Thread: PLEASE, don't tell me anymore about Murtha until the bastard is in a coma or dead...

I really don't give a shit one way or the other..

Sam

Murtha listed as stable


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By wire reports
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Buzz up!

WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Murtha is in stable condition at a Virginia hospital, where he's been in intensive care stemming from complications related to gallbladder surgery.

Spokesman Matt Mazonkey described the condition but declined to provide any other details about the 77-year-old Pennsylvania congressman's health. Murtha underwent scheduled surgery last week and is at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she does not expect him to return before lawmakers recess for the President's Day break Feb. 15.

Murtha was also hospitalized in December with gallbladder problems.

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), a Murtha ally, told reporters Wednesday that Democrats had spoken with the veteran lawmaker's family. "What we've heard is positive," said Larson, the No. 4 ranking member of Democratic leadership. "Mr. Murtha seems to be improving."

Murtha was born into an Irish-American family in New Martinsville, West Virginia; near the border with Ohio and Pennsylvania, and grew up in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; a largely suburban county east of Pittsburgh.

As a youth, he became an Eagle Scout. He also worked delivering newspapers and at a gas station before graduating from The Kiski School, an all-male boarding school in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.

Murtha left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marine Corps and was awarded the American Spirit Honor Medal for displaying outstanding leadership qualities during training. Murtha became a drill instructor at Parris Island and was selected for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. Murtha was then assigned to the Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Murtha remained in the Marine Forces Reserve, and ran a small business, Johnstown Minute Car Wash (which still operates in the West End section of Johnstown.) He also attended the University of Pittsburgh on the G.I. Bill, and received a degree in economics. Murtha later took graduate courses from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Murtha married his wife Joyce on June 10, 1955. They have three children and live in Johnstown.

Murtha left the Marines in 1955. He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty until he volunteered for service in the Vietnam War, serving from 1966 to 1967, serving as a battalion staff officer (S-2 Intelligence Section), receiving the Bronze Star with Valor device, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Colonel in 1990, receiving the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

I really don't give a shit one way or the other..

Sam

C'mon, quit the sick shit.

That would be Colonel Murtha, USMCR?

The one with the purple hearts and awards for valor?

Originally Posted by FIAWOL

That would be Colonel Murtha, USMCR?

The one with the purple hearts and awards for valor?

Is this the same Murtha we're talking about ?

Sam

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/refere...inline=nyt-per

You tell me, Sam. BTW, how may purple hearts do you have? How many awards for valor?

American Spirit Honor Medal

Bronze Star
Purple Heart (2)
Combat Action Ribbon
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry
American Spirit Honor Medal

Originally Posted by FIAWOL

You tell me, Sam. BTW, how may purple hearts do you have? How many awards for valor?

None, but I've never cheated any American out of anything , ever. Just because
I 'M NOT A MEDAL WINNER, DOES THAT GIVE ME THE RIGHT TO LIE AND CHEAT ANY AMERIACN OUT OF HIS LIVELY HOOD and run roughshod over the Congress.
Sam

Not responsive to the question...

But feel free to insult a true American hero.