This coming from the person who embraced Hugo Chavez, and her nonsense continued until her last day of grandstanding.

Ms Sheehan is mostly right. I don’t think fascist applies, but corporate wasteland certainly does. I do wonder why the mothers of these brave yound people don’t say something. I know my own sister buys into all of this rhetoric about fighting there, not here, so perhaps that is it.

How many more have to die before we [collectively] wake up?

I know that last Sunday’s 60 Minutes had people who were in Iraq, and had realized it was wrong to be there, there were also those who said nothing, but you could see in their eyes they were seething. I don’t know, nor would I try to express for them, their opinion; I do think it is sad that for whatever reason they were unable to voice it.

I know I’ve been slammed for being un-American, and to them, I say it is ‘My country, right or wrong’ but also I don’t think one has to be stupid, and never admit that we were wrong. I knew it from the start, others came to that knowledge later…it does not make us less patriotic or proud of what we do have here.

I feel like the parent, who is ashamed of his child’s poor performance, not because of inability to deal with that poor performance, but knowing full well the child is capable of so much better.

Dear Marc

Good to hear from you. I do not believe that it is unpatriotic to disagree with the powers that be. They are men with an agenda and they make calculated decisions based on their best interest. After all they might not get reelected or be able to count on a hefty retirement at the taxpayers expense without being able to convince the innocent among us that they are doing what is in our best interests.

I want our soldiers home. Home from Iraq, home from Japan, home from Germany, home from Italy, home from Afghanistan and anywhere else where we don’t need to be stationed. In the Middle East we are never gong to win and are just setting up our soldiers as sheep for the slaughter. in the other countries they are democracies that haven’t gone out of their way to back the US and they no longer need our assistance to protect them.

Oh well, enough blabbering. Have a wonderful evening. Jackie

Dear Scott

No one said that Cindy was perfect. She suffered much pain as the result of an unjust war and had the gumption to stand up to the powers that be. If more of us were brave enough to risk as much as she did we could solve many of the problems facing us today.

I am glad that we are all free to express our opinions. Have a good night. Jackie

Hi Jackie,

I guess you still see these late entries posted long after the thread appears to have lost its impetus, eh? Got here from a link not indicating this was one of yours but can’t say as I’m surprised that it is. Dunno how I missed seeing this one when it was first published. Does Lockergnome link to ALL of your offerings in the newsletter or is it necessary to visit your homepage to see them?

I read your last book review but didn’t have anything pertinent to say, then I tried to get Chris to forward my email address to you so I could ask again how you were doing via a more appropriate medium. (ShadowMyth says you guys already have ‘em.) For whatever reasons he didn’t seem to want to get involved.

I saw Cindy Sheehan interviewed by Amy Goodman for most of a Democracy Now! the other day and it seems she’s reentered the activism scene—even managing to get herself arrested, I see.

Interesting how some people are willing to vilify a person for embracing a highly popular, democratically elected president (or for bein’ one o’ them Berkeley professors, “folks”) when those same kinds of people tend NOT to view Donald Rumsfeld with contempt for shaking hands with the likes of a brutal tyrant like Saddam Hussein.

Furthermore, for anyone who’s paying attention there’s more DEMOCRACY going on in Venezuela these days than there is here in the United States. After a failed U.S. coup to depose Chavez in 2002 he was restored to power (after a mere one-day deposal) by the popular will of the people. On the other hand we REMAIN in Iraq despite the fact that over 70% of us want OUT of Iraq; and Nancy Pelosi has made it very clear that impeachment hearings for our own dubiously elected officials are “off the table” despite the most flagrant ethical, fiduciary, Constitutional, international and civil rights violations of any administration in U.S. history.

Chavez is a hero to his people for very good reasons. Bush is reviled by an increasing number of Americans for equally good reasons.

HI Steve

Yes, Lockergnome links to all of my articles. I don’t have your email address or I would contact you directly. For obvious reasons I am leary about posting my personal email address and am unsure how to get it to you through any other means. If you can figure that out I will provide for you.

I didn’t know that Cindy had reentered the political scene but am glad that she has. We don’t have much political activism in my area so other than ranting about the injustices of the Bush Administration on my blog there is little outlet.

I wonder if Bush and his cohorts really understand how dictatorial their actions are and how many of our freedoms that they are jeopardizing. One can only hope that Americans will stand up and let the GOP know how we feel in 2008 by electing a president who is truly willing to return power to the states, throw out the Patriot Act, Secure our borders, and most importantly bring the remainder of our troops home in one piece.

Have a good day Steve and let me know what you figure out about the email address thing. Jackie