This little "cartoon" was sent to me in a chain email. I appreciate the motive behind the chain but I am offended on a personal level by such things. I hate it when someone tries to guilt me into spamming someone, no matter how good a message it has in it.
That being said. I am going to post this and the commentary, minus the chain(send this to "x" number of people thing.
Here is the commentary:
It is now more than 60 years after the Second
World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being
sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million
Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and
1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred,
raped, burned, starved and humiliated with the German
and Russian Peoples looking the other way!
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming
the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure
the world never forgets, because there are others who
would like to do it again.
Now, I have to agree with this. we cannot afford, as a people, to allow ourselves to be subjugated for any reason. We must be aware of the proverbial "wolves at the door".
And we must never forget the lessons of the past.
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Now, I have to agree with this. we cannot afford, as a people, to allow ourselves to be subjugated for any reason. We must be aware of the proverbial "wolves at the door".
And we must never forget the lessons of the past.
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1 comment:
I perused your blog rather quickly. I am true to my zodiac sign although I surely do not believe in astrology. I am, if I were to characterize myself, a true Libra. I weigh everything and look at things from different angles.
Having said that I consider myself on most issues a progressive. At times, I do support the WISE use of military action. I do not, however, believe in American exceptionalism. I think our country does things usually for its own interests and, has occasionally fought the noble war. I believe the noble wars driven by men of great wisdom and ideals were the Revolutionary War, perhaps the War of 1812, the Civil War and World War II. Wars post World War II, in my opinion, were sheer folly and have led to countless unnecessary deaths of thousands. This latest Iraq War has been a tragedy which is still playing its hand. The consequences could be catastrophic and already have been disastrous because we took our eye off the ball which was, of course, Al Quaeda in Afghanistan, the real perpetrators of 9/11. The Iraq invasion and occupation has been prosecuted with phenominally inept leadership and begun by sheer hubris. In my opinion, although I supported the war in the beginning because I did not know that the "facts" used to justify the war were lies, much to my constant embarrasement, this war rises to the level of a war crime. The stupidity of it is staggering. The preparation for it was non existent. Our soldiers were put at great risk and our nation has paid out soon to be trillions. Our blood and our treasure has been squanderd. Billions have been lost and unaccounted for. Unsupervised cronies such as KBR and Blackwater steal our money, perform abysmally and get away with anything they choose. I believe, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others are war criminals.
Military conflict should be exercised ONLY when absolutely necessary and with great precision examining every angle and possible truth. Bush made up his own truth to fit a war.
I would never vote and never have voted Republican. I am an ardent Democrat. In my opinion, if you are not part of the top 10 percent in wealth then you have been duped by the Republican party to support a cause which is not in your interest. Patriotism is not only wrapped in symbols and phony utterances, it truly is a commitment to the ideals of those men of the Enlightenment who knew what it meant to curtail the power of government, who knew the risk of unbridled power and who, most especially, knew the dangers of a marriage of church and state. We have come a long way since that date but we have at least within the past few decades become lost. Bush II has been, in my opinion, an American tragedy and possibly the worst president in US history bar none.
I am hoping that the Democratic party will prevail this time and, although I was initially a Hillary Clinton supporter, I do support Obama because I believe he is the best possibility we have to utterly revamp American foreign policy and its constant penchant for war. I believe he can help change the course of this nation to one that cares about its own people and less about its own imperial power. I believe he can reintroduce to the world the America I knew and loved as a young child.
One thing I know no matter who wins, the inept, unqualified, corrupt, ludicrous, unconstitutional excuse for a leader George W. Bush or anyone like him will, hopefully, never darken the White House corridors again. He cannot shine the boots of the real giants of American history who, I believe, were Washington because he eschewed never ending power, Adams because he wrote our exemplary Constitution, Jefferson because he wrote the Declaration of Independence and expanded our country via the Louisiana Purchase, Lincoln and FDR for obvious reasons. These men truly saved our nation and made this country the envy of the world. Just my opinion.
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