*You are just as dumb as the pastor who posted that sign. You two think because Obama's and Osama's names are similar Obama must be muslim. Well there are tons of Mexicans named Jesus, does that mean the son of God was a Mexican?BTW Obama is a Christian,but don't let the facts bother you.
*What does the war in Iraq have to do with us wearing burkas? Let me remind that none of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi, but most of them were from Saudi Arabia which ironically is a U.S. ally and the Saudi royal family are close personal friends of the Bushs who are also strangely close personal friends with the Bin Laden family. That's right, Osama Bin Laden's family and George W. Bush's family are like peas in a pod. But don't let the facts bother you.
*You can't build up a depleted all volunteer military if no one wants to go off to fight a pointless war that the majority of America is against. Have you perused the military's recruiting numbers lately? I guess we could bring back the draft. Then maybe some of the politicians who are sending the children of those among us who are less fortunate off to die would have to send their kids as well.
*My dear friend who just got back from a 15 month tour in Iraq does not have any desire to go back, ever.
*I myself as a veteran have no desire to go and I am frankly apalled at the blatant misuse of the American military to settle one man's score and to make Dick Cheney and Halliburton billions of dollars(can you say profiteering?)
*Neither of my 2 brothers who are recently military veterans have any desire to go.
*Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son to the Iraq war does not share the same opinion as your dear friend.
*And why do you say you "would" send your kids? Send them. Pack their bags and send them right now. If you don't have any kids then you go. Don't sit back and talk about how it is the right thing to do while you chomp a burger and swill down a beer. If you really think it is the right thing to do you go do it. You could go as a suicide bomber, it would be a win win situation.
*I am deeply sorry that your friend lost his daughter and I am even more sorry that it was for nothing. There are some fundamental questions that need to be asked about the Iraq war and they are: Why did we go in? Why are we still there? (Don't give me that giving democracy to the Iraqis. Bush Cheney and his ilk don't give a rat's *^&%$ about the Iraqis) When we talk about winning the war in Iraq what do we mean. It is like the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, and Mc Cain's new proposed war on poverty. Like John Edwards said they are just bumper stickers that scare people into letting the repressive American regime du jour swindle away our money and our civil liberties (a la The Patriot Act).
*Cutting taxes for people that don't paid taxes or who pay very little taxes does not put anymore money in the hands of those who would stimulate the economy. I am lower middle class and I have paid any income tax in the last 3 years because I have gotten it all back at tax time. And food is not taxed anyway.What taxes are Johnny going to cut for me? What I really need are repairs done to the road, better public transportation to relieve traffic, education susidization and more police on the street.
*Cutting taxes does also cut government spending that much is true like spending to schools(K-12, community colleges and public universities), public transportation, police, firemen, and the other myriad of public services that benefit me and my family on a daily basis. The government spending that should be cut like the funneling of our tax dollars to the Iraqi government and Halliburton is not on the agenda for Mc Cain and his republican cronies because they are reaping the rewards.
*Your last comment is far too stupid to even dignify with a response but suffice it to say that muslims are not the only ones who have committed terrorist acts against the United States(did we forget about Mc Veigh and Kaczinsky?) And the fact that there has not been a subsequent terrorist act on American soil since Sept 11(excluding the numerous school shootings and whatever else I may have missed) does not mean that republicans have been keeping America safe. It only means that now they don't have to come all the way over here to kill us. Now they can do it right in their own back yard.
*And lastly who is going to protect us from the fundamentalist christians? Their influence has been encroaching on my peace and quiet more and more since King George took the throne. I want to be christian even less than I want to be muslim. At least the muslims aren't hypocrites.

So after reading your post it is clear to me that you are a victim of the conservative brainwashing machine and summarization of your entire post can be done in one line:
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Posted on April 25, 2008 — by joemama

It's amazing how brainwashed actually the average Americans are! They become happy as little kids in preschool once they learned that Obama and Osama do rhyme! And they are even ready to send their own kids to the slaughter just like cows whose remains they eat on their daily peace of fast “food”! But if an average poor or low middle class family here has 4 and more children (oh yes, lots of minimum wage workers and disposable solders are needed here, so spread, spread just like rabbits!), than one of them is probably not a very great loss for them. And having that little of brains left (if any), they are not able to do little research about the worlds history and realize that there were millions and millions of deaths for NOTHING, for somebody's wrong ideas and ambitions and THE WORST – just for somebody can make MORE money! It would be a different story if the real enemy was here in the country and people had to defend their own homes. But it is much easier to sit on your couch, chew on your french fries, enjoy your peaceful life and THINK that you know all about it. Oh yeah, and watch friend of yours spending his dead daughters life insurance on a new car for himself, or maybe on vacation for the rest of the family...

Posted on April 25, 2008 — by Not_A_Sheep

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