I was scammed this week but it's OK.
The bait arrived in the form of a forwarded e-mail giving directions on how to send Christmas cards to the troops at Walter Reed. Christmas cards, wounded soldiers alone for the Holidays, months of recovery; I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Having spent most of last Fall in the hospital myself and knowing how frustrating it can be, I felt this was a great way to show support and provide comfort to our troops. I forwarded ( i hate forwards) the e-mail to all my friends and family(so do my family and friends).

Today, I was sent a link to Snopes describing the exact same e-mail I had received. The kicker is that the post office will not accept mail addressed to, "A Recovering American Soldier" because of security purposes. Duh, I felt like such a rube. I had been had. Fortunately, Snopes listed several organizations that provide assistance to recovering soldiers and to pay for my stupidity, I will be donating to these worthwhile organizations. I can't donate to the magnitude of the "Harry Reid smear letter" but I can do my part. I encourage you all to do the same.

Trouble At Home for Dirty Harry

The Las Vegas Review-Journal poll showed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Unfavorable rating had moved past the 50 percent mark -- 51 percent, to be precise. His favorable rating was 32 percent, 2 points lower than embattled, lame duck President George W. Bush. The Review Journal's Sherman Douglas on Reid:

Let me spell out Harry's problem. No one can win a statewide race in Nevada on a platform that appears anti-military, anti-family, anti-marriage, anti-religion, anti-free speech, pro-illegal
immigration, pro-abortion, and pro-taxation. While Harry isn't all of that personally, he clearly projects elements of them all when he's doing the bidding of his party on the national stage. -(It also doesn't help Harry's numbers when he foolishly attacks Rush Limbaugh, only to have the conservative radio talk show host lash back in a brutally effective rebuttal for the entire nation to
hear.)

Does anyone know what the last Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate is doing now? He is not in the Senate. Tom Daschle was the figurehead for the left wing of the Democratic Party and defeated by young buck John Thune. While was Majority Leader, Daschle marched too far to the left and alienated the conservative citizens of South Dakota. Reid isn't up for re-election until 2010 but that gives him plenty of air time standing next to Nancy Pelosi explaining their views on impeachment, illegal immigration, and Rangel's "mother of all tax plans",the better for the GOP. Don't forget Harry's greatest hits; "We killed the Patriot Act" and "The war is lost."
To refresh your memory, here is what happened to the Patriot Act.