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Respect for women has just been set back 50 years. The AP report a leftist outfit called the "Radical Chearleaders" may be marching and chanting in a town near you.
Aimee Jennings, who now lives in New York, said inspiration struck after demonstrations at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. "People were acting really goofy for the media, but with no message," Jennings recalled. "The people who had the bullhorn got to state the message, and most them were boys."
And boys are like, ohmygod, so whatever.
I visited their website. Total idiots. And they list their cheers. Consider this one:
riot don’t diet by Mary Xmas RIOT DON'T DIET GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT RIOT DON'T DIET GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT hey girl (clap clap clap) get yer face out of that magazine you are more than a beauty machine you've got anger soul and more take to the street and let it roar RIOT DON'T DIET GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT RIOT DON'T DIET GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT uh-HUH (clap clap clap) If cosmo makes you sick and pale you know what you need to do MOLOTOV COKTAIL! liberate the beauty queen burn the bibles of the fashion scene LET'S (CLAP) GET (CLAP) MEAN!!!!!!
How tedious. How tiresome. How totaly off one's rocker.
Of course, two can play at this game.
Refrain Hey Hey, Ho Ho, your leftist junk has got to go Hey Hey, Ho Ho, your leftist junk has got to go
If Cosmo makes you sick and pale, maybe you're just a big dumb whale
Refrain
You wouldn't be cut out of the beauty scene if you weren't so bitter, nasty and mean
Refrain
You think black clothes say you're poetic the said truth is you're just pathetic
Refrain
You ignorant hippy communist Move to North Korea, you won’t be missed
And so on . . .
But then again, perhaps the greatest anti-left march slogan of all time is the one coined by John Bragg. It works best when said with a loud, patronizing voice, and repeated often.
Just because it rhymes doesn’t mean its true Just because it rhymes doesn’t mean its true . . .
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003 :::
Rights and Reason: Sacrifice and Selfishness
The Washington Times’ Tony Blankley thinks the youth of America need to be sacrificed for the greater good. Referencing the last living veterans of theWWI generation, Blankley writes:
Just as the country that sent those 4.7 million young men off to the Great War disrupted or ended those young lives for a larger purpose, today, the country that is America must decide whether it is prepared to disrupt or end young lives for another, greater, purpose. (As the father of two healthy teen-age sons, I think about such matters on a personal as well as theoretical basis.) But it is becoming ever more obvious that we do not have sufficient armed forces to face and master the many perils that are assembling against us. . .
. . . Finally, then — as it always does — it comes down to moral, not mathematical decisions. Unless the terrorists voluntarily go back into their hole (which seems unlikely), the president will soon have to ask the American people to accept our obligation to effectively fight the terrorist scourge by substantially increasing the size of our military. Whether by draft or by voluntary means, it will cost huge sums. Many of those new troops will fight — and some will die — so that millions of American civilians will not be killed by terrorists.
If the war against militant Islam is the preeminent crisis of our day, why call on the draft to fight it? Why frame the issue as question of whether America is willing to disrupt or end the lives of its young people? If the militant Islamists threaten our lives, freedom and prosperity, why is defending against them a sacrifice for the “greater good”? What good could be greater than defending one’s own life and happiness? And why does Tony Blankley ignore one’s selfish interest in defending one’s freedoms?
Why? Because Tony Blankley, like many conservatives, considers selflessness and not selfish interest to be the moral ideal. Even though we are a nation dedicated to protecting the life, liberty and happiness of the individual, conservatives are always nagged by the problem of the “greater good” and how best to sacrifice to it.
Yet an individualist sacrifices for no one. He lives for himself, and to appeal to him, you must appeal to his values. To convince men and women to serve in the military, you need to impress upon them of the gravity of the threat today and the manner in which it impacts them. You need to convince them of the benefits of the martial lifestyle, and pay them enough so that the cost of their service is not the derailment of every other aspect of their lives. And lastly, you must keep the promise that if they are wounded or fall in battle, they and their loved ones will be cared for by a grateful nation.
The idea of the draft should be anathema to any person dedicated to human freedom. Yes, Mr. Blankley, we have a host of threats arrayed against us. We do not answer those threats by betraying our core values, or sacrificing our freedom. It will take men and women of substance to successfully defend the nation. Such men and women will not be found by a draft board.
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Monday, November 10, 2003 :::
Happy Birthday USMC
Today marks the 228th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. It is a tradition thoughout the Corps to read the General John LeJeune's Marine Corps Birthday Message.
On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. Since that date, many thousand men have borne the name Marine. In memory of them, it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the Birthday of our Corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.
The record of our Corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of it's existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the nations foes. From the battle of Trenton to the Argonne. Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home. Generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.
In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our Corps Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term Marine has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.
This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the Corps. With it we also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our Corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.
May we all raise our cups to 228 years of and glorious achievement and legendary victories.
::: posted by Nicholas Provenzo
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