The newly opened campaign office for gubernatorial candidate Steve Kelley in downtown Duluth displays the number of U.S. military members killed and wounded in Iraq.
Posted on 12/09/2005 6:04:22 AM PST by wallcrawlr
DULUTH - A large sign went up Monday in the storefront next to the U.S. Army recruiting station in downtown Duluth.
What it says and how its message was received by the "Be-All-You-Can-Be" folks next door may well make it a sign of the times.
"Iraq," it says. "Remember the Fallen Heroes." Below, in black numbers changed daily, is a tally of the dead and wounded U.S. soldiers and the number of days the conflict has gone on.
It took only one day for Staff Sgt. Gary Capan from the recruiting office to walk over and politely ask Scott Cameron to take the sign down.
Cameron is a volunteer on the Steve-Kelley-for-governor campaign, which opened its northern Minnesota office next to the recruiting station last week.
Although the sign was Cameron's idea, Kelley, a DFL state senator from Hopkins, approved of displaying it in the window.
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Cameron decided to keep the tally going in the window. In explaining why, he talked about Vietnam, which he said was another mistake. There a bullet tore through his spine and shredded his left lung. Forty-six surgeries later, he spends much of his time advocating for better benefits for veterans.
Way too many Americans are insulated from the horror of war, and even the numbers, he said, adding that his sign will help them remember.
He said he was carrying a plate of cookies when he walked into the recruiting office Wednesday to give Capan his decision.
"He was cordial but said that 'until you take your sign down, I can't accept them,' " Cameron said. "I'm not going to do that."
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http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13356992.htm
One of the most classless things I've heard of in a long time!!
I don't have a single arguement anymore that can't be shot to pieces by the Left.
Why do I bother staying here in Ramadi defending these people, they don't want me to...
I stopped in at this recruiter's office last fall when a bunch of leftist were outside protesting. The left in Duluth is very active and this place gets constant protests. Steve Kelly is also my Representative and he is a genuine weasel. It is no suprise that his office would back this effort.
He'll get a call today. Maybe some of you would like to tell him what you think of sedition...
District 44
Senator Steve Kelley
651.297.8065
sen.steve.kelley@senate.mn
BTTT!
BTTT!
Thanks for including that.
BTTT!
The Recruiting office needs to put up it's own sign with a running tally of how many people in the same age group are dying here at home from auto accidents,drive by shootings etc.
These days, the front line in the war on terror, may well be safer for the young, than the streets of America.
you aint defending those jackasses...youre protecting this world for my 5 year old and 9 month old.
thank you
Not a problem. I know that every FReeper would love to discuss certain issues with this preening jackass, so I thought I'd help the American electorate connect with one of their public servants...
"There a bullet tore through his spine and shredded his left lung. .... He said he was carrying a plate of cookies when he walked into the recruiting office ..."
Walking around after a bullet "tore through his spine"? I would like to get the name of his surgeon.
Duluthistan voted 67% for Kerry. They have no class, and no inkling of the meaning of the word.
Ditto the Red Star and Sickle. Their lefty bias oozes from this article. Traitors all!
What does your local rag have to say about this? Perhaps a nice Letter to the Editor is in order...
I think 2,000 dead in Iraq is miraculous.
How could we defeat a country with all those troops, tanks and arms and only lose 2,000 people.
The terrorists know they cannot defeat us so they use the pschyological tool of killing a couple of people a day to try to have the anti war people defeat us for them.
If you think the fact that only two or three US soldiers are killed per day is an accident you are a fool. This is a plan, and with Dimocrats , its working.
You have FReepmail...
And reply...
How could we defeat a country with all those troops, tanks and arms and only lose 2,000 people.
I agree. I wonder if anyone has done a per capita comparison to the number of troops dead in Iraq and the number that typically die in peacetime, at home or in bases around the world.
I'm confused by your reply. Care to elaborate?
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