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Oct. 29, 2005 War protestors marched on Washington D.C. streets back in the 60s and early 70s. They spat on soldiers returning from Vietnam as if the soldiers started the quagmire. There were no parades for any of the 50,000-plus dead, only occasional flags and nameplates at county courthouses across the country. Farm boys, college graduates, plumbers, carpenters, and future congressmen and women were killed. No discrimination found in bullets or shrapnel. Of course, we are reminded almost daily, those were different days. After all, there was a draft...like that makes death in combat more acceptable. Mortgage rates are on the rise, the poor keep getting poorer, support for our politicians is at an all time low, gas companies are taking citizens to the cleaners, the White House is full of suspicion, and what do we here the president talking about? Iraq. He is obsessed with a losing proposition. Over two-thousand soldiers have died, but hey that’s okay because they’re “volunteers.” President Bush is unaware of the pulse of his country. He is unaware that most foreign countries think he’s making an ass of himself. He’s unaware that his own Republican party is slowly beginning to see through his foggy political policies. It seems the only voice he hears is his own. The only causes he supports are his own and of course his radical right wing cronies.
I have read a number of news articles trashing Cindy Sheehan and I agree she is a bit off base on some issues and her tactics are often off-track. But, protesting another quagmire of a war is not off-track. If you’re against the war and you don’t care for Cindy Sheehan, then pick up the torch yourself and protest. Call your local shady congressman and senator and protest. The war is wrong. I announce my protest against it. Why can’t Republicans admit it? Why aren’t the Democrats yelling louder? Hell, the Iraqis are wanting us to start some kind of pull-out, but what does the president talk about? “Fight on!” It’s difficult to imagine someone so lost in space unless maybe it is Cindy Sheehan. Dang, that’s it! Cindy and George should get together, smoke a joint, and talk about a new slogan for America.
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