Chamblee54

There is power involved in returning letters.
I wrote a bit yesterday about military service, the draft, and the War in Babylon. I sent Mike Gallagher an email about it, since it was a comment on his radio show that inspired the feature.
This morning I got to work a bit early, and checked my email before I got started. There was a message from Mr. Gallagher, which gently corrected me on something I said. (The man was born in 1960, not 1961). This is still too young to worry about Selective Service, but facts are facts.
And I felt a bit better as I started the day.
I have written four radio talkers over the past two years: Gallagher, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, and Michael Medved. Gallagher is the only one to send a reply.
What is puzzling about this is the software that will send an automated answer to an email. It is not always necessary to send a detailed reply, but letting you know that the message was received and that someone will read it would be appreciated.

Before the War in Babylon started, I thought it was important to go on record in opposition. Once the fighting started, it would be a matter of supporting the troops, and I am going to do this. I will support the fighting men and women no matter how ill conceived and executed the battle plan is.

As an aside, I am happy to see these braves folks referred to as men and women. During the Vietnam disaster, there was a lot of “Back our Boys” talk, and that always annoyed me. If you go overseas and face death, you are a man (or woman).

Back to the letter I sent before the invasion. I sent a letter to my representatives in Washington to the effect that the impending invasion of Iraq was not a very good idea.
Zell Miller never sent a reply. Of course, my letter said, ” you were elected to represent me”, and Zig Zag Zell was appointed to fill the term of a Senator who died in office. The Senator…I believe his name was Tysinger…was a Republican, and yet the Democratic Governor of Georgia appointed the Democratic Zell Miller to finish his term. Mr. Miller showed his gratitude by giving the keynote address at the Republican Convention.
Saxby Chambliss sent a reply a few months later. He talked about how important the war was, and what wonderful progress was being made by the troops. I wonder if his staffer even read my letter.
Denise Majette was my representative in the House. She defeated the notorious Cynthia McKinney in November of 2002.
I got a three page letter from Ms. Majette. She said that she essentially agreed with me about the war, but that there was little that could be done about it at that time. She also said that it was important to support the troops once the fighting started.
For some reason, Ms. Majette ran for the Senate, and got badly beaten. Ms. McKinney regained her seat in Congress, to the embarrassment of many.
Cynthia McKinney is another person who does not answer my letters. The fact that I have never written her is not important.