Hi airmen, well another busy week is wrapping up and I’m beat. Spent the most of the day in
nearby Massachusetts at a funeral. Now home, tired and wanting to just kick back and watch a little TV. But not before introducing you to my little friend, Yoda.

My son, Kevin, works as a manager for a local supermarket. Last Friday night he called asking if I was going to be home all evening. He said he had something for me and wanted to drop it off. Well, my wife and I spent the next forty minutes trying to figure out exactly what it was he had. Kevin has access to a lot of cool cardboard presentations the various merchandisers display in his store and we assumed that was what he had for his old dad.

We were on the right track, but way off on the object and its make up. Apparently at the height of the last Star Wars movie blitz, Pepsi and Lucas Film had 500 life-size Yodas made from hard resin. Then there was some kind of drawing as to what Pepsi retail customers would get the statues. Kevin’s was one of those stores.

During the months the movie was out, this figure stood atop a high rack in the store, with hundreds of Pepsi cans stacked beneath him. Kevin tells me at one point a man came into the store and offered his boss $500 for it. As they were still in the middle of the promotion, the manager turned him down and told him to come back later. Lucky for me, the dude never came back. Once the promotion was all done, the folks at the store tried to auction it off on E-Bay and supposedly got a whopping big bid.
Unfortunately the person who placed it didn’t come through and they ended up holding the Yoda.
Soooo…last Friday, Kevin’s boss told him to go into his office, where it was stored, and get rid it of it. Anyway he wanted. Trash it or give it away. It was his call. Now Kevin might have kept it for himself, being a true Star Wars buff like his dad, but alas his apartment is a wee small one. And so, God bless his heart, he thought of his father.

Of course Val raised both eyebrows when he came walking into our house carrying this heavy
little treasure. But when she saw the look of rapture on my face, she just accepted what must be. And so, if you are ever in the neighborhood, you are most welcome to come and visit. I’ll bring you down to me den and introduce you to my new little friend.

Aren’t children marvelous. Thanks Kevin, this is by far the biggest toy I have ever received.

Have a great week airmen, Ron, over and out.

After some twenty odd years, my plans to produce a comic book based on the pulp hero CAPTAIN HAZZARD are finally being realized. Thanks in large part to a crew of extremely talented creators. The two principles are Craig Shepard, the penciller, and Sean Tenhoff, our super talented inker. I found both these artists on
the forums over at Digital Webbing and am told it is now the busiest comics related website on the internet. I won’t argue that a bit. Rounding out our production team are Digital Caps own Jaymes as letterer and another good airmen, Bishop Bowie, as colorist. The sample artwork above clearly demonstrates Craig and Sean’s perfect take on a pulp classic. It is actually a portion of the what will become our first cover. Once it is completed, colored and the masthead logos affixed, I will post it for all to see and enjoy.

The Captain Hazzard pulp magazine only ever put forth a single issue. It was obviously intended to be a Doc Savage clone, whereas the larger than life hero would travel the globe fighting injustice accompanied by a colorful group of assistants. Sadly that single issue was an abysmal failure and there never was a second issue. I, and writers Martin Powel and Chris Mills, hope to remedy that situation. The illustration above features Captain Kevin Douglas Hazzard and his loyal team of adventures. Left to right they are, Dr.Martin Tracey, the Captain’s first cousin and the team’s medico. Tyler Randall, ace mechanic and pilot. Cowboy Jake Cole, an expert marksman and tracker. Prof.Washington McGowen, a scientist without peer and the Captain’s mentor. Finally William Crawley, a crime reporter for a big New York City daily. Together, these six men will take readers into unparalled adventures filled with wonders and daring-do. Hopefully we’ll see both a new pulp series and comic series launched simultaneously in 2006.

Martin and I are co-writing the new pulp adventures and Chris and I are handling the comic exploits. Twice the pulp thrills for fans of both media. Stay tuned, airmen. We’ll keep
you posted.

Finally, Hollywood lost one of the finest directors ever this past week. Rober Wise died at the age of 91. His remarkable legacy includes such classic sci-fi flicks as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE BODY SNATCHERS,
THE ANDOMEDA STRAIN & STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE. He also helmed such wonderful musicals as THE WEST SIDE STORY and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
We certainly won’t see another like him again.

Have a great week, airmen. Ron, over and out.

Earlier this year, my writing pal, James Chambers, notified me that publisher, Vincent Sneed, was putting together an anthology based on the theme of beautiful women versus monsters. James thought I might have a decent pulp yarn to fit that kind of book and he could not have been more correct.
Excited by the theme, I whipped up a story entitled FURY IN VERMONT. It is the debut of a new character named Kate Fury. She is an adventurer traveling the globe circa the 1930s with a very unique assembly of aids. One of these, a former Candadian Mounted Policeman named Donat Cartier, figures prominently in this first outing. Thus far several of my anthology mates who have read the tale have asked if they can expect more exploits of the lovely Ms.Fury in the future. Time will tell, amigos. For right now, I need all of you to go SHOCKLINES on the web. That’s where DARK FURIES is for sale,
a bargain at only $14.95, besides my action packed yarn, it alos features 14 other stories by some of today’s finest horror and fantasy writers. People like James Chambers, C.J.Hendreson and John French to name a few. Don’t miss this one, airmen. I’d also advise you to visit Vincent Sneed’s own site, DIE MONSTER DIE. He’s done some remarkable books in the past few years and you really should check them out.

Anyone who buys a copy of DARK FURIES and sends me an e-mail telling me, with some evidence that you have done so (such a relating
the plot of my own tale therein), I will send
them a special art treat for their efforts. My small way of saying thanks. Who says I don’t love my fans!

The news from the South and the plight of survivors of hurraciane Katrina is still very disheartening, although lots of Americans, both as organizations and individuals have stepped up to the plate and answered the call. But lots, lots more needs doing. So please, whatever you can offer, be it a cash donation, or to go and give blood..whatever. It will all add up to getting our fellow Americans back on their feet again. No gift, no effort on their behalf is too small. And please, coupled with that, continue to pray; it’s a powerful resource for
people of faith. Try it and see for yourself.

Finally, I’ve picked up another small teaching gig. In the next three weeks I will be giving an after-school enhancement program to the students of the
Barrington, NH middle-school. My topic? What
else, Comic Books! Should be a blast. Am really looking forward to it.

Take care, have a good week, and write when you get the chance. We miss yah. Ron, over and out.

No comic graphics this week, my friends. The pictures from the south, in Katrina’s wake have been more than graphic enough for all of us.
I will be offering my mass this weekend for all those poor people who’ve lost everything. And I urge all of you, not only to pray, but give what you can to the Red Cross relief effort. And to
understand the economic ripples of this historic disaster will be felt by everyone eventually.
The government is asking Americans to conserve
energy and lessen their cosumpiton of fuel usage.
It means sacrafice for all of us and a golden opportunity to show the rest of the world what we are really made of.

Once again, my fellow airmen it’s been a fast week. The big news is Digital Webbing Presents #24 (see that gorgeous cover above) is now in comic shops across the world! Yup, and from what I’m hearing, it is selling off the racks quick. So if you haven’t gotten a copy, what are you waiting for? Get down to your favorite comic shop and grab one. If they’ve already sold out,
then ask your shop manager to reorder one for you. Remember, they are there to serve you, the customer. So never take, “Gee, they’re all sold out,” as a final word. Besides my MASK OF THE GARGOYLE, this beautiful issue also features a Teenage Mutant Ninaj Turtle story and a rollicking superhero yarn called FIST OF JUSTICE. All good stuff. I’m proud of this project and I hope those of you who see it,
enjoy it as well.

If you are curious as to this week’s heading, well one of the things I’ve always tried to do in my life is make my dreams come true. It’s never enough to just have dreams. Unless you make them a reality, or at least do your best to achieve that end, what is the purpose of dreaming? In my life, I’ve been blessed with lots of dreams fulfilled which leads to the following experiences of the past week.

If you are a regular visitor to the Airship, then you’ll know my favorite movie of all time is the original, 1933 KING KONG. You will also know there is a tremendous amount of hype these days for Peter Jackson’s new version due out in theaters this coming December. So it should be no surprise that the merchandising markets are now being swamped with KONG items, to include various tie-in publications. I know of at least three paperback KONG books due, never mind the more expensive hardback volumes being planned. Oh, to hit the megabucks and get them all, ha. But I’m off track here. Back to my tale of dreams reaching out to touch you. A few weeks back I was
approached by a publisher pal who was in negogiations with a Hollywood firm to produce a KING KONG comic book and he wanted to know if I’d like to write it for him. After I stopped jumping up and down for ten minutes, and calmed down a wee bit, he explained the situation etc. The deal was this licensor in California would put forth the plot idea and I would write a script from it. They wanted to do Kong’s story up to the point where the 1933 movie begins. Seemed logical enough to me. I began jotting down notes and ideas on how I would lay the narrative to show Kong, how he was born on that savage, forgotten world of Skull Island, how his mother and father raised him, how they died and how,
left alone as the last of his kind, he became the true, mighty ruler of his domain, KING KONG.
I tried to keep all this under wraps, as I didn’t want to jinx anything until the deal was official. Two weeks went by without a word. I was getting very, very nervous. Then a few days ago the publisher sent me the licensor’s proposed plot and the minute I began reading it,
my dream of being connected with a KING KONG project slowly slipped away. Their idea was that aliens came down to Earth in prehistoric times, zapped a gorilla into giant size and continued to do this over the millions of years that followed. In their grand vision, a giant gorilla is present when the pyramids of Egypt are built! It is a giant gorilla who answers Joshua’s horn summon and destroys the walls of Jericho!! And on and on and on. Truly the most ridiculous, idiotic story I have ever read. I wrote my publisher pal and told him I hated it. Ten minutes later he called me personally and admitted so did he.
Neither of us wanted our names attached to this mess, in any shape or form. My buddy was going to call those Hollywood dudes and diplomatically
try to explain to them why their idiocy won’t fly, and maybe they might want to listen to our
ideas. But I’m not holding my breath. Hollywood types are notoriously as stubborn as they are stupid. So there you go, it was a real dissappointment. But those things happen. For all the dreams that do come true, others go unrealized.

Of course, life does have a certain balance to it and no sooner did I put the KING KONG dream behind me then another equally important project took a big step closer to fruition. Super cover artist, Tom Floyd (his work graces both my pulp books..BROTHER GRIM and THE HOUNDS OF HELL) sent along three rough sketches for the proposed cover of my latest pulp actioner, CAPTAIN HAZZARD. For those of you not in the know, I have rewritten an old pulp classic, starring this lost hero. It is called PYTHON MEN OF LOST CITY, and with fingers crossed, it will see publication early next year. Obviously we needed a new cover and Tom, the loyal pal he is, stepped right up and took the assignment. Like he said, “What’s a Ron Fortier pulp book without a Tom Floyd cover?”
I couldn’t have said it better myself. So, Tom in his professionalism sent along three sketches for yours truly to pick from. Talk about a tough decision. All of the sketches were beautiful, when using imagination to see them fully painted. I went to several of my artists pals for their advice and the final choice was acutally unanimous. It is posted here for you to see. As Tom develops the final version, I’ll continue to post them here. In fact, son Scott, my personal PC guru, is in the final stages of getting a gallery page added to the Hangar. Once that’s done, I’ll be showing you lots of very cool artwork. Anyways, seeing CAPTAIN HAZZARD moving ahead like this was a real charge and took away the sadness of losing the KING KONG gig. Win some, lose some. It’s what life is all about. The trick is to take the losses for what they are, learning experiences, and move on. There are always dozens of other dreams waiting in the wings. Believe it.

Have a great week, Ron, over and out.

Greetings airmen, here we are wrapping up as yet another gorgeous, summer week. Lots of things to discuss this time up, so let’s get started.

I want to thank all the wonderful fans who showed up at last week’s Chelmsford,MA one-day con to say hi, talk comics and get their books signed. One fellow brought along a copy of the GREEN HORNET hardback edition for me to sign and that was a treat. (David, it was terrific meeting you and thanks for the e-mail later in the week. Hope to see you again soon.) One fellow, who had earlier purchased a copy of my pulp book, BROTHER GRIM, made a point of telling me how much he enjoyed it and then proceeded to pick up a copy of my second book, THE HOUNDS OF HELL. With that kind of loyalty and support,is it any wonder why I love doing what I do? Fans, not just mine alone, are the finest people in the world and going to cons affords me the opportunity to meet them and to thank them.

Which is as good as any way to segue into my busy convention schedule coming up. The last weekend of Sept. I’ll be at the three day Wizard World Boston. Looks to be a blow-out show and I hope all you New England readers will make it down. I’ll mostly be hanging out between the Digital Webbing tables and those of my favorite comic shop, the Paperback Bazaar. I’ll have plenty of copies of both BROTHER GRIM and THE HOUNDS OF HELL on hand, so if you still haven’t latched onto a copy of either, or both, now is your chance. The Saturday after the Boston show, I’ll be in Manchester,NH doing a store signing at the Double Midnight Comic shop. So if you live or around the Queen City, hope to see you there. On the 13th November, it’s back to the Redhook Brewery Convention Center at the nearby Pease Tradeport in Portsmouth and finally, I’ll be on hand at the two-day, Halloween comic show in Nashua,NH along with tons of other cool guests. There will also be an advanced screening of Derry,NH filmmaker Rob Fitz’s fantastic GOD OF VAMPIRES movie. Believe me, if you like horror, you won’t want to miss this.

One of the joys of last week’s Chelmsford show was being able to get my hands on Digital Webbing Presents #24, the amazing, full color anthology edited and published by Ed Dukeshire.
This is the issue with my MASK OF THE GARGOYLE story and it looks fantastic. The comic should be in all your various comic shops this coming week, so please, hunt one up.

After getting home from the con, I dove into the new week and was almost instantly flooded with all sorts of positive highlights to many of my varied projects. Craig Shephard, the new artist on my CAPTAIN HAZZARD comic series, turned in some great sketches and I’m really excited about how this is coming out. I’ve assembled the entire team now, with an inker, letterer and colorist all on board. Things are on the fast track. Speaking of HAZZARD, I finsished Chatpers 7-8-9 of the new pulp thriller featuring this classic hero and have sent the manuscript to writer-partner, Martin Powell, to continue. We each do several chapters each before bouncing the script back to each other. Happily our styles are complimentary and the book is going to get done fast. Meanwhile, artist Rob Davis turned in another spot illo for the serialization of the first ever Hazzard book, PYTHON MEN OF LOST CITY, which Brian Meredith hopes to have up and running on his website, Modern Pulp.com, in a few more weeks.

Javier Lugo turned in more pencil breakdowns for our vampire comic and John Polacek finished the first page of the new Brother Grim comic.
All in all, a great week production-wise.

But by far the biggest event of the week was my writing a curriculum for a new 8 week course in how to write and draw comics. I put this together at the behest of Ralp DiBernardo, of the Paperback Bazaar, where the classes will be held, starting in early October. I will be teaching along side JOHNNY RAYGUN artist, Rich Woodall. The class will be an informal study of sequential graphics and our goal is to give our students a complete understanding of what it takes to be a working professional in this field today. Obviously, all of us involved are very excited to see how it all evolves. To the best of my knowledge, nothing like this has ever been tried before on a local, community level. I’ll keep you posted as it gears up.

So there you go, lots of great cons, busy at work on dozens of projects…and getting ready to venture into the world of teaching.
Man oh man, and they call this retirement!
Take care, Ron, over and out!

One of the first comic book series I ever had published was STREET-FIGHTER, done with my good pal, Gary Kato. From the moment I had the idea for the character, it took almost three years for this concept to see print. Back then I thought that was an awfully long time. Over the years I’ve learned it was pretty much a drop in the bucket compared to others that have languished in depths of bottomless my files.

Earlier this year, my pulp novel, THE HOUNDS OF HELL (with Gordon Linzner) was published. It was first written back in 1976! How’s that for not losing hope in a project. When young writers come to me at conventions asking for advice, one of the tenets I always put forth is, “Never-ever, throw anything away!” If you don’t sell it now, file it away for later. One never knows how the whims of publishing will change.

This past week two such comic projects have proven that belief once again. I am currently
putting together a new art team for the production of my CAPTAIN HAZZARD three issue mini-series. I’ve mentioned that several times here, in the flight log. The difference now is that I’ve found the perfect penciller for the job. His name is Craig Shephard and he hails from Fall River, MA. Almost in my backyard. Craig is busy doing up sketches even as I write this, and I have high hopes another twenty year
old project will soon be entertaining all of you. More as things develops.

In the same vein, I was digging through those very same, crammed packed files, a few days ago, and came across some copies of artwork that just blew me away. Sitting down and examining them closer, I realized I was looking at pages from as yet another long-ago aborted comic project,
MAJOR LIBERTY. The artwork in these pages is by
Kevin Wiggins, a remarkably talented fellow. The page of above is one of the six I had kept in my files. I was once again caught up with how great it looked and immediately started doing some hunting in my “old” PC files. Lo and behold, there was a copy of the actual script those pages illustrated. I realized, again for the upteenth time, here was something that had to get finished, and out there. A quick e-mail to Kevin and I learned he still had all the original pages and is most eager to bring the project back to life. So, my fellow airmen, here we go again. I’m already hunting up an inker and colorist. Ha.

And that’s the moral of those week’s log, amigos. Never-ever trash any work you have put hard work into. You never know when opportunity will circle the galaxy and come back, knocking a second time. You have to be ready to heed the call!

Lastly, I’m off to Chelmsford, MA, in two days, Sunday 14th for another of Larry Dougherty’s terrific shows. Ed Dukeshire and the Digital Webbing Gang will be on hand with advanced copies of DWP #24, the one with my MASK OF THE GARGOYLE tale. So if you happen to be in the neighborhood, come on by. It’s going to be a fun show. Until next week, stay safe, active
and smell the coffee. Ron, over and out.

Greetings airmen, it’s been a busy week around the hangar. A few months ago, Vincent Sneed, publisher of Die Monster Die books, invited a group of writers to participate in a new anthology he was putting together to be called, DARK FURIES.
The concept centered around the age old theme of beauty and the beast. For the project I created a brand new pulp heroine, Kate Fury and she debuts in the story “Fury in Vermont.” It is one of a dozen great horror, fantasy and action
gems in this new anthology. If you would like to pre-order a copy, you can do so now at
(www.Shocklines.com). Tell ’em, Ron sent you.

Equal Footing is a new magazine devoted to the world of comics. ALong with their hardcopy mag, they also do a mag-blog that can be found at (http://efzine.com/content/). John, one of the editors at EF, interviewed me earlier in the week and that discussion can found at the link above. Just scroll down until you find my name and the cover to Digital Webbing Presents #24. In the interview, I talked a little bit about how I got started in comics and about my new career in pulp writing. The folks at EF did a great job putting it together with lots of great visuals from my various projects.
So check it out.

I’ve also had some very positive responses to my web-ads for a new art team to do the CAPTAIN HAZZARD mini-series that has been languishing in my files for almost twenty-years. Several very talented pros have answered the call and are now doing up sketches for me to look at. I’m getting excited. I’ll keep you posted.

Lastly, I’ve just turned in a new PULP FICTION column to the Paperback Bazaar and it
should be posted Sunday morning. See link above this log. Ralph and Jim do a great job with the site so stop on by and see what other goodies they have posted there.

Take care, Ron, over and out.

Last Saturday I was finally on air with Mr.K and the Dome at Sci-Fi Saturday Night – AM Radio
930 WGIN out of Manchester, NH. Was a short stint as we had to make way for the broadcast of the Red Sox game. During the twenty-minute chat, co-host
Brian Belenger, a Manchester comic creator himself, asked why the trend in comics today was to portray darker, menacing heroes, ala Spawn and others. My answer was simply the belief that today’s society doesn’t know what to do with real heroes. We’ve become a jaded, much more cynical society and find it impossible to believe in good, old fashion values anymore.
A truly sad commentary. One I hope will eventually change back to a more optimistic world-view. Although it’s hard to believe in these days what with the recent Grim Reaper harvesting.

A couple of logs ago I mentioned the lost of writer Ed McBain, my favorite writer. Since his passing, we’ve also lost Jim Aparo, one of the greatest artist ever to grace the pages of DC Comics. Jim did what lots of fans believe is the finest interpretation of Batman ever. I personally loved his work on the Phantom Stranger title. He will be sorely missed. Along about the same time Byron Preiss, a New York based publisher/innovator, was killed in a car accident. Not much older than yours truly, his death was real shock to all of in the publishing community. Then last week, Star Trek’s own Scotty, actor James Doohan left us. He was certainly part of the charm that made the original Star Trek such a success. In reading his opituary, I also discovered he was a real war hero, having survived the Canadian troop landings at Juno beach on Normandy. Wounded several times by machine gun fire, Doohan, upon recovery in a British Hospital demanded to be sent back to the front. Amazing. And finally, just a few days ago, veteran film and television actor, George Wallace, passed away. His life was full of achievements but us thrill fans will always remember him as Commando Cody, Skymarshal of the Universe (see pix above) from the 1950
Republic Serial RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON. As yet another hero gone. One has to wonder if God has need of these brave men in some kind of cosmic eternity war against evil. If so, he’s getting the best of the best.

And less you think this entire log entry is going to be maudlin, let me introduce you to a new, and very talented artist, Jerry Newingham.
Jerry’s no kid, but rather a mature duffer who long ago, because of life’s demands, put aside his dreams of working in comics. Now, at 54, and thanks to the internet, he’s revived those dreams and created an amazing site called
WORLD FINEST SERIALS. I’ve posted his banner on the links page, so once you’ve read this, go over and check it out. Through a masterful use of flashpoint, Jerry does web comics featuring the golden/silver age versions of Superman and Batman, then peppers the story with famous characters like the familiar private eye in the photo above. His story is gripping and expertly
told. He’s a new friend who truly deserves your support. Tell him Ron sent you.

As for my activities, I will be back on Sci-Fi Saturday Night again this week, as the segments are so short. Still much fun to do, so if you live within broadcast range, its 6 PM. Tune us in. I will also be in Chelmsford, MA once again, for a one day comic show, 14th Aug. I’ll
be sitting with the crew from Digital Webbing and hopefully we will have copies of DWP #24 with the MASK OF THE GARGOYLE story. Mark your calenders and come on down. Would love to meet you and sign a copy for you.

Two new movies hit theaters today. STEALTH, the so-called mega-war-weapons blockbuster about a robot plane that threatens mankind. Sort of TOP GUN on steroids. I’ll pass. Whereas Disney is putting forth SKY HIGH, a sort of cross ala THE INCREDIBLES meet Harry Porter. With Kurt Russell as the Super Dad who wants his son to follow in the family business, I’m there! Looks to be a really fun flick!,

Another week, take care. Ron, over and out.

Well another week has rolled around and I thought I’d take a few paragraphs to update you on what’s been keeping me busy. The above cover is for one of a dozen comic book projects I’ve been involved with these past few months. LA FEMME LIBERTE is a 16 pg. title for the Just A Buck series and all the artwork (including this dynamite cover) is by talented newcomer, John Palocek. It’s about a female OSS spy working in Nazis occupied Paris during the early days of WW II. I was so delighted with
John’s work on this effort, I immediately recruited him to draw the first ever BROTHER GRIM comic, now in production. More on that as time goes on. And of course I’ll let you all know when this particular comic will be available.

A work in progress is a new anthology book I’m now putting together to be called RON FORTIER’S LETHAL LADIES. The preliminary cover above is by Dario Carrasco and features the three love ladies in question. In a crouch, is jewel thief, Satin Wei, star of my series. SATIN’S WAYS, co-created with Chilean artist fantastic, Gonzalo Martinez. The big bruiser, is BLACK BETTY, a Los Angeles based private eye,
co-created by the afore-mentioned Mr.Carrasco.
And lastly, the attractive copper is Nora Temple, one half of the crime-busting team of TEMPLE & NASH (..first book still available elsewhere on this site) as created by yours truly and
one Johnny Atomic. The book is a collection of short strips starring each of the deadly damsels. No publisher yet, but once something is locked down, I’ll fill you in.

Finally, I mentioned a few logs back that I had finished a re-write of the classic pulp magazine, CAPTAIN HAZZARD. Well my good friend,
and design genius, Chris Mills, had fun by dressing up the original cover to include my by-line and make the cosmetic changes ala my finished script. The book will be published, with a brand new, original Tom Floyd cover, later this year. It will then be followed by the first ever new Captain Hazzard novel in over sixty years, by yours truly and Martin Powell. The adventure is called CITADEL OF FEAR and Martin and I are well into it, having a blast.
So hang in there, pulp fans. Good stuff is on the way.

A final note, the idiot terrorists who bombed London, England two weeks ago, tried again yesterday, and failed miserably. Personally, I think angels were sent to protect the courageous
Brits and there was divine intervention. When it comes to terrorists, I’ve absolutley no mercy. As is evidence every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are animals willing to kill innocent women and children to achieve their sicko goals. They have perverted a religion of brotherhood and peace into something vile and obscene. I support our President in his stance to wipe them all off the face of the Earth. Should we be the guardians of the peace? Look around, my friends. There isn’t anyone else? Either we battle evil in the world, or just sit back and wait for it to come to us. Personally,
I like option #1.

Over and out for another week, Ron.