Ho Hum. OPapaDoc caught in more lies. Who cares? The NFL drafted its first openly gay player and we all got to watch him kiss his boyfriend on the national media! Isn't it great? We call it progress.
Sometimes I hate being so negative, but I just can't ignore reality. My head spins at what we, collectively, find interesting and important.
If you subtract out those two groups, there are just not many people remaining. :shrug:
YUP, it's true ........OBAMA LIED AGAIN. :nono:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQ6UiEnDj0Obama: Not 'even a smidgen of corruption' in IRS scandal
There is great danger in becoming completely complacent because this administration lies so much we have become numb.
I am praying that at some point we reach a critical mass and Americans rise up and say, "NO MORE!"
I know. I am painfully aware. That's why I'm one of the ones that tries to reign in the euphoria over possibly crushing the Democrats in November. What we see isn't what that majority sees. Obviously that's true, because if the majority saw what we see, we'd be complaining about President Romney.
And it is also true that there is not a smidgen of corruption at the IRS! More like a boat load!
I only know this; WE will never again be a truly FREE people for so long as we continue to abide the Marxist progressive income tax and the IRS!
There is MUCH Truth to that, Bigun; I fear there is TOO MUCH Truth there (i.e., that your sentiment is merely descriptive at this point, not prescriptive).
You are correct. I have to admit, for me, at this point in time ("because this administration lies so much"), I almost yawn when yet another revelation comes forth; there have just been so many, and absolutely nothing of substance has been done about it.
And I realize that this is actually a phenomenon that I've been experiencing for years. For the better part of two decades I have watched myself go into this cycle: Learn/hear about some "shocking" truth that starts to bleed out a bit, get all exciting, thinking in my mind, "Great, this is going to be the thing that really wakes a lot of people up!!!" and then end up just getting discouraged as nothing ever comes of it..... There is a limit as to how long a person can go through this cycle until more than a bit of jaded cynicism starts to creep in. :shrug:
You are correct. I have to admit, for me, at this point in time ("because this administration lies so much"), I almost yawn when yet another revelation comes forth; there have just been so many, and absolutely nothing of substance has been done about it.
And I realize that this is actually a phenomenon that I've been experiencing for years. For the better part of two decades I have watched myself go into this cycle: Learn/hear about some "shocking" truth that starts to bleed out a bit, get all exciting, thinking in my mind, "Great, this is going to be the thing that really wakes a lot of people up!!!" and then end up just getting discouraged as nothing ever comes of it..... There is a limit as to how long a person can go through this cycle until more than a bit of jaded cynicism starts to creep in. :shrug:
Well Katz I can only respond to that by telling you that there is CURRENTLY a bill before both houses of Congress (HR25/S122) with MANY co-sponsors that would instantly fix the problem the day it is enacted into law! All that is lacking is suficient demand from us that it be done!
http://fairtax.org
For me it's not so much of a 'yawn' as it is the pessimism that there's not one blasted thing we can do about it.
The left controls the message, and as long as we are portrayed as some kind of violent, dangerous nutcases who are trashed at every turn, in the media, in popular culture, in Hollywood, on college campuses, in public schools, I get dangerously negative and pretty much want to give up on the country that I adored, in spite of its shortcomings, just a few short years ago.
Obama has sucked the life out of me.
That's why I dismiss almost anything that comes from the conservative echo chamber. Not because it isn't true, but because only the few will know of it. I don't watch Fox News for that reason. If it's not covered by the msm, it didn't happen.
That's why I dismiss almost anything that comes from the conservative echo chamber. Not because it isn't true, but because only the few will know of it. I don't watch Fox News for that reason. If it's not covered by the msm, it didn't happen.
Sugar Loaf Hill was a small, insignificant-looking mound, barely 50 feet high and about 300 yards long, situated on the southern end of Okinawa. It was part of a triangle of strongpoints set up by the Japanese defenders designed to delay and damage the attacking American forces. The other two points of the triangle were the higher terrain of Shuri Heights and an irregular-shaped set of hills that Marines called the Half Moon.
The Sixth Marine Division was given the task of taking the mound called Sugar Loaf, and it would prove costly. By the time the area was considered secure, 1,656 Marines would be dead and another 7,429 wounded. Regiments were reduced to company strength, and companies to platoon size. Platoons and squads simply ceased to exist in some cases. It took 11 tries during a 12-day period and ate up most of three regiments before the hill was taken. Why this was so, and how the hill was eventually taken, is the subject of James Hallas’ World War II book, “Killing Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill.”
Hallas interviewed a number of survivors of the battles and coupled their recollections with unit official accounts to come up with a story that graphically and explicitly describes the horrors of the battles and the courage and sacrifices exhibited by the attacking Marines. This book is not for the faint of heart. When Hallas writes of the battles, he includes descriptions of horrific wounds suffered by the casualties that make even calloused gunnery sergeants cringe. In doing so, he is merely passing on the sights and smells of the assaults indelibly imprinted in the memories of those who survived, and who passed on their recollections to the author. These stories are what make the chapters come alive for the reader.
Leathernecks of Company G, 22d Marine Regiment were the first to bump heads with the mound, and the first to feel the heat of the interlocking fires. By the end of its struggle to take Sugar Loaf, “George” Co would be down to 24 men of its original complement. When it was relieved, more units were ordered into the fight and were consumed one by one. Many times, Marines reached the summit of the mound only to be driven off or killed by the murderous fire. Eventually, the realization sank in, that the mound was an interlocking system of caves and tunnels with the firing ports so cleverly disguised as to be virtually undetectable. The tanks being used to support the assaults often fell victim to mines, artillery and antitank fire. Those who got through were ineffective in taking out the bunkers because of the camouflage.
The Japanese were so entrenched that many Marines fought the battles without ever sighting the enemy. The frustration they felt is summed up in one chapter that describes a colonel shaking hands with the Marines who returned from one of the fights. One Marine refused to shake hands, saying: “I don’t deserve any commendation. I took the worst licking of my life and never even got one of them in my sights.”
The stories Hallas tells are ones of bravery and devotion to duty. When officers and noncommissioned officers fell, privates stepped up and assumed command. The killing ground leading up to Sugar Loaf was littered for days by the dead, and it was only after the battle that they could be recovered. The war ended shortly after Sugar Loaf and Okinawa were secured. For some of the survivors, it has never ended.
I know, Bigun, and I was just saying to someone the other day (yes, we were talking about you! lol) that I truly admire your tireless energy and efforts to drive this point home in as many ways and places that you can!! :patriot:
Thank you Katz!
I will assure you of one thing! For as long as I am still sucking air I will NEVER EVER quit trying!
Thanks for the infusion of courage, Bigun! :patriot: