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     Maplewoody Real Name Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 760 Registered: 5-2001  |
singlemalt & sbenois: How many more innocent people are going to be beheaded? How many more soldiers are going to die? How richer is Cheney & Bush going to be after 4 more years of continuing a war with a country they lied about to us to invade? I swear they have Osama holed up in some Swiss resort and are splitting the OIL $$$ revenue proceeds with him! YOU Bushies are BRAINWASHED!  | ||
| Ed May Citizen Username: Edmay Post Number: 2189 Registered: 9-2001  |
Well today I agreed that if Bush wins I will take my daughter Michaela to the Bush Inauguration and that if Kerry wins Michaela will take me to the Kerry Inauguration. Assuming that we can get tickts. I guess Mariah will tag along in either case. | ||
| cjc Citizen Username: Cjc Post Number: 2434 Registered: 8-2003 |
Tell Ron Silver I said hello. | ||
| sbenois Citizen Username: Sbenois Post Number: 12216 Registered: 10-2001  |
Well good luck Eduardo. When you meet Teresa, please tell her I like the purple ketchup. | ||
| Marilyn May Citizen Username: Marilynmay Post Number: 281 Registered: 7-2002 |
OK, I'll tell Terry Kerry you are verry found of berry. Personally, I prefer "W" brand catsup. | ||
| wharfrat Citizen Username: Wharfrat Post Number: 1388 Registered: 6-2001 |
Maureen Dowd, 9/19 NYT-
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| Ed May Citizen Username: Edmay Post Number: 2194 Registered: 9-2001 |
12:43 PM Attention MOL I am now in queue to speak to Monica Crowley on Radio Station 77 WABC on the issue of the Laura Bush visit to NJ and the interloping protester ............... Turn on your radio and listen ......... and if you disagree with my viewpoint feel free to call 1-800-848-WABC yourself. | ||
| Ed May Citizen Username: Edmay Post Number: 2197 Registered: 9-2001 |
Well, I finally got on the radio at around 2:43 PM. It was worth the wait. (Fortunately, I was able to read MOL, do email, and work on my Six Sigma Stuff on the computer while I waited.) Monica was glad that I called and raised my concern about the fact that half of the Star Ledger article on Friday was about the protester. Most, if not all, of the story, should have been about Laura Bush the invited guest, not Sue the interloping protester, Monica and I agreed. One more example of media bias against Republicans. By the way, if you disagree with our viewpoint, I hope that YOU show some initiative and call in to Monica's 800 # to provide counterpoint. "Ed, from Maplewood" | ||
| Montagnard Citizen Username: Montagnard Post Number: 1081 Registered: 6-2003  |
Half about the protester, half about the government propagandist, with the story centered on the country's most divisive issue. How is this unbalanced? | ||
| NAILS Citizen Username: Nails Post Number: 372 Registered: 7-2004  |
STRAWBERRY | ||
| Parkbench87 Citizen Username: Parkbench87 Post Number: 1261 Registered: 7-2001 |
Why should have the story centered around Laura Bush. She was not breaking any new ground and was preaching the same stuff to the choir. Was there really anything newsworthy about her appearance? | ||
| llama Citizen Username: Llama Post Number: 606 Registered: 5-2001  |
And why are you so baffled and miffed about what this protester accomplished. The nature of what she did was to get the people to talk about the issues through her actions, which is exactly what happened. Wake up for pete sakes! | ||
| Duncan Real Name Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 2950 Registered: 12-2001  |
Ed.. With each post I regret my vote in last years election more and more. You seem to be slipping into the frenzy of politics that you do not understand. Interloper?? You didn't really just use that word. This was a campaign stop, no? Or a fundraiser? Tickets for a campaign stop. You know why?? TO PREVENT DISSENT. To SQUASH opposing views. Can't you see that what "your" candidate is doing is to intimidate people and scare them into voting for him? You wear these convention attendances' and call in radio remarks as some sort of badge of honor. In your convention thread I commended you on being active in something you believe in. But now I question whether you even actually believe in it or are so swept up in it that you cannot think for yourself anymore. Your posts become more and more Pavlovian. | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 1185 Registered: 6-2003 |
Ed-It appears your desire to be some sort of media star is a lot stronger then your desire to answer anon's question. | ||
| NAILS Citizen Username: Nails Post Number: 375 Registered: 7-2004 |
STRAWBERRY | ||
| bobk Citizen Username: Bobk Post Number: 6151 Registered: 5-2001 |
If "Sue the Interloper" hadn't shown up Mrs. Bush's stop might have gotten two paragraphs in the Ledger. It just isn't big news. Her speech broke absolutely no new ground. | ||
| llama Citizen Username: Llama Post Number: 607 Registered: 5-2001 |
Kind of makes me question why wasn't the person who we know was behind 9/11 even mentioned at the convention? Osama Bin Laden. Remember him. It was before Bush's smoke screen went up. Mission Accomplished, etc... Think about that Ed, then rinse the soap out of your brain, dry it off, and answer that. | ||
| dytunck Real Name Username: Dytunck Post Number: 213 Registered: 3-2001 |
In late 2000, my brother Jim decided to "volunteer" to serve his country in the United States Air Force. He's a catholic priest who entered the Air Force in early 2001, and after his basic training, was commissioned as a captain and was based at Grand Forks Air Base in North Dakota. He would email me about his new life ministering to the men and women at the base. His basic training stories were amusing. Here were 30-something clergy, doctors and lawyers training as captains being screamed at by 22 year old non coms. Welcome to the military, Jim. Ha ha. Then 9/11. Within weeks, Jim was transferred out to the Middle East. He lived in a tent in the middle of the desert. The Air Force was literally building a base almost from scratch. On October 10, 2001 - not quite 1 month after 9/11, he was awoken from his cot. A chaplin was needed. Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews was the first casualty of the post 9/11 war effort. He was beheaded by a lift gate on a huge dump truck. Gruesome beyond description. Jim performed last rites. Welcome to the military, Jim. gulp. Evander Andrews volunteered, same as every soldier, seaman and airman (and woman). Their sacrifices must not be taken for granted. The callous, flip response of "he volunteered!" must be condemned, not defended. How despicable. I don't remember anyone shouting "they volunteered!" when the firemen, police, and rescue workers lost their lives on 9/11. Could you just imagine? Anyway, after assignments at Osan AB (Korea) and Ramstein AB (Germany), Jim is back "down country" as they say. He can't call or email until he's rotated out of wherever he is. I worry about him and all the great Americans who serve. Please show some respect to those who serve and compassion to those who lost loved ones. | ||
| bobk Citizen Username: Bobk Post Number: 6154 Registered: 5-2001 |
“Volunteer” is an interesting word, especially as it relates to military service. Certainly all the Vietnam era National Guardsmen “volunteered”, most with the near certainty that they would avoid being sent to Vietnam. The US has a long history of not activating the Army National Guard. They weren’t activated in Korea, they weren’t activated in Vietnam and in Desert Storm many if not most ANG combat units were deemed not well enough trained to take part in the war. I believe that the current call up and deployment of Guard units is the first since WWII. But they did “volunteer”. In the active duty forces I wonder how many volunteered out of patriotism and how many volunteered for the college benefits and other training opportunities. Certainly a lot of the officers took ROTC scholarships in college. Back during the “Pax Americus” in the 1990s most never expected to be in a war, or on active duty beyond their contractual commitment for the scholarship money. A friends two sons took ROTC scholarships and ended up as MP officers. Both are in Iraq and neither expects to be released when their active duty commitment is completed. Both expect to be on active duty for at least ten years, most of it in Iraq or Afghanistan. | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 1188 Registered: 6-2003 |
Good post dytunck. It is a real shame when people who seem decent throw compassion right out the window in a state of political fervor. Kind of makes you wonder who is the real person. |
