December 2003 - My Iraq Connection

It's no secret that i was against war with iraq. ignoring it didn't make it go away; i tried. in spite of myself i'd spend hours at sites like counterpunch.org which confirmed my doubts and supported my distrust of the 'official version' of events and made distant my hopes that things would 'work out ok'

it had been months since joey had written, when he emails me the news that he's now a marine stationed in iraq and can he buy one of the drawings i have on ebay, could i mail it to him over there. yea, you can i guess and yea, i will i told him, thinking it was a dumb move for both of us. but the drawing gets there fine, and joeyUSMC's emails are making my day

U MUTHER FUCKER!

HOW FUCKIN AWESOME, ORAHHHHHHH! JD GOT ART NOW. WHOOHOOOOO!

HEY TOM, YER THE BEST MAN. I GIT UP EARLY TO USE THE PUTER BUT GOTTA MAKE IT SHORT CAUSE GOT PT IN 10 MIN. HEY I GOTTA BIG STIFFY
LOOKING AT MY OWN PIC LOL!!!

I MISS BEING HOME LOTS BUT YER E-MAILS ARE SOO FUCKIN COOL, AND MAN THATPIC IS SO AWESOME, BEST ONE YA EVER DID RIGHT?
URAHHHHHH LOL.

NAW YOU DO SO MANY COOL PICS I DONT KNOW WHICH IS THE BEST BUT I LIKE MINE THE BEST ANYHOW.YO GOTTA GIT, WRITE ME AN I WILL TRY EVERTIME I CAN, I OWE YA BUDDY,
USMCJD OUT. URAHHH! :0-----------------------

DEAR TOM DUDE!

HOWS IT HANGIN MAN. GAT TO READ YOUR EMAILS FINALLY AFTER 5 WEEKS ON HUMP.HEY YOU WENT TO MEXICO AND EVERYTHING, HOW AWESOME. WISH I COULD GO WITH U SOMETINES.

IS THAT PICTURE POSED TO ME ME MAN?? I LIKE IT ALOT BUT IT DON'T GOT MY COOL TATS BRO :).

DID YA GIT THE JOCK YET? ,AIL I SENT TO MY UNCLE GOT HIS MAIL FINALY COUPLE DAYS AGO. TAKESFORFUCKINEVER MAN.

HEY CAN I BUY THE MARINE PIC CAN YA PUT SOME OF MY COOL TATS ON THE ARMS LIKE MINE? I HAVE ANOTHER TAT BRO, IT IS "MARINEMEAT" AND IT IS ACROSS MY STOMAK ABOVE MY COCK AND BELOW MY BELLYBUTTOM IT'S GOT 1 INCH LETTERS AND DONE IN GERMAN GOTHIC

BOARING HERE MAN, GOT BIT BY A SCORPION ON MY KNEE THE SQUID CORMAM SUCKED OUT THE POISON, HE SUCKED REAL GOOD AND I ALMOST FORCED HIM TO SUCK MY WAD LOL. ANYWAY I WAS IN HOSPITAL TENT FOR 2 DAYS CAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND BARFED ALOT
BUT I AM OK AND THE BITE MARK IS HEALING NOW.

HOW ARE YOU BRO, ALL SEXED OUT FROM MEXICO, MEXIAN BOYS WANTIN GOT FUCKYER ASS I BET RIGHT"

OK, LOTS OF BROS WAITIN GTO USE THE PC, THARS A LINE OF DEVILDAWGS YELLING AT ME TO HURRY MYASS UP. I REALYY LIKE THE MARINE PIC AN DHOPE IT EAS OF ME IT LOOKS LIKE MY PISSED OFF FACE, AND LOOKS LIKE MY COCK TOO BUT THE COCKS TOO SMALL, LOL URAHHHHHH

JDUSMC OUT TOM! PS: YUP I STILL GOT A SANDY CRACK, LOL.- ----------------

YO TOM MY MAN, HERE'S A FEW PICS OF YER DAWGBOI, GOTT EM FROM FIRST LT, URAHHHH.
DAMM IM SO FUCKIN HORNEY TONIGHT MAN, GONNA JO INTHE RACK LATER ON, PRETNED IM ASLEEP AND
WATCH MY OTHER 3 BUNKERS AND SEE IF ONE OF EM FLOGS THAR COCK. THATS HOW I KNEW MY BUDDY
WAS LIKEN DUDES, HE SAW ME SEEIN HIM, AND LATER ON I FUCKED HIM GOOD, FIRST TIME IN 4 MONTHSHAD MY PUD IN A HOT BUTT SO FUCKIN HOT. SHIT IM HARD AND GOTTA WALK BACK TO THE ROOM IN MY SKIVVIES LOL! WE ALL GOT EM. BIG OLE COCK LINES CROSS OUR WHITEYS OR FLOPIN ROUND IN BOXERS, URAGGGGGG.FUCKFUCKFUCK CANT WAIT TO SQUIRT. :P... :O :) URAHHHHHH, USMCJD OUT.

the guys on my mailing list saw the drawings as soon as joey did, cause they went out in the general mailing. and in one mailing i mentioned that if anybody would buy a print @20 i'd keep a record and subtract a portion from the price i'd ask joey. see, joey wanted to be businesslike with me about the art cause he knows it's my business. sure i felt a little guilty about charging him anything, but it kept the 'business' business and let the pleasure be pleasure. so what happens next?

Enter Frank, with a heart of gold who says he wants to buy the drawing for Joey. here's what Frank wrote-

I would love to buy Joey his original! I myself could never serve in the military due to damage to my lower spine and damage from a car accident to my cervicalspine! I am just thankful I can walk! I pray everyday that our military that leaves our country to defend it all come home safe! So it would be a great honor to buy Joey's original for him! He need not thank me because what he and everyone else is doing for ourcountry is a huge sacrifice on their part. People really don't realizehow much the men and women in our military give up to protect our country and our freedom.
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YO FRANK MAN,

HEY ARE YA THE DUDE THAT BOUGHT ME MY PICTURE? AND YA BOUGHT ONE OF YER OWN TOOL WOW. THATS SO COOL

MY LEG IS BETTER STILL, AND I HOPE THAT STAYS THE SAME, IM SICK OF MY ASS HANGIN OUT OF THESE PJ'S,
UNLESS SOME HOT DUDE LIKLE YOU OR TOM WANNA STICK SOMETHING IN BETWEEN MY LEGS, URAGGGGG!

I GOTTA JET CAUS EITS MARINE SLEEPY TIME, LOL.
KEEP IT HARD MAN, AND WRITE ME ITS COOL.

YER BRO,

USMCJDOUT.

YOYOYOYOYOY TOM DUDE, COUPLE ARMY DAWGS GAVE ME 2 SIXERS AND I AMFUCKEDDDDDDD UP LOL.
HAPPY MARINE ORPS B-DAY , URAHHHHHHHHH!!

I WILL WRTIE MORE TOMORROW OK, GREAT PIC AS USUAL MAN, NOTHER ASS SHOT SWEEEET <--SAID LIKE ERIC CARTMAN...LOL

HEY TM CAN YOU ADD MY ARM TATS TO THE PIC OF MY ASS PLEASE, I KNOW YA DONT LIKE TO BUT PLEASEEEEEEEE.

OK BRO , URAHHHHHH THAT SHIT GOT ME FUCK STIFF AS HEEL MAN AND YA KNOW WHAT THIS MARINE HAD TO DO ABOUT THAT SHIT, LOL SQUIRTSQUIRT

I AM CRUSTY IN THE AM LOL, USUALLY ALL OVER MY SOTMACH LOL.

YOYOYOYOYOYOY DRUCK USMCJOEY OUT, HIIIICUP! LOL.

TOM YER THE BEST MAN,

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

PASSED OUT
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HEY TOMCAT, MEOW! LOL

HOWS IT, THANKS FER THE COOL LETTERS AGIN. I AM REALLY TIRED CAUSE OF MEDICNE THAY GAVE ME. MY LEG IS ALL SWOLEN UP TO MY THIGH AND DOWN TO MY CALF. I GOT A INFECTION I CANT MEMEBR HOW TOSAY, UMM LETS SEE....

I THINK ITS GLADOLITUS, LOL. DUNNO BUT I AM IN BED ALOT WITH MY LEG HOISTED AND MY COCK KEEPS FALLIN OVER ON THE WRONG SIDE.

HOW AER YOU ARTIST MAN? PAINTING GOOD PICTURES? THE DUDES YOU SENDME MAIL FROM ARER REAL NICE AND IT IS REAL GOOD TO GIT THE E-MAIL FROM EM. I PROMISE TO WRITEMORE ONCE I GET UP TOMORROW AFTER THERAPY.

EVER SEE THE MOVIE SPLASH? I GOTTA SIT IN A SLING IN A BIG TANK OF WATER NAKID, AND ITS PLEXEGLAS
AND YA CAN SEE THRU IT. ALL THE DOCS, AND NURSE PEOPLE CAN SEE ME. ITS EMBARASSING HOPE I DONT
GIT A STIFFY. LOL.

I LIKE THE PUTER HERE NO DAWGS YELLIN AT ME TO HURRY UP.

BYE DUDE USMCJD OUT! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

YO BRO,

WELL TWISTRED MY KNEEE TODAY(FELLDOWN) SHIT,SHIT,SHIT. SEE I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO WALK COOL WITHIOU CRUTCHEES SINCE THAT
DAMM SPIDER SWOLED UP MY LEG, AND THE DAMM CRUTCHEE GOT CAUGHT ON A RUG. I FELL FLAT ON MY UGLY FACE, LOL, SMASHED MY NOSE AND BASHED MY RIGHT ELBLOW ONTO THE WALL.

THE MAJOR CAME TO VISIT ME TODAY AND HE BROUGH LEFTOVER CARE PACKAGE STUFF FROM MY PLATOON, COOKIES, AND CANDY AND HE EVEN BROUGH ME A FEW
GIRL PORNO MAGS LOL. IT WAS COOL TO HAVE A VISITOR CAUSE MOST OF US HERE DONT GET EM.

MAN IM TIRED AND SORE, THEY GIT ME PAIN KILLERS AND MY FUCKIN KNEE SWOLED UP AGAIN, DOC SAYS I MAY HAVE TORN A LIGGEMENT. ITS MY BAD KNEE TOO FROM FOOTBALL, AND RIDIN BACK ON OUR SPREAD FROM WHEN I WAS A TEEN, I GOT BUCKED OFF A PISSED OFF HORSE AND LANDED STRAIGHT ON THE SAME KNEE, CRACKED KNEE CAP.

YO MARINE DAWG SLEEPY TIME,
YER BUDDY , YO, YO PLEASE TELL NANCY SHES COOL FER SAYIN ALL THE NICE STUFF. THAT WAS REAL COOL OF HER TO SAY IT.

USMCJDOUT ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

YO MY BROTHA,

TELL EM ALL THANKS ALOT!! URAGGG, I WILL WRITE WHEN I GETTO BAGDAD. I AM BEING MEDAVACED TOMORROW AT O DARK THRITY. MY KNEEE IS REAL BAD AND DOCS ER WORRIED HEER. MY KNEE REALLY HURTS TOO, AND AM DONT LIKE BEING A SIC BAY COMMANDO.

I THINK DOC IS GAY TOO, HE LIKE TOUCHES ME WEIRD AND LIKES ALWAYS HAS ME GIT IN UNDERWAER WHEN I GET MY KNEE CHEKED, LOL.

I GOT HALF A STIFFY TODAY CAUSE HE WAS RUBBIN MY LEG ALOT ON MY TIGHE RAL NEAR MY COCK BONE HE SAW IT GITTIN HARD TOO I CAN KNOW. ANYWAY DID YA HEAR BOUT THE HELO SHOT DOWN NEAR FALLUJA TODAY? SUCKS MAN I GOTTA TAKE A HELO TOMORROW YIPES!

ANYWAY, I CAN GIT ON A PUTER ONCE I GIT TO BAGDAD CAUSE THE HOSPITAL GITS LOTS.

TOM THANKS AGAIN FER THE COOL PIC OF ME, YOU ARE MY GOOD FRIEND OK.

GOTTA JET, SLEEPY TIME URAHHHHHH!

USMCJD OUT! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

OH YA I SENT ANOTHER PIC OF ME AND THE MAJOR OK. (HES A DICK)-- ---------------

so you get the idea. the more personal stuff joey wrote is left out here but you can maybe see how from being just my buddy joey started being family. now he's my brother, it's official cause we say so. while in the Baghdad hospital getting his knee looked after, he got viral pneumonia, but got better in time to be shipped back to San Diego for Thanksgiving. it wasn't the homecoming you'd like to imagine, as he's got no immediate family. for now Camp Pendleton is home.

meanwhile my frustration with the system that put him there grows. this morning after showing the cbs viewers a big gingerbread whitehouse and the elaborate 'chocolate factory' so 'artfully done' by the white house chef, Laura Bush smiled and softly wished for world peace and yes, she hoped to be able to visit Afghanistan 'soon'. it's hard for me to understand how we americans feeling 'blessed' as we do, parrot these wishes while pigging the presents under the tree. wonder how much chocolate and gingerbread she'll have to share if she ever gets 'over there'?

i think about Thanksgiving and Christmas and the leftovers. if we americans could learn to eat just enough to be healthy, we might approach life's seasons differently. The chocolate and gingerbread would be changed to bread for the starving instead of drying out under the tvcamera lights in the elaborately seaonally decked white house halls. The money spent on the decorations, junk and bombs would help alleviate the worlds' burdens of disease, disaster and famine. If we could see our 'strategic interests' from a distance, as Bette Middler sang so well, we'd see corporate and political america is getting it wrong. If all we americans, beginning with the richestmostpowerful were included in The Golden Rule and be treated by others as we treat them, there might be a little less talk and a lot more action for world peace. if the haves would acknowledge the have nots as family too. but.... those are big 'ifs'.

joey's spirit and spunk graces life. as an american it's supposed to be his his right to have the chance to be happy. but joeyUSMC's not having an easy time, and it's made harder because we went to war with an ill-advised and un-Christian ideology of what's in our 'strategic interests'. It's made harder by a pope who sincerely encourages all organized religion to keep saying and believing that Joey and his gay sisters and brothers are going to Hell, nevermind the good we do. It's made harder by the majority of those who have no problem putting joey and his military grunts in harms way while staying out of gunshot range themselves, thus being first in line to reap those anticipated 'strategic' rewards.

But hey it's Christmas folks, don't blame Jesus! he loves us all:-) or does he? i get confused with religion:-) anyway i was taught early on that it was Jesus' idea that our strategic interest was to love one another . so Merry Christmas and wishes of peace and happiess to all, but especially to those ill-treated by an uncaring system (whatever the country) by 'impostor' Christians and by idealogues who put another's sweat blood and tears where they personally never tread.

My favorite Christmas song is Gene Autry singing simple words in Here Comes Santa Claus '…peace on earth will come to all if we just follow the light...' and in spite of the war, light keeps peeking thru. A gay bishop got ordained, gay sex is nowhere in the usa illegal, and one state already recognizes gay civil unions. There's a wider recognition of the desperation of people with AIDS and the third world is finally standing up to the World Trade Organization, and Europe gained enough clout to force us to play by the rules when it comes to tarrifs. Dark for too many yes, but Dawn maybe is coming for more of us, with the promise Day still waiting to be made real. There's work to enjoy. Let's do what we can. i have to believe that just being one's true self is a step toward the Light.

P.S. and the scariest picture of Hell i can imagine is being trapped somewhere for eternity with warmongers and strategically lying inhumane intellectuals. gays i got no problem with:-) Finding myself there, my consolation is that the meek will inherit the earth.

Meanwhile, (since SantaClaus is soon coming to town:-)

you better watch out,
you better not cry,
you better not pout
I'm telling you why:-)