Do you hear that RIPPING sound?

That's the sound of VFW membership cards being torn in half across the country. As a retired Air Force guy, I regret that I tore mine up years ago, because I can't tear it up now. The reason for this ripping and shredding --- the VFW's inner circle once again - flying in the face of common sense and intelligence and endorsing........... are you ready......endorsing,... "Call me Senator, not Ma'am" , Barbara Boxer of California.

Yup, proving once again the brilliance behind O'Sullivan's First Law, the VFW PAC opted for what they describe as the 'friendly incumbent' over the common sense challenger, Carly Fiorina. Here is a sitting senator who has an eighteen year record of soaring mediocrity, dazzling ineptness, and high marks for failure to understand the ways and needs of the US Military, who chastizes a uniformed general for being polite on national TV, and the VFW endorses her.

There was a time in my several careers where I would send serious checks each year to the PAC's that represented my field of endeavor, or hobbies. But then as this insidious 'friendly incumbent rule' kept raising it's ugly head - I dropped out. I now decide for myself who shall receive my political donations --- not some air headed committee who just 'follow the rules' and pay no attention to their doings.

For those of you who haven't bumped heads with this 'friendly incumbent' brick wall, let me explain briefly. If an incumbent running for reelection has a voting record on one or two very narrow issues favored by the PAC, then regardless of the quality of the challenger, the incumbent gets the nod....... and the endorsement.

Look around this year-- even the NRA admits to endorsing over fifty Dimmocrats (who rightfully belong home flipping hamburgers for their first real job experience) around the country because they happened to vote 'correctly' on one or two identified key votes. Never mind, how they voted on TARP, PORKULUS, OBAMACARE, and a host of other neo-socialist ideas emanating from the White House.....

As several of my Vet friends have said, "Goodbye VFW", "Thank God for the American Legion, so I still have a place to go have a beer with my friends."

At least ole' Pecoz can't tear up his AARP card this year --- I tore it up back when they prostituted theyselves and publicly endorsed Obamacare in exchange for continuing to peddle their supplementary insurance to their members.......

My wallet keeps getting thinner as I rip these membership cards up and throw them away.