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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Rolling Fast?
That's the newest concept from the Left (warning to John-- if Andrew Sullivan made you feel dirty, do NOT click on the link as it leads to Michael Moore's website) to protest the War in Iraq. Instead of fasting until you are near death, as Gandhi did, you take a break for a few hours, maybe a day or two. Tim Blair's take (safe for hard-right viewing) on the phenomenon is priceless. Actually, Blair has been on a serious roll lately-- I love his "headlines". Very Onionesque, though the creepy bit is that all the stories are real.
I must also state that my sympathy for Cindy Sheehan is officially worn out. The woman is nuts, so far off the rails that she can't even see the embankment the tracks run on any more. Anybody that can write some as idiotic as this:
Apparently to Sheehan, only Americans have the right to be free-- after all, we're the only ones who have a Bill of Rights. Lucky for her she was born in America. Lucky for her, the sons and daughters, husbands and wives who lived in the American Colonies in the 18th century didn't take freedom for granted and were willing to fight to keep it.
Lucky for her there are braver, smarter, and less selfish people in the world willing to protect freedom even for people as dreadfully short-sighted, intolerant, and depressingly stupid as Cindy Sheehan.
I must also state that my sympathy for Cindy Sheehan is officially worn out. The woman is nuts, so far off the rails that she can't even see the embankment the tracks run on any more. Anybody that can write some as idiotic as this:
Standing apart from our hundreds of supporters were about a dozen Freepers who were holding various signs (which is as much there right, as it is ours) with very "clever" messages on them. A few of the signs had the very pithy "Freedom Isn't Free." Well, I'm sorry, but the very definition of freedom is that it is free. Freedom is a birthright of every American and we have the Bill of Rights to prove it. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say anywhere that our young people have to fight insane wars for greedy swine to earn anyone any kind of freedoms. If freedom wasn't free it would be called "expensivedom."is too stupid to engender anything but pity and scorn. The very definition of freedom is that YOU are free, not that IT is free. Free to be a moron and free to make ridiculous statements. When freedom isn't free it isn't called "expensivedom" you dolt, it IS called tyranny, or alternatively, Communism.
Apparently to Sheehan, only Americans have the right to be free-- after all, we're the only ones who have a Bill of Rights. Lucky for her she was born in America. Lucky for her, the sons and daughters, husbands and wives who lived in the American Colonies in the 18th century didn't take freedom for granted and were willing to fight to keep it.
Lucky for her there are braver, smarter, and less selfish people in the world willing to protect freedom even for people as dreadfully short-sighted, intolerant, and depressingly stupid as Cindy Sheehan.
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“…and with the people of Iraq and Afghanistan and our soldiers who are suffering so profoundly under the US led occupations.”
Giggle number one. Yeah, all those people are suffering so profoundly! Alert the pope, we have new candidates for sainthood.
“We were honored by being joined by legendary fasters Dick Gregory and Diane Wilson”
Giggle number two. It’s great that there are so many avenues for success in America. Apparently, fasting is now one of them.
“A few of the signs had the very pithy "Freedom Isn't Free." Well, I'm sorry, but the very definition of freedom is that it is free. Freedom is a birthright of every American and we have the Bill of Rights to prove it. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say anywhere that our young people have to fight insane wars for greedy swine to earn anyone any kind of freedoms. If freedom wasn't free it would be called "expensivedom."”
A sophomoric argument, exposing a desperate lack of understanding. Freedom costs several ways. The blood of soldiers who preserve it. The constant vigilance of people, press, politicians, and others is required, or that freedom will be taken away. Freedom costs toil, hard work to preserve it and pass it to the next generation.
“I am not fasting because the wrongfully, illegally, and immorally detained men in Guantanamo are going on their own hunger strikes and committing suicide to call attention to the fact that they are human beings who do not deserve to be tortured and tormented.”
Let’s parole these terrorists to the Peace Mother’s personal custody. That would be fun to follow.
Ugh, that was all I can take.
I wonder if the Peace Mother is still demanding that the National Guard pull out of New Orleans.
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Giggle number one. Yeah, all those people are suffering so profoundly! Alert the pope, we have new candidates for sainthood.
“We were honored by being joined by legendary fasters Dick Gregory and Diane Wilson”
Giggle number two. It’s great that there are so many avenues for success in America. Apparently, fasting is now one of them.
“A few of the signs had the very pithy "Freedom Isn't Free." Well, I'm sorry, but the very definition of freedom is that it is free. Freedom is a birthright of every American and we have the Bill of Rights to prove it. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say anywhere that our young people have to fight insane wars for greedy swine to earn anyone any kind of freedoms. If freedom wasn't free it would be called "expensivedom."”
A sophomoric argument, exposing a desperate lack of understanding. Freedom costs several ways. The blood of soldiers who preserve it. The constant vigilance of people, press, politicians, and others is required, or that freedom will be taken away. Freedom costs toil, hard work to preserve it and pass it to the next generation.
“I am not fasting because the wrongfully, illegally, and immorally detained men in Guantanamo are going on their own hunger strikes and committing suicide to call attention to the fact that they are human beings who do not deserve to be tortured and tormented.”
Let’s parole these terrorists to the Peace Mother’s personal custody. That would be fun to follow.
Ugh, that was all I can take.
I wonder if the Peace Mother is still demanding that the National Guard pull out of New Orleans.
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