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| Super Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rockledge, FL
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Fort Hood massacre, Orlando shooting, poor little Somer Thompson, 11 bodies in Cleveland, unemployment, H1N1, and on and on............ From Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire": Birth Control Ho Chi Minh Richard Nixon back again Moonshot Woodstock Watergate Punk Rock Begin Reagan Palestine Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran Russians in Afghanistan Wheel Of Fortune Sally Ride Heavy Metal Suicide Foreign debts Homeless vets AIDS Crack Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores China's under martial law Rock and Roller Cola Wars I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it but we tried to fight it These are tough times, but if you live long enough, it's just deja vu all over again. |
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| Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St. Cloud Florida
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Amen on that Rocket! I was not at all surprised about the shooting today. Moneky see monkey do. I knew some other nutcase would jump in. I wouldn't be surprised if in other state tomorrow it happens again. The guy today sounds just like my ex SIL. Scary that!
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| Super Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rockledge, FL
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Re-posted in The Lounge...........
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| Super Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC
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So true, & as always a powerful song- kind of scary when it is all true and coming back again...- What a message... & I am still speechless over the recent events- We are still waiting to hear of all the soldiers- Ft Bragg soldiers were all accounted for though- still a few we'd like to hear about though... |
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| Super Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rockledge, FL
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I suspect the fall-out from this is going to be HUGE! The Army looks incompetent, the public is confused, and the poor grunts are left scratching their heads thinking, "If I can't trust a commissioned officer, and a doctor to boot, who CAN I trust?" I can see patriotic, decent Muslin soldiers getting their asses kicked on a regular basis, just for good measure, and the brass powerless to stop it. And, yes, there are Muslims in this country, and in our military, who are appalled by this man's cowardly actions. On the other hand, today is the 20th anniversay of the fall of the Berlin Wall. As someone who grew up during the Cold War, and thought I'd never see this, it does foster hope. |
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| Super Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC
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Ft Bragg is cracking down even harder right now since the incident and I hate to say, yes, we may see some racist attacks happen w/in our own men & women... Such a shame- But it is hitting real close to home and no one is feeling safe no matter where they go... I haven't watched any recent reports but I want to know this man's motivation- He is alive and I know they will be asking him many questions... I hope our people ban together and when I see "our people" I am speaking of all Americans- but yeah, especially the military... They have to be able to trust each other, this is not helping I am sure. I don't know if there is any connection to the Major's religious beliefs or not- I don't want to speculate... I hope well, in best of hopes anyway since the deed is done, is that it had nothing to do with his religion or his name and he just cracked under pressure... Well, not to start this up in here- My heart goes out to the soldiers and their families right now... |
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| Super Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rockledge, FL
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I was in the military for 20 years, and for the last 15 or so, the anti-Muslim sentiment has been getting more and more rampant. Hey - not for nothing - I lost 5 friends in a terrorist attack, but emotion is a killer in battle. You HAVE to divorce yourself from your raw emotions, or they'll eat you alive. As we all saw last week. |
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