SwiftVets.com

mtpNY · Seaman Recruit Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 40

I ordered the book "Unfit For Command" on 8/15/04 from Amazon.com. It is supposed to ship on 8/23/04. It was *not* easy finding a place to order this book. My usual procedure for ordering books and music CD's is to go to Yahoo! Shopping and perform a search. Typically 10 or so options appear with different price and shipping options. Usually Amazon, B&N, Walmart, etc., are always included. When I performed a search for "Unfit For Command", nothing showed up. Zero results. Nada. I would not give up that easily and went directly to the Amazon site and ordered the book that same day. As of today, a search still yields no results found. How many people are giving up after not locating a copy?

I had originally planned for my book purchase to also be my donation to the cause. I had not planned to make a separate cash donation on top of the book purchase. That all changed after I saw Mr. Thurlow's appearance/treatment on "Hard Ball". I knew then that I would also be making a separate donation. I planned on waiting for my book to arrive and I hoped there would be information on how to donate. After seeing Mr. O'Neill on ABC's "This Week" today, I found this site and made a donation earlier today. Which brings me to my next point.

Mr. O'Neill mentioned the website on the program. After the show ended I tried to find the site in order to make my donation. I thought he had said SwiftBoatVets.com. However that site is an anti-Swift Boat Vets spoof site. So I tried SwiftBoatVet.com. Same thing. It leads to the same Salon anti-Swift Boat Vets site. I then tried SwiftBoatVeterans.com to no avail. I almost gave up before finally trying and finding this site. How many people will not be as persistent as me?

Please take the above as constructive criticism based on my own experiences. It is not meant to knock or denigrate the hard work and time that many have provided. I realize this is currently a relatively small, grass roots effort and appreciate it greatly. I just wish it wasn't so hard to buy the book or make a contribution. While my devotion would not let me be denied, what about the casual supporter?

p.s. Mr. O'Neill was fantastic on "This Week" this morning. Absolutely brilliant performance in front of a huge, nationwide audience. Hopefully some big momentum will began to surge after his tremendous outing. It's a shame he had to endure the grossly unfair shout-down he suffered on "Crossfire". I'm glad he didn't give up or throw in the towel. Lanny Davis even apologized (after the fact and no one probably even saw it) for his embarrassing and pathetic performance on the show. Isn't it funny how Kerry is supposed to get a pass for his opposition to the war when he came home because he was a veteran and a veteran who was there has a right to say whatever he wants. That veterans earned this right to their opinions (whether we agree or disagree with their views), But the Swift Boat Vets do *not* have this right? They all served their country. Most of them are heroes and medal recipients. Why aren't they entitled to their views? Why are they being trashed as liars, pawns and worse?

p.p.s. Sen. Bob Dole was great on CNN with Wolf Blitzer today as well. Let's see more Bob Dole. He specifically mentioned the Swift Boat Vets several times. Let's see them try to trash Sen. Dole. A true war hero.

Bhist · Lieutenant Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 228

Great comments. I'm so impressed with how Mr. O'Neill has handled the terrible vitriolic comments thrown in his face on television. He has kept his cool (heck he should be running for president instead of Kerry), and stood his ground in the most professional manner.

People like that bald-headed ugly fellow on "Crossfire" and Matthews from “Hardball” just make me laugh with their completely childish behaviors.

And, independent voters seeing these actions have to ask themselves, what is it that makes their behavior so defensive? It's because they know the truth is finally exposing the lies of Kerry and they can't handle it.
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SooZQ · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject:

mtpNY...I'm so glad you kept searching for this site! Hopefully others will do the same. I have noticed that the website has not been mentioned much after interviews. But then most of the interviews are on programs that are trying to crush this information. Maybe anyone being interviewed can just interject the info right off the bat?

Bhist...I'm not sure that the two guys mentioned above are capable of seeing their behavior as childish. I'm really begining to think that the tightly wound "Shout-you-downs", and that group even includes Hannity, have some sort of personality disorder.

I think guys like Chris Mathews have chosen their "truth" and simply can't allow that anything else could be true. Hence the way he treated Michelle Malkin last Thursday on Hardball...or better said, Slimeball.[/u]

Best regards to all who long for truth in reporting...

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CandiM · LCDR Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 411

Bravo to your persistence, mtpNY!--It's always nice to see a friendly newcomer--C
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