[Peace-discuss] Letter in DI

[E. Wayne Johnson]

An excellent job!...

...Why don't you leave the United States if you don't like the 
government's policy?

On 9/21/2010 9:15 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> That's 10 pm here.  Listening to WGN right now.
>
> Mostly sports and traffic reports.  Will try to listen in if I dont 
> fall asleep first.
>
> Saw two war protesters in front of the US Embassy yesterday.  No 
> posters or flyers
> had they but one of the guards told me that they come there every day.
>
> On 9/21/2010 7:06 AM, David Green wrote:
>> 9 a.m.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
>> *To:* John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>; Peace Discuss 
>> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> *Sent:* Mon, September 20, 2010 4:58:51 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter in DI
>>
>> David: gee, I will have missed the opportunity of tuning in to the 
>> O'Reilly program.  And what time, etc, is the WGN radio program; have 
>> you accepted to join that?
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I (almost) always appreciate your sage comments, but your 
>> statement—"I'm more and more aware…"—clearly does not apply to me, or 
>> thee :-)
>>
>> --mkb
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:41 PM, John W. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:30 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com 
>>> <mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Thanks Mort,
>>>     The responses are indeed disheartening, but it's impossible to
>>>     tell what population they are coming from. This whole thing has
>>>     gone viral. I've been called to be interviewed on WGN radio in
>>>     Chicago tomorrow. I also received a call from Fox to go on the
>>>     O'Reilly program tonight, which I turned down.
>>>
>>> That's fascinating.
>>>
>>>     I would also add that it's easy to fall back into "it's the
>>>     yahoos" mode in reading these comments, but we need to stay
>>>     focused on those in power.
>>>
>>> I find that in EVERY internet political/philosophical discussion 
>>> (and real-world discussions as well), while some comments are of 
>>> course just plain idiotic, others make valid if adversarial points.  
>>> I'm more and more aware that we're all just blind men with the 
>>> elephant, identifying various aspects of a topic or problem but 
>>> rarely stepping back far enough to perceive the forest in all of its 
>>> biodiversity.   (Please forgive the mixed metaphor if you perceive 
>>> it as such.  :-)  )
>>> Furthermore, as you say, the commenters on these discussion boards 
>>> (as well as most of the letter-writers) are just venting their 
>>> spleens.  They have no real power to affect/effect public policy, 
>>> except through their vote, which is what I presume you're attempting 
>>> to influence.
>>> John Wason
>>>
>>>     DG
>>>
>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     *From:* Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net
>>>     <mailto:mkbrussel at comcast.net>>
>>>     *To:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com
>>>     <mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com>>
>>>     *Cc:* Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>     <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>>
>>>     *Sent:* Mon, September 20, 2010 4:16:59 PM
>>>     *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter in DI
>>>
>>>     Thanks for writing your good letter, David, and letting us know
>>>     that it was published in the DI. One can only be disheartened by
>>>     (most of) the responses. Perhaps the Block I not only chanted in
>>>     unison at the game, but are chanting in unison in their
>>>     malevolent and/or ignorant responses to your letter.
>>>
>>>     It might be useful to have those responses see the light of day.
>>>
>>>     --Mort
>>>
>>>     P.S. It would be useful to know how many read the messages on
>>>     this listserve. If you do read them on a more or less regular
>>>     basis, please let me know by simply replying with subject line
>>>     "test".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Sep 20, 2010, at 11:50 AM, David Green wrote:
>>>
>>>>     http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2010/09/15/block-i-chant-portrays-neither-patriotism-nor-remembrance
>>>
>>>
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