Olbermann's Special Comment on Sacrifice Part 1

[TOhioLiberal]

Run time: 05:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5rpq5kk4g   Posted on YouTube: January 03, 2007 By YouTube Member: ToledoNative Views on YouTube: 3385   Posted on DU: January 03, 2007 By DU Member: TOhioLiberal Views on DU: 1132

 
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[tavalon]

1. kicked and recommended

Righteous and right.

[Gman]

2. K&R!!

[Ladyhawk]

3. Fuck Bush. He's gonna get my nephew killed.

My nephew, having been raised by a dittohead and an unstable fundy, is eyeballing the military. Sigh. When * invaded Iraq and I protested, I was thinking about my nephew then. He's 16 now and I don't know what to say.

[angry_chuck]

8. tell him how all

my friends who joined now regret it.

remind him that the service is a job, but unlike a regular job, it is a job which you cannot quit, talk back, or believe as you wish.

In that it is more like selling yourself to the government for a time.

and even though they say you can choose from so many jobs...their aptitude tests and other placement testing will possibly interfere with that...

As it did for a friend of mine who is now in Iraq for the 2nd time (would be third but he had a friend hit his knee with a bat in order to not be redeployed so that he could witness the birth of his first son) and he was told he could choose from over 250+ jobs. After he was officially owned by them (Marines) he was told that, "uh, son, you are colorblind." Turns out he cannot see red properly so out went his firefighter style job he wanted and lo and behold they made him a construction worker. Now he is building the huge installations that will help sustain our perpetual war in the middle east.

He didn't want any part of what he ended up with, but he is still serving like a good patriot, without complaining too much.

Another friend of mine joined and they made him an MP. Sit in this checkpoint all day, no reading or writing or anything but sitting, while maybe 1 or 2 people pass through each day. That sounds riveting.

Some people like it, and good for them, what they are doing is commendable.

If you cannot stand orders and feel comfortable with the socialization (they break you down to build you up as one of them) you have received, do not join, or you will regret it. plain and simple.

[chervilant]

4. The Time Has Come

Olbermann's voice must not be the lone voice in the wilderness. We must raise our voices with his. Loudly. We must be unafraid to refute the garbage spewing from the mouths of Bush supporters. We must be unafraid to challenge the fallacies of their warped 'Christianity'! In this past year, my research has led me to the realization that a great many Fundies, nearly all Freepers, and a large number of Republicans feel that they are AT WAR! They are waging war against secular humanists, liberals, and--not the least of the list--Democrats! They are waging war against US! And, for them, the gloves are off.

I appreciate this forum so much, but I implore each of you to be active in other venues. Please, write letters to the editors of newspapers that publish pro-Bush columnists--for example, Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle. Write to ANY politician who supports this criminal administration! Create a macro to make sending five letters a week quick and easy!

I implore each of you to go nose-to-nose with anyone who denigrates liberalism or the Democratic Party. Carry Avery labels printed with choice quotes and post them wherever it's likely that Bush supporters will see them. One can hope that such quotes will affect them subliminally, or at least cause a bump in their unfettered allegiance to the madman sitting in our White House. Become a Freeway Blogger! Risking arrest is NOTHING compared to the risks our children are taking in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We must fight back--in larger numbers and more frequent skirmishes! The pen is mightier than the sword! Please, please, please use your energy and your considerable wits in this battle to reunite our nation and unseat the unsavory.

[chervilant]

5. One More Thing--For Levity

T-shirts I'd like to see:

1) (On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush.

2) 1/20/09: End of an Error.

3) That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway.

4) Let's Fix Democracy in This Country First.

5) Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.

6) You Can't Be Pro-War And Pro-Life At The Same Time.

7) If You Can Read This, You're Not Our President.

8) Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?

9) George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight.

10) Impeachment: It's Not Just for Blow jobs Anymore.

11) America : One Nation, Under Surveillance.

12) They Call Him "W" So He Can Spell It.

13) Which God Do You Kill For?

14) Jail to the Chief.

15) Who Would Jesus Torture?

16) No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade?

17) Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design is Full of Crap.

18) Bad president! No Banana.

19) We Need a President Who's Fluent In At Least One Language.

20) We're Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill Them.

21) Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Blood.

22) Is It Vietnam Yet?

23) Bush Doesn't Care About White People, Either.

24) Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This Hand basket?

25) You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.

26) Impeach Cheney First.

27) Dubya, Your Dad Shoulda Pulled Out, Too.

28) When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46.

29) The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century.

30) 2004: Embarrassed; 2005: Horrified; 2006: Terrified.

[caledesi]

6. Those are great! Very creative. I like the "W" one. nt

[54anickel]

7. Kick to both parts

Selfishly trying to keep them together for my later viewing enjoyment.