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burdell · 02-09-2010, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dcsldcd

You ever heard the vile things Murtha said about our soldiers? They were pretty low life comments and is outragiously reprehensible. He was the King of Pork, squandering OUR tax dollars and a mean spirited human being to boot.

And those who revel in his death aren't, right?

Typical NeoConfused hypocrisy!

burdell · 02-09-2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Glitch

I could not agree more!

His passing raised the overall IQ of the entire nation. That is one less jerk going around arrogantly accusing innocent people of mass murder.

Apparently not very much

sponger42 · 02-09-2010, 06:32 PM

Rest In Peace.

Real men do not speak ill of the dead.

Jadex · 02-09-2010, 07:25 PM

Its a terrible accident and mistake but we are human and we are going to make errors.

Cunucu Beach · 02-09-2010, 07:39 PM

As a former nurse, my guess is that the surgeon accidentally knicked the intestinal wall and bowel bacteria spilled into the abdominal cavity, causing peritonitis, which is very serious infection and not infrequently causes death. Murtha's age was against him, too.

While I do not celebrate his death, neither can I celebrate his life as a politician. The comments he made about our military being cold-blooded killers in Iraq is inexcusable and all the more reprehensible considering that Murtha, himself, was a Vietnam veteran.

sanrene · 02-09-2010, 07:42 PM

Totally unrelated to whether people have insurance or not.

Didn't he have this done at Bethesda Navy Hospital?

Can't beat that kind of care anywhere in the world.

Mistakes happen.

Katarina Witt · 02-09-2010, 07:45 PM

Any death is sad.

Cunucu Beach · 02-09-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sanrene

Totally unrelated to whether people have insurance or not.

Didn't he have this done at Bethesda Navy Hospital?

Absolutely correct. As a Vietnam veteran, Murtha had medical care for life.

sanrene · 02-09-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Glitch

I could not agree more!

His passing raised the overall IQ of the entire nation. That is one less jerk going around arrogantly accusing innocent people of mass murder.

Did he ever apologize to our soldiers for his comments?

mwruckman · 02-09-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

As a former nurse, my guess is that the surgeon accidentally knicked the intestinal wall and bowel bacteria spilled into the abdominal cavity, causing peritonitis, which is very serious infection and not infrequently causes death. Murtha's age was against him, too.

While I do not celebrate his death, neither can I celebrate his life as a politician. The comments he made about our military being cold-blooded killers in Iraq is inexcusable and all the more reprehensible considering that Murtha, himself, was a Vietnam veteran.

John Murtha is not just any Vietnam veteran. He joined the US Marines in the mid 1950s and served his enlistment before going to the University of Pittsburgh. After graduating from college and starting his own business be joined the US Marine Corps Reserve. In 1965 he volunteered to rejoin the Corps and he spent 1966-7 in the Nam. John was entitled to his opinion about the use or misuse of US forces because he earned it.