The 2.7 million member veterans group has had it with the constant barrage of negative publicity surrounding the war on terrorism.

From NewsMax… Legion Commander Tom Bock

The 2.7 million member veterans group has declared war on “public protests” and “media events” that undermine U.S. troops, Bock noted.

“The American Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples,” Thomas Cadmus, another national commander, recently told Legion delegates.

“America needs to hear the good news firsthand from those who are fighting the war in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Legion National Commander Tom Bock.

You can find the good news at the American Legion website under Letters to America From the Front. They will be posting them as word spreads and letters come in.

Way to go veterans.

Look at this… contribute to one of my favorite “causes” and I’ll drop charges against you.

Byron York, from National Review Online, has exposed the duplicity of Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle.

Ronnie Earle, the Texas prosecutor who has indicted associates of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in an ongoing campaign-finance investigation, dropped felony charges against several corporations indicted in the probe in return for the corporations’ agreement to make five- and six-figure contributions to one of Earle’s pet causes.

Smacks of a shakedown at first blush.

But to compound the appearance of a politically motivated witch hunt, Byron York has revealed that Democrat prosecutor Earle has participated in the making of a movie about the case, all before anything has been heard. Is this trying to influence the public and rig the jury? When you combine the rapid appearance of computer generated calls blanketing the nation by the Democrat Party in an attempt to milk this indictment one has to wonder. Is there some collusion between Earle and the Democrat Party? Will there be an investigation into that possibility? Will the press dig around to find out ? We won’t hold our breath.

If law enforcement agencies are allowed to use the power of their offices for political persecution then the country is in serious trouble. Can gulags be very far around the corner?

Let’s see… Travis County… ring a bell? Dan Rather and forged documents anyone?

If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat….

AP seems bent on misreporting issues surrounding Able Danger. For some odd reason an effort has been launched to destroy the whistleblowers.

Captain Ed has posted a letter from LTC Shaffer’s attorney here correcting the AP story.

Mark Tapscott has more here.