...a feeble blast at the war by a wrinkled hippie whose life span has exceeded his relevance.
Did someone page me?
Posted on 04/28/2006 12:31:47 AM PDT by Panerai
Local war heroes and conservative bloggers say they don’t need Canadian anti-war rocker Neil Young around, anyhow.
Young’s new album, “Living With War,” with its call for President Bush’s impeachment, is being dismissed as a feeble blast at the war by a wrinkled hippie whose life span has exceeded his relevance.
Marine Lance Cpl. James Crosby of Saugus, who pushed for legislation to aid wounded soldiers, said the men and women fighting in Iraq, and the ones who came before them, are buying Young’s freedom of expression.
“People are going to have their opinion,” said Crosby, who lost the use of his legs to shrapnel wounds in Iraq. “We have rights because we fought in wars, not because we didn’t fight in wars.”
Crosby said he does not condone war, but considers it necessary to preserve freedom and defend the nation.
Braintree Marine Sgt. Timothy Connors, who earned the Silver Star in fierce house-to-house fighting in Fallujah, was outraged by the Canadian’s political publicity grab.
“That’s disgusting. . . . It’s worse than any lie that could be told,” said Connors, who blasted his way into a building in a bid to retrieve a dead comrade’s body. Although the album currently is being made available for a free download, Connors said, “Is Mr. Neil Young trying to make money off the backs of dead people?”
Meanwhile, blogger “Allegra” wrote on Freerepublic.com,“That decrepit old hippie isn’t ‘Living with War.’ He’s cooling his heels in Canada. The troops . . . they’re ‘living with war.’ The Iraqis and Afghans are ‘living with war.’ We civilians over here are ‘living with war.’ ”
RWR8189 noted wryly on Freerepublic.com, “It seems that Mr. Young does not abide by his own advice that ‘(it’s) better to burn out, than to fade away.’ ”
Neither apparently, did Crosby, Stills or Nash...
It's my evil twin. I'm the nice one. But people say it's really hard to tell us apart.
Since the Boston Herald decreed I was one?
I'd kind of like to be one of those people born with the features of a cat.
I guess that settles that.
I'm glad somebody noticed my wryness.
Just think of it.
You had time to both post this and harass me on the phone!
;<)
LOL! This could apply to so many of the anti-war, anti-American dems.
An excellent point.
...a feeble blast at the war by a wrinkled hippie whose life span has exceeded his relevance.
Did someone page me?
Nasal..."Southern Mahhaaaaannn"....Hi Humblegunner! Hope to meet you sometime soon!
Both you and the Grim Reaper say that to me.
I need to categorize things better.
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The Words...
http://www.Freerepublic.com/~ALOHARONNIE
The Pictures...
http://www.Freerepublic.com/~JLO
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Nice links ALOHA RONNIE.
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Thanks, fatima, you're the Greatest:
MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts
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I remember,Mel Call me.I know your away Mel but call me:)(((Hugs)))Ronnie.
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Put a lid on it Neil, the president deserves impeachment about as much as you deserve to sell this crap. Iraq isn't Vietnam, but it did end about the same time as your career hippie.
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