Melanie Morgan

Advocating on Behalf of the American Military and Defense on the War on Terror

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  • Halloween Night --from my family to yours

    Halloween night has always been a really fun time for my entire family. My husband Jack dresses up in costume, and when my kids were younger, we decorated the house with the spookiest stuff imaginable. Hanging corpses, spine-chilling music, and dry iced witches brew on the front porch.

    Okay, we still do. Fun habits are hard to break.

    Sometimes, we go a bit overboard, and the little ghosts and goblins are too afraid to come to the door --but not their big sisters and brothers.

    We used to get hundreds of children from our neighborhood and beyond. Not so much anymore, because parents are too afraid of what might be dropped into the bucket of the trick-or-treaters.

    I fervantly hope that our streets and neighborhoods will fill up with the shreiks of fright and delight, and we can return to a time of scary stuff without the REALLY nasty changes that have taken place in our society--needles, poisoned candy, and hospital E.R.'s with sickened children.

    Meanwhile, earlier today, volunteers marched into the offices of Move America Forward in Sacramento and packed up another kind of 'goody' --appreciation packages for our troops.

    Mary Pearson, our dedicated staffer at MAF, sent me this e-mail of thanks.

    If you haven't contributed to our troops for Thanksgiving, you have until Friday before our mailing deadline is reached. Then we march forward to Christmas.  All details of my new plans for the Holiday's are available at www.MoveAmericaForward.com 

     

     

  • How much can one soldier's family bear?

     

    UPDATE: 
    (I have learned today that 9-year old Tyler Johnson passed away over the weekend.

    Please say prayers for this stricken family.) 

    As Thanksgiving grows nearer, I can't help but think of the families of our troops who are separated from their loved ones by thousands of miles, and those who have been killed by the terrorists in Iraq, and the injured who are recuperating here at home.

    I recieved an e-mail earlier today from a retired serviceman who asked if I could help in a particularly difficult situation. As Mr.Smith unspooled the details, I nearly went into a state of shock from the news of this tragedy --one of unimaginable dimensions. 

     A young army soldier, John Austin Johnson, was struck by an IED in Iraq (the fifth time he has been hit) suffering terrible injuries. He was flown back to Brook Army Medical Center, where his wife and three children were en route from their home at Fort Bliss in San Antonio to be with him.

    During that nightmare drive with the kids in the back, Lisa Johnson was in a fiery car accident that claimed the lives of two of the children, and their oldest, Tyler, is in critical condition and is not expected to live.

    But God is still testing their faith.

    Read more at Operation Homefront

     

  • Smart Republican Women (who will NEVER vote for Hillary)

    I just got a call from a BRILLIANT Republican woman friend of mine (who would rather chop her hand off than cast a vote for Hillary Clinton) that Rush Limbaugh was talking about this subject --thinking GOP'ers who happen to be of the female persuasion. El Rushbo was quoting from a great column by Kyle-Anne Shiver at the American Thinker when my name was mentioned.

    (Thanks for the nice compliment from both Kyle-Anne AND Rush!)

  • REALLY Scary stuff about Halloween and the Culture Wars

    My teenager just popped into my office, asking my advice about his Halloween outfit for school (shock: asking my advice, more shock: High Schoolers still willing to WEAR costumes.)

    The lad thinks that a Doctor's outfit would be cool. Then he switched gears and proposed 'Homework Horror' with swatches of discarded assignments.

    But thank goodness he didn't want to show up as a 'gangsta' or mention that 'strippers' would be cool for his female friends.

  • We Despise Hillary --But What's A Conservative To Do?

    There's a lot of flailing and floundering around in the Conservative world...with tons of us undecided about who best represents our interests.

    Time is growing short. Primaries are set to begin in the New Year.

    My friends at Human Events decided to poll us, based on their own lists, and has this report.

  • WARREN BUFFET WANTS TO PAY MORE TAXES

    Fine. Mr. Buffet, go ahead. Write a freaking check to the United States Treasury. And then leave the rest of us the hell alone!

    Signed,

     The Rest of America

  • FrightFest --Hillary Clinton Unveiled by the UNFORGIVING CAMERA

    Just in time for Halloween. Be afraid. Very Afraid.

    Hillary Clinton and her many faces. 

    H/T MichelleMalkin.com

    In my opinion the "Eyes" of Hillary Clinton have it --the most frightening thing about her is the widened look she gives when trying to look sincere. Or amused. Or interested. Or ANYTHING.

    (Credit to Zombietime.com)

  • Away from home for the Holidays --what WE can do to help!

     

     

    I've been having some extensive conversations with my youngest son about what it means to be an American, the sacrifices for our freedoms, and why it's important to acknowledge the people who keep us safe in the most generous, wonderful (though imperfect) country in the world.

    He gets it. Kinda. (He's still a teenager, after all, but his big brother is going to 'splain it all.)

    Because of my children, and the soldiers who keep them from forceful observation of a perverted form of Islam,  I am going to Iraq this Christmas season so that we can share the good wishes and warmth of ordinary Americans who dearly appreciate their sacrifice, success, and efforts half a world away.

    I know that many of you feel the same way, although you can't personally be in a war zone to express your sentiments.

    But you can help.

    Move America Forward is announcing a cross-country tour to rally support for our troops, stopping in 41 cities to collect Christmas and Holiday cards for our service men and women. Will you help? Homeschoolers, PTA's, classrooms, bloggers, talk radio listeners can participate by collecting these cards and letters.

    If you live in Northern California, you can also assist us by coming to our Sacramento offices to package up the goodies we must get into the mail by Friday for the Thanksgiving mail drop before we leave later in the month for Christmas.

    Please go to Move America Forward for details.

     

  • The Anti-Victory crowd hasn't given up the streets --YET!

    ...And that's why we still have SO much work left to do.

    Across the country, and here in San Francisco, the moonbats came out of hiding, insulting our troops and the mission they fight, staging a 'die-in' in front of the Civic Center. What do these whack-job's know about 'dying' for their country? A.N.S.W.E.R.: NOTHING.

    From SFgate.com

    In the throng of San Francisco demonstrators was a trio of Code Pink members, including one attired as the Statue of Liberty, who belted out, "I am going to sing until the world is free, down by the riverside." One group, the Raging Grannies, entertained the crowd with protest lyrics sung to classic songs such as "Anchors Away."

    *CodePink sent $600,000 to the families of terrorists in Iraq who have murdered our troops. They sit outside Walter Reed Army Medical Center with mock caskets and disturb the recuperation of our brave soldiers.

     Labor groups made a special effort to turn out their members, with hundreds of workers showing up - among them sign installers, teachers, roofers, nurses, security guards and communication workers.

    Sharon Cornu, secretary-treasurer of the Alameda Labor Council, said it would be the first time that seven Bay Area labor councils - San Francisco, Monterey Bay, North Bay, South Bay, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda - worked together to urge members to demonstrate.

    *Note the word 'urge' --make it "ordered" and you are much closer to the truth.

    But patriots did make an appearance today, even though their numbers were drastically undercounted,  the CodePinkos were vastly overcounted. 

    This is what it looks like when WE get organized, and hit back at the paid professional protestors with REAL Americans.

    Move America Forward is launching our Pro-Troop "Holiday for Our Heroes" campaign...go to our website to make sure you participate in standing tall against the ignorant, inane, and inarticulate.


    www.moveamericaforward.com

  • Are little gremlins setting California on fire?

    So. Who are the arsonists behind the roaring fires from hell in Southern California? Jack Cashill ventures a guess.


    Arson suspected in California fires

    SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Authorities inSouthern California said they believe two of the firesthat recently ravaged the area were intentionallystarted.

    Authorities have offered a $150,000 reward for findingthe arsonists believed to be responsible for the Rosafire in Riverside County and the massive SantiagoCanyon fire in Orange County, CBS News reportedFriday.

    Two men have been arrested and one other questionedbut authorities wouldn't comment on the suspects.

    Officials earlier said the Santiago Canyon Fire hadbeen determined by a task force of federal, state andlocal agencies to have been started by arsonists intwo separate "points of origin."

    Orange County Fire Authority Chief Chip Prather saidin a news conference that the fire was set in theperfect spot to inflect maximum damage.

    "The persons or persons who did this were eitherexceptionally lucky or they have some knowledge aboutwhere you might want to do the most damage when youset a fire," he said.

    "I wonder, frankly, if we didn't have this arsoncaused fire here, how many of our resources we mighthave had available to respond to other parts of thestate."

  • American Thinker Ponders Pink


    October 26, 2007

    Code Pinkos Turn Red

    By Kyle-Anne Shiver
    Wednesday was yet another eventful day in the hallowed halls of Congress.  Screaming, "War Criminal!" at our own Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Code Pink followers exchanged their lovely, subdued pink costumes for the more easily identifiable blood-red.  Painting their hands and our walls bright red is, in my mind, a more honest portrayal of the Marxist group's intentions in America, and provides a little more revelation for those who get all their news from the mainstream media complex and the Daily Show.
  • The Fiery Truth

    Liberals lie while people die.

     

    WorldNetDaily.com column today --

     

  • Pepto-Bismal Crazies At It Again!

    The Left-wing Pinko Stinko's are organizing in San Francisco and across the country to protest against our soldiers fighting in Iraq.

    I got this late --but please participate if you can.

    San Francisco Counter-Protest
     
    California Vigilant Freedom  members and other patriots from Northern California are seeking volunteers to join them in counter-protesting the Saturday, October 27th, United for Peace and Justice/ANSWER, anti-war/pro-Jihad Rally.
     
    The radical left has been calling for a massive protest in San Francisco, seeking to draw supporters of PRO-JIHAD from across the west coast. Come out and take a stand against the pro-jihad left.
     
    For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]  or Mary at [email protected] , Golden Gate Minutemen/East Bay Coalition for Border Security.
     
    From the East Bay, the best means of transportation is BART, debarking at the Civic Center Station.  It is a short walk to Civic Center from BART.
    San Francisco events are always well policed.  Both sides are seperated by metal barriers and a "No-man's land" in between.  You will most likely see other people there that you know and this is an EXCELLENT opportunity to network and recruit. 
     
    Bring your signs, your flags, your cameras and join THOUSANDS of patriots in counter protesting the enemies of freedom!


    it's not terribly formal, no permit or anything, just people flying the flag, but if you wanted to add it to your list you can.

    P.S. If you don't live in Northern California, there's plenty of other locations across America to participate.

  • Bloody Hell...Condaleeza Rice attacked.

    Red and Pink in Washington...Creepo Pinko's doing their thing again.

    ( Courtesy WashingtonTimes.com)

     


    Desiree Anita Ali-Fairooz, of the antiwar group Code Pink, accosted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday before being dragged away by U.S. Capitol Police

     

  • Urgent! Help needed for SoCal Fire Victims!

    My good friend Deborah Johns is frantic --her son's fiance (and her three roommates) have been burned out of their apartment in the devastating wildfire crackling across the area.

    Her son Marine son William is standing by for a fourth tour of duty in Iraq.

    Deborah has conducted four caravans across America to rally support for our troops. Let's rally for Deb's family. Help if you can.

    "William's fiance Elvira, got burned out of her house in San Diego.  She and 4 other girls were renting a house while going to college down there, and all they could take were their clothes, computers they could put in their cars and had to get out.  They lost all their furniture, beds, house hold items, kitchen items, and worst of all they did not have any renters insurance.  The roads were closed, and she could not take being down there any longer, so I got her a plane ticket up here to Sacramento.  Her pre-school that she works at also burned down, so now she it out of a job.  Somehow we need to help these girls get a new place to live, and help refurnish a place to live.  Any help we can provide for them would be great.  I also need a queen size bed so she has a bed to sleep in here, because when William left for GA, he took the bed in the spare room.  I have a feeling LV will be here for a while.
    Thanks much for any help you can provide."
    Deborah
    Deborah Johns
    EarthLink Revolves Around You.
  • Did We Kill The Peace Movement?

    Probably not --but certainly grevious injury has been sustained.

    Eli Lake at the New York Sun has a fascinating read.

     

  • Islamo-Fascism Week --Participate Where You Can

    David Horowitz and the Freedom Center is conducting Islamo-Fascist Awareness week.

    Already, the heat is coming down.

    Don't forget--Brian Sussman of KSFO will be at San Francisco State University on October 24th at 12:00 p.m.

    More at www.FrontPageMag.com

     

     
    Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week Day 1
    By: Peter Collier
    “Already a Success.”More>

    Islamo-Fascism Denial
    By: Robert Spencer
    Muslim groups take issue with the term, deny the reality -- and wage a hate campaign on those who dare to speak the truth.More>

    Horowitz Interview on Islamo Fascism Awareness Week
    By: Incorrectu.com
    A new movement is born.More>

     

  • 24 Years Ago My Life Changed --and 241 Others Ended

    Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Islamists declared war on America.

    I was sent to Beirut, Lebanon to cover the bombing of the Marine barracks, in which so many young men were blown up as they slept.

    That event changed my life --ending my marriage, re-focusing my perspective on the gift of life.

    What I didn't know then, couldn't really guess, is that the entire world changed that day.

    Please remember and honor those incredible heros who died that day, and others since who have fought for freedom.

    Here's my column at WorldNetDaily.com from 2005 on that horrific day and what we need to remember in 2007.

    Learn the lesson of Beirut!
    Friday, October 28, 2005 by Melanie Morgan -- Suffering from a 101-degree fever, I was too sick and too tired to notice that as our plane entered Beirut airspace we had come under small-weapons fire from the ground. I was a young reporter sent by ABC's San Francisco news radio station t...

  • 'INSURGENTS, NO--TERRORISTS, HELL YES"

    From: Ssgt Greg Saganich on active duty in Iraq 

    I have never seen the media report on all the countries that are her in Iraq right now as part of our coalition in the war on the terrorists. (Note: I am going to say "terrorists" rather than "insurgents" because the evidence shows that now that the Sunnis have come over to side with the U.S./Coalition; it is Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq and the Al Qaeda backed cells of thugs, gangsters and organized criminals that made up the terroists we are fighting.) Who are the countries here? Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia,Kazakshstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Uganda.

    Speaking of the Sunni change-of-heart: In a major reconciliatory gesture, a leader from Iraq's largest Shiite party has paid a rare visit to the Sunnu Anbar Province, delivering a message of unity to tribal sheiks who now back the U.S. and who have staged a revolt against Al Qaeda militants .Ammar al-Hakim struck a note if national unity in Anbar, where a tribal revolt against Al Qaeda has significantly reduced violence in the vast province and inspired similar anti-Al-Qaeda uprisings elsewhere in central Iraq and Baghdad

    SSGT Greg Saganich

    United States Air Force

    Balad, Iraq

    Things I am seeing here that you won't get on the news back home:

    Working with our route clearance teams to sweep the roads for IED's. A few days ago a route clearance team was working hand-in-hand with the Iraqi Army to clear a road. As the road was being cleared, hundreds...yes hundreds of Iraqi citizens came out of their homes to join the Iraqi Army on the road to protect it  after it was being cleared.

    3 A,M. on a road in the middle of nowhere, and I watch an Iraqi Tribal Security team manning a checkpoint and aggressively patrolling the road, exposed, easy targets. That's guts.

    Now that the Sunni have come over to our side, it's no longer accurate to characterize this as an insurgency. This is Al Qaeda and terrorists that we are fighting, One sure way to tell is the Sunni that Al Qaeda are killing now that the Sunni work with us.   Two weeks ago Al Qaeda suicide bombed a Sunni meeting, killing a three month old baby. They shot a Sunni in the chest, tied his still alive four month old baby to his leg, and threw them both in the river. This is the kind of barbaric terrorism we are fighting, and this is the kind of courage that the Iraqi people are displaying in this fight. An d this is just the good stuff I am allowed to tell you about. When it come to a fight against terrorism, give me one Iraqi over 100 left wing Oak Park liberals any day.

    If anyone asks, we are still winning this war and we could wrap things up a lot sooner if the Democrats would stop trying to figure out a way to surrender and just let us win. Please feel free to share.  

  • Praise to General Petraeus --now pass the ammunition

    Congressional Democrats who stubbornly refuse to accept that Victory in Iraq is just around the corner need to pick up a newspaper --quickly.

    Either that, or read the Associated Press.

  • In case you missed these great stories this weekend....

    World renowned climate skeptic Christopher Monckton published a paper today concerning 35 Errors Discovered in Al Gore’s Film

    Europe to Require Carbon Dioxide Emissions Warnings in New Car Ads  -- I kid you not!

    An amazing thing happened Friday evening when Bill Maher Throws 9/11 Truthers Off ‘Real Time’ Set

    Fox News's Neal Gabler said something Saturday that only Congressman Pete Stark would be proud of -- Does Neal Gabler Want Bill Kristol Killed in Iraq?

  • One more GREAT piece from Newsbusters.org

    Fair and balanced? Most media cannot make that claim, (although they always do.)

     After you read the great global warming tipping point story below from Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters.org, check out this obvious bias from our smack-down in Berkeley earlier this week.

  • ANTI-WAR GROUPS PLAYING DEFENSE

    Cindy Sheehan is charging to the rescue of anti-war groups who are clearly suffering huge setbacks in forcing surrender of our troops in Iraq.

    She's offering her services as a consultant in Berkeley November 3rd to the same people who got their butts kicked earlier this week by us --pro-troops groups with flags and passion for our country. Kinda funny, eh?

    http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/19/18454758.php

    Some others in the stricken student movement are fretting over their dilemma.

    This guy advocates college students save the anti-war movement by being more aggressive… oh and having sex.
  • One-Stop Shopping for Patriots who attended/supported Berkeley Red, White and Blue Rally

    Open letter to EVERYONE who rallied in Berkeley and those who couldn't attend, but supported us in spirit --THANK-YOU!

    I am busy like crazy trying to send notes of gratitude, and our staff at Move America Forward is too.

    Not everyone is glued to the T.V., computer or watches all the media Reports, so Danny and Joe at MAF put together a compilation from around the Bay Area and the country. We missed some.

    Enjoy our Victory together!

  • Urban Insurgency --Patriots take back the streets

     







    WND Exclusive Commentary
    Taking back the streets from Code Pinkos

    Posted: October 19, 2007
    1:00 a.m. Eastern

    Note to smelly old hippies: "YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE ANY MORE."

    History was made this week in the battle against treason, defeatism and pacifism at any price.

    Hundreds upon hundreds of proud Americans took time away from their jobs and families in the middle of a Wednesday to march in the streets and say loudly and clearly that Code Pink and the anti-military left do not speak for America.

    And we beat them back in their own backyard – in the liberal stronghold of Berkeley, Calif.


  • The REAL story of what happened in Berkeley today...

    By Catherine Moy

    (to be posted tomorrow at Human Events )

    A showdown between anti-war activists who defaced a Marine recruiting office and flag-carrying patriots took over a street in Berkeley on Wednesday with noise levels that reached a half-mile away at the University of California in town.

    Berkeley police officers kept the Code Pink contingent of about 150 separated from the group of about 500 led by Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization. The incidents of abhorrent behavior were rare, but included an anti-war demonstrator trying to knife a pro-troop supporter and two code Pink followers burning flags.

  • From SFgate.com


    CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, left, has a face off with Melanie Morgan, local radio personality and founder of Move America Forward. Pro-military demonstrators faced off in downtown Berkeley against CodePink on Wednesday, saying the anti-war group defaced a Marines recruiting center that opened in Berkeley last January.

    Winter's Soldier Story

    End of the "Vietnam Syndrome!" Melanie Morgan, MAF Rout Code Pinkos in Berkeley! Knife Wielder Redefines 'Peacenik'!

    From SFGate.com

    Supporters, protesters wage a war of words over Berkeley recruiting station

  • 500 patriotic Americans show up to counter the Code Pinkos!

    Red, white, and blue in Berkeley

    By Michelle Malkin  •  October 17, 2007 04:33 PM

    Reader Dr. Zoo sends photos of the Move America Forwardpro-troops rally at the Marine recruiting center in Berkeley. More coming. Wonderful sight to see the Code Pinkos outnumbered and outflagged on “their” turf. Kudos to Melanie Morgan, our vets, and all the supporters who came to counter the recruiter-bashers:





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    Meanwhile, the city government of Berkeley continues to wage war on the recruitment center:

    “It’s very unfortunate that they opened a recruitment office in Berkeley,” said City Councilmember Linda Maio. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for this town. I don’t think it reflects the sentiments of the citizens.”

    The City Council plans to voice its disapproval of the center’s mission through its Peace and Justice Commission, which is spearheading a proposal to make Berkeley a sanctuary for officers who choose not to serve in the Iraq conflict, meaning the city would not assist in locating or prosecuting war resisters.

    “Berkeley already had resolutions passed in the ‘80s and ‘90s that involved making it a sanctuary for conscientious objectors,” said Commissioner Bob Meola. “The most patriotic thing a person in the U.S. military could do today would be to refuse to fight, because the war in Iraq violates international and U.S. laws, it’s unconstitutional.”

    The proposal reaffirms a year-old city resolution in support of Ehren Watada, an Army First Lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq may face a court martial.

    “There’s a growing number of the military and members of the armed forces who are seeing that the Iraq war is immoral,” said Steve Freedkin, chair of the city commission. “As we saw in Vietnam, when there starts to be a strong opposition in the military, it has a huge impact on public policy.”

    Despite the opposition, the center has no plans to relocate, said head recruiter and Marine Capt. Richard Lund.

    “I think the vast majority of people understand that my mission of helping college students become Marine Corps officers is not somehow driven by the conflict in Iraq,” he said. “This office was functioning before the war and it will continue to function long after the war.”

    Lund said he chose to move the Marine Recruiting Center from its previous location in Alameda in order to be close to UC Berkeley.

  • National Media to Cover Our Pro-Troop Rally in Berkeley...Will You Be There?

    This e-mail just hit my in-box from Mary Pearson, our Deputy Executive Director at Move America Forward.

    Some great news… I just found out that national media outlets are planning on covering the big pro-troop rally to Save the Marine Recruiting Center in Berkeley, CA that takes place tomorrow - Wednesday, October 17th.  We at Move America Forward have also learned from several sources that Code Pink is going to be organizing a counter-rally that denigrates the military and attacks our troops. 
    Why?
     
    Because they don't want patriotic supporters of our military to be the only story covered by the media. So this is it… the media will be there, the question is WILL YOU?
     
    Are we going to have a great story of a huge crowd on had to show support for our military men and women who are under attack from their own countrymen?  Or are we going to let Code Pink win this battle because we didn't show up? 
     
     I'm a 55-year old woman, and the last thing I want to do is stand there alone with my American flag.  But if I have to I will, because I believe so strongly in the tremendous efforts of our wonderful troops.  I appreciate them so much, and I want to show them my love and respect. 
     Will you please join me? 
     
    For each one of you reading this email, I am sure you can find an excuse or a reason to NOT attend the giant Wednesday pro-troop rally.  But here's the problem:  every time someone does that our crowd size gets smaller. 
    We will simply hand Code Pink and the anti-military activists a victory if we don't all make the effort to come out - if only for an hour or so. At 12:00 Noon I will be at this location along with any one of you who can make the effort to come.  I will gladly greet each of you warmly with a hug and a handshake, and together we will salute the men and women who keep this nation safe and free. 
     
    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH - 12:00 NOON PACIFIC
    United States Marine Corps RecruitingCenter
    64 Shattuck Square
    Berkeley, CA 94704
    Located at Shattuck Square (Intersection of University Avenue and Shattuck)
    Berkeley, California
     - Mary PearsonDeputy Executive Director, Move America Forwardwww.MoveAmericaForward.org  

     

  • Lefty Radio KPFA attacks Pro-troop supporters this morning

    Public enemy #1 to the anti-everything crowd is ---me.

    And, of course, Move America Forward with the largest pro-troops membership in the country with over a million members.

    Catherine Moy neatly sizes up the radio attack on us this morning.

    "The left has launched a full-out assault on patriots who plan on Wednesday to stand up against Code Pink protesters who defaced a Marine recruiting office. This morning the leftist KPFA radio station did a segment on Move America Forward’s pushback of the Code Pink activists who are trying to shut down a Berkeley Marine recruiting office (see below for details of the assault). But the fair-and-balanced KPFA didn’t allow anybody from Move America Forward to appear on the show.

    A producer from the show emailed MAF and asked if Chairman Melanie Morgan could speak. But Melanie has her own morning show on Hot Talk 560, so I offered to speak for the pro-troop movement. KPFA ignored the offer and my repeated attempts to contact them.
    So instead of a fair report, KPFA allowed Code Pinker Zanne Joi and John Stauber, another leftist commentator, to smear the patriots who plan to stand with the Marines Wednesday in front of their office."
  • The Bay Area sees 'RED' over CodePink

      24.

    No, not the TV show--the amount of time we have to get a large crowd together in Berkeley for Wednesday's pro-troops, pro-American counter demonstration by the haters in the so-called 'peace-movement' of our servicemen and women.

    They are attempting to shut-down the Marine Recruiting Center, calling our soldiers 'traitors' and 'assassins.'

    Zombietime.com has the ugly truth about CodePink and it's most recent efforts to lie about our Marines --telling the story in pictures.

    http://www.zombietime.com/code_pink_vs_marines_10-7-2007/

    Will you be there with me to support Captain Richard Lund and the Marine Corps, as well as all of our servicemen and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan?

    Will you bring at least two friends or family members?

    Will you bring your flags and patriotism High Noon on Wednesday, rain or shine? 

    El Rushbo weighs in on Captain Richard Lund's open letter to the Code Pinkos.

    CodePink now has a call out to the moonbat crowd in it's website:

    And Move America Forward has full maps, parking, location and Bart information available at www.moveamericaforward.com

  • Blog "buzz" about CodeStinko protest in Berkeley

    Ron Winter weighs in on Move America Forward's counter to the anti-war protestors in Berkeley this Wednesday...

    Melanie Morgan, Ladies of the Righteous Right, Taking on the Pinkos - Again!

     

  • A nice gift on a lazy Sunday afternoon....

    A shout-out to Seth at Hardastarboard  for 'honorable mention' in Sunday's

    blog.

    "In the Liberals Gone Wild Department, well, you know, there are a few big differences between the political left and the political right in this country that stand out big time.

    Our conduct on the starboard side, our demeanor, our sense of civility, our consideration and respect for others’ property are evident. Our mature behavior.

    When we conservatives stage a demonstration, what you see for the most part is a bunch of folks showing up in orderly numbers, most of us holding up signs.

    When liberals stage a demonstration, it more often than not involves disruptive behavior, bags of feces, graffiti, property damage, vulgarity…

    Having made that point, I refer you to a great column by Melanie Morgan that not only describes some of the above portside conduct, but also more than adequately describes the left’s complete lack of respect for those who lay their lives on the line to perpetuate the freedom liberals exploit in order to attempt to deprive us (headscratch here, them too) of it.

    Oh, I did mention bags of feces, right? "

    by @ 10:03 pm. Filed under Just Talking 
  • Can you help some returning troops family members?

    Dear Melanie: I’m the mother of a deployed paratrooper who is due home from Iraq late this month. I’m planning to go to Ft Bragg to meet him and found out today that there are families who are unable to afford to come. I have offered to cover airfare for a few out of my airline award miles. Wondering if you or Move America forward could help these folks? Could you broadcast this info and let people know of the need? I’m sure other folks out there have miles and would be willing to use them to book tickets for these families who want to be there when their sons come home but just can’t afford all the expense. If it is at all possible that you could help, please contact me. The need is very short-term as their return dates are scheduled between October 26th and November 3rd.

    Bless you for all you do to support our troops. Your show is one of the things that keeps my poor conservative brain sane in this liberal loony-bin of the Bay Area. Susan Mix [email protected]

  • Walter Reed Memories

    The day before the rally, Move America Forward visited with our wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We brought almost five hundred care packages for the recovering troops.

    Just outside the hospital grounds, CodePink (the anti-war far left activists who defaced the Marine Recruiting Center in Berkeley last week) were protesting while these brave men were recuperating.

    Diana Nagy, our singer on the FFV tour (brunette on left) Michael DeLeon of Operation Helmet (back, top) Debbie Lee, Gold Star Mom whose son Marc Alan Lee died in Iraq, (far right) and Pfc. Major Ryan (in wheelchair) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center the day before the rally. (I'm in the middle.)

    He insisted he needed nothing-- the 'other guys' on his floor needed our items more than he did.

    But our hero finally settled on a red, white and blue hand-crocheted blanket from a supporter of Move America Forward.

    Isn't Private Major Ryan a handsome man?

    I'll never forget him. Or any of the others whom I had the honor of meeting at Walter Reed.

    They inspire me every day.

    These soldiers are always in my prayers.

    Melanie Morgan, Chairman Move America Forward

  • Slander Alert! The Left pulling another 'Phony Soldier' campaign

    Folks,

    Move America Forward has been alerted to the anonymous blogger who calls himself 'Spockos Brain" --the same coward who began an advertiser boycott against KSFO Radio in San Francisco, myself, Lee Rodgers, and Brian Sussman over a year ago. He is now posting about how I 'incited violence' at the GOE/EaglesUp/VetsforFreedom rally in Washington, D.C. and how I am "calling for violence" at the counter-demonstration against CodePink at the Berkeley Marine Recruiting Center next Wednesday.

    This crackpot with a keyboard is fueling the same folks (Media Matters) who attacked Rush Limbaugh over the 'phony soldiers' story two weeks ago.

    http://www.spockosbrain.com/2007/10/what-happens-day-after-they-spill-blood  

    Deborah Johns, a Blue Star Mom whose son William is standing by for his fourth deployment to Iraq, was defending herself in Washington, D.C.

    It is telling that the left continues to back the idea that nobody should protect herself: not America and not a woman attacked by peace protesters with a punch.

    Apparently, the Left only feels it is appropriate to strike first, as Al Qaida did on Sept. 11 and as this woman did to Deborah.

    Warmest Regards,
    Melanie Morgan
    KSFO Radio
    Chairman, Move America Forward

  • Official Press Release for Code Pinko Counter-Protest

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    CONTACT:  Mary Pearson, Deputy Executive Director, Move America ForwardTel: (916) 441-6197 or Email: [email protected] 

    Wednesday, October 17th – Noon:

     

    SHOWDOWN IN BERKELEY:

     

    Move America Forward Organizes Pro-Troop Demonstration

     to Counter Code Pink Protests & Harassment at

     Berkeley U.S. Marine Recruiting Office

     (SAN FRANCISCO)  -- In response to ongoing efforts by the liberal organization, Code Pink, to harass, intimidate and ultimately chase the U.S. military out of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, a patriotic, pro-troop counter demonstration will take place next Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 12:00 Noon at the U.S. Marine Recruiting Center in Berkeley, California (located at64 Shattuck Sq. in Berkeley, CA). 
     
    The pro-troop rally is being organized by the northern California-based non-profit group, Move America Forward (website: www.MoveAmericaForward.org), which has grown to become the nation’s largest pro-troop organization. 
     
    “We’re sick and tired of the constant attacks against our military personnel here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we’re going to take action to defend the honor and integrity of this nation’s military men and women” said Melanie Morgan, Chairman of Move America Forward. 
     
    The anti-war and anti-military group, Code Pink: Women for Peace, has been conducting weekly vigil-protests in front of the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station in Berkeley, CA. 
     Controversy over the protests came to a head last week when Code Pink protesters took it upon themselves to deface the building and attempt to interfere with Marine Corps recruiters and their ability to do their jobs. Code Pink’s objective is ‘chase’ the Marine Corps, and the military out of Berkeley completely.  
    In recent media reports, Code Pink advocates are quoted as saying they were “shocked and horrified” that the Marine Corps has a presence in Berkeley and inferring that the Marines prey on children. 
    Code Pink activists have been caught on video calling Military recruiters ‘traitors’ and harassing Marine Corps Captain Richard Lund while he was just trying to do his job.  
    Now, Move America Forward and other patriotic Americans from the Bay Area are organizing to defend the integrity of Captain Lund and say THANK YOU to all our brave soldiers who are fighting to protect our freedoms in Iraq and other theatres in the War on Terror. 
     
    “Those who have been harassing our men and women in uniformdo not even realize that they are attacking that which gives them freedom, security and liberty,” said Melanie Morgan. 
     
    Complete Details Online:  www.MoveAmericaForward.org 
  • Counter Protest Code Pinkos on for Wednesday, October 17th

    Folks, I've been working overtime to organize a counter-protest to the anti-American, anti-troops organization called Code Pink. These are the same people who gave $600,000 to insurgent families in Iraq --and who responsible for murdering our servicemen and women.

    They are trespassing at the Marine Recruiting Center in Berkeley, and vandalizing the place with graphic, disgusting slander of our brave troops.

    (From MichelleMalkin.com) 

    Originally, I planned to light out for Berkeley this Wednesday. After talking with lots of fellow patriots, we are going to mobilize on Wednesday, October 17th.

    I want more time to bring with me a large crowd of red, white and blue Americans who support our troops AND their mission.

    Please join us at Shattuck Square (University Avenue and Shattuck) at high noon for a show-down with the moonbats.

    Bring flags, bring granny, bring your heart and passion for the USMC.

    No blood slander of our troops on OUR watch.

    Keep checking the website for more details.

    Melanie

  • Phony outrage from SF Mayor over 'anti-military' rep

    I am about to slip into my red, white and blue colors and head out with the family to the Blue Angels aerial demonstration at Pier 39 in San Francisco.

    Over Sunday brunch, though, I chuckled over the 'Phony' outrage from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom that his city is painted as anti-military by conservative commentators and pundits. Um, that's probably me.

    Michelle Malkin, as usual, has a wrap-up on all the nuttiness our city has on display. And then some.

    Lead Story

    Moonbat protester at Walter Reed: “My union made me come here;” Plus: Revolt against Code Pinkos in the Bay Area…and SF mayor Gavin Newsom goes on the attack

    By Michelle Malkin  •  October 7, 2007 08:20 AM
  • FOUR LESS BAD GUYS

    (WARNING: Graphic material of al-Qaida terrorists killed by our U.S. troops)

    "You can run, but you just die tired."

    USAF motto. 

    (T-shirt and bumper stickers available under 'Shopping')

     

     

  • Hillary's Phony Soldiers

    In my column at WorldNetDaily.com today ..I explore the links between Hillary Clinton and the attacks on Rush Limbaugh. A bit of dot connecting going on here.

    See more about the radio rumble and what the Freepers are saying about it. 

  • Truths, Half-Truths, and Flat-Out Lies (We Report, You Decide)

    One of the most respected analysts for the Radio world is a gentleman by the name of Brian Maloney. He has a blog called RadioEqualizer.blogspot.com.

    Brian is must reading on my daily preparation for the Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan show.

    Brian is a welcome guest on our show for breaking news in the entertainment world, and we'll have him back as a guest soon!

    Brian has an excellent round-up on the reaction to the faked controversy over Rush Limbaugh, the attacks on me, and the irritation level (hot and high) for the Left.

    And some spicy commentary, too.

    Check it out.

  • Rush, Media Matters and Veterans Disarmament Act

    There are a lot of agendas at work in the sustained assault on Rush Limbaugh and other conservative talk show hosts like myself.

    Flying under the radar is the Schumer sponsored legislation to disarm vets.

    More from Ron Winter and his milblog.

  • Oakland Airport "We're Sorry"

    Let's celebrate a rare win these days --where Oakland Airport Bureaucrats admit they were wrong. 

    From Marooned in Marin.com 

    Oakland Airport Officials Apologize, Sort Of

    In regards to the recent flap about Oakland Airport refusing to allow a flight a Marines from Iraq to deboard, officials held a press conference to issue some sort of apology.

    "We apologize, I apologize to any members of the military that were on this flight and may have experienced some discomfort or perception of disrespect," said Omar Benjamin, executive director of the Port of Oakland. "There was no disrespect intended."

     

  • Liar, Liar, Her Pantsuit On Fire!

    Marvelous Mr. Mark Finkelstein at Newsbusters.org has a report from the Cable TV shows on Hillary Clinton busted for claiming to start MediaMatters.org, the far left-loony group dedicated to taking down conservatives.

    It's too funny. Really. Because she did. But no one wants to admit it now.

  • Word Just In--Dem's Vote to Condemn Rush Limbaugh (Yawn)

    Democrat's have ALWAYS condemned Rush Limbaugh. Why a formal letter? Because they are accurately being tagged as anti-troops-- and want to change the subject from their diastrous MoveOn.org ad questioning the patriotism of General David Patreaus.

    From DrudgeReport.com

     

  • The Moonbat swarm has begun on the Left side of the Blogosphere

      The whole crackpot crowd is piling on because of my vigorous defense of Rush Limbaugh on Hannity and Colmes Monday night--the same people responsible for the manufactured "phony soldier" controversy in the first place.

    Media Matters, BuzzFlash, DailyKos, TPM, the usual gang of suspects. 

    Here's my response to all of them.

    DISHONORABLE, AND YES PHONY, SOLDIERS

     STATEMENT BY MELANIE MORGAN
    • Chairman, Move America Forward
    • Radio Host, KSFO 560 AM – San Francisco
    • Author, American Mourning
    • Columnist, WorldNetDaily

    Rush Limbaugh has come under attack by liberal bloggers and some in the news media for a statement he made on his show about "phony soldiers."

    Now I am under attack for defending Rush.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSE9Bx-HQQ 

    Despite the cries of protest from the anti-war and anti-military crowd, Limbaugh was spot-on right in his characterization.

    Limbaugh mentioned in his show the case of Jessie Adam Macbeth, who falsely claimed to have committed war crimes during service in Iraq. The allegations struck a chord with those who wish to regularly impugn the character and honor of the men and women of the United States military. They jumped on the story like jackals on fallen prey, ripping away at the integrity of our heroic troops who serve in a hot war some 7,000 miles away.

    There’s only one problem. Jessie Macbeth was lying. He was not an Army Ranger as he had claimed, nor was he a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Macbeth was discharged from the army before he had even completed basic training, because according to representatives with the U.S. Army, he was either unfit, unsuitable, or both, to serve in the military.

    Critics of Rush Limbaugh have now launched a full-scale war against Mr. Limbaugh that reaches all the way to the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, threatening congressional action to condemn Limbaugh.


    But it is the anti-war left that needs to be condemned, once again.

    The anti-war Left keeps getting caught promoting bogus allegations made by "phony soldiers" because the Left is desperate for any allegations that are made which might discredit Operation Iraqi Freedom. They do this for one simple reason – they so hate this war (and the broader "war on terror" that they shamelessly deride as a "war of error") that they are determined to undermine the war effort and hope that America loses so they can play a pathetic and dangerous game of "I told you so."

    Not content with disparaging the reputation of a 4-star general, as in their "General Betray Us" attack on U.S. General David Petraeus, the anti-military Left has not stopped for one moment to realize that Limbaugh’s accusations are correct. There are a number of examples of "phony soldiers" such as Jessie Macbeth who have lied about their military service or experiences with the deliberate intent to be to harm the military as a whole, and undermine the missions of the men and women serving in the war on terror.

    Credit goes to Michelle Malkin for chronicling a litany of these "phony soldiers" of whom I will highlight just a few.

    Amorita Randall

    As RegretTheError.com reports, Randall is the, "former naval construction worker who told the New York Times magazine that she served in Iraq, was in a Humvee that blew up, and was raped twice while serving in the Navy.

    Amorita Randall was not in a Humvee that blew up in Iraq, and she was not raped twice while serving in the Navy…

    The truth is she never even served in Iraq.


    At all.


    Ever.

     

    Jimmy Massey

    Former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey is an Iraq war veteran who claimed that he and his unit committed war atrocities including the murder of innocent Iraqis, shooting a 4-year old Iraqi girl in the head and tractor trailers of dead Iraqi’s hauled around by the U.S. military.

    Massey published a book in France titled "Kill, Kill, Kill" to profit from his allegations against his fellow brothers and sisters in the military.

    However, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Associated Press both did investigative reporting and found out the alleged incidents never took place.

    As the Post-Dispatch reported:

    "Each of his claims is either demonstrably false or exaggerated - according to his fellow Marines, Massey’s own admissions, and the five journalists who were embedded with Massey’s unit, including a reporter and photographer from the Post-Dispatch and reporters from The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal."

    Scott Thomas Beauchamp

    The most recent, and better-known, example is that of Army Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp, who made a series of allegations of atrocities committed by U.S. troops. Beauchamp used these allegations to support his anti-war views he made in essays he penned for The New Republic magazine.

    When news media outlets attempted to verify Beauchamp’s allegations, Beauchamp recanted, signing a sworn statement admitting that his allegations were either exaggerations or falsehoods.

    As one of Beauchamp’s fiancées explained to Richard Miniter of Pajamas Media about Beauchamp: "He hates the army. The only reason he joined was because he wanted to have more experience to write about."

    No wonder that Rush Limbaugh went on to say that, "They joined to be in Iraq."

     

  • Hannity and Colmes, Rush, Melanie and Stephanie

    IanSchwartz.com as always, captures the video conservatives need to see. And this is one of them.

    Video: Melanie Morgan Talks Rush Limbaugh

    Posted at 5:48 am | Filed Under Melanie Morgan, Rush Limbaugh, Video 

    Radio talk show host Melanie Morgan faced off with lib talker Stephanie Miller tonight and defended Rush Limbaugh. While Alan Colmes tried to paint Rush as a liar, Morgan came right out and explained what any normal person would deduct from Limbaugh’s original comments. Watch:

    http://ianschwartz.com/2007/10/02/video-melanie-morgan-talks-rush-limbaugh/