Oh please jedi, get off the pot and stop bellyaching. The world is a
dangerous place, Bush did not make it that way. It was dangerous long
before he came to power. So if you want to blame someone if anything bad
happens to you or someone you love, blame yourself, or the liberals that
believe that we live in a world where everyone plays fair, and that
all you need to do is talk to get through things.
As far as who has paid for what ... well again you are way off there
too. First of all, we live in a democratic republic. We have the
electoral college to stop idiots like you from being able to force your
will on the rest of us. (oh, and by the way....Bush not only won the
electoral college but a majority of americans voted for bush.) This is
the United States of America not the united liberals in america. At any
rate I am sure that Kansas, Alabama and any other state you deem as
unworthy is paying plenty with men and women from those states currently
serving in Iraq. But I guess that doesn't matter to you because your too
busy trying to finance your retirement party in 2035.
It is obvious that you can not understand why we voted for Bush. You are
a liberal. You have your head in the sand. You drink the democrat
kool-aid and you probably loved Dan rather.
I honestly hope nothing ever happens to you or any of your loved ones,
but if something does it is not our fault. We're trying to save your
ass, even if you do not appreciate that.
Jedi wrote:
> A Letter To The Red States written by a woman living in New York City
>
>
>
> ** Sorry, I try not to deluge people with my ramblings. But I had to
write
> this and, having written it, had to send it. Even though I don't know
> anyone I can send it to (without alienating my Republican in-laws, who
are
> the only "middle country" people I know.) I am writing this letter to
the
> people in the red states in the middle of the country -- the people who
> voted for George W. Bush. I am writing this letter because I don't
think
> we know each other. So I'll make an introduction.
>
>
>
> I am a New Yorker who voted for John Kerry. I used to live in
California,
> and if I still lived there, I would vote for Kerry. I used to live in
> Wa****ngton, DC, and if I still lived there, I would vote for Kerry.
Kerry
> won in all three of those regions. Maybe you want to know more about
me.
> Or maybe not; maybe you think you know me already. You think I am some
> anti-American anarchist because I dislike George W. Bush. You think
that I
> am immoral and anti-family, because I sup****t women's reproductive
freedom
> and gay rights. You think that I am dangerous, and even evil, because I
do
> not abide by your religious beliefs. Maybe you are content to think
that,
> to write me off as a "liberal" -- the dreaded "L" word -- and rejoice
that
> your candidate has triumphed over evil, immoral, anti-American,
anti-family
> people like me. But maybe you are still curious.
>
>
>
> So here goes: this is who I am. I am a New Yorker. I was here, in my
> apartment downtown, on September 11th. I watched the Towers burn from
the
> roof of my building. I went inside so that I couldn't see them when
they
> fell. I had friends who were inside. I have a friend who still has
> nightmares about watching people jump and fall from the Towers. He will
> never be the same. How many people like him do you know? People that
can't
> sit in a restaurant without plotting an escape route, in case it blows
up?
>
>
>
> I am a worker. I work across the street from the Citigroup Center,
which
> the government told us is a "target" of terrorism. Later, we found out
they
> were relaying very old information, but it was already too late. They
had
> given me bad dreams again. The subway stop near my office was crowded
with
> bomb-sniffing dogs, policemen in heavy protective gear, soldiers. Now,
> every time I enter or exit my office, all of my possessions are X-rayed
to
> make sure I don't have any weapons. How often are you stopped by a
soldier
> with a bomb-sniffing dog outside your office?
>
>
>
> I am a neighbor. I have a neighbor who is a 9/11 widow. She has two
> children. My husband does odd jobs for her now, like building
bookshelves.
> Things her husband should do. He uses her husband's tools, and the two
> little girls tell him, "Those are our daddy's tools." How many 9/11
widows
> and orphans do you know? How often do you fill in for their dead loved
> ones?
>
>
>
> I am a taxpayer. I worked my butt off to get where I did, and so did my
> parents. My parents saved and borrowed and sent me to college. I
worked my
> way through graduate school. I won a full tuition scholar****p to law
> school. All for the privilege of working 2,600 hours last year. That
works
> out to a 50 hour week, every week, without any vacation days at all. I
get
> to work by 9 am and rarely leave before 9 pm. I eat dinner at my office
> much more often than I eat dinner at home. My husband and I paid over
> $70,000 in federal income tax last year. At some point in the future,
we
> will have to pay much more -- once this co untry faces its deficit and
the
> impossible burden of Social Security. In fact, the areas of the country
> that sup****ted Kerry -- New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts --
> they are the financial centers of the nation. They are the tax base of
this
> country. How much did you pay, Kansas? How much did you contribute to
this
> government you sup****t, Alabama? How much of this war in Iraq did you
pay
> for?
>
>
>
> I am a liberal. The funny part is, liberals have this reputation for
living
> in Never-Neverland, being idealists, not being sensible. But let me
tell
> you how I see the world: I see America as one nation in a world of
nations.
> Therefore, I think we should try to get along with other nations. I see
> that gay people exist. Therefore, I think they should be allowed to
exist,
> and be treated the same as other people. I see ways in which women are
not
> allowed to control their own bodies. Therefore, I think we should give
> women more control over their bodies. I see that people have awful
> diseases. Therefore, I think we should enable scientists to try to cure
> them. I see that we have a Constitution. Therefore, I think it should
be
> upheld. I see that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
> Therefore, I think that Iraq was not an imminent danger to me. It seems
so
> pragmatic to me.
>
>
>
> How do you see the world? Do you really think voting against gay
marriage
> will keep people from being gay? Would you really prefer that people
> continue to die from Parkinson's disease? Do you really not care about
the
> Constitutional rights of political detainees? Would you really have
> sup****ted the war if you knew the truth, or would you have wanted to
spend
> more of our money on health care, job training, and terrorism
preparedness?
>
>
>
> I am an American. I have an American flag flying outside my home. I
love
> my home more than anything. I love that I grew up right outside New
York
> City. I first went to the Statue of Liberty with my 5th grade class,
and my
> Mom and dad took me to the Empire State Building when I was 8. I love
> taking the subway to Yankee Stadium. I loved living in Wa****ngton DC
and
> going on dates to the Lincoln Memorial. It is because I love this
country
> so much that I argue with my political opponents as much I do.
>
>
>
> I am not safe. I never feel safe. My in-laws live in a small town in
Ohio,
> and that town has received more federal funding, per capita, for
terrorism
> preparedness than New York City has. I take subways and buses every
day. I
> work in a skyscraper across the street from a "target." I have emergency
> supplies and a spare pair of sneakers in my desk, in case something
happens
> while I'm at work. Do you? How many times a month do you worry that
your
> subway is going to blow up? When you hear sirens on the street, do you
run
> to the window to make sure everything is okay? When you hear an
airplane,
> do you flinch? Do you dread beautiful, blue-skied September days? I
don't
> know a single New Yorker who doesn't spend the month of September on
> tip-toes, superstitiously praying for rain so we don't have to relive
that
> beautiful, blue-skied day.
>
>
>
> I am lonely. I feel that we, as a nation, have alienated all our
friends
> and further provoked our enemies. I feel unprotected. Most of all I
feel
> alienated from my fellow citizens, because I don't understand what you
are
> thinking.
>
>
>
> You voted for a man who started a war in Iraq for no reason, against the
> wishes of the entire world. You voted for a man whose lack of foresight
and
> inability to plan has led to massive insurgencies in Iraq, where weapons
are
> disappearing into the hands of terrorists. You voted for a man who let
> Osama Bin Laden escape into the hills of Afghanistan so that he could
start
> that war in Iraq. You voted for a man who doesn't want to let people
love
> who they want to love; doesn't want to let doctors cure their patients;
> doesn't want to let women rule their destinies. I don't understand why
you
> voted for this man. For me, it is not enough that he is personable; it
is
> not enough that he seems like one of the guys. Why did you vote for
him?
> Why did you elect a man that lied to us in order to convince us to go to
> war? (Ten years ago you were incensed when our president lied about his
***
> life; you thought it was an impeachable offense.) Why did you elect a
leader
> who thinks that strength cannot include diplomacy or international
> cooperation? Why did you elect a man who did nothing except run away
and
> hide on September 11?
>
>
>
> Most of all, I am terrified. I mean daily, I am afraid that I will not
> survive this. I am afraid that I will lose my husband, that I will
never
> have children, that I will never grow old and watch the sunset in a
backyard
> of my own. I am afraid that my career -- which should end with a
triumphant
> and good-natured roast at a retirement party in 2035 -- will be cut
short by
> an attack on me and my colleagues, as we sit sending emails and making
phone
> calls one ordinary afternoon. Is your life at stake? Are you
terrified? I
> don't think you are. I don't think you realize what you have done. And
if
> anything happens to me or the people I love, I blame you. I wanted you
to
> know that.
>
>
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