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Spare me Ms. Shea-Pompous!

While her recent Editorial Let Us All Share in the Sacrifice of our Fallen Hereos on Memorial Day in the Union Leader (click here) all "sounds" good, her real track record is anything but exemplary where really supporting our troops is concerned....unless cheap talk counts; she doesn't even support the families of our troops much less our troops; oh, but she did support alot of pork!

The truth is that Ms. Shea-Pompous refuses to meet with any of her own constituents who don't think she supports the troops at all (in other words, she'll only meet with constituents who agree with her), but spouts her meaningless dribble like: If we truly honor our soldiers and veterans, we must honor our commitments to them and to their families. Where's your honor and commitment, dear? Perhaps you can ask your unbiased mommy who supports you (my unbiased mommy supports me too!) and appeared in your campaign ads for some good advice.

In more of her hollow marketing-tool (of herself, of course) message she states: Let us find the moral courage to match their (meaning our armed forces) physical courage. Oh my! She obviously thinks our troops need nothing more than physical courage to prepare themselves and fight in battle. This statement alone illuminates how truly ignorant she is of what it really takes (no doubt every fiber of a person's spirit, soul (will, intellect and emotion) and body) to serve our country, fight for our freedom and volunteer for the military today.

Our troops are not draftees. How anyone can't and won't really support our brave volunteer armed forces is completely beyond my comprehension. Support, dear friends, does not include commiting psychological warfare against our own American troops much like the amalgam of Japanese radio announcers known as Tokyo Rose did during WWII! (Note to self: remember to send another letter to Mr. Edwards on how he's also dishonored our troops and tried to turn America's sacred Memorial Day events into anti-war protests!)

In a previous piece Ms. Shea-Pompous wrote in a Washington Memo (click here) published in the Monitor (click here to see my rebuttal) she has the audacity to state: While they serve, our soldiers cannot speak for themselves. But we (meaning Congress) can speak up for them. That is our duty. In her own words Ms. Pompous has toured Iraq and met with American soldiers (you know, those soldiers she says cannot speak for themselves, although apparently they did speak to her when she met with them in Iraq). I wonder how many cried on her shoulder and said: "oh, please Ms. Shea-Porter speak for me since I can't speak for myself and take me home!" Right!

If you know anything about our military, they are a dedicated, loyal, passionate, honorable group of service people who are out to win and complete their assigned mission in any war. They are not quitters who want nothing more than to surrender (or tell the enemies of the United States of America when we're surrendering!) although our Congress and many Americans have surrendered on them!

Yep, Ms. Pompous thanks for the history lesson on Memorial Day and for speaking for our troops...after all you're well qualified. Why don't  you stop with all your contradictions and in your words: "Let us (this includes you, ya know) re-dedicate ourselves to the principles for which our country stands. Oh yeah, your own principles have changed (click here), but please keep teachin' we lil' ole stupid citizens so we can grow up to be a narcissitic, hypocrite politician like you!

Here's a new campaign motto for you when you run (God forbid!) for re-election: "Do as I say, not as I do!" Great teachers by the way, lead by example, Ms. Shea-Pompous. And yes, I agree: We don't have to look far into our past to find heroic sacrifice -- we read about it in the papers (you mean those liberal, left-wing, only report death tallies not the many good things happening in Iraq?) every day.

Where's your moral courage and your heroic sacrifice? (no, postulating (if that's what you think you're doing) with the big dogs in DC doesn't count.) Since you don't know (having surrounded yourself with only "yes" people doesn't count either; it's not healthy!) try asking those soldiers (or exercise your moral courage and meet with their families) who apparently only speak to you but can't speak for themselves!

Am I the only one about ready to dust off my ole' bumper sticker: "America, Love it or Leave it!"? Eeee gads! Then we'd probably see the "free love and peace" hippie (now there was a smart, moral, clear thinking bunch (well, if you can be moral sleeping with anyone and everyone and think clearly while stoned or on an acid trip!) bumper stickers too!