[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by Rollergirl2001
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I agree. I'm sorry for your brother.

I think that the mom had a right to protest. Just becasue you are against the war, doesn't mean you're anti-American. Speaking out against the war IS AMERICAN. We were given rights. One of them is a right to freedom of speech.

We should have not been in Ira after Saddam Hussein has been captured. After Sadam we should have been focusing our bums on capturing Osama bin Laden. I believe that if we were to focus on bin Laden and captur him, then probably the Madrid and London bombings would not have happen.

Bush should worry about things that are more important here: gas prices, NCLB, crime. As a matter of fact, homicides have gone up and my city will pass that mark from last year. In fact, we are almost at that rate right now. Did Bush reinstate ban those weapons that were on the gun control bills? I didn't hear anything.

Bush is hurting the minorities, poor, and middle class people. The only people that Bush care about is the rich people. The minimum wage is horrible, and people who are getting paid by this are suffering. Go to a grocery store or order pizza. Are the prices higher than before? Some people can't afford milk, bread, eggs, and meat all together.

I speak proudly against the war, and if you don't like what I said then I'm sorry, buthe war is just not right, period. Now, if this was WWII, I would suppprt the war. WWII and the current Iraq war are two different stories.

Not to mention those employers who are forced to close their businesses because they can't afford to keep a payroll, which in turn screws themself and their employees, and there's nothing they can do about it. My dad had to close his construction company because no one has the money to buy or build things, and he couldn't afford employees. It's a vicious cycle. If you think the job market is bad where you (general) are, come to Michigan, where every job opening you need to have 2-5 years experience because there are that many experienced people with no jobs. Not being able to find a job after college graduation, or better yet the thousands of people graduating with teaching degrees who can't find a job because schools are constantly being shut down and more experienced teachers getting let go. And it's not like they can transfer to another state, because that takes takign another certification test, and money obviously to move.

All this happened after 9-11. WTF.