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73. When I close my eyes, it doesn't feel like 14 years aho

Mon May 14, 2018, 08:54 PM

May 2018

Just about every night I relive experiences I faced in Iraq in 2004. When I’m awake, usually I’m dealing with flashbacks and intrusive thoughts about what I was doing in Iraq back in 2004. Mostly they are regrets. Murdering another human being, even if they were trying to kill me, leaves you feeling guilt and remorseful.

Wasn’t Eliot rose water a character in Kurt Vonnegut novels? The characters was an infantryman in WWII, and a volunteer fireman after the war, if I’m not mistaken. For what it’s worth, I always identified with Kurt Vonnegut and his characters. The sense of emptiness and yearning to help others is precisely what I feel after my war experiences and having found I have blood on my hands after my war. Like Eliot Rosewater and his “foundation”, I could care less what happens to me personally as long as I leave a positive impact on those around me.

So yes, I will let a single vote from nearly 2 decades ago impact my support for a democrat.

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Any word from the "Trump is less likely to start a war than Clinton" crowd? [View all] Bleacher Creature Apr 2018 OP

I'm also curious ? BootinUp Apr 2018 #1

Doubt they will ever reply. dhol82 Apr 2018 #2

Theyre too busy swiping right on DumpDrumpf Apr 2018 #3

Not a peep... Mike Nelson Apr 2018 #4

yes. they will. nt BootinUp Apr 2018 #5

where you at susan sarandon????????????????????????? Takket Apr 2018 #6

Lounging comfortably in one of he multi million $$$$ hideaways Wwcd Apr 2018 #7

If I was her I'd be talking with my lawyer and making DAMNED sure I hadn't received any Russian $$$. DRoseDARs Apr 2018 #8

I have a feeling they'll ignore any little war things Trump does and spend all their time betsuni Apr 2018 #9

Yup sheshe2 Apr 2018 #15

Fuck Susan Sarandon! NurseJackie Apr 2018 #10

Fucking Shite for brains RatF****** Cha Apr 2018 #14

F**k them both ... and everyone BlueMTexpat Apr 2018 #23

Mahalo, BlueMTexpat! I wondered about Cha Apr 2018 #24

I hope that Macron has learned his BlueMTexpat May 2018 #74

Tons of folks who think risking seats to cons is worth electing a pure candidate. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #68

Agreed. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #16

I just thought of a Dem slogan.. Cha Apr 2018 #25

Great graphics, Cha! BlueMTexpat Apr 2018 #27

I lucked out, Blue.. I googled Cha Apr 2018 #28

Love 💕 this! sheshe2 Apr 2018 #32

We don't need no stinking Fake green.. Cha Apr 2018 #33

There's A Slogan I Can Get Behind Me. Apr 2018 #48

IkR! We don't need stein and sarandon's dangerous LIES Cha Apr 2018 #58

Its a Winner, Cha! Love the graphic Wwcd Apr 2018 #57

Yeah, VOTE BLUE.. You Really Will Get GREEN! Cha Apr 2018 #59

Susan Sarandon is an asshole sho is happy that trump was elected Gothmog Apr 2018 #65

They are too busy swilling Russian vodka workinclasszero Apr 2018 #11

Pretty sure they were all trolls. XRubicon Apr 2018 #12

Hiding under a rock until the Midterms & Cha Apr 2018 #13

That was a remarkably stupid crowd Awsi Dooger Apr 2018 #17

I don't expect much mcar Apr 2018 #18

Now I know what +1000 really means Roy Rolling Apr 2018 #19

3 words actually... Scurrilous Apr 2018 #20

In Neon! Cha Apr 2018 #29

... Scurrilous Apr 2018 #31

Well? WELL? BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #21

You won't get any word from them HERE. Jim Lane Apr 2018 #22

HERE? betsuni Apr 2018 #35

Thanks for proving my point Jim Lane Apr 2018 #42

Yes. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #43

Thanks for supporting my point that they don't post HERE. (n/t) Jim Lane Apr 2018 #45

Really? Gothmog Apr 2018 #47

HERE! betsuni Apr 2018 #52

That's a very specific distinction. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #54

Yes, too specific for some people to understand, apparently. (n/t) Jim Lane Apr 2018 #55

Nope. That's definitely not the case. (Try again.) ... NurseJackie Apr 2018 #56

Well Done, Cha Apr 2018 #60

+1000. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2018 #61

I am still amused by the fact that Jim was torally wrong on the DNC fraud lawsuit Gothmog Apr 2018 #67

We understand your posts but we are not buying your faux outrage Gothmog Apr 2018 #63

The real democrats understand you faux outrage but we are rejecting your feeble claims Gothmog Apr 2018 #64

Did you notice the posters misogynist use of "cackling"? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #69

No surprises there. Some things are too obvious anyway. NurseJackie May 2018 #71

And There You Have It Me. Apr 2018 #49

LOL betsuni Apr 2018 #51

I visited JPR today Gothmog Apr 2018 #46

They're too busy crumped up in a ball crying to themselves. joshcryer Apr 2018 #26

Remember this? oberliner Apr 2018 #30

I remember this Gothmog Apr 2018 #66

Don could do a porn star in the Rose Garden while lobbing missiles and grinding up kittens and Vinca Apr 2018 #34

The idiots on JPR must be happy Gothmog Apr 2018 #36

They're hoping for an invitation to a Moscow dinner at Putin's table. VOX Apr 2018 #37

Is this directed to people like me who criticize Hillary for her Iraq War Vote? Victor_c3 Apr 2018 #38

Yes, they exist, startimg with Susan Sarandon lunamagica Apr 2018 #40

No. I'm just as critical of that vote. Bleacher Creature Apr 2018 #41

To think of how every politician made bad choices, bad votes, that NOW Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #70

Different votes are more serious or critical than others Victor_c3 May 2018 #72

When I close my eyes, it doesn't feel like 14 years aho Victor_c3 May 2018 #73

Fuck Maureen Dowd too... SidDithers Apr 2018 #39

Doesn't hurt to remind of that shite again.. these people Cha Apr 2018 #62

Susan Sarandon and Jill Stein have gone into hiding. George II Apr 2018 #44

Kick ck4829 Apr 2018 #50

The lessons of 2000 were too soon forgotten in 2016 by the same usual suspects. Let us hope that still_one Apr 2018 #53