The bugle blows for heroes, not Murtha
The B2 Journal cannot express the degree of contempt in which it holds Democrat Representative John Murtha for turning on America's best and brightest while they are bleeding and dying. His lies about the misconduct of our brave Marines and his spurious character assassinations vomited forth from the floor of Congress will ultimately prove to be as fraudulent as his honor.
Shame on the people of Pennsylvania for re-electing such a lying, despicable blackguard. There is no doubt that one day soon this vile political hack will pay for his crimes - all of them.
Until that long-overdue retribution occurs, however, Vietnam veteran Russ Vaughn certainly captures Murtha's ignominy in a few short stanzas of his original poem. Although a veteran of the United States Army's storied 101st Airborne Division, Mr. Vaughn, a regular contributor to The American Thinker, understands that "Semper I" is an old United States Marine Corps term applied to those selfish careerists who place their own success ahead of their men and the wellbeing of the Corps.
This is exactly what Murtha is doing - prostituting congressional ethics and personal integrity for political profit:
A Bugle Blows in Arlington
by Russ Vaughn
Lilting notes fill still sad air,
An eagle's tears a globe fall on,
Trail an anchor with despair,
For a man we'd wish had not to die,
Brave youth among the best,
A Marine, he lived for Semper Fi,
And with Semper Fi he'll rest.
So sadly is the contrast,
Between those who talk and fight;
Fat Pols for whom their war's past,
But now can't see the light,
Accusing brave young fighting men,
Of crimes they can't defend,
Disgraceful fat old congressmen,
Who've lost the will to win.
Yes there we see the difference,
Between those who fight to win,
And a congressman with no sense,
Who's committed grievous sin;
He's turned against his Corps,
And no one knows quite why,
Except he loves himself much more:
Classic case of Semper I.
To our United States Marines everywhere: Semper Fi. To Democrat Murtha: You are a disgrace to the Corps and a festering boil on the integrity of our nation.