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Wacky Wednesdayby Wayne Boettcher In Tucson, Arizona, Speedway is a main boulevard that traverses the city. While the speed limit is not unusually high, that has never stopped some local drivers from trying to force the roadway to live up to its name. Today was no different as anxious speeders hung on to the rear bumpers of law abiding drivers, sometimes weaving back and forth as if to indicate how much more important they are and how urgent it is for them to reach their destination before anyone else. It almost seems like their plan is to make the speed limit drivers understand this reasoning so they would get off the road and just let them pass.Sometimes I do so but it's not for any reason they might think. It's because I believe they're insane and would like them to be far away from me! There will always be extreme speeders but does that mean the city should just give up and withdraw all police? Today a phalanx of Tucson Police Officers had different ideas. There was no shortage of lawbreakers to cite as the TPD alternately spread out and grouped together, having much success in their mission. As I drove up (at a legal rate of speed) to Speedway and Wilson by the Tucson Recruitment Center at 7:00 am, they were already hard at work. I was there to support United States military troops and their mission of freedom for Iraq. Of late they have also been particularly successful. In fact, recently captured Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Abdul Fatah Daud Mahmud al-Mashadaniwas was so new to his job he spilled the beans immediately about how terrorist leaders have been fooling Iraqis into thinking radical groups were local in order to foment rebellion against the government. Actually foreign instigators posing as Iraqi groups often initiate terrorist activities in Iraq. The reason the enemy leader was so green is that most terrorist leaders don't live free in Iraq for very long these days, thanks to the brave men and women of our Armed Forces and their Iraqi brothers in arms. But innocent Iraqi citizens aren't the only ones being duped in the world, as I was soon to find out. As the muggy day progressed, (it had rained last night) an "anti-war" protester nicknamed "Semper Fraud" by the Pro-Americans appeared as usual to take up his stand amongst us. Semper, who calls himself an "ex-Marine," explained to me that his dedication in showing up was due to innocent children in Iraq being killed by our troops. "Do you believe our troops kill children deliberately?" I asked. He said yes and that he himself had killed two children in the Vietnam War. "On purpose?" I asked. He said no, it was an accident and proceeded to tell me his account of what happened. He was in a big battle that was falsely reported by the Department of Defense and fired some mortars. Later someone came to him with a mortar fragment and said "a mortar round with this number killed two children!" He checked his paperwork and yes, indeed it was his mortar round that killed those children! Years later he went back to Vietnam for a visit to the scene of the battle when a man described how his siblings were killed by a mortar. Semper Fraud soon realized this was the brother of the children he himself had killed! I interrupted him: "Do you think I actually believe any of this?" I inquired. "Well, it's my story," he replied. I explained that the yarn was too fantastic and fit the mold of fraudulent war stories debunked in the book "Stolen Valor," by B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley. He had nothing more to say about it after that. Before moving on, I asked again to make sure Mr. Fraud really did think our military troops kill children on purpose. I just couldn't believe it. Amazingly, he still did and brushed aside my claims that Saddam Hussein was the one doing the child killing. This has actually been proven by children's bodies found in the mass graves of pre-war Iraq. No such evidence has ever been found of American troops doing anything of the sort! As usual, people in the passing cars and trucks were all honking and waving for the flag draped Pro-American side of the street. Across the boulevard was a known World Can't Wait protester with a crudely lettered "Impeach the Liars Cheney and Bush" sign whom I silently named Comrade X. Near him were Conspiracy Man, (AKA "Chomsky"), a woman with a descrated American flag and another helping hold her banner. I decided to cross the street to counter their signs. A Pro-American was already before them in traffic with a "Bin Ladin Loves Lefties" sign, so I decided to bracket the "moonbats" by going to the other side of them. When I got past the group, though, Conspiracy Man wanted to discuss some theories. I was curious about a few things, so I decided to stay near and find out some opinions. Besides, it was a good opportunity to display my sign with "Don't Believe Left-Wing Propaganda and Lies" next to them. "Do all you guys believe 9/11 was an inside job?" I asked innocently. "You called me a guy! I don't accept that male-domination dichotomy," cried the Veterans for Peace banner woman with the desecrated American flag while pointing an accusing finger in my direction. It took a while to calm down all that excitement but I finally got the answer that the two women were not necessarily believers but had open minds. As the conversation progressed, however, it became obvious they knew about and believed in all the 9/11 inside job points because they defended them so vigorously. For instance, the desecrated flag woman agreed it was probable the 9/11 jetliners were controlled by robots and hinted she should know about that (she claims to be an Air Force retiree.) All three postulated that the cell phone calls from the hijacked aircraft were faked and people thought to be killed in the planes were most likely living the good life on some tropical island. (Editorial update 8/5/2007 - Conspiracy Man did not agree with tropical island theory.) They tried to convince me that the buildings fell in an unusual way and building seven should not have fallen but I kept responding with the reply that too many scientists and engineers disagreed with those theories for them to be conclusive in my mind. I asked them if they believed the United States landed on the moon or was that also a hoax? The ladies had no comment but Conspiracy Man was suspicious that the landings had been faked. We all exchanged book titles and websites and discussed genocide by various governments. It was my contention that Marxists are more genocidal than any other government, while they believe America to be the worst. While the ladies denied they were Communists they had a lot to say against imperialists, capitalists and corporations. They were also very upset that the labor movement had been oppressed in the history of America. I forgot to ask if they were members of Code Pink but I think the two women probably are. Unusually, all three were also against most Democrats including Gabrielle Giffords and even Bill Clinton due to his war actions. I kept saying "you guys" by mistake and had to apologize after dire looks by the desecrated flag woman, but I caught the woman helping with the banner doing it, too. Finally Comrade X came by to leave and shook hands all around, including with me. "See ya later, Comrade!" I smiled, pointing out to the rest of the group when they objected that World Can't Wait was a front group for the "Revolutionary Communist Party." Conspiracy Man admitted WCW was started by Communists but said a lot of different groups were in it. When I asked if they would allow Nazi's then, they were silent. Conspiracy Man wanted me to go to a meeting where a World Trade Center 9/11 survivor would claim he heard explosions IN THE BASEMENT, explaining it was his dream to convert me to the conspiratorial point of view. "Well, that was a nice discussion," I said politely as I left, making no promises to attend. "It made my stomach hurt," replied the woman helping with the banner, grimacing as if to prove her point. After I crossed the street I had a few laughs with the 8-10 people who came to support America. They had a much happier attitude. There were only 5 moonbats, which has been the norm for some time. As I saw the woman with the stomachache leaving I picked up the donated UN flag we had been using as a doormat and showed it to her from across Speedway Boulevard. Then I threw it on the ground and jumped on it, finally picking up the UN emblem again and pretending to sneeze in it. She stared with quite a look of shock on her face. If I remember right she has held a UN flag while attending at least one protest earlier this year! As our successes in Iraq increase due to the surge, so does desperation on the part of the left to discredit President Bush and America. Newspapers and TV News with few exceptions are bringing out even more slanted stories to make the Iraq war seem like a "quagmire." They do it to bolster ever-arguing, ever-surrendering Democrat politicians who will go to any lengths to give in to terrorists. Meanwhile, we Pro-Americans must all do our part to overcome their pessimistic propaganda. Here is one way to help: print out articles with stories of military success from the American Forces Information Service News Article web page. Give them to people, post them on bulletin boards and leave them on car windshields. Let's support our victorious troops and oppose left-wing craziness and surrendering Democrats. Later might be too late. Now is the time to stand up for America! Wayne Boettcher is the head of AmericanProtest.net Related Links: |
