All day today, the Depot has been jumping. Games of Flames of War, 40k and D&D have been played all day. Now that it’s night time, the Battletech players have also come out to play, but they are working on their machines, assembling them for future battles.
A lot of money has been brought in today, and I am happy. The word has started to spread about us, and more and more people are calling and asking where we are. More people means more players, and more players means more spending customers. I like those kind of people.
Just wanted to let y’all know this house is a rockin.
Daily Archives: March 28, 2009
A Slap in the Face
This news just reached me: Murtha Award Sparks Vet Outrage.
In my opinion, this man is worse than Hanoi Jane. Murtha may not be openly collaborating with the enemy, but he stymies any positive news about Iraq, saying time and time again that we have failed, lost, whatever. It makes it worse because he is a member of the House, and thus a leader of our country. If one of our leaders does not have faith in our troops, what does that say about him? He also declares fellow brother Marines to be cold blodded murderers.
What ever happened to Semper Fi? Murtha seems to have lost his.
Now, two years after the “event” that led to his issuing of such statements, six of the eight Marines and Sailors accused of crimes in the Haditha incident had their cases dismissed, one was found not guilty and the last has been continued indefinitely. That sounds like there is no case against these Marines and Sailor. A far cry from what Murtha was yelling about.
The now former Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter quietly awarded 19-term Democratic congressman John Murtha (Pa.) with the service’s highest civilian honor back on March 13th.
Here is what the citation says, in part:
…”courageous leadership, vision, and loyalty to the men and women of the Department of the Navy…”
Which is utter, absolute and blatant horse scat. Murtha has not done or been any of these things. I would be ashamed to give that award to someone like him, and I would be ashamed to accept an award like that if I were Murtha. Oh, wait. That’s right, Murtha has a (D) after his name. He doesn’t have shame, because he does think he deserves it. The good old double standard.
His own words shows how two faced he is. After calling for immediate withdrawl of all troops from Iraq because “we have failed,” after calling Brother Marines “cold blooded killers,” he says these words:
“I’m proud of the service and sacrifices our troops are making, and I’m honored to receive this distinguished award from the Navy. We have an obligation to ensure that our men and women in uniform have the most modern equipment, effective training, first-class medical care, and family advocacy resources.”
Please excuse me while I go vomit. I can’t take too much of this at one time.