Report from Boston, Massachusetts: Patriots face to face with Appeaseniks from A.N.S.W.E.R.

[Dergie]

Click on the hollywoodhalfwit weblink, and it shows his pic. He was the other main star of MASH, the blond headed doctor.

[timm22]

General question for all: How many actual democracies has the U.S. actually created? Dictatorships?

For democracies, Japan, Germany, Italy, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii seem like obvious cases. More could be added depending on how you define "democracy" and what level of involvement by the U.S. qualifies as creating one.

For example, U.S. military involvement restored democratic rule to France in the 1940's, U.S. aid has helped to preserve Israel, and it could be argued that U.S. diplomatic and political efforts contributed to greater democracy in South Africa and Eastern Europe.

As for dictatorships, again it depends on how that term is defined and how much the U.S. has to do to be responsible for it. The U.S. has given various forms of support to less-than-democratic to outright dictatorial regimes in South America, Africa, and the Middle East. However, that support was usually given to balance the power of even worse neighbors or competitors.

I should note that in some cases, a "democratic" regime may not be preferable to a "dictatorial" one. For example, a democratic regime in a certain country might mean imposition of harsh religious law or the liquidation of certain unpopular minority groups. A non-democratically chosen government that respects the life, liberty, and property of its citizens would be much better.

[Dergie]

Now,look who is calling for regime change:

http://drudgereport.com/kerry4.htm

With all this evidence, you can't tell me that these people's real intent is not to overthrow our government to impose their Socialism/Communism.

[ladyinred]

ANSWER, the undercover communists! Have you ever checked out their website? It reads like a who's who of Socialism.

[DBtoo]

Glad you made it through that! Those Boston left-wingers are some of the most radical. They really lose it when confronted with information they don't like. Good for you!

[yoe]

I prefer this Umbrella Lady's way of handling anti-war protesters:

This was written by a male commuter who found some joy in yesterday's protests in Roslyn (a suburb of DC).

I got off my train in Roslyn because I had to use the bathroom. When I was getting back on the train, there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protestor offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protestor put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it."