RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

US Rep, Viet Nam Vet and a dear friend. thanks Jack, for all you did.

Drifter...


Longtime U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died Monday afternoon in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital. He was 77.

Murtha


The 77-year-old Johnstown Democrat had been in the intensive care unit of Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., for several days.

Spokesman Matt Mazonkey said Murtha was hospitalized after suffering complications from surgery to remove his gallbladder late last month.

Murtha was elected in 1974 and had been serving as the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

He was a Marine and the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the House of Representatives.

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

On Feb 8, 2:07*pm, Drifter wrote:
US Rep, Viet Nam Vet and a dear friend. thanks Jack, for all you did.

Drifter...

You lemmings never cease to amaze. One of the most corrupt pieces of
**** in Congress finally does something beneficial for the nation
(i.e. dies) and the dumb downed American public gushes forth with the
sentimental slop before the carcass is even cold. Really you should
wait awhile before beginning the revisionist history project about
"Abscam Jack".

The only reason the sleazebag didn't finish "serving" his country in
Lewisburg Federal Penitentary instead of the U.S. Congress was because
he was a SNITCH who testified against his partners in crime. A THIEF
and a RAT FINK who personally engineered the theft of $BILLION$ from
hard working Americans to the ruling elite via their military
industrial complex to fund their war racket - corporate welfare
wrapped in the flag.

But don't take it too hard, your masters will probably name a holiday
after him in ten years.


By PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer

Murtha was a perennial target of critics of so-called pay-to-play
politics. He routinely drew the attention of ethical watchdogs with
off-the-floor activities, from his entanglement in the Abscam
corruption probe three decades ago to the more recent scrutiny of the
connection between special-interest spending known as earmarks and the
raising of cash for campaigns.

Murtha became chairman of the House Appropriations defense
subcommittee in 1989. The same year Paul Magliocchetti, a former
subcommittee staffer, left Capitol Hill to found the now-defunct PMA
Group. The lobbying firm, which specialized in obtaining earmarks for
defense contractors, was one Murtha's biggest sources of campaign
cash.
In 2007 and 2008, Murtha and two fellow Democrats on the subcommittee
directed $137 million to defense contractors who were paying PMA to
get them government business. Between 1989 and 2009, Murtha collected
more than $2.3 million in campaign contributions from PMA's lobbyists
and corporate clients, according to the Center for Responsive
Politics, which tracks political money.

Shortly after the 2008 election, the FBI raided PMA's offices as part
of a criminal investigation. In a separate development in January
2009, FBI agents raided the offices of a defense contractor from
Murtha's district — Windber-based Kuchera Defense Systems Inc. — that
had received millions of dollars in earmarks sponsored by Murtha while
contributing tens of thousands to his campaigns.

A year later, Kuchera was suspended from bidding on government
contracts because of allegations that it paid more than $200,000 in
kickbacks to another defense contractor.

Around the same time, the House ethics committee was investigating the
link between PMA-related campaign contributions and earmarks, but it
had not named a subcommittee to look into possible violations by
individual lawmakers.
Murtha's critics recall the Abscam corruption probe, in which the FBI
caught him on videotape in a 1980 sting operation turning down a
$50,000 bribe offer while holding out the possibility that he might
take money in the future.
"We do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested and maybe I
won't," Murtha said on the tape.
Six congressmen and one senator were convicted in that case. Murtha
was not charged, but the government named him as an unindicted co-
conspirator and he testified against two other congressmen.

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

On 2/8/10 16:33 , Priest wrote:
On Feb 8, 2:07 pm, wrote:
US Rep, Viet Nam Vet and a dear friend. thanks Jack, for all you did.

Drifter...

You lemmings never cease to amaze. One of the most corrupt pieces of
**** in Congress finally does something beneficial for the nation
(i.e. dies) and the dumb downed American public gushes forth with the
sentimental slop before the carcass is even cold.

He's dead. He can't do you any harm. Speaking ill of him now is
of no beneft.

Give him the respect he's due as a Marine, if nothing else.

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

I Respect him for his Service to our Country, in the United States
Marines.
Rest in Peace, John Murtha.
Semper Fi, Mack.

http://www.grunt.com
cuhulin

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

On Feb 8, 4:37*pm, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
* *He's dead. He can't do you any harm. Speaking ill of him now is
of no beneft.
Give him the respect he's due as a Marine, if nothing else.

What a stupid statement. The harm he did to the nation continues and
will endure, even after the maggots have devoured his stinking corpse.
Hard working, honest Americans will be forced to pay the tab "Sleazy
Jack" and his military industrial complex masters ran up for
generations to come.

As I said, you lemmings never cease to amaze - keep posting please.
There is something perversely satisfying about seeing imbeciles get
what they deserve.

By the by, Ultra liberal lefty Keith Olberman just praised the scumbag
on his television show while ultra conservative righty's on Fox News
were slobbering on about what a patriot "Abscam Jack" was. And the
dumbed down American public still falls for the good cop/bad cop,
right/left, LIbEral/CONservative charade the corrupt corporate
propagandists spoon feeds them nightly. As I said, you lemmings...

P.S. Pursuing your logic, wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald a Marine? As I
said, you lemmings ...lol... the gift that never stops giving...
LMAO!!!

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

On 2/8/10 20:15 , Priest wrote:
On Feb 8, 4:37 pm, "D. Peter
wrote:
He's dead. He can't do you any harm. Speaking ill of him now is
of no beneft.
Give him the respect he's due as a Marine, if nothing else.

What a stupid statement. The harm he did to the nation continues and
will endure, even after the maggots have devoured his stinking corpse.
Hard working, honest Americans will be forced to pay the tab "Sleazy
Jack" and his military industrial complex masters ran up for
generations to come.

As I said, you lemmings never cease to amaze - keep posting please.
There is something perversely satisfying about seeing imbeciles get
what they deserve.

By the by, Ultra liberal lefty Keith Olberman just praised the scumbag
on his television show while ultra conservative righty's on Fox News
were slobbering on about what a patriot "Abscam Jack" was. And the
dumbed down American public still falls for the good cop/bad cop,
right/left, LIbEral/CONservative charade the corrupt corporate
propagandists spoon feeds them nightly. As I said, you lemmings...

P.S. Pursuing your logic, wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald a Marine? As I
said, you lemmings ...lol... the gift that never stops giving...
LMAO!!!



You're comparing a United States Congressman to Lee Harvey Oswald.

Makes as much sense as comparing John Wayne Gacy to Larry Harmon.

Speaking of logic.

RIP, RightWingNuts have no heart .. or brains
 

On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:31 -0800, Priest wrote:

On Feb 8, 2:07Â*pm, Drifter wrote:
US Rep, Viet Nam Vet and a dear friend. thanks Jack, for all you did.

Drifter...

You lemmings never cease to amaze. One of the most corrupt pieces of
**** in Congress finally does something beneficial for the nation (i.e.
dies) and the dumb downed American public gushes forth with the
sentimental slop before the carcass is even cold. Really you should wait
awhile before beginning the revisionist history project about "Abscam
Jack".

you right wingnuts as even more amazing when your party sucks the
corporate tit in exchange for American lifes.

Are you a preist to satain? Do you worship Ru$h Limpballs just like fail-
in Pailin?!

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

Priest wrote:

P.S. Pursuing your logic, wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald a Marine?


He was framed.

I still can't get over the Warren Commission report. I have the
condensed single book version of it. What a farce.


magic bullet II

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

Lee Harvey Oswald did not murder John F. Kennedy.
cuhulin

RIP, John Murtha dies at 77.
 

On Feb 8, 9:18*pm, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:

* *You're comparing a United States Congressman to Lee Harvey Oswald.

* *Makes as much sense as comparing John Wayne Gacy to Larry Harmon.

* *Speaking of logic.

I am not comparing one criminal to the other. Just pointing out the
fallacy of your "he was a Marine" bs. You flag wavers can't have it
both ways