Cassi Creek:
“ Palin called the government shutdown an act
of disrespect against military families whose paychecks and death benefits were
delayed. U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, whose death in June prompted this
election, "was the last World War II veteran to serve in Congress. His
memory is dishonored, along with all of our military veterans."
"Bottom line, guys: The politicians are using the
military as pawns," she added.”
When
push comes to shove, I’d rather not become a participant in the teavangelist
oil wars. Palin, Cruz, and company
complain about troops being used as pawns while encouraging vets to voluntarily
become cannon fodder for the far right.
Today, we celebrate the arrival of
Christopher Columbus in the “New World.”
His voyages and those of the other great explorers brought about the
invasion of the Americas by countless missionaries to subjugate the native
population in a manner far more devastating than the damage done by the
Conquistadors.
Diseases brought to the new world,
such as measles wiped out whole tribal groups of people who had no innate
immunity to European illnesses.
There is, of course, the New World’s
revenge, Syphilis, remains active worldwide today. Well done, Christopher!
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