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• Oprah Gives New Stewart/Colbert Rally Her Blessing

  October 15, 2010 at 9:55pm

  PLANERICK,

  Yes, Beck could have paid folks to have come. But the 8/28 rally was to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior fund. All of the money made after expenses went there. I don’t see Stewart or Oprah doing a damn thing for wounded servicemen/women, especially those in Special Ops who put their asses on the line in places few would even dare to go to gather intel, take out scum, or assess targets. They put all on the line and if they are lost, their families are supported mostly by memebers of their own group. Beck did a wonderful thing, Stewart is only going to be a funny boy spouting devisive politics. Don’t you remember his attempt at humor at the Immigration hearing? He based it all on his one day being a quasi-illegal invader of a sovereign nation (the USA).

• Rev. Sharpton Responds to Blaze ‘Shocking Racism’ Video

  September 16, 2010 at 4:51pm

  As a young man in the 60′s I saw the civil rights movement, saw the peace, saw the non-violence and listened to the words. It was enlightening. There weren’t a lot of blacks in our schools or neighborhoods, but as whites, we were a minority to the Americans of Mexican heritage. There were, occasionaly, bigotry and fights, but none of the hatred of today. I grew up not being a majority but being an American with neighbors that were Americans. This was Dr King’s dream. My father made friends with everyone, kind of a Will Rogers type. I learned that from him. My time in the Army, 20 years worth, gave me friends of all ethnicities. I don’t understand the Al Sharptons, Jesse Jacksons, or the black panther hatred. Nor do I understand the white supremists, klansmen, or neo-nazi groups. I do understand living in peace with your neighbors. I think one thing cause of the division between races IS the division between races. I grew up in a community that had Americans of Mexican descent on most of my block, with some other white families, older families, younger families with children. We all were neighbors. We would wave at Mr Baca, old Mr Jackson, and Evelyn the lady from Lithuenia. Having a segregated neighborhood doesn’t give one that knowledge that everyone is pretty much alike and we all have our 10% of bad apples. The race baiting needs to end. We need to be Americans, working to achieve what we set our sights on.

• Rove Responds to Critics Over O’Donnell War

  September 16, 2010 at 4:24pm

  Wait, let me see. She had trouble paying her taxes, she lost her home, she had other debt issues. Sounds like she is one of us Americans who have struggled with some hard times. How dare she be a real American with real American issues. She can‘t possibly win and hold a congressional seat since she wasn’t raised with a silver spoon in her mouth and all of her needs fulfilled from birth by status and wealth. I’d much rather be represented by someone who admits having tax, bill issues than by the elites like those in the current administration who didn’t know they had to pay taxes.

• Matthews: ‘Glenn Beck Characters’ & Their ‘Weird-Ass’ Flag And God Ideas

  September 9, 2010 at 12:58pm

  As a Retired Vet (20 years Army) I find Beck’s understanding of the pride and honor of the military and the words and intents of our founding fathers to be very refreshing. As servicemen/women or vets, we display our reverence to our nation, as in our bowing our heads, removing our caps, holding our hands over our hearts (or saluting as I still do during the National Anthem), our deeply felt pain at the playing of taps, and the gleam in our eyes as we behold a bright blue sky suddenly filled with a flyover by some form of military aircraft. We stand and watch aircraft take off bearing our fellow soldiers (yes, we consider them ours as vets) to unknown places with unknown dangers and wish we were in the seat next to them. The greatest love is to know you will give all to protect that soldier, your comrade, at any cost and he willing to do the same for you. Yes, we take the National Anthem, God, the Flag of America, and other things that you others, on the left, consider jingoistic and we adore them, hold them proud and dear. We still say Amen, and we still say God Bless America. Wanna know something? I didn’t learn that in college. I learned it from my father, a WWII combat Marine, my uncles (Navy, Army, Air Force), and my brother, Viet Nam Vet with the Army. I learned it from men I served with. I learned it from suffering privation, fear, and risking my butt to make sure everyone.. including Beck and that stupid little Matthews.. the right to say what they believe. You won’t learn that in college either.

• Military Bans Sale of Violent Video Game

  September 9, 2010 at 11:02am

  At Fort Irwin we have an OPFOR (Opposition Forces) group that uses captured/purchased equipment used by other nations and use their tactics to teach our forces how to counter their strong points and exploit their weak points. This game is no different. If you can play the opposition, knowing how the Marines/Soldiers are going to react, you can learn some of their methods, and learn how to defeat them. In Call of Duty you play soldiers sometimes/opfor sometimes. As a retired soldier it was somewhat unsettling to shoot at guys in our uniforms to begin, but later, it’s just a FPS game. Different weapons, different capabilities. The PX can do as they please, but as a vet, and a lover of FPS games, I will add this to my bag.

• Homeowners Association Orders Cop to Remove ‘God Bless America’ Sign

  August 31, 2010 at 10:30am

  I will never submit to living in the mentally protected confines of a HOA. I love my freedoms too much. In Arizona another man is having an issue with flying the Gadsden flag, which was the flag at the first mustering of the United States Marine Corps and was used as one of the flags of the Revolution. The fact that it now represents Americans who believe in the values of our founding fathers only gives it more credance to be flown. My home, wherever I am, will always have the American flag and God Bless America. I am a retired American soldier. Try to remove my flag or my God Bless America.

• Glenn’s Disgrace? Shocking Racism at Sharpton-Sponsored MLK Anniversary

  August 31, 2010 at 9:56am

  In reply to tn_smartgirl.

  I went to your post. How wonderful. I think more blacks will see, we Americans are color blind. We want people to just be folks. You can be my friend if you are asian, black, native american, pakistani, puerto rican or any other race. It is your personality that I will befriend, if you are a friend in return. More will begin to see that the solution isn’t neighborhoods that are all white, all black, all italian, all anything. We can have neighborhoods where our neighbors are friends.