Captain Matthew Burden Supports Marine Lt. for Congress

Marine Veteran Joins other Conservatives Looking to Challenge Long Time Democratic Strongholds and Ivory Tower Politics

Ilario Pantano: Candidate for Congress (NC-7)WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Jan 28---War veteran, author and businessman Ilario Pantano today formally announced his candidacy for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District. An independently minded Republican, Mr. Pantano is looking to challenge Rep. Mike McIntyre, a fourteen year incumbent in district held by Democrats for the last 100 years.

From Blackfive:

We've followed the trials and tribulations of USMC First Lieutenant Ilario Pantano for awhile here on BlackFive. We've supported him since the beginning (and had to fight some of our own to do so), and, now, Ilario is running for Congress in the Congressional District NC-7. The 7th District has not had a Republican since March 3, 1871!

Pantano and his family live in North Carolina where, since 2006, he continues to serve his community as a Deputy Sheriff.

Conservative Challenger for 3rd District

I just recieved the phone call I've been wating over a year for.

This blog is proud to be the first to announce that we have a candidate to challenge Bobby Scott for the 3rd Congressional District in Virginia.

Coby Dillard is forming an exploratory committee.
He will be on BlogTalkRadio on 13 November talking about hs plans.

Some of you will recognize the name. He has been an active participant in Vets for Freedom and worked to elect Bob McDonnell as our new Governor. He is a Virginia native, raised in Richmond, grew up in the 3rd District. He enlisted in the Navy and now calls Norfolk his home.

Knowing Coby personally, I can state without reservation that he will be the type of representative the 3rd District can elect and know he will carry our conservative principles to Washington.

BRAVO ZULU!!!!!!!!!!!
OOOOOOOOOORAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

There's A Signpost Up Ahead; Your Next Stop:

The Twilight Zone

Washingtoons
16 June 2009
Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Retired)

Greetings fellow South Florida riders, South Floridians, and Americans, here we are for another monthly installment of our Wheels on the Road political assessment. This month’s title is appropriate because Rod Serling could not have written this script any better. Everyday we wake up and have to ask ourselves, “Are we in some kinda parallel universe”? Actually Serling had an episode which fits appropriately. Read more...

Put A Lock-Out Tag on the Political Machine

Put A Lock-Out Tag on the Political Machine

Its time to insure conservative principles are the rule, not the exception.

Another Video Answer To MoveOn

Here is the video of Ania Egland, wife of Major Eric Egland, OIF/OEF veteran and candidate for Congress.


I forwarded the email CJ sent me with Major Eglands wife to my friend Chris over at Modern Conservative.
He has penned an article you must read to appreciate.
Chris is deeply committed to defeating the forces of the extreme left. Not just defeating, making them irrelevant.

You can read his post here.
Here's a small sampling:

Just like the sacrifice of Leonides and the 300 reverberates to this very day, in the free air we breathe, so too does a comparison between two women of today:Recently, MoveOn.org put out an ad called "Not Alex." It features a young mother, holding her son. It is, needless to say, an "anti-war" ad.

Here is the text:"Hi, John McCain; this is Alex. He's my first. So far, his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog — that, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. So, John McCain, when you said you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because, if you were, you can't have him."

This women says that John McCain—and by extension this great nation—cannot have her son.But this cowardly woman—who most likely mated with a cowardly wisp of a man—doesn't realize something vital: John McCain won't take her son. Neither will the military. She doesn't decide for him, at age 18 months or 18 years. When he grows, he will decide—as a free man—whether to wear the uniform of his country.

A Candidate Speaks

SSgt David Bellavia, Medal of Honor Nominee, an honest to God American hero, and candidate for Congress from upstate New York. (Tom Reynolds district) Rochester

"Our patriotism demands the just defense of our nation and the promotion of freedom and liberty in places where there is none," he said. "As a soldier it often appears that our civilian leadership in Congress gravely misunderstand the consequence of victory or defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Their will to win has been replaced by political maneuvering and partisan politics."

From Bob Loonsbury ya gotta go read the whole thing.

H/T to my buddy RV in Rochester.

....we’re in real danger of entering a Twilight Zone of leftist anti-Americanism and Democratic scorched-earth partisanship. When the Democrats hold all the reins of power, they’re going to bring out the long knives.
And it’s going to take somebody with a pair of brass ones to stand up to them.
No Republican in the House is going to have any legislative power, but David Bellavia can have rhetorical power. He can take his few minutes a day in the well of the House and let freedom ring. He can be a guest on the talk shows, he can be in the debates, he can call a spade a spade.
His demeanor, his verbal skills, his shiny medal, his cockiness will all give him a platform, and he will make sure that platform gets used. No mealy-mouthed go-along to get-along, he’ll go toe-to-toe with anybody of a matter of patriotic principle.
He’s a fighter and a patriot.
And that’s what the Congress needs. That’s what the 26th needs. That’s what America needs.
The problem is, there’s a little bit of foot dragging. It sounds a little bit like some in the Republican Party leadership through the 26th District aren’t that keen on David Bellavia.
Part of the problem is that he hasn’t paid any dues or kissed any backsides. Order is maintained in a political organization by doling out perqs and positions to sycophants. That’s not the way David Bellavia operates.
Some Republican leaders are worried that, at his young age, if they accept him as their candidate, they are possibly giving out a very valuable position that he may hold for decades.
It’s no fun being a king maker if you don’t get to make a king. David Bellavia isn’t beholden to the party’s leaders, and he has skipped the entire process the party uses to groom and produce senior politicians.
And that’s too bad – for them. For people outside the small rooms of the Republican leadership, however, it means nothing.

The Left Has No Heroes, The Principal Has No Cajones

and yet MORE from SSgt Bellavia:


Another UPDATE: As if you needed a reason to watch the video, here is one more:

My friend Rochester Veteran, who spent the day with Carter and me in DC during the EaglesUP Rally, is reporting that SSgt.David Bellavia (Bell-a-via), Medal of Honor nominee, will run for the House seat being vacated by Tom Reynolds. Watch SSgt Bellavia in the video; the first time I saw that this morning my first thought was: "This guy would make a great Congressman". I just received an email from RV informing me that this was, indeed, going to be the case. OOOOOOOORAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Our NEXT Greatest Generation is continuing their service to our Nation.


UPDATE:
This video is so worth your time.


Thank you Uncle Jimbo, Pete, David, Matt, Marcus, Jeremiah, for your service and dedication.

Here is a poll you can weigh in with: Star Tribune

OK I stole that one, too but altered it slightly. Uncle Jimbo will probably set me down and explain the facts of life when I see them in Fayetteville, but I can handle it.

Apparently the principal has no principles, or honor, or respect for service, or sense of decency, (or cajones), according to reports on Blackfive this morning.

I'll just go off on a tangent if I start in on this, so jump over to Uncle Jimbo's post and read for yourself.

Michelle is at her best, and there are links to audio from David Bellavia, with some more comments from Uncle Jimbo.

Now for the rest of the story: This was't just any random high school in Minneapolis, it was Pete Hegseth's alma mater. It was HIS high school, from which he graduated in 1999. (which by the way, makes him one year older than my son.)