Posted on 10/06/2005 7:42:08 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
Edited on 10/26/2005 9:47:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Thanks for the ping!
Do you know this person?
I'm going to be able to make it but the wife has the camera in IL.
Lady J-
Will you re-post the pic of Osama in the pink cowboy hat?
Virulent vigils
Monday, September 5, 2005
Once a week, members of Code Pink Women for Peace stand at the entrance of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against the war in Iraq. As the loved ones of soldiers wounded in battle enter the grounds, the Pinkos are in their faces with hateful anti-war signs and chants.
Before there was Camp Casey, there were the Code Pink "vigils." But they're getting more attention from the news media now because of the spectacle outside of President Bush's ranch in Texas. But the vigils also are drawing the ire of some conservatives and veterans groups. They want the government to forbid protests outside military hospitals. We would rather see more protests because these are self-discrediting.
We don't dispute that the Code Pink vigils are distasteful and shameless. At Walter Reed, hundreds of American heroes are recuperating from wounds suffered in the defense of freedom and in retribution for 9/11. They've lost limbs and eyes; some will never walk again; all will carry the emotional scars of war to their graves. Instead of the admiration and adulation they deserve, however, the wounded are rebuked by the hate-America crowd gathered at the gate.
Unquestionably, the news media are giving the protesters more attention than is warranted, only because they're soul mates. Each shares the fleeting wish that Iraq still might be America's next Vietnam, with the attending political and military consequences. Each believes the way to bring freedom to Iraq is for the coalition to withdraw immediately, thereby plunging the nation into a savage civil war and ultimately into the tyranny of Islamic fundamentalism. Each believes it should be left to diplomats to appease Islamic terrorists, but in trying to turn the clock back to 1968, they would overshoot to 1938.
Camp Casey, however, wouldn't be a pimple on the backside of a typical 1960s sit-in at Berkeley; it doesn't even rise to the level of John Kerry throwing someone else's military medals over the White House fence. More people attend a typical youth soccer game than Code Pink's vigils. This month, with Mrs. Sheehan in their rearview mirror, the media will latch onto Hanoi Jane Fonda's cross-country, Crisco-powered bus tour against the war and do their best to ignore the sparse crowds it will attract.
Rather than outlawing these demonstrations, Americans should encourage the Pinkos and their ilk to stage all the protests they can in as many inappropriate venues as possible. Because with every sound bite and video clip they spawn, they discredit themselves and their causes, and expose the disdain with which they hold their country. And in tormenting the wounded and their families, the Pinkos reveal the depth of their heartlessness and cruelty, and the mindlessness of their crusade.
The founders wrote the First Amendment to guarantee Americans would benefit from a free exchange of opinions. They thought it the best way for future generations to weed out the bad actors and ideas, to distinguish the visionaries from the sloganeers. In the case of the Pinkos, the more they shoot their mouths off, the more they shoot themselves in the foot.
Copyright © 2005 Republican-American
What's this?
Hyaa!...Keep freepin', freepin', freepin'
Though they're disapprovin'
Keep them pinko cats a movin'
Rawhide
Don't try to understand 'em
Just rope 'em, pull and brand 'em...
Soon we'll be living high and wide
My hearts calculatin'
My true love will be waitin'
Be waitin' at the end of my ride
Now ya know.
LOL!!
That was one and this is another
There's another one too. I don't remember who made it. It has Osams in a shiny pink hat. I'll dig for it. I know Concretebob has seen it. I think he pinged me.
King Prout, too, made at least one but the hat wasn't shiny.
Karl is too busy in court. Just ask him about Cindy next time. He'll cut it short.
Click on the pic to see it full size.
Fabulous! And for another musical treat, check out our friend Syncro's recent post, where you can click and see a video of the Right Brothers singing "Bush Was Right!" at the Rally for Military Families on the Mall Sept. 23rd.
Lyrics: Bush Was Right
Written by: Frank Highland
Freedom in Afghanistan, say goodbye Taliban
Free elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein locked up
Osama’s staying underground, Al Qaida now is finding out
America won’t turn and run once the fighting has begun
Libya turns over nukes, Lebanese want freedom, too
Syria is forced to leave, don’t you know that all this means
Chorus
Bush was right!
Bush was right!
Bush was right!
Democracy is on the way, hitting like a tidal wave
All over the middle east, dictators walk with shaky knees
Don’t know what they’re gonna do, their worst nightmare is coming true
They fear the domino effect, they’re all wondering who’s next
Repeat Chorus
Ted Kennedy – wrong!
Cindy Sheehan – wrong!
France – wrong!
Zell Miller – right!
Economy is on the rise kicking into overdrive
Angry liberals can't believe it's cause of W's policies
Unemployment's staying down, Democrats are wondering how
Revenue is going up, can you say "Tax Cuts"
Repeat Chorus
Cheney was right, Condi was right, Rummy was right, Blair was right
You were right, we were right, “The Right” was right and Bush was right
Bush was right!
Bush was right!
© 2005 Pool Guy Music (ASCAP), All rights reserved
FReeper Basil! Come on down!
Thanks, BufordP. That was the one. I found it and then looked up basic html and experimented trying to post it. After some attempts I was able to post it. Then when I got back I saw you already did.
I hate Osama and so do my cats!
One of these days, I'm going to make it there, though.
It's raining felines and canines right now. We might have to break out the Halliburton Acts of God technology to make it rain only on the west side of Georgia Avenue.
Congratulations to the bride and groom. Hope they had not planned an outdoor event if it's doing there what it's doing here! Come back soon!
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