[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Fri Jun 21 03:19:00 2002

This says it all... even knows about Brittney Spears whom I've avoided
even seeing until Peski hired her.  Here our man...just listen to him.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rackers" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Patriotic rant....

> I, for one, am very happy with our current President, even if you
consider him
> a raving lunatic.
> Sure beats the pants off the last guy we had in there, AND the last
guy's VP as
> well.
>
> Are Americans stupid as a brick?
> Let's see, they elected Clinton not just once, but re-elected him as
well.
> I think you may have a good point there. You certainly have some
strong
> evidence to prove your point.
>
> I must be less than a half-wit (quarter-wit maybe?) to be able to
figure out
> what behavior our government has displayed to justify terrorists
flying
> airliners into the World Trade Centers. No, we aren't innocent
bystanders on
> the stage of world politics.
> Our form of government and the freedoms we enjoy because of it
scares a lot of
> people in the world.
> The only way to satisfy those people is to change our form of
government to
> something more restrictive like they have.
>
> I think the terrorists are acting on their beliefs at least as much
as PETA
> does. You might as well respect them as well.
>
> War on drugs, war on AIDS, war on terror...
> Nope. That language doesn't bother me one bit.
> Except for the fact that these are virtually impossible to "win" in
the same
> way as a conventional war.
>
> You love the nation, but hate what the government does.
> Other than the land and the people in it, the only thing left that
defines this
> nation IS the government.
>
> And who IS screwing Britney Spears?
> I understand she and Justin (Timberlake) broke up.
> Besides, I was told she plans to remain a virgin until she's
married.
> Have you heard something different? If so, then do tell.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Demon Buddha
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:01 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Patriotic rant....
>
>
>
>
> Phlip wrote:
> >
>
> > I've gotta agree, guys. I'm no, "My Country Right or Wrong"
jingoist-
> > I feel when my country is wrong, it's part of my responsibility to
point
> > that out- and offer a solution, and help implement that solution,
if I can.
> > But I'm damn well a patriot.
>
> Here we come to the crux of the problem of 21st century America.
> This nation is almost universally wrong these days and it is
> not by accident.  We no longer have sufficient control over what
> happens to stave off the worst transgressions against the people
> of this and other nations.  When many of us were kids (pre
watergate)
> can you not recall how hard politicians worked to at least APPEAR
> squeaky clean?  In the years since, they have worked less hard at
> it and then suddenly is became some form of political chic to
> have a scandal surrounding you.  All the while the "people" sat
> around and whined about it, yet nothing changed for the better.
> Why is that?  Is it because Americans a stupid as a brick and
> lazy?  It is because the "game" is stacked against them?  Is
> is something else?  I don't know, though I suspect it is some
> combination of these.  Regardless, the fact is that the political
> situation in this country is indeed becoming dire.  Just think
> of it: we have a raving lunatic in the Oval Office that is actually
> talking of using nuclear weapons against its enemies.  We have
> already laid Southern Iraq a radioactive wasteland!  This is insane,
> yet we, the people of the USA, have not acted to effectively stop
> this nonsense.  Why?  How is it that a nation born of the likes
> of Jefferson and Henry has become so impotent that it cannot or
> will not stop its government from acting in ways so repugnant to
> any half wit that people are beginning to fly jet liners into
> its office buildings?  Things such as that do not happen because
> we are innocent bystanders on the stage of world politics.  It
> would be terribly naive to think that we are.
>
> We're a good nation slowly turning bad through inaction.  I'm to
> blame and so are the rest of us.  I have to say that while I
> disagree with organizations such as PETA in terms of their agendas,
> I have to at least give them my respect for acting on their
> beliefs, which is a whole hell of a lot more than most of the rest
> of us seem to do.  If the American people were truly fit for
> freedom, we'd shove our collective foot so far up the government's
> ass, they'd quake in terror at the thought of stepping out of line
> once more.  I may be wrong, but as I see it, we are past the stage
> of polite dissent with our government.  That government will see us
> all dead or in chains if we don't stop it.  War on poverty, war on
> drugs, war on AIDS, war on terror... doesn't something about this
> language disturb you?
>
> I love this nation, but I hate what the government does and I don't
> use the word "hate" very casually in my speech.  It is heart
breaking
> to see what we are becoming.  We are like a person laying about so
> stoned that when thieves come to beat and rob him, all he does is
> lay there in a daze, unable and/or unwilling to do anything about
it.
> Shame on me.  Shame on most of us, I would suspect, as the power
> interests put us over the wood while we sit passively by, fretting
> about who will win tonight's game and who is screwing Britney
Spears.
> Just take an accounting of TV content and you will see what great
> concerns we have.  It is sad.
>
> Fire away, folks.
>
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