Wrong war - wrong time?
Sometimes you need to look at the past to see where your going or how you got to where you're at. Especially when it pertains to America or world events it helps to look back. For that reason I'm always combing history books and old books in general to help understand the present.
As I was reading "Lake County History", the chapter titled Lake County in the Civil War I came across something that really pertained to today. A soldier wrote home thanking the people for the kindness while on leave.... but there was much to give us pain.... he went on to mention Copperheads.
So I researched the term Copperheads to better understand that paragraph.
Copperheads were a faction of Democrats in the North, who nominally favored the Union but strongly opposed the war, demanded immediate peace and resisted the draft laws.
They wanted Lincoln and the Republicans removed and saw the president as a tyrant who was destroying American republican values. It went on and on of acts and demonstrations that demoralized some in the North and encouraged the South.
War is never pretty and something we ALL wish didn't have to take place, sometimes though its the only option. Can you imagine if we appeased these people and listened? America today would be divided!
I didn't need to go that far back though to tie in the current Democrat party as being on the fringe all I had to do was make the connection with the Vietnam war protesters. But I wanted to emphasize how consistently wrong the Liberal Left Democrat party has been for YEARS!
Whether you agree with this war in Iraq or not doesn't matter at this point, what matters is succeeding and getting our troops home. One of the biggest reasons why we didn't win the war in Vietnam was the resistance at home. The enemy knew they would be victorious if they could hold out long enough.
If you think back a few years ago when this conflict started in Iraq things were looking as if it would be an early exit when President Bush declared "mission accomplished". When did all the uprising and insurgency start? It seemed to coincide with Howard Dean saying this war is wrong and then John Kerry picked up the antiwar message with wrong war - wrong time. They knew then as they do now that they can't beat the Republicans on moral or economic issues so they had to find a difference. The antiwar message was it.
Sadly as in Vietnam the violence in Iraq will escalate as long as America is divided. Especially during an election year when one party is campaigning about how wrong the war is and promises to end it now. The insurgents know that with an increase in violence they can possibly change the outcome of an election in their favor. The difference though between Vietnam and Iraq is that in Vietnam only one country fell, but if we fail in Iraq the consequences will be felt globally! The terrorists will have a safe haven and a country to launch new attacks.
Hopefully Americans will realize that protesting and making antiwar a platform to win an election is wrong and costs lives and in this election the American voters will support our troops and effort in Iraq and tell the Democrats - wrong party -wrong time.
C. K. M.
It always amazed me that the liberal left screams antiwar messages and rants on and on about bringing our troops home as if they are so concerned about their welfare, but when the troops arrive home they are either frowned upon or called names, or worse yet, their funerals are interrupted with protests.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Random Thoughts
Always so much to write about, gee wish I could do this for a living so I could spend more time writing.
I was going to write about the homosexual agenda and how its has infiltrated the Republican party but instead will get out these random thoughts and observations I've accumulated over the past several months.
My man Blackwell
I was telling someone about a year ago a few of my plans on ways to cut costs for the schools. One of them was to privatize the lunchroom which I won't write about in detail here. But guess what? Listening to Kenneth Blackwell speak recently one of his plans if elected Governor is to do exactly that, privatize the lunchrooms. Boy do I feel good. Now to get him elected and implement the plan.
Another Blackwell Plan
Kenneth Blackwell wants to lease the Ohio turnpike. This plan I'm not to keen on but reading about it it does make some good points. Our government is good at spending our money not making a profit, the private sector knows how to run a business and make a profit. Thinking of it in those terms maybe it does make sense.
Who do I vote for?
Quite a few have asked me who should I vote for? This might seem over simplistic but it works. When things get a little blurred with issues or where a candidate stands take this tip and you won't go wrong in your choice. Listen to the people who support or oppose the issue or candidate. For me anytime a George Soros or the Hollywood Leftist Crowd speaks it turns me off, those people do not represent my beliefs and if they support or down an issue or someone, I know to take the opposing side. Locally it works also, just ask the person or the person representing an issue who they support and if it doesn't agree with your moral conscience go against it.
More on that same thought
I hope this election we remember some of the absurd comments that were made about the Bush administration and tell the Democrats enough. Some of their talk was so beyond reason it insulted my intelligence. Remember Katrina and how they blamed President Bush for everything including weather manipulation that made the hurricane loop back over New Orleans? There were other equally ridiculous comments made. Any party that bands together over an issue like that doesn't deserve votes.
Or How About this Beauty
Shame on me for not making complete notes on this. I was watching C Span about a month or so ago. An elected Democrat and a guess speaker, Buffen Burger President of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, were fielding questions from a reporter. The question asked was how could the Democrats compete against the Republicans on Family Values or something close to that. Buffen Burger came up with this beauty after stumbling around he said hey even maintaining roads is a family value. I just laughed my head off on that one. Yes, maintaining roads is right up there in Christian beliefs. How could you vote for these people?
DON'T LET the few bad apples in the Republican party scare you, keep the Conservative movement going forward this November!
Carey
I was going to write about the homosexual agenda and how its has infiltrated the Republican party but instead will get out these random thoughts and observations I've accumulated over the past several months.
My man Blackwell
I was telling someone about a year ago a few of my plans on ways to cut costs for the schools. One of them was to privatize the lunchroom which I won't write about in detail here. But guess what? Listening to Kenneth Blackwell speak recently one of his plans if elected Governor is to do exactly that, privatize the lunchrooms. Boy do I feel good. Now to get him elected and implement the plan.
Another Blackwell Plan
Kenneth Blackwell wants to lease the Ohio turnpike. This plan I'm not to keen on but reading about it it does make some good points. Our government is good at spending our money not making a profit, the private sector knows how to run a business and make a profit. Thinking of it in those terms maybe it does make sense.
Who do I vote for?
Quite a few have asked me who should I vote for? This might seem over simplistic but it works. When things get a little blurred with issues or where a candidate stands take this tip and you won't go wrong in your choice. Listen to the people who support or oppose the issue or candidate. For me anytime a George Soros or the Hollywood Leftist Crowd speaks it turns me off, those people do not represent my beliefs and if they support or down an issue or someone, I know to take the opposing side. Locally it works also, just ask the person or the person representing an issue who they support and if it doesn't agree with your moral conscience go against it.
More on that same thought
I hope this election we remember some of the absurd comments that were made about the Bush administration and tell the Democrats enough. Some of their talk was so beyond reason it insulted my intelligence. Remember Katrina and how they blamed President Bush for everything including weather manipulation that made the hurricane loop back over New Orleans? There were other equally ridiculous comments made. Any party that bands together over an issue like that doesn't deserve votes.
Or How About this Beauty
Shame on me for not making complete notes on this. I was watching C Span about a month or so ago. An elected Democrat and a guess speaker, Buffen Burger President of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, were fielding questions from a reporter. The question asked was how could the Democrats compete against the Republicans on Family Values or something close to that. Buffen Burger came up with this beauty after stumbling around he said hey even maintaining roads is a family value. I just laughed my head off on that one. Yes, maintaining roads is right up there in Christian beliefs. How could you vote for these people?
DON'T LET the few bad apples in the Republican party scare you, keep the Conservative movement going forward this November!
Carey
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