First off, where do you get off thinking you are the voice of Veterans on this board? Being a Veteran doesn't mean you pack your morals and ethics away and "just follow orders". If anything, I honor my friends and family in uniform by not wanting them to be put in harm's way without a very good reason. I hate seeing my friends off for *another* six months on the USS Abraham Lincoln, away from his wife and daughters. How can you justify your bloodthirsty attitude, Mr. Red Badge of Courage? Why are you so eager to put good men and women in harms way without taking a really good look at why?

Bleeding heart liberal indeed. Hmph.



As an aside, do you deny that Mr. Gore received more votes? Yes, yes, the electoral system, I understand. I also realize that the election of 2000 demonstrated the flaws of the electoral compromise and I think it is high time we as a nation revisited our presidential election methods. But I digress...

Here, I have to disagree. Mr. Bush has done a poor job, economically, diplomatically, and politically. Economically, tons of people are unemployed, the intial tax cut had no effect, and now with the HUGE spending increases, our national debt has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. He spends *worse* than a Democrat, and is only different by not taxing to pay for it. He shows none of the classic fiscally conservative behavior, and we are worse for it.

Diplomatically, he is a disaster. Long time allies are turning their backs on us due to his policies, and he pours gasoline on the fire with such classics as his "Axis of Evil" speech. If anything, America needs to set the standard for modern democracy to keep the world's respect, and we haven't been doing that lately.

Look, I didn't particularly care for Clinton or Bush Sr., but I know when a job is being done poorly.
Congratulations on your use of the classic logical fallacy known as "The Strawman". You make blanket statements of what you feel I believe and then pummel and ridicule those beliefs to attempt to discredit and insult me.

Too bad it doesn't hold a drop of water.

You don't know what I believe. I never "bashed" this country. I don't have either an SUV or a sled, and I am certainly not an "ungrateful" Liberal.

You, on the other hand, seem happy to follow blindly under the guise of "patriotism." You may have been in the armed forces, sir, but your kind of attitude is anything but patriotic.
As a matter of fact, I have lost a friend to terrorism. He was a firefighter in New York, and he was much braver than all of the Keyboard Kourage you could ever muster.
I don't disrespect this country; I work to make it better.
I work to make it live up to the ideals for which many have died.
I stand with those who do not give up rights for temporary "security".
I stand with those who see what what we as a country are losing in our rush to implement draconian security measures.
I stand with those who believe that understanding and diplomacy is vital in our world, and that wishing it away doesn't change the fact that you DO have to deal with other countries.
I stand with those who would not waste American soldiers lives without a very good reason.

God Bless America indeed, and God protect us from the America we are slowly becoming.