[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'

[richard haase]

hey cheesburger hows it hanging?
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From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
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> as a " wog " i can relate
> being often mistakenly taken for a rag head
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cheeseburger" <maxfury at granderiver.net>
> To: "mb-civic" <mb-civic at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 3:26 PM
> Subject: [Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'
>
>
> > NYTimes.com: From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html?ex=1115697600&en=145c406a42c43a77&ei=5070
> >
> > *snip*
> >
> >
> >
> > Good article.  Makes me wanna just talk and talk and talk but I haven't
> the
> > time.  If they hadn't have used the word "Iraq" in that piece, I would
> have
> > almost sworn they were talking about the USA.  I remember when the
> headlines
> > came through here that a couple of good old boys had strung up a black
man
> > by his neck or something and dragged him to his death behind a pickup
> truck
> > here in Texas.  I thought "who are these people" "I thought we got rid
of
> > these people" "I didn't realize this mind set was still in fully
> operational
> > status in America" etc.
> >
> > And then our Military hires them, trains them, enhances such mind sets,
in
> > fact such mind sets are relished, lauded, and admired.  After all it is
> that
> > kind of mind set of "If it moves, kill it, ask questions later" which
> keeps
> > a lot of our G.I.'s alive in a war zone, whether they "want to be there
or
> > not".
> >
> > But then it becomes a way of life.
> >
> > Just like our Military here in America has become a completely different
> Way
> > Of Life other than the rest of us Regular Non-Military Citizens.
> >
> > I wonder what we are called behind our backs when we are not looking.
> >
> > Surely they must have a name for those of us who are not fortunate
enough
> to
> > be in an Organization which while being sworn to protect our nation has
> > degenerated into a cult which condones shooting 6 year olds 10,000 miles
> > away in the head and laughing about it, has a completely separate
Justice
> > System completely adrift from that of the rest of America, and once in
if
> > you don't want to be there and squawk up too much about it you just
might
> > wind up dead in your bunk or shot in the back by Friendly Fire.
> >
> > I have known and know a lot of Military personnel.  Many of them appear
to
> > be just "regular people" like "the rest of us".  Yet there is this
> pervasive
> > mind set that runs throughout the core of the entire institution that,
for
> > one reason or another, the civilians of America just "don't get it", nor
> or
> > they accepted nor recognized as being equal in status as someone in our
> > Military.
> >
> > This bothers me.
> >
> > It reminds me of a little skit from an old Red Skelton show, the rich
well
> > to do are sitting in a nice expensive restaurant eating a sumptious meal
> > warm from the snow and the cold laughing and drinking while the poor
> hungry
> > in rags are staggering half frozen outside with their faces pressed up
> > against the window wishing.
> >
> > I can't really believe that we give our Military such an enormous amount
> of
> > our Taxes each year here in this country, and then they wind up in wars
> that
> > should never even happen, with not enough body armor to even protect
> > themselves, then kneel down say a little prayer and then shoot an
unarmed
> > man with a rock behind barbed wire in a detainment camp in the head.
> >
> > And then go have lunch with their buddies.
> >
> > And then when they get out, we pay for their college educations with our
> > Taxes.
> >
> > While the poor hungry in rags regular old Americans down the street drop
> out
> > of high school to support their families, pitch watermelons, clean
> toilets,
> > and fill up military alumni BMW's at the gas station inbetween classes
of
> > Philosophy and Literature 101.
> >
> > I'll be the first one to state "yeah, of course, it's great to have
> > something between our country and The Wolves, whoever they might be at
the
> > time, and to pay them well and support them in their efforts, duties and
> > jobs", but then I look at people like Rumsfeld etc on television and I
> > realize "Hey, wait a minute, he's talking about Bad People, but he's one
> of
> > the Bad People himself to begin with".
> >
> > And then the reports begin and never stop coming in about our troops
> > committing atrocities in wars that never should have happened, praying
> then
> > shooting then doing lunch and catching a few winks before they watch a
> > football game on a widescreen tv in the middle of the desert.
> >
> > And I pause.  And reflect.  Between that, all the abuse, all the Little
> Guys
> > at the bottom of the Military pecking order taking all the blame for
> > Military Policy and Mind Set endlessly trickling down from the Top, a
> > completely separate Justice System within American society and
disparaging
> > of "all things Civilian including their Justice System because they Just
> > Don't Understand Us", investigating themselves endlessly and stating
"that
> > should be enough for anyone" as they whitewash their own crimes, dedact
> > information from documents, withhold information from Congress itself,
> > classify and stamp Military or Top Secret everything that should be
> > America's Business to begin with since we pay for every g*ddamn
paperclip
> > they use, and their delvings into every kind of Warfare Technology known
> and
> > not known to Mankind including devices that boil the water under your
> skin,
> > can burst internal organs, or put thoughts into your cranium, surely
> someone
> > else other than myself is going to wake up one day and go "Hey, wait a
> > minute, we've completely lost All Control over our Military here in The
> > United States of America.  Weren't they supposed to be our Servants
rather
> > than our Masters...?"
> >
> > Sorry folks, if you're even mildly thinking something even relatively
> > similar to that, you're just a dollar short and many many years too late
> to
> > even do anything about it anymore.
> >
> > Just keep paying your Taxes into the kitty and don't worry, we have
> > everything Under Control.  Even though you, your predecessors and your
> > childrens' childrens' children have paid and will continue to pay for
> every
> > last paperclip we use to do what we do, it's actually none of your
> business,
> > so you'll just have to Trust us.
> >
> > All those unarmed dead men women and children...?  Ignore them.  It's
just
> > the cost of keeping all of you Civvies free over here in the land of Oz.
> >
> > Oh well, another day, another speech, nobody cares.  I'm simply waiting
> for
> > them to finally have some real guts and get around to changing that
slogan
> > of "Be all that you can be" to "Kneel down, pray, stand up, pull the
> > trigger".
> >
> > Let's at least be realistic about who we are and what we condone.
> >
> > After all, we're paying for Every Damn Ounce Of It All.
> >
> > Just like we always have.
> >
> > Just like we always will.
> >
> > Maybe our Military is right.
> >
> > With Civilians who are actually that stupid to pay for such slop and
> accept
> > it as The Normal Way Of American Life, they don't really deserve the
time
> of
> > day from anyone.
> >
> > Do they.......?
> >
> > "CivvyDumb".....   Kind of has a nice ring to it now that I think about
> > it.......
> >
> > Keep up the good work, boys, bring me back some more Haji ears I can
hang
> on
> > my necklace, these Gook ones are starting to dry out.
> >
> > p.s.:  Shove it up your *ss, Rumsfeld etc.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheeseburger
> >
> > .
> >
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