Texas folks – Hunt Oil (Bush family friends) tied it up with the Kurd’s oil. The place is drenched with depleted uranium (used in weapons since Bosnia because it cuts through metal like butter). China got billions of barrels deal with HA not a one of their military in the fray.

Sure these guys may have VOLUNTEERED –but hold on a minute/ recall Rumsfeld’s answer to the solider asking about armored vehicles/ WHY didn’t they have them?’ Rumsfeld the sociopath scum (like Cheney) says ‘you go to war with what you’ve got’. BILLIONS upon billions of profits are being made by these military industrial hucksters/ oil men etc.

You don’t send men to war in canvas door vehicles. Note Washington brass has the BEST of armored vehicles – concrete barriers, snipers on rooftops (hardly Iraq). Then (like TY) when they come home – with most of the military ‘privatized’ (again Cheney when he was Sec of Defense/ note how they switch from one lucrative job to another) they have to BEG for benefits.

Note that the likes of TY (terribly injured) are never used as back drop in these photo ops by President/ or at the State of the Union. I worked with homeless vets (WWII- Korea- Vietnam- Desert Storm) living in abandoned cars, in tents, under bridges!! And now Afghanistan. HA – Google gas/ oil pipelines planned to go through Afghanistan.

It’s certainly NOT about Democracy – Liberty or women (Laura Bush) getting the chance to drive!! Unocal was begging Congress (hearings) back in ‘98 for this pipeline to get the BILLIONS of barrels (largest find ever) in the Caspian Sea area!! When in doubt – follow the MONEY.

There are tens of thousands (70,000 in Afghanistan – more in Iraq)of mercenaries (called contractors) making from 1,200 to 1,500 per day –how’s that for MORAL for our soldiers?? Ah but then wasn’t this the downfall of Rome. God bless Ty and the thousands of others. I hope he and his wife get back together? Don’t know what happened there? Here in NH we have a young police of chief (reservist) wounded in 2005 (3 kids).

He’s never coming home/ half his head was blown off (no armored vechicle) he can’t talk, walk, eat, –makes gasping sounds – WARS HAVE LONG ECHOES —while the clowns in Washington with their $2000 suits – $100 ties/ make deals with their corporate masters (big pharma – insurance) while THEY don’t have to BEG for monies/ insurance!!

They work about 100 days per year (this week 1 1/2 days) get YEARLY cost of living raises – obscene pensions (with yearly cost of living) and CADILLAC insurance (life long) and we pay 72% of their premiums!!

Little wonder they don’t want the Herds coverage!! Free prescriptions – dental – eyeglasses – FREE care at Walter Reed (special floor for them) and the National Institute of Health, NO worry over being refused with pre-existing condition’s for them (or family).

This is freedom? Meantime, Bremmer (in charge of provisional government one year) got the Medal of Freedom (gag) for LOSING – misplacing – giving away – who knows? TWELVE ++ BILLION!! Meantime still a six pack/ or caught with some marijuana and it’s PRISON.

I am very glad that you know your monkey-business.
With so many monkeys around these days, that knowledge is very useful, if not essential.
(If more would have known, Super-Monkey Bush may not have been voted into office – TWICE!)

YeeHaw ! ! !
Hartmut

Cheerio, monkey-friend

During the protests of the late 60’s I recall a joke that said, “what would happen if they gave a war and nobody came?”

Parents too have a huge responsibility here. They should make sure that their teenage children read or watch the real news about the war and the devastating effects it has on the soldiers who fight it.

I was the ignorant teen that you describe in your post. I knew nothing about the military except what I had seen in the movies. Ofcourse, that was before Saving Private Ryan and Schindlers List.

However, i’m also not a fan of generalized statements and to me sir it just makes me uneasy when people make a statement that 99% of the bloodshed the world has been was masterminded or somehow is solely because of whites. On what data are you speaking from?

Look at global history and one can see the multitudes that have died under names such as

Chairman Mao- In the first years of the Communist regime, CONSERVATIVE estimates of the number killed for voicing their opinions of the Communist party stand at around 3 million; hostile estimates are much higher

Idi Amin-killed hundreds of thousands and Amin made a number of anti-Semitic declarations, including praising German dictator Adolf Hitler for killing Jewish people during World War II,

Pol Pot-Nearly 2 million Cambodians were killed during the 4 year experiment of his “leadership”

Omar al-Bashir has been responsible of civilian death tolls that ring up into the 400,000 range during his crusade of ethnic cleansing and displacing 2.5 million from their homes.

So i think what we should do instead of saying white people are evil, white people are the devil, white people are responsible for the world’s problems… is step back and realize this one thing..

White people aren’t bad, PEOPLE ARE BAD! This dormant evil lays deep inside every human being and if we don’t control it, if good people do nothing, it will be set loose and will feast upon society.

Please hear me as i respectfully beg anyone that reads this to be kind to each other. Lets stop blaming and realize that none of us are perfect and either way you go race is no excuse because EVERY RACE HAS SKELETONS in their closet!!!

Let’s start judging people as individuals and i think everyone should just jab themselves in the eye and blind everyone so we’d have no choice. Imagine a world where we were blind… because we’re irreparably flawed as humans we’d probably judge based on “tone of voice” or people who “shuffle their feet”.

I’m mostly white and couldn’t care less that i am. I try to be the best person i can be to EVERYONE. I see someone that needs some help and i always try to do what i can for them black,white,male,female. Even though i know the darkside of humanity lies within us all, myself included, all i can do is remain aware of it and do my best to show the good side we have to offer as people to each other.

In closing i’d like to make one final plea…

Folks, it’s just US!!! That’s it!!!! We don’t get a second go-round at life so please… every action you take, every word, every wasted moment MATTERS!!!

Please remember that you have the power to truly be open minded, generous, and intelligent. Don’t waste even a moment of this gift of life that we all take for granted! Thank you for the time and the patience.