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Happy Veterans Day

by on November 11, 2010 in Blog, National Security

Today we honor all American veterans — past and present. Those who have served this country during war have done the selfless work of ensuring our liberty and our way of life. For that we owe them our appreciation, not just today, but every day.

In addition to honoring their service with a day of recognition and various ceremonies, we can do so in more personal ways every day of the year. We can personally thank the veterans in our lives. We can send notes and cards to hospitalized veterans and those living in veterans’ homes. And we can work to make sure our government policies show the appreciation of the nation by seeing to the needs of our veterans.

Happy Veterans Day.

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Supporting Veterans

by on October 13, 2010 in Blog, Economy, National Security, Spending

You may remember the curt exchange between Bob Etheridge and a U.S. Marine at a town hall meeting in Lillington last summer, when the Marine asked Congressman Etheridge a question about Obamacare. By comparison, during our debate, Congressman Etheridge was courting veterans and bragging about his support for the military. But veterans live in the same economy as the rest of us and – as the Marine’s question showed – ‘DC Bob’s’ votes for stimulus spending, Obamacare, cap and trade, bailouts and trillion dollar deficits hurt them just like everyone else.

For example, ‘NC Bob’ promised seniors he wouldn’t cut Medicare but, then, ‘DC Bob’ voted to cut Medicare half a trillion to pay for Obamacare. That didn’t just make life harder for seniors. It affected their children and families.

Finally, during our debate – while ‘DC Bob’ was pandering to veterans – there’s one vote he never mentioned: How, when our troops were fighting in Iraq, he voted with Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi against the surge. Our troops were making the sacrifices that are now allowing us to leave Iraq with honor – but when it came to sending them reinforcements Congressman Etheridge voted no.

Please keep this in mind the next time you hear Bob Etheridge talk about his support for veterans.

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Ground Zero

by on September 11, 2010 in Blog, National Security

Today is the anniversary of September 11. Almost all of us remember where we were on that awful morning when America suffered her second Pearl Harbor. And we are grateful to the soldiers – men and women – who have fought our enemies in far-off lands like Iraq and Afghanistan for the last nine years [...]

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Justice Delayed for Victims of Cole Bombing

by on August 30, 2010 in Blog, National Security

The Obama administration has “shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.” This would have been the first major al-Qaeda figure tried under the new military commission system Obama set up – and at least one military official said the [...]

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Ambassador of Death

by on August 25, 2010 in Blog, National Security

While the Ayatollahs in Iran are about to fuel their nuclear reactor and continue to test long range missiles, President Ahmadinejad has unveiled Iran’s new long range bomber. It’s a drone aircraft he calls the ‘Ambassador of Death.’ The Russians are loading nuclear fuel into Iran’s reactor. Iran is enriching uranium to weapons grade and [...]

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