Just Venting My Frustrations

[TNRighty]

I didn't start this thread to bash Kerry's service in Vietnam, so in your responses please stay away from that. Having never served in the military, I'm not going to pass judgement on someone who did. What I have a problem with is the Democrats trumpeting his service in Vietnam as a reason why he should be our next president. In '92 when the draft-dodger Clinton ran against a true war hero, Bush I, military service didn't matter to Democrats. Why is it that every peace-freak anti-war hippie liberal (like the ones who refer to our soldiers as mindless criminals) take every opportunity to praise Kerry for his courage as a soldier in a war they protested? Had George Bush served in Vietnam, he'd be a baby-killer. Ah, the leftist hypocrisy.

Also, I'm sick and tired of this "we went it alone" garbage Democrats spew in criticism of Bush's Iraqi war policies. As I recall there was no international coalition when Clinton sent troops to Bosnia and Somalia.

Another little nugget for ya. Why would Bill Clinton have ordered air strikes in the 90's against Iraq's nuclear and chemical weapons compounds if they didn't exist?

You see folks, it doesn't matter what George Bush does, the Dems will attack it because its George Bush. If Bush told a roomfull of Democrats that two plus two equals four, they'd call him a liar. Clinton could tell them two plus two equals five, and they'd believe him.

Did ya'll watch the Convention last night? How can Al Sharpton proclaim to Bush, "Our vote is not for sale."? How has George Bush tried to "buy" black votes? To the best of my knowledge, Democrats are the ones who pander to blacks by promoting policies like affirmative action and government handouts. If anyone is buying votes, its the Dems. They're the ones practicing plantation politics, not W. Democrats basically tell blacks, "You can't do anything on your own, you need our help. Just promise to be a good little loyal black person. Hang out here on our plantation and we'll take care of you." Modern day slavery, only they've traded cotton-picking for votes.

Al Sharpton, referring to Brown vs. B.O.E, said that if Bush were president in 1956, Clarence Thomas wouldn't have ever been able to attend law school. I reckon he forgot that Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court by a Republican, Bush I. I guess Condoleeza Rice would never have been appointed as National Security Advisor, or Colin Powell Secretary of State. How many blacks did Clinton have in his cabinet?

[MO]

Clinton ran against another war hero in 1996!



Thanks for the picture, RC!

[RC364]

Glad to have been some help!

[Matter]

Al Sharpton, referring to Brown vs. B.O.E, said that if Bush were president in 1956, Clarence Thomas wouldn't have ever been able to attend law school. I reckon he forgot that Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court by a Republican, Bush I. I guess Condoleeza Rice would never have been appointed as National Security Advisor, or Colin Powell Secretary of State. How many blacks did Clinton have in his cabinet?

Why this is overlooked by some in the black community is truly astounding. Harry Belafonte had the temerity to assail Colin Powell? Who the hell is Harry B?

[TNRighty]

While we're talking about Supreme Court Justices, I'd like to mention a lady W has nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Janice Rogers Brown. She's a remarkable black woman who's nomination has been stalled by our friendly Democrats in congress, the same Democrats who champion the causes of blacks. Democrats don't care about black people, they care only about black votes. You see, a black republican is extremely dangerous to the perpetuated myth that only Democrats care about blacks. The only way for Democrats to maintain the black vote is to convince blacks that Republicans are KKK church bombing, cross-burning racists. Sadly, too many blacks fall for this.

[Matter]

Sadly, too many blacks fall for this.

On a positive note, I have observed evidence that some in the black community have grown weary of their 'leaders'.

Bill Cosby's recent remarks probably will be a catalyst for more new leadership. Let's hope.

[rush22]

As I recall there was no international coalition when Clinton sent troops to Bosnia and Somalia.

The first troops in were UNPROFOR (UN Protection Forces) in 1992. NATO got involved in 1994 when its jets shot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia in a no-fly zone. In 1995-1996, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement.

[MO]

Another Kosovo lie exposed: NATO used doctored video to justify bombing of passenger train

World Socialist Website, January 8, 2000 (posted 10/14)



In the Frankfurter Rundschau of January 6 reporter Arnd Festerling documented how NATO used falsified video recordings to justify its conduct of the war in Kosovo.



At least 14 people died on April 12, 1999 when a US Airforce bomber fired on a railway bridge near the Serbian village of Grdenicka just as a passenger train was crossing the bridge. Following the initial strike of the train, the pilot returned to make a second sweep of the burning bridge and dropped a bomb on a carriage that had not been hit by the first assault.



At the time NATO described the bombing of the commuter train as a tragic accident. NATO's presentation of events, it now emerges, was based on doctored video recordings and misleading descriptions of what took place aboard the fighter plane.



One day after the strike, in an effort to demonstrate that the attack was a case of inadvertent collateral damage, General Wesley Clark, the Supreme Commander of NATO forces, called a press conference and showed two video films taken by cameras located in the noses of the remote control-guided bombs. According to Clark, the films made clear that the passenger train was approaching too fast for the pilot, who was concentrating on the difficult business of guiding the bombs, to react. The pilot had less than a second to abort the strike, Clark asserted. . . . (read more)

wesclarkwarcriminal.tripod.com/generalwesleyclarkwarcriminalsupporterofterrorismandhypocrite/id22.html

[rush22]

Uhhh.. good one?