Let there be no uncertanties where I stand. I have already sent this to some 250 addresses and have a goal of 2,500.

If any questions contact me wdgray@shawneelink.net cause my work doesn’t allow me to sit at this site. If you choose you may present this letter to your local paper for print. Or you can forget it.

Willard D. Gray
Route #2, Box 74
Sumner, IL, 62466

7 March 2007

To the editor:

It is with utter amazement and anger that I read the current platitudes about health care for troops in Walter Reed Army Hospital and Army Hospitals across the nation.

Having spent over 20 years in the active army during and over three major engagements in combat and a dozen minor conflagrations I was BETRAYED along with 432,000 cohorts on retired pay at retirement by the changing a decade’s old law. This criminal action done by the government to which we had given the best years of our life. This governmental action executed after we had done our time on the low draft-era pay and near non-existent allowances. Consequently we have endured a pay discrimination for over 43 years of at least 1/3 less throughout the 25 military pay grades.

Medicare did not even exist when I retired in 1964. I knew that under the “law” which I had served that I had “earned” life-long health care for me and my eligible dependent(s). No!

In the ‘70s this same deceitful, ungrateful and unforgiving nation notified me and my cohorts that, on attaining age 65 when no longer subject to recall to active duty and, wanting health care, ”Go to Social Security and apply for Medicare part B” along with the draft-dodger and highly paid civilian.

So for 31 years I have paid; part; most or currently ”all” of the health care for my wife of over 59 years who served with General George S. Patton’s Third Army Field Hospital as a captain nurse in France, Germany and Austria and myself.

All of the current whiners enlisted or took a commission for; high pay and allowances, travel, adventure, schooling, citizenship, and high retirement.

Do I feel sorry for them? Hell no! They and society didn’t dare what this nation did to me and my cohorts so the feeling is mutual.

What else is new?

Regards,

W.D. Gray

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the sad thing is people think their government wouldnt crash a plane into its own building! HOW NIEVE THEY ARE ! thats exactly why they did it!!! they also let the people of Katrina suffer on purpose!!you are all living in a very important time in history, its called the end times its in you bible so is the nuking of IRAN its all in the bible !!
GET READY FOLKS TITLE FIGHT!!

MARK THESE WORDS BUSH CHENEY HALIBURTUN THEY WILL NUKE IRAN!!!!!!!! it is comming to a tv screen near you soooon!! they have been building up nuking IRAN for a while! IT WILL HAPPEN!

its really sad to cuz its all for cash!!! they are starting neverending war so the stock market never crashes!!! ITS ALL ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET/ WORLD BANK/==CASH ==haliburton and co.

the sad thing is people think their government wouldnt crash a plane into its own building! HOW NIEVE THEY ARE ! thats exactly why they did it!!! they also let the people of Katrina suffer on purpose!!you are all living in a very important time in history, its called the end times its in you bible so is the nuking of IRAN its all in the bible !!
GET READY FOLKS TITLE FIGHT!!

Whatever she says, it’s a lie.

Just sayin’

Are you saying that this conflict is more violent/dangerous than WW2, or less?

Or, are you saying that you just can’t decide, because one enemy had uniforms and the other does not?

You know what I think: Iraq is 12% more dangerous than WW2, when compared on a man/combat-year basis.

Fuel Grade enrichment is when Uranium is enriched to a minimul grade that is only suitable for use in Nuke Power plants. Weapons grade enrichment is when you enrich Uranium to a very high grade that is suitable for use in Nuclear weapons.

I fully understand the difference and I know what your getting at. You feel that Iran should be allowed to enrich Uranium to fuel grade levels and be allowed to build nuclear power plants. We can certainly agree to disagree on this point. I feel that isn’t a smart choice simply because you are allowing a terrorist state to advance its knowledge of the enrichment process. Furthermore, if we allow Iran to ramp up to production level enrichment, nothing would truly hold them back from secretly enriching some Uranium to weapons grade. If they are allowed to gain all the knowledge and are allowed to possess the equipment and Uranium needed, nothing really holds them back. This is my opinion and I ASSUME that a terrorist state would in fact go that one step further and enrich some Uranium to weopons grade.

I just don’t feel that is in the best interst of the USA or our Allies. Our allies seem to agree thus passing the UN resolution that makes it illegal for the terrorist regime of Iran to enrich Uranium to any grade and for any reason. Hilary Clinton and Obama share this view. Both clearly say we cannot allow Iran to enrich Uranium even to fuel-grade. They also both clearly state that we cannot take the military card off the table. I agree with them that we should be talking with Iran right now to see if we can get them to completely stop. I also agree that if they walk away and continue to go against the worlds wishes and against the UN’s rule, we may have to use military force to force them to stop.

Basically, I along with Clinton, Obama, the UN, and most of America agree that we cannot allow Iran to enrich Uranium to any grade for any reason.

Not sure how many times I need to tell you I know the difference between fuel grade and weapons grade for it to stick.

That’s just it…you keep telling me over and over again that you know, but you consistently refuse to prove this alleged knowledge. Add that to your arguments, which consistently fail to address the critical difference (indeed, until I started pressing you on the issue, it was obvious you weren’t aware there was a difference at all), and it should be clear why this ‘knowledge’ you profess to possess is doubtful at best.

There’s more to your post, but I addressed it all already back in the Iran thread, and if you’re too lazy to respond to it the first time, I’m too lazy to type it out all over again.

Not sure how many times I need to tell you I know the difference between fuel grade and weapons grade for it to stick. The UN resolution clearly states that Iran is not allowed to enrich Uranium for any reason and to any “grade”. This isn’t just a right wing thing. Your 2 primary presidental canidates agree with me on this situation as does the UN. So, please now respond by dodging me or attempting to belittle me. I know answer or truly discussing this matter is just to difficult when Obama and Clinton both proclaim Iran cannot be allowed to enrich Uranium and the military option isn’t something we should take off the table. So, incoming with the dodge or nasty remark in 5,4,3,2,……..

Just curious…

Also, have you found out what the difference is between fuel-grade and weapons-grade uranium yet?

Are troops are counting on that bill. How dare anyone not help hurry through all the spending needs our troops are asking for. We need to fix the troop readiness problem now. The Iran situation could go south at any moment and we may be in another war any day. Pass this money now Dems and don’t let the repugs stop you!!!

rachel, that’s a nice list, but don’t you think you ought to give credit to the original authors?

It looks like plagiarism has become a habit with you. I pointed this out yesterday on the ThinkFast thread (by the way, I answered your none-too-polite reply…I urge everyone else to check it out to see what a bald-faced liar you are).

Just fair warning, rachel. I can’t prevent you from cutting and pasting huge posts here, but I can certainly point it out when you attempt to take credit for work that demonstrably isn’t yours. ^_^

Seeing a lot of that where I live (Wisconsin).
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Mineta testified under oath before the 9/11 Commission that he personally witnessed Dick Cheney order a subordinate to allow the approaching aircraft to strike the Pentagon unimpeded. The direct order was to allow any approaching aircraft to fly direct and unimpeded to its target, without employing any of the readily available countermeasures (missiles) to prevent it.

This testimony, under oath, is proof that Dick Cheney was in command of the action on 9/11. He personally ensured that the plane (not a civilian aircraft, but an A3 Skywarrior from Raytheon’s fleet), loaded with explosives (the smell of cordite hung in the area and those present smelled it), struck the Pentagon precisely as planned, with military precision, including a perfect corkscrew descent – an impossible maneuver for any new pilot.

There was no pilot aboard this aircraft, and no passengers either (no seats, luggage or bodies were found). It was painted in the company colors of American Airlines and flown by Dov Zakehim’s Sysplan technology into the building where he worked as Comptroller. Did Dov place the homing device on the side of the building himself?

Dov Zakheim is a 9/11 kingpin, along with Dick Cheney, Kobi Alexander and others.

In the words of Ubber-Zionist, Myrav Wurmser (wife of Cheney’s top Middle East Advisor relative to bombing Iran and Syria), “We must move on, and faster.”

Yes, we must move on, and faster. On to the crime of 9/11.

All of the evidence required to indict Richard B. Cheney on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Treason are present. All of the evidence required to Arrest Cheney for his direct role in 9/11 is readily available. All of the evidence to indict Richard B. Cheney under the DC Fraud statutes was revealed in testimony at the Libby trial. Read the Fraud Statutes – look at how Cheney and his co-conspirators have profitted from 9/11 and this war, then tell me he didn’t commit FRAUD.

It is a fact that Vice President Cheney lied repeatedly (and directly caused the President to do so in a STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH), using the People’s FCC-controlled airwaves, and the US Mail, to cause the United States to embark upon a policy course that was known to be contrary to the interests of the People Of The United States, and did so for his own personal enrichment (see income from Halliburton and other holdings).

CONSPIRACY, FRAUD, AND TREASON are ALL indictable offenses.

Screw impeachment, ARREST THE MAN.

CONSPIRACY, FRAUD & TREASON = CHENEY

WASH, RINSE, REPEAT:

CONSPIRACY, FRAUD & TREASON = CHENEY

Only by revealing the entire truth of 9/11, and laying all of the facts on the table for the American public to see, can we have or country back. No other investigation or revelation will do it.

TAKE ON THE TRUTH OF 9/11 AND CHENEY’S DIRECT ROLE THEREIN.

The war has not been “bungled.” The execution of the war is “right on-plan.”

The plan was to create a set of circumstances under which it would be both impossible to declare victory, AND impossible to leave. I’m not speculating about this, it’s not mere conjecture, it’s a FACT. This administration and those ABOVE Bush’s paygrade (Rockefeller, CFR, etc.) have been happy to use their controlled-media to paint a picture of inept execution of the war, but trust me, from their perspective, it’s going perfectly.

Stop thinking with your own value systems and your own logical mind. Wurmser, Ledeen and others have told us that the actual GOAL is TOTAL WAR LASTING 100 YEARS. The PERMANANT BASES IN IRAQ confirm this. Use your logical mind.

They showed you their road map (PNAC), they published their theories and strategies and made it available for all to see. You know that these strategies are the ones being implemented, because you know that Israel has moles throughout the Government (including Lieberman) ensuring that their war proceeds apace at our expense. You know that Larry Franklin imbeded himself in the midst of the WHIG during the run up to the invasion of Iraq, this despite the fact that he actually ran the IRAN DESK. You know he pled guilty to passing Top Secret information pertaing to IRAN on to Israel through the leaders of AIPAC, a known spy organization.

You should also know that US Submariner, Ariel Joseph Weinmann, was arrested and charged with espionsge in a case at least as damaging to US National Security as was the Jonathan Pollard case. He turned over all of our nuclear submarine secrets to Israel. Now their subs know everything that the US Navy knows – and they’re likely shadowing our fleet off the coast of Iran right this moment. If a US vessel is attacked in these waters, and the attack is instantly proclamed to have come from Iran, you now know that it will have been a false flag attack from an Israeli sub. The proclamation from the Liar In Chief will be made that “An attack against a US Flagged vessel is the equivalent of an attack on US Soil” – and the nuking of Iran will commence before you can say “holy shit!” Again, this is NOT CONJECTURE, Cheney has TOLD US that the “retaliation plan” is already in place.

We know EVERYTHING to make a legal case against this administration AND the government of Israel for their direct role in 9/11 AND taking us into a war of choice under false (flag) prestense.

Now what are we going to do about it?