Spotswood MP killed by blast in Baghdad

NJ.com is reporting that 20-year-old Army Specialist Michael Gonzalez from Spotswood, who had been deployed to Iraq less than two months ago was killed Thursday in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.

Michael Gonzalez , a member of the military police, died from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.

Our heart felt thoughts and prayers go out to his family and all that knew him.

For more on the death of this American Hero, click on the headline

McCain-As-War-Hero Myth:Nothing Honorable About the Vietnam War

Syndicated columnist Ted Rall is no supporter of John McCain and with this article published over the weekend he tries to debunk the myth of McCain's war hero status. In my opinion he is right on track with his comments.

Click on the headline to read Ted Rall's article on McCain's war hero myth.

Puffing up John McCain, POW

Back in February, syndicated columnist Ted Rall wrote an article about how John McCain uses his Vietnamese POW status to puff himself up in the eyes of the media. The tale of John McCain, War Hero prompts a lot of people turned off by his politics–liberals and traditional conservatives alike–to support him.

Click on the headline to read the article posted on CommonDreams.org then check out the following article also from Ted Rall about War Hero Myth that surrounds John McCain