Posted on 02/08/2007 4:11:44 AM PST by Chi-townChief
America's love affair with sports is undeniable. I, along with millions of others, watched every minute of the Super Bowl, and was deeply disappointed by the outcome. However, I wonder if it is morally wrong for the American public to be so wrapped up in the Bears and the Colts while so many of our young men and women are in harm's way in Iraq.
Why not put the College Bowl games, the NFL playoffs, the NCAA basketball championship, professional basketball and baseball playoffs, etc., on hold until our troops are back home? In this manner, maybe we could all feel the pain of war, even if our pain was only figuratively. A literal ''pain'' we should all accept would be an additional ''wartime'' income tax -- say, a 5 percent surcharge to everyone's tax liability. Military families should be exempt from this and all income taxes, as they are already paying dearly for this war. If my ideas were accepted, I am sure the American people would demand a speedier return of our troops.
Loren Kramer, Highland Park
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Written after his Bears got a whuppin'!
Sour grapes!
Okay, who's got the copy of Mrs. Miniver?
If Kramer wants to honor the troops, he could stop writing letters until after the war is over.
He means the failed war on poverty, right?
If my ideas were accepted, I am sure the American people would demand a speedier return of our troops.
Wouldn't the wives be cheering?
He's just a sore loser that the Bears got their butts kicked.
Weren't GI's tuned in to the World Series during WWII? Most baseball players (Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg for example) were in the military, they had 4F's playing, but baseball still went on.
It's good morale for the troops to cheer their teams.
My thinking also!
During WWll the football game of the year was the Army-Navy game. Football was not put on hold during that war, a world war no less. It was considered then to be good for moral. I would venture to say that many more soldiers were dieing then as well.
These people have no idea what military life is like.
Prior to the current war on terror, Soldiers, Sailors,Airmen and Marines were already serving in remote
outposts far from family and friends.Although not engaged
in direct combat,they were in harm's way. Everyone who has
served during a "peacetime deployment" has a memory of those who were killed in training or had their spouse leave them.
Our current military is doing what many of us have done in the past. They accept it as their duty. It is our duty to
appreciate their sacrifice and honor their service.
We should enjoy the life and liberty they make possible.
Semper Fi.
During the Superbowl didn't they show the troops watching in Iraq? Hasn't that been standard during the WOT?
Shouldn't the soldiers in Iraq be relieved to know that life is safe at home, and that Americans can carry on, doing the things that we normally do?
Don't these soldiers fight the war in the Middle East, to prevent the WOT here?
Don't the soldiers themselves want to be able to enjoy the Superbowl. Yes, I'm certain the majority didn't see it on television. But I have no doubt it was a favorite topic of discussion and a way to pass the time.
DON'T CODDLE THE TROOPS! They aren't babies... they are brave men and women that get the job done and keep us safe.
They new that in Motown almost 40 years ago:
"Politicians say, "More taxes will solve everything ..."
http://www.temptationslyrics.4t.com/lyrics/ball_of_confusion.htm
Pfui on this column, which is a pitiful combination of sour grapes and leftist twaddle.
What an idiot. Why don't publishers just run newspapers without ads until the troops come home?
I'm thinkin, ole Loren Kramer bet the farm on da Bears.
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