E-Mail from a Friend

To: ME
Subject: Furious!
Am I the only person in America that is totally FURIOUS about what's going on in this country? How dare they "dis" General Petraeus! I can't believe that Americans are so dumb or at least so quiet. (not to mention the Republicans, oh yeah).

And then there were the two big final tennis matches of the US Open...Did anyone except me notice that they did not play the National Anthem? They played God Bless America instead. God Bless America is a fine wonderful hymn but it is NOT the national Anthem.
Help! I need a cold compress on my head!

My reply!

Barb,

I worked for GEN Petraeus in Iraq. It was his command that you and the school sent things too. It was appreciated. He is a good man and deserved better. We as a Nation seem to be going through a Identity Crisis. Everyone was so upset about Brittney, yet very few were upset about the baseless character assignation of the General.

I didn't see the Tennis Thing because I was in the Hostage Negotiation School, but that is wrong on a couple of levels. I am surprised, that no one has hit them with a discrimination charge. I assume there are other religions allowed to play tennis. It also seems wrong, because it is the US Open, not the Someone Else Besides the US Open.

Here are a couple I picked up this week or so.

Democratic Senators running for President claiming Bush is a big spender (Duh!), yet this Democratic control Congress/Senate, in under a year, has had more pork spending than any other Congress/Senate during the Bush Administration.

Some Millionaire Guy gets lost and probably dies flying his plane, and thousands of people are mobilized to look for him. A pretty CO-ED goes missing and it's just a minor search, and a 14 year old girl of Sri Lankan/Spanish background does not even get a national commentary. First time I ever saw MWMS trump MPWWS. (Missing White Millionaire Syndrome vs Missing Pretty White Woman Syndrome (yes that is real, Google it)).

Why do people not seem to understand that Universal Health Care and Socialist Health Care are interchangeable descriptions? Why are the Republicans seemingly pushing for Fascism and the Democrats Socialism? Do you think even 1/2 of the people using words that end in an "ism" on the Internet know what they mean?

Do you think anyone else thinks it ironic, to see political activist, Anti-Semites, peace nicks, the 911 twoof movement, and many other groups that claim they're against the Capitalistic Military-Industrial Complex; accepting Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, and Discover Card, while selling their slogans on T-shirts and bumper stickers?