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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 AM

Playing soldier

What's patriotism got to do with fat men with ponytails on Harleys?

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  • Tuesday, May 27, 2008 07:53 PM

    @WashDCMan...

    ...perhaps we should have designated areas of protest, within which protest is allowed, and disallow it everywhere else?

    I would even wager that there is an open field near, oh let's say, Guantanamo Bay, which could be the approved national protest area where we could send everyone else in the United States who wants to protest anything.

    I am sure that the Founding Fathers, who were the ones who originally started this whole "dying for your country" thing, would approve wholeheartedly, and this way, all the whiners could cross the street unimpeded.

    In all honesty, I am severely annoyed by loud Harleys. I am surprised that anyone from the military would want to associate with Mr. Bush, considering that he has used enlisted men and women like Shake & Bake bags while lining the pockets of his cronies with the spoils of war.

    BUT - a lot of those guys did hard time in Vietnam and afterwards, and a lot of other vets only have a park bench to ride, so they are welcome to block my way anytime.

    In my opinion, they've earned the right to at least that much.

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