo ID is to discourage Democratic turnout.
Well, I think our side should play these games, too! What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander. Gotta fight fire with fire! Why should Republicans have a monopoly on voting suppression? Voters should be required to sign a loyalty oath. Any vote that violates the oath will be thrown out.
Here’s the loyalty oath: “I swear that I’m not a Republican.”
Any voter who votes for a Republican will automatically be deemed disloyal, and his/her ballot will be thrown out. How you like them apples, fascist trolls? Two can play this game.
That ad kicks ass.
I’LL BET THIS GUY IS A REPUBLICAN
The following Associated Press story is in today’s Seattle Times:
“TACOMA, Wash. — A Spanaway man believed to be the first person in the state charged under Washington’s new bestiality law bailed out of the Pierce County Jail this morning.
“Pierce County prosecutors say 26-year-old Michael Patrick McPhail was caught by his wife on Wednesday night having intercourse on the back porch with their four-year-old female pit bull terrier.
“The wife took photos with a cell phone and called police.”
For complete story and/or copyright info, see http://tinyurl.com/t7kdr . Note: I do NOT buy Frank No-Estate-Tax-No-Way Blethen’s fish wrapper. I got this story off their free web site!
Yeah, well, I can see why the wife would be pissed because he left her for a dog. This dude is a Rossi voter for sure!!!
I wonder if he’s asking for conjugal visits with the dog while he’s in jail.
I think the judge should give him home detention. Lock him up with his wife for 60 days!!
More news on California vote suppression letter:
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) – For two days, a Republican congressional candidate had promised to explain how a threatening letter was sent by his campaign without his knowledge to thousands of Hispanic immigrant voters. As about 200 people gathered Friday in front of his campaign headquarters seeking answers, Tan D. Nguyen was a no-show at his own news conference. Instead, 10 uniformed California Department of Justice police officers arrived with a search warrant and pounded on the glass of Nguyen’s storefront headquarters.
Agents spent two hours sifting through cabinets, boxes and computers. They left carrying several boxes and plastic bags of evidence.
Hours later, they searched a home in nearby Anaheim listed as belonging to one of Nguyen’s staffers, emerging with a computer hard drive and a small box. Nguyen’s neighbors in a gated community in Santa Ana said law enforcement officers also spent several hours searching his home.
Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to unseat a popular Democratic incumbent, has acknowledged his campaign sent the letter, which wrongly said immigrants could be jailed if they voted. He blamed an unidentified staffer whom he said he has fired.
For complete story and/or copyright info, see http://apnews.myway.com/articl.....0JRG0.html
That ad is GREAT! Smart, clever and effective!
I hope Mercer Island Republican Pussy Sotelo doesn’t try to suppress voters this election. Why doesn’t she lighten up and take that big PUSS off her face?
Not only is the ad impressive and effective, the candidate is too.
At the time he spoke to us at YearlyKos, I’d barely heard of Sestak. He was paired with dKos favorite Eric Massa (NY-29), another Fighting Dem Congressional candidate. While Massa was bombastic and a bit gimmicky, Sestak spoke slowly, quietly, deliberately. Even so, he displayed immense passion and power in what he said and how he said it. It was plain-as-day that he was a commander of real character who inspires immense loyalty and believability, that his word is his bond, that he means every word he says with his entire being.
All in all, a remarkably powerful candidate. It’s no wonder that he could recruit all those veterans to join him in countering Weldon’s despicable attacks.
BTW, click over to Eric Massa’s site, if only to hear his clever method of celebrating reaching a fundraising milestone.
Roger Rabbit @ 3
How many votes in King County won’t get counted this year because absentee ballots are returned for insufficient postage? It usually takes a couple of days for this to happen, so anyone mailing their ballots on election day, or even the weekend before, will be getting them returned on Wednesday (or later) after election day. It will then be too late for them to correct this problem.
The Snohomish County primary ballots were overweight this year, and 84% of the voters only put 39 cents postage on the envelope.
http://www.heraldnet.com/stori.....lot001.cfm
Half or more of absentee voters mail in their ballots on election day or within a few days before. So a very significant number of King County voters could be disenfranchised this time around.
If the race between Cantwell and McGavick ends up being close (which current trends do not project), a reduction of tens of thousands of King County ballots for postage problems could make the difference in favor of McGavick.
Agenda for the Democratic National Convention for 2008:
7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning.
7:15 P.M. Pledge of allegiance to U.N.
7:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast
7:30 till 8:00 P.M. Nonreligious prayer and worship. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton.
8:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:05 P.M. Ceremonial tree hugging.
8:15- 8:30 P.M. Gay Wedding – Barney Frank, presiding.
8:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
8:35 P.M. Free Saddam Rally. Cindy Sheehan & Susan Sarandon.
9:00 P.M. Keynote speech. The proper etiquette for surrender – French President Jacques Chirac
9:15 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:20 P.M. Collection to benefit Osama Bin Laden kidney transplant fund.
9:30 P.M. Unveiling of plan to free freedom fighters from Guantanamo Bay – Sean Penn.
9:40 P.M. Why I hate the Military – a short talk by William Jefferson Clinton.
9:45 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
9:50 P.M. Dan Rather presented Truth in Broadcasting award by Michael Moore.
9:55 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
10:00 P.M. How George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld brought down the World Trade Center Towers – Howard Dean.
10:30 P.M. Nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
11:00 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
11:05 P.M. Al Gore reinvents the Internet.
11:15 P.M. Our Troops are War Criminals – John Kerry.
11:30 P.M. Coronation Of Mrs. Rodham Clinton.
12:00 A.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast.
12:05 A.M. Bill asks Ted to drive Hillary home.
When the Democrats retake one or both houses of Congress, the American public supports their proposed “First 100 Hours” agenda. An overwhelming majority says allowing the government to negotiate lower drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies should be a top priority for a Democratic Congress (74%, including 70% of Republicans); 68% want increasing the minimum wage to be a top priority, including 53% of Republicans; 62% want investigating impropriety by members of Congress to be a top priority; and 58% want investigating government contracts in Iraq to be a top priority. 52% say investigating why we went to war in Iraq should be a top priority (only 25% say it should a lower priority and only 19% say it shouldn’t be done.)
Chowchilla, Calif. – Health officials are investigating a woman’s claim that she found part of a human finger in a Subway sandwich — an allegation reminiscent of the chili bowl finger hoax at a Wendy’s restaurant last year. Two health inspectors visited the Subway restaurant Thursday in Chowchilla after the woman reported finding what appeared to be a half-inch piece of a finger a day earlier… [Representing the women will be the firm of Rosenblatt, Stein, Goodman, Lowenstein, and Loeb, Inc [A good Democrat Jewish trail lawyer firm who will sue anyone and do ANYTHING for money!!]
18 Anonymous
Yep, we’re gonna have gay weddings at your house every fucking day once the Democrats take Congress.
12 RP
That’s the Republican way. Have a marginal candidate take the fall so that their voter suppression message still gets out and won’t hurt the other candidates. Republicans: smart…and despicable.
The intense effort to rid Skid Row of crime has resulted in a dramatic increase in trash – a problem so severe that officials warned Friday it’s become a public health threat…SNIP.. Their efforts have meant homeless people who are rousted often leave piles of belongings on the street, which officials fear removing because of legal liability.
Yes, this is the United States.
100% Democrat “Hillary Village” Baja Norte Mexifornia is becoming a third world country right here in the good old US of A. Garbage in the streets, drugs, gangs, crime, rising rates of communicable diseases that were considered to be eliminated and an electrical infrastructure with more than questionable reliability. Brought to primarily by liberal judges, NIMBY’s and the Democrat Party! Enjoy!! Atlas has Shrugged.
#18
Oh the Bitch
Oh the Bitch
Oh the Bitch is Back!
Daddy Love @ 22
Don’t you think the voter suppression letter is going to backfire in a major way? Spanish-speaking immigrant citizens are just going to turn out in much larger numbers, because they are so angry with the outrageous letter. And S.E. Asian immigrant citizens — perhaps a natural base for Nguyen — will be less inclined to vote for him. And very few other people will be happy either?
If Democrats win a majority in the House of Representatives, the first 100 hours under Speaker Pelosi would look like this:
Day One: Put new rules in place to “break the link between lobbyists and legislation.”
Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.
Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds _ “I hope with a veto-proof majority,” she added in an Associated Press interview Thursday.
All the days after that: “Pay as you go,” meaning no increasing the deficit, whether the issue is middle class tax relief, health care or some other priority.
25 RP
Nguyen is toast. His opponent was and is the clear winner, and he has never even been close. That’s why he gets to be the fall guy—he makes sure the letter goes out and the GOP doesn’t lose a seat it had a chance at because this guy HAS no chance.
I don’t know if there will be any backlash, and I hope there would be, but the GOP is sure betting that some naturalized immigrants will doubt enough to stay home. And this will not be the last time stuff like this will happen in 2006.
Americans can plainly see that we are not safer as a result of the invasion of Iraq AND that continuing the current strategy will not lead to different (or better) results. A real change in policy is needed, and this administration’s stalling and dithering hurts our troops, our country, and Iraq. So, given the fact that the President and the Republican Congress—including Dave Reichert—are not willing to even consider a new direction in America’s Iraq policy, the Democrats should continue to focus on the momumental failure of the Iraq strategy pushed by the White House and the Republican Congress. They have failed. We need to change direction. There’s only ONE WAY to do that.
“Americans can plainly see that we are not safer as a result of the invasion of Iraq”
Commentby Daddy Love […….Er, DL, NO attacks on the USA in 5 years. Congrats to President Bush!!!]
29, cont………….Thousand of ragheads killed. Oil is flowing. Millions of people in Iraq are free from the evil Sadaam, who killed millions of his own people. [BTW, AFTER the USA left Viet Nam, millions were murdered by the NVA, VC, Pol Pot, and Kamewr Rouge, but you libs don’t like to talk about that. A few million yellow people killed. No big deal, right? I mean, what a few million dead yellow people to Jane Fonda? hehe, JCH]
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Day One: Maria and Ron will no longer be together. Torn apart by the Head Bitch herself Pelosi…..I can see the tears now, flowing down Ron’s face, knowing he WILL have to pay back that loan (the one he forgot what he got it for) from Maria, and knowing full well he will be broke…… The saga continues
Daddy Love @ 27
Loretta Sanchez’s political history is interesting. She was a Republican until she decided to run against Bob Dornan in the 1996 election. Sanchez defeated Dornan by only 984 votes. Dornan alleged that lots of non-citizens had voted in that election. The U.S. House thoroughly investigated, but found out that only 624 non-citizens had voted, and upheld Sanchez’s election. Sanchez defeated Dornan by a wide margin in 1998. Sanchez has taken a strong interest in the human rights violations by the Vietnam government — more so than just about any other member of Congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Sanchez
VOTE!
House Defense chair asks Pentagon to remove embedded CNN reporters… Lawmaker Outraged by Sniper Footage on CNN
29-30 JCH
“NO attacks on the USA in 5 years.”
I am guessing that you started counting after the anthrax atttacks (no suspects apprehended—Congrats to President Bush!!!), and that it doesn’t matter to you that worldwide terrorist attacks are skyrocketing both in number of attacks and number wounded, it doesn’t matter to you that we diverted troops and intel to Iraq and let Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, and Ayman al-Zawahri remain free (Congrats to President Bush!!!), and that our own intelligence services in the 2006 NIE concluded that anti-U.S. sentiment is on the rise, that the global jihadist movement is spreading, that groups will be “harder to find and undermine,” and that the Iraq conflict is “breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” I’m guessing that you are trying hard to ignore those little items.
“Millions of people in Iraq are free from the evil Sadaam, who killed millions of his own people.”
Wrong. Saddam killed somewhere between tens and hundreds of thousands of “his own people.” But today in Iraq they have seen hundreds of thousands MORE Iraqis killed as a direct or indirect result of our invasion, torture in Iraq is almost certinly worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, and militias, government forces, AND Americans all doing the torturing—but you genocidal conservatives don’t like to talk about that, do you? Iraqis talk about it, and what they say about you is not very complimentary.
Damn, did it again, I think.
Trying again for propoer formatting…
29-30 JCH
“NO attacks on the USA in 5 years.”
I am guessing that you started counting after the anthrax attacks (no suspects apprehended—Congrats to President Bush!!!), and that it doesn’t matter to you that worldwide terrorist attacks are skyrocketing both in number of attacks and number wounded, it doesn’t matter to you that we diverted troops and intel to Iraq and let Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, and Ayman al-Zawahri remain free (Congrats to President Bush!!!), and that our own intelligence services in the 2006 NIE concluded that anti-U.S. sentiment is on the rise, that the global jihadist movement is spreading, that groups will be “harder to find and undermine,” and that the Iraq conflict is “breeding a deep resentment of US involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” I’m guessing that you are trying hard to ignore those little items.
“Millions of people in Iraq are free from the evil Sadaam, who killed millions of his own people.”
Wrong. Saddam killed somewhere between tens and hundreds of thousands of “his own people.” But today in Iraq they have seen hundreds of thousands MORE Iraqis killed as a direct or indirect result of our invasion, torture in Iraq is almost certainly worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, and militias, government forces, AND Americans all doing the torturing—but you genocidal conservatives don’t like to talk about that, do you? Iraqis talk about it, and what they say about you is not very complimentary.
31 kiroking
Nancy Pelosi will tear George Bush a new asshole. And I for one will not shed a tear.
The Democrats will never enact all of the 9-11 commission’s recommendations. Never in a hundred years!
33 Anonymous
So, are terrorist actions in the news good for Republicans, or good for Democrats? You guys claim both at different times, but you know what? They can’t both be true. I think you’re full of shit.
Yes, vote, and force the weak, incompetent, and corrupt Republicans out of the positions from which they have done our country such great harm.
The article you listed:
“Nowak has yet to make an official visit to Iraq and said such a mission would be unfeasible as long as the security situation there remains perilous. He based his comments on interviews with people during a visit to Amman, Jordan, and other sources.”
Gimme a break, never been there and what Iraqi was questioned?
Only Ted Turner would show soldiers being killed on national TV!
38 sgmmac
So you can see the future? Cool! Can you tell me a good stock that will be up, say, about 50% by this time next year? Who will win the NCAA national football championship? Who will control the House and Seante and by how many seats? Who will be the Republican presidential candidate in 2008?
Daddy,
Buy 3M for a long term investment and short term is definitely pork bellies!
As for the recommendations, there are too many of them that defy the Democratic party’s beliefs………
41 sgmmac
NO ONE showed soldiers being killed.
But do you think people don’t KNOW? Are you afraid that it will hurt Republican chances in the elction? Just like a Republican, it’s all about holding onto power and not about soldier’s lives.
Daddy,
Barack Obama will run in 08 and win!
I am Republican – whann, whann, weep, weep, weep. All the lazy black folks don’t work and get free money living like Kings with the cockroaches…..whann, wahnn. I lie, steal, and cheat when I’m not being the family man and not crying about the lazy black folks.
Daddy,
I went off on my Dad after the first gulf war for wanting upfront coverage of the war and yes I was there. They got the coverage with this war. I went crazy when the press shoved lights in front of marine’s faces when they did a beach landing a few years later. It is hard enough to be a soldier, but to have to worry that your parents and loved ones will see you die on TV isn’t something that soldiers should go through.
I don’t think there is enough coverage of the war, but I am not up for families seeing their soldiers deliberately targeted and killed on TV is a little outrageous.
It’s game time…… game #1
Gee sgmmac, why don’t we see the caskets being returned? Why when the pictures were smuggled to the press, was the photographer punished?
I can tell you why? The horror of war is visible to the public only, and I mean only, when the bodies come home. When the grieving families are seen, bodies lying on top of the caskets, crying and mourning the loss of their son, daughter, father or mother. And the corrupt administration does not want the American public outraged by the sight of death.
That is the only reason.
Funny how that works.
We need to start listing AGAIN all the cowardly draft-dodging punk republican chickenhawks who never served a day.
I bet these fuckers are completely panicked that all their typical Karl Rove-inspired tactics aren’t working.
This is gonna be a blood bath. Then we’re gonna seek out these punks and give them some Democratic justice. You fucking inbred cowards have just enough time to pack your shit and head for some other country before we find out who you are. Maybe your pals in the Middle East will take you in, or in the old Soviet Union or North Korea. That’s where you punks would probably be more comfortable.
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“How many votes in King County won’t get counted this year because absentee ballots are returned for insufficient postage?” Commentby Richard Pope— 10/21/06@ 12:41 pm
Many, I fear! Hey Richard, I hope my taunts and insults don’t drive you off this board! One of the other posters expressed a concern along those lines. I told him if you’re not thick-skinned enough to take what we dish out here, you have no business running for judge. Speaking of which, I voted for your OPPONENT because bar association ratings do matter — and because you need to get your personal life in order before you take on the responsibility of running a court! I only mention this to rub your face in it.
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“An overwhelming majority says allowing the government to negotiate lower drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies should be a top priority” Commentby Daddy Love— 10/21/06@ 1:35 pm
I wanna see Bush veto that one! We’d have enough Republican votes in the Senate to remove him from office within 48 hours.
29, 30
You forgot to mention 2,900+ dead American kids.
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“An overwhelming majority says allowing the government to negotiate lower drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies should be a top priority” Commentby Daddy Love— 10/21/06@ 1:35 pm
I wanna see Bush veto that one! We’d have enough Republican votes in the Senate to remove him from office within 48 hours.
Commentby Roger Rabbit— [..Why not just shop a WAL-MART? 4 bucks a perscription. What a great company!!!!]
Barack Obama will run in 08 and win!
Commentby sgmmac […….Condi Rice/ J. C. Watts 2008!!!……………….Suck on that, racist Democrats!!!!!]
Roger Rabbit @ 50
At least I pay all my bills. The other fellow didn’t, and had his home sold at foreclosure on August 12, 2005. Too bad that doesn’t mean anything with the less than 30% of King County lawyers who belong to the so-called “King County Bar Association”.
I am Republican – whann, whann, weep, weep, weep. All the lazy black folks don’t work and get free money living like Kings with the cockroaches…..whann, wahnn. I lie, steal, and cheat when I’m not being the family man and not crying about the lazy black folks
Blacks: The Democrat Party’s voter slaves
In less than Three weeks GBS will need my permission to post on HA.ORG. Sweet!!!!
I am Republican – whann, whann, weep, weep, weep. All the lazy black folks don’t work and get free money living like Kings with the cockroaches…..whann, wahnn. I lie, steal, and cheat when I’m not being the family man and not crying about the lazy black folks.
Republican: Hitler in disguise.
Republicans should be proud to share the same view as a Muslims when it comes to homosexuality.
Nearly 30 years after Louis Farrakhan seized control of the Nation of Islam, the organization is preparing for a change at the top. The controversial minister is battling what he has described as a “life-threatening” illness – painful swelling of the prostate that has left him more than 30 pounds underweight, dehydrated, anemic and unwilling to eat. […………Oh NO!! Time for some of your HA.ORG Dem libs to step up and donate a liver or kidney!!! Louis “has mother fucking needs”!!!!!!]
Louis Farrakhan could end up in the great black Democrat”mother space wheel” in the sky!!!!!!!
Well, I see the mudslinging continues . . . Smeg, you got grandkids. Don’t you even like them? They are the ones that will be coming home in bodybags the way your side conducts wars. But, I guess that’s okay with you.
When the Democrats retake one or both houses of Congress, the American public supports their proposed “First 100 Hours” agenda.
Commentby Daddy Love— 10/21/06@ 1:35 pm
Where’s reinstate habeas corpus?
I say we leave Habeas Corpus alone and use the opportunity to start locking up these GOP crooks without charge. Let’s send all republicans to GITMO. Give em a taste of their own medicine.
I have an idea. Have Policemen outside all polls nationwide. Ask people as they are entering the area if they plan to vote for any Republicans. If they say yes, arrest them for TREASON.
I think that would be fair.
Voting for any Republican these days would be an act of treason.
Official Casualty List from U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad. U.S. medical personnel at al-Habbaniyah initially stated that the US military hospital at the massive American-occupied air base there had begun to receive dead and wounded personnel. The military hospital in al-Habbaniyah, the largest in occupied Iraq, was opened on 12 May this year in response to sharply rising (and redacted) US casualties. List compiled and effective as of 11 Oct 06 at 2300. – A – Pfc James R. Adams, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Captain Kenneth Adler, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Bobby Ray Albertson , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo 1st Lt.Keith Allen, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Spc Cletus Anderson, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Lance Cpl John Martin Ansley, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Spc Toby Anthony, National Guard’s 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Gustavo Armijo, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Michael Armstrong, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Capt Steven Arnold, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division James Arthur Ash II, Central Intelligence Agency Cpl Edward Atkinson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade – B – Pfc Roy Bailey, National Guard’s 149th Brigade Combat Team Spc John Baldwin, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Charles Barbe, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Thomas Barnhart , 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc James Barry, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Robert Bell, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc William Bennett , Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Saul Benson, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Pfc Joseph Berge, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Joseph Berkeley , 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Capt Colmar Betts, 414th Civil Affairs Zack Billings, Department of Defense Edward Blair,, Civilian Contractor 1st Lt.Ronald Bort, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Bowen, James, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Thomas R. Boyd, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Mel Brewer, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.Roger Brown , 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Francis Byrne, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company – C – Pfc Arthur Cahill, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Fernando Calderon, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Alex Callaghan, Civilian Contractor Pfc Peter Campbell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Cpl Douglas Carmody, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Ashanti Carter, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Henry Cartwright, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Ken Casey, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Russell Cavanaugh, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Spc Raymond Chamberlain, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Einar Christiansen, 414th Civil Affairs Spc Zack Christopher, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Eric Clark, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Ronald Colby, Civilian Contractor Pfc Marcus M. Cole, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Paul Collins, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Rory Conner, Department of Defense Pfc Roger Connolly, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Major Michael Connors, 414th Civil Affairs Steven Cooke, Department of Defense Spc Matthew Cooper, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Edward C. Courtney, Central Intelligence Agency Capt Jimmy Lee Craig, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Spc Samuel Cramer, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Micah Creighton, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Spc Leonard Cunningham, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Paul E. Curtis, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company – D – Pfc Sebastian Daly, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Benjamin Davis, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Raymond Day, Civilian Contractor Pfc Justin Delaney, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Christopher Dixon , Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Cpl Paul Doherty, 414th Civil Affairs Pfc Nicholas Dolan, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Lawrence Donahue, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Randall Douglas, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Carl Dowd , Civilian Contractor Master Sgt.Phillip Doyle, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Edmund Drake, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Charles Duval, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division – E – Spc Brandon East , Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Jeremy Edwards, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc Shane Elkins, 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion Edgar Elliott , Central Intelligence Agency Pfc Ronald Ellis, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Paul H. Etheridge, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Kenny Evans, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – F – Cpl Thomas Fairchild, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Ben Farrell, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Robert Feeney, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Angus Ferguson, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Lance Cpl Eetaban Fernandez, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Spc Bradford Fields , , Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Raymond, Finlay, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Major Eduard Fischer, 414th Civil Affairs Pfc Kirk Fitzgerald, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Arnold Flynn, Civilian Contractor 1st Lt.Gene Ford, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Scott Fort, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Shelby Foster, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Jon Franklin, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Harold Frederickson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Lawrence Frost, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – G – Pfc Michael Gaines, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Christopher Gallagher, National Guard’s 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Rogelio R. Garza, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Daniel Gardner, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Brad Garrison , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Lance Cpl Kirk Geary, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Randy Geohegan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Adam Gibson, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.Richard M. Gilligan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Paolo Giovinazzo, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jeffery Givens, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Cpl Mario Gold, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion 2nd Lt.Pedro Gomez, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Michael Gordon , 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Gabriel Govia, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Thomas Grady, Department of Defense Pfc Kevin Graham, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Paul Gray, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Samuel Green, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Lloyd Griffith, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Cpl Andrew Gustafson, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company – H – 1st Lt. Seth Hall, , Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Tobias Hancock, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc James Hansen, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Stuart Harding , 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Randy Hardy, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Ronald Harris, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Pfc Keith O. Harvey, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Karl Hawkins, 414th Civil Affairs Sgt. 1st Class Samuell Hayden, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Randi Hays, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Ben Henderson, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Pfc Kyle Henry, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Spc Danid D.Herron, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Capt Kenneth Hilliard, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc John Hodge, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Lee Hoffman, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.David Hoke, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Ted Holmes, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Kenny Howard, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division – I- Keith Ingraham, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Pfc Daniel Innis, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Shane Irving, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division – J – Pfc Tarrnish Jackson, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Spc Lewellen Jacobs, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Timothy Jasper, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Larry Jenkins, 414th Civil Affairs 2nd Lt.Phiillip Johnson, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Pfc Brian Johnstone, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Pfc Todd Jones, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Brendan Joscelyn, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Cpl Allan Jose, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Thomas Joyce, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Spc Benno Juarez, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division – K- 1st Lt.Eric Kaufman, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Charles Kavanaugh , Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Cpl Jon Keats, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Eric Keefe, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Tony Keeler, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Chester Keenan, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Frank Kennedy, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jon Kent, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Sgt Jordan Kessler, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Capt Mark King , 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Neil Kirk, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Jeff Klein, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Alan Knoll, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade .Pfc Adam Koehler, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Capt Osmond Kray, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company 2nd Lt.Gary Krueger, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division – L – Tracey LaFaver , Civilian Contractor Lance Cpl Roger Lafferty, Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Pfc Junior Lambert, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Shawn Lane, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Cpl Charles T. Langholz, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jimmy Bob Larkin, National Guard’s 149th Brigade Combat Team Pfc Eric Larsen, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Sgt. 1st Class Robert Law, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Spc Andrew Richard, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Ricardo LeGallo, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.William S. Leonard, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Marshal Lindsley, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Master Sgt.Tommy Lee Lipton, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc George Long, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Jimmy Longtree, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion 1st Lt. Jasper Loomis, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Carstairs Lowe, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Robert M. Lynch, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company – M – Pfc Paul McKinnon , 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Keith MacVane, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Gunnar Magnusson, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Capt.Martin Mahoney, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Enzo Marini, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Rostan Markovic, Central Intelligence Agency Spc John M. Marshall, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Michael Martin, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Pfc Scott Marvin, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Pfc Leroy Mason, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Spc Greg Mathews, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Duncan Maxwell, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Brian Mayer, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Arthur Mazzocco, Department of Defense 1st Lt.Joseph McAllister, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt. Daniel McBride, . 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc William McClellan, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Spc Lou McConnell, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Sgt. 1st Class Albert McGinnis,. 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Master Sgt.David McRae, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Matthew Medigovich, Central Intelligence Agency Pfc Vincent Mendoza, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Cpl Richard Milich, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Ben Miller, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade Cpl Robert Mitchell, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Terrence Mogen, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Ted Montague, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Pfc Yates Montecino, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Esteban Morales, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Darrell Morgan, Central Intelligence Agency Jeffery Morrison, Civilian Contractor – N – 1st Lt.Noble Natsios, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Carlos Naverez, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Sgt. 1st Class Edward Nelson , 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Cpl Donald Newcomb, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Roger Newell, Civilian Contractor Pfc Dorin Nicholson, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Bart Nolan, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Nelson Norton, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Wally Novak, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion – O – 1st Lt.Chris O’Brien , 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Stephen O’Connor, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Raymond O’Rourke, Civilian Contractor – P – Spc James W. Page, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Russell Palumbo, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Pfc Nicholas Pappas, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Troy Parker, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Mark Patten, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade George Paul, Civilian Contractor Lance Cpl Wallace Peabody, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Pfc Dale Peake, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Reed Perry, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company Pfc Samuel Petersen, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Roger Platt, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt.Thomas Poole, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc William Porter, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Sgt Daniel Powell, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Todd Price, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Cpl Kevin Prisley, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Peter Purvis, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division – Q – 2nd Lt.Quesada, Gonzalo, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Pfc Liam Quinn, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division – R – Pfc Chad Railey, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Spc Ignacio Ramirez, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Pfc Arthur Ramsen, Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company Benjamin Raymond, Civilian Contractor Spc Todd Reckford, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Aaron Reynolds, 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Timothy Richard, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division 1st Lt. Paul Richardson, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Robert Riley, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Shawn Roberts, Army National Guard’s 35th Special Troops Battalion Cpl Kirk Robinson, National Guard’s 149th Brigade Combat Team Sgt. 1st Class James P. Rodgers, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Master Sgt. Chad Romer, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Martin Ross, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Robert Rowan, 204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Lt.Seth Ryan, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division – S – Spc Ricardo Sagan, 118th Military Police Company, 519th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Pfc Hector Salazar, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Ed Sampson, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt Walter San Fellipo, 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Bruce Sartiano,, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Cpl Raymond Schmitz, Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company 2nd Lt.Ernest Sherman , 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade Pfc Mario Sims, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Spc Joshua Smith, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Andrew Snow, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile UnitTwo Gerald Sorenson, Department of Defense Lincoln Stadermann, Translator Master Sgt.Michael Stephenson, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Pfc Carl Stone,, 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Capt.Harold Sullivan, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 1st Lt. 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Zimmerman, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
Stay the Course……
Bastards.
You don’t see the children of any of the neo-cons in the White House, and Pentagon on this list…..
I wonder why.
Bush isn’t gonna have his daughters risk their lives to “spread freedom” anywhere…..
I just can’t wait till they march Bush, Cheney, and all their enablers off to the Hague for the war crime tribunals.
Torture, kidnapping, ransom, rendition, more torture, white phosporus use, targeting civilians, and the list goes on, and on, and on.
Go ahead and vote for Republican enablers. I dare you.
Pigs.
@63, Gidget,
I haven’t slug any mud or rounds either. I do reserve the right to vote for whoever the fuck I want to without being arrested. I am pretty damn confident that I’ve earned that right.
I do worry about people who want to give habeas corpus to fucking foreign terrorists and crazed islamic jihadists who were blessed with being born in America and now they think they have to destroy America.
I’m also pretty damn sure I’m not going to GITMO any time soon unless I get called back to active duty and I get sent there as a prison guard.
@48 My left foot,
My major objection is in the combat zone. I dislike the idea of soldiers’ deaths being politicized, but I could deal with the coffins at Dover, as long as it was respectful.
If someone needs to be in jail, it’s that nutbag religious group who likes to protest at people’s (soldiers) funerals. Why don’t you consider sending his dumb ass to GITMO
Gidget,
Yes, I have one delightful grandson who is 10 months old that I babysit while his parents work.
I am Republican – whann, whann, weep, weep, weep. All the lazy black folks don’t work and get free money living like Kings with the cockroaches…..whann, wahnn. I lie, steal, and cheat when I’m not being the family man and not crying about the lazy black folks.
I do worry about people who want to give habeas corpus to fucking foreign terrorists and crazed islamic jihadists who were blessed with being born in America and now they think they have to destroy America.
In a nutshell, this is what is wrong with the right-wing in the U.S. Just because the U.S. government accuses you of something doesn’t mean you did it.
Habeas corpus is fundamental to a civilized society. Those who discard it lightly betray a dangerous view of state power – one far closer to that espoused by dictators and tyrants than the principles on which the United States is built.
I do reserve the right to vote for whoever the fuck I want to without being arrested. I am pretty damn confident that I’ve earned that right.
You didn’t earn the right to vote. This isn’t a Robert Heinlein novel.
ATJ,
You still have habeas corpus, I still have habeas corpus. The foreign terrorists NEVER had habeas corpus until SCOTUS decided to give it to them this year, Congress merely took it back away from the SCOTUS.
We are at the same place that we have been at throughout history with habeas corpus. Nothing has fucking changed. POW in WWI, WWI, Korean Conflict and Vietnam didn’t have fucking habeas corpus either.
As for my right to vote, it is interesting that there are those who scream at the top of their fucking lungs about the US becoming a dictatorship and losing their rights, and these same people are some of the most ignorant, arrogant and intolerant jackasses amoung us.
There was some fool in the PI threads who wants the blue states to break away from the red states and he says elections are too hard, so he would just appoint Clinton President………..
Jose Padilla is a U.S. citizen. Read this, and try to claim, with a straight face that nothing has changed.
As for your right to vote, it is interesting that you try to change the subject.
Jose Padilla is an exception to the rule. The US government has done many ugly things. Can you say WWII Japanese detainees? During the cold war, there were people who went beserk over communists and many lives were destroyed over it.
Throughout our history the US government has abused citizens, Democratic presidents and Republican presidents alike.
I’m not changing any subject about my right to vote. I got it, and I damn well earned it. It is a right that doesn’t need to be earned because everyone has that right – even fucking Republicans!
It is a right that doesn’t need to be earned because everyone has that right – even fucking Republicans!
You’re catching on.
Jose Padilla is an exception to the rule.
No, he really isn’t. From the link I included above:
The atrocity known as the Military Commissions Act of 2006 is a huge leap forward to elevating the Padilla treatment from the lawless shadows into full-fledged, officially sanctioned and legally authorized policy of the U.S. Government. The case of Jose Padilla is no longer a sick aberration, but is instead a symbol of the kind of Government we have chosen to have.
The U.S. government has argued in court and publicly that what they did was correct and legal, and the Military Commissions Act makes it easier to happen again.
TJ,
My point is that despite all of the self righteous indignation of our politicians and others, this crap has been going on since Washington was President.
The US government GAVE syphillis to blacks, they put soldiers in a bunker and set off an above ground nuclear bomb, they gave soldiers and CIA agents LSD without their knowledge in Vietnam.
The US government has used US soldiers as fucking guinea pigs for medical crap for decades. Not so long ago, there was a bill in Congress in give US soldiers the AIDS vaccine to see if it worked. They still do experimental stuff on soldiers. During the first Gulf war, we were all directed to take these little white pills to protect us against nerve agents. The morning after taking one (I didn’t – but was supposed to!) I had to take a female SGT to the hospital because she was swollen up and had an allergic reaction to the pill. What they didn’t tell us is that the pill can kill you if you had high blood pressure. I found out later the pills were developed in Sweden and were highly experimental. I took one, the first night when the air war started and it made me high as hell.
The CIA has been killing and torturing people around the world for decades, it’s nothing new. Thousands of US citizens of Japanese descent were detained during WWII. Hollywood actors were on government watch lists in the 60’s.
Nothing has changed, we just put on rose-colored glasses and want to pretend that the US is the champions of the world who never do anything wrong.
Nothing has changed, we just put on rose-colored glasses and want to pretend that the US is the champions of the world who never do anything wrong.
Please read the links I posted. Perhaps you’ll think differently.
If blacks and Jews vote 95% Democrat, wouldn’t the Democrat Party be the Jewish Black Party?
If 95% of welfare hacks and “guvment” union employees vote Democrat, wouldn’t the Democrat Party be the Parasite Party?
So, Democrat Party: Jewish Black Welfare Hack “Guvment” Union Party!!!!!
“Thousands of US citizens of Japanese descent were detained during WWII.”
Commentby sgmmac [Er, sgmmac…………FDR, DEMOCRAT!!! hehe, JCH]
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, recently issued a decree to its supporters: Kill at least one American in the next two weeks “using a sniper rifle, explosive or whatever the battle may require.” […..Kill one American, nuke one Moooooooooslim city. You Mooooooooooslim want to play……We play. Let’s start with the capital of Iran. Mecca next. Then Demascus, Syria. Fuck with the USA: You raghead Moooooooooooslims will pay the price.]
TJ,
I did read your article. Honestly and what I am saying is that it isn’t anything new. In other words, it isn’t Bush. Our government has done some evil, raunchy, criminal shit in the past 200 years and ignoring it and trying to claim that the sky is falling now because of this one piece of legislation is looking at the world with rose-colored glasses.
I like the legislation and I like it for Bush and I’ll like for Obama and whoever follows him…………
In today’s world, it is a lot less likely that abuses will happen and never see the light of day. We have communications that our parents never dreamed of and the ugliness will be exposed.
“Thousands of US citizens of Japanese descent were detained during WWII.”
Commentby sgmmac [Er, sgmmac…………FDR, DEMOCRAT!!! hehe, JCH]