Where’s the bottom line?

By Debbie Boen | June 17, 2007 |

Someone told me yesterday that she believes that when there is a draft, THEN all people will stand up and DO SOMETHING.  Having organized and run many events of the Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties group since the 2004 election, I told her that I think not.

I thought people would be dying to do something when we invaded an innocent country.

Gosh and heck, people would be ready to do something when Fahrenheit 9/11 came out!  Remember the part where George is holding hands with a Bin Laden?  Who besides me thought, “there’s no way George Bush is going to try to kill any Bin Laden”?  My Army neighbor, hot on the trail of Osama Bin Laden, came back from Afghanistan after friendly fire dropped bombs on his troop.   «Read the rest of this article»

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