Thanks, Skinner!

I'm the son of an FDR/Labor Dem. I made my bones (at age 7) on the McGovern campaign. Sorry, but I'm just not wired that way...

During a simple Google search on the name Charles Allen Hurd (my great-great grandfather), I found a tiny, VERY-low-resolution portrait on the website of another of his descendants (this descendant, related to me as a half-cousin, was rather dismissive when I contacted him a year ago querying him about the Hurd branch of my family, so I basically wrote him off as a jerk). A further Google query led me to another website where my jerk-half-cousin snagged his copy of the low-res portrait of Great-great Grandpa Hurd. I contacted the webmaster of this second site, and he was VERY gracious! He told me he found the tiny pic on eBay about 4 years ago - it was a CDV that was up for auction, and he actually STILL had the email addy of the highest bidder at the time (he wasn't sure if this person actually won the auction, or not)!!!!

I contacted the high bidder via the 4-year-old email address, and he answered, saying he was indeed the owner of the CDV! Of course, I immediately offered him THREE TIMES what the CDV was worth (about $1000), but he turned me down . However, he said he would take a photo of the CDV (he said he didn't own a scanner) and send it to me. It took about 5 months, but I recently received the photo of the CDV in the mail. I sent him $20 for his trouble, and reiterated my desire to own the CDV outright, as it was a family heirloom. Regardless, I now have my portrait of my great-great Grandfather, albeit, not the original, but a good-enough copy that I can make out his features. I immediately scanned it and emailed it to my family members (NOT to the jerk-half-cousin, of course - he can pound salt, for all I care), and they all emailed me back with a common comment: "Jeez, he looks an awful lot like YOU!"

Say hi to Pvt. Charles Allen Hurd of the 111th NY Volunteer Infantry (Co. G) - a portrait taken shortly before leaving for Mr Lincoln's war. He was (slightly) wounded at Gettysburg, and (seriously) wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness. He survived the war, and passed on 06 Sept 1906.

...to strong-arm his supporters:

http://www.brazosriver.com/april_6_nick_la...


The guy in the white t-shirt is a DeLay supporter...

Much more at link...

All one has to do is ask themselves this simple question: why wasn't this mission carried out long before Thursday? Why, on the cusp of the Chimp's historically horrific poll numbers, did they decide to do this NOW? How many human beings, on both sides of the conflict, DIED for this fucking dog-wagging photo op????

When the history of this era is written, it was be framed as the darkest days of our republic. And, all those asshats with W'04 stickers on their BMW SUV's will live in shame for the rest of their days. Mark my words...