The big news is that the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times published an editorial calling for the ouster of Donald Rumsfeld. 

This is big news and should be spread far and wide. If any of you have Republican friends, you should make sure that they read this. It is just the kind of thing that is needed to deflate any Republican's perception that George Bush actually listens when the military speaks.

Here is the text of the editorial that appeared today in the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times calling for the ouster of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Also, I would like to draw everyone's attention to an endorsement that I sent to the Springfield News/Leader letters to the editor section. I wrote a letter discussing Commissioner Dave Coonrod's support of veterans in general and the Veteran's Center in particular.