Thank you, Martin Heldt (Iowa farmer who originated AWOL story)

[grasswire]

Marty Heldt, an Iowa farmer, was the first one to seek George W. Bush's military records through FOIA. A dogged citizen researcher, he was able to start the ball rolling on what today has finally reached culmination.

Thanks to Marty, the world now knows George W. Bush was absent from his military post in wartime, and lied about it.

You'll always be my hero, Marty!

[blm]

1. Same here.

Marty was a pioneer for this story.

[whalerider55]

2. and...

the nation owes a debt to paul Lukasiak. they should both be delivering the oath of office to JFK in january

whalerider55

[grasswire]

4. never think one person can't make a difference

The web-based activists are proof of the power of ONE.

Martin Heldt
Paul Lukasiak
Bev Harris

It just takes one to start rolling.

[aquart]

3. I said it out loud today, I said it on the phone, I'll say it here:

Thank you, Marty Heldt!

The story has legs!

[Cha]

5. Cheers to Martin Heldt!

Thank you so much!

[GaryL]

6. Born in Iowa.

One thing I can tell you is the folks I knew, including my parents, worked their asses off to offer their kids the best education they could. Guys like this are the product of that effort.

[SharonAnn]

8. Me too, Iowa girl through and through. Even here in Tennessee

I grew believing strongly in education, I think all Iowans do, and I just can't relate to Tennessee and the state's educationsl system.

[buycitgo]

9. know the name of the town he lives in?

Clinton!

[buycitgo]

7. Amen!!!! he should be getting the credit for this

doing the MEDIAWHORE's job for them

this should be happening FOUR YEARS ago

I can hardly stand it..........please, let this story take the course it should have then

[City Lights]

10. Yes, hats off to Marty, but

shove it to the lazy ass media whores.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Let Me Throw In My Thanks As Well

I remember reading Marty's posts in 2000...and then saw him appear here on DU several months back.

He's the man who did the hard digging that now is the basis for the entire Bunnypants AWOL story and did so at tremendous risk and personal sacrifice.

It's people like Marty who renews one faith in the power of the truth over the power of greed.

[CatWoman]

12. There was a story about blacks being overwhelmingly and unfairly

prosecuted in a town in Texas.

It was a white gentleman, a farmer, who noticed the trend, and the inequities.

He dug, dug, and dug, and with some help from the local black population, finally got the problem in the public, resulting in most of the illegal convictions being overturned.

The Internet is here to stay.

Both these cases wouldn't have been resolved without it.

Thank you, Al Gore!!!

[TacticalPeek]

13. Amen, amen.

:)

[elsiesummers]

14. Remember Marty from the SalonTT board - thanks Marty!

Thanks Marty! You really did so much and it seems to be paying off four years later! (Seems like the press really had to get an eyeful of Bush before they would tell whole the story.)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. I didn't know this. Thanks! eom

[rocktivity]

16. And let's not forget the people who got the story into the mainstream

though not necessarily intentionally...

If Peter Jennings hadn't tried to embarrass Wesley Clark by asking if it was appropriate of Michael Moore to call Bush a deserter, this story would STILL be under the radar!

:headbang:
rocknation