Anti-Obamacare Protesters Comparing Themselves to Vietnam War Protesters

 ANTI-OBAMACARE PROTESTORS TOLD TO BURN CARDS

In a ridiculous and bizarre effort to mirror the burning of draft cards during the Vietnam war,  members of  FREEDOM WORKS  youth activist group founded by right-winger DAVID KOCH are being encouraged to burn their Obamacare cards. The Washington Post recently reported on this.

I had read the story when it first appeared and, naturally, thought it pitiable and insulting. How to respond? It didn't take long before a Vietnam veteran and retired Air Force aviator did it for me. Via ALTERNET (http://alternet.org) sending out a copy of HAL DONAHUE'S response to this disingenuous charade, in the Huffington Post.

Please avail yourselves of  DONHAUE'S  response, it is far, far better than anything I could have come up with- that's for sure. Thanks and WELCOME HOME, HAL!

GOP Anti-Obamacare Agitators Now Compare Themselves To Vietnam War Protesters | Alternet

Kent State Massacre

TIN SOLDIERS AND NIXON'S COMING

For me, this date will live forever. I suspect for many of those in my generation who were paying attention,  May 4, 1970  will join those dates ever etched in our brains-  November 22, 1963, April 4, 1968, June 6, 1968 and so on.

I was in Spain at the time. On my way to University. I was 18 years old.  I passed a kiosk early on the morning of May 5, 1970. One of those kiosks you see where newspapers and chewing gum, cigarettes and lottery tickets are sold-with newspapers clipped on a string by clothespins, like flags on a line. One picture seemed to be on the cover of just about every magazine and newspaper. I looked and looked again because I could tell that boy laying face down and the girl kneeling next to him were American kids. When I read what it was all about, I immediately slipped into a surreal state of horror and shock.  Oh my God, they are shooting peaceful protesters. My life changed for good that day.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "OHIO" (click)

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

March on the 20th Anniversary of 

The Kent State Massacre

Led by the late Bill Davis, VVAW

1948 - 2007

RIP Soldier of Peace