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Photos from Hollywood AntiWar March

by Juan Ito Monday, Feb. 17, 2003 at 10:24 PM

Photos from Hollywood AntiWar March Feb 15

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warisgood

by war Friday, Feb. 21, 2003 at 10:10 PM

People,

I recently received the chain e-mail below.

Though I am fairly certain the individuals propagating

this are well-intentioned, so was an individual named

Nevel Chamberlin, who also believed in "peace in our

time." Nevel looked at Hitler as a man who could be

reasoned with. Nevel never even began to see the true

evil of Hitler's plans. Within a decade of

Chamberlin's policy of appeasement, over 6,000,000

Jews and other "unclean" people had been put to death

by the Nazi regime. Ironically, Chamberlin had no

idea that Hitler would use gas on his victims.

However, this time, we are dealing with a mad man, who

not only rules by terror and tyranny, but he has in

fact used chemical gas on both his enemies (the

Iranians) and his own people (the Kurds).

So, as you yellow-bellied self-sanctified

liberals type away on your computers in reasonable

safety, remember that it wouldn't take much for a

"dirty bomb" or other chemical disbursement delivery

device to be set off in the parking lot of a major

sporting event or other large crowd gathering. If you

think what happened with the twin towers has horrific,

then wait until you hear the horrendous cries of

innocent people suffering from nerve gas exposure.

Wait until you see the results of human skin coming in

contact with blister agents. Wait until terrorists

start blowing themselves up on American soil. Most of

this will probably be captured by our faithful media

in full living (so to speak) color. Maybe, just

maybe, you will understand that there are times when

war is justified.

There is an old saying that “those who do not

study history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.” If

you have never heard, or understood, the story of

Nevel Chamberlin and Adolph Hitler, I urge you to

search the internet and do some investigating. The

situation unfolding today is very similar to what

happened so many years ago. However, this time we are

much more prepared to deal effectively with the

threat.

On a personal note, as a veteran with over 18

years of military service, I can’t say that I am eager

to see people die. Military people always prepare for

war and pray for peace. That said, if I am called, I

will answer. I have taken an oath, a sacred vow to

defend my country against all enemies, both foreign

and domestic. Most of you, who have never had the

honor to serve your country will never fully

understand this concept. Again, I hope that you can

continue to live your lives in relative peace and

security. In the mean time, you can take all your

petty little war protests and shove them where the sun

doesn’t shine! Go join the French for all I care.

They have been stomped twice by evil forces. And

twice we have had to save their buts. I really

wouldn’t mind seeing them get trashed again just to

snap them out of their arrogance. At the very least,

maybe they should tour the graves of the thousands of

Americans who gave their lives to liberate that

country.

If military action is taken, I don’t expect to

see “thousands of Americans coming back in body bags”

as Sadam Hussein has threatened. I expect that you

will see the surgical precision of the previous Gulf

War, with many improvements (as we have had over a

decade to improve our technology). We are not going

after civilians (like Sadam Hussein has), we are going

to neutralize his fighting capability… by whatever

means it takes. Get a clue, get a life! Study

history and learn something. I will leave you with

the words of our last 5-star general, Douglas

MacArthur… "For history teaches with unmistakable

emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier

war. It points to no single instance where the end has

justified that means-where appeasement has led to more

than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis

for new and successively greater demands, until, as in

blackmail, violence becomes the only alternative." -

General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur

>

No War

by Sheila Johnson Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003 at 6:43 PM
SwedishandIrish@Aol.com

Bush said that those of us who protest do not care about peace; he does not see himself as a threat to peace, however. The war of man, however long its span. Sheila Johnson

Ms

by Sue Crawford Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003 at 10:57 PM

Just because you play a part doen't make you an expert on any subject. You are an actor! No more, no less. You guys believe in doing anything for fun and pleasure, where nothing is evil. You are evil. Play your parts but keep your mouth shut. Sue Crawford

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war is good???

by randy Sunday, Mar. 02, 2003 at 9:37 PM
west bend, wi.

i too am a veteran and served my country as a youth (the best as i knew how)... as an adult, after doing my time and seeking the hard earned answers (because you don't see them in the corporate controlled media) i have weighed many sides, read the constitution, consulted my conscience and decided that war is merely greedy people looking to line their own pockets! they buy, use and own the media as a fear inducing manipulative propaganda machine used to make public opinion then exploit it for their greedy self interests... ie; oil, strategic positioning, war profits...

it was the c.i.a. and george bush senior who overthrew the previous government of iraq (murder) and put this present regime in power (corruption), supplied him with all of his weapons of mass destruction with instructions to use them against iran (the enemy of the u.s. at the time) in the 1980's (crimes against humanity).

if the u.s. government was really all about peace and democracy we would have an elected leader and the world woud have peace!

there are just too many americans who believe the corporate sponsored crooks... waving a flag and rooting for our team (as if it was us the u.s.) against the enemy of the moment (the other team as in sports). real democracy and real patriotism is work! it is our job as global citizens to expose the corruption, change the government and make it a more honest representation FOR the people.

i feel better about serving humanity than g.w. bushes corporations and the wealthy elites!

how many innocent people have to die for war profits? for greed? for opening new territory to corporations? to control oil?

if you just happened to be born over there instead of in the west, what would you do when the bombs start falling? when the dieing starts? when your family members become just the days body count? as in Afghanistan... and so many of the other u.s. sponsored & backed wars around the globe.

peace to you all, if this stirs up anger perhaps do some research both inside and out.

whom would jesus bomb?

Great post, Randy

by Sheepdog Sunday, Mar. 02, 2003 at 11:51 PM

It was hell going in right after RFK was

assassinated( following the Clumsy cover up

by the LAPD ) and thinking all the time

'Just let me survive this and I'll never

let it happen again if I can help it' as

a never ending mantra. Sometimes it worked.

I made it. Now I'm keeping a promise.

trvltrsh

by Beverly Duncan Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2003 at 11:39 AM

I strongly agree with the statement that you protesters are just actors. Russell Crowe played a paranoid schizophrenic in a movie and the media interviewed as to the insight of this mental disorder. Please.... Martin Sheen played in Apocalypse Now so that makes him an expert on war? Please..... You people need to get a life. Try reading history. I've read if you don't pay attention to history you are bound to repeat it. Let's hope we don't have concentration camps in Beverly Hills. I'm afraid some of our experts won't be able to stand the pressure.

concentration camps in Beverly Hills.

by Sheepdog Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2003 at 4:19 PM

Now that is a silly idea.

Shall we call it a leap of paranoia?

A dream of course ( yuppies working in chaingangs)

but still out of reach. No what the beverly hill types better worry about is the result of repression and

wealth/class gulfs producing final inevitable violent

backlash.

SILENCE BUSH ADMIRER & DIOGENES

by Gregg McKenzie Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2003 at 6:23 PM

Silence Bush Admirer, Sheepdog & Diogenes. This forum is choked by these imbeciles!

SILENCE BUSH ADMIRER & DIOGENES

by Gregg McKenzie Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2003 at 6:23 PM

Silence Bush Admirer, Sheepdog & Diogenes. This forum is choked by these imbeciles!

The Patriot's Duty

by Publius Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2003 at 6:47 PM

If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our Country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin. -- Samuel Adams (1780)

TO ALL THE LIBERAL FOOLS OUT THERE !

by Michael Savage Thursday, Mar. 06, 2003 at 7:23 AM
(we)Love-Bush

For all of you fools out there marching in protest of the war against Iraq you are all too ignorant to believe anything other than the B.S. you see the actors in Hollywood saying against the war . Democrats are all haters of anything BUSH does and you fools would rather see Saddam get away with all of the Treaties and laws he has broken than to see this country take a stand against terrorism ! Lets put an end to terrorism so you fools can go watch your movies and put more money in those liberals such as Alec Baldwin , Martin Sheen and Sean Pencil Head Penns wallet . Wake up and smell the republicans taking over you liberal idiots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OneEyedMan

by KPC Thursday, Mar. 06, 2003 at 7:30 AM

I like bush too, it's that dickhead in the Whitehouse I can't stand....

"Let's put an end to terrorism..." , that stupidity will stand right up there with "Osama-dead or alive"

...by the way, whatever happened to that Osama guy...I guess he traded his turban for Khakis and moved from Kabul to Bagdad....

..some fuckin people will believe anything pissed into their ear, and do so SAVAGELY!

FACTS?

by TREVOR Saturday, Mar. 08, 2003 at 4:16 AM

WITH FACTS,YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO UNDERSTAND.WHY CANT YALL SEE THE FACTS?NORTH KOREA HAS NUKES NOW BECAUSE THEY GOT AWAY WITH EVERYTHING,RIGHT UNDER THE U.N.'S NOSE(SPY PLANES,CAMERA'S,INSPECTIONS,ECT....)THEY STILL BUILT NUKES.SO,LETS JUST GIVE SADDAM SOME MORE TIME,LET INSPECTIONS WORK?WHAT?SO HE CAN BUILD NUKES TO?COME ON PEOPLE,DO THE RIGHT THING.GET BEHIND OUR TROOPS IN THIS CONTINUED WAR.THIS IS STILL THE GULF WAR,WE WERE AT CEASE FIRE,AND SADDAM BROKE THE AGREEMENT!WHAT ABOUT THIS DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?AND TO ALL YOU LOVELY STARS OUT THERE,I PREY FOR YOUR SOUL.ATLEAST WHAT'S LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OneEyedMan

by KPC Saturday, Mar. 08, 2003 at 8:33 AM

Yeah, Trevor, and the tooth fairy is real, and santy claus, and da Shrub is not and idiot....

Mrs

by CJ Neal Sunday, Mar. 16, 2003 at 1:13 AM

Freedom has a special flavor

For those who fought for it

That the protected will never know.

breech

by Weather man Sunday, Mar. 16, 2003 at 1:48 AM

Why can't foolish men lay down?

If our freedom is only won through the Armed Forces,

why then is that I have MLK on my wall?

Fighting in war doesn't entitle one to a monopoly on freedom.

But, knowing that a large percentage of enlistment think

"in the box," (linear thinkers), I am continually impressed by

the amount that can tackle an abstract concept like "freedom."

Bravo, hack.





You have the right

by MadMaxim Sunday, Mar. 16, 2003 at 3:06 AM

>>If our freedom is only won through the Armed

>>Forces, why then is that I have MLK on my wall?

Non-Violence is indeed an effective tactic - but only in countries that are ruled by a government in which a moral conscience prevents use of lethal force against the protestors.

Gandhi would not have been able to make salt in Nazi Germany - or Iraq.

TJ BEAR

by TJ Quick Monday, Mar. 17, 2003 at 6:44 AM
3caruso@cox.net

LIBERATE IRAQIANS.

God Blesses America.

Liberate Iraqian women and children.

PLEASE,

SET US FREE.

God Bless America

HELP IRAQians IN Iraq

Ms.

by Felice M. Vega Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2003 at 11:55 PM
felice4days@yahoo.com San Francisco, CA

WE MUST GET SERIOUS ABOUT IMPEACHMENT OF BUSH

URGE THE GOVERNMENT AND GATHER MILLIONS OF SIGNATURES TO IMPEACH THE MANIAC OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE (ILLEGALLY)

IMPEACH BUSH NOW

IMPEACH BUSH NOW

IMPEACH BUSH NOW

KELLY

by KELLY Thursday, Mar. 20, 2003 at 3:39 AM

SPEND MORE TIME PRAYING FOR YOUR PRESIDENT AND COUNTRY INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM. IT'S NOT EASY RUNNING A COUNTRY. HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

Dumb as dumb can get

by A Girl Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2003 at 4:30 AM

For you folks out there in favor of this war... ignorantly believing that terrorism is the root of all evil..please let not irrationality and your filthy fake feelings of patriotism destory humanity...use your brains and love for life for once.

Terrorism...it is an ideology not something tangible...we can't kill terrorism...by murdering millions of people (and taking their oil while we're at it). To do away with terrorism..we must alleviate people from poverty, oppression, and repression...all and some in part imposed by our very own economic and military policies abroad. Let's take responsibility instead of creating a ficitious evil which we can't defeat. Let's make this world a better place by creating a better place. Let's not talk of war and make war in which humanity cannot win.

Let's not compromise civil liberty. Let's not buy into proganda. Americans haven't you heard and seen what the rest of the world think of us? Wake up..it's not too late.

Mr

by Wounded Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2003 at 7:53 PM

I was fucking shot to protect people I did not know. They thanked me for that. You sit in a fucking mansion telling me I was wrong. Get your head out of you ass. I love your movies. stick to that as you know nothing of the real world. We have been their you have not.

Mike Rosmus

814-344-8698

Hey jarhead

by occasional writer Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2003 at 7:56 PM

Oh, yeah, and WAR is part of "the real world?" YOUR depraved world is not a world I care to live in.

A Girl

by daveman Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at 9:01 AM

"... ignorantly believing that terrorism is the root of all evil.."

Hardly. Terrorism is a manifestation of evil.

"...we can't kill terrorism...by murdering millions of people...'

Millions? Count again.

"To do away with terrorism..we must alleviate people from poverty, oppression, and repression...all and some in part imposed by our very own economic and military policies abroad. "

No, to do away with terrorism requires educating people that blowing up innocent people is not a valid form of political expression. The rest of your sentence? The old "we deserved it" song and dance. Would you think we deserved it if someone you knew and loved died in the Towers, the Pentagon, or a Pennsylvania field?

"Let's take responsibility instead of creating a ficitious evil which we can't defeat. Let's make this world a better place by creating a better place. Let's not talk of war and make war in which humanity cannot win."

We are not responsible for creating terrorism. The evil is not fictitious; it walks the earth and wants to kill people for no other reason than their religion or their nationality. The rest of that sentence is nothing more than idealistic well-wishing wich solves absolutely nothing.

"Let's not compromise civil liberty. Let's not buy into proganda. Americans haven't you heard and seen what the rest of the world think of us? Wake up..it's not too late."

And why should we care what the world thinks of us? Since when is popularity more important than doing the right thing? I'd rather be right than popular.

Go march in your little protest, and kid yourself you're actually making a difference.

daveman

by The Voice of Reason Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at 1:13 PM

Go scrub a latrine, sergeant, and kid yourself you're actually making a difference.

Oh, and...

by daveman Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at 1:46 PM

...waving signs, chanting, and puking and crapping in the street are

making a difference?

Only in the lives of the people who have to clean up after you

self-serving, smug, self-deluded people.

And not for the better.

BTW,

by daveman Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at 1:47 PM

...Voice of Alleged Reason:

We hire civilians to clean the latrines. Need a job? You can put that Liberal Arts education to work, finally.

caveman daveman

by The Voice of Reason Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2003 at 2:09 PM

Well, I see that you're putting your GED to good use, potato peeler. I believe that scrubbing latrines is a bit beneath a PhD. Those menial tasks are better suited for a person like yourself.


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