Always Jason

The media harps on the stories about a few abused Iraqis. They demand apologies from President Bush and his staff. When they get those apologies, they demand for the resignation of senior staff members.

They do not demand apoligies for Americans brutally murdered by terrorists. They also ignore the heroes of the war, like Capt. Brian Chontosh, USMC.

Last week, Capt. Chontosh received the Navy Cross – the second highest award for extraordinary herosim behind the medal of honor – for actions in combat from March of last year.

Capt. Chontosh was leading his platoon on Highway 1 in Iraq when they drove into an ambush. Capt. Chontosh ordered the driver of the Humvee he was in to drive toward a entrenched enemy machine gun. Capt Chontosh ordered his machine gunner to return fire. When the enemy machine gun was disabled, Capt. Chontosh ordered his driver to drive into the trench the rest of the ambushers were fighting from. The driver did and Capt. Chontosh got out of the Humvee with his M16 and his 9mm pistol.

Capt. Chontosh then began to clear the trench. He fired until his M16 ran out of ammunition. Then he used his 9mm pistol until it ran out of ammunition. He then picked up an AK-47 from a dead Iraqi. When that ran out of ammunition, he picked up another Ak-47 from another dead attacker. One of his troops found a discarded rockect propelled grenade which Capt. Chontosh used to kill more enemy fighters.

In the end, Capt. Chonotosh killed 20 attackers and wounded many more and cleared 200 meters of the enemy trench.

Marine Corps and American heroism at its finest. Why can’t we hear more about that?

This is another reason why I’ll vote for President Bush in November.

Read what he did when someone told him, ‘This girl lost her mom in the World Trade Center on 9-11’

The media loves to trumpet when 9-11 family survivors criticize the President. They are noticably silent when victims’ families support the President. At the same time, it is good to know President Bush’s actions are from the heart and not merely a chance for a photo-op.

My interview with New York Times Best Selling author Tracy Hickman is posted at ENWorld.org.

Yesterday Honeybun and I bought a new computer. Woohoo! 3.2 GHz of raw computing power. The 19″ LCD flat screen is pretty cool too. It makes me want to open her up on the superhighway and see what she can do.

Or maybe I’ll just play solitaire on it.

John O’Neill took over command of a navy swift boat from John Kerry. He wrote an article that says Kerry is unfit to serve as President. O’Neill was still in Vietnam while Kerry was claiming that U.S. troops were committing war crimes everyday (presumably including O’Neill).

Kerry says that Vietnam vets are behind him. This article seems to dispute that claim.

Take this diagnostic test to find out what human viruses you are carrying.

Today is April 30 and it is snowing in Denver.

Conclusive evidence that the world is getting warmer.

Dennis Prager does a better job of explaining it than I can.

This is one story that gets to me in the most profound way. Former NFL player Pat Tillman died in combat yesterday while serving as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan.

In 2002, He walked away from a $3.6 million offer from the Cardinals to join the Army and turned down an even bigger offer before that from the Rams. By becoming an Army Ranger, he intended to go to where the most dangerous assignments would be.

This man had what popular culture holds dear – money and fame. His life shows what how trivial those things are in the end. He lived and died for duty, loyalty and protecting this country.

God bless Pat Tillman.

This is the kind of story that makes me proud to have been in the finest fighting force in the world. Sergeant Sagredo is “hard corps.”

God bless the Marine Corps.

Why are these heroics not reported in U.S. media?