Where were you 4 years ago? Peace Vigil Sunday March 18
Where were you 4 years ago?
Me? I was at a Thai restaurant in Webster listening to a work colleague, whom I believe to be very intelligent, articulate and passionate lamenting that ‘Well, I’m sure the government knows something more that we do”
No Virginia, there isn’t a Santa Claus and the Government doesn’t know more than you do.
My, how time passes when you are in a quagmire, It is the 4 year anniversary of the Iraq invasion already.
Here is an opportunity to participate in a local vigil commemorating the anniversary:
Join the Interface Peace Vigil in a Solemn observance of the 4th Anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.
Sunday March 18th, 2007
12:00 to 1:00 at East Ave and Goodman
There is a PDF file that has the details or visit www.grcc.com for additional details.
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I will be there…Will you (directed at everyone except stlo7)?
I will be there.
And as for what I was doing 4 years ago, I was in church singing, “Let there be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me”. I don’t go to church anymore.
See you there. I was seriously considering going to the march in DC, but I’m Irish-American and I have kids to take to the 30th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. I’m thinking of how to dress up our cat’s Bush chew toy like King George so I can put him on top of my green derby. There are other places I’d like to put him, but the Vice President’s not in town. I still go to church, maybe because I have kids, but I’ll make a promise to ladkiddo that I’ll wear something to Mass that morning to mark this sad and shameful day. I’ll make a suggestion that some might think inappropriate, but makes perfect sense to an Irishman. In times of mourning and protest, it’s proper to retire to a pub. Any suggestions? As far as where I was, I was home, after Mass, and I turned to my wife puzzled, asking if I should put out the flag. After all, even though we were against it, it was our country, and we were at war. “No!”, she said, “That would show we support it!” So I didn’t, and felt guilty for it, even though I knew she was right. I know that even more now, and how lucky I am that I married that woman. This is such a tragedy for our nation and the world. What an opportunity we wasted when the French said, “we are all Americans”, and even the Iranians wanted to help. They flushed it down the toilet and we let them. My 81 year-old mother was right; we should have formed an international police effort to get the crimminals, instead of going to war. Maybe it takes an Irish perspective to see this. People in general, including Micks, Arabs and and anyone else generally don’t cotton to invasion, even if it’s “for their own good” by a “superior” gang who think their own punk don’t stink. The Neocons used 9-11 to sucker-punch America into thinking we were the new British Empire. We did the right thing in W.W.II and a few times since, including stopping it from happening again in Europe with the help of NATO, but these academic warriors have convinced large numbers of our populace that we are Britannia reincarnated, the new carriers of The White Man’s Burden. The common news is to cry Boo Hoo for Blair, who was drawn down a career-ending path by Cowboy Bush. Maybe it was the other way around. Which country in Europe has resisted the Alliance? Which still has the Queen on their Crown? More likely they’ll both ride off into the sunset together, arm in arm around contracts and The New British-American Century. I could never understand why Americans are so infatuated with the British; it must have something to do with our Colonial beginnings, but it seems irrational to me. Didn’t we fight the Redcoats - Twice? Maybe that’s inconsistant coming from a card-carrying member of The Rolling Stones Fan Club, but who recorded “Sweet Neocon”? Coalition of the Shilling. Britianna Waves the Rules. And Bush has more Royal Blood than any other president. The sad thing is, if it had worked like he said it would, most Americans would be pumped, even though it would still be wrong. This Machine Kills Fascists. Slainte.