Congress' Pork Spending Spelled Out so Easy a Democrat Could Understand It!

Swiped from Spree (with permission) at Wake Up America! who Cross Posted from an email she received and thanks to Norm for the email reminder about the Club for Growth email.

The Club for Growth keeps track of the Pork and our Congressional numbers on who votes for pork and who votes against it.

The numbers speak for themselves.

As an Arizona citizen, I will highlight our "larders", er, um, "leaders".

Club for Growth Releases 2007 RePORK Card

Washington - Even though the Democratic majority vowed to return Congress to a path of fiscal responsibility, the 2008 appropriations bills were stuffed with wasteful pork projects. While Representatives John Campbell, Jeff Flake, Jeb Hensarling, Scott Garrett, and David Obey (1 amendment) offered 50 amendments to strip outrageous pork projects from the appropriations bills, only one amendment, offered by Rep. Jeff Flake, passed.

The Club for Growth has compiled a RePORK Card of all members' votes on all 50 anti-pork amendments (see below). "Taxpayers have a right to know which congressmen stand up for them and which stand up for the special interests," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "Unfortunately, the Club for Growth RePORK Card shows that most congressmen care more about lining their buddies' pockets than they care about protecting American taxpayers."

Some interesting numbers to consider:

• Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork amendments. They are all Republicans.
• The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.
• The average score for appropriators was 4%. The average score for non-appropriators was 25%.
• Kudos to Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who scored an admirable 98%-the only Democrat to score above 20%.
• Rep. David Obey (D-WI) did not vote for his own amendment to strike all earmarks in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. Rep. Obey scored an embarrassing 0% overall.
• 105 congressmen scored an embarrassing 0%, voting against every single amendment. The Pork Hall of Shame includes 81 Democrats and 24 Republicans.
• The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.

Some of the targeted pork projects this year include:

• $2 million for a "Paint Shield for Protecting People from Microbial Threats," requested by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH-11). Rep. John Campbell challenged Murtha to demonstrate that the $2 million earmark would be effective and that it had been put up for a competitive bid. Murtha could not. Amendment failed, 91-317.
• $1 million to the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, requested by Rep. John Murtha (D-PA). No congressional member could confirm the existence of the alleged Center. Amendment failed, 98-326.
• $2 million to establish the "Rangel Center for Public Service" at City College of New York, requested by none other than Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY). Amendment failed, 108-316.
• $34 million for the Alaska Native Education Equity program, requested by Rep. Don Young (R-AK). When Scott Garrett challenged Young's earmark, Rep. Young declared, "You want my money, my money!" Amendment failed, 74-352.
• $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in California, requested by Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA). Amendment failed, 69-352.
• $100,000 for renovation of the Fire Fighters Hall in Columbus, Ohio, requested by Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH). Amendment failed, 66-364.
• $100,000 for the renovation of St. Joseph College's theatre in Indiana, requested by Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN). Amendment failed, 97-328.

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These scores reflect the percentage of YES votes on 50 anti-pork amendments, which are itemized at the bottom of the page. Four House members were not included on this scorecard:

1. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA-01) - recovering from surgery and thus did not vote
2. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-08) - the Speaker of the House typically does not vote
3. Charles Norwood (R-GA-10) - passed away on Feb. 13, 2007
4. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA-37) - passed away on Apr. 22, 2007

Full Name	Score	Ratio
Flake (R-AZ-6)	100%	50 / 50
Campbell (R-CA-48)	100%	50 / 50
Hensarling (R-TX-5)	100%	50 / 50
Broun (R-GA-10)	100%	12 / 12
Deal (R-GA-9)	100%	50 / 50
Franks, T. (R-AZ-2)	100%	50 / 50
Garrett (R-NJ-5)	100%	48 / 48
Heller (R-NV-2)	100%	50 / 50
Kline, J. (R-MN-2)	100%	50 / 50
Lamborn (R-CO-5)	100%	49 / 49
Pence (R-IN-6)	100%	44 / 44
Ryan, P. (R-WI-1)	100%	50 / 50
Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5)	100%	50 / 50
Shadegg (R-AZ-3)	100%	50 / 50
Thornberry (R-TX-13)	100%	50 / 50
Westmoreland (R-GA-3)	100%	50 / 50
Cooper (D-TN-5)	98%	49 / 50
Feeney (R-FL-24)	98%	48 / 49
Jindal (R-LA-1)	98%	42 / 43
Jordan (R-OH-4)	98%	47 / 48
Miller, J. (R-FL-1)	98%	49 / 50
Price, T. (R-GA-6)	98%	49 / 50
Bachmann (R-MN-6)	96%	48 / 50
Cannon (R-UT-3)	96%	48 / 50
Chabot (R-OH-1)	96%	48 / 50
Linder (R-GA-7)	96%	48 / 50
Myrick (R-NC-9)	96%	43 / 45
Akin (R-MO-2)	94%	47 / 50
Blackburn (R-TN-7)	94%	46 / 49
Musgrave (R-CO-4)	94%	45 / 48
Petri (R-WI-6)	94%	47 / 50
Sali (R-ID-1)	94%	47 / 50
Sessions, P. (R-TX-32)	94%	31 / 33
Sullivan (R-OK-1)	94%	44 / 47
Conaway (R-TX-11)	92%	46 / 50
Pitts (R-PA-16)	92%	46 / 50
Royce (R-CA-40)	92%	46 / 50
Terry (R-NE-2)	92%	46 / 50
Davis, David (R-TN-1)	91%	43 / 47
King, S. (R-IA-5)	91%	43 / 47
Barrett (R-SC-3)	90%	45 / 50
Inglis (R-SC-4)	90%	45 / 50
Mack (R-FL-14)	90%	45 / 50
Duncan (R-TN-2)	88%	44 / 50
Coble (R-NC-6)	87%	39 / 45
Issa (R-CA-49)	86%	43 / 50
Neugebauer (R-TX-19)	86%	43 / 50
Rohrabacher (R-CA-46)	86%	43 / 50
Walberg (R-MI-7)	86%	43 / 50
Wilson, J. (R-SC-2)	86%	43 / 50
Ramstad (R-MN-3)	84%	42 / 50
Smith, Adrian (R-NE-3)	84%	42 / 50
Stearns (R-FL-6)	84%	42 / 50
Tancredo (R-CO-6)	84%	21 / 25
Cantor (R-VA-7)	82%	40 / 49
Pearce (R-NM-2)	82%	41 / 50
Poe (R-TX-2)	82%	41 / 50
Fossella (R-NY-13)	81%	39 / 48
Bilbray (R-CA-50)	78%	38 / 49
Burton (R-IN-5)	78%	39 / 50
Graves (R-MO-6)	76%	38 / 50
Roskam (R-IL-6)	76%	38 / 50
Shimkus (R-IL-19)	76%	37 / 49
Gingrey (R-GA-11)	74%	37 / 50
Lungren (R-CA-3)	74%	37 / 50
Schmidt (R-OH-2)	74%	37 / 50
Johnson, S. (R-TX-3)	72%	28 / 39
Bishop, R. (R-UT-1)	71%	30 / 42
Burgess (R-TX-26)	71%	34 / 48
McHenry (R-NC-10)	71%	35 / 49
Nunes (R-CA-21)	69%	34 / 49
Hastert (R-IL-14)	68%	26 / 38
Keller (R-FL-8)	68%	34 / 50
McCarthy, K. (R-CA-22)	66%	33 / 50
Barton (R-TX-6)	64%	32 / 50
McCaul (R-TX-10)	62%	31 / 50
Marchant (R-TX-24)	61%	30 / 49
Boehner (R-OH-8)	60%	29 / 48
Buyer (R-IN-4)	60%	30 / 50
Platts (R-PA-19)	58%	29 / 50
Gohmert (R-TX-1)	56%	28 / 50
Mica (R-FL-7)	56%	28 / 50
Souder (R-IN-3)	55%	27 / 49
Putnam (R-FL-12)	54%	27 / 50
Rogers, Mike (R-MI-8)	54%	27 / 50
Buchanan (R-FL-13)	52%	26 / 50
Kingston (R-GA-1)	52%	26 / 50
Radanovich (R-CA-19)	52%	25 / 48
Biggert (R-IL-13)	50%	25 / 50
Herger (R-CA-2)	47%	22 / 47
Brown-Waite, G. (R-FL-5)	46%	23 / 50
Ehlers (R-MI-3)	45%	22 / 49
Camp (R-MI-4)	44%	22 / 50
Johnson, Timothy (R-IL-15)	44%	22 / 50
Foxx (R-NC-5)	43%	21 / 49
Upton (R-MI-6)	42%	21 / 50
Castle (R-DE-AL )	40%	20 / 50
Brady, K. (R-TX-8)	38%	18 / 47
Carter (R-TX-31)	38%	18 / 48
Fortenberry (R-NE-1)	38%	19 / 50
Tiberi (R-OH-12)	38%	19 / 50
Goodlatte (R-VA-6)	36%	18 / 50
Dreier (R-CA-26)	34%	17 / 50
Hall, R. (R-TX-4)	32%	16 / 50
Weldon (R-FL-15)	30%	15 / 50
Paul (R-TX-14)	29%	12 / 41
Davis, T. (R-VA-11)	28%	14 / 50
Bartlett (R-MD-6)	27%	13 / 49
Bilirakis (R-FL-9)	26%	13 / 50
Fallin (R-OK-5)	26%	13 / 50
Gallegly (R-CA-24)	26%	13 / 50
Hunter (R-CA-52)	26%	11 / 42
Walden (R-OR-2)	26%	13 / 50
Miller, Gary (R-CA-42)	24%	12 / 50
Shuster (R-PA-9)	24%	12 / 49
Blunt (R-MO-7)	22%	11 / 49
Hastings, D. (R-WA-4)	22%	11 / 50
Hulshof (R-MO-9)	22%	11 / 50
Granger (R-TX-12)	21%	10 / 48
Barrow (D-GA-12)	20%	10 / 50
Hoekstra (R-MI-2)	20%	10 / 49
Marshall (D-GA-8)	20%	8 / 41
Forbes (R-VA-4)	19%	8 / 43
Kirk (R-IL-10)	19%	9 / 48
Jones, W. (R-NC-3)	18%	9 / 50
Gerlach (R-PA-6)	16%	8 / 50
Smith, L. (R-TX-21)	16%	8 / 50
Bono (R-CA-45)	15%	7 / 48
Miller, C. (R-MI-10)	14%	7 / 50
Davis, G. (R-KY-4)	12%	4 / 34
Dent (R-PA-15)	12%	6 / 50
Diaz-Balart, M. (R-FL-25)	12%	6 / 50
Wamp (R-TN-3)	12%	6 / 50
Goode (R-VA-5)	11%	5 / 45
Cubin (R-WY-AL )	10%	4 / 39
Culberson (R-TX-7)	10%	5 / 50
Matheson (D-UT-2)	10%	5 / 50
Porter (R-NV-3)	10%	5 / 50
Wilson, H. (R-NM-1)	10%	5 / 50
Bean (D-IL-8)	8%	4 / 50
Boozman (R-AR-3)	8%	4 / 50
Brown, H. (R-SC-1)	8%	4 / 50
Cole (R-OK-4)	8%	4 / 50
Gillmor (R-OH-5)	8%	4 / 50
Manzullo (R-IL-16)	8%	4 / 50
Murphy, P. (D-PA-8)	8%	4 / 49
Taylor (D-MS-4)	8%	4 / 50
Bachus, S. (R-AL-6)	7%	3 / 42
Delahunt (D-MA-10)	7%	3 / 45
Blumenauer (D-OR-3)	6%	3 / 50
Carney (D-PA-10)	6%	3 / 50
Frank, B. (D-MA-4)	6%	3 / 50
Hill (D-IN-9)	6%	3 / 49
Hobson (R-OH-7)	6%	3 / 50
LaTourette (R-OH-14)	6%	3 / 50
Lucas (R-OK-3)	6%	3 / 50
Meehan (D-MA-5)	6%	1 / 16
Rodgers, (R-WA-5)	6%	3 / 50
Shays (R-CT-4)	6%	3 / 50
Young, C.W. (R-FL-10)	6%	3 / 50
Young, D. (R-AK-AL )	6%	2 / 31
Crenshaw (R-FL-4)	5%	2 / 40
Costa (D-CA-20)	4%	2 / 50
Davis, L. (D-TN-4)	4%	2 / 50
DeFazio (D-OR-4)	4%	2 / 49
Doggett (D-TX-25)	4%	2 / 49
Drake (R-VA-2)	4%	2 / 50
Eshoo (D-CA-14)	4%	2 / 50
Everett (R-AL-2)	4%	2 / 50
Gordon (D-TN-6)	4%	2 / 50
Gutierrez (D-IL-4)	4%	2 / 49
Kanjorski (D-PA-11)	4%	2 / 50
Latham (R-IA-4)	4%	2 / 50
Lewis, R. (R-KY-2)	4%	2 / 50
LoBiondo (R-NJ-2)	4%	2 / 50
Lofgren (D-CA-16)	4%	2 / 50
Mahoney (D-FL-16)	4%	2 / 50
McKeon (R-CA-25)	4%	2 / 50
Moran, Jerry (R-KS-1)	4%	2 / 50
Pryce, D. (R-OH-15)	4%	2 / 50
Reichert (R-WA-8)	4%	2 / 50
Reynolds (R-NY-26)	4%	2 / 49
Saxton (R-NJ-3)	4%	2 / 45
Simpson (R-ID-2)	4%	2 / 50
Smith, C. (R-NJ-4)	4%	2 / 50
Space (D-OH-18)	4%	2 / 50
Waxman (D-CA-30)	4%	2 / 50
Weller (R-IL-11)	4%	2 / 49
Wexler (D-FL-19)	4%	2 / 50
Whitfield (R-KY-1)	4%	2 / 50
Wolf (R-VA-10)	4%	2 / 50
Woolsey (D-CA-6)	4%	2 / 49
Wu (D-OR-1)	4%	2 / 50
Brown, C. (D-FL-3)	3%	1 / 35
Clarke (D-NY-11)	3%	1 / 31
Stark (D-CA-13)	3%	1 / 38
Ackerman (D-NY-5)	2%	1 / 49
Allen (D-ME-1)	2%	1 / 50
Baird (D-WA-3)	2%	1 / 48
Berkley (D-NV-1)	2%	1 / 50
Berman (D-CA-28)	2%	1 / 50
Berry (D-AR-1)	2%	1 / 50
Bishop, S. (D-GA-2)	2%	1 / 48
Bonner (R-AL-1)	2%	1 / 50
Boren (D-OK-2)	2%	1 / 50
Boswell (D-IA-3)	2%	1 / 49
Boyd, A. (D-FL-2)	2%	1 / 50
Brady, R. (D-PA-1)	2%	1 / 50
Braley (D-IA-1)	2%	1 / 49
Capps (D-CA-23)	2%	1 / 50
Cardoza (D-CA-18)	2%	1 / 50
Carnahan (D-MO-3)	2%	1 / 49
Castor (D-FL-11)	2%	1 / 48
Chandler (D-KY-6)	2%	1 / 50
Clay (D-MO-1)	2%	1 / 45
Cleaver (D-MO-5)	2%	1 / 50
Clyburn (D-SC-6)	2%	1 / 50
Cohen (D-TN-9)	2%	1 / 50
Courtney (D-CT-2)	2%	1 / 50
Crowley (D-NY-7)	2%	1 / 49
Cuellar (D-TX-28)	2%	1 / 49
Cummings (D-MD-7)	2%	1 / 50
Davis, A. (D-AL-7)	2%	1 / 50
Davis, Danny (D-IL-7)	2%	1 / 50
Davis, S. (D-CA-53)	2%	1 / 50
DeGette (D-CO-1)	2%	1 / 50
Dicks (D-WA-6)	2%	1 / 49
Dingell (D-MI-15)	2%	1 / 50
Doolittle (R-CA-4)	2%	1 / 50
Doyle (D-PA-14)	2%	1 / 50
Ellison (D-MN-5)	2%	1 / 50
Emanuel (D-IL-5)	2%	1 / 50
Engel (D-NY-17)	2%	1 / 50
English (R-PA-3)	2%	1 / 50
Farr (D-CA-17)	2%	1 / 50
Fattah (D-PA-2)	2%	1 / 50
Ferguson (R-NJ-7)	2%	1 / 50
Filner (D-CA-51)	2%	1 / 48
Giffords (D-AZ-8)	2%	1 / 49
Gillibrand (D-NY-20)	2%	1 / 50
Green, A. (D-TX-9)	2%	1 / 50
Hare (D-IL-17)	2%	1 / 50
Harman (D-CA-36)	2%	1 / 48
Hayes (R-NC-8)	2%	1 / 45
Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD-AL )	2%	1 / 50
Higgins (D-NY-27)	2%	1 / 45
Holden (D-PA-17)	2%	1 / 50
Honda (D-CA-15)	2%	1 / 43
Hooley (D-OR-5)	2%	1 / 50
Hoyer (D-MD-5)	2%	1 / 45
Jackson-Lee, S. (D-TX-18)	2%	1 / 50
Jefferson (D-LA-2)	2%	1 / 50
Johnson, E. (D-TX-30)	2%	1 / 50
Johnson, H. (D-GA-4)	2%	1 / 48
Jones, S. (D-OH-11)	2%	1 / 44
Kilpatrick (D-MI-13)	2%	1 / 45
Kind (D-WI-3)	2%	1 / 50
King, P. (R-NY-3)	2%	1 / 50
Klein, R. (D-FL-22)	2%	1 / 45
Langevin (D-RI-2)	2%	1 / 50
Lantos (D-CA-12)	2%	1 / 45
Larsen, R. (D-WA-2)	2%	1 / 50
Larson, J. (D-CT-1)	2%	1 / 50
Lee (D-CA-9)	2%	1 / 49
Lewis, John (D-GA-5)	2%	1 / 50
Loebsack (D-IA-2)	2%	1 / 50
Lowey (D-NY-18)	2%	1 / 50
Lynch (D-MA-9)	2%	1 / 50
Maloney (D-NY-14)	2%	1 / 50
Markey (D-MA-7)	2%	1 / 50
Matsui (D-CA-5)	2%	1 / 50
McCarthy, C. (D-NY-4)	2%	1 / 50
McCotter (R-MI-11)	2%	1 / 50
McCrery (R-LA-4)	2%	1 / 49
McDermott (D-WA-7)	2%	1 / 49
McGovern (D-MA-3)	2%	1 / 50
McHugh (R-NY-23)	2%	1 / 50
McNerney (D-CA-11)	2%	1 / 50
Meek, K. (D-FL-17)	2%	1 / 48
Meeks, G. (D-NY-6)	2%	1 / 50
Melancon (D-LA-3)	2%	1 / 50
Miller, B. (D-NC-13)	2%	1 / 50
Miller, George (D-CA-7)	2%	1 / 48
Mitchell (D-AZ-5)	2%	1 / 50
Moore, D. (D-KS-3)	2%	1 / 50
Moore, G. (D-WI-4)	2%	1 / 49
Moran, James (D-VA-8)	2%	1 / 49
Nadler (D-NY-8)	2%	1 / 48
Neal (D-MA-2)	2%	1 / 49
Oberstar (D-MN-8)	2%	1 / 50
Perlmutter (D-CO-7)	2%	1 / 50
Pickering (R-MS-3)	2%	1 / 48
Pomeroy (D-ND-AL )	2%	1 / 50
Rahall (D-WV-3)	2%	1 / 50
Rodriguez (D-TX-23)	2%	1 / 50
Ross (D-AR-4)	2%	1 / 50
Rothman (D-NJ-9)	2%	1 / 50
Rush (D-IL-1)	2%	1 / 49
Salazar, J. (D-CO-3)	2%	1 / 50
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA-39)	2%	1 / 50
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA-47)	2%	1 / 50
Schakowsky (D-IL-9)	2%	1 / 50
Schiff (D-CA-29)	2%	1 / 50
Schwartz (D-PA-13)	2%	1 / 50
Scott, D. (D-GA-13)	2%	1 / 50
Scott, R. (D-VA-3)	2%	1 / 50
Sestak (D-PA-7)	2%	1 / 50
Shea-Porter (D-NH-1)	2%	1 / 50
Sires (D-NJ-13)	2%	1 / 50
Skelton (D-MO-4)	2%	1 / 45
Slaughter (D-NY-28)	2%	1 / 50
Smith, Adam (D-WA-9)	2%	1 / 50
Solis (D-CA-32)	2%	1 / 49
Spratt (D-SC-5)	2%	1 / 50
Stupak (D-MI-1)	2%	1 / 50
Sutton (D-OH-13)	2%	1 / 50
Tanner (D-TN-8)	2%	1 / 50
Tauscher (D-CA-10)	2%	1 / 50
Thompson, M. (D-CA-1)	2%	1 / 50
Tierney (D-MA-6)	2%	1 / 49
Turner (R-OH-3)	2%	1 / 50
Udall, M. (D-CO-2)	2%	1 / 50
Waters (D-CA-35)	2%	1 / 48
Weiner (D-NY-9)	2%	1 / 50
Wicker (R-MS-1)	2%	1 / 50
Wynn (D-MD-4)	2%	1 / 50
Yarmuth (D-KY-3)	2%	1 / 50
Abercrombie (D-HI-1)	0%	0 / 41
Aderholt (R-AL-4)	0%	0 / 50
Alexander, R. (R-LA-5)	0%	0 / 50
Altmire (D-PA-4)	0%	0 / 50
Andrews (D-NJ-1)	0%	0 / 50
Arcuri (D-NY-24)	0%	0 / 50
Baca (D-CA-43)	0%	0 / 50
Baker (R-LA-6)	0%	0 / 50
Baldwin (D-WI-2)	0%	0 / 50
Becerra (D-CA-31)	0%	0 / 45
Bishop, T. (D-NY-1)	0%	0 / 50
Boucher (D-VA-9)	0%	0 / 50
Boustany (R-LA-7)	0%	0 / 50
Boyda, N. (D-KS-2)	0%	0 / 50
Butterfield (D-NC-1)	0%	0 / 50
Calvert (R-CA-44)	0%	0 / 50
Capito (R-WV-2)	0%	0 / 50
Capuano (D-MA-8)	0%	0 / 49
Carson (D-IN-7)	0%	0 / 50
Conyers (D-MI-14)	0%	0 / 46
Costello (D-IL-12)	0%	0 / 49
Cramer (D-AL-5)	0%	0 / 49
DeLauro (D-CT-3)	0%	0 / 50
Diaz-Balart, L. (R-FL-21)	0%	0 / 50
Donnelly (D-IN-2)	0%	0 / 49
Edwards (D-TX-17)	0%	0 / 50
Ellsworth (D-IN-8)	0%	0 / 50
Emerson (R-MO-8)	0%	0 / 49
Etheridge (D-NC-2)	0%	0 / 50
Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11)	0%	0 / 50
Gilchrest (R-MD-1)	0%	0 / 46
Gonzalez (D-TX-20)	0%	0 / 49
Green, G. (D-TX-29)	0%	0 / 50
Grijalva (D-AZ-7)	0%	0 / 50
Hall, J. (D-NY-19)	0%	0 / 50
Hastings, A. (D-FL-23)	0%	0 / 50
Hinchey (D-NY-22)	0%	0 / 50
Hinojosa (D-TX-15)	0%	0 / 39
Hirono (D-HI-2)	0%	0 / 49
Hodes (D-NH-2)	0%	0 / 50
Holt (D-NJ-12)	0%	0 / 50
Inslee (D-WA-1)	0%	0 / 50
Israel (D-NY-2)	0%	0 / 50
Jackson, J. (D-IL-2)	0%	0 / 50
Kagen (D-WI-8)	0%	0 / 49
Kaptur (D-OH-9)	0%	0 / 49
Kennedy, P. (D-RI-1)	0%	0 / 49
Kildee (D-MI-5)	0%	0 / 50
Knollenberg (R-MI-9)	0%	0 / 50
Kucinich (D-OH-10)	0%	0 / 44
Kuhl (R-NY-29)	0%	0 / 50
LaHood (R-IL-18)	0%	0 / 34
Lampson (D-TX-22)	0%	0 / 50
Levin, S. (D-MI-12)	0%	0 / 49
Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41)	0%	0 / 49
Lipinski (D-IL-3)	0%	0 / 50
McCollum (D-MN-4)	0%	0 / 49
McIntyre (D-NC-7)	0%	0 / 50
McNulty (D-NY-21)	0%	0 / 43
Michaud (D-ME-2)	0%	0 / 48
Mollohan (D-WV-1)	0%	0 / 50
Murphy, C. (D-CT-5)	0%	0 / 49
Murphy, T. (R-PA-18)	0%	0 / 50
Murtha (D-PA-12)	0%	0 / 49
Napolitano (D-CA-38)	0%	0 / 48
Obey (D-WI-7)	0%	0 / 48
Olver (D-MA-1)	0%	0 / 50
Ortiz (D-TX-27)	0%	0 / 34
Pallone (D-NJ-6)	0%	0 / 50
Pascrell (D-NJ-8)	0%	0 / 50
Pastor (D-AZ-4)	0%	0 / 50
Payne (D-NJ-10)	0%	0 / 46
Peterson, C. (D-MN-7)	0%	0 / 50
Peterson, J. (R-PA-5)	0%	0 / 49
Price, D. (D-NC-4)	0%	0 / 50
Rangel (D-NY-15)	0%	0 / 50
Regula (R-OH-16)	0%	0 / 50
Rehberg (R-MT-AL )	0%	0 / 50
Renzi (R-AZ-1)	0%	0 / 50
Reyes (D-TX-16)	0%	0 / 49
Rogers, H. (R-KY-5)	0%	0 / 50
Rogers, Mike D. (R-AL-3)	0%	0 / 50
Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-18)	0%	0 / 50
Roybal-Allard (D-CA-34)	0%	0 / 50
Ruppersberger (D-MD-2)	0%	0 / 49
Ryan, T. (D-OH-17)	0%	0 / 50
Sarbanes (D-MD-3)	0%	0 / 50
Serrano (D-NY-16)	0%	0 / 50
Sherman (D-CA-27)	0%	0 / 50
Shuler (D-NC-11)	0%	0 / 50
Snyder (D-AR-2)	0%	0 / 50
Thompson, B. (D-MS-2)	0%	0 / 50
Tiahrt (R-KS-4)	0%	0 / 50
Towns (D-NY-10)	0%	0 / 50
Udall, T. (D-NM-3)	0%	0 / 50
Van Hollen (D-MD-8)	0%	0 / 50
Velazquez (D-NY-12)	0%	0 / 50
Visclosky (D-IN-1)	0%	0 / 49
Walsh (R-NY-25)	0%	0 / 50
Walz (D-MN-1)	0%	0 / 50
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL-20)	0%	0 / 50
Watson (D-CA-33)	0%	0 / 50
Watt (D-NC-12)	0%	0 / 50
Welch (D-VT-AL )	0%	0 / 49
Wilson, C. (D-OH-6)	0%	0 / 50

Note: In each case where the Amendment failed, this means that the spending PASSED. The Amendment was to prevent the spending. So look down the list and you can see how YOUR DEMOCRATIC run Congress has reneged on their pledge to CLEAN UP CONGRESS

House Vote 559 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Clover Bend Historic Site in Arkansas. Amendment failed, 98-331.

House Vote 560 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the St. Joseph's College Theatre Renovation in Indiana. Amendment failed, 97-328.

House Vote 561 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Maverick Concert Hall preservation in New York. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 562 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Bremerton Public Library restoration in Washington. Amendment failed, 98-333.

House Vote 565 - Bars funding of $140,000 for the Wetzel County Courthouse in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 104-323.

House Vote 566 - Bars funding of $150,000 for equipment for the Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory. Amendment failed, 97-330.

House Vote 567 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the W.A. Young and Sons Foundry in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 104-328.

House Vote 568 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters to renovate a hall in Ohio. Amendment failed, 66-364.

House Vote 569 - Bars funding of $1,200,000 for projects related to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Route. Amendment failed, 86-343.

House Vote 590 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Grace Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and Workforce Development program in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 591 - Bars funding of $500,000 for a project in the Barracks Row area of Washington, D.C. Amendment failed, 60-361.

House Vote 592 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's SPUR urban center. Amendment failed, 102-317.

House Vote 593 - Bars funding of $129,000 for the Mitchell County Development Foundation for the home of the "perfect Christmas tree" project. Amendment passed, 249-174.

House Vote 594 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the West Virginia University Research Corporation's renovation of a small-business incubator. Amendment failed, 101-325.

House Vote 595 - Bars funding of $231,000 for the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission. Amendment failed, 107-318.

House Vote 597 - To remove 148 requested earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 48-372.

House Vote 636 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Pennsylvania. Amendment failed, 98-326.

House Vote 637 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Initiative. Amendment failed, 70-357.

House Vote 638 - Bars funding of $500,000 for the Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership in Massachusetts. Amendment failed, 79-337.

House Vote 639 - Bars funding of $1,000,000 for nano-structured fuel cell membrane electrode assembly in California. Amendment failed, 81-348.

House Vote 640 - Strikes numerous earmarks from the bill. Amendment failed, 39-388.

House Vote 654 - Bars funding of $34,000,000 for the Alaska Native Education Equity program and other programs. Amendment failed, 74-352.

House Vote 663 - Strikes all earmarks in the bill. Amendment failed, 53-369.

House Vote 664 - Bars funding of $300,000 for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Improvement Initiative. Amendment failed, 89-341.

House Vote 667 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the On Location Entertainment Industry Craft and Technician Training project at West Los Angeles College in Culver City, CA. Amendment failed, 114-316.

House Vote 668 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the American Ballet Theatre in New York City for educational activities. Amendment failed, 118-312.

House Vote 669 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C. Amendment failed, 70-360.

House Vote 670 - Bars funding of $100,000 for the Kansas Regional Prisons Museum in Lansing, Kan. Amendment failed, 112-317.

House Vote 671 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Corporation for Jefferson's Popular Forest in Forest, VA. Amendment failed, 68-360.

House Vote 678 - Bars funding of $2,000,000 for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in New York City. Amendment failed, 108-316.

House Vote 679 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO. Amendment failed, 96-327.

House Vote 698 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Belmont Complex in Kittanning, PA. Amendment failed, 87-335.

House Vote 699 - Bars funding of $400,000 for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, WI. Amendment failed, 68-356.

House Vote 700 - Bars funding of $50,000 for the National Mule and Packers Museum in Woodlake, CA. Amendment failed, 69-352.

House Vote 701 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Friends of Cheat Rails-to-Trails Program in West Virginia. Amendment failed, 81-342.

House Vote 702 - Bars funding of $300,000 for the Houston Zoo in Texas. Amendment failed, 77-347.

House Vote 705 - Bars funding of $150,000 for the Edmonds Center for the Arts in Edmonds, WA. Amendment failed, 97-327.

House Vote 706 - Bars funding for "parking facilities". Amendment failed, 86-338.

House Vote 735 - Bars funding of $200,000 for the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. Amendment failed, 87-328.

House Vote 736 - Bars funding of $250,000 for the East Coast Shellfish Research Institute in Toms River, NJ. Amendment failed, 77-337.

House Vote 809 - Bars funding of $878,046 for the Catfish Pathogen Genomic Project in Auburn, AL. Amendment failed, 74-357.

House Vote 810 - Bars funding of $628,843 for grape genetics research in Geneva, NY. Amendment failed, 76-353.

House Vote 811 - Bars funding of $400,000 for the alternative uses of a tobacco grant in Maryland. Amendment failed, 94-337.

House Vote 812 - Bars funding of $489,000 for Ruminant Nutrition Consortium in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Amendment failed, 74-355.

House Vote 813 - Bars funding of $6,371,000 for the wood utilization grant in Mississippi, North Carolina, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Idaho, Tennessee, Arkansas and West Virginia. Amendment failed, 68-363.

House Vote 839 - Bars funding of $2,500,000 for the Presidio Trust national park in San Francisco, CA. Amendment failed, 94-311.

House Vote 842 - Bars funding of $2,000,000 for the "Paint Shield for Protecting People from Microbial Threats." Amendment failed, 91-317.

House Vote 843 - Bars funding of $1,500,000 for the Doyle Center for Manufacturing Technology in Pittsburgh, PA. Amendment failed, 98-312.

House Vote 844 - Bars funding of $3,000,000 for the Lewis Center for Education Research in Apple Valley, CA. Amendment failed, 57-353.

House Vote 845 - Bars funding of $39,000,000 for the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, PA. Amendment failed, 109-301

Anything else really need to be said?

Didn't think so.

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Communist Reality in America

If the leftists get their way, the flag pictured above could very well replace our beloved stars and bars.

This article was posted at Patriots for Conservative Values today. Thanks Len!

This article presents an eloquent example of how communism has done its damndest to reduce this great nation of ours to rubble, one way or another. They finally realized the best way was from the inside.

Unfortunately, their plans have been frighteningly effective--and the American left has relentlessly pushed to keep the plan going.

These words aren't written by a current American politician with a personal power agenda..they are written by someone who's been there, done that--from the inside out. His personal recollections validate the Venona project, the project the military carried out in intercepting and decoding the allegedly unbreakable Soviet code. When the Venona results were published, I believe in 1995 (imagine that, during the Clintonsky years), it put "paid" to the ongoing rumors about the guilt or innocence of Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs and others of their ilk, forever ending the debate over their guilt or innocence, forever infuriating the left in their denunciations of McCarthyism and shown to be the rantings of fellow communists trying to protect their own from a true patriot, Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Other bloggers (Snooper and Spree "spring" to mind--say that 3 times fast!) have blogged about the communist manifesto. Len contributed this. When, I ask, are the sheeple of America going to WAKE THE HELL UP????

Here is the article in its entirety: [ALL EMPHASIS MINE]

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AT WAR

Propaganda Redux

Take it from this old KGB hand: The left is abetting America's enemies with its intemperate attacks on President Bush.

BY ION MIHAI PACEPA

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT

During last week's two-day summit, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown thanked President Bush for leading the global war on terror. Mr. Brown acknowledged "the debt the world owes to the U.S. for its leadership in this fight against international terrorism" and vowed to follow Winston Churchill's lead and make Britain's ties with America even stronger.

Mr. Brown's statements elicited anger from many of Mr. Bush's domestic detractors, who claim the president concocted the war on terror for personal gain. But as someone who escaped from communist Romania--with two death sentences on his head--in order to become a citizen of this great country, I have a hard time understanding why some of our top political leaders can dare in a time of war to call our commander in chief a "liar," a "deceiver" and a "fraud."

I spent decades scrutinizing the U.S. from Europe, and I learned that international respect for America is directly proportional to America's own respect for its president.

My father spent most of his life working for General Motors in Romania and had a picture of President Truman in our house in Bucharest. While "America" was a vague place somewhere thousands of miles away, he was her tangible symbol. For us, it was he who had helped save civilization from the Nazi barbarians, and it was he who helped restore our freedom after the war--if only for a brief while. We learned that America loved Truman, and we loved America. It was as simple as that.

Later, when I headed Romania's intelligence station in West Germany, everyone there admired America too. People would often tell me that the "Amis" meant the difference between night and day in their lives. By "night" they meant East Germany, where their former compatriots were scraping along under economic privation and Stasi brutality. That was then.

But in September 2002, a German cabinet minister, Herta Dauebler-Gmelin, had the nerve to compare Mr. Bush to Hitler. In one post-Iraq-war poll 40% of Canada's teenagers called the U.S. "evil," and even before the fall of Saddam 57% of Greeks answered "neither" when asked which country was more democratic, the U.S. or Iraq.

Sowing the seeds of anti-Americanism by discrediting the American president was one of the main tasks of the Soviet-bloc intelligence community during the years I worked at its top levels. This same strategy is at work today, but it is regarded as bad manners to point out the Soviet parallels. For communists, only the leader counted, no matter the country, friend or foe. At home, they deified their own ruler--as to a certain extent still holds true in Russia. Abroad, they asserted that a fish starts smelling from the head, and they did everything in their power to make the head of the Free World stink.

The communist effort to generate hatred for the American president began soon after President Truman set up NATO and propelled the three Western occupation forces to unite their zones to form a new West German nation. We were tasked to take advantage of the reawakened patriotic feelings stirring in the European countries that had been subjugated by the Nazis, in order to shift their hatred for Hitler over into hatred for Truman--the leader of the new "occupation power." Western Europe was still grateful to the U.S. for having restored its freedom, but it had strong leftist movements that we secretly financed. They were like putty in our hands.

The European leftists, like any totalitarians, needed a tangible enemy, and we gave them one. In no time they began beating their drums decrying President Truman as the "butcher of Hiroshima." We went on to spend many years and many billions of dollars disparaging subsequent presidents: Eisenhower as a war-mongering "shark" run by the military-industrial complex, Johnson as a mafia boss who had bumped off his predecessor, Nixon as a petty tyrant, Ford as a dimwitted football player and Jimmy Carter as a bumbling peanut farmer. In 1978, when I left Romania for good, the bloc intelligence community had already collected 700 million signatures on a "Yankees-Go-Home" petition, at the same time launching the slogan "Europe for the Europeans."

During the Vietnam War we spread vitriolic stories around the world, pretending that America's presidents sent Genghis Khan-style barbarian soldiers to Vietnam who raped at random, taped electrical wires to human genitals, cut off limbs, blew up bodies and razed entire villages. Those weren't facts. They were our tales, but some seven million Americans ended up being convinced their own president, not communism, was the enemy. As Yuri Andropov, who conceived this dezinformatsiya war against the U.S., used to tell me, people are more willing to believe smut than holiness.

The final goal of our anti-American offensive was to discourage the U.S. from protecting the world against communist terrorism and expansion. Sadly, we succeeded. After U.S. forces precipitously pulled out of Vietnam, the victorious communists massacred some two million people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Another million tried to escape, but many died in the attempt. This tragedy also created a credibility gap between America and the rest of the world, damaged the cohesion of American foreign policy, and poisoned domestic debate in the U.S.

Unfortunately, partisans today have taken a page from the old Soviet playbook. At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, for example, Bush critics continued our mud-slinging at America's commander in chief. One speaker, Martin O'Malley, now governor of Maryland, had earlier in the summer stated he was more worried about the actions of the Bush administration than about al Qaeda. On another occasion, retired four-star general Wesley Clark gave Michael Moore a platform to denounce the American commander in chief as a "deserter." And visitors to the national chairman of the Democratic Party had to step across a doormat depicting the American president surrounded by the words, "Give Bush the Boot."

Competition is indeed the engine that has driven the American dream forward, but unity in time of war has made America the leader of the world. During World War II, 405,399 Americans died to defeat Nazism, but their country of immigrants remained sturdily united. The U.S. held national elections during the war, but those running for office entertained no thought of damaging America's international prestige in their quest for personal victory. Republican challenger Thomas Dewey declined to criticize President Roosevelt's war policy. At the end of that war, a united America rebuilt its vanquished enemies. It took seven years to turn Nazi Germany and imperial Japan into democracies, but that effort generated an unprecedented technological explosion and 50 years of unmatched prosperity for us all.

Now we are again at war. It is not the president's war. It is America's war, authorized by 296 House members and 76 senators. I do not intend to join the armchair experts on the Iraq war. I do not know how we should handle this war, and they don't know either. But I do know that if America's political leaders, Democrat and Republican, join together as they did during World War II, America will win. Otherwise, terrorism will win. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi predicted just before being killed: "We fight today in Iraq, tomorrow in the land of the Holy Places, and after there in the West."

On July 28, I celebrated 29 years since President Carter signed off on my request for political asylum, and I am still tremendously proud that the leader of the Free World granted me my freedom. During these years I have lived here under five presidents--some better than others--but I have always felt that I was living in paradise. My American citizenship has given me a feeling of pride, hope and security that is surpassed only by the joy of simply being alive. There are millions of other immigrants who are equally proud that they restarted their lives from scratch in order to be in this magnanimous country. I appeal to them to help keep our beloved America united and honorable. We may not be able to change the habits of our current political representatives, but we may be able to introduce healthy new blood into the U.S. Congress.

For once, the communists got it right. It is America's leader that counts. Let's return to the traditions of presidents who accepted nothing short of unconditional surrender from our deadly enemies. Let's vote next year for people who believe in America's future, not for the ones who live in the Cold War past.

Lt. Gen. Pacepa is the highest-ranking intelligence official ever to have defected from the Soviet bloc. His new book, "Programmed to Kill: Lee Harvey Oswald, the Soviet KGB, and the Kennedy Assassination" (Ivan R. Dee) will be published in November.

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Remember, this comes from someone who KNOWS, has been there, done that, part of his JOB was to actively participate in this endeavor--and yet, he STILL thought then and thinks now AMERICA IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

Why, then, don't our own citizens?

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Myth vs Fact-Part 49

Myth	Fact
Islam: Religion of peace.	8:15-16 O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in a battle-field, never turn your backs to them. And whoever turns his back to them on such a day - unless it be a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own), - he indeed has drawn upon himself wrath from Allah. And his abode is Hell, and worst indeed is that destination! Tafsir: 1 2

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Let's Give Obama Barney's OTHER Bullet!

Banarama just keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper in the Pakistan debacle. Townhall had this article today, entitled: "Obama Expresses Sympathy for Musharraf". Maybe if we give him Barney's other bullet, he can shoot himself in the foot again--oh, wait---that would be three shots to only two feet. Moron.

And all over a sandbox hissy fit with the billary.

AND HE WANTS TO BE OUR LEADER?????? He NEEDS to GROW UP first and act like a man instead of a spoiled child. He needs to learn the finesse of politics and how to deal with foreign agencies. He just AIN'T got IT.

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Obama Expresses Sympathy for Musharraf By SCOTT LINDLAW Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Wednesday it's critical for Pakistan to be a constructive ally in fighting al-Qaida, one week after threatening military action to hunt down terrorists if President Pervez Musharraf doesn't act. Obama and his spokesman offered measured criticism of the Bush administration's actions and policies on Pakistan. The candidate twice declined an opportunity to explain the difference between his proposals and the White House's, but expressed sympathy for Musharraf, who faces a growing militant backlash in his Muslim nation. Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, laughs with Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., before the start of a presidential forum hosted by the AFL-CIO at Soldier Field in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Related Media: VIDEO: Giuliani's Daughter Supports Obama, Backs Down VIDEO: Barack Obama Raises the Most Money in Austin "President Musharraf has a very difficult job, and it is important that we are a constructive ally with them in dealing with al-Qaida," the Illinois senator said. Obama did not repeat the most incendiary line from his foreign policy speech last Wednesday, when he promised: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will." That pledge set off ripples of resentment in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, prompting Pakistani officials to warn against U.S. incursions into their country. President Bush was vague on Monday when asked whether he would consult with Pakistan before chasing al-Qaida leaders into Pakistan. Last year, he offered a clearer answer, saying he could not send thousands of troops into Pakistan to search for Osama bin Laden without an invitation from the government. "Pakistan's a sovereign nation," Bush said then. Asked Wednesday whether there was any difference now between his position and the Bush administration, Obama twice sidestepped the question, once saying he did not know Bush's stance and then saying he did not speak for the White House. Obama repeated his insistence that, "We can't send millions and millions of dollars to Pakistan for military aid, and be a constant ally to them, and yet not see more aggressive action in dealing with al-Qaida." Bush recently tried to ensure just that, signing into law a measure that ties U.S. aid to Pakistan to progress in combatting militants. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the senator's broader criticism is that Bush "has not asked more of the Pakistanis." The closest Obama came to directly criticizing the Bush administration on the matter was to cite a report in The New York Times that said then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had called off a raid against al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan in 2005, despite having actionable intelligence. Gibbs went a step further than the candidate in a subsequent telephone interview, saying that the aborted raid showed "the White House actually doesn't have a policy" on Pakistan. "The American public needs to understand these issues because part of what's at stake in this next, upcoming foreign policy debate is the need to shift resources out of Iraq, in part to attend to these problems," he said. "If the American people don't understand that this is where the real threat is, that we're on the wrong battlefield right now, then we may get confused and elect a president who continues down the wrong road instead of the one that's really going to make a difference in terms of our security." In Islamabad, a spokesman said Musharraf's government is not ruling out imposing a state of emergency because of "external and internal threats" to Pakistan and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border. Tariq Azim, minister of state for information, referred to recent military action against militants in northwestern border areas that he said had resulted in the deaths of many soldiers. He also said statements coming from the United States, including Obama, over the possibility of U.S. military action against al-Qaida in Pakistan "has started alarm bells ringing and has upset (the) Pakistani public." Obama spoke to reporters after spending the morning with a home health care worker, Pauline Beck, as she made her rounds in Oakland. The senator helped clean a house, and said afterward it had reshaped his views on health care and unions. He also said it was more gratifying work, in some ways, than working the halls of Congress. "It actually was kind of liberating. When you're in the Senate you spend all your time talking," he said. "When you're cleaning out some cobwebs or you're mopping the floor, and you wring out the mop and you see the dirty mop water, you know that you actually accomplished something." Obama was the fourth Democratic presidential candidate to participate in a program sponsored by SEIU, the service-workers' union. ******************** My apologies to Mr. Lindlaw; I tried to trackback to his article and was unable to. Somehow, at this point, I'd be more inclined to give Barney my vote. At least he was honest in his ineptitude.

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A Soldier's General

HOOAH!

What do you bet the likes of Reid would piss his shorts standing before such a man as General Patton?

General Patton's Address to the Troops

This is NOT the watered down version as presented by George C Scott, by the way. If you are offended by "bad" language, then piss off and read no further. If you do read on, wherever the word German, Nazi or Japanese is used, merely substitute the term "Islamofascist".

"Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight. When you, here, everyone of you, were kids, you all admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner, the toughest boxer, the big league ball players, and the All-American football players. Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American."

The General paused and looked over the crowd. "You are not all going to die," he said slowly. "Only two percent of you right here today would die in a major battle. Death must not be feared. Death, in time, comes to all men. Yes, every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some, it takes an hour. For some, it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood. Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base. Americans pride themselves on being He Men and they ARE He Men. Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen."

"All through your Army careers, you men have bitched about what you call "chicken shit drilling". That, like everything else in this Army, has a definite purpose. That purpose is alertness. Alertness must be bred into every soldier. I don't give a fuck for a man who's not always on his toes. You men are veterans or you wouldn't be here. You are ready for what's to come. A man must be alert at all times if he expects to stay alive. If you're not alert, sometime, a German son-of-an-asshole-bitch is going to sneak up behind you and beat you to death with a sockful of shit!" The men roared in agreement.

Patton's grim expression did not change. "There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily", he roared into the microphone, "All because one man went to sleep on the job". He paused and the men grew silent. "But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did". The General clutched the microphone tightly, his jaw out-thrust, and he continued, "An Army is a team. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is pure horse shit. The bilious bastards who write that kind of stuff for the Saturday Evening Post don't know any more about real fighting under fire than they know about fucking!"

The men slapped their legs and rolled in glee. This was Patton as the men had imagined him to be, and in rare form, too. He hadn't let them down. He was all that he was cracked up to be, and more. He had IT!

"We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world", Patton bellowed. He lowered his head and shook it pensively. Suddenly he snapped erect, faced the men belligerently and thundered, "Why, by God, I actually pity those poor sons-of-bitches we're going up against. By God, I do". The men clapped and howled delightedly. There would be many a barracks tale about the "Old Man's" choice phrases. They would become part and parcel of Third Army's history and they would become the bible of their slang.

"My men don't surrender", Patton continued, "I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back. That's not just bull shit either. The kind of man that I want in my command is just like the lieutenant in Libya, who, with a Luger against his chest, jerked off his helmet, swept the gun aside with one hand, and busted the hell out of the Kraut with his helmet. Then he jumped on the gun and went out and killed another German before they knew what the hell was coming off. And, all of that time, this man had a bullet through a lung. There was a real man!"

Patton stopped and the crowd waited. He continued more quietly, "All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters, either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain. What if every truck driver suddenly decided that he didn't like the whine of those shells overhead, turned yellow, and jumped headlong into a ditch? The cowardly bastard could say, "Hell, they won't miss me, just one man in thousands". But, what if every man thought that way? Where in the hell would we be now? What would our country, our loved ones, our homes, even the world, be like? No, Goddamnit, Americans don't think like that. Every man does his job. Every man serves the whole. Every department, every unit, is important in the vast scheme of this war. The ordnance men are needed to supply the guns and machinery of war to keep us rolling. The Quartermaster is needed to bring up food and clothes because where we are going there isn't a hell of a lot to steal. Every last man on K.P. has a job to do, even the one who heats our water to keep us from getting the 'G.I. Shits'."

Patton paused, took a deep breath, and continued, "Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men. One of the bravest men that I ever saw was a fellow on top of a telegraph pole in the midst of a furious fire fight in Tunisia. I stopped and asked what the hell he was doing up there at a time like that. He answered, "Fixing the wire, Sir". I asked, "Isn't that a little unhealthy right about now?" He answered, "Yes Sir, but the Goddamned wire has to be fixed". I asked, "Don't those planes strafing the road bother you?" And he answered, "No, Sir, but you sure as hell do!" Now, there was a real man. A real soldier. There was a man who devoted all he had to his duty, no matter how seemingly insignificant his duty might appear at the time, no matter how great the odds. And you should have seen those trucks on the rode to Tunisia. Those drivers were magnificent. All day and all night they rolled over those son-of-a-bitching roads, never stopping, never faltering from their course, with shells bursting all around them all of the time. We got through on good old American guts. Many of those men drove for over forty consecutive hours. These men weren't combat men, but they were soldiers with a job to do. They did it, and in one hell of a way they did it. They were part of a team. Without team effort, without them, the fight would have been lost. All of the links in the chain pulled together and the chain became unbreakable."

The General paused and stared challengingly over the silent ocean of men. One could have heard a pin drop anywhere on that vast hillside. The only sound was the stirring of the breeze in the leaves of the bordering trees and the busy chirping of the birds in the branches of the trees at the General's left.

"Don't forget," Patton barked, "you men don't know that I'm here. No mention of that fact is to be made in any letters. The world is not supposed to know what the hell happened to me. I'm not supposed to be commanding this Army. I'm not even supposed to be here in England. Let the first bastards to find out be the Goddamned Germans. Some day I want to see them raise up on their piss-soaked hind legs and howl, 'Jesus Christ, it's the Goddamned Third Army again and that son-of-a-fucking-bitch Patton'."

"We want to get the hell over there", Patton continued, "The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit."

The men roared approval and cheered delightedly. This statement had real significance behind it. Much more than met the eye and the men instinctively sensed the fact. They knew that they themselves were going to play a very great part in the making of world history. They were being told as much right now. Deep sincerity and seriousness lay behind the General's colorful words. The men knew and understood it. They loved the way he put it, too, as only he could.

Patton continued quietly, "Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin", he yelled, "I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"

"When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a German will get to him eventually. The hell with that idea. The hell with taking it. My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either. We'll win this war, but we'll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans that we've got more guts than they have; or ever will have. We're not going to just shoot the sons-of-bitches, we're going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun cocksuckers by the bushel-fucking-basket. War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the dirt off your face and realize that instead of dirt it's the blood and guts of what once was your best friend beside you, you'll know what to do!"

"I don't want to get any messages saying, "I am holding my position." We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like shit through a tin horn!"

"From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a good Goddamn about such complaints. I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. The harder WE push, the more Germans we will kill. The more Germans we kill, the fewer of our men will be killed. Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that."

The General paused. His eagle like eyes swept over the hillside. He said with pride, "There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON'T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, "Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana." No, Sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son, your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son-of-a-Goddamned-Bitch named Georgie Patton!"

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