In a continuing effort to make you guys look like vet hating jerks, swift boat liar T. Boone Pickens is preparing to renege on a one million dollar donation to the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Don't let him.

Despite the ugly attack on our military at the 2004 Republican National Convention, we know you all do not expect our men and women who have served in combat to provide evidence beyond what the military has documented and awarded. Honestly. We understand that the vast majority of you don't hate our vets.

Democrat or Republican, doesn't matter. If you served our country, your service should be honored. Period. You know that, just like we do. The swift boat liars, in continuing to disparage our veterans, are issuing a challenge not just to vets, but to the military itself to justify the commendations they award to our service members.

They are also doing a disservice to the once-proud GOP.

Enough is enough. Attacking a person's military service is vile, it's unAmerican, and it has got to stop. It happened to Kerry, to Cleland, to McCain, to Murtha ... the list goes on. If people want to dispute a candidate's policies, hey, that's what politics is all about. I don't agree with most of what McCain has to say, but I wouldn't think to use his service to argue against his politics. The ugly practice of lying and distorting these veterans' service is indefensible.

So, unless you believe that it's the responsibility of all decorated veterans to provide additional proof that they've been SHOT while serving our country, unless you think it's more patriotic to support the discredited lies and distortions of a Texas oil billionaire over veterans who served their country with honor, it's time for us all to get on board and stop the disgusting attacks on our military. The truth is out there. Time to end the lies.

JK spoke to the International Association of Fire Fighters in August, 2004 about the lies of the right wing Swift Boat Liars hate group, funded by millions of dollars of Republican donations.