Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsHarold Pinter, Eartha Kitt, Odetta - great quotesclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: from three giants who passed away during Christmas week Odetta ?When I first started, I would sing these prison songs ... it got to a point where doing the music actually healed me ... it was music from those who went before. The music gave them strength, and the music gave us strength to carry it on.? Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve too sick to travel to Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize he sent ?The majority of politicians ... are interested not in truth but in power. ... To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance. ... What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies.? Eartha Kitt, who died at age 81 on Christmas Day. In 1968, she was invited to a celebrity luncheon at the White House by Lady Bird Johnson, who asked Kitt about urban poverty. Kitt replied: ?You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. They rebel in the street. They don?t want to go to school because they?re going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam.? The first lady reportedly burst into tears Defeat for the Defeatistsclipped by: ColoradoRightclippers remarks: The defeated defeatists include many senators, congressmen, and elitists in Washington. They include Harry Reid, who said, ?I believe ? that this war is lost,? in April 2007. They include many members of the incoming administration, up to the president-elect himself. Though the defeatists are in control, they know full well that if they allow Iraq to go the way of Vietnam, this time they will get the blame ? and the blowback. As 2008 ends, two things should not be forgotten. First, it was the year that the war in Iraq became successful to the point where many started calling it victory. Second, this victory ? or, if you must, ?the end of the war with Iraqi and U.S. forces firmly in control? ? is a major setback for those who worked tirelessly for defeat. The defeated defeatists include the U.S. and worldwide news media, whose journalistic malpractice in this war could fill volumes of books, and hopefully someday will. Old media ? and old Medea ? threw everything they had at George Bush and the military in their quest for failure. They can arguably be blamed for encouraging Iraq?s terrorists to keep fighting when they might otherwise have quit, extending the war, and costing us hundreds of billions of dollars. But ultimately and fortunately, it is they who failed, and the hated George Bush and the Iraqi people who prevailed. That result deserves a hearty New Year?s Eve toast. Bottoms up. Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
2009/01/03
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