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I would just have been helping to get Gore in office, and I didnt want that.

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LMFAO. Word. Ugh.

K, you guys...I usualllllly don't discuss politics because, as a southern woman, I was raised that there are two things you don't discuss in open forums: politics and religion. Reason being because peoples views differ so much on those two. ANYWAY. Yesterday, I couldn't help myself. I LIT SOME MARRIED COUPLE UP in the middle of TGIFridays. Here's the thing...it's OK to not like the war (because DUH, who does like war of ANY kind?)...but it is NOT OK to BASH the TROOPS fighting in that war. I HAD ENOUGH and I just let loose on this guy who was being snotty and saying how the troops are stupid for fighting for a president like George W. and on and on and on....it was just BLATANT ignorance, really. First of all, my ex-boyfriend (who I still care VERY deeply for) is on the front lines in Iraq...as is one of my cousins. You know what though? THEY WANT TO BE. Before the war even STARTED they wanted to be. Know why? Because they GIVE A DAMN about our country and what happens to their loved ones living IN IT. My cousin found out I've been wanting to go over to Europe (and my parents were thinking about paying for it) and he FREAKED...said it isn't safe for me over there and to stay here. See, the thing is....people bash this war...and we REALLY don't know everything that's going on and to be honest, we should probably ALL be glad that we don't. Talk about mass hysteria. Geez. All I know is that two people I love very much are serving on the front lines and I love them both for doing something a LOT of Americans aren't doing right now...supporting their country.

Just to close...the lyrics to "American Soldier" by Toby Keith:

Im just tryin to be a father, raise a daughter and a son
Be a lover to their mother, everythin to everyone
Up and at em bright and early, Im all business in my suit
Yeah Im dressed up for success, from my head down to my boots
I dont do it for money, theres bills I that I cant pay
I dont do it for the glory, I just do it anyway
Providing for our futures, my responsibility
Yeah Im real good under pressure, being all that I can be
And I cant call in sick on Mondays when the weekends been too strong
I just work straight through the holidays, and sometimes all night long
You can bet that I stand ready, when the wolf growls at the door
Hey Im solid, hey Im steady, hey Im true down to the core.

And I will always do my duty no matter what the price
Ive counted up the cost, I know the sacrifice
Oh and I dont want to die for you, but if dyins asked of me
Ill bear that cross with honor, cause freedom dont come free.

Im an American Soldier an American
Beside my brothers and my sisters, I will proudly take a stand
When libertys in jeopardy, I will always do whats right

Im out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight
American Soldier, Im an American, Soldier.


*steps off soap box* LMFAO