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Which is why post #42 is also in response to your post.

Don't worry; he isn't sending you. He would only be sending those who volunteered to serve and risk their lives.

First, it is very important that you stop calling that article you linked to journalism. I happen to be a journalist and take the term seriously. There is no balance to that that article. McCain is not given a chance to respond to the 10 pages of attacks. There are several accusations in there unattributed to anyone. The author is well know for his unbalanced attacks on the right. He is a blogger on the Huffington Post! Yes, yes, yes, I am always willing to look at anything critically and from all angles. But this is just propaganda produced for anti-McCain people to quote.

When you watch the news today, try to figure out if we are in a battle. I think we are.

Or not committing to public financing after you said you would? Yes.

So you're saying our troops are joining and staying in the military because they are retarded? That's more than a bit off. Make no mistake about it, the military we have right now is the most educated and techincally skilled military this planet has ever seen. We have never before had so many college graduates in uniform. Our DoD school as among the best in just about every techinical field out there. By lowering the standards, I presume you mean that they the Army now takes more high school drop out and GED recipients. This definitely true. But did you know that these drop outs are then sent to a military run prep school that teaches them every academically they would learn in regular high school? They are required to pass state exams before they are allowed to become part of the armed forces.

First of all, as your post admits, there in actual evidence that John McCain told anyone who his father was. His father had the same last name, and the Vietcong were well aware of who was in charge of the American troops in that region. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Second, I have been through SERE training, which is an intense military course that teaches how to survive in captivity without endangering your troops. It is true John McCain likely broke at points during his years as a POW. But the truth is no POW held that long denies breaking from time to time. Lying to your captives is a dangerous tactic but one that most every POW must do from time to time. I am not going to debate this further. If you're saying Sen. McCain is not honorable, we simply will not be able to agree.

So do you suggest we pull out of Iraq and then in some other way fight terrorists wanting nothing more than to kill Americans or die trying? How do you suggest we do that? I am in favor of fighting them over there, as there should be no doubt we have to fight them somewhere. I am sorry that you are so misinformed. Our brave troops do, in fact, have minds of their own. They do, in fact, have plenty of access to the Internet and all the network news. They see the same reports you see; however, they see what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan unfiltered. Yes, we all have our own biases, and it is easier to keep soldiering on if you believe in what you're doing, but today's troops are smart, perceptive men and women. They know what's right and what's wrong. If the fight over there wasn't worthwhile, we would see a mass exodus from the military. The recruiting and retention issues went away after those who were only serving to get college money and such left.

Here is why one of the best political columnists in the country is voting for Sen. McCain: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/...m_voting_f.html "..The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how dangerous the world out there is. We have a generations-long struggle with Islamic jihadism. An apocalyptic, soon-to-be-nuclear Iran. A nuclear-armed Pakistan in danger of fragmentation. A rising Russia pushing the limits of revanchism. Plus the sure-to-come Falklands-like surprise popping out of nowhere. Who do you want answering that phone at 3 a.m.? A man who’s been cramming on these issues for the last year, who’s never had to make an executive decision affecting so much as a city, let alone the world? A foreign-policy novice instinctively inclined to the flabbiest, most vaporous multilateralism (e.g., the Berlin Wall came down because of “a world that stands as one”), and who refers to the most deliberate act of war since Pearl Harbor as “the tragedy of 9/11,” a term more appropriate for a bus accident? Or do you want a man who is the most prepared, most knowledgeable, most serious foreign-policy thinker in the United States Senate? A man who not only has the best instincts, but has the honor and the courage to, yes, put country first, as when he carried the lonely fight for the surge that turned Iraq from catastrophic defeat into achievable strategic victory? There’s just no comparison. Obama’s own running mate warned this week that Obama’s youth and inexperience will invite a crisis — indeed a crisis “generated” precisely to test him. Can you be serious about national security and vote on November 4 to invite that test?..."

I agree enough have sacrificed and I don't want anymore to die or be wounded either. I want my buddies home. Their families want them home. But they have a job to get done, a job they volunteered for. There is not one person in today's military who didn't enlist, reenlist or otherwise commit to serving in uniform at least once since the war in Iraq began. Many have done so more than once since then. They are ALL volunteers. In large part, those who have served over there and have had the first-hand look as what we're fighting, believe in the mission and want to fight until the battle is done. That is supported by several polls of veterans of combat in Iraq, who I work with every day.

No, by my logic, those who died in Vietnam were dishonored by the United States when we submitted. Pulling out of Iraq before the job is done would be submission and would dishonor your friend who tragically lost his leg. Of course, I am saying the country would be treating them in a disrespectful manner not that the veterans themselves are dishonorable.

He has been sharing it. Maybe you recall we weren't doing so well over there not that long ago, and then McCain spearheaded the push for a surge, which included the senator's son. That surge now has us in position to finish the job in Iraq much sooner and more thoroughly than most Democrats would have said a year ago. And it is each person's inherent right to have his or her own views. I respect everyone for having their own opinion. Mine happens to be that we need to honor those who were killed or wounded in action by finishing the job they were taking part in.

The offer for early release came because he was the son of an admiral and out of order. http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/mcc...o-chapter3.html

You might want to bench him because he might be benched.

An Obma Panic???

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132008/posto...nic__133374.htm

Semper Fi. http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/militar...memorial/21893/ http://www.jdnews.com/news/beirut_60259___...ny_bombing.html

Dear fellow Bills fans and politicking enthusiasts, As of this morning, at least 24 of my friends have lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A countless number of others who mean a great deal to me suffer or will suffer because of the affects of combat. Senator John McCain has promised that as president he will assure my friends' ultimate sacrifices were meaningful and not in vain. Sen. McCain has promised to bring home my friends who are still fighting with honor when the job is done and this battle is won. This post and thread is not about Sen. McCain's opponent. I started that one out last week. Rather, this, as promised, is simply why I feel we need to elect Sen. McCain to be our next president. I certainly will not attempt to speak for others, but I know I am not alone when I worry that the price we have paid to fight terrorism and tyranny will go to waste. I cannot tolerate the thought that if the wrong candidate wins Nov. 4, so many Americans may have died for naught, because if we pullout of Iraq too soon, that will allow the terrorists to move back in, erasing all that was accomplished through the tough fighting of the past seven years. I believe Sen. McCain will ensure that doesn't happen, and that is a major reason he will get my vote. Sen. McCain caused me to believe he is the man to ensure victory in Iraq when in October 2007 he said this to White House Correspondent Byron York (note this is strong criticism of the way President Bush's Pentagon mismanaged parts of the war): "The thing that makes you almost cry is that one of the battles that will rank among the most courageous the Marines have ever fought is the battle of Fallujah. They lost 86 guys and several hundred wounded in the most bitter kind of house-to-house fighting. And you know what happened then? They left. They left. After sacrificing 86 of those brave young 19- and 20-year-olds, they left. I mean, it's unconscionable." Sen. McCain won't leave until the job is done, the war is won and Iraq it ready to maintain their freedom. I cannot tell you how much that means to me. He is the most qualified man to be commander-in-chief in part because he is the only one of the people on either ticket who served in our military. And now his children are in uniform; although, his sons have never become talking points for his campaign. Sen. McCain's 20-year-old son has been an active-duty Marine for two years and fought in Iraq as part of the forces influx Sen. McCain pushed for. His 22-year-old son is attending the U.S. Naval Academy, to become a commissioned officer. Serving their country has long been a McCain family tradition. But it is remarkable that the senator's sons joined, seeing that their father's book, Faith of My Fathers, is hardly a recruiting tool. The book relates the experience of "small pieces of hot shrapnel" tearing "into my legs and chest" and tells how, in solitary confinement, "the first few weeks are the hardest," as "the onset of despair is immediate." But Sen. McCain wasn't surprised his sons chose to serve. When his youngest son enlisted in the Corps in 2006, Sen. McCain told Time magazine, "I don't think there's anything unusual about Jimmy. There are, thank God, lots of young men and women like him." That family tradition has cost a great deal of sacrifice and forced the most difficult of decisions. Decisions that define heroes. As a prisoner of war, Sen. McCain declined an offer of early release by his Vietnamese captors, extending his stay at the Hanoi Hilton by almost four years and nine months. During that time, his father, Admiral John S. McCain Jr., continued to approve air strikes against Hanoi, despite knowing his son was there. Now comes Jimmy and Jack McCain, putting themselves in the line of fire even as their father called for more troops to be sent to Iraq in the famously successful "surge." If you would like to look through a window to Sen. McCain's past, a time when he was sacrificing his own body to the near extreme, check out this link: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/10/to-honor.html. Forgive me for focusing so much on the wars. I am sure there are some reading this who do not think that is as important as the economy. But this e-mail is about why I am voting for Sen. McCain. I fought in Afghanistan and in Iraq. This means a lot to me, and I believe it means a lot to America's security and future. Of course, my vote alone won't be enough, so I will now very briefly explain why I think Sen. McCain is the best man to help our economy, as president. Sen. McCain's tax plan will keep small businesses in business, and he will keep American businesses in America. By lowering corporate taxes and capital gain taxes, the United States will stop punishing companies for doing well. On top of everything else, we are about to face a serious national job shortage, and the only way to take that on is by making America attractive once again to big and small companies. Make no mistake about it, I am a capitalist who believes in the principle that says he or she who works the hardest and is smartest should be rewarded the most. But my biggest problem with what capitalism has done is the decimation of small businesses. I think mom and pop companies are the bedrock of our communities, products of our regional cultures. Without small businesses to reflect who we are and where we live, we will struggle to maintain our towns' identities and values. Sen. McCain's tax and health care plans aim to help small companies thrive once again while also taking care of their employees. Phasing out the Alternative Minimum Tax and NOT increasing the marginal income tax rate will positively affect every small business and entrepreneur. Our country, really the world, has entered the toughest period in many of our lifetimes. That's the situation no matter who becomes president, and there is no easy way out. It only takes common sense to know that if you have to go through hard times, it is best to be led by a fighter, a survivor, a proven leader, a hero. Senator John McCain is all of those. He has put his country before his own well-being many times. He has made the tough decisions. He knows what it is like to have kill to keep America safe. He knows what it is like to have to put his own life in peril to keep America safe. He is the best man to lead us through and out of these difficult days that lie ahead. Senator McCain is a hero to me, and I need him to be the next president of the United States. Thanks for reading, scribo

I say chose your fights wisely. Albany is too much a Jests town to get the local station to change its mind on this. If we light up the switch boards every time the Bills are left off, then our calls won't mean as much later when it matters.

Few penalties has long been a hallmark of Jauron-coached teams.

Wall Street is acting now on the news that is seems Obama will win. You won't find a down-the-middle broker who would say otherwise.

Almost as nice as it is to look at your avatar.

I agree with 100 percent of that post. I hope McGee's return helps alleviate the loss of Youboty for now.

The Miami Herald spouts... Fields sees the writing on the wall and wants to put up a piece that will make him look smart Sunday afternoon. He sees the stinkin' fish cannot cover the most basic kick returners, so he know they are very likely to get burned by a few of the best this weekend. But he cannot go swiping at the home team without throwing the fans a bone, so he takes what could be perceived as a shot at the Bills while actually saying how balanced the Bills are. Of course, Fields' mistake here is that he somehow failed to realize the Bills have a very efficient offense now and can go on long drives just as well as they can finish short ones set up by our outstanding special teams. In the end, this article is poking at the stinkin' fish not the Bills.