Posted on 11/24/2001 8:52:54 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
And they are just counting the days until the next WTO meeting so they can hit the streets with rocks and bottles to do battle with the police.
These people are NOT the thoughtful, gentle, people depicted by this article. They are immoral, spineless sluggards who do not deserve to live under the protection of the United States of America!
And the PETA people were out with their "Thankgiving is no holiday for turkeys" and 40 million turkeys die for your dinner" signs.
I got them waving at me then gave them the finger. But then again I'm a hater.
So marchers began to sing "America the Beautiful," Boonstra recalled. And that troubled one of the marchers.
As a (seemingly) rare non-left-wing folkie, I'd say this is major. One of leftist credos is that their ability to find the right song to argue with is evidence they are correct. The fact that they are struggling to do so is a major blow to their faith.
On the other hand, if they stand by their "principles" and agree to do nothing while innocent children are slain, then they show themselves for the gutless, stupid people they are. Ask them how it would be "moral" to not defend a child!?!?
How would they intend to stop a holocaust?
liberal are having more difficulty in raising money for their stupid ideas. people are beginning to get fed up with taxes. now they are resorting to 'fund raising' to gather more funds to take away more freedoms and impose even further on our economy.
they just don't get it.
Someone's been watching *way* too much TV...
My father inlaw is in town for the holiday and I asked him the other night about how his glider landing went on D-day, as he was in the 101st airborne.
He is pretty liberal in his day to day thoughts and voting pattern, but if you bring up certain things like peaceniks he gets pissed and starts venting.
His war lasted four days. He left basic training and went straight over on a Liberty ship as a replacement.
landed successfully in the glider and then they spent several days pushing forward hoping the guys on the beach would catch up.
He said he did a couple of days in the hedge rows and his lt. stood up to check out where they were after crossing a body of water and got his head shot off.
They were getting shelled by 88s for a few days and he got shell shocked. He just stood up and started walking around like there was no war going on.
Somebody grabbed him and they shipped him to medivac area and gave him a "blue beetle". That is a sedative.
It had no effect so they shipped him to a bigger medical area and gave him two more blue beetles.
He slept for 24 hrs. and when he woke up the guy next to him said everytime a shell went off he about jumped out of his bed.
They were going to ship him back to his unit but the senior doc said he would go fully nuts and probably couldn't recognize the difference between friend and foe when the shelling started again and wouldn't be responsible for who he shot. In other words they couldn't be sure he wouldn't shoot the guy next to him so he got shipped back to a supply area.
He said it took 5 years after the war was over to stop being angry all the time.
He also recounted how every night (during his short time in the hedgerows) they kept sending him across to the German side to find out what they were up to. He couldn't figure out how they didn't hear his heart beating he was so close to them.
One of leftist credos is that their ability to find the right song to argue with is evidence they are correct.The venerable Tom Lehrer, despite being a liberal, had some pretty funny songs back in the day. One that comes to mind in this context is "The Folk Song Army." Here's one of the lines from the song:
Remember the War Against Franco,
That's the kind where each of us belongs.
Though he may have won all the battles,
We had all the good songs!
But war was declared on us. It was actually done officially by bin Laden and his al Qeada buddies in 1996 when they issued a fatwa calling for the death of America and its allies--civilian and military. We took the peaceful approach, ignoring this decree, offering aid, etc., but to no avail. So what other choice did we have?
As a Christian I do believe in beating swords into plow-shares, turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, that blessed are the peace makers, etc.. So in a way I do agree with the peace groups. But we live in a dangerous world where some people are psychotic. So I believe we had no choice and are doing the right thing.
I think it was one of Peter, Paul, & Mary who said something to the effect of: "Let the other side have all the right reasons, we will write the songs". Can't remember exactly who, or the exact quote. Obviously said during the '60s.
Personally, "Praise the Lord" and "Pass the ammunition" while you're at it.
On September 11, 5,000 people were brutally murdered by the single largest act of violence this country has ever endured.
As a result of this violent act, the US is bombing the SH*T out of the Taliban. Yep, violence begat violence, all right. The Taliban deserves what they get.
My father-in-law was a Quaker (or from one of the related pacifist groups), who broke with his family and enlisted in the Navy, after Pearl Harbor.
I've also read -- and this was a while ago -- about a Quaker who enlisted as an unarmed medic. He received the Medal of Honor for rescuing injured Marines from the front lines of one of the island battles against the Japanese; but he never carried a weapon.
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