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	<title>Comments on: WINGNUT OF THE WEEK: LIZ CHENEY, How Dare You!  Who are you anyway?</title>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cheney and daughter, Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh , and Kraupthammer, widely publicized anytime they scornfully and despicably attack the president.
    They thrive on it. I ignore them. Try to, but damn me, everytime I turn on a talking head they&#039;re quoting Cheney, his daughter, and the other screamers.
     Barack Obama has been under attack ever since he tossed his hat in the presidential races. 
     Cheney is a regular on Fox where he criticizes and damns eveything and anything the president has done, is trying to do, and is thinking of doing. Clubs, cliques and chat-ta&#039;s have him on regularly.
     All I can do is echo what has been written above - he, Rumsfeld and company should face a court.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheney and daughter, Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh , and Kraupthammer, widely publicized anytime they scornfully and despicably attack the president.<br />
    They thrive on it. I ignore them. Try to, but damn me, everytime I turn on a talking head they&#8217;re quoting Cheney, his daughter, and the other screamers.<br />
     Barack Obama has been under attack ever since he tossed his hat in the presidential races.<br />
     Cheney is a regular on Fox where he criticizes and damns eveything and anything the president has done, is trying to do, and is thinking of doing. Clubs, cliques and chat-ta&#8217;s have him on regularly.<br />
     All I can do is echo what has been written above &#8211; he, Rumsfeld and company should face a court.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike M.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike M.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ALL American WHAT?</description>
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		<title>By: Bob Hall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob Hall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please ignore the above. It is only some neo-nazi rightwingnut living in denial.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please ignore the above. It is only some neo-nazi rightwingnut living in denial.</p>
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		<title>By: phan rang</title>
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		<dc:creator>phan rang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. Rick, I could not have said it better myself. It seems to me that &quot;the Duffster&quot; can say anything he wants, but let someone disagree with him and he&#039;ll be blocked from responding. Well, you won&#039;t have to block me because when I am finished here I will click on the unsubscribe button. I have been a reader for several years now and have come to the conclusion that Mr. Duff is a very sick and unhappy person, and has a very vivid imagination. Goodby</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Rick, I could not have said it better myself. It seems to me that &#8220;the Duffster&#8221; can say anything he wants, but let someone disagree with him and he&#8217;ll be blocked from responding. Well, you won&#8217;t have to block me because when I am finished here I will click on the unsubscribe button. I have been a reader for several years now and have come to the conclusion that Mr. Duff is a very sick and unhappy person, and has a very vivid imagination. Goodby</p>
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		<title>By: SSG Lem Genovese USA/Retired 91B</title>
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		<dc:creator>SSG Lem Genovese USA/Retired 91B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Face it, Dick Cheney qualifies as THE sith lord of the Bush 2 dynasty.
For those of us who have witnessed first hand the failures of leadership on a battlefield at the POTUS level, and recognize the callous nature of their draconian
dogma, there can be no other conclusion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Face it, Dick Cheney qualifies as THE sith lord of the Bush 2 dynasty.<br />
For those of us who have witnessed first hand the failures of leadership on a battlefield at the POTUS level, and recognize the callous nature of their draconian<br />
dogma, there can be no other conclusion.</p>
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		<title>By: duffster</title>
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		<dc:creator>duffster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Marc,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our last poster, Mr. Rick, was a VA employee, though probably not responsible for EVERYTHING.&#160; He should tell us if he was able to do anything to help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bill Eckard, a new writer, did 34 years at the VA.&#160; He verifies all you say...told me they had personnel assigned to shred mail when it came in...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everything you have written....is totally accurate and hundreds of thousands of us know it.&#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc,</p>
<p>Our last poster, Mr. Rick, was a VA employee, though probably not responsible for EVERYTHING.&nbsp; He should tell us if he was able to do anything to help.</p>
<p>Bill Eckard, a new writer, did 34 years at the VA.&nbsp; He verifies all you say&#8230;told me they had personnel assigned to shred mail when it came in&#8230;</p>
<p>Everything you have written&#8230;.is totally accurate and hundreds of thousands of us know it.&nbsp; </p>
<p>g</p>
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		<title>By: Marc C. Daniele</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc C. Daniele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This BI@CH should just shut up!  Her father should be in prison as it is!  It seems that money and power can keep any criminals out of prison!  
 When is this country going to start prosecuting Elected Officials, and the VA when it commits crimes?  I was raised to believe that this country was a land of laws, for the people and by the people, but from what I have experienced in the past few years with Elected Officials, and our very corrupt VA System, it seems that these laws only apply to the average citizen!  Elected Officials, Government Employees are above these laws!  Why?  Are they not American Citizens like me?  Then why is it that they are not prosecuted like I would be if I broke the same laws?  
 The Government, and it&#039;s employees should be held to an even higher standard than the average citizen!  Since when did having money or power, or being a government employee make them a better American than say the average &quot;Joe&quot; like me?  Most of us reading this were even willing to give our lives to protect this country, but that is not good enough!

 I have VA&#039;s own documentation, etc. of it, and it&#039;s employees violating HIPAA Laws, US Laws, VA Policies and Procedures, violating Federal Codes of Ethics, lying to US Senators, Fraud, Freedom of Information Act violations, etc. etc. yet our Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Agencies, etc. do not even wish to see it, much less take actions for the crimes committed!  
 My problem is that I have physical barriers, and also don&#039;t know how to get it all together, write it up for the Media, etc. that will help!  Anyone that can offer any advise, or can help me with this please send me an email!  Maybe we can help keep another veteran from being subject to the same provable crimes I have!

Marc C. Daniele
US Army, 100% Disabled Veteran
m6c9d2000@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This BI@CH should just shut up!  Her father should be in prison as it is!  It seems that money and power can keep any criminals out of prison!<br />
 When is this country going to start prosecuting Elected Officials, and the VA when it commits crimes?  I was raised to believe that this country was a land of laws, for the people and by the people, but from what I have experienced in the past few years with Elected Officials, and our very corrupt VA System, it seems that these laws only apply to the average citizen!  Elected Officials, Government Employees are above these laws!  Why?  Are they not American Citizens like me?  Then why is it that they are not prosecuted like I would be if I broke the same laws?<br />
 The Government, and it&#8217;s employees should be held to an even higher standard than the average citizen!  Since when did having money or power, or being a government employee make them a better American than say the average &#8220;Joe&#8221; like me?  Most of us reading this were even willing to give our lives to protect this country, but that is not good enough!</p>
<p> I have VA&#8217;s own documentation, etc. of it, and it&#8217;s employees violating HIPAA Laws, US Laws, VA Policies and Procedures, violating Federal Codes of Ethics, lying to US Senators, Fraud, Freedom of Information Act violations, etc. etc. yet our Elected Officials, Law Enforcement Agencies, etc. do not even wish to see it, much less take actions for the crimes committed!<br />
 My problem is that I have physical barriers, and also don&#8217;t know how to get it all together, write it up for the Media, etc. that will help!  Anyone that can offer any advise, or can help me with this please send me an email!  Maybe we can help keep another veteran from being subject to the same provable crimes I have!</p>
<p>Marc C. Daniele<br />
US Army, 100% Disabled Veteran<br />
<a href="mailto:m6c9d2000@yahoo.com">m6c9d2000@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: duffster</title>
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		<dc:creator>duffster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Mr. Rick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have been repeatedly banned from this site for Terms of Service violations.&#160; We will block this IP address and you can move to another proxy if you like.&#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, you are still a sad and distrubed individual.&#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are a veteran, please see your local health care provider.&#160; As useless a person as you are to us, you may have a mother that still loves you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Rick</p>
<p>You have been repeatedly banned from this site for Terms of Service violations.&nbsp; We will block this IP address and you can move to another proxy if you like.&nbsp; </p>
<p>However, you are still a sad and distrubed individual.&nbsp; </p>
<p>If you are a veteran, please see your local health care provider.&nbsp; As useless a person as you are to us, you may have a mother that still loves you.</p>
<p>g</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want YOU, the writer of this to PROVE TO ME AND AMERICA that Cheney ORDER the phony Intell... PROVE IT or keep your mouth shut.

It is a KNOWN FACT THAT CLINTON&#039;s Intell was bad and he pass that on to BUSH, PROVEN FACT!!!!

IT&#039;S ALSO a PROVEN FACT that CLINTON, KERRY (who sat in the intell committee) SAID over and over that IRAQ had WMD&#039;s and even VOTED to go into Iraq (all except Kerry and he knew it was all a lie). PROVEN again..............

Now as far as Cheney&#039;s daughter, she is enttilted to her opinion wether it be a right or left wing nut...She is probally a better person then you to begin with for you are a coward as far as I&#039;m concern.

This has to be one of the worst of worst articles ever written by this so call site of cowards and liars....

You attack Cheney&#039;s daughter I attack you asshole...You stop with the personnal attacks, other people here have been warn when they attack people of your staff..but, thats gives you the right to attack and not go by your owns rules..making you an ass and a total one...

Like I said PROVE IT and not some left wing nut article that says I &quot;Think&quot; so or this is what happen and doesn&#039;t have one bit of proof, but thinks they are right.

This whole thing is about taking the heat off Obama and his complete inability to lead this country, so you go back to the attack Bush and his admin again .

Well, you might get the hand full of idiots who read and believe your lies, but I for one don&#039;t. YOUR A LIAR plain and simple..

You must think people don&#039;t read (well your side don&#039;t) and look at everything and not just one thing and try to pin every war lost on Bush and every thing that has happen dating back to 1620 that it was Bush&#039;s fault..Your an idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want YOU, the writer of this to PROVE TO ME AND AMERICA that Cheney ORDER the phony Intell&#8230; PROVE IT or keep your mouth shut.</p>
<p>It is a KNOWN FACT THAT CLINTON&#8217;s Intell was bad and he pass that on to BUSH, PROVEN FACT!!!!</p>
<p>IT&#8217;S ALSO a PROVEN FACT that CLINTON, KERRY (who sat in the intell committee) SAID over and over that IRAQ had WMD&#8217;s and even VOTED to go into Iraq (all except Kerry and he knew it was all a lie). PROVEN again&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>Now as far as Cheney&#8217;s daughter, she is enttilted to her opinion wether it be a right or left wing nut&#8230;She is probally a better person then you to begin with for you are a coward as far as I&#8217;m concern.</p>
<p>This has to be one of the worst of worst articles ever written by this so call site of cowards and liars&#8230;.</p>
<p>You attack Cheney&#8217;s daughter I attack you asshole&#8230;You stop with the personnal attacks, other people here have been warn when they attack people of your staff..but, thats gives you the right to attack and not go by your owns rules..making you an ass and a total one&#8230;</p>
<p>Like I said PROVE IT and not some left wing nut article that says I &#8220;Think&#8221; so or this is what happen and doesn&#8217;t have one bit of proof, but thinks they are right.</p>
<p>This whole thing is about taking the heat off Obama and his complete inability to lead this country, so you go back to the attack Bush and his admin again .</p>
<p>Well, you might get the hand full of idiots who read and believe your lies, but I for one don&#8217;t. YOUR A LIAR plain and simple..</p>
<p>You must think people don&#8217;t read (well your side don&#8217;t) and look at everything and not just one thing and try to pin every war lost on Bush and every thing that has happen dating back to 1620 that it was Bush&#8217;s fault..Your an idiot.</p>
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		<title>By: duffster</title>
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		<dc:creator>duffster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Jim,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you hit Vietnam, American had become professional at, not only ignoring and abusing vets but worshipping piece of shit politicians.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every time I hear someone cheering on some phony piece of shit politican because he squawks to the NRA, VFW or the American Taliban about how he is going to take over the world, save their guns and punish the imaginary communists...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;don&#039;t get me started.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim,</p>
<p>When you hit Vietnam, American had become professional at, not only ignoring and abusing vets but worshipping piece of shit politicians.</p>
<p>Every time I hear someone cheering on some phony piece of shit politican because he squawks to the NRA, VFW or the American Taliban about how he is going to take over the world, save their guns and punish the imaginary communists&#8230;</p>
<p>don&#8217;t get me started.</p>
<p>g</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Lawrence</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Lawrence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My fellow veteran, I must ask myself: why would a combat veteran listen faithfully and loyally to any politician that actively avoided going into combat when the opportunity and need was there and why would I trust these men who would put me or my children in harm&#039;s way and count us as cannon fodder and then deny the benefits I deserve when I need them?  It feels like the country that I love used me and kicked me aside like a piece of junk that it was done with.  I served as a doorgunner on a helicopter during the Easter Counter Offensive of 1972.  The first battle we were in was 81 days.  And that&#039;s how I started my tour.  Eight months later, I finished my tour, working for FPJMC/ICCS retrieving our dead and doing P.O.W. exchanges.  I am fortunate enough to know my commanders and other members of my flight platoon, including one of my pilots who is still living.  Even with all of this information, I have been fighting with the VA for fifteen years.  So, in conclusion, I must ask you if your loyalties might be misguided?  And ask you to Question this authority,  We must all think for ourselves as well, as our country.  We should not trust someone because they are on the Right or the Left or because they call themselves a Republican of a Democrat.  Let us remember we are Americans and have an obligation to our forefathers and our heritage to do what&#039;s right. 

As far as what&#039;s right.  That&#039;s a different discussion.  
Jim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My fellow veteran, I must ask myself: why would a combat veteran listen faithfully and loyally to any politician that actively avoided going into combat when the opportunity and need was there and why would I trust these men who would put me or my children in harm&#8217;s way and count us as cannon fodder and then deny the benefits I deserve when I need them?  It feels like the country that I love used me and kicked me aside like a piece of junk that it was done with.  I served as a doorgunner on a helicopter during the Easter Counter Offensive of 1972.  The first battle we were in was 81 days.  And that&#8217;s how I started my tour.  Eight months later, I finished my tour, working for FPJMC/ICCS retrieving our dead and doing P.O.W. exchanges.  I am fortunate enough to know my commanders and other members of my flight platoon, including one of my pilots who is still living.  Even with all of this information, I have been fighting with the VA for fifteen years.  So, in conclusion, I must ask you if your loyalties might be misguided?  And ask you to Question this authority,  We must all think for ourselves as well, as our country.  We should not trust someone because they are on the Right or the Left or because they call themselves a Republican of a Democrat.  Let us remember we are Americans and have an obligation to our forefathers and our heritage to do what&#8217;s right. </p>
<p>As far as what&#8217;s right.  That&#8217;s a different discussion.<br />
Jim</p>
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		<title>By: duffster</title>
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		<dc:creator>duffster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The only rules here......not that many...don&#039;t be too mean to the writers.&#160; I am the thick skinned of the group.&#160; Woundn&#039;t it be nice if we all learned things in the comment section.&#160; We have people who read and comment who have taught me alot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kind of depend on this....if there are conspiracies...if there is a secret government...if we are all being lied to all the time...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;all of which is true of course....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;the folks here will know...and some of them may be involved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What we should be doing...is asking questions, all of us.&#160; Then we can turn our bullshit meters on...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the points I made recently....BIN LADEN IS DEAD AS SHIT...BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if this is true...and it is&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and it can be proven&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and it can&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;then...what the hell has been going on since December 13, 2001....when bin Laden was planted in a small grave at Tora Bora?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;we can go further...bin Laden had absolutely NOTHING to do with 9/11....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;what the hell has been going on here?&#160; those of us who travel....some of us continually....have people look at us like we are total idiots because we are Americans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;think of mrs clinton in pakistan talking about bin laden and terrorism.&#160; NOBODY IN PAKISTAN BELIEVES BIN LADEN IS ALIVE...NOBODY&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BUT..THEY ALL THINK OUR SECRETARY OF STATE IS TOTALLY NUTS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this a good thing?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don&#039;t answer that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only rules here&#8230;&#8230;not that many&#8230;don&#8217;t be too mean to the writers.&nbsp; I am the thick skinned of the group.&nbsp; Woundn&#8217;t it be nice if we all learned things in the comment section.&nbsp; We have people who read and comment who have taught me alot.</p>
<p>Kind of depend on this&#8230;.if there are conspiracies&#8230;if there is a secret government&#8230;if we are all being lied to all the time&#8230;</p>
<p>all of which is true of course&#8230;.</p>
<p>the folks here will know&#8230;and some of them may be involved.</p>
<p>What we should be doing&#8230;is asking questions, all of us.&nbsp; Then we can turn our bullshit meters on&#8230;</p>
<p>One of the points I made recently&#8230;.BIN LADEN IS DEAD AS SHIT&#8230;BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS</p>
<p>if this is true&#8230;and it is</p>
<p>and it can be proven</p>
<p>and it can</p>
<p>then&#8230;what the hell has been going on since December 13, 2001&#8230;.when bin Laden was planted in a small grave at Tora Bora?</p>
<p>we can go further&#8230;bin Laden had absolutely NOTHING to do with 9/11&#8230;.</p>
<p>what the hell has been going on here?&nbsp; those of us who travel&#8230;.some of us continually&#8230;.have people look at us like we are total idiots because we are Americans.</p>
<p>think of mrs clinton in pakistan talking about bin laden and terrorism.&nbsp; NOBODY IN PAKISTAN BELIEVES BIN LADEN IS ALIVE&#8230;NOBODY</p>
<p>BUT..THEY ALL THINK OUR SECRETARY OF STATE IS TOTALLY NUTS</p>
<p>Is this a good thing?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t answer that.</p>
<p>g</p>
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		<title>By: duffster</title>
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		<dc:creator>duffster</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Bryon,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wish I had your way with words.&#160; How the hell can we talk to each other when there are still people around nutty enough to praise the people who already killed us?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bryon,</p>
<p>I wish I had your way with words.&nbsp; How the hell can we talk to each other when there are still people around nutty enough to praise the people who already killed us?</p>
<p>g</p>
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		<title>By: ALL AMERICAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>ALL AMERICAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TO DUFFSTER I DON&#039;T ARGUE WITH OTHER VIETNAM VETS. SORRY IF I DID OFFEND YOU IN ANY WAY . AND WELLCOME HOME!!!!</description>
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		<title>By: Byron Skinner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Byron Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description>Good Morning Duff,

A new phrase you might like, wingers and birthers they are rather dated  and are old labels. They have evolved into the &quot;Bevis and Butthead&quot; Conservatives. The best on can say about Richard Cheney is that he is a pathetic creature. Other Buttheads include the marring men Girngrich and Barr, the serial adulter like the late Henry Hyde, Livingston, Gingrich and Barr (again) and the late but not so great Christian Conservatives.

Then their are the know nothing buttheads like William Bennett, Rush, and Ann and of course all of the FOX news network. 

A good sign Duff, while at the SDVAMC last week in Area 1, as usual they had FOX News on the TV,  a Veteran actually asked the security guard to change the channel, noting that the President says FOX is not a legitimate news network. Of course the security guard didn&#039;t have the authority to change the channel, but hey it&#039;s a start.

Bush W. is in a class all of the own. The &quot;What Me Worry&quot; Republicans.

ALLONS,
Byron Skinner</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Morning Duff,</p>
<p>A new phrase you might like, wingers and birthers they are rather dated  and are old labels. They have evolved into the &#8220;Bevis and Butthead&#8221; Conservatives. The best on can say about Richard Cheney is that he is a pathetic creature. Other Buttheads include the marring men Girngrich and Barr, the serial adulter like the late Henry Hyde, Livingston, Gingrich and Barr (again) and the late but not so great Christian Conservatives.</p>
<p>Then their are the know nothing buttheads like William Bennett, Rush, and Ann and of course all of the FOX news network. </p>
<p>A good sign Duff, while at the SDVAMC last week in Area 1, as usual they had FOX News on the TV,  a Veteran actually asked the security guard to change the channel, noting that the President says FOX is not a legitimate news network. Of course the security guard didn&#8217;t have the authority to change the channel, but hey it&#8217;s a start.</p>
<p>Bush W. is in a class all of the own. The &#8220;What Me Worry&#8221; Republicans.</p>
<p>ALLONS,<br />
Byron Skinner</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Mr &quot;All American&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a 100% disabled Vietnam vet...Marine grunt with tons of bush time.&#160; Frankly, I am always surprised when a combat vet will listen to tough guy talk from an deserter and a pack of draft dodgers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It makes me think that something may have broken his spirit a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whenever I hear tough guy talk from someone that ducked military service....the GOP chickenhawk brigade...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the full list of GOP ...good and bad...read and learn:&#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Nation&#039;s Oldest NewspaperTM&lt;br /&gt;Founded 1756 by Daniel Fowle &#124; Editor: Steven Fowle&lt;br /&gt;editors@nhgazette.com - PO Box 756, Portsmouth, NH 03802 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chickenhawk Database History of the NH Gazette &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brought to you by the New Hampshire Gazette&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CHICKENHAWK HEADQUARTERS &lt;br /&gt;Name Employer Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Bush, George W Citizenry 1946 Vietnam A.W.O.L. &lt;br /&gt;Cheney, Dick Citizenry 1941 Vietnam &quot;had other priorities&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BARKING HEAD BRIGADE &lt;br /&gt;Name Employer Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Hume, Brit Faux TV 1943 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Keyes, Alan Faux TV 1950 Vietnam Harvard &lt;br /&gt;Limbaugh, David Radio? 1952 Vietnam National Guard &lt;br /&gt;Limbaugh, Rush Radio 1951 Vietnam anal cysts &lt;br /&gt;Reagan, Michael Radio? unk Vietnam &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE BUREAUCRATIC BATTALION &lt;br /&gt;Name Position Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Abraham, Spencer Energy Sec. 1952 Vietnam Harvard Law &lt;br /&gt;Abrams, Elliott State Dept. 1948 Vietnam bad back college, grad school &lt;br /&gt;Adelman, Ken Bureaucrat unk Vietnam skin rash &lt;br /&gt;Bolton, John State Dept. 1948 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Card, Andrew High-Level Flunky 1947 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Evans, Don Commerce Sec. 1946 Vietnam Sigma Alpha Epsilon &lt;br /&gt;Hutchinson, Asa Drug Tsar 1950 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Perle, Richard Bureaucrat 1941+C59 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Pitt, Harvey Bureaucrat unk Vietnam Law school &lt;br /&gt;Stockman, David Budget-Boy 1946 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Thompson, Tommy Bureaucrat 1947 Vietnam National Guard &lt;br /&gt;Walters, John Drug Tsar unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Wolfowitz, Paul Bureaucrat unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JAG &lt;br /&gt;Name Position Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Ashcroft, John &quot;Justice&quot; 1942 Vietnam teaching business ed &lt;br /&gt;Kennedy, Arthur Judge of sorts 1936 Vietnam lawyering &lt;br /&gt;Olson, Ted Solicitor General unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Scalia, Antonin Associate Justice Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Starr, Ken Persecutor 1947 Vietnam psoriasis &lt;br /&gt;Thomas, Clarence Tool 1948 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE POLITICIANS PLATOON &lt;br /&gt;Name Franchise Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Alexandar, Lamar ex-Gov. (Tenn.) Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Barr, Bob US House (R-Ga.) 1948 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Bartlett, Roscoe US House (R-MD) 1926 WWII &lt;br /&gt;Bauer, Gary None 1946 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Blunt, Roy US House (R-Mo.) 1950 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Bush, Jeb Gov. - Fla. 1953 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Chambliss, Saxby US House (R-Ga.) 1943 Vietnam bad knees running &lt;br /&gt;Craig, Larry Senator (R-Idaho) 1945 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;DeLay, Tom US House (R-Tex) 1947 Vietnam attended grad school &lt;br /&gt;Engler, John Gov. - Mich. 1948 Vietnam &quot;too fat,&quot; by 8 lbs. &lt;br /&gt;Gingrich, Newt ex-US House (R-Ga.) 1943 Vietnam attended grad school &lt;br /&gt;Giuliani, Rudy ex-Mayor, NYC 1944 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Gramm, Phil Senate (R-Tex.) 1942 Vietnam marriage deferment &lt;br /&gt;Hastert, Dennis US House (R-Ill.) 1942 Vietnam bad knees wrestling coach (huh?) &lt;br /&gt;Hutchinson, Tim Senate (R-Ark.) 1949 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Keating, Frank Gov. - Okla. 1944 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Kemp, Jack ex-US House (R-NY) 1935 Vietnam bum knee football &lt;br /&gt;Lieberman, Joe Senate (Conn.) 1942 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Lott, Trent Senate (R-Miss.) 1941 Vietnam cheerleader &lt;br /&gt;McConnell, Mitch Senator (R-Ky.) 1942 Vietnam lawyering &lt;br /&gt;Meyers, Herbert House Candidate, Wash. 1943/46 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Nickles, Don Senator (R-Okla.) 1948 Vietnam cushy Guard slot &lt;br /&gt;Quayle, Dan Veep 1947 Vietnam National Guard &lt;br /&gt;Reagan, Ronald Prez 1911 WWII Hollywood &lt;br /&gt;Romney, Mitt None yet 1947 Vietnam BYU &lt;br /&gt;Shelby, Richard Senator (R-Ala.) 1934 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Souder, Mark US House (R-IN) 1050 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Stone, Roger Consultant 1952&#177; Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Weber, Vin Politician 1952 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Weld, William ex-Gov. - Mass. 1945 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE PROPAGANDA PLATOON &lt;br /&gt;Name Employer Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Adelman, Ken Right-Wing Conspiracy unk Vietnam? &lt;br /&gt;Ailes, Roger Faux TV 1940 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Bartley, Robert Wall St. unk Korea? &lt;br /&gt;Blitzer, Wolf CNN 1948 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Boortz, Neal Syndic. 1945 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Clancy, Tom Self-Amused ? Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Coulter, Ann Right-Wing Conspiracy unk Desert Storm &lt;br /&gt;Doocy, Steve Faux-TV unk Desert Storm &lt;br /&gt;Feder, Don Syndic. unk Vietnam law school &lt;br /&gt;Forbes, Steve News Baron 1947 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Gottlieb, Alan Syndic. unk Vietnam National Guard &lt;br /&gt;Greenwood, Lee Record racket unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Hannity, Sean Faux TV unk post-Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Harvey, Paul ? 1918 WWII &lt;br /&gt;Kilmeade, Brian Faux-TV unk Desert Storm &lt;br /&gt;Kristol, William Vanity Press unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Ledeen, Michael Think Tank Commando unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Medved, Michael ? 1948 Vietnam taught 3rd grade &lt;br /&gt;McRaney, Gerald Hollywood 1947 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Olasky, Marvin U-Texas J-School 1950&#177; Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;O&#039;Reilly, Bill Faux TV 1949 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;O&#039;Rourke, P.J. Self-Amused 1947 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Savage, Michael Radio unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Snow, Tony Faux TV unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Stallone, Sylvester La-La Land 1946 Vietnam private girls school &lt;br /&gt;Stein, Ben Comedy Channel 1944 Vietnam attended law school &lt;br /&gt;Tyrrell, R. Emmett Propagandist unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Wayne, John Propagandist 1907 WWII &lt;br /&gt;Will, George Propagandist 1941 Vietnam Divinity School &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES &lt;br /&gt;Name Position&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;Employer Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Bass, Charlie Politician 1952 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Carmen, Gerald DC Lobbyist 1930 Korea college &lt;br /&gt;Chandler, John PH Ancestors? 1911 WWII pencil pushing &lt;br /&gt;Douglas, Chuck Unk 1942 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Finnegan, Jim Bill Loeb 1930 Korea disk jockey &lt;br /&gt;Gregg, Judd Politician 1947 Vietnam bad knees, acne college &lt;br /&gt;Lessner, Dick Bill Loeb unk Vietnam divinity school &lt;br /&gt;Loeb, William Beelzebub 1905 WWII &lt;br /&gt;McQuaid, Joe Bill Loeb 1949 Vietnam &quot;trick shoulder&quot; copy boy &lt;br /&gt;Rath, Tom Legal clients 1945 Vietnam law school &lt;br /&gt;Thomson, Meldrim Taxpayer 1912 WWII pencil pushing &lt;br /&gt;Thomson, Robb Taxpayer 1952 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Thomson, Peter Taxpayer 1941 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Tibbetts, Don Bill Loeb 1930 Korea disk jockey &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SUI GENERIS SQUAD &lt;br /&gt;Name Modus&lt;br /&gt;Operandi Year&lt;br /&gt;Born Relevant&lt;br /&gt;Conflict&lt;br /&gt;Avoided Lame&lt;br /&gt;Excuse Preferred&lt;br /&gt;Activity &lt;br /&gt;Bennett, Bill Public Scold 1943 Vietnam attended grad school &lt;br /&gt;Cohn, Roy Creep 1927 Korea terrorism &lt;br /&gt;Falwell, Jerry Holy Man 1933 Korea &lt;br /&gt;Gaffney, Frank Missile Salesman 1953 Vietnam zits &lt;br /&gt;Graham, Billy Holy man 1918 WWII &lt;br /&gt;LaPierre, Wayne Head Gun Nut unk Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Nugent, Ted Noisemaker 1948 Vietnam &lt;br /&gt;Robertson, Pat Holy Man 1930 Korea &lt;br /&gt;Rove, Karl Puppeteer 1950 Vietnam many schools; no degrees &lt;br /&gt;Sinatra, Frank Entertainer 1915 WWII punctured eardrum &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chickenhawk Notes&lt;br /&gt;Definition&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons - generally male - who (1) tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who advocate, military solutions to political problems, and who have personally (2) declined to take advantage of a significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some individuals may qualify more for their political associations than for any demonstrated personal tendency towards bellicosity. Some women may be included for exceptional bellicosity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is another, less savory definition of the term chickenhawk. It is not relevant to this discussion; we intend no such associations to be drawn here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This list is provisonal. The management of the Gazette is proud to have served the vital public function of assembling the best known list of American chickenhawks, but we confess - we declare and emphasize - that we have not the resources to tend to it properly. Therefore we declare it provisional: we acknowledge there may be faults - hell, we know there are.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Errors and Omissions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone falsely characterized as a chickenhawk is particularly welcome to correct any errors. We encourage every interested American to feel free to nominate chickenhawks, or to fill in missing information. Nominations are solicited from all sources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;History&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We assembled an earlier version of this list by merging two or three less complete lists. We then added more than a score of names ourselves. We posted the list to the Gazette&#039;s website in March, where it seemed to catch the public&#039;s interest. Twenty or more names were then added to create the list as you see it here. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chickenhawk Details&lt;br /&gt;George W. Bush: Yeah, right. He was in uniform. Big deal. See http://www.awolbush.com/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bill Clinton: He may have launched a few cruise missiles to distract us from a dalliance with a girl half his age, but our judges believe he wasn&#039;t bellicose enough to make the cut. Your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tom Delay: &quot;DeLay&#039;s excuse for having a yellow streak as wide as the Rio Grande down his back is truly imaginative, if you take a delight in the bizarre. The man who believes Dioxin is good for you (again, we are not making this up), claims that he volunteered for Vietnam, but all the spots were taken up by minorities, so he was not allowed to serve. Clearly all those years of exposure to toxic chemicals had some serious side effects on &#039;Ol Tom.&quot; - Esther and/or Jeff Clark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sean Hannity: Too young for &#039;Nam, but anyone that bellicose could have horned in on Panama or Desert Storm somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paul Harvey: A complicated case. We&#039;re working on a dossier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trent Lott: &quot;Dear Sir or Madam, Please be advised that Trent &quot;Cheerleader&quot; Lott is NOT a senator from Louisiana as you have mislabeled him but rather from the state of Mississippi. We have enough problems in Louisiana without someone thinking this toupee wearing, right wing fop is our Senator! - Please correct your entry and keep up the good work! - Rev. Kenneth M. Kafoed&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ted Nugent: An amusing case. We&#039;re working on a dossier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Perle: We&#039;re working on a dossier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ronald Reagan: A complicated case. He remains listed because our judges believe his bellicosity outweighs his relatively painless service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pat Robertson: As we recall it, Pete McCloskey charged that Robertson&#039;s father got him posted to Japan shortly after his unit arrived in Korea. Robertson responded with a libel suit, which he later dropped. &quot;[His own] libel suit [against fellow former Marine Pete McCloskey] turned out to be an embarrassment to Robertson. During depositions, Paul Brosnan, Jr., a retired university professor who served with Robertson in Korea, backed up [Congressman Pete] McCloskey&#039;s claim and went even further, asserting that the televangelist had consorted with prostitutes and had sexually harassed a Korean cleaning girl who worked in the barracks.&quot; --Rob Boston, The Most Dangerous Man in America, Prometheus Books, 1996.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steven Spielberg: We read his films as ultimately adding to the glorification of war. Perhaps we&#039;re wrong. This nomination has been challenged, and is open to debate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Wayne: &quot;Another notable Hollywood faker to consider is Marion Morrison. Born in 1907, he decided to jump past his competitors like Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda by using his married status as a reason to avoid volunteering for the cause. As John Wayne, a phony name for a phony man, he played a lot of war heroes, while he ran away from anything resembling patriotism, except the pose. - Ray Duray &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another Sort of Chickenhawk Altogether&lt;br /&gt;We realized with a shudder today that with all the noise we&#039;ve making about &quot;chickenhawks&quot; - who are in general a less-than inspiring lot - we&#039;ve neglected to mention a self-described chickenhawk of an altogether different sort: Robert Mason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert Mason was an Army helicopter pilot with the First Cavalry in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966. His best-selling memoir &quot;Chickenhawk&quot; will likely remain the definitive portrayal of the war as seen from the pilot&#039;s seat of a Huey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 1984, when Mason&#039;s &quot;Chickenhawk&quot; was on the New York Times best seller list, its author was in prison for trying to sail a boat full of marijuana into the country. How an ace Army helicopter pilot became a drug smuggler is revealed in Mason&#039;s second book, &quot;Chickenhawk: Back in the World.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will come as no surprise to Mason&#039;s fellow veterans that PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - had something to do with the course of his life after the war. Mason&#039;s aptly-named wife Patience wrote a valuable book of her own, Recovering From the War: A Guide for all Veterans, Family Members, Friends, and Therapists, published by Viking in 1990.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fact that the term &quot;chickenhawk&quot; applies to belligerent draft dodgers like Saxby Chambliss and Tom Delay, and to men like Robert Mason, is, as far as we can tell, simply further proof that if you follow something to its extreme, you may meet its opposite. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The assembler of this information meditates on his own service in Vietnam, in&lt;br /&gt;Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Imperatives, or, From One Morgue to Another&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The alleged &quot;gentlemen&quot; listed in this database are here because they share three qualities: bellicosity (a warlike manner or temperament), public prominence, and a curious lack of wartime service when others their age had no trouble finding the fight. (Sorry, Dan and George W. and Dan Q. - your safe, cushy National Guard slots won&#039;t help you now.) The fact that they&#039;s almost all Republicans is ... well, curious, don&#039;t you think? No doubt this list is incomplete. Readers are encouraged to nominate their favorite overlooked chickenhawks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr &quot;All American&quot;</p>
<p>I am a 100% disabled Vietnam vet&#8230;Marine grunt with tons of bush time.&nbsp; Frankly, I am always surprised when a combat vet will listen to tough guy talk from an deserter and a pack of draft dodgers.</p>
<p>It makes me think that something may have broken his spirit a bit.</p>
<p>Whenever I hear tough guy talk from someone that ducked military service&#8230;.the GOP chickenhawk brigade&#8230;</p>
<p>Here is the full list of GOP &#8230;good and bad&#8230;read and learn:&nbsp; </p>
<p>The Nation&#8217;s Oldest NewspaperTM<br />Founded 1756 by Daniel Fowle | Editor: Steven Fowle<br /><a href="mailto:editors@nhgazette.com">editors@nhgazette.com</a> &#8211; PO Box 756, Portsmouth, NH 03802 </p>
<p align="center"><strong>Chickenhawk Database History of the NH Gazette </strong></p>
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<p>CHICKENHAWK HEADQUARTERS <br />Name Employer Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Bush, George W Citizenry 1946 Vietnam A.W.O.L. <br />Cheney, Dick Citizenry 1941 Vietnam &quot;had other priorities&quot; </p>
<p>BARKING HEAD BRIGADE <br />Name Employer Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Hume, Brit Faux TV 1943 Vietnam <br />Keyes, Alan Faux TV 1950 Vietnam Harvard <br />Limbaugh, David Radio? 1952 Vietnam National Guard <br />Limbaugh, Rush Radio 1951 Vietnam anal cysts <br />Reagan, Michael Radio? unk Vietnam </p>
<p>THE BUREAUCRATIC BATTALION <br />Name Position Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Abraham, Spencer Energy Sec. 1952 Vietnam Harvard Law <br />Abrams, Elliott State Dept. 1948 Vietnam bad back college, grad school <br />Adelman, Ken Bureaucrat unk Vietnam skin rash <br />Bolton, John State Dept. 1948 Vietnam <br />Card, Andrew High-Level Flunky 1947 Vietnam <br />Evans, Don Commerce Sec. 1946 Vietnam Sigma Alpha Epsilon <br />Hutchinson, Asa Drug Tsar 1950 Vietnam <br />Perle, Richard Bureaucrat 1941+C59 Vietnam <br />Pitt, Harvey Bureaucrat unk Vietnam Law school <br />Stockman, David Budget-Boy 1946 Vietnam <br />Thompson, Tommy Bureaucrat 1947 Vietnam National Guard <br />Walters, John Drug Tsar unk Vietnam <br />Wolfowitz, Paul Bureaucrat unk Vietnam </p>
<p>JAG <br />Name Position Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Ashcroft, John &quot;Justice&quot; 1942 Vietnam teaching business ed <br />Kennedy, Arthur Judge of sorts 1936 Vietnam lawyering <br />Olson, Ted Solicitor General unk Vietnam <br />Scalia, Antonin Associate Justice Vietnam <br />Starr, Ken Persecutor 1947 Vietnam psoriasis <br />Thomas, Clarence Tool 1948 Vietnam </p>
<p>THE POLITICIANS PLATOON <br />Name Franchise Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Alexandar, Lamar ex-Gov. (Tenn.) Vietnam <br />Barr, Bob US House (R-Ga.) 1948 Vietnam <br />Bartlett, Roscoe US House (R-MD) 1926 WWII <br />Bauer, Gary None 1946 Vietnam <br />Blunt, Roy US House (R-Mo.) 1950 Vietnam <br />Bush, Jeb Gov. &#8211; Fla. 1953 Vietnam <br />Chambliss, Saxby US House (R-Ga.) 1943 Vietnam bad knees running <br />Craig, Larry Senator (R-Idaho) 1945 Vietnam <br />DeLay, Tom US House (R-Tex) 1947 Vietnam attended grad school <br />Engler, John Gov. &#8211; Mich. 1948 Vietnam &quot;too fat,&quot; by 8 lbs. <br />Gingrich, Newt ex-US House (R-Ga.) 1943 Vietnam attended grad school <br />Giuliani, Rudy ex-Mayor, NYC 1944 Vietnam <br />Gramm, Phil Senate (R-Tex.) 1942 Vietnam marriage deferment <br />Hastert, Dennis US House (R-Ill.) 1942 Vietnam bad knees wrestling coach (huh?) <br />Hutchinson, Tim Senate (R-Ark.) 1949 Vietnam <br />Keating, Frank Gov. &#8211; Okla. 1944 Vietnam <br />Kemp, Jack ex-US House (R-NY) 1935 Vietnam bum knee football <br />Lieberman, Joe Senate (Conn.) 1942 Vietnam <br />Lott, Trent Senate (R-Miss.) 1941 Vietnam cheerleader <br />McConnell, Mitch Senator (R-Ky.) 1942 Vietnam lawyering <br />Meyers, Herbert House Candidate, Wash. 1943/46 Vietnam <br />Nickles, Don Senator (R-Okla.) 1948 Vietnam cushy Guard slot <br />Quayle, Dan Veep 1947 Vietnam National Guard <br />Reagan, Ronald Prez 1911 WWII Hollywood <br />Romney, Mitt None yet 1947 Vietnam BYU <br />Shelby, Richard Senator (R-Ala.) 1934 Vietnam <br />Souder, Mark US House (R-IN) 1050 Vietnam <br />Stone, Roger Consultant 1952&plusmn; Vietnam <br />Weber, Vin Politician 1952 Vietnam <br />Weld, William ex-Gov. &#8211; Mass. 1945 Vietnam </p>
<p>THE PROPAGANDA PLATOON <br />Name Employer Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Adelman, Ken Right-Wing Conspiracy unk Vietnam? <br />Ailes, Roger Faux TV 1940 Vietnam <br />Bartley, Robert Wall St. unk Korea? <br />Blitzer, Wolf CNN 1948 Vietnam <br />Boortz, Neal Syndic. 1945 Vietnam <br />Clancy, Tom Self-Amused ? Vietnam <br />Coulter, Ann Right-Wing Conspiracy unk Desert Storm <br />Doocy, Steve Faux-TV unk Desert Storm <br />Feder, Don Syndic. unk Vietnam law school <br />Forbes, Steve News Baron 1947 Vietnam <br />Gottlieb, Alan Syndic. unk Vietnam National Guard <br />Greenwood, Lee Record racket unk Vietnam <br />Hannity, Sean Faux TV unk post-Vietnam <br />Harvey, Paul ? 1918 WWII <br />Kilmeade, Brian Faux-TV unk Desert Storm <br />Kristol, William Vanity Press unk Vietnam <br />Ledeen, Michael Think Tank Commando unk Vietnam <br />Medved, Michael ? 1948 Vietnam taught 3rd grade <br />McRaney, Gerald Hollywood 1947 Vietnam <br />Olasky, Marvin U-Texas J-School 1950&plusmn; Vietnam <br />O&#8217;Reilly, Bill Faux TV 1949 Vietnam <br />O&#8217;Rourke, P.J. Self-Amused 1947 Vietnam <br />Savage, Michael Radio unk Vietnam <br />Snow, Tony Faux TV unk Vietnam <br />Stallone, Sylvester La-La Land 1946 Vietnam private girls school <br />Stein, Ben Comedy Channel 1944 Vietnam attended law school <br />Tyrrell, R. Emmett Propagandist unk Vietnam <br />Wayne, John Propagandist 1907 WWII <br />Will, George Propagandist 1941 Vietnam Divinity School </p>
<p>NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES <br />Name Position<br />or<br />Employer Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Bass, Charlie Politician 1952 Vietnam <br />Carmen, Gerald DC Lobbyist 1930 Korea college <br />Chandler, John PH Ancestors? 1911 WWII pencil pushing <br />Douglas, Chuck Unk 1942 Vietnam <br />Finnegan, Jim Bill Loeb 1930 Korea disk jockey <br />Gregg, Judd Politician 1947 Vietnam bad knees, acne college <br />Lessner, Dick Bill Loeb unk Vietnam divinity school <br />Loeb, William Beelzebub 1905 WWII <br />McQuaid, Joe Bill Loeb 1949 Vietnam &quot;trick shoulder&quot; copy boy <br />Rath, Tom Legal clients 1945 Vietnam law school <br />Thomson, Meldrim Taxpayer 1912 WWII pencil pushing <br />Thomson, Robb Taxpayer 1952 Vietnam <br />Thomson, Peter Taxpayer 1941 Vietnam <br />Tibbetts, Don Bill Loeb 1930 Korea disk jockey </p>
<p>SUI GENERIS SQUAD <br />Name Modus<br />Operandi Year<br />Born Relevant<br />Conflict<br />Avoided Lame<br />Excuse Preferred<br />Activity <br />Bennett, Bill Public Scold 1943 Vietnam attended grad school <br />Cohn, Roy Creep 1927 Korea terrorism <br />Falwell, Jerry Holy Man 1933 Korea <br />Gaffney, Frank Missile Salesman 1953 Vietnam zits <br />Graham, Billy Holy man 1918 WWII <br />LaPierre, Wayne Head Gun Nut unk Vietnam <br />Nugent, Ted Noisemaker 1948 Vietnam <br />Robertson, Pat Holy Man 1930 Korea <br />Rove, Karl Puppeteer 1950 Vietnam many schools; no degrees <br />Sinatra, Frank Entertainer 1915 WWII punctured eardrum </p>
<p>Chickenhawk Notes<br />Definition</p>
<p>A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons &#8211; generally male &#8211; who (1) tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who advocate, military solutions to political problems, and who have personally (2) declined to take advantage of a significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime.</p>
<p>Some individuals may qualify more for their political associations than for any demonstrated personal tendency towards bellicosity. Some women may be included for exceptional bellicosity.</p>
<p>There is another, less savory definition of the term chickenhawk. It is not relevant to this discussion; we intend no such associations to be drawn here.</p>
<p>This list is provisonal. The management of the Gazette is proud to have served the vital public function of assembling the best known list of American chickenhawks, but we confess &#8211; we declare and emphasize &#8211; that we have not the resources to tend to it properly. Therefore we declare it provisional: we acknowledge there may be faults &#8211; hell, we know there are.</p>
<p>Errors and Omissions</p>
<p>Anyone falsely characterized as a chickenhawk is particularly welcome to correct any errors. We encourage every interested American to feel free to nominate chickenhawks, or to fill in missing information. Nominations are solicited from all sources.</p>
<p>History</p>
<p>We assembled an earlier version of this list by merging two or three less complete lists. We then added more than a score of names ourselves. We posted the list to the Gazette&#8217;s website in March, where it seemed to catch the public&#8217;s interest. Twenty or more names were then added to create the list as you see it here. </p>
<p>Chickenhawk Details<br />George W. Bush: Yeah, right. He was in uniform. Big deal. See <a href="http://www.awolbush.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.awolbush.com/</a></p>
<p>Bill Clinton: He may have launched a few cruise missiles to distract us from a dalliance with a girl half his age, but our judges believe he wasn&#8217;t bellicose enough to make the cut. Your mileage may vary.</p>
<p>Tom Delay: &quot;DeLay&#8217;s excuse for having a yellow streak as wide as the Rio Grande down his back is truly imaginative, if you take a delight in the bizarre. The man who believes Dioxin is good for you (again, we are not making this up), claims that he volunteered for Vietnam, but all the spots were taken up by minorities, so he was not allowed to serve. Clearly all those years of exposure to toxic chemicals had some serious side effects on &#8216;Ol Tom.&quot; &#8211; Esther and/or Jeff Clark</p>
<p>Sean Hannity: Too young for &#8216;Nam, but anyone that bellicose could have horned in on Panama or Desert Storm somehow.</p>
<p>Paul Harvey: A complicated case. We&#8217;re working on a dossier.</p>
<p>Trent Lott: &quot;Dear Sir or Madam, Please be advised that Trent &quot;Cheerleader&quot; Lott is NOT a senator from Louisiana as you have mislabeled him but rather from the state of Mississippi. We have enough problems in Louisiana without someone thinking this toupee wearing, right wing fop is our Senator! &#8211; Please correct your entry and keep up the good work! &#8211; Rev. Kenneth M. Kafoed&quot;</p>
<p>Ted Nugent: An amusing case. We&#8217;re working on a dossier.</p>
<p>Richard Perle: We&#8217;re working on a dossier.</p>
<p>Ronald Reagan: A complicated case. He remains listed because our judges believe his bellicosity outweighs his relatively painless service.</p>
<p>Pat Robertson: As we recall it, Pete McCloskey charged that Robertson&#8217;s father got him posted to Japan shortly after his unit arrived in Korea. Robertson responded with a libel suit, which he later dropped. &quot;[His own] libel suit [against fellow former Marine Pete McCloskey] turned out to be an embarrassment to Robertson. During depositions, Paul Brosnan, Jr., a retired university professor who served with Robertson in Korea, backed up [Congressman Pete] McCloskey&#8217;s claim and went even further, asserting that the televangelist had consorted with prostitutes and had sexually harassed a Korean cleaning girl who worked in the barracks.&quot; &#8211;Rob Boston, The Most Dangerous Man in America, Prometheus Books, 1996.</p>
<p>Steven Spielberg: We read his films as ultimately adding to the glorification of war. Perhaps we&#8217;re wrong. This nomination has been challenged, and is open to debate.</p>
<p>John Wayne: &quot;Another notable Hollywood faker to consider is Marion Morrison. Born in 1907, he decided to jump past his competitors like Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda by using his married status as a reason to avoid volunteering for the cause. As John Wayne, a phony name for a phony man, he played a lot of war heroes, while he ran away from anything resembling patriotism, except the pose. &#8211; Ray Duray </p>
<p>Another Sort of Chickenhawk Altogether<br />We realized with a shudder today that with all the noise we&#8217;ve making about &quot;chickenhawks&quot; &#8211; who are in general a less-than inspiring lot &#8211; we&#8217;ve neglected to mention a self-described chickenhawk of an altogether different sort: Robert Mason.</p>
<p>Robert Mason was an Army helicopter pilot with the First Cavalry in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966. His best-selling memoir &quot;Chickenhawk&quot; will likely remain the definitive portrayal of the war as seen from the pilot&#8217;s seat of a Huey.</p>
<p>In 1984, when Mason&#8217;s &quot;Chickenhawk&quot; was on the New York Times best seller list, its author was in prison for trying to sail a boat full of marijuana into the country. How an ace Army helicopter pilot became a drug smuggler is revealed in Mason&#8217;s second book, &quot;Chickenhawk: Back in the World.&quot;</p>
<p>It will come as no surprise to Mason&#8217;s fellow veterans that PTSD &#8211; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder &#8211; had something to do with the course of his life after the war. Mason&#8217;s aptly-named wife Patience wrote a valuable book of her own, Recovering From the War: A Guide for all Veterans, Family Members, Friends, and Therapists, published by Viking in 1990.</p>
<p>The fact that the term &quot;chickenhawk&quot; applies to belligerent draft dodgers like Saxby Chambliss and Tom Delay, and to men like Robert Mason, is, as far as we can tell, simply further proof that if you follow something to its extreme, you may meet its opposite. </p>
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<p>The assembler of this information meditates on his own service in Vietnam, in<br />Cognitive Dissonance and Moral Imperatives, or, From One Morgue to Another</p>
<p>The alleged &quot;gentlemen&quot; listed in this database are here because they share three qualities: bellicosity (a warlike manner or temperament), public prominence, and a curious lack of wartime service when others their age had no trouble finding the fight. (Sorry, Dan and George W. and Dan Q. &#8211; your safe, cushy National Guard slots won&#8217;t help you now.) The fact that they&#8217;s almost all Republicans is &#8230; well, curious, don&#8217;t you think? No doubt this list is incomplete. Readers are encouraged to nominate their favorite overlooked chickenhawks. </p>
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		<description>I AM A VIETNAM COMBAT WOUNDED DISABLED VETERAN [ LT ROSS ] WAS THERE 1967-1968 ,DURING  TET OF 68, SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD SUIT UP OR SHUT UP. IF I COULD GO I WOULD GO IN A HEART BEAT</description>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Too much of an urge to consider &quot;friendly fire.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;g&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<description>To all american? Maybe you should turn off the tv and read a newspaper then maybe you would get the truth as long as it wasn&#039;t a Murdock rag................................... BTW the Daily show had a interesting comment about fox not being a news outlet by their own admission see Fri. Oct.30 show</description>
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