By Spencer Price
Sometimes I think I’d be better off if I ignored national politics altogether, turned off the TV, unplugged the radio, tossed the computer in the dump, and spent the rest of my days out on the farm tending my cows, playing with my dogs, and fishing in my pond. At the very least, I would probably be a whole lot happier. However, try as I might, I just can’t seem to ignore what’s happening in Washington. That’s because, for reasons unknown to me, I’m concerned about the future of this great country of ours.
Spencer Price
Is Hillary a joke or what? Who would have thought the administration could make a Clinton Puppet that is kept in a box most of the time.
It is interesting this article completely blows past this primary reason. It’s because of the images that were seared in minds of the entire world that show detainees in such compromising tormented positions. An additional reason is the imagery of the guards with the absence of any trace of human worth and dignity toward that which they held the responsibility to keep secure.
We as a nation broadcast to the rest of the world that we hold our standard and principles to be above such mayhem, torture and torment. These are just hollow words unless we back it with what we do as a nation. The refusal to sink to the level of our enemies is all that keeps us from becoming that which we fight so hard to eliminate.
Our enemy is not a group of people but the ideals they embrace.
The media does a great job of letting us know the number of Americans killed in Iraq (4315) and (31,354) wounded to date. What you don’t hear is about the 150,000 Iraqi war vets that are receiving disability. You don’t hear about the actual number of wounded due to brain injuries which boost this number of wounded well past 100,000. Some reports estimate that 320,000 troops have brain injuries but most have yet to be reported.
What you don’t hear about that 18 vets per day that commit suicide.
I love America. The real America. Not the soft one we are trying to become. Our wonderful strong country is almost Gone with the Wind, and frankly my dear, I do GIVE A DAMN!
Your right, It's been a long week and a bit stressful.
I shouldn't let some folks get too me. I am good for coffey
let me know what works for you.
Enoc
I know you mean well but I can not agree that the world needs more anger. Anger is just an attempt to make others feel guilty. It clouds judgment and does a disservice to all involved.
It’s like what Kipling wrote:
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
I believe there is a place for outrage in this world but to react with anger eliminates any possibility of finding a win-win solution to any problem.
250,000 were Confederate deaths, while Union deaths were about 100,000 higher.
Additionally, about 600,000 civilians and slaves were killed during the Civil War.
The Battle of Antietam in 1862 was the single bloodiest day in American history. In that one day of fighting more men were killed than in all previous American Wars combined!
You can call it "the price of doing business."
You can call it "the price Lincoln was willing to sacrifice to free the slaves." I call it "the price of Freedom."
And just think this was The Civil War. Was it worth it to you?
Lincoln should have just used the old Group Hug, huh? You go to work one day, better yet, take that final call from your child that knows the plane held by terrorists is going down.
Fools you are! Fools, fools, fools!
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the United States could defend itself should North Korea launch a missile toward Hawaii and that U.S. officials are carefully monitoring the reclusive nation's military.
This North Korean ship is known for having carried "proliferation materials," a senior U.S. official says.
This North Korean ship is known for having carried "proliferation materials," a senior U.S. official says.
North Korea is preparing to launch a missile over Pacific Ocean waters, Japanese media reported Thursday.
With missile interceptors and radar equipment deployed in and near Hawaii, "we are in a good position should it become necessary to protect American territory," Gates said Thursday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military is tracking a North Korean ship in the Pacific that is believed to be carrying illicit weapons or technology, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.
While the United States does not know what is on the ship, the Kang Nam is a "repeat offender," known for having carried "proliferation materials," one senior defense official said. Video Watch what U.S. forces are monitoring »
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the United States would not forcibly board a North Korean ship but, in accordance with a recent U.N. resolution, would request permission to search the ship or press any port the ship docks in to inspect it for illegal materials.
The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution June 12 calling on all states to inspect vessels suspected of containing contraband. If a ship refuses, it is to proceed to the closest port for a mandatory inspection.
Tension has been rising with North Korea, which in May conducted a nuclear test, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
Also in late May, two U.S. Defense Department officials said U.S. satellite imagery spotted "vehicle activity" at a North Korean ballistic missile facility. The officials said the images showed vehicles used to transport Taepodong-2 missiles but no missile parts. The Taepodong-2 is a long-range missile that North Korea tested in April.
That test showed a significant improvement in range from North Korea's initial long-range missile test in 2006.
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Further aggravating tensions are North Korea's arrest, conviction and sentencing of two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
The Current TV journalists were apprehended near the country's border with China and accused of plotting a smear campaign against North Korea. Lee and Ling were sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp.