Bit’s Greatest Hits: Christmas At Arlington

I wanted to pass along a couple of pictures that were passed along to me by readers last year. I never got the chance to use them last season because I didn’t see them until well after new year’s. But

Go tell the Spartans Marines,  Cpl. James M. Mercure, Marine Corps News: 

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

The Few, the Proud, the

Great news!  Books For Soldiers made their $70,000 Fund Raising goal and will NOT have to close!

BFS provides an awesome service to our deployed military members, and I hope we can continue to support this vital ministry for years

Great news!

Since a week ago when I last posted on this topic, Books For Soldiers has been able to raise another $4,000! Thank you for all you’ve done so far, including passing this word along to others!

They still

I note this morning an article in the American Thinker by Thomas Lifson, that points to a subject I’ve been thinking about rather a lot of late… All around Slimeball John Murtha:

Rep. John Murtha’s disgrace in denouncing the Marines

How dare Obama and his minions attack the military record of John McCain. Where and when did Obama serve? What sacrifice has he or his family made on the battlefield? Unlike John Kerry, where are those who served with McCain

I favor a hard time table.  This one is lost.  It is time to set an irreversable deadline to withdraw all taxpayer funding from PBS.  Michelle has news of yet another effort  by PBS to trash America:

Adam Buckman at

Unfreeping believeable.   Barack Obama, through Wesley Clark is attacking Captain John McCain’s, United States Navy (retired) military record, Josh Kraushaar:

Gen. Wesley Clark, acting as a surrogate for Barack Obama’s campaign, invoked John McCain’s military service against him in

Usually, when McQ breaks out the “Project Hero” header, there’s a medal involved. IN this case, not so. Yet, the kind of courage exhibited by Sgt Merlin German, deserves to be honored, nonetheless. McQ tells the tale.

Project Hero,

Give a thought, today, to the people on that beach, 64 years ago.

I wonder how many of us, and how many Europians, will mark this day, and how. 

I’ve never tripped a booby trap,
or stood upon a mine,
but I have seen what happens,
when you’re out there on the line.

Some men die real hard,
others not so bad,
but t really doesn’t matter,
when you’ve

Single issue Ramble tonight. I want to speak briefly about Memorial day which comes up this weekend.

It’s always been a special day for me, because honoring our vets has always held special meaning for me; it’s a lesson my

Swamp Stomper Ring Forward: (Art Smith/Conservative Reader)

Books for Soldiers (booksforsoldiers.com) needs financial help.  This is an organization that provides books and other media (donated or financed by members such as myself) to members of the US Military

A Follow up to  Bit’s comments on Jay Rockefeller‘s, slander of the American Fighting Man,  such lies should never go unanswered.  In that spirit, the Charleston Daily Mail, runs a column by Bud Day, Knox Nunnally,

From the Salem Statesman Journal:

Jacob DeShazer of Salem took part in World War II’s legendary Doolittle Raid, endured more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war and later teamed up with his wife, Florence, to serve