His military record is history, what is important now is what he has done recently. He has opened his mouth on the record on numerous occasions and exposed a character that is very disturbing to many of us.

The most troublesome thing for me is his pre-investigation/pre-trial conviction of the Marines accused in the incident at Haditha. Whether any of our Marines were guilty of crimes or not, Murtha's words will be broadcast repeatedly to Muslims all over the Middle East. They will use his words to incite young Islamics to join the Jihad against America. Now, to top it all off:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/9/220042.shtml?s=&promo_code=3863-1

and a longer article here:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/4/24/164012.shtml

From which this is excerpted:

"Much of that evidence remains classified, but it includes videos of the entire day's action, including airstrikes against insurgent safe houses. Also included was all of the radio traffic describing the ongoing action between the men on the ground and battalion headquarters, and proof that the Marines were aware that the insurgents conducting the ambush of the Kilo Company troops were videotaping the action - the same video that after editing ended up in the hands of a gullible anti-war correspondent for Time magazine." [emphasis added]

That isn't all, though. He has taken money from the U.S. treasury and given it to his constituents via earmarks. That many others in Congress have done the same thing does not excuse him for doing it. His own constituents should recognize that he is being dishonest and buying their votes. I would be very offended if one of my legislators thought they could buy me.

He has publicly threatened, loudly and aggressively, his peers who had the nerve to question earmarks he was defending.

My view on that is best expressed by this article on Davey Crockett:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/ellis1.html

There is nothing to prevent me, nor any of you, from donating to candidates running for Congressional seats in states other than our own. I won't do that as a matter of course, but there are certain ones I think need to be replaced because they are traitors to the Constitution. I will help support replacements for them.

The one thing our Representatives and Senators have proven beyond any doubt is that the government is totally incompetent at running any kind of business. For examples, just look at Social Security (Insurance), IRS, any part of the Department of Education, FDA... but this list could go on forever.

I want to get this posted today, so I'll stop for now and come up with a new rant later.

Rickey Braddam