Veterans fight again: this time for peace

BlueSouth suggested pushing this idea to Daily Kos, which is why I've written another version.

Among the many things that anger me these days, the widely held belief that the Republican party represents people in the military is at the top of my list. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Starting with the chickenshit frat-boy in the White House and trickling all the way down to photo-op senators like Liddy Dole and Dick Burr here in North Carolina, it's hard to imagine any administration doing more to damage America's military than the Republican Party of Greed.

Join us for BlueNC Veterans Day on April 19.

As home to more active duty personnel than 47 other states (California, Texas and Virginia have more), North Carolina has a special relationship with the military. Military families and veterans abound all across the state, with extra high concentrations around Fayetteville, Jacksonville and Goldsboro. Having awakened slowly from the BushCo nightmare over the past six years, veterans in North Carolina are finally good and pissed.

at's why we've designated April 19, 2007 as Veterans Day at BlueNC. On that day, the day the first shot was fired in the American revolution, we're offering a special invitation to our many veteran readers to post entries sharing their ideas on war, politics, or anything else for that matter. This approach is modeled after the fabulously successful Women on Wednesdays initiative started by our own Southern Dem.

If you're a veteran - especially one with ties to North Carolina - we hope you'll consider joining this special conversation on April 19th.

America is at another crossroads, folks. Republicans have screwed military men and women every which way but loose, pushing active duty personnel and their families to the breaking point and beyond. Vets are speaking up all around the country, and it's time to build on that momentum. It's time to make sure John and Mary Public know exactly how veterans feel about Bush and his enablers destroying the integrity of military.

Lots of veterans organizations are all over this, but we're trying to move those conversations into the mainstream. We're encouraging other state blogs to join the celebration. And who knows, maybe even Big Orange will jump on the bandwagon.