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To: MestaMachine

“I had to take a break and kind of calm myself down.”

That’s what I ended up doing yesterday for the same reasons. I spent the day sewing,listening to music and quietly praying. If we are this upset just reading about it all...can you imagine how our soldiers are feeling? It’s almost inconceivable. Time to get back on the horn today and call the senatorial and congressional sacks on the armed services committee once again.
When the 4 soldiers were killed in the ambush a few weeks ago, I called every single member on the house and senate armed services committees. Only one member wrote me back and then it was just a form letter expressing support for our troops and the mission. Several members had patriotic and military songs playing background music while I was on hold. It frankly pissed me off at the time because it seemed almost patronizing and insincere. There I was....with tears and simmering outrage boiling up inside..listening to some senator’s patriotic music while their staff member decided what to do with the ‘crazy’ woman on hold. Most of the staff that I spoke to had no idea that the men had been refused air support or of the particulars that surrounded the incident. It’s was infuriating. These are the people that we pay to know what in the hell is going on and they haven’t a clue. Is it because they read their news from a corrupt and morally bankrupt press? Should we give them a pass? I think not. If we can find the truth about this stuff..they sure as heck can too!


82 posted on 10/05/2009 5:52:36 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: penelopesire
"...Time to get back on the horn today and call the senatorial and congressional sacks on the armed services committee once again. When the 4 soldiers were killed in the ambush a few weeks ago, I called every single member on the house and senate armed services committees. Only one member wrote me back and then it was just a form letter expressing support for our troops and the mission. Several members had patriotic and military songs playing background music while I was on hold. It frankly pissed me off at the time because it seemed almost patronizing and insincere. There I was....with tears and simmering outrage boiling up inside..listening to some senator’s patriotic music while their staff member decided what to do with the ‘crazy’ woman on hold. Most of the staff that I spoke to had no idea that the men had been refused air support or of the particulars that surrounded the incident. It’s was infuriating. These are the people that we pay to know what in the hell is going on and they haven’t a clue. Is it because they read their news from a corrupt and morally bankrupt press? Should we give them a pass? I think not. If we can find the truth about this stuff..they sure as heck can too!"

GOOD ON YA! Stay over the target.:)

88 posted on 10/05/2009 8:50:38 AM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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