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zorba1010

(8 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 12:09 AM Dec 2011

AMERICAN ARROGANCE AND INDIFFERENCE

Today, Leon Panetta said that the 4500 American troops who died in Iraq made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. That is absolute garbage. American soldiers did not die for their country in the Iraq war. They died for their government. Soldiers die for their country when their country is attacked. They die for their government when their country attacks. Politicians call our troops heroes the instant these kids put on a uniform, but it is not the uniform that is heroic, it is the deed. Not a mention of the one hundred thousand plus Iraqis who died because of a lie. That's right, a lie. Not a mistake. They shove heroism and religion down the throats of these youngsters, and if they die, they tell the families that they are now in a better place. That's what McCain said at Pat Tillman's funeral. Tillman's younger brother criticized that comment. Listen, if anyone thinks that people go to a better place when they are killed, I suggest, no, I recommend that we give the 9/11 terrorists the Congressional Medal of Honor, for they sent 3000 Americans to a better place. How does that sound? Insane, right? Not if you really think about it. Logically it makes sense.

What sickens me is that we are responsible for tens of thousands of Iraqi murders, and not one politician has apologized to the Iraqis--not one. We wonder why people around the world dislikes us. We have started every single war from Viet Nam to the present, and every one by a republican administration. Iraq is now over, so the republicans want another war with Iran.

Recently, a couple of my republican friends asked me if I loved America. My response, "I love a vanilla ice cream sundae, but if you fill half the cup with ice cream and the other half with excrement, It would sicken me.'' I explained that I was not comparing republicans to excrement, because republicans are far more toxic. One does not talk to me anymore.

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AMERICAN ARROGANCE AND INDIFFERENCE (Original Post) zorba1010 Dec 2011 OP
Why republicans are angry with me zorba1010 Jan 2012 #1
Not that Democrats are much different.. Gigibagigi Jan 2012 #3
Had the same problem Gigibagigi Jan 2012 #2
Drugs Serafina2242 Aug 2018 #4

zorba1010

(8 posts)
1. Why republicans are angry with me
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 08:08 PM
Jan 2012

So some of you don't believe I am a republican and want me off of your web-site. I will prove to you now how conservative I am. Excluding Huntsman, we believe, unlike our democrat friends, that abortion should be illegal. We believe in a Personhood Amendment, and that a fertilized egg is a human being. We also believe that killing a fetus or even a fertilized egg is murder and that the mother and doctor should be considered for capital punishment. Remember, ''an eye for an eye'', or in this case ''an eye for an egg''. We believe this. We've murdered and bombed clinics to prevent abortions, right? Now Santorum, and the rest of us, believe sex is evil. We also believe, like the Pope, that contraceptives should be banned. What we want is abstinence, so this is my proposal: all unmarried women from the age of 16 to 90 be fitted with a chastity belt (stainless steel to prevent rust) with one key fits all. That key is to be sent to the Vatican and put in a lock box, and only the Pope decides when the key is to be used. Yes, it will be tough on bikinis, but that's the price we must pay for republican morality.
We believe in little government, no government if possible. Remember hurricane Katrina? Bush was great the first five days by not sending help, but then caved in to the liberal media and sent help because of the reports that people were drowning in New Orleans. The government should not have been involved. Those people should have helped themselves by learning how to swim before the catastrophe.
This weekend should be the most important in the history of man. The Pittsburg Steelers play the Denver Broncos. The Steelers Quarterback points his finger to the heavens when he wins, the Broncos quarterback prays with his knee on the ground when he wins. In two days, we will know which to use--THE KNEE or THE FINGER! I will suffer the commercials for this game.
When Bush was running up the national debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion, Cheney said that ''deficits don't matter''. We can not allow the democrats to show that tape. We must quash it somehow. And we must stop the democrats from saying that Reagan tripled that national debt, even if it's true. We must do what Nixon did, destroy the tapes.
Iran has oil. We must go to war with Iran to get it. Bad idea. It is just too far. Canada has more oil than all of the Muslim countries combined, and it's a lot closer. Let's invade Canada and take their oil. Are you with me? If you are, I am quite willing to be your leader, so come up with some cash and put me in the next republican debate. I can show Santorum, Romney, Perry and Gingrich who the real conservative is.

Gigibagigi

(21 posts)
3. Not that Democrats are much different..
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 05:01 AM
Jan 2012

JFK started Vietnam.
Bill Clinton imposed sanctions that strangled Haiti.
Obama surged troops in Afghanistan

Gigibagigi

(21 posts)
2. Had the same problem
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:58 AM
Jan 2012

I had the same problem.
Most citizens are so much used to listen to the take story that the government is not so bad after all, US Army is out to protect liberty and freedom that when you tell them the truth, they would just not listen.
Anything you can do is to group with people who share your same view and try to do something.
Just complain is not (should not) be an option

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