The "Anti-War" Left Versus Blind Patriotism

One of the things I religiously read in the KANSAS CITY STAR is the reader's Letters in the editorial section. Two of those letters stood out today- "Banner leads to firing" and "Unfair to conservatives."

In the first letter written by "Rebecca Roeber" of "Lee's Summit"- she has "commended" the Johnson County ('think in lockstep') Community College for recently firing an employee who had attempted to unfurl an anti-war banner in an auditorium during a "lecture on bi-partisanship."

Ms. Roeber misses the real immorality- but then again when it comes to Bush's Folly- many of Dubya's supporters seem to be unable to think or see properly.

Where is the outrage Ms. Roeber- that the man who masterminded September 11- 2001- Osama bin Laden- still runs free?
Where is the outrage Ms. Roeber that the initial basis for invading Iraq was that Saddam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction" and none- not even a slingshot- were found?
Where is the outrage Ms. Roeber that more than 3700 Americans have died after America's leaders LIE and invades a nation who neither attacked or threatened to attack us.

Yeah- Ms. Roeber and her fellow mind-sets only get outraged when THINKING Americans figure out how royally screwed we are and voice their objections.

This leads to letter number 2- "Unfair to conservatives" penned by a "Jeanette Dennis" of "Greenwood-MO.

This letter starts with "I'm sorry the liberals in this country are so afraid of conservatives and their ideas. They can't be any more scared of our ideas than I am of theirs" Ms. Dennis wrote.

Heh- Ms. Dennis- tisk- tisk. If conservatives support immoral and unjustified wars- secrecy in our government which includes PATRIOT Acts that trash the American Constitution and Bill of Rights in one swell foop- then yes- I'm TERRIFIED of YOUR ideas.

After a glaring mis-truth about Hussein having "ties to al-Qaida" and showing her unbridled support for truth-dispensed-after-run-in-the-spin-cycle- "Fox News" and "Rush Limbaugh"- Ms. Dennis goes on to say "I know when we say these things- people on the left think we're drinking Kool-Aid...."

No Ms. Dennis- I just think you and the 30-something percent who still think Dubya is doing a good job have lost your ability to read- comprehend as well as think independently and clearly. These people conveniently forget America was BUILT on protest.

In those regards- I guess I shall never be "a conservative" but damn-straight and probably more-so every bit an American.

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