Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

First here are some facts about Cynthia Mckinney:

* Congresswoman representing the 4th District of Georgia, DeKalb County
* Member of the radical Progressive Caucus
* Voted to legalize the killing of babies after they are born
* Voted against a resolution supporting Israel in the War on Terror, but refused to vote for a resolution condemning the anti-Semitic statements of a disciple of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan
* Told a Saudi prince she would accept his offer of $10 million that New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani rejected because it came with anti-Semitic strings attached
* Provided propaganda for Communist FARC guerrillas in Colombia
* Voted against school vouchers for black parents in Washington, D.C.
* “We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11. What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered?….What do they have to hide?” — Rep. Cynthia McKinney
* “Ms. McKinney is a racist and anti-Semite of the first rank. If she were white and male, she would be David Duke.” — Peter Swartz, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
* “She is a racist. She bases everything on race. Everything bad that has ever happened to her is because she’s black. She’s anti-Semitic, that’s who she is.” — Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas)

Members of her party on national television where taped calling people “crackers” and “Uncle Tom” her body gaurds where members of the new Black Panthers, This is not just an every day American this is a Government offical and and Anti-War supporter, who is suppose to be setting an example for Americans. Less we forget the beating of a capitol gaurd with her cell phone. Now heres my question this is what Anti-War people do? this is how they behave this is the example they are suppose to be setting. Give me a BREAK! this is exactally the kind of officals we need running this country oh yeah definatly! If I was an Anti-War supporter this womans actions alone would make me ashamed to be a Anti-War supporter, so go ahead come back here and write post trying to back her up and her cause youd be supporting racism, anti-semitic, and hatred for capitol gaurds i guess maybe even cell phones i guess she doesent like those either. yeah Thank God I’m not on her side!

This’ll make ya stop & think!

Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes.
He stays up for days on end.

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.

You complain of a “headache”, and call in sick.
He gets shot at, as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.

You put on your anti war/don’t support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.

He still fights for your right to wear that shirt.

You make sure you’re cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.

You talk trash on your “buddies” that aren’t with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.

You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He walks the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.

You complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.

You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.

He does not get to eat today.

Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for months, but makes sure his weapons are clean.

You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn’t have time to brush his teeth today.

You are angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He is told he will be held an extra 2 months.

You call your girlfriend and set a date for that night.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.

You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love’s perfume.

You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they’ll ever meet.

You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.

He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own government and remembers why he is fighting.

You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of the men like him.
He hears the gun fire and bombs.

You see only what the media wants you to see.
He sees the bodies lying around him.

You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don’t.

He does what he is told.

You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call and write home, sleep, and eat.

You crawl into your bed, with down pillows, and try to get comfortable.

He crawls under a tank for shade and a 5 minute nap, only to be woken by gun fire.

You sit there and judge him, saying the world is a worse place because of men like him.

If only there were more men like him.

If you support our troops repost this.

Dear Anti-War group,

Why do you live in this Nation?

Those who belive in what this Nation was founded on and the cornerstone of God in this Nation who dont care about there opinions and support the Nations leaders regardless of there own views take up their crosses and sacrifice everything to defend it. So if you so strongly oppose why we fight or why we have God as our cornerstone, then leave, get out. Why stay? True Americans lay down there life for this country so if you truly dont like America why do you live here. This country was built with these truths for our Nation. You didnt live back then it wasnt built to meet your standards. look at the Mexicans they dont like there country so they come here. I just dont get it Why do you stay? and if you are going to stay then STOP WHINNING!

The daughter of a Soldier

Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia attending a conference. While I was
in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me
beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed
one of the greatest act’s of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo’s, as
they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost
everyone) rose abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and
cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being
applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I’m not alone. I’m not the only
red blooded American who still loves this country and supports our
troops and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young
unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us
so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just
when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our
service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran
up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said “hi,” the
little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy
for her. The young soldier, he didn’t look any older than maybe 22
himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy.
Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave
him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was
Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had
been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her
daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear
up. When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation,
all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of
the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They
started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over
to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, “I spoke to your daddy and
he told me to give this to you.” He then hugged this little girl that
he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying
“your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything
and he is coming home very soon.”

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young
soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was
standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event as it unfolded. As
the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed
their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, their
were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one
last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney
with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and
thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it’s
good to be an American.

Red Friday
Just keeping you “in the loop” so you’ll know what’s going on in case
this takes off.

RED FRIDAYS —– Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing
Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to
be called the “silent majority”. We are no longer silent, and are
voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers.
We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal
media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to
recognize that the vast majority of Americasupports our troops. Our
idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and
respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until
the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every
red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear
something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV — let’s make the United States on every
Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the
bleachers.

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with
acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long
before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the
once “silent” majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more
than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked “What can we do to make
things better for you?” is…We need your support and your prayers.

Let’s get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and
wear something red every Friday.

THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED—- SO WEAR RED! — MAY GOD HELP AMERICA TO
BECOME ONE NATION, UNDER GOD.—–Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

This is a poem being sent from a Marine to his Dad.
For those who take the time to read it,
you’ll see a letter from him to his Dad at the bottom.
It makes you truly thankful for not only the Marines,
but ALL of our troops.

THE MARINE

We all came together,
Both young and old
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.

In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.

Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I’ll give my life,
So you can live the American way.

I give you the right
To talk of your peace.
To stand in your groups,
and protest in our streets.

But still I fight on,
I don’t bitch, I don’t whine.
I’m just one of the people
Who is doing your time.

I’m harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine.
I’m the immortal soldier,
I’m a U.S. MARINE!

So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they’ve shown.

Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young.
So they all may have,
The greatest freedom you’ve won.

Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor
Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.

But when your time comes,
Do what I’ve done.
For if you stand up for freedom,
You’ll stand when the fight’s done.

By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert, US Marine Corps
USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF

March 23, 2003

Hey Dad,

Do me a favor and label this “The Marine” and send it to
everybody on your email list. Even leave this letter in it.
I want this rolling all over the US; I want every home reading it.
Every eye seeing it. And every heart to feel it.
So can you please send this for me? I would but my email time
isn’t that long and I don’t have much time anyway.
You know what Dad? I wondered what it would be like
to truly understand what JFK said in His inaugural speech.

“When the time comes to lay down my life for my country,
I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it.”

Well, now I know. And I do. Dad, I welcome the opportunity
to do what I do. Even though I have left behind a beautiful wife,
and I will miss the birth of our first born child, I would do it 70
times over to fight for the place that God has made for my home.
I love you all and I miss you ve ry much. I wish I could be there
when Sandi has our baby, but tell her that I love her,
and Lord willing, I will be coming home soon. Give Mom
a great big hug from me and give one to yourself too.

Aaron

FREEDOM isn’t FREE, someone pays for you and me.

Well I see my post has definatly raised some eyebrows, alright here we go my last and final attempt to at least get you to agree to disagree.

1. I was there at Marine Barracks when this happend, and there was trash, cans, bottles thrown every where directed at the base and the brick that was thrown was taken out of a wall around the barracks, belive it or not but i was there im not trying to say your wrong and yes majority of anti-war marches, rallies are peaceful, and the old people you see is the members of the local VFW, they formed a line all the way around the base facing the crowd in between the cones. Look I saw it happen i walked along the sidewalk to get back to my car and I was spit at not on but at, and yes people on both sides do dumb things. It only takes one person to ruin it for everyone else. And Im sorry if you think the slogan “peace is patriotic” is true well honestly I dont know which side your on because we did not win wars by sitting on our ass.
The definition of Patriotic: Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one’s country. hmmmmm sounds like to be patriotic is to love your country, maybe even support it? You know what i find truly amazing when 9/11 hit man every one was flying flags and wearing t-shirts with the flag on it saying kick some ass! but wait no no now we are trying to prevent terrorist from getting the upper hand and people say we are wrong or war is not helping America! NOT HELPING!? Notice we have not been invaded by an army since pearl harbor, you know why we havnt because people like George W. Bush is trying to put a stop to terrorism before we have another 9/11 what the hell do you really think Osama if he is still alive or the Mazzari guy are sitting around going well we tried. hell no there just waiting till the time is right. I swear to God I hope your alive if this countries ever invaded youll be kissin Marines boots and thanking them like The REAL AMERICANS today do! good for nothing ungratefull sons of bitches. A Man dies so you can rally and all you can do is say “peace man” “peace is patriotic” you make me sick. OH and to die is to be FREE! yes the ones that died no what freedom is because they gave the ultimate sacrifice the ultimate gift to you, to you so you could rally or do whatever you hippies do oh yeah heres the definition of hippie:
A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles. HIPPIES!

Alright for those misunderstood by my post let me clarify, first off i am not attacking this web site, I have made it a goal of mine to hear both sides of the story i am not democrat nor republican i am American, I will be more specific on your topics,
1. Slander,
a. Law, Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person’s reputation.
b. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
yet you sell a bumber sticker that says someone in texas is missing a village idot, hmmm i guess webster was wrong? I dont hear Bush calling people idots? also thats bad mouthing in case you didnt know.

2.protesting against war is like booing your own footbal team, it just dosent make any sense, sure we all disagree on things but you know what if you were president and you had to make descions that would piss people off, i bet youd quit after the first week. Protesting against war is wrong because we as a nation need to support are president, regardless if its difrrent from our opinions. America elected him not you.

3.WHO’S RIOTING! obviously you belive everything the tv says! i stood on my base at 8th and I in washington D.C. dodging bricks being hurled over at us by thousands of anti-war protesters, if you dont belive me go to http://www.mbw.usmc.mil/passinreview/marpir.pdf and look at the picture on the bottom, i was cursed at and spit at, but wait ohh i didnt become a hippy i joined the US Marines to kick some ass! i still support war! OOO-RAH!

4. when i mean shot im saying if you were in russia and u said the things most anti-war people are saying, pal there wouldnt be no little chat group you could discuss it at, you would be shot in the town square. why do u think we went after saddam? for crap like that he tortured hes own brother for not supporting him, and thats what i mean you have no idea how good we have it yeah things dont go our way sure we disagree but we live and that is freedom, freedom of speech is to say what you want with out being killed, not to publicly slander others. AND IN CLOSING WHEN I SAY YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT FREEDOM IS, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE NEVER SERVED YOUR COUNTRY IT IS MY OPINION…..OPINION! THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TRUE FREEDOM IS WE ARE SLAVES TO TELEVISION AND MATERIAL THINGS, I THINK THE ONES WHO TRULY KNOW WHAT FREEDOM IS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE DIED FOR WHAT THEY BELIVED IN NO MATTER WHAT THAT WAS.

I am a 23 year old US Marine Corp vet, I served four years of my life to try and give somthing back to a country that has given me so much. I watch and I listen as people slander this great nation, watch as they bad mouth our commander and chief, listen as they protest against war. I have also watched as my fellow Marines were injured and killed, I have read how America became the greatest country in the world through war and hardship, how Americans fought to the death just to live free, and through many deaths a country was born, NOT BY PROTESTING AGAINST THE WAR, NOT BY RIOTING, NOT BY MARCHES, BUT BY THE LIVES OF MEN WHO DIED JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND NOT GET SHOT. I pray every day for all those who have no clue what freedom really is.