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Title: Still At War
Post by: jaybet on February 04, 2008, 08:56:36 AM
With all this silly election crap the news is strangely silent on the continuing sacrifice our young people are making in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I was reminded of this when I was playing a show last saturday night. A woman came up to me and asked if we could play something that would, "Make me cry". I didn't know what to say to her, then she asked me to dedicate something to her son who would be leaving for Iraq in a week.   Ouch.

We did our patriotic We The People and dedicated it to Sean R. It's not a tear jerker, but what can you say to a mother?
While we were playing the song I saw at least 10 people go by her table and talk to her, put their hand on her shoulder, a couple of hugs.
Nice.
Title: Re: Still At War
Post by: Pathfinder on February 04, 2008, 06:33:56 PM
Quote from: jaybethel on February 04, 2008, 08:56:36 AM
With all this silly election crap the news is strangely silent on the continuing sacrifice our young people are making in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I was reminded of this when I was playing a show last saturday night. A woman came up to me and asked if we could play something that would, "Make me cry". I didn't know what to say to her, then she asked me to dedicate something to her son who would be leaving for Iraq in a week.   Ouch.

We did our patriotic We The People and dedicated it to Sean R. It's not a tear jerker, but what can you say to a mother?
While we were playing the song I saw at least 10 people go by her table and talk to her, put their hand on her shoulder, a couple of hugs.
Nice.

No, Jaybethel, sadly the MSM ain't silent, they have - in light of the successes in Iraq - now shifted to their time-tested BS about the psychotic crazed killer soldiers returning, staging murderous rampages and whacking their families before offing themselves.

Geez, I hope this country does come to a revolution sometime soon, there would certainly be a target rich environment of traitors to incarcerate - and that is just in the MSM. Then Congress, then the teacher's unions, then . . . .
Title: Re: Still At War
Post by: tombogan03884 on February 05, 2008, 01:01:31 AM
Hey Pathfinder, Did you miss the stories about homeless Iraq war Veterans. More recycled BS
Title: Re: Still At War
Post by: pioneer on February 06, 2008, 03:42:13 PM
Quote from: tombogan03884 on February 05, 2008, 01:01:31 AM
Hey Pathfinder, Did you miss the stories about homeless Iraq war Veterans. More recycled BS

FOX's Bill O'Reilly did a story on this last week.  He sent a crew out on streets of NY and couldn't find a single homeless Iraq veteran.  The camera crew then went to a planned protest rally by vets and interviewed them.  The vets said they don't know of any homeless Iraq vets, but were told there were by the organization that was sponsoring the rally. 

And they call Rush Limbaugh listeners "mind numbed robots." 

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Title: Re: Still At War
Post by: 2HOW on February 06, 2008, 03:58:17 PM
What is disturbing is the suicide rate for vets and active duty these days.