Thanks, Soccer Mom!
I thank J. Mark Ford for his service to our country, as well as all active and prior servicemen. Each and every one of you are heroes to me.
I also agree with Ford's response that this paper had no right to insert pictures of our fallen Marines in the Rev. Blanchard's commentary Oct. 11. What a travesty!
I have known for some time that this paper is anti-Bush and leans way to the left. They prove it time and again, as they did with Blanchard's letter. It is a shame that they desecrate our military for their own political agenda.
This paper has no competition and can print whatever they feel fits their ideology. I have come to the point where I just glance over the letters to the editor because 80 percent are anti-Bush, anti-war and/or anti-military. What a shame.
I had a son who served in Iraq. He is proud that he did, and said he would go back again if he could. While in Iraq, he always told me not to listen to the media, because they do not tell the whole truth and fail to mention all the good things being done over there. That was two years ago, and evidently not much has changed.
Mainstream America is proud and thankful we have a strong leader who brought the fight overseas instead of waiting for another attack on our homeland. Is he perfect? No. But I thank God we have him as our leader, because he is a man of his word and has put fear into our enemies. And fear is all they understand. They wouldn't think twice about killing each and every one of us. They do not care what party we are affiliated with.
We were attacked because we appeared weak. In fact, I believe Osama bin Laden said that himself. Seems like he is eating those words now.
Linda
Okay. Here we go.
Question #1: Who the hell is PRO war?
Linda here accuses most of the letter-writers in the paper to be anti-war (which may in fact be true... I'd guess the ratio is probably around 3:2.) But who is Pro War? Who are these people so lacking in personal identity and common sense that they can watch 10 minutes of coverage on Iraq and be FOR that? You can defend this war, if you care to sound like a delusional, uneducated asshat, but you shouldn't use the term anti-war. Frankly, if you're not a defense contractor, you should be anti-war. This doesn't mean you're a pacifist, it just means you recognize war is not a goal to work towards. An example: If a small child were about to stab my wife with a butcher's knife, I would kick the kid and take the knife away. This doesn't change the fact that, in general, I am anti-child-kicking.
Question #2: Is a soldier who fought in Iraq really an unbiased source?
Now, don't get me wrong. I don't want to take anything away from Linda's son or our armed forces as a whole. These are men who have agreed to kill and die in our defense, and I appreciate that. However, are they really a good source of information regarding the situation in Iraq? Look, most of us have had a shitty job at some point in our lives. We've been forced to rationalize the shittiness, and to find reasons to get out of bed in the morning. Now imagine a job so shitty, it could kill you. There's simply no way these soldiers can be overly critical of the effort in Iraq and still be able to do their jobs. How could you put your life on the line for something you don't believe in? We don't give them a choice about risking their lives, so they have to find ways to resolve it.
And frankly, I am sure good things are happening over there. That's not really the point. Our military could do good things right here in the U.S.A. The point is, we've invaded a sovereign country, put our soldiers at risk, gotten two thousand of our men and women killed, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, destabilized the Middle East, and overrun once-peaceful Iraqi neighborhoods with bloodthirsty criminals. Is building a school a good thing? Yes. Is it worth the price? Are you shitting me?
Another example: A young boy is suffering from a rare liver disease, and will die without a transplant. His father murders the boy's sister to provide a donor, and the boy recovers after receiving his sister's liver. Now, is it a good thing that the boy lived? Absolutely. Does that make what his dad did okay? Are you shitting me?
My point is that these are really complicated issues, and just saying that we have to support our troops is a cop out, and of course makes the speaker sound like a coke-head, overcompensating soccer mom. Yeah, no shit, we support our troops. That doesn't mean we support the shitty things their commanders are making them do.
Question #3: How much smaller can "mainstream America" get?
Sorry, Mrs. "Glances-Over-The-Newspaper". Polls show that your heroic titan of a president is at about 37% job approval rating, and even lower for his handling of Iraq. Your "mainstream" America is actually "uninformed" America. You may be proud to count yourself among them, but more and more folks aren't. Maybe we've realized that a "man of his word" wouldn't have lied about weapons of mass destruction, or his ties to Saudi oil, or cutting veterans' spending after promising to look after our troops, or social security or unemployment or outsourcing or any of the other things he's lied about. It's pretty fucking impressive, when you look at how little he says about anything to begin with.
Mainstream America doesn't agree with you, lady. Maybe it's because Mainstream America doesn't stop reading the news when they don't like what it implies.
Question #4: OSAMA FUCKIN' BIN LADEN???
He's not in Iraq! He's NOT IN IRAQ! HE'S NOT IN FUCKING IRAQ!!!!! How is he eating his words? He's been on the loose for 4 years! We haven't caught him, and the administration never even mentions him anymore. The man responsible for the most heinous attack on Americans since Pearl Harbor is eating a fucking fig right now while we fuck around building Bush's oil pipeline through Iraq. Are you that fucking stupid??? What makes you think Osama Bin Laden respects us as an enemy or has any fear of us when we continue to let him go while we fight a war that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Osama Bin Laden and his attack on America???
I also agree with Ford's response that this paper had no right to insert pictures of our fallen Marines in the Rev. Blanchard's commentary Oct. 11. What a travesty!
I have known for some time that this paper is anti-Bush and leans way to the left. They prove it time and again, as they did with Blanchard's letter. It is a shame that they desecrate our military for their own political agenda.
This paper has no competition and can print whatever they feel fits their ideology. I have come to the point where I just glance over the letters to the editor because 80 percent are anti-Bush, anti-war and/or anti-military. What a shame.
I had a son who served in Iraq. He is proud that he did, and said he would go back again if he could. While in Iraq, he always told me not to listen to the media, because they do not tell the whole truth and fail to mention all the good things being done over there. That was two years ago, and evidently not much has changed.
Mainstream America is proud and thankful we have a strong leader who brought the fight overseas instead of waiting for another attack on our homeland. Is he perfect? No. But I thank God we have him as our leader, because he is a man of his word and has put fear into our enemies. And fear is all they understand. They wouldn't think twice about killing each and every one of us. They do not care what party we are affiliated with.
We were attacked because we appeared weak. In fact, I believe Osama bin Laden said that himself. Seems like he is eating those words now.
Linda
Okay. Here we go.
Question #1: Who the hell is PRO war?
Linda here accuses most of the letter-writers in the paper to be anti-war (which may in fact be true... I'd guess the ratio is probably around 3:2.) But who is Pro War? Who are these people so lacking in personal identity and common sense that they can watch 10 minutes of coverage on Iraq and be FOR that? You can defend this war, if you care to sound like a delusional, uneducated asshat, but you shouldn't use the term anti-war. Frankly, if you're not a defense contractor, you should be anti-war. This doesn't mean you're a pacifist, it just means you recognize war is not a goal to work towards. An example: If a small child were about to stab my wife with a butcher's knife, I would kick the kid and take the knife away. This doesn't change the fact that, in general, I am anti-child-kicking.
Question #2: Is a soldier who fought in Iraq really an unbiased source?
Now, don't get me wrong. I don't want to take anything away from Linda's son or our armed forces as a whole. These are men who have agreed to kill and die in our defense, and I appreciate that. However, are they really a good source of information regarding the situation in Iraq? Look, most of us have had a shitty job at some point in our lives. We've been forced to rationalize the shittiness, and to find reasons to get out of bed in the morning. Now imagine a job so shitty, it could kill you. There's simply no way these soldiers can be overly critical of the effort in Iraq and still be able to do their jobs. How could you put your life on the line for something you don't believe in? We don't give them a choice about risking their lives, so they have to find ways to resolve it.
And frankly, I am sure good things are happening over there. That's not really the point. Our military could do good things right here in the U.S.A. The point is, we've invaded a sovereign country, put our soldiers at risk, gotten two thousand of our men and women killed, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, destabilized the Middle East, and overrun once-peaceful Iraqi neighborhoods with bloodthirsty criminals. Is building a school a good thing? Yes. Is it worth the price? Are you shitting me?
Another example: A young boy is suffering from a rare liver disease, and will die without a transplant. His father murders the boy's sister to provide a donor, and the boy recovers after receiving his sister's liver. Now, is it a good thing that the boy lived? Absolutely. Does that make what his dad did okay? Are you shitting me?
My point is that these are really complicated issues, and just saying that we have to support our troops is a cop out, and of course makes the speaker sound like a coke-head, overcompensating soccer mom. Yeah, no shit, we support our troops. That doesn't mean we support the shitty things their commanders are making them do.
Question #3: How much smaller can "mainstream America" get?
Sorry, Mrs. "Glances-Over-The-Newspaper". Polls show that your heroic titan of a president is at about 37% job approval rating, and even lower for his handling of Iraq. Your "mainstream" America is actually "uninformed" America. You may be proud to count yourself among them, but more and more folks aren't. Maybe we've realized that a "man of his word" wouldn't have lied about weapons of mass destruction, or his ties to Saudi oil, or cutting veterans' spending after promising to look after our troops, or social security or unemployment or outsourcing or any of the other things he's lied about. It's pretty fucking impressive, when you look at how little he says about anything to begin with.
Mainstream America doesn't agree with you, lady. Maybe it's because Mainstream America doesn't stop reading the news when they don't like what it implies.
Question #4: OSAMA FUCKIN' BIN LADEN???
He's not in Iraq! He's NOT IN IRAQ! HE'S NOT IN FUCKING IRAQ!!!!! How is he eating his words? He's been on the loose for 4 years! We haven't caught him, and the administration never even mentions him anymore. The man responsible for the most heinous attack on Americans since Pearl Harbor is eating a fucking fig right now while we fuck around building Bush's oil pipeline through Iraq. Are you that fucking stupid??? What makes you think Osama Bin Laden respects us as an enemy or has any fear of us when we continue to let him go while we fight a war that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Osama Bin Laden and his attack on America???
posted by Zafrod at 3:29 AM
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There is no connection between Iraq and 9/11. That's right, Osama does not equal Saddam, even though a large number of people seem to be incapable of telling them apart. Hear it from Bush himself.
Nice clip, Red. =) Yup, this is exactly the kind of nonsense people refuse to believe. Though it would certainly help if it wasn't coming from the ruling administration. [sigh]
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