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Is it just me, or does Clint Black look like Steven Seagal?

It would be equally logical to say there was no connection between Pearl Harbor and the war against Hitler, and therefore no event to commemorate the victims of Pearl Harbor should be supported, on the grounds that someone there might be in favor of D-Day.

Why hasn't someone brought this up before?

RWR

I don't mind the march.

But as a survivor of the 9/11 attacks, I think a country hoe-down marking 9/11 is in incredibly bad taste.

Would we hold a rap concert at the Tomb of the Unknowns to "support the troops" on Memorial Day?

Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11. Hitler and Japan were axis powers. Hitler declared war on the US on December 8, 1941, and started going after US ships at sea, siezing US property in occupied countries, and deporting Americans. The US did not declare war on Germany until several days later.

Big differences.

Yeah, Randy, know what you mean, maybe that event should have been planned it to be more dignified. Say, like the Wellstone Memorial, the Whoopi Goldberg bash in NYC, or the way Cindy Sheehan chose to honor her son.
And as for WWII, Germany and Japan, if we had not had a large population of left wing pacifist in the country ignoring the global threat of Nazism and Japan's threat in the Pacific, we would have been prepared to go to war.
As for the "country hoe-down," and "rapper's serenade," I would be personally honored to listen to either, if the performers were sincere, honest, heartfelt, and performed to honor our great American fighting men and women.
Big differences.

Randy,
By the way, can't you just give them credit for going to the time and effort to put on the event.
You seem to just be puking up the democrat talking points and political correctness. Are you trying to establish some sort of your percieved "social hierarchy" here. Country music and rapping is low class, only a performer of of your percieved social status is entitled to perform?

Fist, Eneils Bailey, it was not the LEFT that argued against a build up prior to WWII -- it was the RIGHT. The Republicans called that "Mr Roosevelt's War" and fought throughout the 30s to build down our Navy and work for peace with Hitler.

As far as the music -- I like country and rap. But neither is appropriate in the venues described.

You don't turn a sacred day of reflection into a party or celebration. That's poor taste.

Next, there was no Wellstone "Memorial," that is a myth about what was always a political rally. Republicans put the "memorial" tag on it to make it look as tasteless as the hoe-down promises to be. You can't defend one and attack the other if you think they are both memorials.

As far as Sheehan honoring her son -- she's in the best position of anyone to determine how she wants to do that. She is, afterall, his mother.

But continue attacking the mothers of the war dead, and dishonoring the memories of those who died on 9/11.

As for me, I'd much prefer to see the concert cancelled and President Bush award the Medal of Freedom to the passengers and crew of Flight 93 -- a great, solemn, and long overdue honor -- and a tasteful way to remember our heroes on 9/11.

A Memorial is being built at the Pentagon to honor the Americans who died there on 9/11. The fund for this memorial is several million dollars behind schedule.

Instead of helping with an honorable way to honor these Americans killed by an enemy attack on U.S. soil, this march and concert takes money away from that monument.

It will cost $250,000 paid to the D.C. police department for extra security alone.

A Memorial is being built at the Pentagon to honor the Americans who died there on 9/11. The fund for this memorial is several million dollars behind schedule. And the design for the "Memorial" is absolutely insipid. A bunch of bauhausian Euro-benches and some mud puddles. I support the idea of a Memorial, but the selected concept is stupid.

When will the lefties learn (from the right how) to support our troops?

First you send them into a war w/out the proper armor (I know it's only been 28 months and counting) then you cut the Veteran's benefits.
Then you put a ribbon magnet on your car.
Then you give a tax break to the richest .1% of Americans during wartime.

Anything else?

Yeah, Robert. You forgot scores of other MoveOn talking points. You know...the ones that go over on the electorate about as well as a fart in church? The ones that have relegated you paranoid asshats to the back of the electoral bus?

You know? THOSE talking points...