Endorsement for Pennsylvania's 12th District

I endorse Bill Russell to serve as U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 12th District. Russell is a combat veteran and a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel. Russell is a sharp individual and a staunch conservative. However, it is equally important who he would replace in Congress - Rep. Jack "My Constituents are Racist Rednecks" Murtha (D-PA). A corrupt politician, Murtha has been embarrassing his district and our country for decades. During the 1970's he was caught on tape by the FBI negotiating bribes during the ABSCAM scandal. Since the 70's he has been wasting government money on various pork barrel spending projects in his home district ensuring his reelection. In recent years Murtha, a rare EX-Marine, slandered our troops by declaring they had murdered Iraqi men, women and children in cold blood before the investigation was completed. Add it all up and he must go. If the people of Pennsylvania have any pride whatsoever he will lose big tomorrow.

Most important election

The most important election this cycle (except the presidential race) is the one Bill Russell is running to unseat the disgusting and corrupt representative of Pennsylvania's 12 congressional district. I'm, of course, referring to Rep. John Murtha. Murtha has been embarrassing his constituents for decades in congress, but they kept returning him to Washington because he was very good at bringing wasteful federal spending back to his district. For a long time he went with little or no opposition. However, his disgusting behavior in declaring our Marines guilty of cold blooded murder before any evidence was seen made him seem vulnerable. In 2006 he had a serious challenger. It didn't matter as his constituents chose pork over honor. This year, Murtha is being challenged by Bill Russell, a Desert Storm veteran, former Army lieutenant colonel and Army reservist who survived the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. A couple months ago I assumed Murtha would again survive the challenge and be sent back to waste more money. Then something surprising happened, in a misguided attempt to "help" Sen. Obama in the presidential race, Murtha recently declared folks in his district are mostly racist rednecks. I don't know about any of y'all, but I ain't likely to vote for someone who calls me names and hopefully folks in Pennsylvania's 12 District also have at least that much pride.

Here is Michelle Malkin's take on this race.

A Blogs-eye View of Navy Life

Want a look at life at sea for Sailors in today's Navy? Check out The Destroyermen. Gives a first hand look at life aboard a deployed guided missile destroyer, the USS RUSSELL (DDG 59). Some cool pictures and commentary about shipboard life. Brings back some good memories. The ship's Executive Officer, LCDR Chris van Avery, is also the author of Yankee Sailor.