Liberalism =Mental Illness
Posted on 08/20/2005 5:26:35 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
And while we're talking about exploiting grief, let's not forget about one of the pioneers in that field, noneother than Fat Teddy of Chappaquiddick, who has parlayed the assassination of his two brothers into a lifetime appointment to the United States Senate, where he has been free to pretty much do as he pleases, be it the instigator of the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne, to raiding the federal treasury for his pals in Massachusetts, to posing as some sort of moral authority when he is in fact among the most immoral of all United States Senators ever elected.
And every November, and every June, Fat Teddy will make some sort of statement regarding the "tragic loss of his brother" (Jack or Bobby, depending on the season), reminding everyone that he alone is the bearer of the Kennedy torch, and it was not unexpected after President George W. Bush showed Kennedy every possible courtesy and favor, reaching out to that fat turd in an effort to "change the tone", that Kennedy would of course respond in true leftist form, calling the President a liar, and every other kind of insulting epithet.
The Jersey Gyrls and their ringleader Sheehy, and the Wellstone Exploiters, not to mention Cindyrella of Vacaville, had a prime example to emulate, and that example has been in the U.S. Senate since 1962.
About 43 years too long.
In recognition of Bill Clinton, it should be called the politics of sticking out your lower lip.
The initial success of all of these grief campaigns can be traced to the media. It seems like The Today Show always gets them first. The American people now have truth filters and these "political mourners" always end up running back to the MoveOn crowd with their tails between their butts.
Although this is an excellent article, it's nothing new and a tactic the Liberals have been using for years and harkens back to at least when I was child during the Viet Nam war. It was obvious to many of us then and many of us now. It would be good if we could persuade more Americans of this truth.
Sadly, they will.
Thank you for posting this article which is such a great summation of the RAT tactic of exploiting grief for their political purposes. The last sentence asking them to please stop this shameless hypocrisy has to be read as the author hanging on to a sliver of hope that there is a smidgen of decency left to appeal to. I am afraid she is doomed to disappointment as the RAT party is beyond redemption.
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Thanks for posting. excellent article.
"...is it possible - just possible - that some humans can be born without souls? Could that explain the incomprehensible actions of today's Leftists?"
We are all born with a soul. But it is easy to turn your back on God, who speaks from the soul through love and morality. Once your back is turned, the conscious quickly takes over and convinces you of its correctness. As time goes by, the conscious continues to mask and silence your soul -- wrong becomes right, immoral becomes moral...
I'm not an expert (by a long shot) of theology, but this is the way I see it. Take it or leave it :)
Yes.
Ploys are weapons. The issue is not the issue. Issues are weapons.
The issue is, "Bring it all down, man."
the left has been driven mad by their loathing for George W. Bush
That madness has them transferring their hatred onto their own Country.
"Bring it all down, man." They are obsessed to the point that they are hindering the war to defend against radical Islam. There may come a day when a nice peaceful "camp" in the Nevada desert will be just the place for them, for the duration.
you must cut this out. We are tired of having our emotions worked on and worked over; tired of the matched sets of dueling relatives, tired of all of these claims on our sympathy, that at the same time defy common sense.
That's like asking an enemy to stop shooting at you.
This is the inner war in the bigger war to defend America. They have inalienable rights to "do their own thing" we have inalienable rights to defend against them. It's a clash of inalienable rights and ours had better win.
Former President Bill Clinton shares a laugh with former Vice President Walter Mondale, shortly before the start of the memorial service. (Pool Photo/Associated Press)
Mark Wellstone, son of U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone euligizes his father during a public memorial service. (AP pool photo)
David Wellstone, the senator's oldest son, talked of next week's election and "looking forward to digging in" in his father's name.
Wellstone sculptors find reflection, inspiration in Range rock
GREGG AAMOT
Associated Press
Posted on Wed, Aug. 03, 2005
IRON JUNCTION, Minn. - St. Paul sculptors Philip Rickey and Peter Morales exchanged a summer in the Twin Cities for a cramped apartment on the Iron Range and long days laboring in the sun. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
The artists are working 12-hour days behind a dusty machine shed near this Range hamlet, polishing stones from a taconite mine into tributes to the late Sen. Paul Wellstone and five others who died in a plane crash just down the road.
"I was moved by his death, and saddened," Rickey said, "so I feel honored to be part of creating a lasting memorial to his politics and his family, and to the people who worked with him."
Said Morales: "I was devastated the day of the tragedy, as so many people were."
The men began working on the stones in June and must finish in time for a Sept. 25 dedication at the memorial site, a six-acre piece of land carved into the woods five miles east of here.
Wellstone Action, an organization created to promote Wellstone's brand of progressive, grassroots politics, commissioned the $250,000 memorial and gave direction to the project.
Rickey, the lead sculptor, met with the victims' families and picked the stones himself from a dormant Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. mine in Hoyt Lakes. St. Louis County donated the land for the memorial, and the landscape architecture firm Sanders, Wacker, Bergly Inc. helped with the design.
The men hope the memorial will honor Wellstone's deep connection to the Range - long a DFL stronghold - his relationship with miners and his love of the natural environment.
The stones of granite, stromatolite and other rock aren't being made into statutes or tombstones. Rather, they are being polished to a smooth and glistening finish while their natural shape is retained. The names of the victims will be etched into the stones, and some personal items will be buried beneath them.
Wellstone was bound for Virginia on Oct. 25, 2002, when the plane he was in went down. His wife, Sheila, their daughter, Marcia Markuson, and staffers Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy and Will McLaughlin died in the crash, along with pilots Richard Conry and Michael Guess.
One stone will represent Paul and Sheila Wellstone while each of the others in Wellstone's group will have a rock of their own. They will be placed around a circle, with stone benches across from them. A trail that winds through the six acres will include information about Wellstone's life and work.
The names of the pilots will be included at the entrance to the memorial.
"They wanted us to work with the indigenous stone of the Range because Paul had a close relationship with the mines, the steel workers and the Range itself," Rickey explained.
On a blistering Tuesday morning, Morales - in a soaked T-shirt, face mask and wide-brimmed hat - worked on a stone with an electric polisher. Tiny diamonds embedded in the polishing pads smoothed the rock.
Another assistant, 16-year-old Nate Holmes of nearby Angora, ground off the rocks' rough edges to get them in condition for polishing.
At the memorial site, which is just 2,000 feet from the site of the plane crash, a trail leads from the entrance - which will include a stone inscribed with an eagle and a poem - to the circle where the five stones will be placed. Trees that were cut to make the trail will remain where they fell, amid the aspen, birch and spruce that reach into the northern Minnesota sky.
It's hoped the spot will make for reflection and inspiration - and for some, maybe closure.
"We wanted to preserve the site and use as light a touch as possible," Rickey said. "Nature is the big designer here, in a sense. We want the vibrant voice of the stone to interact with the person."
Mother Sheehan doesn't seem to care what happens to Iraqi children
Young victims of the attacks by Saddam and his Ba'ath forces on Halabja.
And they've been searching for a cause that lands them in the limelight ever since.
No, they are just sinners who fail to recognize their sins and when/if they do, they justify it away instead of taking it to God. They give themselves moral authority instead of God. But it doesn't matter, He still loves them.
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