Well, I was working this morning, and lo and behold, I heard on the radio a talk show host talking about President Bush's service in the Air National Guard. Excuse me, but I do not care what happened three decades ago regarding President Bush Service in the Air National Guard, I am more interested about what is happening now! I want to know the issues concerning our country right now. Enough already! and besides didn't President Clinton served somewhere..oh I forgot he dodged the draft but it was good enough for him to become president. So what gives?
Saturday, September 18, 2004
Special Forces Search Engine...
Hey for those of you hard charging go geters who are interested in military stuff check this web site http://www.sfahq.com I guarentee you would like what you find there...well good nite see you later.
Clinton Happens....
Yes I hate it when Clinton happens....Well I actually got this quote from Mark Levine @ WABC Radio 770 what can I tell you?
Friday, September 17, 2004
Uncommon Valor
By now every-one has heard how John F Kerry distinguished himself in Vietnam and how he has made this the central theme of his campaign. We have seen home pictures of John Kerry in full military gear in the jungles of Vietnam looking the part of the warrior. His ads portray him as a highly decorated hero who rescued an army lieutenant that was thrown overboard when engaging the enemy. He spent four months in Vietnam and in those short months he received three purple hearts that earned him a one way ticket back to the States. It is remarkable how he distinguished himself during those four months thirty three years ago. To hear the Democrats, John F Kerry, was the audio Murphy of his generation. For those who do not know who audio Murphy was, he was the most decorated soldier of World War II. audio Murphy received every decoration for valor that the United States had to offer. Additionally, Belgium and France presented to him five other decorations.
So it is, that John Kerry is being presented to the American public, as this great man of valor because he went to Vietnam as a volunteer. John Kerry served his country when others did not- President Bush- and for this we should admire him. However, there were others who went to Vietnam because they truly believed that it was the right thing to do. Some of those warriors are not known nor they will ever be. Nonetheless, there is a name that people ought to remember. His name is Donald Hamblen. Donald Hamblen was a non-nonce warrior, he was a Marine who considered himself an average Marine. An AverageMarine he was not. You see Donald Hamblen suffered a horrible accident on Sept. 21, 1962 while making a parachute jump over Camp Pendleton, California. He was a member of a pathfinder platoon with a force reconnaissance company(Marine Special Forces). He jumped from a C-130 aircraft and when he was about 800 feet above his drop zone Hamblen was caught in freak wind currents drifting his parachute to a series of high tension power lines. And less than 50 feet from the ground, his parachute became entangled in the lines and within seconds his parachute was engulfed in fire.
His canopy melted and Hamblen fell 30 feet to the ground and four days later his left leg was amputated, and here his story gets remarkable. Instead of feeling sorry for what had happened to him, Hamblen vowed to walk again and to return to the Marine Corps as well. What was also remarkable as well, was his attitude towards his leg, for him, it was "I just lost a leg, that's it". Donald Hamblen underwent an eight month period of grueling physical therapy overcoming many obstacles and finally convincing the Marine Corps to restate-him to active duty. And in 1965, Hamblen volunteered for duty to Vietnam and was the only Marine to serve in combat wearing a prosthesis. He lead and trained a 37-man Studies and Observation Group and conducted more than 40 crossborder raids into North Vietnam and was wounded twice while serving 30 months in Vietnam. So here is this man who lost a leg and thought of only serving his country with pride, and honor, as compare to the actions of John F Kerry. It feels great to know that we have such great men in this country willing to go great lengths of sacrifice for their country.
If you are interested is knowing more about this great warrior there is his autobiography One Tough Marine, co-authored by Bruce Norton and also there was an article written by Chris Lawson that appeared in The Marine Times in 1994 titled 'I just lost a leg, that's it' it is good reading and inspiring for our times.
So it is, that John Kerry is being presented to the American public, as this great man of valor because he went to Vietnam as a volunteer. John Kerry served his country when others did not- President Bush- and for this we should admire him. However, there were others who went to Vietnam because they truly believed that it was the right thing to do. Some of those warriors are not known nor they will ever be. Nonetheless, there is a name that people ought to remember. His name is Donald Hamblen. Donald Hamblen was a non-nonce warrior, he was a Marine who considered himself an average Marine. An AverageMarine he was not. You see Donald Hamblen suffered a horrible accident on Sept. 21, 1962 while making a parachute jump over Camp Pendleton, California. He was a member of a pathfinder platoon with a force reconnaissance company(Marine Special Forces). He jumped from a C-130 aircraft and when he was about 800 feet above his drop zone Hamblen was caught in freak wind currents drifting his parachute to a series of high tension power lines. And less than 50 feet from the ground, his parachute became entangled in the lines and within seconds his parachute was engulfed in fire.
His canopy melted and Hamblen fell 30 feet to the ground and four days later his left leg was amputated, and here his story gets remarkable. Instead of feeling sorry for what had happened to him, Hamblen vowed to walk again and to return to the Marine Corps as well. What was also remarkable as well, was his attitude towards his leg, for him, it was "I just lost a leg, that's it". Donald Hamblen underwent an eight month period of grueling physical therapy overcoming many obstacles and finally convincing the Marine Corps to restate-him to active duty. And in 1965, Hamblen volunteered for duty to Vietnam and was the only Marine to serve in combat wearing a prosthesis. He lead and trained a 37-man Studies and Observation Group and conducted more than 40 crossborder raids into North Vietnam and was wounded twice while serving 30 months in Vietnam. So here is this man who lost a leg and thought of only serving his country with pride, and honor, as compare to the actions of John F Kerry. It feels great to know that we have such great men in this country willing to go great lengths of sacrifice for their country.
If you are interested is knowing more about this great warrior there is his autobiography One Tough Marine, co-authored by Bruce Norton and also there was an article written by Chris Lawson that appeared in The Marine Times in 1994 titled 'I just lost a leg, that's it' it is good reading and inspiring for our times.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
On Being a Hispanic Republican
This is my first posting in this site. What I'd like to do is to share my views with other like minded conservative fellows. I am Hispanic and republican, and living in New York as a Hispanic republican is hard. I have been chided and derided for my conservative views, I have been told that I am crazy for being a republican because republicans are racists. A couple of weeks ago I was told by this lady-she is well educated-that once Kerry is elected I was going to be able to find work in my field! Imagine that! Just because I have not been able to find work in my field I should feel comforted by the fact that If Kerry wins, I would be able to get a job. To me this sounded a bit racist perhaps, she did not meant to say that. But, what else I might to think of this? It is funny to hear the Democrats say that it is good to listen to other points of views, that diversity is good, but whose diversity and points of view they are talking about? It certainly cannot be those of conservatives because according to them we are ignorant, racists, non intellectuals, and blah, blah, blah.
Never mind that most of us are well educated and well informed, perhaps this is what scare those Democrats. Conservatives do not think like lemmings we are individualistic, we do what is right and do what we say we are going to do. This is what a conservative is like however, for me is difficult because I am Hispanic and being a minority conservative is a sin. You are cast away and considered a traitor to your race! However, I have learned not to worry about those things because I am proud to be a conservative and at the end of the day our ideas will prevail. For now this is all I have to write. If you like what you read please I'll invite you to share your experiences with me. As time goes on I will try to improve this site and make it more interesting. Until next posting take care all of you bloggers out-there and God bless.
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