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This Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 will mark the sixth anniversary of a declaration of war upon us by radical extremists who cloak their murderous and evil beliefs in Islam. There will be a ceremony at the Massachusetts Statehouse marking this solemn occasion.

For the past four years, Jim Ogonowski of Dracut has been asked to speak at this ceremony. Jim is the brother of John Ogonowski, who piloted one of the planes that was flown into the World Trade Center towers. However, on Tuesday, September 11th, Jim Ogonowski will not be speaking at the Statehouse ceremony, because Jim wasn't invited.

As some may know, Jim Ogonowski is the Republican candidate for the MA-05 Congressional seat, being vacated by Marty Meehan. Instead of inviting Jim Ogonowski to speak on this solemn occasion, the organizers instead have chosen.........Marty Meehan. The event organizers have claimed that this decision was not for political reasons, which I find to be utterly ridiculous. They invite the guy who Jim Ogonowski is trying to replace. Even worse, Marty Meehan's wife is the chairwoman of Niki Tsongas's campaign. Niki Tsongas is of course Jim Ogonowski's opponent in the Congressional election.

This quite simply is one of the worst displays of blatant partisanship I have ever seen, and this incident makes me ashamed to call myself a Democrat.


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JengisKahn read my blog view my photos
Sep 9, 2007 | 10:03 PM

I'm shocked I tell you, shocked! /sarcasm

Am somewhat shcoked you can consider yourself a democrat. From what I can tell of your value system, you are 180 out from the democrat party, particularly in MA.

"A pessimist sees difficulty at every opportunity, an optimist sees opportunity at every difficulty." is not a democrat slogan.

captainseapig read my blog view my photos
Sep 9, 2007 | 11:28 PM

If people can not see through this blatant display of hypocrisy, their consciences have been blocked somehow. I feel for you Humbleman, it would be embarrassing and disappointing to say the least to be a democratic affiliate under these circumstances. You need to write to and call the planners of this event and voice your displeasure and point out their hypocrisy. As an aside, I remember Marty running on the platform of term limitations many many years ago.

JengisKahn read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 12:14 AM

Let me take this up a notch, as it belongs under partisn politics....
Tomorrow Gen Petreus will present his report on Iraq, and the dems are all ready plainning to bury him.. The adjunct orginzation moeon.org plans to run a full page add in the NYTs and call him a traitor. (I wonder if the NYTs gave moveon.org a cut rate deal)
This is sad. Gen Petreus is among the best and brightest. He easily outclasses 95% of the senate and 98% of the house. He has a PhD from Princeton, but still wears his Master Parachutist and Air Assault wings. A PhD with the guts to jump out of perfectly good airplanes. And the left wants to trash him and call him a traitor because he will tell them something they don't want to hear, even though they are the ones that requested he make the report No wonder we have lost the will to excell. We tear the good ones down.

For a read on what good men the US can produce.
http://www.dodig.mil/IGInformation/archives/LTG_Petreau
s.pdf

bigdaddy75 read my blog
Sep 10, 2007 | 7:24 AM

Partisan politics in MA ? I am shocked ( more sarcasm)
Seriously you are right ahumbleman you should be outraged but to complain about the democrats in state is pointless Until we have more than 1 party rule they will continue to snub their noses at the people of the state and do what ever they want becaue they know they will continue to be relected . After all that is all they care about

Valintyne read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 7:33 AM

Well-placed righteous indignation, Chris - nothing is safe from politicization, is it?

Chip read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 9:18 AM

You know, I understand there will be partisan politics. This is one of those times, no doubt.

But WHY do they have to hurt the survivors of 9/11? That ain't paritsan politics, that is out and out cruelty.

(And Jengis, I'm writing a blog on the Patreaus thing.....)

JengisKahn read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 10:39 AM

The way the Iraq report is being handled is the worse thing I've seen since Cary gave his testimony. Fortunately I was in-country at the time and have only seen it on tape.

Chip read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 12:27 PM

Jengis,

This is the second step of "the process" that I have feared for a long time. Have you seen the movies out...the movie on the rape of the Iraqi woman....the single atrocious act in a few years of decency and heroism? History is repeating itself....and it's driving me crazy...don't we learn ANYTHING?

You were "in country"...I was "back in the world"..I can remember it as clearly as if it were today...I was in college...homed for the weekend, maybe it was spring break?...I went to my parents basement with a bottle of Jack Daniels and burned stuff in their downstairs fireplace...and got drunk. Dad told my mom..."Leave him be....he needs this..."

The atrocities were "Charlie's" not ours...

Today, the atrocities are Al Quaed'a, not ours....unless we visit them on victims...which I guess the Dems are....

JengisKahn read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 1:12 PM

The movies are nothing more than propoganda. And I'll bet you a bottle of Jack that the Michael Moore movie about healthcare reappears next year. This is all geared for the 2008 election. It's going to get very ugly next year.

This is truely history repeating itself.
And the media is even worse then last time, they don't even pretend to be neutral. They let the dems say or do whatever they want.

Chip read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 3:11 PM

I am neither taking that bet...nor going back to nights with my old friend Jack!!!

And not taking the bet has nothing to do with being sober...I'd love an excuse to free an old Navy guy of a bottle...even if I gave it away!!! I don't want to buy YOU one...unless it's a glass at a time and we can tell old lies!!! You drink the Jack...I'll drink the Coke!!

bigdaddy75 read my blog
Sep 10, 2007 | 5:55 PM

I didnt see that new Michael Moore film but from the reviews I read and the clips I saw it was just one big commercial for "Hillaycare" -socialized medicine. Can you image our govt running our health care ssytem Now that is really scary!!

JengisKahn read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 6:23 PM

BD - There are quite of few bloggers here who buy into th enotion that our health care system is in crisis and we need the Canadian and British healthcare systems.
I lay the blame for these people thinking that on the media. They have totally ignored the failures of government helath care. Both Canada and the UK have horrible health services. The usual metric used to compare systems is on how much we spend per citizen vs what they spend. Well duh... They completely ignore the fact they provide much lower levels of service. No wonder they cost less. Try getting an MRI for cancer in Canada, you're likely to have to wait for 3 or 4 months.

WinstonWolfe read my blog
Sep 10, 2007 | 7:07 PM

Humbleman,
You should be ashamed of yourself. If this incident finally wakes you up then that's great.
I was once a Democrat but woke up when I saw the likes of Kennedy, Kerry, Dean, Clinton, Pelosi, Moveon.org, Ted Turner, Hanoi Jane, Moore and the rest of the Hollywood crowd polluting the party with their too far left politics and anti American rants.
This isn't your JFK party anymore. These rat bastards are so far left that they are more right then the Republicans. They will have us marching lock step down Mass Av celebrating Taliban Day!
I know this is a long shot but I hope Ogonoski wins his district. We need more people like him.

Jeisikah read my blog view my photos
Sep 10, 2007 | 7:50 PM

Oh so you asked this man if he wanted to speak at a state ceremony about the death of his brother. Did anyone think he wasn't interested, maybe wanted to have a private day with his family away from "the controversy" that is the producer of assumptions made by people who never met you that everything that happens is for a larger group's influence. we are all Americans, right?

bigdaddy75 read my blog
Sep 11, 2007 | 7:31 AM

FYI Jeiskah Please read tho whole post -For the past four years, Jim Ogonowski of Dracut has been asked to speak at this ceremony He wasnt invited this year and it is be taken as a crass partisian ploy because he is running as a R for Marty Meehans old seat There are just to many coincedances to believe other wise

Jeisikah read my blog view my photos
Sep 11, 2007 | 9:15 AM

I read the whole post. I just don't believe rumors, I mean, how do you know he didn't get invited to speak and who invites people to speak, anyways? I am positive if he wanted to he would be allowed to. Again, maybe he wants to be with his family and not in front of the cameras.

Chip read my blog view my photos
Sep 11, 2007 | 10:56 AM

Jeisikah...because his name is conspicuously OFF the list of speakers? Because he publically asked why? I'd suggest that this one is such an agregious Massachusetts partisan act, even the LIBERAL press is reporting it!! They are quoting the ORGANIZERS. He was cut out.....

You can't be THIS naive.....

ahumbleman read my blog view my photos
Sep 11, 2007 | 3:17 PM

Jeisikah,
He didn't get invited but declined to come, he just didn't get invited period. He released a statement saying he was suprised by this non-invitation, the organizers are saying he was left off, and do you really think that if he just declined an invitation people would be making such a huge deal? Both the Herald and THE GLOBE reported on this, open your eyes for goodness sake.

miscricket read my blog view my photos
Sep 11, 2007 | 5:23 PM

Jeisikah, are you serious? Oh, wait....maybe you are just one of those democrats who are so blinded you can't see when your party does something wrong. Since I live in the 5th congressional district there has been much more coverage of this issue than in the Boston papers. This exclusion is so offensive that even Ogonowski's political opponent ( a democrat) spoke out against it. It would appear that Ognowski himself, has far too much class to sink to the depths of the democrats in this state. He is quoted in the local paper as saying that while he was disappointed and saddened by the exclusion, he believes that this day should be about the victims and their families and not about politics. Too bad our Massachusetts democratic politicians can't learn something from that. I am saddened by the decision of the Governor to exclude this intelligent, well spoken man and replace him with a career politician who has done nothing but break promises to the 5th congressional district. It seems every week, this governor gives me another reason to regret that I voted for him.

Chip read my blog view my photos
Sep 12, 2007 | 7:36 AM

Bravo, miscricket.

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