Forgive me for being so ignorant and uninformed, friends. See, I don’t watch the news and I don’t read the paper, but listening to NPR the other day there were a bunch of conservative think-tank eggheads on there talking about McCain’s lack of coverage by the media. Well, what can be done? Obama is the first black candidate with a real shot at the white house, he delivers exciting speeches, and his campaign is unconventional….
On the other hand you have crusty, dusty old McCain with typical attack ads (the latest being the most baseless and untrue), waving the limp flag of a nearly dead political party.
So why does McCain deserve more attention from the media? I am very curious to see this logic.
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The McCain campaign will be pouring millions of dollars — if not tens of millions — into negative attack ads against Barack Obama before McCain accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday. His campaign has to spend every last dollar of primary funds they’ve raked in from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs.
His campaign manager admitted that all McCain has to rely on is attacks, saying that for them, “This election is not about issues.”
He doesn’t want Americans to notice that the Republican platform is the most extreme we’ve ever seen. With so much at stake, we can’t allow another election to be determined by petty and divisive political tactics.
They’ve come out against the life-saving possibilities of stem cell research.
They don’t even mention protecting equal pay for equal work.
They support huge tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.
They’ve almost completely ignored the $10 billion we’re spending every month in Iraq.
And they make zero exceptions for a woman’s right to choose — even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.
If that all sounds like more of the same, it is. McCain is offering a third term of the disastrous Bush agenda, so it’s no wonder his campaign would choose to focus on attacks instead of issues.
As Hillary said “We can’t afford the alternative…no way, no how, no McCain.” Spread the Truth. I’m doubling my monthly contribution although McCain doesn’t think little people like me who are on small retirement checks can make a difference.
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Forgive me for being so ignorant and uninformed, friends. See, I don’t watch the news and I don’t read the paper, but listening to NPR the other day there were a bunch of conservative think-tank eggheads on there talking about McCain’s lack of coverage by the media. Well, what can be done? Obama is the first black candidate with a real shot at the white house, he delivers exciting speeches, and his campaign is unconventional….
On the other hand you have crusty, dusty old McCain with typical attack ads (the latest being the most baseless and untrue), waving the limp flag of a nearly dead political party.
So why does McCain deserve more attention from the media? I am very curious to see this logic.
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>> WWIII STARTED IN 1979
>>
>> If you understand and believe we are at a crucial point in our
history
> please forward this to as many people as you can– especially to the
young
> people and all those who dozed off in history class and who seem so
quick
> to
> protest such a necessary military action. If you don’t believe it,
just
> delete it and go back to sleep and learn to pray in Arabic!
>>
>> This is not very long, but very informative You have to read the
> catalogue of events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how
anyone can
> take the position that all we have to do is bring our troops home
from
> Iraq,
> sit back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will
ever
> bother us again. In case you missed it, World War III began
in
November
> 1979… that alarm has been ringing for years
>>
>> US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air
Station,
> Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month.
It is
> an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why
this
> action is so necessary.
>>
>> AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!
>>
>> That’s what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When
more
> than 3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think
it
> should have been “Get Out of Bed!” In fact, I think the alarm clock
has
> been
> buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and
roll
> over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.
>>
>> It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through
a
> religious and
political upheaval when a group of Iranian students
attacked
> and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an
outright
> attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world’s most
> powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on
this
> sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the
next 25
> years.
>>
>> America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam
experience
> and had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President
> Carter,
> had to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the
desert.
> The ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of
America’s
> inability to deal with terrorism.
>>
>> America’s military had been decimated and down sized/right sized
since
> the end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly
equipped and
poorly
> organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that
was
> doomed from the start.
>>
>> Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be
kidnapped
>> and
> killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect
her
> citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil
continued!
>>
>> In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was
driven
> into the US Embassy compound in Beirut When it explodes, it kills 63
> people.
> The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.
>>
>> Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily
laden
> down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of
the US
> Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed.
> America mourns
her dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.
>>
>> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with
explosives
> is driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her
> slumber.
>>
>> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into
the
> gate of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>>
>> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb
explodes in
>> a
> restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>>
>> Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven
into
> the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed
and
> the
> snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are
continually
> attacked.
>>
>> Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is
> hijacked
and we watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out
of
> the
> passenger list and executed.
>>
>> The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian
airliners
> when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the
most
> tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in1988,
killing
> 259.
>>
>> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are
still
> trying to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>>
>> The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.
>>
>> The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January
1993,
> two CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in
> Langley, Virginia.
>>
>> The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are
arrested
> after a rented van packed
with explosives is driven into the
underground
> parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people
are
> killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an
act of
> war? The Snooze alarm is depressed again.
>>
>> Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex
in
> Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.
>>
>> A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes
only 35
> yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It
destroys
> the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring
over
> 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that
> America
> does not respond decisively.
>>
>> They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on
two
>> US
> embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with
> precision.
> They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes
back
> to
> sleep.
>>
>> The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling
on 12
> October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and
exploded
> killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war,
but
> we
> sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.
>>
>> And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most
Americans
> think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How
wrong
> they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we
chose
> to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep!!!
>>
>> In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every
high
>
official in government over what they knew and what they didn’t know.
But
> if
> you’ve read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can
see
> exactly what they knew. You don’t have to be in the FBI or CIA or on
the
> National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing
> since
> 1979.
>>
>> I think we have been in a war for the past 25 years and it will
>> continue
> until we as a people decide enough is enough! America needs to “Get
out of
> Bed” and act decisively now. America has been changed forever. We
have to
> be
> ready to pay the price and make the sacrifice to ensure our way of
life
> continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the snooze button again
and
> again and roll over and go back to sleep.
>>
>> After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said “… it
seems
>
all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant.” This is the message
we
> need
> to disseminate to terrorists around the world.
>>
>> This is not a political thing to be hashed over in an election
year
>> this
> is an AMERICAN thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of
our
> children in years to come.
>>
>> Remember, Freedom is not free. There was a price to obtain it and
a
> bigger price to maintain it. The enemy will not negotiate. The enemy
is
> bent
> on killing every American they can �???? all of us if possible. The
enemy
> is
> seeking world domination. The enemy will behead you, your children
and
> your
> neighbors. You cannot negotiate or ignore a rabid dog you have to put
it
> down.
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why do you think McCain was defending Obama this week against a Rev Wright attack ad in North Carolina payed for by his own party?
he knows that if the Repubs attack Obama, Obama will have to choice but to retaliate
wait till America sees the skeletons that come out of McCains closet!!
he has built his career of taking obscene amounts of money and gifts from defense contractors
he just got a another huge campaigh donation from the contractors that just got awarded the new Air Force Tanker-Planes deal
he was willing to send the planes and jobs overseas (to France no less) just so he could line his political warchest
he’s as dirty as they come
definitely NOT the patriot he makes himself out to be
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Before you attack me with “oh but BC and AD are Christian and Jesus wasn’t even born in 1 CE”, watch me completely destroy the BCE/CE idea:
- What day is it tomorrow? Tuesday? Oh really, so you’re telling me tomorrow is dedicated to the Norse guy Tyr? HOW OFFENSIVE! I DON’T BELIEVE IN TYR! All in favor of changing Tuesday to “Common Day 1″, raise your hand. No one? Exactly.
- BCE and CE are just as culturally biased as BC and AD are. Why is it that the “common” era somehow begins in the same year that was originally ascribed as 1 AD by a 6th century monk to correspond with (what he thought was) the birthyear of Jesus? If our calendar is to be culturally neutral, it would be the year 14 billion and something.
- But… but… Mr. merry chuck norrmas…. Jesus wasn’t REALLY even born in 1 CE!! Okay, you’re right. But is tomorrow really Tyr’s Day? Does he own that day? No, he doesn’t even exist! So it also doesn’t matter of Jesus was really born in 1 AD or not. Not one bit. The Christian/Western calendar is based on myth, but so is almost everything else. Why single out the Christian mythology-inspired traditions?
Stupid political correctness just won’t die.
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I sure as hell am!!!!
I am so tired of seeing political ads on TV, so tired of seeing those two guys’ faces on almost every news channel 24/7, so tired of hearing my friends argue over which candidate is better.
At the same time, I’m kind of dreading it, mainly because I’m scared if Obama gets elected (but before you start attacking me, neither candidate is that great, in my opinion.)
What has happened to American politics?
Anyone agree?
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Since all the Democrats already have their hands dirty with mud, wouldn’t it be a refreshing change if the Republicans united under one candidate (not Guiliani) and didn’t use attack ads?
I think that would garner a LOT more votes, don’t you think?
Also, shouldn’t Guiliani run for President in the Democratic party? He shares much more of their ideals than Republican morals. Just wondering.
Here is a website to keep up with all the latest political ads:http://www.isupportthismessage.com/
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nasty and riddled with hyperbole and ad hominem attacks?
Or do you think perhaps the internet has influenced things in this direction through anonymity and the inability to get the reward for what your tongue has provoked?
Or could it be that our politicians have been that bad over the last few years?
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Too often there is little in the way of ‘productive debate’ on this forum: is this because many Americans have no critical thinking skills (educational factors), or because Americans are more inclined than other cultures to accept smear campaigns as legitimate forms of ‘debate’ (as exemplified in 30 second political attack ads aired on TV)? Poor education or warped cultural values?
A new low: IMAGINARY “DEBATES”
See my response to “Robinson” at:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
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