Comments on Rantings of Newt: A moment of silence - but not for who you think

I forgot to say I was reminded of this quote:"Patr...

2006-09-11T14:41:00.000-07:00

I forgot to say I was reminded of this quote:

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
~Mark Twain

Good post, Newt. I firmly believe that if Al Gore ...

2006-09-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

Good post, Newt. I firmly believe that if Al Gore had become the President, 9/11 might not have happened. I believe Pres. Bush was thought of as being weak, and it emboldened Osama.

Thank you, Newt, for an eloquent post. I totally a...

2006-09-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

Thank you, Newt, for an eloquent post. I totally agree with you. I will take the time today to honor those who are over there fighting in the sand in a situation that appears to be getting worse and worse if you listen to those media people...and I will remember those who have died in Bush's messes.

How appropriate that my word verification is ulggkh - it is indeed truly truly ugly!

Amen, sister! I think there are more of us that fe...

2006-09-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

Amen, sister! I think there are more of us that feel this way than the media whores want to admit. They'd rather paint us as unfeeling and naive and un-American.

But I've said it before, it is possible to support the military and not support this administration. The military are doing their job, and they are there because of a cowboy president and a power-hungry adminstration. Even the latest findings show that there was no link of Iraq and bin-Laden and there was no justification for the war.

On this day, that's what we should be thinking about.

I don't talk politics much if ever on my blog beca...

2006-09-11T07:50:00.000-07:00

I don't talk politics much if ever on my blog because I know the haters will rise with plenty of comments.

Reading your post moved me to respond. I hate that we are fighting an unnecessary war! Hubby and I were talking in the car on Saturday sparked by my participation in the 2996 tribute (we don't watch television news, etc...) about the war. I think we as US citizens can truly only look at ourselves for blame. I voted for Kerry hoping that the situation would change, but obviously not enough of us got the memo that voting for Bush was voting for war, voting for death of our own and innocent Iraqi people, etc... I don't think Kerry is a saint, but I do think a change would have been a positive move. A friend of mine lost her only child fighting this war. That is a horror I hope I never have to face! The innocent US citizens that passed on 9/11 should be remembered, but as you said so should those innocents and soldiers that have died and will continue to parish unless we as ants stand up to the government grasshoppers (sorry for the A Bug's Life reference here, but sometimes even the simple messages we teach to our children in such films should not be forgotten when we are adults).

Stepping off my soapbox. Thanks for the chance to vent! I feel better now :-)

If this had happened on March 11th the media would...

2006-09-11T07:37:00.000-07:00

If this had happened on March 11th the media would treat it like everything else. They would mention it and have a couple of Right-wingers on to talk about it for about 2 minutes. Then they'd get back to the "missing white woman tv" they normally run.

But, since it's 60 days before national elections they bring in those same right-wingers to spin thier "BE AFRAID, BE AFRAID" crap.

It's turned into "National feel sorry for ourselves and be afraid day".

And, haven't you heard? Honoring people who gave thier lives to protect their country is a terrible thing to do. It's better to just ignore them, like Bush does.

Good post Newt...couldn't agree more.

2006-09-10T23:49:00.000-07:00

Good post Newt...couldn't agree more.