Wife sent me this...War Protestor Story

[calpha]

Anti-War Protesters
To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted to
disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC
from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from NoVA on the
metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any way. My commute
was long and arduous and only caused further resentment for protesters (but
that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll get to the point.

I got off my train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and the
train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train, there
were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of
America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me
getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protester offered her a
pamphlet, she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old
woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said,
"Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up
at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II
so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if
you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your a$$ and open it."
I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and the
young protester was at a total loss for words

I thought that summed it up perfectly. My grandfather was a POW in WWII for 13 months, and my fahter was KIA......so that pretty much sums up how I feel as well.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: calpha

Anti-War Protesters
To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted to
disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC
from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from NoVA on the
metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any way. My commute
was long and arduous and only caused further resentment for protesters (but
that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll get to the point.

I got off my train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and the
train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train, there
were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of
America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me
getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protester offered her a
pamphlet, she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old
woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said,
"Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up
at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II
so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if
you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your a$$ and open it."
I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and the
young protester was at a total loss for words

I thought that summed it up perfectly. My grandfather was a POW in WWII for 13 months, and my fahter was KIA......so that pretty much sums up how I feel as well.

OWNAGE!

 

[Mrpilot007]

Go Grandma! And to think, some people think our elderly aren't smart.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: calpha

Anti-War Protesters
To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted to
disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC
from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from NoVA on the
metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any way. My commute
was long and arduous and only caused further resentment for protesters (but
that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll get to the point.

I got off my train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and the
train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train, there
were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of
America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me
getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protester offered her a
pamphlet, she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old
woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said,
"Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up
at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II
so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if
you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your a$$ and open it."
I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and the
young protester was at a total loss for words

I thought that summed it up perfectly. My grandfather was a POW in WWII for 13 months, and my fahter was KIA......so that pretty much sums up how I feel as well.

heh god i wish i was there to see this!!

 

[ConclamoLudus]

Love the children? Like Hussein? Give it to 'em grandma!

 

[Yossarian]

I have no doubt that story is completely made up, like all the other "my friend sent me this" emails that go around.

 

[ConclamoLudus]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
I have no doubt that story is completely made up, like all the other "my friend sent me this" emails that go around.

My friend set me this:

"This war is just for oil!"

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: ConclamoLudus

Originally posted by: PipBoy
I have no doubt that story is completely made up, like all the other "my friend sent me this" emails that go around.

My friend set me this:

"This war is just for oil!"

Of course its all about oil, Bush and his cornies want to make more money, invade Iraq, secure the fields, flood the market and watch prices drop, woo hoo....

Those conniving bastards are making less money per gallon now, why not let Saddam blow up all the wells and drive the price through the roof?

 

[ConclamoLudus]

Yeah my friend sent me that too.

 

[NightTrain]

Originally posted by: Alistar7

Of course its all about oil, Bush and his cornies want to make more money, invade Iraq, secure the fields, flood the market and watch prices drop, woo hoo....

We stole all the oil in the first Gulf war. This whole invasion was cooked up to get Arnett and Geraldo...all in one fell swoop.

 

[Corn]

cornies

Hey, I resemble that remark!!!!!!!!