SwiftVets.com

[Aristotle The Hun]

Kudos from three alumni.

Hi Guys -

Looks like the Swift Vets, where we all met way back, have folded their tents and stolen away quietly into the night:

> Swift Vets and POWs for Truth has formally disbanded and ceased all operations as of May 31, 2008. SwiftVets.com will continue to be maintained, for historical purposes only, by New American Media Online Services (NAMOS).

The message board forum is still up and working, but not much going on there. Sorry to see them go, but they did a good thing keeping the Skerry out of the White House.

Cheers! Jim

IMO, SVPT was the greatest web site in the history of the American internet. What could have been more noble and more valuable to the safety of the world. Thinking about a world without them in '04 brings a shudder. They did their job and did it well. Mission accomplished, so to speak. I'm happy to see they plan to keep it as a museum but I doubt we'll ever know the whole truth about Silky. He's just the consummate anti-American and with no conscience, there's nothing to make him come clean. Too bad he didn't fold his tent too. thx. Tom

Those guys taught me how to post on the internet. They were real sticklers for source and staying with the topic. They didn't allow name calling or even smart ass comments. They even protected Kerry from slander. I got jumped on for referring to Kerry’s salute as “limp wristed”.

Sad. All the good things go away.

Sam
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Deportè Monsieur Kerrè

[Me#1You#10]

ATH, your melancholy is undoubtedly shared by legions of SVPT supporters, contributors and friends who must now, like the Swiftees and POWs, bask in the sure knowledge of a "Mission Accomplished" and a job, most assuredly, "well done".

Oh, there will still be rear guard action aplenty to be met and challenged as Kerry is now relegated to feckless "guerilla journalism" and "political theater" in a desperate attempt to rehabilitate the tattered remains of his character "on the cheap". However, I'll wager that he finds the "ghosts" of Campaign 2004 to be an even more formidable foe than the Swiftvet and POW heroes who drew a line in the historical sand for 58,000+ of their brethren and resolutely declared..."Mr. Kerry, we've had quite enough".

BTW, while I understand the good intent, let me politely decline the "stole away quietly into the night" metaphor while I dabble in a few of my own. SVPT exits the political stage still at "General Quarters", battle stations fully manned, "firing for effect" with all guns still blazing, heads held high, backbones ramrod straight, victory laurels on their heads and a vanquished foe at their collective feet...and THAT'S how I'll remember the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth as they set sail into American history.

[shawa]

Good to hear from the alums.
Thanks for posting, Sam.
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“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” (Thomas Paine, 1776)

[Aristotle The Hun]

[Deuce]

[TEWSPilot]

Deuce, if you wore the uniform and didn't admit to being a war criminal or march with the anti-war crowd or go on TV as a talking head expert on everything the military does wrong, YOU have a target on your back. Just being a patriot is enough to place you in their crosshairs. This is a war on all fronts, and the enemy within knows the best and only weapon at their disposal is the media. All we can do is take out the targets within range, write letters to the editor, accept interviews that are NOT setups and ambushes, and fire for effect....let's move out.

[Me#1You#10]

[TEWSPilot]

#1, if they get you, I'll run for help.

Seriously, I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper in Florida in support of a Military and Aviation Museum that faced closure due to lack of funding (while funding for numerous services for illegal aliens was INCREASED). When you see a hit piece in the "news", write a letter to the editor "to set the record straight". I have worked hard to help get my state senator and my state representative and my Congressional representative reelected. My state senator is now running for judge, and a pro-Constitution judge on the bench helps all of us. Little things like that are things we all can do. They took our country away from us a little at a time. We can try to get it back the same way.