Two given Purple Hearts

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3285108

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A few hours later, a roadside explosive detonated, ripped open the back of the truck and sent shrapnel into his knee. He was wheelchair-ridden for months and still struggles to walk.

Tuesday, Seabees Briscoe and Petty Officer Frank Coffey, 36, who sat next to him on the convoy, were awarded the military's Purple Heart at a ceremony at Naval Base Ventura County.

"It was the one thing I regret and it was out of my hands," said Briscoe, who is based at Port Hueneme. "I was one of the few people I knew who actually wanted to go there."

Since the inception of the Iraq war, officials at Naval Base Ventura County have pinned Purple Hearts on nine sailors and awarded one posthumously.

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And as of Nov. 26, the last date for which statistics were available, 15,881 men and women have been wounded while fighting the Iraq war. Nearly 2,000 of those wounded have been hit by an improvised explosive device or IED that comes in the form of a roadside bomb, mortar or rocket - the same way Briscoe was hurt.

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I wonder if the GOPpiggies feel like mocking these wounded soldiers?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/gop.purple.hearts/

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Delegates to the Republican National Convention found a new way to take a jab at Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam service record: by sporting adhesive bandages with small purple hearts on them.

Morton Blackwell, a prominent Virginia delegate, has been handing out the heart-covered bandages to delegates, who've worn them on their chins, cheeks, the backs of their hands and other places.

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They insulted all veterans, but especially the ones who were wounded.

It would take all the strength in me to not snap her jaw around the side of her head with my fist. Doing it would've been easier. :grr:

my thanks to PunPirate:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/09/07_purple.html

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If you think she's just another mindless twit who happened to slap a joke on her chin on her way into the Republican National Convention, think again:

She's known Karl Rove since he was "a youngster."

She's fixed dinner for George W. Bush.

She's also whipped up lunch for that hungry Republican crew of "rioters" in Florida who were determined to stop that nasty ol' vote count from proceeding in the 2000 election.

One of her sons works for Phil Gramm, ex-Republican Senator from Texas, and the other of her sons works for Fred Thompson, ex-Republican Senator from Tennessee.

When Texas Democrats went to Oklahoma to prevent redistricting, she chased after them, doing her "chicken dance" for the cameras.

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I never hated the NVA or the Viet Cong but her I loath. and not just her but every single swinging dick republican that thought this was funny...

fellow DUers that this unspeakable POS came from my state.