Older and wiser and all that now!

Great article! Thanks.

And a LOT more of us had fought and died in Vietnam.

My cousin died in Vietnam, he was shot by a sniper, in the head.

I was still very little, but I remember my mother, and my aunts, grieving, crying, the first time I had seen my mother cry, and it was terrifying.

Then TAPS at the cemetery, along with the 21 gun salute, (they actually sent military personnel in those days) my Aunt receiving the folded flag, and the image, the brutality of my family’s grief was SEARED into my mind.

I suppose that’s why, in part, I’m so passionate about the otherwise voiceless having a place at the table. It’s too easy for big fat stupid rich men to feel superior, you know, those who lack talent, those who LUCK into their money, never earning it, those willing to send men to war so casually, for oil, when there are other ways, those with an Astroturfed IQ, those who project intelligence, but aren’t.

We are a country of laws, we are equal, no matter our net worth.

(I’m kidding).

Poor NATO.

I was thinking, though, now that you mention it, at this meeting regarding the Ukraine joining NATO at the cost of Putin’s stern consternation ( no, I did not say Putin’s stern constipation, I said Putin’s stern consternation) Bush, whom most of us wouldn’t hire as an associate manager for a Burger King, is the chief US negotiator, no matter how many aids, and adjuncts tag along.

Period.

George Bush is representing the US in regard to future American world strategic position.

And now the same people who financed Bush want to give Obama the job, and see no problem, none at all. They’ll run it like Wall Street.

Obama has done nothing to show he possess any sort of skill, or literacy, at all, whatsoever, with the exception of appropriateng bribes, and kickbacks, dealing with men criminals like Rezko, and Auchi, and Wright, men who greased his way, Obama never doing an honest day’s work in his life.

Ever.

And according to a post on MyDD, Obama would STILL bomb, or invade Pakistan, without fully understanding the dynamics at work in the middle east.

As glorious as it would be to kick those terrorist asses,/snark, the ones Auchi supports by selling them arms, it’s a disaster in terms of the larger US global strategic position.

Bush and Cheney, being oh so wall street thick in the head, don’t get it.

And Obama doesn’t either.

It’s hard work.

But I’d never do that, I would never be disingenuous with others.

Boy, those Wall Street guys are STUPID.

lol.

And yes, their 27 year old son is an Obama supporter and insults them on a daily basis for supporting Hillary Clinton.

Were Junior my son he would be sitting on his well-padded ass on the sidewalk in front of my house surrounded by his belongings and with all invitations except dinner on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter revoked. And said invitations include the caveat that unless he acts in a civil manner he will be given a doggy bag and shown the door.

Obamabrats are in many cases the punishment meted out to their parents and all the rest of us for the failure of said parents to ever make offspring grow up. I would be ashamed to be the parents of a 27 year old teenager.

I don’t tell my kids or grandkids who to vote for; although I am guilty of nagging them about voting. And they know better than to make any attempt to influence my vote.

I really should be sorry I said that.

I am cringing as I remember how clueless I was in college. I truly thought I knew EVERYTHING. Very much like the Obamans are now.

I have grown up enough to realize that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and that no politician is perfect. However, some have proven themselves to be devoted to progressive causes, and some have not.

Hillary is devoted to the things I care about, and that’s why she’s gotten my money and my vote. As for Barack, he hasn’t proven anything, and the more I know about him, the less I like.

I wish the Obamans would have the good sense to evaluate their candidate carefully before giving in to the hero worship, but that Koolaid must be some very strong stuff…

It was a shock for me also. I couldn’t believe that the mean, ugly Richard Nixon had won. Likewise I have never worshiped any candidate since then.

Now as a 60 year old grandmother of five, I’m pretty certain that there is no “perfect” candidate because everyone’s idea of perfect is different. I’ve lived through enough to know that we are headed for a very difficult time in our country’s history. While I am hoping for a couple more decades on this earth, what I am really voting for in this election is the future for my family, for my grandchildren.

I read that the endorsement of Lee Hamilton yesterday was helpful to Obama in the area of foreign policy. If Hamilton’s conduct and conclusions on the 9/11 Commission are any indication (IMO) then he is pretty weak and of no value to anyone except in name.

The world is a far more dangerous place than when GBW was elected. It will take a pragmatic, intelligent person to put America upright again. If not, Hillary, I do not see it as Obama and I will fight to make sure he does not have the opportunity to take our country further into the cesspool we are currently in.