That is IT!!!! (rant)

[Hobo]

All right I finally reached my breaking point. I vowed to myself I will not watch any of the Repuke hate fest. So Last night I listened to some world music on the CD player, checking in here from time to time to see some reports. Then I saw the thread about the Purple Hearts on the Band Aids.

I need to know how the fuck can any person who served in the military or the family of military personnel even consider supporting a Repuke for any elected position in this country?

To me this little "gag" is offensive, it is like spitting on the cross. Vietnam Vets, they are laughing at your service to your country. Widows, they are laughing at the sacrifice your loved ones made. Mothers they are laughing at the death of your child.

Finally, They are laughing at my mom, whose son made the ultimate sacrifice. The flag from the coffin and the medals of my long lost brother still hang in my parents home. I detest all of those scum who last night decided it would be funny to wear those "gags" You, you fucking holier than thou, smug, religion hijacking, assholes can, and I know you will, rot in a special place in hell.

Plus, all you Free Republic George W Bush ass licker fuck wads out reading this, I say to you, You want a piece of me? You had better come with more than just one or two of you. Come and get me! I have been very tolerant of any repubes in my office, or general discussions I have had, not any more the gloves are off.

To all the chicken hawks out there, you know who you are, can go, in the words of the lead chicken hawk, fuck yourselves.

Hobo

[LeftHander]

1. Vent - Write a letter

Tell people at work...

Write a letter to congress, everyone you can....

Write a letter to the editor...express your outrage.

Channel that anger and outrage into something constructive...

YOu hit some very good points that represent many who have become victims of war. Please do sit down and write a letter to the editor of your local paper.

DO it here. People will help so it will be sure to run....

(of course you will have to take the swearing out....)

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Hear hear

and for the record all the vets I know, don't like George, and did not give any Pukes we knew an easy time

[daveskilt]

2. republican selective blindness - their own guys medals for beer - pong

but still the mindless mass will vote repub duped by one of the issues that their local god merchant has drummed into them. my mother in law concedes bush is terrible in every way but will vote for him because she could never vote for a "baby killer" despite the logical response that bush killed thousands in his mad crusade. I hate stupid people.

[elehhhhna]

7. A deserter sends 1,000 troops so far to their deaths--

and thousands to dismemberment, blindness, DU radiation exposure, etc., then MOCKS the fucking Purple Heart...god i'm speechless.

This administration really is run like a frat house.

[liberalnurse]

3. Take that anger...that energy and

go down to your County Board of Elections and get voter registration forms. Get voter information and qualification forms too. Then, go to a public venue and register folks to vote.


It is empowering. Any one can do it! Stand outside of Kroger's, the Mall or any place where you find people. Look for a disenfranchised population group too. Use your imagination.

[warrior1]

4. email

I've sent one off to John Kerry's site. I'm so pissed off.

The repukes hate vets.

[sui generis]

6. amen brother!

I would like to be able to say the rage is irrational because then I could manage it, but it's not irrational.

These people are disgusting excuses for humans and quite frankly I do not feel a lot of kinship with them, American or not.

All of our gloves have been off for a while - but the RNC and the 24/7 coverage of Our Glorious Leader is especially outrageous considering the outright lame coverage of the DNC.

[veteran_for_peace]

8. They love to use veterans

The republicans love to use Veterans for their own purpose. They cut our benefits and close down our VA hospitals. They claim to love veterans and their families but most enlisted under E-5 would qualify for food stamps.

[democrank]

9. Hobo....

I`m with you on this. This incident with delegates mocking suffering was the breaking point for me. Today, I plan to take action through phone calls, emails, letters to editors. I`ve absolutely had it.

[ezekiel333]

10. Tell everyone you see today about it

I boiled over last night as well. I spent all last night emailing and faxing everyone I could think of and I took the day off today to continue. They will not get away with this.

<http://floridapatriots.com/purpleheartbandaids.htm>

~Gunny C

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

11. Anybody that could wear one of those is a mindless zombie with no feelings

I swear they must be dead inside to everything but their hatred for all Democrats and liberals. I am sorry about your brother. To anyone with a soul, he is a hero, and since most of us have so many questions about that war, I would rather that he had not been sent and would be alive today.

[lapislzi]

12. Deeeeeep cleansing breath...

We hear you. We are behind you 1000%.

They are stupid, they are wrong, and if there is any justice in this world at all, they will pay for their insensitivity. Karma can be one bitchy mistress.

[wadestock]

13. It is beyond belief.....

I feel the same anger....they are arrogant and ignorant people. The whole thing about the first purple heart is a complete joke. I've talked to a variety of people who have served and they laugh at that one. It's common knowledge that they were giving out purple hearts rather indiscriminately during much of Nam. Comparatively, even if Kerry's wounds were self-inflicted, it registers about 0.5 out of 100 on the concern meter. It's too bad the public has been informed better in general about what goes on in the military.

So what are they focusing on now....what the F are they left with after the purple heart?....the issue of being in Cambodia X-mas eve?.....is that about the f'in limit on how much schit they can try to drag along with a hopeless attempt to prove that Kerry has no character?

But the entire reason scum like this flocks together like flies on schit is because they are pathetic hollow people, that have no real ideas, no wisdom, no real perspective on things....they can't relate to people in any positive way so they are stuck with the camaraderie that they share with fellow a-holes.

A key character flaw in these people is that they essential BELIEVE in things which are convoluted or simply wrong. They don't rationalize as you or I would, they like the feeling of believing. You'll see people like this congregate in public circles and discuss inane theories...and it's almost like the stupider the idea...the more they revel in the notion and the more they form allegiances. You've heard the expression, "ignorance is bliss"....well these people have made a modern day science out of it.

The current Republican party represents a forum now for their collection and unification. As you panned through the crowd last nite and saw their faces, you can see the hopelessness in their eyes....you can see they are generally phony people. Ironic isn't it, that Limbaugh and all these self-serving people talk to the hilt about values and what is right. Well there's a reason for that...they are constantly trying to convince themselves that their immoral, selfish existences are alright. The fact that they congregate together is essential to support this phony belief.

You've seen these people for years growing in power. With the rise of Reaganism and the new breed of corporate a-hole, they have been growing in numbers and power within management. Entire companies have been polluted by their assembly. Now we are seeing the profound effects of this within the Republican party...and now on the world scene.....led by the sanctimonious A-hole himself, the epitome of arrogance and ignorance...Mr. Bush.

When you think of it in these terms, you can understand profoundly why W is exactly the guy they can look up to.

[daveskilt]

14. so kerry isnt sure about his exact grid location for an hour in 1969....

where the fuck was bush for the rest of the YEAR!

the cambodia thing is a nonsense smokescreen.

more illustration of the inability of so many people to think critically.

[Hobo]

15. I wrote my...

Congresswoman and asked to denounce this action on the floor of the House. It will be in the House records. There forever, fucking, ass wipe repukes. You evil, vile, bastards.

Hobo

[Tight_rope]

16. I totally agree!

[ignatius 2]

17. Damn straight..they not only slimed the soldiers,vets and their loved ones

but are bringing back a lot of pain for many people that had long been buried.

Even now as our soldiers are literally putting their asses on the line, they laugh and joke about purple hearts like it is some little trinket you pick up at their beloved fucking walmart stores.

I have e-mailed my senators, also McCain and Kennedy, my paper and several of the tv stations. I wanted to send this to Max Cleland, but I couldn't find his e-mail address. Since the repukes slandered and compare him to Osama in 2002 elections, he no longer has a senate page.

You, being a vet, would help get him out of office if you let other vets know what happened, The story is already fading from the tv screens and so far my damn paper(Indianapolis) hasn't printed a thing includpng the comments I sent to them.

Please keep this story alive, what they have done is flat out wrong and they should be held accountable for this slander.

[Cleita]

18. They sank to the bottom of traitorous cruelty with that

stunt. I'm wondering why the librul media isn't denouncing this in the most strident and loud terms possible. My sympathy to you and your parents for being subjected to this. I can't wait for those swine to get what is coming to them.