Scott in Florida
07-22-2005, 10:42 PM
Admiral Van Orden was extraordinarily vocal during the campaign ....
here's a follow up he's sent out ..... appropriate on Inauguration
Day?
Rear Admiral Richard Van Orden '45
RADM Van Orden also graduated from MIT (BSEE), GWU (MB.A., financial
management), and Harvard (AMP 53). Active duty included World War II
combat in CVL in the Pacific; later Minesweeper and Amphibious
transport in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He became an EDO
(electronics), serving primarily in R&D billets: CO of Navy
Electronics Laboratory Center, Vice Commander of NAVELEX, and Chief
of Naval Research.
After retirement he has served as medical, management and scientific
consultant, and on boards of directors of technically-oriented
companies. He is the author of four books about Navy and Coast Guard
ships. He is chief operating officer of Sanguine Corporation, a
medical R&D company, developing synthetic red blood cells, and a
director of Blue Sea Corporation, developing innovative ship types,
especially SWATH ships for the offshore oil industry. He is a life
member of the USNA AA and the Naval Institute.
"Pardon Me While I Gloat"
by Rear Admiral Richard "Dick" Van Orden
I am not normally a cheerful loser or a gracious winner. Whether its
tiddly-winks or war at sea, I want to win, win, win! In fact, I hate
to lose and when I win I sometimes want to rub the loser's nose in
his defeat. After a sleepless night I feel just rotten enough that
the past six months of lies and innuendos from the Kerry camp have it
all come home to make me more vindictive than usual. As a result, I
want to gloat.
Here's why:
I am happy that the sound common sense of a majority of America's
voters resulted in a solid victory for a true patriot-and in the
humiliating defeat of a lying traitor. There was no doubt in my mind
that Bush's truthfulness and forthrightness would prevail against the
lies and half-truths of Kerry and his supporters, and I am pleased
that a majority of good folks saw the light and pushed the
Bush/Cheney button for justice and for increasing support for the
nation's bright future.
I am pleased that the left-leaning media-newspapers, radio, TV and
newsmagazines-got their bell rung, but good. Now we are assured that
these self-appointed "opinion makers" cannot pull the wool over the
eyes of most of us, no matter how hard they twist the facts. Their
early reporting of the "leaked" fraudulent exit polls, and their
sponsorship of other badly skewed voter polls were designed to
mislead voters, in which they failed-miserably. And Dan Rather
deserves a special place in hell.
I am delighted that the fat, disgusting a-hole, Michael Moore did not
achieve the success that he wished for and that he was repulsed by so
many intelligent Americans. May his soul burn in hell.
I hope the Hollywood friends of Michael Moore-especially Barbara
Streisand, Whopi Goldberg, P-Diddler, and their friends-are roasting
in the hell of their own making. It seems to me that they all
offered to depart the U.S if Bush won the first time, which they did
not do. The time is now doubly ripe for their exit.
I am blissful that all the treasure and invective of George Soros
devoted to defeating George Bush went for naught. I only wish for a
financial future of similar poor decisions by Soros; I want to see
him as bankrupt in bank account as he is in patriotism.
I find it particularly satisfying that the high ranking military suck-
ups whose lack of integrity led them to desert their commander-in-
chief and follow a lying cheat, even though they knew, or should have
known, that his dismissal from the Navy was "less than honorable," as
detailed in the military record that he refused to release. It is
sad that such Navy types as Bill Crowe, Stan Turner, and even Jimmy
Carter would be in that group. It is obvious that their motivation
was the hope of a cushy job when their new-found knight in shining
armor moved into the White House. Even their strategy was flawed,
for Kerry is, and always has been, anti-military; he only used his
military service-and those military "advisors"-for personal political
gain. He would never have offered that cushy job, once he had used
them, just as he never voted for the needed armament that they and
their shipmates and their Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force brothers-
in-arms needed so badly.
I am thrilled that the whiners, especially Robert Harris and his ilk,
who have complained bitterly about the "stolen" 2000 Presidential
election must leave that fallacy in the past and now try to find
something else to whine about-maybe they can even develop a fantasy
that the four million vote plurality was a miscount, and continue
their whining as they slink away into their caves.
It pleases me that Kofi Annan and the other United Nations sycophants
failed miserably when they tried so hard to influence this election
to ensure that a more pliable President Kerry would be elected. I
hope they will now realize that either they clean up the
bureaucratic, corrupt, do-nothing UN, or they will be short of funds
when the Bush-led US decreases-or ends-its support.
I am overjoyed at the failure of Osama bin Laden's carefully timed
video of invective against the US and its President in hopes of using
Islamic scare tactics on the American people. Bin Laden's aim was to
entice our voters to elect a new President who will not be as robust
in his pursuit of terrorists and more willing to "negotiate" with
Islamic Fundamentalists. He did not understand that Americans are
not so panicky as the French, fearful as the Spanish, or unthinking
as the English. (As for the Germans, they should know better; we
have defeated them in battle often enough to convince them of the
rightness of our ways.) I hope Osama dies in a blast from a bunker-
buster before he gets a chance to make another video or another
attack on our nation.
The blatant attempts of European nations and the EU to cause our
President discomfort in his efforts to bring peace to the world make
me glad that they are so disappointed with the election results. My
joy is unbounded at the chagrin of the French and German and other
anti-Bush, anti-American nations (including the people of the UK-but
not their loyal and faithful government led by Prime Minister, Tony
Blair). Now let those U.S.-sheltered Europeans worry about the end
of American financial and military assistance when they have
problems. Let them beg for American military aid and other handouts
that have helped to sustain their economies. And let them perish in
their own sweat when we remove out troops from Germany, the Balkans,
and other trouble spots where we have pulled their chestnuts out of
the fire.
I relish the hope that Islamic fundamentalists will now understand
the election result as a blow from which they cannot recover. It
fills me with joy that their dreams of world domination will be
shattered by Bush's and the American nation's resolve to see them
defeated and sent to join their Allah-without the 72 virgins waiting
for them.
It pleases me more than I can say that the Senate Minority Leader,
Thomas Daschle lost his seat. As the leading obstructionist for the
Democrat party, he was primarily responsible for withholding approval
of many Bush appointments to Federal judgeships, high-level
positions, and other necessary personnel. Good riddance.
The demise of the junk-yard dog, loudmouth James Carville, also
brings me great happiness. That happiness is further enhanced by the
victory of the first Republican to win a Senate seat in Louisiana,
Carville's home state.
I am delighted with the success of John O'Neil and his Swift Boat
Vets-and with those thousands of non-Swifties who joined with them-on
their forthright revelation of the truth of Kerry's service in
Vietnam. They took a truthful but difficult position and made an
impact-good and honorable Navy men all. Bush gets gentlemanly credit
for not using them and their data in his campaign to demean Kerry,
but the word was out that they spoke the truth. I maintain that they
were the MVPs of this election; their testimony turned the tide
against Kerry, and he never recovered.
And, finally, I must express my unbounded gratification at the defeat
of Senator Kerry, a worthless Senator, anti-military extremist, lying
self-promoter, and former Naval officer who disgraced us all. His
traitorous collusion with the enemy is second only to that of Jane
Fonda. He should have been court-martialed for giving aid and comfort
to the enemy in time of war. His dishonorable quest for medals and a
quick return to the US, where he turned against his shipmates and
lied about their actions resulted in a less than honorable separation
from the Navy. Jimmy Carter's amnesty allowed him to file for, and
get, an honorable discharge 18 years after he left the service. He
should have received a court martial.
While my thoughts may seem to be mean-spirited, do not be confused-
they really are mean-spirited, as I mean them to be. I have suffered
the tortures of the damned over the past year as I heard and read the
lies and nasty remarks from politicians, citizens, and
media "experts" about our President. I have barely tolerated the
feeble but divisive attempts of foreign and domestic peaceniks to
build a case against our war on the Islamic fundamentalists, who use
terrorism as a weapon against us in order to intimidate our citizens
and drive some of our gutless politicians to seek "negotiations" to
avoid "confrontations" with those who seek to kill our citizens.
Most of all, I have seethed with anger at those who shamefully
derided our military, blissfully reporting on their failures and
neglecting their successes. They triumphantly celebrated our
difficulties by running daily body counts of our own heroic men
killed in battle with the enemy, even publishing their pictures in
papers and on TV as if to mock the President who sent them to defend
our nation. I have only disgust for such tactics. And those are the
very same people who now plead for "united actions" in the House and
Senate, now that they are in a steadily declining minority. I would
advise our President to "watch your six" because these are really
enemies and they are not to be trusted.
Four more years! How sweet it is!
--
Scott in Florida
here's a follow up he's sent out ..... appropriate on Inauguration
Day?
Rear Admiral Richard Van Orden '45
RADM Van Orden also graduated from MIT (BSEE), GWU (MB.A., financial
management), and Harvard (AMP 53). Active duty included World War II
combat in CVL in the Pacific; later Minesweeper and Amphibious
transport in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He became an EDO
(electronics), serving primarily in R&D billets: CO of Navy
Electronics Laboratory Center, Vice Commander of NAVELEX, and Chief
of Naval Research.
After retirement he has served as medical, management and scientific
consultant, and on boards of directors of technically-oriented
companies. He is the author of four books about Navy and Coast Guard
ships. He is chief operating officer of Sanguine Corporation, a
medical R&D company, developing synthetic red blood cells, and a
director of Blue Sea Corporation, developing innovative ship types,
especially SWATH ships for the offshore oil industry. He is a life
member of the USNA AA and the Naval Institute.
"Pardon Me While I Gloat"
by Rear Admiral Richard "Dick" Van Orden
I am not normally a cheerful loser or a gracious winner. Whether its
tiddly-winks or war at sea, I want to win, win, win! In fact, I hate
to lose and when I win I sometimes want to rub the loser's nose in
his defeat. After a sleepless night I feel just rotten enough that
the past six months of lies and innuendos from the Kerry camp have it
all come home to make me more vindictive than usual. As a result, I
want to gloat.
Here's why:
I am happy that the sound common sense of a majority of America's
voters resulted in a solid victory for a true patriot-and in the
humiliating defeat of a lying traitor. There was no doubt in my mind
that Bush's truthfulness and forthrightness would prevail against the
lies and half-truths of Kerry and his supporters, and I am pleased
that a majority of good folks saw the light and pushed the
Bush/Cheney button for justice and for increasing support for the
nation's bright future.
I am pleased that the left-leaning media-newspapers, radio, TV and
newsmagazines-got their bell rung, but good. Now we are assured that
these self-appointed "opinion makers" cannot pull the wool over the
eyes of most of us, no matter how hard they twist the facts. Their
early reporting of the "leaked" fraudulent exit polls, and their
sponsorship of other badly skewed voter polls were designed to
mislead voters, in which they failed-miserably. And Dan Rather
deserves a special place in hell.
I am delighted that the fat, disgusting a-hole, Michael Moore did not
achieve the success that he wished for and that he was repulsed by so
many intelligent Americans. May his soul burn in hell.
I hope the Hollywood friends of Michael Moore-especially Barbara
Streisand, Whopi Goldberg, P-Diddler, and their friends-are roasting
in the hell of their own making. It seems to me that they all
offered to depart the U.S if Bush won the first time, which they did
not do. The time is now doubly ripe for their exit.
I am blissful that all the treasure and invective of George Soros
devoted to defeating George Bush went for naught. I only wish for a
financial future of similar poor decisions by Soros; I want to see
him as bankrupt in bank account as he is in patriotism.
I find it particularly satisfying that the high ranking military suck-
ups whose lack of integrity led them to desert their commander-in-
chief and follow a lying cheat, even though they knew, or should have
known, that his dismissal from the Navy was "less than honorable," as
detailed in the military record that he refused to release. It is
sad that such Navy types as Bill Crowe, Stan Turner, and even Jimmy
Carter would be in that group. It is obvious that their motivation
was the hope of a cushy job when their new-found knight in shining
armor moved into the White House. Even their strategy was flawed,
for Kerry is, and always has been, anti-military; he only used his
military service-and those military "advisors"-for personal political
gain. He would never have offered that cushy job, once he had used
them, just as he never voted for the needed armament that they and
their shipmates and their Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force brothers-
in-arms needed so badly.
I am thrilled that the whiners, especially Robert Harris and his ilk,
who have complained bitterly about the "stolen" 2000 Presidential
election must leave that fallacy in the past and now try to find
something else to whine about-maybe they can even develop a fantasy
that the four million vote plurality was a miscount, and continue
their whining as they slink away into their caves.
It pleases me that Kofi Annan and the other United Nations sycophants
failed miserably when they tried so hard to influence this election
to ensure that a more pliable President Kerry would be elected. I
hope they will now realize that either they clean up the
bureaucratic, corrupt, do-nothing UN, or they will be short of funds
when the Bush-led US decreases-or ends-its support.
I am overjoyed at the failure of Osama bin Laden's carefully timed
video of invective against the US and its President in hopes of using
Islamic scare tactics on the American people. Bin Laden's aim was to
entice our voters to elect a new President who will not be as robust
in his pursuit of terrorists and more willing to "negotiate" with
Islamic Fundamentalists. He did not understand that Americans are
not so panicky as the French, fearful as the Spanish, or unthinking
as the English. (As for the Germans, they should know better; we
have defeated them in battle often enough to convince them of the
rightness of our ways.) I hope Osama dies in a blast from a bunker-
buster before he gets a chance to make another video or another
attack on our nation.
The blatant attempts of European nations and the EU to cause our
President discomfort in his efforts to bring peace to the world make
me glad that they are so disappointed with the election results. My
joy is unbounded at the chagrin of the French and German and other
anti-Bush, anti-American nations (including the people of the UK-but
not their loyal and faithful government led by Prime Minister, Tony
Blair). Now let those U.S.-sheltered Europeans worry about the end
of American financial and military assistance when they have
problems. Let them beg for American military aid and other handouts
that have helped to sustain their economies. And let them perish in
their own sweat when we remove out troops from Germany, the Balkans,
and other trouble spots where we have pulled their chestnuts out of
the fire.
I relish the hope that Islamic fundamentalists will now understand
the election result as a blow from which they cannot recover. It
fills me with joy that their dreams of world domination will be
shattered by Bush's and the American nation's resolve to see them
defeated and sent to join their Allah-without the 72 virgins waiting
for them.
It pleases me more than I can say that the Senate Minority Leader,
Thomas Daschle lost his seat. As the leading obstructionist for the
Democrat party, he was primarily responsible for withholding approval
of many Bush appointments to Federal judgeships, high-level
positions, and other necessary personnel. Good riddance.
The demise of the junk-yard dog, loudmouth James Carville, also
brings me great happiness. That happiness is further enhanced by the
victory of the first Republican to win a Senate seat in Louisiana,
Carville's home state.
I am delighted with the success of John O'Neil and his Swift Boat
Vets-and with those thousands of non-Swifties who joined with them-on
their forthright revelation of the truth of Kerry's service in
Vietnam. They took a truthful but difficult position and made an
impact-good and honorable Navy men all. Bush gets gentlemanly credit
for not using them and their data in his campaign to demean Kerry,
but the word was out that they spoke the truth. I maintain that they
were the MVPs of this election; their testimony turned the tide
against Kerry, and he never recovered.
And, finally, I must express my unbounded gratification at the defeat
of Senator Kerry, a worthless Senator, anti-military extremist, lying
self-promoter, and former Naval officer who disgraced us all. His
traitorous collusion with the enemy is second only to that of Jane
Fonda. He should have been court-martialed for giving aid and comfort
to the enemy in time of war. His dishonorable quest for medals and a
quick return to the US, where he turned against his shipmates and
lied about their actions resulted in a less than honorable separation
from the Navy. Jimmy Carter's amnesty allowed him to file for, and
get, an honorable discharge 18 years after he left the service. He
should have received a court martial.
While my thoughts may seem to be mean-spirited, do not be confused-
they really are mean-spirited, as I mean them to be. I have suffered
the tortures of the damned over the past year as I heard and read the
lies and nasty remarks from politicians, citizens, and
media "experts" about our President. I have barely tolerated the
feeble but divisive attempts of foreign and domestic peaceniks to
build a case against our war on the Islamic fundamentalists, who use
terrorism as a weapon against us in order to intimidate our citizens
and drive some of our gutless politicians to seek "negotiations" to
avoid "confrontations" with those who seek to kill our citizens.
Most of all, I have seethed with anger at those who shamefully
derided our military, blissfully reporting on their failures and
neglecting their successes. They triumphantly celebrated our
difficulties by running daily body counts of our own heroic men
killed in battle with the enemy, even publishing their pictures in
papers and on TV as if to mock the President who sent them to defend
our nation. I have only disgust for such tactics. And those are the
very same people who now plead for "united actions" in the House and
Senate, now that they are in a steadily declining minority. I would
advise our President to "watch your six" because these are really
enemies and they are not to be trusted.
Four more years! How sweet it is!
--
Scott in Florida