Comments on: Requiem [a guest post] http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/ balls-to-the wall social and media commentary by a writer with no P's and Q's to mind Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:36:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: filmare nunta http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-28275 filmare nunta Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:37 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-28275 Dear George, good work my friend Dear George,
good work my friend

]]> By: Joke Valentijn http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27826 Joke Valentijn Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:44:11 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27826 Dear George, Here too we are very disappointed. But the Dutch government has the same doubtful attitude. Parliament says: 'no more Dutch troops to Afghansitan'. While the government wants to persist in sending troops. Desparately, Joke V. Dear George,

Here too we are very disappointed.

But the Dutch government has the same doubtful attitude. Parliament says: ‘no more Dutch troops to Afghansitan’. While the government wants to persist in sending troops.

Desparately,

Joke V.

]]> By: Paula Camacho http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27805 Paula Camacho Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:52:16 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27805 I could never understand how old men can send all our young men and women off to war. And now they are going to "try" to finish this!! Obama said this is not Vietnam but he is wrong, it is his Vietnam whether he admits it or not. George you are right. I could never understand how old men can send all our young men and women off to war. And now they are going to “try” to finish this!! Obama said this is not Vietnam but he is wrong, it is his Vietnam whether he admits it or not. George you are right.

]]> By: Mindy Gewuerz http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27794 Mindy Gewuerz Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:36:02 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27794 The assembly of the Corpse of Cadets were not smiling or cheering during the speech - it's much more than the allure of being a war president - I think Obama has hit, less than a year into his presidency, the brick wall of the military industrial complex that is both the executive and legislative branches of our government. He, like Queen Elizabeth, is a figurehead. We are neck deep in fascism and so few of us are outraged. We have been numbed into submission. It's not about the Taliban or Al Q'aeda - it's about oil, it's about the pipeline - it's about keeping the fear level at Code Orange, it's about controling fuel, water, food, healthcare, et cetera. It is time to over throw these shitheads with...well, new shitheads? We cannot be complicit in our numbness - and I know how tired most of us are after 8+ years of protesting, donating, signing petitions, being active. Ok, I'll stop now. The assembly of the Corpse of Cadets were not smiling or cheering during the speech – it’s much more than the allure of being a war president – I think Obama has hit, less than a year into his presidency, the brick wall of the military industrial complex that is both the executive and legislative branches of our government. He, like Queen Elizabeth, is a figurehead. We are neck deep in fascism and so few of us are outraged. We have been numbed into submission. It’s not about the Taliban or Al Q’aeda – it’s about oil, it’s about the pipeline – it’s about keeping the fear level at Code Orange, it’s about controling fuel, water, food, healthcare, et cetera. It is time to over throw these shitheads with…well, new shitheads? We cannot be complicit in our numbness – and I know how tired most of us are after 8+ years of protesting, donating, signing petitions, being active. Ok, I’ll stop now.

]]> By: Bob Springer http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27790 Bob Springer Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:47:40 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27790 The hopes were so high and the disappointment is so deep. Tom Friedman's article in this morning's NY Times (12/02/09) says well what I think and feel. Admittedly W. began and then mismanaged the imbroglio; now Obama persists in perpetuating the misguided policies of his predecessor. Thanks to Dr. Held for his insightful comments. The hopes were so high and the disappointment is so deep. Tom Friedman’s article in this morning’s NY Times (12/02/09) says well what I think and feel. Admittedly W. began and then mismanaged the imbroglio; now Obama persists in perpetuating the misguided policies of his predecessor. Thanks to Dr. Held for his insightful comments.

]]> By: Bill Britton http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27788 Bill Britton Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:52:39 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27788 This nation is bankrupt morally (not in the religious sense but rather in the ethical sense) and, soon, financially. At age 71, I can say that my time was a good time (meaning the 40s through the 80s), despite the tragedy of the Vietnam War. Our kids and our kids' kids will never see those good years again. It is over for this country. We'll hang on, a shadow of our former self, for years. But we've ignored too much for too long. Our infrastructure is second-rate, our schools don't teach, and our government has been captured by special interests. Those who say that America will rise above our present fix are dead wrong. This nation is bankrupt morally (not in the religious sense but rather in the ethical sense) and, soon, financially. At age 71, I can say that my time was a good time (meaning the 40s through the 80s), despite the tragedy of the Vietnam War. Our kids and our kids’ kids will never see those good years again. It is over for this country. We’ll hang on, a shadow of our former self, for years. But we’ve ignored too much for too long. Our infrastructure is second-rate, our schools don’t teach, and our government has been captured by special interests. Those who say that America will rise above our present fix are dead wrong.

]]> By: Susan Howard http://getangrywithme.com/2009/12/requiem-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-27784 Susan Howard Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:30:13 +0000 http://getangrywithme.com/?p=1983#comment-27784 You hit the nail on the head when you said that he wants the rep of being a wartime president. There is no money and power in peace. You hit the nail on the head when you said that he wants the rep of being a wartime president. There is no money and power in peace.

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