[Peace-discuss] Mourning

[John W.]

At 11:49 PM 4/28/2007, illyes at uiuc.edu wrote:

>I think it is appropriate that the flags are at half-staff for the folks 
>who died at Virginia Tech. But if we honor them in this way, how much more 
>we should honor those who die serving America every day in Iraq. My 
>opinion is that flags should be permanently at half-staff during war. Why 
>are they not??? At Virginia Tech, Bush spoke without notes, he spoke well, 
>and he seemed to be genuinely grieving. It makes me think of Zinn's 
>observation to the effect that the first thing we need to understand about 
>the ruling elite in this country is that their interests are not our interests.
>
>Bob


I'm curious, Bob....what interests do the "middle class" have in common 
with the poor?