Congressman John Murtha Dies At Age 77

[CMRivdog]

BREAKING NEWS: Congressman John Murtha Dies At Age 77 - News Story - WJAC Johnstown

-- Congressman John P. Murtha died Monday at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA.

At his bedside was his family.

Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February of 1974, Murtha dedicated his life to serving his country both in the military and in the halls of Congress. A former Marine, he became the first Vietnam War combat Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress.

This past Saturday, Murtha became Pennsylvania’s longest serving Member of Congress.

[Oblong]

Just saw that John Murtha has died.

[Euphdude]

CMRiverDog beat you to it around 30 minutes ago...

Congressman John Murtha Dies At Age 77

[Oblong]

yeah but now my thread has more posts than his..... :)

[shabba4detroit]

May he rest in peace.

[Oblong]

His district is the only one in the country to have gone for Kerry in 2004 and McCain in 2008. There will probably be an election to fill the seat on May 18 since there's already primaries that day. It's rated as a toss up now.

[DaYooperASBDT]

Wow, my condolences to his friends and family. He served our country honorably, and although I didn't see eye to eye with him much, he will be missed. Thank you John Murtha for your service.

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 - Yahoo! News

[DrWho17]

Wow, I was expecting him to be indicted soon, guess he's going to get out of it again.

[billms]

What would be the appropriate piece of over priced unneeded military equipment bought from his district to bury him in?

[Auburndale Ray]

Unfortunately...He became misguided and lost his way...

Goodbye Colonel John Murtha...
Bronze Star
Purple Heart (2)
Combat Action Ribbon
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry
American Spirit Honor Medal

[hueytaxi]

Originally Posted by billms

What would be the appropriate piece of over priced unneeded military equipment bought from his district to bury him in?

How about that 150 million dollar airport renovation for 20 passengers a day. Would make a nice plot. Oh and condolences for his family.

[Melody]

Reading today that the cause of death was that the surgeon nicked his intestine during the surgery. They didn't go into much detail, but I'd imagine that the contents of his bowels (very germy stuff) were leaking into his abdomen and he died of infection.

Tragic, really. But happens a lot.

[shabba4detroit]

Originally Posted by Oblong

His district is the only one in the country to have gone for Kerry in 2004 and McCain in 2008. There will probably be an election to fill the seat on May 18 since there's already primaries that day. It's rated as a toss up now.

Cool. Another referendum on the Obama administration.

[Boilerfan]

Buena Park pastor prayed for Murtha’s death - Total Buzz : The Orange County Register

Buena Park pastor prayed for Murtha’s death
February 9th, 2010, 12:56 pm · 119 Comments · posted by Martin Wisckol, Politics reporter

Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake of Buena Park sent out an email Monday night, saying that perhaps his prayers had been answered with the death of Rep. John Murtha yesterday.

“Maybe God took him out,” Drake wrote. “Maybe God Answered our IMPRECATORY prayer that we prayed every 30 days.”

The Pennsylvania congressman, a decorated former Marine who fiercely opposed the Iraq war, died at the age of 77 after complications from gallbladder surgery.

I asked Drake if his statements weren’t distasteful, particularly coming immediately after Murtha’s death. He said that as a Christian, he didn’t buy into the sentiment of not speaking ill of the dead.

“It’s not distasteful to pray the word of God and include somebody’s name,” he said. “I didn’t celebrate his death. I said maybe it was God’s answer to our imprecatory prayer.”

Drake regularly asks his “prayer warriors” to participate in prayer targeting “unrighteous” politicians. He typically uses Psalms 109, including these passages including in his Monday email: “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” And, “Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”

At one point, Drake prayed for the death of President Barack Obama. However, he dropped that because he wants to see Obama faces charges that he is not a natural-born citizen and so cannot be president. Drake has such a lawsuit on appeal.

Drake said he and his prayer warriors had been praying for Murtha’s death for four or five months. Among other things, Drake said Murtha’s use of profanity and his use of God’s name in vain. Beside praying for the death of specific politicians, he said they pray for “politicians in general who are taking unrighteous stands.”

[Oblong]

At one point, Drake prayed for the death of President Barack Obama. However, he dropped that because he wants to see Obama faces charges that he is not a natural-born citizen and so cannot be president

That made me laugh. There's a comedy term for it that I can't think of right now. It involves saying the opposite of what you'd expect. For instance in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, at the Diner Steve Martin says "You know... when you and I put our heads together-", cut to John Candy who smiles, expecting something positive, "-we really get nowhere."

[Melody]

Wow. That's truly appalling. I've left churches for less than that, and publicly burned my bridges there to boot. Unfortunately, not a lot that the convention can do about these guys except to denounce them in the Baptist Standard. They *might* be able to disfellowship the entire church but I'm pretty sure that would involve a vote of all delegates at the annual convention.

Compare to what THIS Southern Baptist preacher is doing: (Our dear friends and former pastor.) theforgottenafrica.org - Home They've been in Brazil something like 15 years now, I think.