John Murtha is a war hero - the recipient of two purple hearts and the Bronze Star, a 37 year veteran of the Vietnam War. Murtha is as strong as it gets on national security, and he, unlike the chicken hawk vice president and his merry band of neocons, has seen combat, as opposed to just sending other people's sons into the action while racking up deferrments for themselves. For the Republicans to call him a Michael Moore devotee advocating U.S. surrender, or worse, a coward, is as low as it gets. The White House has said it praises Murtha's service, but as usual, they talk a good game for the TV cameras, while countenancing the smears on the Internet, in print and on radio by their allies like Rush "boil on the butt/deferrment" Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and now, the Crypt Keeper herself, Jeanne Schmidt.
So what can we do about it? Let's send John Murtha some love. Call his office or write to him and say "you're the man, Murtha. Don't let the bastards get you down!" Not that he would let them get to him -- unlike the people he's doing battle with on Capitol Hill, John Murtha is a Marine, not a politician dressed up in a flight suit. Here's Murtha's vitals:
Honorable John P. Murtha 2423 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202-225-2065
Honorable John P. Murtha P.O. Box 780 Johnstown, PA 15907 814-535-2642
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dim done
done = request.form("done")
if done = "" then
done = "No"
%>
Tell a friend
<%
Else
if request.form("done") = "Yes" then
'sets variables
dim email, sendmail
email = request.form("email")
Set sendmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
'put the webmaster address here
sendmail.From = "webmaster@aspbasics.com"
'The mail is sent to the address entered in the previous page.
sendmail.To = email
'Enter the subject of your mail here
sendmail.Subject = "Check out this website"
'send a specific page or send a site url
dim url
'url = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
url = "http://www.aspbasics.net"
'This is the content of the message.
sendmail.Body = "Site recommendation from a friend!" & _
vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "A friend has sent you this email and thought you would should check out this site." & _
vbCrlf & url & vbCrlf
'this sets mail priority.... 0=low 1=normal 2=high
sendmail.Importance = 1
sendmail.Send 'Send the email!
response.redirect Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
'Response.write ("Sent to ") & email
End if
End if
%>
"[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.' Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, August, 1788
