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2005-08-29 Home Front: Culture Wars

Cindy Sheehan's Greatest Hits -- Coming Soon on Dingbat Records

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Posted by Captain America 2005-08-29 00:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does the death pimp get a movie deal anytime soon. what are the chances.

...and, and, and,, what about bush/rove/haliburton/ made the germans bomb pearl harbor... mother shehan channeling john belushi.

Posted by macofromoc 2005-08-29 00:36|| 2005-08-29 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Those little towns and NE states, etal. whom wanted to separate from America after Dubya got elected in Y2000 should declare their independence like they wanted too back then, elect Cindy as their "Dear Leader"-ette, and call in the Commie Airborne/Air Group Army to protect the brand new CSAS - Cindy's Socialist American States. so Cindy can be one of 72 Virgins whom can give her Islamist Man that proverbial "one thing" ?????? Men are allegedly always after. * Remember, as per Dialecticism, Politicism and Relativism, by publicly working for the defeat, failure, andor destruction of their country America, the Lefties are privately quietly silently Patriots and in reality are for America, thus they can demand the full benefits of US citizenship while simul demanding NOT to fight for the country they hate = love. Thus they hate America and the American way while weirdly and msyteriously being unable to leave - you know, dem dar wily wascally Border Patrol agents down in the SW whom allow milyuhns and zilyuhns of illegal Mexicans, HIspanics-Latinos, and Islamists into America whilst forcibly keeping anti-American Americans in at pain of death!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-08-29 01:10|| 2005-08-29 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 There's an underlying petty, nasty streak in the lady coupled with a parroting of leftwing keywords. She's incredibly crude I'd say. Yet somebody sees her as the perfect propaganda power tool. I'd put it to them that it's an ugly debacle in progress. Has anyone in the MSM asked her why it is he should take the time to talk to her given her attitude? What is the point. To what useful end beyond creating more propaganda grist? There would be no conversation as such, that much is obvious. Has anyone in the MSM asked her why the hell she would think it is she should deserve CinC's ear any more than any other citizen or, moreover, more so than any other citizen who's lost a loved one in the military. At last check we are all equal. Her advocating that some should be more so sounds, frankly, more than a little undemocratic at best. I can't imagine that her son ever wanted anything like this to be linked to his memory.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-29 09:06|| 2005-08-29 09:06|| Front Page Top

#4 A GOOD SHORT READ!!

Media muddies the message

By Joe Roche

I'm very proud to be a soldier of the U.S. Army because of the war on terror and our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not alone either. I'm surrounded by soldiers who are re-enlisting and volunteering to go to units that are deploying. In fact, despite all the negative news and protests, I see everyday that our military is actually doing very well.

This is quite obvious, except for the fact that most of the media seems asphyxiated with defeatism. The message from most journalists would lead you to believe that we soldiers are getting out, that no one is joining anew and that we want to stop fighting. This simply isn't true.

Yes, recruitment is lower, but the caliber of those who are signing up and the rates of re-enlistment are both extremely high. All 10 of our major combat divisions are ahead of expectations for retention of soldiers. In my unit, there are soldiers who specifically went active duty from the reserves because they want to go to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Before September 11, a lot of soldiers were happy to just enjoy the benefits. Since that day, those soldiers have left. That is fine and not the disaster that defeatist reports are making it seem. Such soldiers were never the types to want to go on long deployments and face combat. Yes, they were heroes for signing up and being in a job that could go that direction, but they had other priorities that made their service contingent on enjoying the benefits rather than serving in war.

That changed on September 11. Now, just as we are told to expect when joining, we are going to combat and many soldiers are getting injured and killed. This is our job, and it is what we know can happen. I don't know why the media insists on trumpeting the idea that all of us are tired and worn out and just want to stop fighting. I don't, and I am not alone.

The fact is that we are not experiencing casualty rates anywhere near past conflicts, nor for that matter as bad as during peacetime. There were weeks in Vietnam when 350-400 Americans died, and in other wars thousands would die in single battles. Nothing like that is happening now.

From 1983 to 1996, more than 18,000 soldiers died. That averages to more than 1,300 a year, far more than have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan each year. Yes, that was mostly from accidents, drunk driving and other mishaps. Yet, while protesters in Crawford, Texas and elsewhere would have you think that our military can't survive with the low casualty rates of this war, I wonder why they were willing to accept the much higher peacetime casualty rates of the past? We lost around 3,000 innocent people on September 11, and with four years of war and the toppling of two regimes, we haven't lost that many in combat.

Injuries are high, but they are nothing compared to past conflicts. And most striking is how many are recovering well. I have been to both of the major military hospitals involved in this war, Landstuhl in Germany and Walter Reed in Washington, and I can tell you that there are many soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan and who want to return to their units and get redeployed.

Like I said earlier, though, the striking fact I see every day is that the soldiers who are joining now are of much higher caliber than those who joined before September 11. The senior commandant of the Marines recently testified before Congress that the same is happening with them. There maybe fewer than before, but those that do show up are willing and dedicated to being deployed and going to combat. These are also the types who are re-enlisting more than ever before. In fact, re-enlistment is up to 130 percent of expectations in some divisions.

My wife is in the National Guard. Theirs is an interesting experience right now in that there have been more casualties by accidents and reckless behavior off-duty than in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why are protesters not upset about that? Sadly it appears that much of the media are obsessed with defeatism. Even the message of the protesters â contradictory, false and confused as ever â is made front-page headline news every day. The few people they can exploit to push this defeatist agenda are made to appear to speak for all of us. That just isn't true.

Contrary to all the bad news, I see everyday that our soldiers are motivated and eager to contribute and participate in our nation's military missions. This is a very proud and important time to be serving. Considering that out of a population of 285 million, less than one-tenth of one percent are going to war right now, and considering the huge impact we are having on the world, this is a wonderful time to be a soldier in the U.S. Army.

Sgt. Joe Roche is with the 12th Aviation Battalion and stationed at Fort Belvoir.

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-08-29 10:01|| 2005-08-29 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil.

Yup, that explains the $44 fillup of my gas tank...

Posted by Raj 2005-08-29 10:05|| 2005-08-29 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 If there are film clips of her talking theyw ould make great Republican ads. "This country is not worth dying for ...."

And the Dems don't see the trainwreck they've put in motion?????

Posted by lotp 2005-08-29 10:39|| 2005-08-29 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 This woman is sick, she needs phsychiatric help. She has driven herself crazy, why would Bush meet with a crazy woman who just wants to scream profanities at him? Why should he meet with a woman who has called him a terrorist and a murderer,and a criminal, and a lier? Is she from another planet, there are 1,800 other families that have lost someone in this war that arent making an ass of themselves.

Posted by Ebbuth Ebbomonter8999 2005-08-29 11:55|| 2005-08-29 11:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

Posted by Chris W.">Chris W. 2005-08-29 16:07|| 2005-08-29 16:07|| Front Page Top

#9 This woman is sick, she needs phsychiatric help. She has driven herself crazy,

I disagree, I think she hit the Big Prize in the MoonBat Lottery. She knows she was born for this gig, she missed it back in '68 but now things are finally turning her way. It was designed in the fabric of gawds own lovequilt of the universe.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-29 16:21|| 2005-08-29 16:21|| Front Page Top

#10 But Lindy will be looked at with mirth in about 56 minutes from now.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-29 16:22|| 2005-08-29 16:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Army guy: thank you for Sgt. Roche's comments. Got a link by any chance? It was indeed a good read.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-08-29 17:13|| 2005-08-29 17:13|| Front Page Top

#12 she's in love with the media being in love with her.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-29 19:37|| 2005-08-29 19:37|| Front Page Top

#13 That guy who got in trouble down there nailed it in one: "bitch in the ditch" will be darned hard to top.

Posted by mac 2005-08-29 19:43|| 2005-08-29 19:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Cindy Sheehan is just MSM filler for the dog days of summer. While working for ten years in the library system of a large metropolis I saw hundreds of Cindy Sheehans -- mentally ill moonbats hungry for a reason to explain their sad plight. The crap Ms. Sheehan is blowing at the media is almost identical to the ravings of the mentally ill who came up to the reference desk of the library I worked at wanting the home address of some city official who had "ruined" their life. They each wanted to talk to the city official and to set the record straight. The sad thing is Cindy Sheehan's mania is treated like it matters. It simply doesn't; she is nuts and needs treatment.

Posted by American Librarian (Retired) 2005-08-29 20:40|| 2005-08-29 20:40|| Front Page Top

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