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| McDonalds, and other wars on terror |
| 12.17.04 (4:58 pm) [edit] |
Did I mention that I like corporations?
There's a very significant reason as to why I like these things, and it's not because "they dominate every aspect of our lives" so on and yadda yadda. No, I like corporations because if it wasn't for people, they wouldn't be so big.
Seriously. Stop bitching about how big and evil McDonalds is and realize that the reason they are in business is because people go there. Hell, nearly everyone I know who bitched about how bad McDonalds is for you and quotes lines from [i]Supersize Me[/i] will sit down and eat a burger, tearing into the restaurant in between bites.
And you know what? That's okay. In fact, I applaud it. Granted, these people are being a tad bit hypocritical when they do this, but I don't think any less of them. Why should I? That's actually quite bold.
Maybe Americans should all have the pleasure of living in other forms of government for at least three years before being allowed to come back. Maybe then they'd see that free healthcare isn't what it looks like. Maybe then they'd see that communism doesn't work well when people are involved. Maybe they'd see that America isn't that bad off... a little confused, maybe, and heading towards the end of it's run, but not bad off.
Maybe they'd come back and want a Big Mac.
But, then again, Uncle Sam and Miss America have some definate downsides, especially now. With this new division cracking through the states, sometimes it feels like another civil war is coming. Sometimes, the reds are painted to be such evil emperors that I think to myself, [i]"...and this is where the blue hero will rise and the war will begin."[/i] Which would be unfortunate. God knows we don't need another war. At least not now.
You know, it was really funny to me when it first happened. You know, the bombing in Baghdad. I remember, I was on leave, transfering between duty stations. If I remember correctly, the friend I mentioned prior was in boot camp, and as I faded in and out of sleep, I remember thinking that I couldn't wait to be there. And it was true. Until the moment I got out, I wanted to go to Iraq.
I didn't want to die, but I wanted to be there.
I have a hard time discussing the war with people. I guess that because I support the President and would give my life to protect the elected leader of my country, whom I swore alliegance to a long time ago, I am a conservative bastard. I guess that because I argue against the motives and the president's current decission of keeping our men (and women) there, I guess I'm a dirty liberal dog.
It's almost funny that the same generation that was nodding their heads with Brad Pitt when he said "We are history's middle children... we don't have our own war..." in the ever so good movie (and great book, too) [i]Fight Club[/i], is the same one that protests this war the most. It's not about how you walk, kids. It's how loud you talk and how honest you look when you lie.
I don't agree with most of the direction taken with the war. I don't agree with putting people on foot and staying "Go here," when we could have just sent a couple of bombers and some A-1 Abrahams in, and not lost any on our side. I don't agree with the lack of support that both our government [i]and the people[/i] have for our military.
And I really, really don't agree with the liberal television slant.
I can't stand the way that every major news channel (to include Fox News) has to put it's own spin on the issue. I can't stand that for almost a year, all we heard were the number of American casualties and strategic information dispursed over such an open source. Yes, the [i]American[/i] people have a right to know some things, like mission progress. The people don't need to know about strategic locations and bombing sites in Afganistan. Perhaps we've forgotten the cold war, when there were communists living in our country collecting information. Perhaps we've forgotten that the FBI and CIA expected that many sleeper cells for terrorist organizations were living right here.
Perhaps some people were just ignoring these things because it didn't fit their agenda.
Maybe. Maybe not. At anyrate, I do not agree entirely with the war over there, but I do support the president. I'm going to discuss this in further tomorrow, but had Gore or Kerry had won, I would still support them. It's only fair.
It may sound selfish, but the only thing I want to see come out of this war is my cousin, coming home in one piece.
--Avarice
[i]Stop thinking about it so that you can really[/i] think [i]about it[/i]
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posted by: misskendy (reply)
post date: 12.17.04 (7:05 pm)
You're not being selfsih at all.
I am so torn emotionally over this war. I have friends on both sides of the fence and it is difficult to watch my friends home being destroyed ..and its hard to watch knowing my friend is there with the 104th and doesn't know when he gets to come home.
This war blows.
posted by: sephorith (reply)
post date: 12.18.04 (3:41 am)
exellent post.....
posted by: goins007 (reply)
post date: 12.19.04 (1:44 am)
yes you can't trust the news services anymore...at best you watch them all and try to put together what is really going on. We have to many people on all the channels spinning their own opinions off like it is a news story....
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