February 5, 2006

Going to the Dogs

By Russ Vaughn
In response to the Toles' cartoon published by the Washington Post, depicting a grievously wounded, quadruple amputee soldier being designated by a 'Dr. Rumsfeld' as 'battle—hardened' and fit for return to duty, I wrote a poem, venting my anger at the cartoonist and the Post entitled "WaPo Weasels." In my usual way, I employed strong language and terms, not uncommon among military types, to convey the intense feelings that this contemptible cartoon had evoked in me. Not unexpectedly, Thomas Lifson, editor of The American Thinker, my home on the Internet, declined to post my poem for its depiction of implied violence directed at the cartoonist; that is, delivering upon him an old fashioned, lesson—teaching, butt whippin' which would leave him chastised and unconscious in that literary sewer in which this particular example of his art most definitely belongs. Thomas rightfully pointed out that while my poem is indeed filled with righteous passion, he could not endorse my...(Read Full Article)