Memorial Day 2009: Thank You

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Not Forgotten: Those Left Behind

Christian Golczynski accepts the flag that draped the coffin of his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, killed 27 March 2007 in al-Anbar province.

Freedom Is Not Free

Somebody Paid.

Memorial Day 2009: Not Forgotten

What Do Real Men Wear?

Whatever they want!

Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sleeping when the Taliban attacked his unit (Army 1st Bn 26th Infantry) at a base in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Spc. Boyd grabbed his weapon, put on his helmet and vest and took his position.

A news photographer recorded the image of Boyd in helmet, body armor, red T-shirt, pink boxers and flip-flops.

Spc Boyd was concerned about losing his job when the photo wound up on the front page of the New York Times.

"I can assure you that Specialist Boyd's job is very safe indeed," Sec Def Robert Gates said.

"Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage. I can only wonder about the (psychological) impact on the Taliban."

The soldiers alongside Boyd are Spcs. Cecil Montgomery of LA and Jordan Custer of Spokane, WA. They are both wearing pants, but Spc. Custer has no socks and is wearing silver running shoes.

photograph by David Guttenfelder

Term-inating Limits

My hubby, The Opinionated Fool, and I have just had another argument, Er, discussion, over congressional term limits.

He is dead set against them.
I am for them.

He says that every election is a term limit. If you don't want some idiot clown representing you in Congress anymore, don't re-elect them.

I say that once one of these ego maniacal liars becomes ensconced in a cushy job with lots of bennies, not to mention the prestige and the power, it becomes very difficult to dislodge them.

Think what Congress could accomplish if the people elected to represent us actually spent their time representing us instead of plotting their (endless) re-election campaigns and trying to secure their 'legacies'.

And here's a scary thought: one day someone might wonder why we have presidential term limits if we don't have congressional term limits?

The Most Ethical Congress Ever

Or NOT.

20 May 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a comprehensive list of members of Congress under investigation.

Currently, there are 16 members -- 12 House members and four Senators. The list includes which government entity is investigating the members, what the members are under investigation for, and the status of the investigation.

A few familiar names on the list:

John Murtha (D/PA)

Charles Rangel (D/NY)

Roland Burris (D/IL)

Chris Dodd (D/CT)

Jesse Jackson Jr (D/IL)

H/T: The Jawa Report