I am in tears! You are insightful and brilliant. I am assurred there is at least one blinding, searing beacon of truth, carry on the good fight.
Cheers
RMR
Well said. Thank you.
I'll bet a lot of folks have also forgetten that the men who signed the Declaration of Independence literally put their necks on the line, as they were considered treasonous traitors by the English who wanted to hang all of the signers of the DoI.
And yeah, I get that a lot from lefties where the lefties think the "neocons" are trying to do away with the Constitution and the Amendments when I find it's always the lefties who want to censor or imprison those whom the left disagrees with.
If the left feels so oppressed under Bush, they should move to a country where they would fit in. Maybe someplace like Cuba, North Korea, or Iran? Maybe even Venezuela? Although, it looks like a good many people are already sick of Hugo the thug down Venezuela way.
Once again, I'd like to thank all of the United States military, past, prresent, and future, for ensuring that America retains it's great freedoms, making it truly the greatest nation on earth! For all we know, it may be the greatest nation in the universe!
I just discovered your blog a few days ago and it seems to me that surely you can't just be one person - to write the stuff you do - how does one pack so much awesome into the one person?
Great stuff!
As a veteran, I find it disgusting that you use a day meant to honor those who have sacrificed for their country to attempt to advance your silly political agenda. This is a day when all of us are supposed to be proud of our country, and yet, you just can't shut your mouth about "lefties". SHAME ON YOU.
Feeling guilty, Evan?
I will not keep quiet when I see the very values you and all our servicemen and women fight for being trashed and their opposites used to undermine this country. The fight for freedom doesn't stop because you--or anybody else-- are offended by it.
Just ask those Americans who are in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Think the enemy gives them a day off? And make no mistake about it, the left is on the side of the enemy.
As a veteran, I thank you for using this day to point out the uniqueness of America, which is a commitment to libery, as well as the bravery of those who would die to preserve it from all enemies, foreign and domestic. I also thanks you for continueing to use those freedoms to poinmt out that there are those who cannot face the threat and would rather bash Bush than call a terrorist a terrorist.
As a 23 year AF veteran -
Thanks, Doc.
J.
I'm sorry to have to say this but this post was just fucking retarded. Rhetoric is an awesome thing when sculpted by the appropriate tools, like subtlety and understatement, and the elegance of physics is unparalleled - must 'neoconservatives' now soil the beauty of rhetoric and physics?
It's easy to love America - until you hear an American idiot write about how America is a metaphor for a crack in the timespace continuum that ushered humanity into another dimension.
Again, shame on you. I am sure you would tell the soldiers named in this article--the ones who feel that Iraq can never be won, the ones who have seen the people they helped turn against them--that they're "on the side of the enemy."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/
2...agewanted=print
Go to hell, you pseudo-patriotic whore.
This veteran thanks Dr. Sanity for her continued efforts on behalf of our country in the face of such poltroons and mountebanks as the politicians, academics, news media, and oh yeah, especially Evan (USMC) and g50.
Continued efforts in the last war that you already lost. Keep at it and you'll figure out what happened eventually!
I take that back. I would like to thank all of America's past, present, and future members of the military EXCEPT for Evan and others of his ilk. They obviously DON'T GET IT.
Evan, were you one of the so-called Marines that got washed out of the service because you just couldn't hack it? Is that what makes you angry and bitter? Are you merely a poser?
And yes, anyone who feels that the United States can't win in Iraq, and WHO IS HELPING TO BRING ABOUT AMERICA'S DEFEAT THROUGH GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY, IS ALSO THE ENEMY! You need to realize that the ONLY reason the enemy continues to fight on in Iraq in a "lost cause" is because while they know they can't defeat us militarily, they think they can change enough public opinion over here in the US to get a Democratic surrender monkey in as the president and then we'll just withdraw with our tail between our legs, therefore handing an easy victory to the enemy. That victory would then embolden the enemy to further attacks against us.
Surrender and appeasement never works against your enemies. You must DEFEAT them to have peace!
Oh dear, G50 is getting really mean now and using bad language. NOW what are we going to do?
I see the Dr is "In" and has already taken appropriate action. Anyone who didn't see the post I referred to not to worry, you didn't miss anything.
Isnt it odd that a post modern elitist can only see over the top patriotism in a conservative, yet cant see the maggot gagging patriotism he is but a slave to?
Im thankfull for the decent people who fought and died so i could live.
As you should be, SteveH, and I am thankful as well. However Memorial Day is a really poor choice of day for political propaganda. This post spits on the grave of all American troops, and there would be many, who would not approve of this unjust war.
Not sure why g50's post to Garry K was deleted, it was spot on. It is very easy to sit at a computer and talk about how anyone else who doesn't share your political opinions is a supporter of terrorism. Very immature as well, though.
Evan youre not just a supporter of terrorist, you are a terrorist. Wars are fought with and both physical and psychological strategies. Thanks to your kind Al Queda has half its work done. You can spew words that deny youre one of them, but that dont make it so does it?
g50 and Evan need to learn to be civil. They can learn it someplace else.
"The significance of the singularity that is America has always escaped you..."
Evan and G50, I think the doctor was speaking to you with that statement and your responses have proved her point.
Describing modern day "lefties" as enemies of western civilization in general and of America in particular is not a matter of taking a political stand. It's an accurate description of reality.
Freedom and individual rights were radical ideas in the age when Kings could have peasants hanged when they harvested a deer that was on the property that was only "their's" at the pleasure of some hereditary mis-fit. We as Americans are as blessed as human beings can be, and on this day I honor all those that gave the ultimate sacrifice so that I can toast their memory with a beer!
I love your site, and you Doc. I can't imagine how fast you must type to get all this done in your spare time!
But you really need to advertise for a better class of troll. The stupid posing and threats are so 2004! You might want to post "trolls wanted" ads over at Protein Wisdom, Ace of Spades or Patterico.
Personally, I don't believe that "Evan" was really a US Marine. I believe he's one of those Al Qaeda plants who impersonate Americans.
To all who think the Iraq war is "unjust" and that if we just leave there everything will be just peachy keen--you're wrong. If we pull out now it will be a bloodbath that will make North Vietnam's slaughter of the South Vietnamese look like a picnic. It will also dwarf Cambodia. You can defer the day you will have to fight radical Islam, but fight it you must. I'd rather us fight it with our military over there than with our civilians over here.
And Evan, yes, I can type on a computer. But you don't know anything else about me. You don't know what I may be doing to fight terrorists behind the scenes. And I'm not about to tell you.
Importable trolls are pulled from rent-a-war-protester injured reserve?
Words fueled the first American Revolution. Maybe words can fuel a very necessary second one.
To call the American Singularity a great essay is to understate its content.
Thank you for being able to write it.
Probably less Al Qaeda recruiting and more along the lines of International ANSWER.
I've noticed that most posters who disagree with Dr. Sanity usually end up calling her names. Surely some antiwar people must have some arguments that don't rely on (1) name-calling or (2) ignoring known facts that were distorted in the MSM.
As usual Doc you have struck a chord. It is always interesting to see the trolls who fear the truth come to your site and try to make it about them instead of the issue stated in your commentary.
Anything to keep others from having an opinion different from theirs. Prometha is right on. When those on the Left resort to name calling it is an indication that they lack the intellectual skill to debate or rebut that which others have stated. I keep waiting for an informed Leftist that can present his/her argument in a cogent, reasoned manner, but I suspect it will be a cold day in Hell before that happens.
The best to all veterans, active duty personnel and those who support them. May your service to the country always be respected and honored.
FEEBLE IMPOSTER
"As a veteran, I find it disgusting that you use a day meant to honor those who have sacrificed for their country to attempt to advance your silly political agenda. This is a day when all of us are supposed to be proud of our country, and yet, you just can't shut your mouth about "lefties". SHAME ON YOU."--
Evan (USMC)
The Doc Isn't making a political statement. She is lamenting how those, like you, hate America and don't respect the ideals our soldiers have fought and died for, let alone their sacrifice.
My Dad was USMC, First Division. Neither he nor anyone I've met like him would ever express themselves the way you do, except perhaps to a Lefty troll like you. And even then they wouldn't be so lacking in dignity as to sound like one, as do you.
YOU ARE A PHONEY, AND IT SHOWS!
THE BATTLE IS OVER, BUT NOT THE WAR
If we don't reflect on WHY our soldiers fought, how will we appreciate their sacrifice? And if we don't appreciate their sacrifice, what was it's point?
The values America was founded on need to be defended, ESPECIALLY on a day like today. Our enemies do not rest. We must not.
If we can better appreciate and defend America's ideals by contrasting them with the ideals of our enemies, then by all means do that.
Just because an enemy is domestic and not foreign is no reason to ignore the threat, especially since it is often the greater one.
Thanks Doc, for your very thoughtful and meaningful tribute. to this very special day. I know my Dad would have loved it.
The Founding Fathers and those in each generation who are willing to fight for freedom have given us a world where it's still possible, despite the ever-present totalitarian impulse that is a vexatious part of our human nature, to gnaw one's monogram onto an ear of corn at a Memorial Day cookout:
"Your loved ones' lives had what we all want: meaning"
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His day is marching on.
I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;
“As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal”;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Since God is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While God is marching on.
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on.
Words: Julia W. Howe, 1861, alt. This hymn was born during the American civil war, when Howe visited a Union Army camp on the Potomac River near Washington, D. C. She heard the soldiers singing the song “John Brown’s Body,” and was taken with the strong marching beat. She wrote the words the next day:
"I awoke in the grey of the morning, and as I lay waiting for dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to entwine themselves in my mind, and I said to myself, 'I must get up and write these verses, lest I fall asleep and forget them!' So I sprang out of bed and in the dimness found an old stump of a pen, which I remembered using the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper."
The hymn appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862. It was sung at the funerals of British statesman Winston Churchill, American senator Robert Kennedy, and American presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.
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The dark is unquestionably rising again.
It's possible that it finds its best niche in the West, which is why we need to scrutinize ourselves.
In the meantime, on Memorial Day we should not only remember, mourn, admire and celebrate the sacrifices that were made for our nation and Constitution in the past, but contemplate the unpleasant question of whether earlier intervention might have kept many of them with us.
"As a veteran, I find it disgusting that you use a day meant to honor those who have sacrificed for their country to attempt to advance your silly political agenda. This is a day when all of us are supposed to be proud of our country, and yet, you just can't shut your mouth about "lefties". SHAME ON YOU."
You mean, like this bunch? http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2...,275974,00.html
Or do you mean Edwards' call for antiwar protests at all the Memorials for veterans?
Or perhaps, you mean this: http://
www.realclearpolitics.com...ngton_nati.html
Or this: http://www.michaelyon-online.com...day-
message.htm
as for g50, he's not worth the time to address at all. as usual he replaces debate with name calling to avoid having to justify anything he says.
Dennis said: "I keep waiting for an informed Leftist that can present his/her argument in a cogent, reasoned manner, but I suspect it will be a cold day in Hell before that happens."
Dennis it ain't gonna happen for one simple reason, informed, reasonable leftists agree with us.
I like the fact that Kennedy included "submission" along with "surrender" as the two things America will never abide. "Submission" is a word we here alot these days, since that is literally what Islam means.
We should never submit to Islam
"If we pull out now it will be a bloodbath that will make North Vietnam's slaughter of the South Vietnamese look like a picnic."
I don't believe it will be that big a bloodbath but there are worse things than death and that's what they (and we) should fear will rise up in the place of the conflict now.
Dr. Sanity,
Your statement moves me to tears of joy. Thank you so much for all your loving kindness.
In Christ,
> Oh dear, G50 is getting really mean now and using bad language. NOW what are we going to do?
Why, we have you pee on his firecracker, Cap'n Billy...
:oD :oD :oD :oD :oD :oD :oD :oD :oD
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
10 points to anyone who gets the reference. 
If you want to cheat:
Here
Very well stated.
I have nothing to add, except that it is good to know that there are still some " thinking " people left in the world.
God Bless America.
I HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO ATTEND THE COUNTER RALLY AT THE USCG GRAGUATION AT NEW LONDON CT WITH MY BROTHER EAGLES FROM NC.
I HAD A CHANCE TO FACE THEM UP CLOSE TO DELIVER MY MESSAGE TO THEM WITH THE AID OF THE "YELLOW PEACE DUCKS" WHICH EXPLAINED TO THEM THE FOLLOWING
1. THE DUCK IS YELLOW
2. YOUR SIGNS ARE YELLOW
3. A.N.S.W.E.R. IS LEAVEING A YELLOW STAIN ON MY COUNTRY
4. I DEMAND THE STAIN BE REMOVED, NOW!
THIS MESSAGE WAS SPREAD THANKS TO THE AP REPORTER WHO TOOK THE GREAT SHOT OF THOSE TWO WONDERFUL AMERICAN LADYS BESIDE ME AS I SULUTED THE VISITORS & WAVED THE YELLOW DUCKS IN THERE FACE.
PLEASE BE SURE TO WAVE LARGE NUMBERS OF YELLOW DUCKS IN THERE FACE NATION WIDE. A.N.S.W.E.R. & THE SPAW NOW KNOW THE DUCK, IT IS SOMETHING THEY ALSO FACED AS THEY SET THERE YELLOW FOORPRINTS ON THE HOLY GROUND OF WEST POINT NY. I GREETED EACH GROUP AS THEY PASSED ME WITH A R.S.V.P. FROM THE GATHERING OF EAGLES. I PROMISED THEM WE WOULD SEE THEM, ANTWHERE, ANY TIME, ANY WEATHER, TO EXPRESS OUR ANGER TO THEM FOR ATTEMPTING TO SELL OUT OUT LIBERTY FOR POLITICAL GAIN.
HOW DARE THEY EXPECT AMERICA TO STAND SILENT AS WHEY SELL OUT OUR TROOPS FOR PORK TO BUILD MORE BRIDGES THAT GO NO WHERE !.
AS A VIETNAM VET I WILL NEVER AGAIN STAND SILENT TO A.N.S.W.E.R. I SAY
IN YOUR FACE MY YELLOW LITTLE COMRADS
I EXPECT NO RESPECT FROM THEM, THEY CAN EXPECT NO RESPECT FROM ME. PERIOD
I AM ONE OF MANY SIMPLE SOLDIERS WHO WILL STAND UP AND TELL THEM MY COUNTRY IS NOT FOR SALE IN WASHINGTON DC.
SEND A YELLOW DUCK TO THE PEOPLE FROM YOUR HOME STATE WHO PANDER FOR PORK & PAY FOR IT WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR BRAVE MILITARY.
ATTACH A TAG WITH YOU PERSONAL DISPLEASURE. IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO CONTACT THEM WITH WHATEVER WILL GET THERE ATTENTION. PLEASE ASK THEM TO REMEMBER WE GET NO SECOND CHANCE TO BUY OUR COUNTRY BACK IF THEY SELL IT TO TERRORIST FOR PORK.
GOD PROTECT OUT MILITARY NOW IN COMBAT TO ASSURE OUR FREEDON.
HOLD YOUR HAND OVER EACH OF THEM AND BRING THEM HOME SAFE, WITH HONOR,AND VICTORY FOR AMERICA.
COMFORT THOSE WAITING AT HOME FOR THERE RETURN
PROTECT THEM FROM THE EVIL THEY FACE IN COMBAT AND THE EVIL THEY FACE AT HOME
AMEN
JIHOD RULES FOR DEALING WITH ALL INFIDELS
RULE #1 CONVERT THEM ONE THE SPOT IN BATTLE.
RULE #2 MAKE THEM CATTLE {SLAVES}
RULE #3 KILL THEM ON THE SPOT FOR THE VICTORY OF WORLD WIDE JIHOD
TO ALL TRUE INFIDELS I ASK WHAT RULE DO YOU SEE WHICH YOU WISH YOUR FAMILY TO OBAY?
THERE IS NO OTHER RULES
YOUR LEADERS, BOTH ON THE LEFT, AND ON THE RIGHT MAY BABBLE INTILL THEY TURN BLUE,..PERIOD
HERE IS THERE RESPONSE TO ALL THE BABBLE
"KISS THE HAND,..INTILL YOU CAN CUT IT OFF"
IF YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS, AS IT IS NOT IN YOUR STACK OF TALKING POINTS.PLEASE GOOGLE THE KORAN, ON LINE, IN ENGLISH
THE WORLD ID VERY HARD,..IT IS MUCH HARDER WHEN YOU REMAIN STUPID.
IF I OFFEND YOUR FEELING ABOUT AMERICA FEEL NO PAIN
I FEL NO COMFORT FOR THE FACT THE ATTACK AT FORT DRUM NJ DID NO MORE THEN TO FIRE UP THE GRILL, ICE UP THE BEER, STAND A FLAG IN THE YARD, AND CONTINUE TO SELL OUT OUR NATION FOR,
"PEACE AT ANY PRICE"
THE VICTOR WILL NEVER BE ASKED IF HE TOLD THE TRUTH.
ADOLF HITLER
America is great because it retains the spirit of human freedom and self-reliance epitomised by the cowboy and the frontiersman. Keep hold of that spirit, America!
The cowboy/frontier spirit is not a captive of the wide open planes of yore. It is as much, or more, at home in the computer age - because technology is making so much more possible on the individual level that formerly required the government. The frontier now is science, technology, communications, networking - all things that is playing catch-up, badly.
That frontier is now being expanded world-wide. Hopefully, America will not be alone for much longer.
"all things that the government is playing catch-up at, badly" Sorry!
The Islamists should consult with the "Native Americans" -- formerly known as "Indians" -- about what is going to happen when we finally get around to playing Cowboys and Muslims.
Coming to a theater of war near you.
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hey guys, don't leave the hillbillies and rednecks out... we were first you know... lol.
Unfortunately, I never served in the military--only the Air Force and then only for 21 years. Doc, kudos for a singularly appropriate post. Lest we forget, lest we forget. -cp
STEP
MY LITTLE BITTY CONCRET CAVE DWELLER.
THANK YOU FOR DEFINEING YOURSELF AS A TRUE PRODUCT OF A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL EDUCATION.
THE TAR NEVER COMES OFF, ONCE YOU PLACE IT ON,. IN PUBLIC VIEW.
YOU MAY NOW FOLLOW ME IN PRAYER.
IN PUBLIC,..WITH NO PERMISSION REQUEST.
FOR YOU COMRAD,..IT'S NOT A REQUEST,.IT'S MORE LIKE A DEMAND.
BOW YOUR HEAD, STAND WITH RESPECT, AND BE HUMAN,. FOR ONE SECOND.
MAY GOD BLESS MRS CINDY SHEEHAN AND HER BRAVE AMERICAN HERO SON.
MAY HE BRING HER PEACE, COMFORT, AND THE KNOWLEDGE HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS.
MAY HER SON WAIT FOR AT YOUR SIDE INTILL THEY ARE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN.
AMEN
STEP
DID I CONFUSE YOU WITH A MOONBAT?
IF SO I MUST SAY I AM TRUELY SORRY
FORGIVE ME PLEASE SIR
ITS JUST THAT I HAVE NO HATE IN MY HEART AND MY MOUTH SOMETIMES REACTS BEFORE MY BRAIN HAS A CHANCE TO PULL THE PLUG.
MY BAD. GOD BLESS ROBERT E. LEE !!
TO ALL WHO HAVE A COAT OF TAR PLEASE DISREGARD THE ABOVE MESSAGE
YOU WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT ANYWAY.
I WAS TRYING TO TELL THIS PERSON I WAS SORRY.
THAT IS A WORD TRUE HATERS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
AS I WATCHED THE KKK PASS ON THE STREETS OF HUNTERSVILLE NC AS A POLICE OFFICER I SAW PURE HATE IN THERE EYES. I SEE THAT HATE TODAY, PLACE OF BIRTH, COLOR OF SKIN, OF POLITICAL OPINIONS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME HATE I SAW FOR A BLACK PERSON.
DON'T ASK !!,..I AM KIND OF PINK, NICE LOOKING ON MY HARLEY,AND I CAN BE SO SCARY I MAKE SMALL CHILDREN CRY IN WAL MART.
Dr., Socialists never change. Just ask Kipling.
Memories
1930
"The eradication of memories of the Great War. -SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT ORGAN
The Socialist Government speaks:
THOUGH all the Dead were all forgot
And razed were every tomb,
The Worm-the Worm that dieth not
Compels Us to our doom.
Though all which once was England stands
Subservient to Our will,
The Dead of whom we washed Our hands,
They have observance still.
We laid no finger to Their load.
We multiplied Their woes.
We used Their dearly-opened road
To traffic with Their foes:
And yet to Them men turn their eyes,
To Them are vows renewed
Of Faith, Obedience, Sacrifice,
Honour and Fortitude!
Which things must perish. But Our hour
Comes not by staves or swords
So much as, subtly, through the power
Of small corroding words.
No need to make the plot more plain
By any open thrust;
But-see Their memory is slain
Long ere Their bones are dust!
Wisely, but yearly, filch some wreath-
Lay some proud rite aside-
And daily tarnish with Our breath
The ends for which They died.
Distract, deride, decry, confuse-
(Or-if it serves Us-pray!)
So presently We break the use
And meaning of Their day!
"Unfortunately, I never served in the military--only the Air Force and then only for 21 years." -- cold pizza
LOLOLOL
When I was trying to decide which branch to go into, I "interviewed" the recruiters. When I went to the A.F. guy, he had his feet up on the desk, hat over his eyes and greeted me with something like "so waddya want?'
I went with Navy.
SDN
I don't remember that one.
Kipling was one of my favorites years ago: would be now if there were time.
Thanks for reminding me, and with such an appropriate choice.
regards
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