Words from John Murtha

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

That's very interesting, BR! And why am I not suprised that when suggested that Americans sacrifice a little bit for their boys and girls overseas, the WH refused. But then, they could have asked the American public to do anything after 9/11 and what was their suggestion, "Go shopping." Thanks. Thanks a lot. But I guess it's hard for a bunch of rich men to fathom having to sacrifice anything. Not like most of them ever served or anything.

I don't own a car, so big help I'd be, but I'd have been happy to pay it. (I pay more in my electric bill every month so that an amount of kilowatts equal to what I use in a month has to be purchased from alternative power sources, like wind. I think it comes out to an extra $2-$5 a month)

The line they basically inserted into my op-ed was. "Whether we like it or not, we are a nation at war, and as President Bush has pointed out "War has no certainty, except the certainty of sacrifice".

Put my name on it, but they had to put their sentence in. I still laugh because they never asked for any sacrifice from anyone except the soldiers families.