The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid Part II

Let me tell you what a fine thing it is to see the fruits of your labor come about in quick fashion. I take no real credit for this particular instance, excepting that my voice was united with countless others and had the power to bring about a change.

Yesterday you’ll remember (if you don’t scroll down and read) that I published an email I sent to a certain girl at the University of Washington about her impressive show of ignorance. To briefly recap, she is a member of the student senate at UW and in a recent meeting exclaimed that no monument should be erected to honor a famous war hero (Marine Colonel Greg “Pappy” Boyington) because he “killed people’ and Marines were not the sort of people that the University of Washington should associate themselves with.

Well boy howdy, that got me off my soapbox and up onto my pissed off horse in a flash. Few things piss me off more than hearing some snot nosed, lefty larva puke bad mouth the armed forces of this country. So I counted to about 400 or so to cool off and proceeded to write a short missive to said moron to help her understand the error of her ways. And I was anything but alone.

Upon reading Boortz’s site this afternoon I was overjoyed to find that so many people had written to express their anger and disgust at this girl that the wheels were already in motion to rectify the situation. Another member of the student senate at Washington University issued a resolution that blasts Mrs. Edwards and further states that unless she issues an apology to several parties she will be removed from the student senate. HOW GREAT IS THAT?

And as if things couldn’t get any better, she posted her comments on her website about the mail she’s been getting, and is actually learning to just keep her mouth shut. Here’s a tidbit from Boortz: (and the misspellings are hers so I and he just left them in)

“So there you have it. Thanks, I am thouroughly regretting opeining my mouth. No quote of the week this week, I think the above suffice.”

HA! There is a lesson to be learned here kiddies. If you have an intemperate thought about something and feel others should hear it, by all means speak up, it’s your right as an American. You are guaranteed the freedom to let your feelings be known without fear of reprisal from our government. But understand that you are fair game for your peers, and by “peers” I mean your fellow Americans.

Voltaire said it best: “"I disagree with what you have to say but will fight to the death to protect your right to say it."

I think that’s one of the fundamental differences between the left and everyone else in this country, one side believes in liberty and freedom and will sacrifice all to protect it, the other side only likes it when it suits them.

So there you have it folks, please go read the whole thing on Boortz, it’s a scream. And I encourage anyone reading this to make your opinion known here or anywhere else you choose…
Just be well prepared to defend it. Good debate raises the mind to levels previously unknown.

If I learned one thing from this whole thing it’s this:

Never, ever underestimate the power of a good verbal bitch-slap.

Cheers,

Captain.