National Crisis - John Murtha? The Answer: Lt. Col William T. Russell

Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: Are you looking for the solution to the Rep. John "Jack," Murtha D-PA-12th District, age 75, one of the most inept controversial figures in the US House. Murtha has been an embarrassment even to his own political party. Murtha serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittee on Defense, Chair. The current House has set a record for worst performance in getting our the necessary bills to fund government operations. As of today, Congress has not sent one spending bill to the president’s desk, something that hasn’t taken this long in 20 years.

Murtha is considered the "king of pork." He uses earmarks to gain influence while ripping-off the dollars of Amreican taxpayers. In early August 2007, it was revealed that Rep. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, secured the most earmarked money in the FY2008 Defense Appropriations bill - 48 earmarks totaling $150.5 million.

Murtha is known as the "dealer of earmarks," trading earmarks for votes on bills. On the floor of the House he occupies a corner, known as the "Murtha corner", where minority Democrats come to ask for earmarks and majority Republicans come to ask for votes for their legislation. Those who vote with Murtha have been rewarded with a large supply of earmarks for their districts.

In 1980, Murtha was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam bribery scandal. "Murtha was not indicted in the bribes-for-political-favors probe but his raunchy language and open-ended option to consider a future deal with undercover FBI agents is forever captured on videotape. Murtha signs of losing his mental faculties has appeared when he addresses the military. Murtha in the past suggested that "We don't have to be right there [in Iraq]," Murtha said in June, in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. "We can go to Okinawa... our fighters can fly from Okinawa very quickly." He obviously did not know where Okinawa is located. Okinawa is in the Pacific Ocean. We are not going to fly from Okinawa to Iraq "very quickly" let alone being able to do so with any effect on Iran. First we would have to cross China or cross Indonesia and then India, Pakistan, etc.

Later Murtha, a former Marine, based upon no evidence at all, falsely accused Marines claiming they had “killed innocent civilians in cold blood” and “I know there was a cover-up someplace!” Neither of these statements has proven to be true. In fact the question remains, was the Haditha Massacre: Media and Terrorist Hoax? Also note the story: The Dishonorable John "Jack" Murtha!

We could go on but we are looking for the solutions to John "Jack" Murtha. Pennsylvania District 12 now has an a real option to Murtha in the person of Republican William Russell who has announced as a candidate for Murtha seat in the next election. At the end of August, Lieutenant Colonel Russell, US Army, stepped down from his Pentagon position to run for office. Russell served six tours in hostile fire zones including Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Balkans. These tours include almost three years in the Middle East (Iraq and Saudi Arabia) and a year and a half in the Balkans (Hungary, Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia).

Russell and his wife, Kasia, were in the Pentagon when a hijacked jetliner crashed into the building on Sept. 11, 2001. They escaped unharmed. He understands that United States is now engaged in a great political battle to determine whether this nation, founded in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, can maintain the political resolve in its fight against a totalitarian political system, cloaked in religion, which is dedicated to the destruction of our liberty.

How bad do you want to see Jack Murtha retire? Read William Russell's "Decision to Run." Many of you will feel the same and may wish to assist him! We wish William Russell the best in "Turning the Tide and Setting a New Course for the Nation and the 12th District."

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