Vigil For Peace

One of my first activities of the day, right after coffee and my morning ablutions, is to take a look at my blog reading list to see what my fellow bloggers have been up to over the past 24 hours. The Ybor City Stogie recently featured the Vigil for Peace that is scheduled for February 19 between noon and 2 PM at the corner of Gandy and Dale Mabry. I have seen these folks before and I "honk" because I agree with their message.

Stogie's blog featured a photograph that not only caught my attention but just pisses me off so bad I COULD SCREAM! I cropped the picture to emphasize one particular message.

Photographer unknown

This lady needs a bigger sign; one that states,"We can't feed the poor, we refuse to fund affordable health care for all Americans, but we can throw the country deeper into debt by funding the wealthiest Americans, and we can bring Social Security to the brink of bankruptcy by stripping the General Fund to finance two Bush vanity wars."

Yes, we do need to bring our troops home - partly because it is morally the right thing to do, but we also need them to patrol our borders and our streets. That's right, our streets. Since our Chicken Little population is so paranoid that they feel the need to pack heat just to go to the potty, it is obvious that we need professional protection above and beyond that provided by the  normal law enforcement agencies.

Our military has the experience and the firepower to protect us from all the bogeymen who must be roaming around amongst us. Possibly, while our troops are protecting us against those sneaky Mexicans and Canadians who keep crossing our borders to steal our jobs, they could also keep an eye out for those Patriotic Americans seeking to "take back the country" through the barrel of a gun.

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