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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 10:46 PM
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Need a short and to the point reply
to this email. This was sent by a friend of mine who I actually really love, despite our agreement to disagree.

She just sent me this:



(Too bad we don't have folks on Capitol Hill willing to speak out like this. J.D. Pendry is a retired Marine Sergeant Major who writes for Random House. He is eloquent, and as taught by the Marines, he seldom beats around the bush!)

'The Axis of Idiots'

Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the runner-in-chief.

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the USS Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately, they grew bolder, until 9/11/2001.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam . Your military service, like your life, is more fiction than fact. You have accused our military of terrorizing women and children in Iraq . You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, the same words you used to describe Vietnam . You are a fake. You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did to the Vietnamese.. Iraq , like Vietnam , is another war that you were for, before you were against it.

John Murtha, you said our military is broken. You said we can't win militarily in Iraq . You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof and said we should redeploy to Okinawa -- Okinawa , John? And the Democrats call you their military expert! Are you sure you didn't suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You're a sad, pitiful, corrupt and washed up politician. You're not a Marine, sir. You're a phony and a disgrace. Run away, John.


Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot, who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? Lord help us! See Dick run.

Ted Kennedy, for days on end you held poster-sized pictures from Abu Ghraib in front of any available television camera. Al Jazeera quoted you saying that Iraqi's torture chambers were open under new management. Did you see the news, Teddy? The Islamic Nazis demonstrated another beheading for you. If you truly supported our troops, you would show the world poster-sized pictures of that atrocity and demand the annihilation of it. Your legislation stripping support from the South Vietnamese led to a communist victory there. You're a bloated, drunken fool bent on repeating the same historical blunder that turned freedom-seeking people over to homicidal, genocidal maniacs. To paraphrase John Murtha, all while sitting on your wide, gin-soaked rear-end inWashington .

Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Pat Leahy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, the Hollywood Leftist morons, et al, ad nauseam: Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied, that the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers, that we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers - the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we will run away again, and all they have to do is hang on a little longer. It is inevitable that we, the infidels, will have to defeat the Islamic jihadists. Better to do it now on their turf, than later on ours after they have gained both strength and momentum.

American news media, the New York Times particularly. Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one united with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can't strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.

You are America 's 'AXIS OF IDIOTS.' Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don't ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam . If you want our Soldiers home as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies.

Yes, I'm questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I'm also questioning why you're stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don't deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war, this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it..

Our country has two enemies those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within.

Semper Fi, J. D. Pendry - Sergeant Major, USMC, Retired

(This is a savvy man. He has nailed it down pretty good. Too bad it won't do any good. There won't be 1 in 10 that receive it that will forward it. It sure loses steam that way.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:01 PM
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1. Something like this..
"Stop sending me this shit. You and I know it is all false. Thank you."

Just saying.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:19 PM
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8. that is indeed what I want to say
but I cannot because of the dynamics of the relationship.

Or maybe I could, and friendship be damned!

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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:03 PM
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2. You can't fix stupid . . .
and the ridiculous e-mail you sent me just proves it.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:20 PM
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10. I will seriously consider that response
thank you
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:06 PM
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3. Commandment Number Nine: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness.
Spreading lies is an act that Jesus disapproves of.

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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:08 PM
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4. And seriously, what the fuck is an "Islamic Nazi movement"?
Hitler would have rounded up the Muslims, too, if they'd been in Germany then.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:22 PM
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11. good one
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:12 PM
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5. See my sig line ..
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:13 PM
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6. I'm sure this is on snopes. Look for it...
then send her the link.
That'll shut her up right quick.
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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:16 PM
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7. ignore it.
You're not going to convince this person. Keep the politics out of the friendship. I have a number of family members and friends that send me this stuff, and year after year, I go to their homes, they come here, we hug, exchange gifts, chow down, make plans, talk about our kids, our hobbies, our hopes, all of that. And you know what? I haven't changed their minds, they haven't changed mine. Sure, the last five years have taken the shine off the right wing chrome, but not because of me. I think a quietly liberal friend is every bit as much a testament as a noisy one. Just be prepared to respectfully answer how you think and feel about the great issues of the day when asked, that's when your input is welcomed and might make some difference.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:20 PM
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9. "delete"
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:23 PM
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12. oh that I could
ignore this shit.

I guess I should accept the fact that I am not going to change this person.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:59 PM
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18. here is a long rebuttal
Edited on Sun Jul-26-09 12:03 AM by Kali
http://democratforchrist2020.xanga.com/682656577/sgt-major-jd-pendry-usmc---retired--ill-informed/

but I tend to only do replies to that kind of garbage when there is a good long "to" list that I can "reply all" to.:evilgrin:


edit to add - I didn't read it all, the guy might be an idiot too - check thoroughly before using! I see it is from some kind of christian....
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:25 PM
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13. I have several old friends who are republicans
Edited on Sat Jul-25-09 11:25 PM by AllenVanAllen
so I know where you're coming from. I don't talk about politics with any of them but one.
I would just politely ask to not be included is such mailings. If they are good enough friend they should understand. :hi:

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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:27 PM
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14. Not short, but a point by point rebuttal
On a site I don't hang out, but one that came up with a Google search:
http://democratforchrist2020.xanga.com/682656577/sgt-major-jd-pendry-usmc---retired--ill-informed/

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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:35 PM
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16. thank you very much
that was the response I sent
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:31 PM
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15. He's not savvy - he's biased, and sly,
Edited on Sat Jul-25-09 11:34 PM by Tangerine LaBamba
but he's sloppy. Only Democrats earn his wrath.

Anyway, he's already been taken apart, and very nicely, here - http://democratforchrist2020.xanga.com/682656577/sgt-major-jd-pendry-usmc---retired--ill-informed/

It's a thing of beauty - enjoy!

On edit: I just checked out his "Random House" credential - here it is - http://tinyurl.com/lhvzxe - and here's a summation - it has, you will notice, nothing to do with world events, so his "expertise" is a bit of a stretch, wouldn't you agree?

Product Description
(Presidio Books) A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader, for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in 'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member of the NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership styles for 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers. Softcover. DLC: United States Army--Non commissioned officers' handbooks.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-25-09 11:36 PM
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17. I sent that response, with a note saying it was not mine
thank you!
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