tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post2395843539447247239..comments2023-12-19T16:44:05.378-06:00Comments on The Eleventh Hour: Our Troops Fought and Died For My Right To Blog, So I Shouldn'tDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368635217133898734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-33650751328089439892008-10-14T16:46:00.000-05:002008-10-14T16:46:00.000-05:00Technically you only have to thank Revolutionary W...Technically you only have to thank Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 vets for your right to protest. If you live in the American Southwest to California then you might want to thank Mexican War veterans for that right. Other than that we haven't really faced any serious threat to our existence from anywhere in the world. However it is a point that our soldiers have been used to take away the right of protest (think 60s era as a good example) and it is their use by our own government whom we should fear the most.doggettmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303323200140490201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-22646007538681511892008-10-14T16:03:00.000-05:002008-10-14T16:03:00.000-05:00Just a couple things (and btw Dave, I want to let ...Just a couple things (and btw Dave, I want to let you know that I was not implying you were out of touch in one of my posts...don't want to wake up to an empty and broken Guiness bottle wrapped in the Illinois Times in my mailbox) I've noticed and wondered about:<BR/><BR/>1) It seems the people who talk the most about Patriotism and "supporting our troops" seem to be people who've never served a day of their lives in the military. I'm a little more receptive to people calling me unpatriotic if they have been in the military...and not some Rambo wannabe who never has served because he/she had "bad knees," was "too fat," or just had better things to do at the time.<BR/><BR/>2) Sarah Palin likes to talk a lot about Patriotism and how she wonders if us pinkos have thanked the troops for our right to protest. Me wonders if the great governor has thanked our troops for giving her husband the right to be a card-carrying member of a known Alaskan secessionist group in which the founder, one Mr. Vogler, stated on more than one occasion how much he hated America. Me thinks Mrs. Palin is feeling a litte bit of guilt, perhpas that is why she is all of a sudden a "patriot."<BR/><BR/>3) Look at her picture in the post. She has two lapel pins on: one of the American flag, and one of the Alaskan flag. It is my understanding, a patriot would never fly another flag above the American flag (actually I think that is part of the rules of displaying the American flag), so wouldn't that apply to lapel pins as well? Regardless, I think the picture demonstrates her true loyalties.<BR/><BR/>4) I do make it a point to thank every veteran I meet for their sacrifices. But in order to be in Palin's good graces, do I have to thank every veteran and soldier for my right to protest before I do so, or can I give an all-encompassing blanket "thank you?" If it is the former, does my thank you have to include deceased veterans, and if so, how far back do I have to go? Do I include police action, colonial wars, the Indian wars, or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-28284340321478470932008-10-14T08:39:00.000-05:002008-10-14T08:39:00.000-05:00The Right was practically calling Obama a mass mur...The Right was practically calling Obama a mass murderer? Really? Where did you see that?JLoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190072042108140085noreply@blogger.com