Posted on 07/12/2006 7:45:34 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Fasting Like They Fight
July 12th, 2006
It is almost comic, nah, hell, it's hilarious, to watch the Moonbats, led by their batty high priestess, Cindy Sheehan, undertake a new attempt to garner media attention. When I first heard about their planned Troops Home Fast, my immediate reaction was, "Hey, she can stand to lose a little weight and maybe if she lays off the tofu for a while her brain processes will clear up some."
But now we see that Liberals approach fasting with the same muddled dedication with which they defend their country. You boldly step up and volunteer to courageously go all out, or rather, without, for a whole twenty-four hours, at the end of which you pass the buck on to some other witless Moonbat, while you sit around pigging out on Ben & Jerry's Half Baked, soaking up the adulation of fellow revolutionaries around the world, smug in your sense of accomplishment, knowing your sacrifice will be hailed by the fifth column media. Boy, don't you just feel so, like totally satisfied, so connected to all those other brave freedom fighters like Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, ready to take their places up there on the ramparts, in the vanguard of the proletariat, willing to sacrifice all for the downtrodden of the world? Well, OK, for twenty-four hours, anyway.
But there are some truly committed stalwarts in the Moonbat movement. Mother Sheehan is far too dedicated to the socialist revolution, led by her hero, Hugo Chavez, who, by the way, looks like he needs to go on an extended fast, to be diddling around with any of this Hollywood twenty-four hour, rolling fast business. Nope, none of that tentative, toe in the water stuff for the Earth Mother of the Revolution. Why, she's now on Day Six of her total commitment to world solidarity, denying herself all sustenance until that evil Bush brings the Troops Home Fast; well, all sustenance that is, except an occasional Jamba Juice Smoothie or maybe some coffee with vanilla ice cream in it. Of course, should Mother Sheehan become so weakened from her denial of food to the point that she loses her ability to deliver her thundering rhetoric on the evening news in that adorable, teeny-bopper timbre we've all come to know and love, then her Code Pink handlers are standing by with protein-fortified juice drinks or avocado slices to help this brave woman through her ordeal.
And therein lies their problem: Liberals fast like they fight wars; it's all about good intentions and appearances, all talk and no substance; and it must only be done in such a way that no one suffers real pain or true loss. It's all about feeling that you are accomplishing something; and when you no longer feel that, perhaps there is some actual pain involved, then it's time to pull back and put an end to that pain. Hey, how about a Ben & Jerry's pig-out?
That's what the Democrats and the Moonbats (I know that's becoming increasingly redundant) are offering the American public, a smoothie, ice-cream future free of the pain of fighting those misunderstood terrorists. Kerry, Murtha, Kennedy and their crowd feel your pain, America, and they know how to keep it at bay: just like liberal fasting, we'll only fight terror till it starts to hurt then we'll pull out and pig out on Ben & Jerry's new flavor created especially for Democrats: DeMinted Delight.
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Russ Vaughn is the Poet Laureate of The American Thinker and a combat veteran of the Vietnam War.
Great stuff.
It's called dieting....
I love seeing the word "moonbat" in print.
Tag-team hunger strike.
Great article, but I must confess that I like Ben & Jerry icecream, especially Cherry Garcia and Vermonty Python.
Here in Vermont they sell seconds at half price, too.
ROFLMBO!!
Good post!
Ping for grins!
The moonbats fast the way the liberals filibuster: from 1pm to 4pm, then home to spouse and kidies.
isn't it ironic that within days of our mentioning her bergoening weight, that sheehan has a hunger strike?
can she be a lurker?
I've heard of irregulars and seconds for towels, sheets, and underclothes, but what's the criteria for ice cream seconds?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473385/posts
some pretty funny stuff here..:-)
Oh brother...Is this really true?
Here in Vermont they sell seconds at half price, too.
Yeah, I happen to know, the socially conscious B & J also give seconds, free of charge, to inmates in Vermont Correctional Facilities, throughout the state.
As a Vermonter myself, I REFUSE to purchase any of (left-wing, Socialists) Ben and Jerry's product, as both a symbolic protest (hey I only eat ice cream once or twice a year anyway)and I see nothing exceptional about the taste.
I find plain old Hood Vanilla, just as good.
As near as I can make out, they declare a batch to be seconds if the chocolate bits or cookie crumbles are TOO LARGE or of the wrong consistency. They are supposed to be of a uniform size, so as not surprise or overwhelm the customer.
Now, I don't mind if the goodies in my icecream are too large or too many.
We once visited the Ben & Jerry's factory, where this was explained to us.
As near as I can make out, Ben & Jerry's talks the talk but doesn't really walk the walk. I don't think they donate to really harmful causes. Mostly they just boast about saving the rain forests or using unbleached cardboard in their icecream containers. If they give icecream to prisoners, that's OK with me. What does it say in the Bible about the seven corporal works of mercy?
Good post, smoothsailing!
Why do I get the feeling that Rush is going to read it during his show this afternoon?
From personal experience, from Temporarty Duty Assignments in Europe, Central America and the Pacific Rim. Going without food or sleep for 24 hours is nothing.
Though it starts getting really interesting between 30 and 36 hours; when you start seeing things that aren't there.
Jack.
Well, I just arrived in Afghanistan again and I'm not ready to come home. Fast away you silly wench.
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