John McCain's Military Service

Fred Kanter of Mountain Lakes wrote in our daily newspaper the fact that Senator John McCain served in the military does not necessarily qualify him to be President, and I agree. It is what he did not do that qualifies him to be President. While a P.O.W. and the son of a U.S. Navy admiral he had the opportunity to go home. He refused, because the Vietnamese would not include his fellow prisoners. That qualifies him to be President.

Letter to the Monterey, MA Volunteer Fire Dept.

Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
July 3, 2008


Monterey Fire Department
P.O. Box 99
411 Main Road
Monterey, MA 01245

Dear Chief Ray Tryon,

Recently, I was vacationing with my family at Lake Garfield when I took sick at three in the morning. My wife called 9-11, and in a very short time, Captain Mark Makuc and a group of Monterey firefighters were at my side assisting me.

The people of Monterey are very fortunate to have citizens who get out of bed at 3:00 AM to help a stranger. I appreciate that they did that for me.

I am enclosing a check for $200 to add to the Department’s training and/or equipment fund, or to just have a beer on me.


Yours truly,



Joseph J. Hehir