LXApilot
Owes More Than He Makes
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Those pesky weapons of mass destruction
Art Spander said that the great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter the chance to do something stupid. In this case, over 62 million voters in the last presidential election had their opportunity. As if the bone chilling, mind numbing experience of his first four years were not enough, American's went to the poll's and asked for another term of Bushisms, service men returning home in body bags, and an ever more determined militant foe.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unncessarily laid upon them by their governments. We have each sacrificed a little of our personal freedoms, our dignity, and our way of life as Americans. But naer does the populace speak in fear of being called a 'traitor', 'unpatriotic', and dare I say 'LIBERAL!'. What a fun catch-em-all phrase the koolaid drinking clan uses to silence it's opposition.
Thomas Jefferson implored all American's to continuously question and openly debate their government. Of course, he had to have been a liberal- right? He certainly would have been today. It's a 4 letter word touted by the right as a dirty stigma that just makes one creep with the negative conotation it implies. Only a liberal would hate his government enough to want to question it's decisions, evaluate the reliability of it's information, and seek to know the true motivations of it's leaders. - Right??? You know when people feel confused, when people are frustrated with themselves because they have no real reasonable argument with which to support their Bush clan- they tend to want to revert to that old all too used phrase 'Well, I'd rather have Bush than Kerry.' or 'I think President Bush is the greatest President in recent history, and those who don't stand behind him are unpatriotic'. And so the majority of American's let our servicemen come home in urns and bags and speak nothing but support for the President. We live in a society rampant with fear. Fear of muslims terrorists, fear of blacks, fear of AIDS, fear of violence in schools, fear of anti-sematics, and the list goes on and on. But what we should all fear is a government which does not feel a need to explain itself truthfully, that directly lies to it's constituents, and outrages the International community with it's Texas Sheriff bully on the block mentality. And why do they feel they can do these things without reprisal from the American public? The terrorists of course, those evil sand people camel riders from 'over yonder' that like to fly airliners into major financial markets. Just the notion strikes a deep seated fear into the hearts of the American citizen who watched Daniel Pearl's execution once too many times on the internet at home- but didn't need to- because they saw 9/11 happen in front of them on their tv set. Terrorist you say Mr. Bush? Well then, I blindly pledge my allegience to you sir!
So far there have been three of my closest and dearest friends who have served their country in the Iraqi theatre of operations. 1 USAF pilot and 2 USMC grunts. 2 of them saw actual combat - their emotions and feelings on the subject of their deployment is mixed. They luckily have survived or have returned home unscathed physically. But their comrades are shipped home FedEx daily. I often wonder how I would have reacted if they had been killed in action. Truthfully, I would feel very cheated by our government. That they sent one of our American servicemen into harms way based on lies, deciet, and the breeding fear of America. They are patriotic and very dedicated people - just normal American's who love their country - but they can never fully explain what it is exactly that 'we' are doing there. It's not a question easily answered, but oh how much easier it would be if they were serving in Afghanistan and not Iraq. "We're stopping terrorism and hunting Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden" they could trumpet. Not that their actions are any less brave in Iraq, but that they lack a real purpose- and survive on manufactured isms to justify their presence as occupiers in a foreign country.
Now for the inevidable question - "what would you do Mr. Savestheworld bleeding heart tree hugging liberal?"
First of all... I am a liberal. But what I am NOT, is a card carrying ACLU radical. To use a Bush Sr. 'ism'. The question here is a wholehearted- I don't know. We're in too far and it is too real for me to even suggest a proper course of action. But what I will say is this - President Bush lied to the American public. The Bush administration is responsible for some of the most vile and infringing persecution and legislation since the days of Abraham Linclon and his original dictatorship and aggresive military policy. Imagine if Mr. Clinton would have sent 1,700 American soliders to their deaths- there would have been a lynching on the White House lawn. Like it or not, we as American's have a duty to question our government and hold it responsible for it's actions. Be brave- do your duty as a citizen- question your government- demand the truth- but always be willing to reasonably listen to the opposition. Remember, George Bush Sr once said "don't confuse being soft with seeing the other guys point of view."
It's time we get sick of hearing the same tune. WMD or not, let's finish the job in Iraq and bring our boys home, let's stop supporting Israel and their tyranical government, let's concentrate on defending America from the real terrorist - the European and Chinese economic muscle depressing our currency and taking our jobs away. Let's fight a war worth fighting in Afghanistan against muslim terrorists, in the Sudan against genocide, and in South America against the drug king pins who poison our youth. Why don't our politicians get tough on border protection, economic stabilization, international nuclear proliferation, and poverty? Lets ease environmental guidelines to help oil companies build more refineries, start drilling for oil in Alaska, and for God's sake- let's stop electing mindless twits so that we can regain some international respect and build that empire I've heard you guys talking about? America isn't a machine that operates itself. We as citizens choose it's path- and we have been asleep at the wheel. Now let's pick a course of action, and do it!
Art Spander said that the great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter the chance to do something stupid. In this case, over 62 million voters in the last presidential election had their opportunity. As if the bone chilling, mind numbing experience of his first four years were not enough, American's went to the poll's and asked for another term of Bushisms, service men returning home in body bags, and an ever more determined militant foe.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unncessarily laid upon them by their governments. We have each sacrificed a little of our personal freedoms, our dignity, and our way of life as Americans. But naer does the populace speak in fear of being called a 'traitor', 'unpatriotic', and dare I say 'LIBERAL!'. What a fun catch-em-all phrase the koolaid drinking clan uses to silence it's opposition.
Thomas Jefferson implored all American's to continuously question and openly debate their government. Of course, he had to have been a liberal- right? He certainly would have been today. It's a 4 letter word touted by the right as a dirty stigma that just makes one creep with the negative conotation it implies. Only a liberal would hate his government enough to want to question it's decisions, evaluate the reliability of it's information, and seek to know the true motivations of it's leaders. - Right??? You know when people feel confused, when people are frustrated with themselves because they have no real reasonable argument with which to support their Bush clan- they tend to want to revert to that old all too used phrase 'Well, I'd rather have Bush than Kerry.' or 'I think President Bush is the greatest President in recent history, and those who don't stand behind him are unpatriotic'. And so the majority of American's let our servicemen come home in urns and bags and speak nothing but support for the President. We live in a society rampant with fear. Fear of muslims terrorists, fear of blacks, fear of AIDS, fear of violence in schools, fear of anti-sematics, and the list goes on and on. But what we should all fear is a government which does not feel a need to explain itself truthfully, that directly lies to it's constituents, and outrages the International community with it's Texas Sheriff bully on the block mentality. And why do they feel they can do these things without reprisal from the American public? The terrorists of course, those evil sand people camel riders from 'over yonder' that like to fly airliners into major financial markets. Just the notion strikes a deep seated fear into the hearts of the American citizen who watched Daniel Pearl's execution once too many times on the internet at home- but didn't need to- because they saw 9/11 happen in front of them on their tv set. Terrorist you say Mr. Bush? Well then, I blindly pledge my allegience to you sir!
So far there have been three of my closest and dearest friends who have served their country in the Iraqi theatre of operations. 1 USAF pilot and 2 USMC grunts. 2 of them saw actual combat - their emotions and feelings on the subject of their deployment is mixed. They luckily have survived or have returned home unscathed physically. But their comrades are shipped home FedEx daily. I often wonder how I would have reacted if they had been killed in action. Truthfully, I would feel very cheated by our government. That they sent one of our American servicemen into harms way based on lies, deciet, and the breeding fear of America. They are patriotic and very dedicated people - just normal American's who love their country - but they can never fully explain what it is exactly that 'we' are doing there. It's not a question easily answered, but oh how much easier it would be if they were serving in Afghanistan and not Iraq. "We're stopping terrorism and hunting Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden" they could trumpet. Not that their actions are any less brave in Iraq, but that they lack a real purpose- and survive on manufactured isms to justify their presence as occupiers in a foreign country.
Now for the inevidable question - "what would you do Mr. Savestheworld bleeding heart tree hugging liberal?"
First of all... I am a liberal. But what I am NOT, is a card carrying ACLU radical. To use a Bush Sr. 'ism'. The question here is a wholehearted- I don't know. We're in too far and it is too real for me to even suggest a proper course of action. But what I will say is this - President Bush lied to the American public. The Bush administration is responsible for some of the most vile and infringing persecution and legislation since the days of Abraham Linclon and his original dictatorship and aggresive military policy. Imagine if Mr. Clinton would have sent 1,700 American soliders to their deaths- there would have been a lynching on the White House lawn. Like it or not, we as American's have a duty to question our government and hold it responsible for it's actions. Be brave- do your duty as a citizen- question your government- demand the truth- but always be willing to reasonably listen to the opposition. Remember, George Bush Sr once said "don't confuse being soft with seeing the other guys point of view."
It's time we get sick of hearing the same tune. WMD or not, let's finish the job in Iraq and bring our boys home, let's stop supporting Israel and their tyranical government, let's concentrate on defending America from the real terrorist - the European and Chinese economic muscle depressing our currency and taking our jobs away. Let's fight a war worth fighting in Afghanistan against muslim terrorists, in the Sudan against genocide, and in South America against the drug king pins who poison our youth. Why don't our politicians get tough on border protection, economic stabilization, international nuclear proliferation, and poverty? Lets ease environmental guidelines to help oil companies build more refineries, start drilling for oil in Alaska, and for God's sake- let's stop electing mindless twits so that we can regain some international respect and build that empire I've heard you guys talking about? America isn't a machine that operates itself. We as citizens choose it's path- and we have been asleep at the wheel. Now let's pick a course of action, and do it!
