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Lots of folks, well some anyway, have a tendency to distrust their government. In democracies they elect people they like, or the "lesser of the evils," then spend the rest of the election term, being skeptical. People who are skeptical by nature, those who voted for the other candidate, speak the loudest, but even the ones who elected the government have a tendency to give credence to the idea that if they trust their government, they are somehow leaving a door open to disaster. For about three decades now, the trend has been increasing......

Bashing America and giving the benefit of the doubt to ruthless dictators and totalitarian regimes rather than your own government in times of crisis and war, is far from patriotic. Looking for American military mistakes, when massive military victories are blatantly clear, is not patriotic. It is unpatriotic to emphasize or fabricate mistakes while minimizing or ignoring military successes.

To nobodys surprise there were protestors today in DC, they attempted >to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery >into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in >from NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse >any way. My commute was long and arduous and only caused further >resentment for protestors (but that isn't the point of this thread). >Anyway, I'll get to the point. > >I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and >the train was moving...

The following was posted on a Yahoo Finance Message Board: I received this from a friend: To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC. They attempted to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from Northern Virginia on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any way. My commute was long and arduous and only caused further resentment for protesters (but that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll get to the point. I got off...

H Norr, an employee of the SF Chronicle was suspended for falsifying a time card taking a sick day off to protest the war.

It is time. All of us have watched with disgust and some with utter amazement, Americans marching, protesting and arguing against the right of America to defend herself from regimes and tyrants who possess weapons of mass destruction. Whether it is the Left or the so-called Paleo-Cons, their message is the same. America cannot remain a superpower; America needs to be brought down a notch. The media, the universities, the liberal think tanks, all proclaim that those in the world who wish us harm, those countries whose interests it would serve to see America no longer a leader, are correct...

More truth is emerging about the "murder" of the "peace activist," shown above burning a mock U.S. flag during a rally in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 15, 2003. Now that Reuters, a supposed "objective" news service, has been caught, will it make an effort to correct its damage? The "peace activist," shown above burning a mock U.S. flag during a rally in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 15, 2003 On March 16th, college friends Joe Smith and Rachel Corrie came to Gaza to protest against terrorist home demolitions as part of the former's activity with the International...

On March 20, 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle reported the latest fad in peace protesting, the "vomit-in." No kidding. Hundreds of America's leading intellectuals on.....

  Anti-War Websites / Anti-American Websites - UnitedForPeace.org -  coalition of groups that oppose a pre-emptive U.S. attack on Iraq. - Human Shields -  group of volunteers who are stationing themselves around Iraq to act as human deterrents to war. - Win Without War -  advocating alternatives to preemptive war against Iraq. - ARROW anti-war -  UK-based nonviolent direct action affinity group orignially set up in September 1990 to oppose the Gulf War. - Baring Witness -  group that undertakes nude and clothed protest actions against the war in Iraq. - Campaign To Stop The War Against Iraq -  from the Rocky Mountain Peace and...

Paul Tay's 'anti war' protest raising eyebrows He made a name for himself when he ran for mayor of Tulsa last time around. Campaigning from astride a bicycle and a cart he pulled along behind. Well, Paul Tay is on the streets campaigning again. It's a campaign against the war using an inflatable male genitalia, and naturally, it has folks riled up. News on 6 reporter Rick Wells says Tay’s efforts are difficult to ignore. John Filbeck, Six in the Morning Traffic: “The individual who likes to ride his bike in traffic is out again this morning." Hey, isn't...

Bunny Busters Amy Hamilton-Thibert protesting military-themed Easter baskets at Kmart (photo: Erik Baard) On the first Spring-like Sunday of 2003, kids at the Astor Place Kmart were treated to an unusual sight: the Easter Bunny getting cuffed by New York City cops. Amy Hamilton-Thibert, a 28-year-old mother from Astoria, Queens, came to the "Big K" in a bunny outfit to protest the sale of military-themed Easter baskets she had read about in a Village Voice article. Kmart, among other national retailers, sells Easter baskets in which the traditional chocolate bunny has been replaced by toys including plastic soldiers armed with...

Original Message ----- From: Supreme_ruler_Saddam@Iraq.Gov To: PeaceProtestor@hippie.com Sent: Sunday March9, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Thank you! ------------ Dear Peace Protestor: I just wanted to drop this note to thank you for all your help. Every time you protest the war, every time you delay the inevitable attack from the United States, you give me more time to: Build weapons of mass destruction; Develop nuclear weapons to use against my enemies; Hide the weapons I already have; Rape and torture more women and children; Murder more of my own people, like the millions I've murdered already. It's a good life, ruling...

OKOTOKS - Dr. Grant Hill, Deputy Leader of the Canadian Alliance, expressed disbelief and outrage at today's physical attack at York University against members of the Canadian Alliance. Several York University students and members of the school's Canadian Alliance campus association were physically assaulted by anti-war demonstrators, while presiding over a club recruitment booth. Protestors from the demonstration upturned the club's tables, threw club president, Yaakov Roth, over a table and attempted to set the club's flags on fire before stealing them. "Canada is supposed to be a country of peaceful expression and tolerance. Our fundamental freedoms are violated when...

“Prior to each game throughout the 2002-03 season, Toni Smith, a senior forward on Manhattanville College’s women’s basketball team, has chosen to turn away from the American flag during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner."

Freep the protestors today! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!1. Call these numbers and shut down the protestors:CONTACT INFO for Feb. 26: Lynn Erskine Win Without War 11 Dupont Circle, N.W., 9th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 phone: 202-478-3429 e-mail: info@winwithoutwarUS.org PRESS ROOM: Trevor Fitzgibbons, Fenton Communications, 202-822-5200 trevor@fenton.com Hey, he works for the National Council of Churches!! DONATION LINES FOR WIN WITHOUT WAR: Call 1-800-233-6786, extension 13, or Call 574-534-3402, extension 13 And they also ask that you "Send unanswered questions to info@moveon.org". AND/OR2. Sign up at the "win without war" website and send faxes, make calls and e-mail your contacts...

<p>Toni Smith (third from left) turns away from the flag during the national anthem.</p> <p>February 24, 2003 -- A Vietnam veteran walked onto the court yesterday and held an American flag in front of Manhattanville College basketball player Toni Smith - who again refused to face the flag during the national anthem.</p>

Add actor Dustin Hoffman to the list of celebrities denouncing President Bush for his Iraq policy and arguing it's all about oil. After winning a lifetime achievement honor last week at the Empire Film Awards in London, the British news service Ananova quoted Hoffman as accusing the Bush administration of "manipulating the grief of the country" after the events of September 11 and charging that "this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil." In his "Best of the Web" column for OpinionJournal.com (www.OpinionJournal.com/best ), James Taranto on Friday highlighted the story in Ananova, a...

Dustin Hoffman used his appearance at this year's Empire film awards to launch an angry attack on President Bush's pending war with Iraq. "I don't think, like many of us, that the reasons we have been given for going to war are the honest reasons," the veteran actor told reporters. "I believe... that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil." Hoffman went on to claim that he felt that the Bush administration was "manipulating the grief of the country" in the wake of September 11. "I think that's reprehensible," he added. Hoffman was...

Hoffman blasts Bush's war plans Dustin Hoffman has become the latest US star to voice his opposition to war with Iraq. Dustin Hoffman arrives for the Empire Film Awards /PA Hoffman accused the Bush administration of "manipulating the grief of the country" after the events of September 11. The president's real motives for going to war are power and oil, he said. He spoke out after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Empire Film Awards in London. "For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events...

Hoffman accused the Bush administration of "manipulating the grief of the country" after the events of September 11. The president's real motives for going to war are power and oil, he said. He spoke out after receiving a lifetime achievement accolade at the Empire Film Awards in London. "For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible," he said. "I don't think, like many of us, that the reasons we have been given...