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In reply to the discussion: I'm sick of the liberal bashing going on here. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I believe in Big E Equality, taking care of the least of our brethren, the social safety net, the DREAM Act, a living wage for working people, quality public education (to include quality education for physically and intellectually disabled citizens), affordable college education, a place where medical care should never, ever be based on "ability to pay" (except for stupid and optional plastic surgery) -- and that INCLUDES DENTAL care....and safe streets--I don't like seeing little kids gunned down in drive-bys.
Does that make me a liberal? Not here. I was in the military, and while I'm not a fan of military waste--which is extreme and MUST be curbed--I do understand the geo-strategic benefits of having a healthy military force. I also realize that most military folks don't make the decisions to buy the stupid toys that Congress and the Pork Barrelers want, in order to bring business to their districts. I don't buy the gratuitous bashing of an all volunteer force, at the same token, I am with the bulk of military members who do not think that they should be "thanked" for doing the job they offered to do, and who do understand that the "thanks" they are receiving are "guilt relievers" for the way that so many Vietnam vets were treated.
People who crab that Obama didn't end the war "fast enough," like he's some kind of KING who rules by decree, just don't quite get it. You don't renege on agreements, you don't wipe your ass with treaties, you don't act like a selfish git and break the "word" of the US -- because we, as a nation, are more than just ONE administration, lousy or not, even though some "My way or the highway" types are too insular to see this.