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Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
You're unworthy to judge my calibre...
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Indeed, I do have psychological wounds, as do many who have endured the unendurable so pathetic ingrates like you can insensitively order us to "get over it" and scoff at the deaths of those who die for you.
Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
As bad as I feel for this man's family, it's important to note that he was an adult volunteer serving in a professional army. He knew what the consequences of his service could be when he signed up and by calling his death a 'waste' his mother is insulting his decision to volunteer for the Army.
Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
Also... by running this story as one of its top headlines, ATS 'News' network is just revealing it's strong anti-war bias. A news story reports facts... propaganda and opinion play with emotions for the sake of producing specific political results. Perhaps it's time for ATS to just describe itself as an anti-war website?
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Too bad people like you benefit from the sacrifice of those who are willing to defend liberty.
Originally posted by General Zapata
what liberty? civil rights in america are being eroded more and more and violated on a daily basis. If thats your liberty, I can tell you, I have not benefited from it.
Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
Also... by running this story as one of its top headlines, ATS 'News' network is just revealing it's strong anti-war bias. A news story reports facts... propaganda and opinion play with emotions for the sake of producing specific political results. Perhaps it's time for ATS to just describe itself as an anti-war website?
Originally posted by rapier28
Why is being anti-war a bad thing?
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
You're unworthy to judge my caliber and any mother who would denigrate the patriotic sacrifice of her own son, even in bereavement, is a disgrace to her son and her nation.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
You're unworthy to judge my calibre...
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I thought I heard a [insert impotent onomonopea here]. I can guess your calibre. I'd bet .177, working off one halfhearted pump.
Main Entry: cal·i·ber
Variant(s): or cal·i·bre /'ka-l&-b&r, British also k&-'lE-/
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French calibre, from Old Italian calibro, from Arabic qAlib shoemaker's last
1 a : degree of mental capacity or moral quality b : degree of excellence or importance [Emphasis mine]
2 a : the diameter of a bullet or other projectile b : the diameter of a bore of a gun usually expressed in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and typically written as a decimal fraction
3 : the diameter of a round body; especially : the internal diameter of a hollow cylinder
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Main Entry: on·o·mato·poe·ia
Pronunciation: "ä-n&-"mä-t&-'pE-&, -"ma-
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make -- more at POET
1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
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Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
As bad as I feel for this man's family, it's important to note that he was an adult volunteer serving in a professional army. He knew what the consequences of his service could be when he signed up and by calling his death a 'waste' his mother is insulting his decision to volunteer for the Army.
Also... by running this story as one of its top headlines, ATS 'News' network is just revealing it's strong anti-war bias. A news story reports facts... propaganda and opinion play with emotions for the sake of producing specific political results. Perhaps it's time for ATS to just describe itself as an anti-war website?
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
PFC Anderson did not die for Bush in the sense that some here may claim, but he did die for every American and every soul on earth who desires to be free.
...before the fires from the “shock and awe” military onslaught were even extinguished, Bremer unleashed his shock therapy, pushing through more wrenching changes in one sweltering summer than the International Monetary Fund has managed to enact over three decades in Latin America.”
...In his first major act on the job, Bremer "fired 500,000 state workers, most of them soldiers, but also doctors, nurses, teachers, publishers, and printers. Next, he flung open the country’s borders to absolutely unrestricted imports: no tariffs, no duties, no inspections, no taxes. Iraq, Bremer declared was "open for business," "
Before the war, Iraq’s non-oil-related economy consisted of 200 state-owned companies, that produced everything from cement to paper to washing machines. In June, Bremer attended an economic summit in Jordan and announced that the firms would be privatized immediately. “Getting inefficient state enterprises into private hands,” he said, “is essential for Iraq’s economic recovery,"
In September, to entice investors to buy the state-owned companies, Bremer enacted a new set of laws. For example, Order 37 lowered Iraq’s corporate tax rate from roughly 40% to a flat 15%. Order 39 allowed foreign companies to own 100% of Iraqi assets outside of the natural-resource sector.
Investors could take 100% of the profits they made in Iraq out of the country. They would not be required to reinvest and would not be taxed. Under Order 39, they could sign leases and contracts that would last for forty years. Order 40 welcomed foreign banks to Iraq under the same favorable terms
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Originally posted by CAConrad0825
How many other soliders have fallen and yet they do not complain of wasted life?
It doesn't matter what cause flawed or not, it matters that you died for your country.
Originally posted by soficrow
IMO - most "news" on ATSNN regurgitates White House Press Releases almost verbatim, like the mainstream news sources.
My articles provide an alternate viewpoint, and balance out the government propaganda. This does not make ATSNN an anti-war website - it just waters down the poison polluting our airways.
And FYI - "Human Interest" is a legitimate component to mainstream news. If you had bothered with the link, you would have seen the source was pulled from AP - a mainstream service.
Originally posted by dirk d
Just throwin this out Im in Iraq now and am Anti-War. I dont support this war or its goals but I do support freedom and yours and my right to support what we feel is right even if wrong. Its not a all or nothing deal. Many before us have died to see less freedom. Do get misguide to think if youre not a supporter of the war or even us troops your not an american. Our job is to make sure you have an environemnt that will let you think or say what you please not make a few oil cornies richer. If we can make that difference now history will. Remember those who have died in the past for freedom and don't let far right tell you youre not an american!!!
Originally posted by kazi
Grady--I picture you with your wworn-out fatigue jacket standing in front of the mirror telling yourself what a hero you are. Give it up--we were duped into another corporate war and I knew as soon as left Viet Nam with our tail between our legs. Give it up.
[edit on 5-3-2005 by kazi]
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Give it up--we were duped into another corporate war and I knew as soon as left Viet Nam with our tail between our legs. Give it up.
[edit on 5-3-2005 by kazi]
You're incredibly ingnorant and you and those like you are wasting your lives because there is nothing more important than your life and your own self gratification.
Why don't you do the rest of us a favor and end it all, so you don't waste precious resources that can be used by those with some character and fortitude.