Re: NBC: Just For You Joe
- From: fearless freep <dntroad64@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
Amen!
You know what's amazing? The people of South Korea are in the streets
protesting right now. Been there for several weeks I think. Why?
Because their government agreed to import US beef. That's right, in
South Korea they take to the streets en mass because of BEEF IMPORTS!
And yet here, in the bastion of democracy, we can't even bother to get
off our asses as we're lied to and our constitution is systematically
dismantled.
Ah, who cares.....we got great TV and low prices at Wal Mart.
On Jun 30, 10:33 am, gumboman <gu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The WWII generation speaks out and since this person doesn't see the
current leadership in Washington as you see it and support it well
......... just more evidence your analogies are wrong.
Do you know who said this?
JH
"Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's
happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming
bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of
state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us
blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a
hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods
their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course."
"Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the
Titanic. I'll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!
"& someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.
The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the
Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies.
Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the
wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). The most famous business
leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're
fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know
what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard
questions.
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That's not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across
the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?
"I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're
not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have.
"I'm going to speak up because it's my patriotic duty & I'm hoping to
strike a nerve in those young folks who say they don't vote because
they don't trust politicians to represent their interests. Hey,
America, wake up. These guys work for us.
"Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in
Washington? Well, we voted for them — or at least some of us did. But
I'll tell you what we didn't do. We didn't agree to suspend the
Constitution. We didn't agree to stop asking questions or demanding
answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech
treason. Where I come from that's a dictatorship, not a democracy.
"And don't tell me it's all the fault of right-wing Republicans or
liberal Democrats. That's an intellectually lazy argument, and it's
part of the reason we're in this stew. We're not just a nation of
factions. We're a people. We share common principles and ideals. And
we rise and fall together.
"There was a time in this country when the voices of great leaders
lifted us up and made us want to do better. Where have all the leaders
gone?
"On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other
time in our history. & That was George Bush's moment of truth, and he
was paralyzed. And what did he do when he'd regained his composure? He
led us down the road to Iraq — a road his own father had considered
disastrous when he was President. But Bush didn't listen to Daddy. He
listened to a higher father. He prides himself on being faith-based,
not reality based. If that doesn't scare the crap out of you, I don't
know what will.
"So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan
for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit
in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to
Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health
care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a
coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are
like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These
are times that cry out for leadership. '
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