Touched a nerve, eh Martin? You are so-o-o-o-o-o-o easy. Let me give you a couple of quotes from my post:

Do you work in your community to make it better through volunteering?

So .... Martin, what exactly is your record of service? Military or otherwise?

I note that you never responded to anything but the observation about military service. Which means that you are very touchy on the subject. Which leads me to believe that you know not from whence you speak.

Military service was not the highlight of my life, just a defining one. I only use it here to make certain points. One of those points that is very important is that preservation of the right to criticize one's government is precisely why I served. I find criticism, just as the founding patriots did, to be ones duty in our form of government. Without it, our basic freedoms are eroded, as in the case of The Patriot Act. Only a government that is responsible to, and responsive to, the citizenry can be truly free.

As to the name calling, please keep it up. Your attacks only demonstrate the point I make about you. You are an intellectual lightweight who loves the attention you get. This is because of some very obvious insecurities. When your intellect fails you, you resort to this.

By the way, I printed off some of your posts and showed them to the local Rabbi. He is not very impressed with you, and indicates that you need help. He indicated to me that you are a bad example of your people. I told him to not worry, I am a Catholic and we know plenty about broad brushstrokes.

Mick