Dan, if we don't start with the obvious we'll never get to
the
subtle. Obviously the States' biggest problem today is that
it's the
biggest, most powerful player; when it acts as though lesser nations
don't matter, and they often don't, it's asking
for–sets itself up
for unnecessary grief.
The threat posed today by terrorist groups can't be dealt with by
a
lone ranger; this order of threat requires the cooperation of many,
perhaps all nations. Thanks for the compliment, but is it moxie or
common sense?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Skip,
>
> Love your moxie, but the rest of the world sucks.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "SkipDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > At a time when Americans are said to be motivated by "moral
> values"
> > the rest of the world wonders "the America we used to know and
> love
> > is slowly disappearing before our eyes". Though many Americans
> > believe the land of the free continues to attract immigrants due
> to
> > its freedom, the United States now incarcerates more of its
> citizens,
> > per capita, than any other country in the world.
> >
> > Yet with freedom like this, what does the average `man in the
> > street'
> > fear? Not his government or its department of Homeland Security,
> but
> > any one of some several 100's of millions Muslims the vast
> > majority
> > of whom, prior to Bush's holey war, lived peacefully struggling
> > to
> > eke out a living. Nearly 2 years into this the mother of all
Bush
> > speak stratagems, having inflicted as many as 100,000 deaths in
> Iraq,
> > our commander in chief still maintains that he is a god fearing
> > Christian, merely doing what a man must do–`bring `em
> > on'!
> >
> > It's a damned good thing we're motivated by "moral values";
> > think
> > what fear we might experience otherwise.
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "SkipDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Legacy and Result of the Actions of VVAW
> > > > The reason that "generation of veterans [was] spit upon,
> shamed,
> > > > and
> > > > discriminated against" is the direct result of government run
> > > > amuck. Should we "relive newsreel footage of [another]
> > > > overloade> helicopter retreating in shame from the US embassy
> in
> > Baghdad" it
> > > > will be due to yet another government running amuck. There
> > exists a
> > > > widely held myth that this country is the greatest democracy
> on
> > the
> > > > planet; it is not. Fact is it's not a democracy at all but a
> > > > republic with a curious assortment of safeguards, which
insure
> > that
> > > > the powerful will retain power.
> > > >
> > > > The extent to which we suffer stagflation and oil shock
> directly
> > > > results from our continued belief that we possess divine
> destiny,
> > > > much akin to a now deceased government that also ran amuck;
in
> > their
> > > > case they deluded themselves with a notion of a 1000 year
> Reich.
> > > > Seems somehow in our defeating those folks, we incorporated a
> > good
> > > > bit of their belief that they were omnipotent. Curious that
> > those
> > > > most patriotic have fallen for the Department of Homeland
> > Security;
> > > > you'll love the Gestapo!
> > > >
> > > > Truth is it's not our oil, it's not our oyster and it's
> > > > about time we
> > > > relearn how to live with others; failing which our destiny is
> > > > unlikely to be all that divine.
> >
>
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> /
> > ////////////
> > > Skippy,
> > > Do you know what the GESTAPO did.I was at a meeting yesterday
> with
> > a Veteran that does he was in Concentration Camp.The meeting was
> for
> > our Veterans Memorail.You have no idea the meaning of GESTAPO.I
> was
> > selling poppies at a Shop Rite in Neptune a Marine came up to us
> &
> > told is about a hole in the ground his unit walk up on in
> Iraq.With a
> > Bulldozer in it.Thats where Saddum put bodies of people that
> didn't
> > agree with him.He told us the smell was the worst thing they ever
> > smelt.We live in the Greatest Country in the world.Our goverment
> has
> > its Faults.Any Goverment will This War could have been handle
> > differant.Their is alot of what if people out their.Some people
do
> > something some people keep on saying what if what if.Like
> yourself.As
> > long as their is {$$money$$} their will be War.You always have a
> > negative comment about everything that comes up on this site or
> goes
> > on in this City.The Veteran is the person the gave the right to
> walk
> > arond Asbury with that camera in your hand with your pinking
> sticking
> > out.Remember that.God Bless America
> > > James Grabe
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