The Dead Of Fallujah

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[William McKinley]

The Dead Of Fallujah

Three of the four victims of the atrocity in Fallujah have been identified:

Scott Helvenston, 38, was a former member of the US Navy SEALs who joined at the age of 17 and served until 1994. He then became a fitness instructor and actor, appearing in such films as GI Jane and Face/Off. He was the father of two sons, one 15, the other 13. His brother had this to say about Helvenston:

He's a hero. He died supplying food to people who needed it.

Democratic blogger "Kos" had this to say about Helvenston:

I feel nothing over the death of merceneries.

Jerry Zovko, 32, was a veteran of the US Army and a mechanic. He joined the army in 1991 at the age of 19 and served with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. His mother, Donna Zovko, had this to say about him:

Jerry was a man with a principle, an idea. He loved people. He wanted the world to be without borders, for everybody to be free and safe.

Democratic blogger "Kos" had this to say about Zovko and his associates:

They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit.

Mike Teague, 38, was a member of the US Army, earning a Bronze Star in Afghanistan. He also served in Panama and Grenada. His wife, Rhonda Teague, had this to say about him:

Mike was a proud father, soldier, and American. I, his son Brandon, and his friends and family will miss him without measure.

Democratic blogger "Kos" had this message for the families of the slain:

Screw them.

The three individuals pictured here, and the one unnamed victim, killed in Fallujah, killed by a mass of people they were trying to help, were examples of the best of this country. They wore many hats: soldier, patriot, father, husband, brother, son. They were mechanics and sports fans, actors and athletes, soldiers and sailors. They gave their lives in the highest pursuit known to man - selflessly going into the face of grave danger to help their common man.

And "Kos" feels the need to spit on their graves.

So much for that much vaunted liberal "compassion."

Spoons suggests dropping The Daily Kos from blogrolls in protest. I agree entirely...

Michael Friedman has a list of Kos advertisers running political campaigns. Writing letters of disgust to them would be entirely appropriate - campaigning against them would be even better. (UPDATE: Both Joe Donnelly and Martin Frost have pulled their ads from The Daily Kos.)

Memorials to the victims of this atrocity can be sent here:

Memorial Fund
PO Box 159
Moyock, NC 27958

[Chinese_American_Patriot]

OMG, those "kos" make me sick. It just proves just how much liberals are lying traitors!! I think we should throw those morons in Al-Fallujah and let those savages do their evil on them!! Maybe then, those kos will know what its like to suffer such horrific deaths, but since libs are warped, brainwashed idiots, maybe not.

[pop-aye]

rude? incompetent?

How would you stand out?

[pop-aye]

I should have made that post a bit longer....

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To: William McKinley
I'm thinking of volunteering for the Democrats this year. If I put some real effort into being rude and incompitent, I could probably implode their campaign.

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rude? incompetent? How would you stand out?

[Lurker]

Monsters. They're freaking monsters.

We have their faces. Now we need to get their asses.

On our terms....

L

[vavavah]

I havent seen mentioned what the pay scale was for these private contractors.Was it the equivilant of the E3,4,5 and 6"s they worked with side bye side?

[skeeter]

It burns me up to know guys like this are dying abroad while pigs like Kos sit comfortably behind a computer spewing their filth.

[PsyOp]

A few thoughts in their honor. They were, after all, soldiers--first, last, and always:

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
- Katherine Lee Bates, America The Beautiful.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. - I Corinthians 16:13.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. - Judges 6:12.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. - Winston Churchill.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth. - Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War.

[arasina]

I sincerely regret the loss of these four fine civilian workers and share in your prayers for their loved ones and families. We can't forget the five soldiers (or were they Marines?) who lost their lives the same day. I pray that God shields from harm all of our military, the coalition members, and the civilians who are working to make Iraq a free nation.

[Eva]

Here is part of the Best of the Web article on the daily Kos:

It's worth noting that the Daily Kos is popular among Democratic leaders. Zuniga is a principal in the Armstrong Zuniga political consulting firm, which touts the Daily Kos as "the most popular political weblog with over 3 million monthly visits." Friedman has a list of congressional candidates who advertise on the site, and in a February posting Zuniga reported that Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, "asked if I would post" a "Message to Blog Community."

[Eva]

The WSJ had an article on the private sector contracted jobs available in Iraq and they said that the pay was quite good. Haliburton was holding interviews in Houston.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

If I ever met Kos, and Kos identified himself/herself I'd smash his/her freaking skull in with a crow bar...

[Humidston]

....And I'd be pleased and proud to introduce you to him/her if I could!

You could sell tickets to such an event and make a fortune!

[Kaslin]

This really hit our community quite bad. Mike Teague lived only a little over 3 miles from me. I did not know him or his family, but my son said this morning he looked familiar to him

Local man among four slain in Iraq

[Eva]

I see that you are from Pennsylvania, Hoeffel, a PA legislator is one of the clients of the guy who writes the Daily Kos. Check out the link in my post to you.

[daybreakcoming]

What does it matter what their pay scale was? They were Americans.

[Wayne07]

Scott Helvenston was one of the guys onthe Mark Burnett reality show "Combat Missions" on USA a couple years ago. It featured competitions between various special forces teams. My condolences to all the families. combat missions

[vavavah]

Missed point

[vavavah]

Couple of X Jars and myself were considering this as a 1 year load up on cash type thing about 8 mnths back...we tossed over this past weeks incidents as a definete maybe (less the barbarianism)and decided ....Negatory....some times $$ don't mater...We got our retirement,will make do on that....

[Humidston]

Hey you knuckle-dragger.... Here's what's at your link:

"DailyKos is undergoing some maintenance right now.
It'll be back up just as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience."

Next time you want to raise hell, do it somewhere else, ok?