Posted on 12/29/2003 9:52:08 AM PST by xyz123
Edited on 07/20/2004 11:50:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Elizabeth Corrie would see her younger cousin every summer at the family vacation spot on Minnesota's Cedar Lake.
Elizabeth, a Midlothian High School alumna who teaches at a private school in Atlanta, was born nearly a decade earlier than Rachel. But they shared a similar sense of humor, a yearning for social justice and a desire to make a difference.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesdispatch.com ...
The "peace" activist savaging an American flag.
We never forget either...
Yes, I agree:
(Israeli bulldozer squished girl's cousin carries on)
was a bit clumsy. How about:
"(The Bulldozer Squished Her Flat; 'Cuz Don't Think Much of That!)"?
Time for Corin to write another letter?
Are you kidding??
Should Jesus Christ Himself float down on a beam of light tomorrow and immediately begin performing miracles, healing the sick, and ending war, armies of the "leftist agenda" -- led by headlines of the New York Times -- would still read:
'Son of God "Miracles" Reek Of Unfairness, Intolerance, And Partisanship -- Satanists And Democrats Hardest Hit'
I don't know either, but I do know that if the entire damn Palestinian culture would stop the hell glorifying to the sky the murder of innocent Israeli children, and literally celebrating in the streets any time someone slaughters innocent Israelis, and take upon themselves the responsibility to live as decent human beings instead of as evil personifications of Satan himself, there's quite a good chance that the situation and living conditions of Palestinians would improve.
Heck no. such a donation might require interacting with a Marine. I'm sure the Corries would rather die than diegn to speak to any such killer.
First, the comments on this thread have been real tame in light of other threads posted on the Corrie incident. In times past on other older threads the comments from the forum would shock even the more hardened. Personally, do I laugh at them? Heck yes!
HAAAAAAAA, haaaaa, haaaa, haaa!!
Do I feel a little guilty? Nope.
It's called "gallows humor," people. It's a psychological reaction to seeing and dealing with horrible and shocking circumstances, and anybody here who has worked in the field of law enforcement, EMS/Fire Rescue, or served in the military and experienced the horrors of war, or known someone who has, knows exactly what I am talking about. There are many here at FR. Any cop or city fire agency paramedic who, married with children; two or three for example, after scrapping up the remains of a mother and her kids like his off the street after they were creamed by a drunk who walks out without a scratch; sitting on the curb in total bewilderment, has to cope somehow. Most turn to gallows humorespecially if they don't come from some type of faith backgroundto try and cope with the madness. How about an Israeli rescue worker cleaning up the Maxim restaraunt in Haifa? What about any Jewish FReeper here who has family and loved ones living in Israel and is, for all intents and purposes, a walking target for Arafat and his assassins?
Any FReeper around here for any length of time around here and follows the events of the Middle East and has objectively researched the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict and is on any one of the many good Middle East 'Ping' lists is on the fifty yard line of the same type of insanity and madness and sees first hand the unjustified, blind hatred of the Arab world for the Jewish Nation and America.
Rachel Corrie died because of her ideas. Her misguided, ill informed, terrorist supporting, Democrat endorsed, downright goofy beliefs with no basis in truth, balance, or law. That's just insane. And there are many more of her type, being raised by the same type of people as her parents, and encouraged by bogus "academics" like Chomsky and Zinn, cultural Marxists which pollute our institutes of higher learning and the Arena of the War of Ideas with their leftist cancer. It is warped and sick.
Likewise the ideas of Islamand politics is simply religion externalized, especially in the Middle Eastwhich is the true "oppressor" of the Arabs, continues to be fed and wielded throughout that whole region by bitter, hateful, controlling and power hungry Mullahs and Imams, all but guaranteeing a future conflict with the Jewish nationwhich the Arabs will surely lose.
So, in my case at least, I come to FR to try and deal with this insanity; this insane madness perpetrated on the world by the skillfully deployed lies of Arafat, the PA, the EU, and their aiders and abettors in the Democrat party and certainly DU, just like the Jews in Israel have to deal with the fallout of it every day, in the bombings and the shootings and the mindless murder of their fellow citizens.
And yes, I laugh at morbid and callous comments in response to the senseless and pointless suicide of people like Corrieand it was just that, a suicide. And no, I personally don't disparage or condemn anyone else who does, because there is an undeniable therapy in the laughter ("Slings and Arrows" has an especially devious knack at this).
Because after you pray, all you can do is watch ... and cope.
We are in His Hands.
If you'd like to be on or off this
Christian Supporters of Israel ping list,
please FR mail me. ~
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. (Joshua 21:45)
Letter To The President In Support Of Israel ~
'Final Solution,' Phase 2 ~
And apropos of the larger issue here -
When the news first arrived of Ms. Corrie and her lack of attention to basic safety rules around heavy earthmoving equipment (I used to work for a highway construction company, and believe me, she screwed up big time), I DID feel sorry for her, thinking she was just a misguided and naive child.
Then I read the follow-on stories about her upbringing, her burning the American flag and preaching hate to little Pali kids, her loony parents, and their cozying up to Arafat of all people. I don't feel sorry for her, or them, any more.
To me, these dyed in the wool America-haters who go abroad and preach violence and hatred are like vicious, rabid dogs. They may once have been very nice dogs. They may once have been retrainable, or could have been protected with a vaccine. But once they reach the point that we see with these people, they are so dangerous that we feel sorry for them at our peril.
We used to know what to call folks who went over to Nazi Germany, marched with the brownshirts, advocated the mass slaughter of Jews, and spoke against America. (Remember, the Nazis said all they wanted was a "true German homeland".)
FINALLY I AM PROUD OF HOW MY TAXES WERE SPENT!!!
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