City thanks police chief for his service in Iraq by firing him

He has been hired back but why did it even happen in the first place. The place is Doraville, GA, a suburb of Atlanta.

Mayor rehires Doraville chief
Absence due to Iraq duty cited as firing reason, his attorney says

Doraville mayor Ray Jenkins reinstated fired police chief and Iraq war veteran John King Wednesday as controversy brewed about the reasons for the chief's ousting.

Doraville city councilman Tom Hart called King a "part-time chief" and criticized him for being out of the loop while serving in Iraq, according to a videotape of a marathon-long council meeting reviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But wait it gets better. Apparently he stopped kids from lighting fireworks.

Other complaints made by Hart included police officers not allowing kids to light fireworks and not enough patrolling.

Where are the adults in this town?

He said some council members appeared upset because they didn't get invited to his wedding and held his service in Iraq against him.

Cheney: Dems Validate al-Qaeda Strategy

Yes, he's questioning their patriotism. So do I. And Stretch knows it.

Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday harshly criticized Democrats' attempts to thwart President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, saying their approach would "validate the al-Qaida strategy." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired back that Cheney was questioning critics' patriotism.

"I hope the president will repudiate and distance himself from the vice president's remarks," Pelosi said. She said she tried to complain about Cheney to President Bush but could not reach him.

Is she for real?

"I think if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we will do is validate the al-Qaida strategy," the vice president told ABC News. "The al-Qaida strategy is to break the will of the American people ... try to persuade us to throw in the towel and come home, and then they win because we quit."

In the interview, Cheney also said Britain's plans to withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq — while the United States adds more troops — was a positive step. "I look at it and see it is actually an affirmation that there are parts of Iraq where things are going pretty well," the vice president said.

Pelosi, at a news conference in San Francisco, said Cheney's criticism of Democrats was "beneath the dignity of the debate we're engaged in and a disservice to our men and women in uniform, whom we all support."

If you really supported the troops, you wouldn't have to keep reminding us. Your actions would reflect it.

Elsewhere, Murtha takes it upside the head.

Rumored ex-Marine John Murtha, Democrat congressman from Pennsylvania, has become the darling of the cut-and-run crowd for trying to place absurd restrictions on our troops, amounting to withdrawal from Iraq. Were Arab sheiks whispering into his ear?

In case you missed the video on "I Love the '80s," Rep. Murtha was caught on tape negotiating bribes with Arab sheiks during the FBI's Abscam investigation in 1980. The Abscam investigation was conducted by Jimmy Carter's Justice Department, not right-wing Republicans.

On tape, Murtha told the undercover FBI agent: "When I make a f***in' deal I want to make sure that I know exactly what I'm doing and ... what I'm sayin' is, a few investments in my district ..."