Apology - was RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics Geraldo Rivera reports
Steve
rhodes2282 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 2 06:22:27 EST 2004
Wally
Kerry was getting paid to do his job in Viet Nam.
When you are a solider; that what you are suppose to
do. YOu get a paycheck for doing it.
The big problem with Kerry; all those things he came
back here is protested, HE DID NOTHING ABOUT THEM
WHILE HE WAS IN THE SERVICE. So you see, he is really
kind of a coward since he didn't want to protest where
he could have done something about it. He should have
try to do something while he was in the service. The
man is a coward & not a pariotic US citizan to come
back from the war & protest with Hano Jane while all
the guy that were still duying in the war couldn't
come back & hook up with some rich women that would
support him.
Steve
--- Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> So are you saying that kerry did not go to Viet Nam?
> Steve you may have the
> media scoop of the century! On the other hand you
> may just be full of
> it......what does your babble have to do with Iraq?
> It appears you have ADD.
>
> Wally
>
>
> >From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: Apology - was RE: [Rhodes22-list]
> Politics Geraldo Rivera
> >reports
> >Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 05:53:09 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Slim
> >If you had a clue of what you were talking about;
> you
> >wouldn't be a liberal. Its call the free market
> >system. You can't keep taking from Business &
> giving
> >to folks that won't help themself. The only time I
> >have ever seen a liberal willing to fight is when
> >someone wants to lower or take away thier welfare
> >check. If someone want to get rich, get a job &
> work
> >for it; & get off welfare!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > What is with you and this welfare thing with
> > > liberals? I've heard you say
> > > this before. You're a one-trick-pony! You
> equate
> > > Democrats with welfare
> > > recipients as though all of us on the left are
> > > welfare cases, living off
> > > your tax dollars. Get a clue! I'm a
> self-employed
> > > musician, which some may
> > > say is not "real" work, but screw that--I've
> never
> > > asked for a dime from
> > > anybody in my life. I pay higher taxes than you
> do
> > > or any government
> > > employee! Example: I pay BOTH halves of social
> > > security--you pay only ONE
> > > half and your employer pays the other half.
> Don't
> > > even talk to me about your
> > > tax burden because mine is greater. As a
> government
> > > employee, I'd say
> > > YOU'RE the one who is "sleeping with the enemy"
> and
> > > costing us hard-working
> > > citizens lots of money. Who pays YOUR salary?
> > > ...Me. Send me money and
> > > I'll let you off the hook. 8-)
> > >
> > > Slim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/1/04 5:14 PM, "Steve"
> <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Interesting Bill.
> > > > Yeah, I'm 6'5 175 & pretty much all muscle.
> Its
> > > not
> > > > that, I just don't like being a puss. As far
> as
> > > ideas
> > > > goes, I not seeing any below. Are you afried
> of
> > > > writting any of your ideas!!! Its like this,
> if
> > > you
> > > > have your hand in the welfare jar; then yes I
> can
> > > see
> > > > why you would want to be a libreal. You
> wouldn't
> > > want
> > > > to lose your free meal. But this country
> can't
> > > aford
> > > > to support all you people on welfare. You all
> > > talk
> > > > about the deficit - HAVE you ever seen a
> democrate
> > > > give up thier welfare check - But I bet that
> > > something
> > > > that would get a libreal fighting:-)
> > > >
> > > > How that for new ideas, Bill. I'm just
> wondering,
> > > how
> > > > much welfare are you getting:-)
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > PS - I'm not getting any!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> > > >> Mark,
> > > >>
> > > >> I kinda liked what you wrote. We don't see
> it
> > > that
> > > >> often coming from this side of the fence.
> > > >>
> > > >> When Steve runs out of ideas he starts
> attacking
> > > >> people personally. It's not pretty because
> he
> > > runs
> > > >> out of ideas early in the game.
> > > >>
> > > >> With regard to bullying, and standing up to
> > > people,
> > > >> Steve often forgets to mention that he's 6'
> 5" or
> > > >> something like that, and when he pushes in
> > > person,
> > > >> people are disinclined to push back. Email
> > > levels
> > > >> the playing field, and that is less to his
> > > liking.
> > > >>
> > > >> Bill Effros
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > >> From: Mark Kaynor
> > > >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:56 PM
> > > >> Subject: Apology - was RE: [Rhodes22-list]
> > > >> Politics Geraldo Rivera reports
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Dang. Just reread what I wrote. Sorry
> folks. I
> > > >> guess I let him get to me.
> > > >>
> > > >> Mark
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > >>
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> > > >> Behalf Of Mark Kaynor
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:14 PM
> > > >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > >> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics
> Geraldo
> > > >> Rivera reports
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Steve,
> > > >>
> > > >> I remember 9/11 - in a pretty personal way,
> > > too.
> > > >> Some friends were lost at
> > > >> the Naval Operations Center at the
> Pentagon.
> > > The
> > > >> team had just relocated to
> > > >> their new offices. I was doing some work
> for
> > > the
> > > >> Navy at the time and was
> > > >> asked to compile a list of the relocations
> > > since
> > > >> our data was more up to
> > > >> date than the sources they had available at
> the
> > > >> time. As much as I am
> > > >> opposed to war, I was in favor of us going
> to
> > > >> Afghanistan to try and root
> > > >> out that evil.
> > > >>
> > > >> But Iraq is so NOT 9/11.
> > > >>
> > > >> Nobody ever said we should be "pusses". Not
> > > sure
> > > >> how saying "a lot more than
> > > >> 3000 people have died since 9/11" makes me
> a
> > > puss,
> > > >> but I guess that's your
> > > >> call.
> > > >>
> > > >> I can see how you thought what I wrote was
> > > funny.
> > > >> Particularly since you
> > > >> think I'm just a stupid liberal. Thanks for
> > > >> unimaginative, narrow minded,
> > > >> jingoistic, "balls to the walls" abusive
> > > >> "discussion" and name calling. Kind
> > > >> of reminds me of some of the other bullies
> I've
> > > >> known.
> > > >>
> > > >> Mark
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > >>
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> > > >> Behalf Of Steve
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:00 PM
> > > >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > >> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics
> Geraldo
> > > >> Rivera reports
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Mercy Mark. Do you not remember
> > > 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >> You
> > > >> have to fight to be free. You can't be a
> puss
> > > &
> > > >> expect this country to remain free.
> Freedom is
> > > >> not
> > > >> Free!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am wasting my time -
> You
> > > can
> > > >> take
> > > >> a mule to water; but you can't make it
> > > drink!!!!
> > > >> I
> > > >> guess that saying go also that you can show
> a
> > > >> person
> > > >> the information - But you can't keep them
> from
> > > >> being
> > > >> stupid!!!!!!!!!!! I bet you were one of
> those
> > > >> folks
> > > >> on the playground that ran to the teacher
> ever
> > > >> time a
> > > >> bully polk at you or made fun of you.
> Mercy,
> > > NO
> > > >> bully
> > > >> ever made fun of me & got away with it. Do
> you
> > > >> reallt
> > > >> think of lieing around with you head in the
> > > sand
> > > >> will
> > > >> make anyone be nice to you. No one
> respects a
> > > >> puss.
> > > >> The seene yesterday is a replay of
> Blackhaulk
> > > >> Down-
> > > >> The Terrorists think if they hit us Hard we
> > > will
> > > >> puss
> > > >> out. We have them by the balls now!!!!
> All we
> > > >> have
> > > >> to do is strick back even harder & the job
> will
> > > be
> > > >> all
> > > >> but done. That how you win a war. The
> other
> > > side
> > > >> never plays fair. This country is the only
> > > >> country on
> > > >> the plantet that plays fair. We have to
> hit
> > > them
> > > >> hard
> > > >> now & finish the job and the world will be
> a
> > > >> better
> > > >> place for it.
> > > >>
> > > >> Well, I have said my piece. It never
> suprised
> > > of
> > > >> some
> > > >> of the stuff that I read by the Libreal.
> Of
> > > >> course
> > > >> your fellow libreals may like you for it
> but
> > > think
> > > >> about it; being a puss is still being a
> puss -
> > > how
> > > >> can
> > > >> you respect yourself in the morning. At
> least
> > > you
> > > >> have Bush to thanks for still having the
> > > freedom
> > > >> to
> > > >> voice your opinion. If we ever lose one of
> > > these
> > > >> war;
> > > >> and a dirty bomb or mini nuke wipe us out
> by
> > > all
> > > >> these
> > > >> terrorists, what are you going to do
> them:-) It
> > > >> will
> > > >> be to late to understand your shortcoming
> > > >> them!!!!!!!
> > > >> Steve
> > > >>
> > > >> PS - The below did give me a good laugh:-)
> > > >>
> > > >> --- Mark Kaynor <mark at kaynor.org> wrote:
> > > >>> Steve,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> "Think about it, if Clinton would have done
> what
> > > >>> Bush did, 3,000 people
> > > >>> would be alive now. You can't argue with
> that."
> > > >>>
> > > >>> See http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ - I guess
> you
> > > >>> must have meant "American
> > > >>> people". And who knows what would have
> happened
> > > >> if
> > > >>> Clinton had done what
> > > >>> Bush did? It could have incited even higher
> > > >> levels
> > > >>> of anti-Americanism and
> > > >>> more terrorist acts.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> And I love this sentiment - "If they act up,
> > > >> well
> > > >>> stomp on them." I wonder
> > > >>> why some of them don't like us?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Mark
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > >>>
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> > > >> Behalf
> > > >>> Of Steve
> > > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:49 AM
> > > >>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics
> Geraldo
> > > >> Rivera
> > > >>> reports
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Slim
> > > >>> Let me help you with your answer below. I
> know
> > > >> you
> > > >>> Liberal are out there but you really need to
> > > >> stop
> > > >>> hating Bush and analyze the facts.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The US needed a contractor, if not
> Halliburton,
> > > >> then
> > > >>> WHO? Halliburton is one of the biggest
> company
> > > >> in
> > > >>> the
> > > >>> world, operating in countries with offices
> all
> > > >> over
> > > >>> the world. The US can't contract with Billy
> Bob
> > > >>> Democrate if they are not big enough to
> handle
> > > >> the
> > > >>> job. Halliburton is hugh. All contractor
> have
> > > >>> audit
> > > >>> problems. Trust me, I work for the
> government;
> > > >> all
> > > >>> contractors get audit findings and when the
> > > >> auditors
> > > >>> find something; the problem is corected.
> Its
> > > >> normal
> > > >>> whether the contractor is Democrate or
> > > >> Republican.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The US is safer; much safer. Remember,
> since
> > > >> 9/11,
> > > >>> we
> > > >>> haven't been hit on our own soil. Yes,
> thier
> > > >>> hitting
> > > >>> us oversea, Irag but thier hitting the
> military,
> > > >> NOT
> > > >>> citizens. We are keeping them pin down over
> > > >> there,
> > > >>> oversea. This is the smart things to do.
> > > >> Remember,
> > > >>> Clinton had 8 years, they attached the twin
> > > >> towers,
> > > >>> Our foreign embassies, the USS Cole and all
> > > >> Clinton
> > > >>> did was lob a few bombs at them. Think
> about
> > > >> it, if
> > > >>> Clinton would have done what Bush did, 3,000
> > > >> people
> > > >>> would be alive now. You can't argue with
> that.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> As for oil prices, This country has plenty
> of
> > > >> oil.
> > > >>> If
> > > >>> democrate would stop fighting and let the US
> > > >> pump
> > > >>> its
> > > >>> own oil, then gas would be under a $1 a
> gallon.
> > > >> You
> > > >>> can't blame that on Bush. Remember, up in
> > > >> Alaski
> > > >>> where only anamil is a polar bear & nothing
> else
> > > >> -
> > > >>> think about it - why don't we pump that out
> &
> > > >> use
> > > >>> it.
> > > >>> Its the Democrate that stop that. Funny
> thing
> > > >> is
> > > >>> that
> > > >>> the people in Alaski wanted the business up
> > > >> there.
> > > >>> Go
> > > >>> figure!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> As for US relation, remember we are the lone
> > > >> Super
> > > >>> Power, sometimes everbody is not going to
> like
> > > >> us.
> > > >>> Do we stop pushing our values, our fight for
> > > >> freedom
> > > >>> around the world, for rights for Women &
> > > >> children.
> > > >>> You would think that these are Democrate
> values.
> > > >>> Whats up with that? Besides screw the
> French &
> > > >>> Germans, France couldn't wipe its way out of
> a
> > > >> wet
> > > >>> paper bag & Germany - well, we have wipe
> them
> > > >> before
> > > >>> &
> > > >>> we can do it again if they don't like what
> we
> > > >> are
> > > >>> doing. That why we keep Militery Bases in
> > > >> Germany &
> > > >>> Japan. If they act up, well stomp on them.
> You
> > > >> all
> > > >>> should know this stuff- Remember - Freedom
> is
> > > >> NOT
> > > >>> Free!!!!!! And War is ulgy!!! Its always
> best
> > > >> to
> > > >>> fight on some other country soil.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> As for the economy, Clinton lived off Reagon
> &
> > > >> Bush
> > > >>> Sr. economy policies & cut the CIA, FBI &
> > > >> military
> > > >>> budgets to make that surplus. Bush Jr. will
> fix
> > > >> the
> > > >>> mess that Clinton made. YOu should be
> thanking
> > > >>> Bush.
> > > >>> If you analyze economice over the last
> decade,
> > > >> you
> > > >>> would know this. LIke I said, you got to
> stop
> > > >>> hating
> > > >>> Bush and analyze these things. I don't hate
> > > >>> Clinton,
> > > >>> you a good old country boy who liked to
> party.
> > > >> He
> > > >>> party here in Arkansas, raise taxes, grew
> > > >> government
> > > >>> out of control, our supress court rule that
> our
> > > >>> Education system was unconstitutional. Now
> you
> > > >>> would
> > > >>> think with Clinton saying he was the
> Education
> > > >>> President, why did he leave Arkansas in such
> a
> > > >> mess.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> O'well, this is a waste of my time. Folks
> you
> > > >> have
> > > >>> to
> > > >>> analyze things for what they are, leave
> personal
> > > >>> feeling out of it. Do what best for our
> > > >> country!!!!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Steve
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > > >>>> Is Halliburton making a fortune? Yes! Has
> > > >> this
> > > >>>> stabilized the middle east?
> > > >>>> No! Has it made the US safer? No! Has it
> > > >> had a
> > > >>>> positive effect on gas
> > > >>>> prices? Yes, if you're an oil company.
> Has
> > > >> Bush
> > > >>>> spent his way to the
> > > >>>> highest deficit in history? Yes! Has it
> led
> > > >> to
> > > >>>> better US relations with
> > > >>>> ANY other country in the world? Yes, if
> > > >> you're
> > > >>>> Israel. Has this
> > > >>>> administration become a Fascist regime?
> Yes!
> > > >>>> (Fascism: When government is
> > > >>>> in bed with industry, when civil rights are
> > > >> taken
> > > >>>> away and the rule is by
> > > >>>> intimidation, threat and fear.) Is the war
> on
> > > >>>> terrorism best fought in Iraq
> > > >>>> (no connection to 9/11, but over 150,000
> > > >> troops)
> > > >>> or
> > > >>>> Afghanistan (confirmed
> > > >>>> connection to 9/11, but only 11,000
> troops?)
> > > >> And
> > > >>>> speaking of connections to
> > > >>>> 9/11, why do we have this cozy relationship
> > > >> with
> > > >>>> Saudi Arabia? Could it
> > > >>>> be...um...the oil? Is it not the real
> Taliban
> > > >>>> training ground? Most of the
> > > >>>> hijackers were Saudis, Osama's a Saudi.
> > > >>> Hello????
> > > >>>> One week after 9/11,
> > > >>>> anyone with a Saudi passport was allowed
> into
> > > >> the
> > > >>>> US. Egyptian--No!
> > > >>>> Iranian--No! Moroccan--No! French--Kiss
> My
> > > >> Ass!
> > > >>>> Oh, but Saudis--no
> > > >>>> problem. Bring money!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> And does all this take Americans' minds off
> > > >> the
> > > >>>> domestic problems that Bush
> > > >>>> has worsened? He wishes!!!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> So I guess Geraldo didn't see the news
> today
> > > >> (Wed)
> > > >>>> from Fallujah, huh? I'm
> > > >>>> referring to the nine Americans killed in a
> > > >> raid
> > > >>>> where Iraqis dragged the
> > > >>>> burned and mutilated bodies behind cars and
> > > >> hung
> > > >>>> them up on a bridge. How's
> > > >>>> he gonna sugar-coat that one? Is THAT
> simply
> > > >>>> leftist reporting? A couple
> > > >>>> weeks ago Peter Jennings from ABC (Steve,
> some
> > > >> say
> > > >>>> ABC is too liberal, some
> > > >>>> say it's not liberal enough--but nobody
> says
> > > >> it's
> > > >>>> conservative) was on
> > > >>>> location in Iraq reporting on the state of
> > > >> affairs
> > > >>>> one year after the
> > > >>>> invasion. There was plenty of positive
> news,
> > > >> but
> > > >>> to
> > > >>>> suggest that the Dems
> > > >>>> are "nitpicking" for reporting stories like
> > > >> this
> > > >>> one
> > > >>>> from Fallujah is
> > > >>>> absurd. C' mon! Consider the source.
> > > >> Geraldo
> > > >>>> Rivera???!!! I'll take Al
> > > >>>> Franken's word over Geraldo's any day.
> Hell,
> > > >> I'd
> > > >>>> even take Rush Limbaugh's
> > > >>>> word over Geraldo's.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> But my real hero these days is Richard
> > > >>>> Clarke--tellin' it like it is!!!
> > > >>>> There's no getting around it--the incumbent
> > > >> has to
> > > >>>> go come November!!!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Slim
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On 3/31/04 6:58 PM, "ed kroposki"
> > > >>>> <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Hey mark, check this out in scopes. It
> was
> > > >> just
> > > >>>> sent to me.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> The buildings that AREN'T burning in Iraq
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> "They have a saying in the news business,"
> > > >>> Geraldo
> > > >>>> Rivera related this
> > > >>>>> week. "Reporters don't report buildings
> that
> > > >>> don't
> > > >>>> burn." And with that
> > > >>>>> introduction, he told a TV audience about
> > > >> the
> > > >>>> story that is being
> > > >>>>> systematically denied to our entire
> nation:
> > > >> the
> > > >>>> success story of
> > > >>>>> post-Saddam Iraq.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Are we losing some soldiers each week?
> Yes,.
> > > >> Is
> > > >>>> there some frustration
> > > >>>>> in the public about electricity and water
> > > >>> service?
> > > >>>> Yes. Are some Saddam
> > > >>>>> Hussein loyalists throughout the land,
> > > >> making
> > > >>>> trouble? Yes. Has this
> > > >>>>> opened a window for some terrorist
> mischief?
> > > >>> Yes.
> > > >>>> But that's ALL we
> > > >>>>> hear. No wonder the country is in a mixed
> > > >> mood
> > > >>>> about Iraq. If you hear
> > > >>>>> about the buildings that are not burning,
> > > >>> though,
> > > >>>> it is a different
> > > >>>>> story indeed.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Rivera is no shill for George W. Bush. But
> > > >> Bush,
> > > >>>> Condi Rice and Colin
> > > >>>>> Powell together could not have been as
> > > >> effective
> > > >>>> as Geraldo was Thursday
> > > >>>>> night on the Fox News Channel's Hannity
> and
> > > >>> Colmes
> > > >>>> program.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> "When I got to Baghdad, I barely
> recognized
> > > >> it,"
> > > >>>> he began, Comparing his
> > > >>>>> just-completed trip to two others he made
> > > >> during
> > > >>>> and just after the
> > > >>>>> battle to topple Saddam. "You have over
> > > >> 30,000
> > > >>>> Iraqi cops and militiamen
> > > >>>>> already on the job.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> This is four months after major fighting
> > > >>> stopped.
> > > >>>> Can you imagine that
> > > >>>>> kind of gearing up in this country? Law
> and
> > > >>> order
> > > >>>> is better;
> > > >>>>> archaeological sites are being preserved;
> > > >>>> factories, schools are being
> > > >>>>> guarded." But what about the secondhand
> > > >> griping
> > > >>>> that the media have been
> > > >>>>> so efficiently relating about power, water
> > > >> and
> > > >>>> other infrastructure?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> "To say that Iraq is being rebuilt is not
> > > >> true,"
> > > >>>> answered Rivera. "Iraq
> > > >>>>> is being built. There was no
> infrastructure
> > > >>>> before; we are doing it. I
> > > >>>>> just think the good news is being
> > > >> underestimated
> > > >>>> and underreported." At
> > > >>>>> this juncture, one must evaluate how to
> feel
> > > >>> about
> > > >>>> the voices telling us
> > > >>>>> only about the bad news in Iraq, whether
> > > >> from
> > > >>> the
> > > >>>> mouths of news anchors
> > > >>>>> or Democratic presidential hopefuls. At
> > > >> best,
> > > >>> they
> > > >>>> are underinformed. At
> > > >>>>> worst, their one-sided assessments of
> > > >>> post-Saddam
> > > >>>> Iraq are intentional
> > > >>>>> falsehoods for obvious reasons.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> If I hear one more person mock that
> "Mission
> > > >>>> Accomplished" banner
> > > >>>>> beneath which President Bush thanked a
> > > >> shipload
> > > >>> of
> > > >>>> sailors and Marines a
> > > >>>>> few months back, I'm going to spit. That
> was
> > > >> a
> > > >>>> reference to the ouster
> > > >>>>> of Saddam's regime, and that mission was
> > > >> indeed
> > > >>>> accomplished, apparently
> > > >>>>> to the great chagrin of the American left.
> > > >> No
> > > >>> one
> > > >>>> said what followed
> > > >>>>> would be easy or cheap, and that's why the
> > > >>>> dripping-water torture of the
> > > >>>>> cost and casualty stories is so
> infuriating.
> > > >>>> Remember we pay our
> > > >>>>> soldiers whether they are in Iraq or in Ft
> > > >>> Bragg,
> > > >>>> North Carolina. We
> > > >>>>> should all mourn the loss of every fallen
> > > >>> soldier.
> > > >>>> But context cries out
> > > >>>>> to be heard. Our present news media is not
> > > >>>> performing this task. As some
> > > >>>>> dare to wonder if this might become a
> > > >>> Vietnam-like
> > > >>>> quagmire, I'll remind
> > > >>>>> whoever needs it that most of our 58,000
> > > >> Vietnam
> > > >>>> war toll died between
> > > >>>>> 1966 and 1972, during which we lost an
> > > >> average
> > > >>> of
> > > >>>> about 8,000 per year.
> > > >>>>> That's about 22 per day, every day, for
> > > >>> thousands
> > > >>>> of days on
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Local elections are under way across Iraq,
> > > >>> Rivera
> > > >>>> reported. "Where Kurds
> > > >>>>> and Arabs have been battling for decades,
> > > >> things
> > > >>>> have been settling
> > > >>>>> down. Administrator Paul Bremer is doing a
> > > >> great
> > > >>>> job." So does Geraldo
> > > >>>>> think his media colleagues are
> intentionally
> > > >>>> painting with one side of
> > > >>>>> the brush? "I'm not into conspiracy
> > > >> theories,
> > > >>> but
> > > >>>> there's just more bang
> > > >>>>> for your buck when you report the GI who
> got
> > > >>>> killed rather than the 99
> > > >>>>> who didn't get killed, who make friends,
> who
> > > >>>> helped schedule elections,
> > > >>>>> who helped shops get open for business,
> who
> > > >>> helped
> > > >>>> traffic flow again.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> "The vast majority of Iraqis are very
> happy
> > > >> to
> > > >>>> have us there. I would
> > > >>>>> like to see a bit more balance." This
> needs
> > > >> to
> > > >>> be
> > > >>>> reported to the
> > > >>>>> American Public who are presently being
> > > >> duped. I
> > > >>>> expect the dominant
> > > >>>>> media culture to nitpick and attack Bush,
> > > >> and
> > > >>>> Democrats to blast him
> > > >>>>> with reckless abandon. But when that leads
> > > >> to
> > > >>> the
> > > >>>> willful exclusion of
> > > >>>>> facts that would shine truthful light on
> the
> > > >>> great
> > > >>>> work of the American
> > > >>>>> armed forces, that level of malice plumbs
> > > >> new
> > > >>>> depths."
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> If you have a friend that is looking for
> the
> > > >>>> truth, pass this on.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
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