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Thought I would send this to you so you could understand just what is driving the Anti Gun/Hunting movement. "We feel that animals have the same rights as retarded children." -Alex Pacheco, Director, PETA, New York Times, January 14, 1989. "The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration." -Michael W. Fox, Vice President, The Human Society of the United States, The Inhumane Society, New York, 1990. "Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans." -Peter Singer, Animal Liberation: A New Ethic for Ourt Treatment of Animals, 2nd edition, 1990. Regan when asked which he would save, a dog or a baby, if a boat capsized in the ocean: "If it were a retarded baby and a bright dog, I'd save the dog." -Tom Regan, Q&A session following a speech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 27, 1989. Animal Experimentation "To those people who say, `My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say `Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.' Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade off." - Bill Maher, PETA celebrity spokesman "If the death of one rat cured all diseases, it wouldn't make any difference to me." -Chris De Rose, Director, Last Chance for Animals "An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable." -Peter Singer, Animal Liberation: A New Ethic for Our Treatment of Animals, 2nd. edition, 1990. "If abandoning animal research means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it ... We have no basic right ... not to be harmed by those natural diseases we are heir to." -Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights, 1983 Meat "Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses." -Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, The Washington Post, November 13, 1983. Pets "In a perfect world, animals would be free to live their lives to the fullest: raising their young, enjoying their native environments, and following their natural instincts. However, domesticated dogs and cats cannot survive "free" in our concrete jungles, so we must take as good care of them as possible. People with the time, money, love, and patience to make a lifetime commitment to an animal can make an enormous difference by adopting from shelters or rescuing animals from a perilous life on the street. But it is also important to stop manufacturing "pets," thereby perpetuating a class of animals forced to rely on humans to survive." -PETA pamphlet, Companion Animals: Pets or Prisoners? "I don?t use the word "pet." I think it?s speciest language. I prefer "companion animal." For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance." -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA vice-president, quoted in The Harper's Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223. "It is time we demand an end to the misguided and abusive concept of animal ownership. The first step on this long, but just, road would be ending the concept of pet ownership." -Elliot Katz, President, In Defense of Animals, "In Defense of Animals," Spring 1997 "Liberating our language by eliminating the word 'pet' is the first step ... In an ideal society where all exploitation and oppression has been eliminated, it will be NJARA's policy to oppose the keeping of animals as 'pets.'" -New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, "Should Dogs Be Kept As Pets? NO!" Good Dog! February 1991, p.20 "Let us allow the dog to disappear from our brick and concrete jungles -- from our firesides, from the leather nooses and chains by which we enslave it." -John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of A Changing Ethic, PETA, 1982, p.15. "The cat, like the dog, must disappear..... We should cut the domestic cat free from our dominance by neutering, neutering, and more neutering, until our pathetic version of the cat ceases to exist." -John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of a Changing Ethic, PETA 1982, p.15. "As John Bryant has written in his book Fettered Kingdoms, they [pets] are like slaves, even if well-kept slaves." -PETA's Statement on Companion Animals "The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want toys they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship they should seek it with their own kind." -Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, "Animals," May/June 1993 "You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild ... they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV." -Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, Chicago Daily Herald, March 1, 1990. "Pet ownership is an abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation." -Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, Washingtonian, August 1986 "One day we would like an end to pet shops and breeding animals [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild." -Ingrid Newkirk, Chicago Daily Herald, March 1, 1990 Terrorism "Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are 'acceptable crimes' when used for the animal cause." -Alex Pacheco, Director, PETA "I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down." -Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, National Animal Rights Convention '97, June 27, 1997 "Get arrested. Destroy the property of those who torture animals. Liberate those animals interned in the hellholes our society tolerates." Jerry Vlasak, Animal Defense League, Internet post to AR Views list, June 21, 1996 "We have found that civil disobedience and direction action has been powerful in generating massive attention in our communities ... and has been very effective in traumatizing our targets." -J.P. Goodwin, Committee to Abolish the Fur Trade, National Animal Rights Convention '97, June 27, 1997. "In a war you have to take up arms and people will get killed, and I can support that kind of action by petrol bombing and bombs under cars, and probably at a later stage, the shooting of vivisectors on their doorsteps. It's a war, and there's no other way you can stop vivisectors." -Tim Daley, British Animal Liberation Front Leader
In the wake of what happened in Fort Worth this has some great points! Where Did It All Begin Let's see...I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained that she didn't want any prayer in our schools, and we said,ok Then someone said you had better not read the Bible in school-the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said, OK.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank them anymore. Then someone said that teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to "do it" anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all the "fun" they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we said, that's another great idea. And then some of our top elected officials said that it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good. And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that. And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the Internet. And we said they're entitled to their free speech And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages homosexuality, rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead. Therefore, now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with... "we reap what we sow."
(This was passed on by a man named Clarence Schultz, who wrote down some of his thoughts. He is a minister and retired Navy chaplain -- lots to think about! Pass it on if you think it has merit).
by Don Harkins
SANDPOINT -- Last St. Patrick's Day, Sandpoint Chiropractor Blaze Welch gave a lecture on how to "get off of the disease scary-go-round" at the Gardenia Center here. The purpose of the talk, which was sponsored by the North Idaho chapter of Vaccination Liberation, was to teach people that they are responsible for their own health. Dr. Welch also discussed figures from right out of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) which prove, through accurate interpretations of their own words, that in the last century we chose the wrong fork in the road with regard to our health care paradigm.
Most people have been conditioned to believe in what is called the "germ theory" of disease -- that germs cause disease. The truth is that germs (bacteria) are everywhere and they are attracted to and proliferate in dis-eased tissues.
Bacteria decompose dead matter. That is their job. For instance, when a tree dies, bacteria come in and eat the tree and it eventually becomes soil. Bacteria does not eat a live, healthy tree. The same thing is true in people -- bacteria are attracted to dead matter. Therefore, if you have dead matter in your body, bacteria will come in and get to work decomposing the dead tissue so that it may eventually become soil.
In the mid 1800s, western medical science had the choice of going one of two ways. Bechamp's theory of disease maintained that every living thing has arisen from the microzyma (the "fundamental unit of the corporate organism") and "every living thing is reducible to the microzyma."
Bechamp believed that microzymas secrete fermentative substances that aid in digestion in a healthy body and evolve into bacteria when they encounter dead or damaged cells.
Pasteur's germ theory of disease maintained that diseases come into our bodies and make germs that we must fight so that we may be rid of them. J.I. Rodale explained Pasteur's "germ theory" of disease by stating that, "Germs live in the air, every once in awhile get into a human body, multiply and cause illness. Nothing to it at all. All you have to do is kill germs and disease is licked."
Bechamp's theory placed all of the responsibility of disease prevention on the individual and his lifestyle. In a practical sense, there was no money in that and people would be empowered with the ability to resist dis-ease by taking care of themselves.
Western medical science went with Pasteur's theory because it opened the door which created the world's medical and pharmaceutical industries. Since the 1850s, we have been developing new drugs to attack and kill the disease invaders and the result has been epidemics of cancers and sicknesses and diseases -- and a very rich and powerful pharmaceutical industry.
"Last year," commented Dr. Welch, the pharmaceutical industry did \$182 billion in drug sales world wide." In contrast to that figure, it cost approximately $183 billion to treat adverse reactions from all of those drugs, said Dr. Welch.
Dr. Welch read off some statistics which should cause concern to anybody who sees an allopathic doctor, has medical insurance or may end up in the hospital someday. Again, the following admissions were taken from JAMA:
The top five causes of death in the United States, in order, are: Tobacco, alcohol, medical malpractice, traffic and firearms.
According to JAMA, doctors kill more people than auto accidents and guns. With that in mind, one has to wonder why gun control is such a hot legislative issue when, perhaps, we should be more concerned about doctor control.
"The number of people that doctors kill per day from medical malpractice is roughly equal to the amount of people that would die if every day, three jumbo jets crashed and killed everybody on board," commented Dr. Welch who added, in defense of his own profession, "just imagine what headlines would result if a chiropractor or a naturopath accidentally killed just one patient?"
Another JAMA statistic stated that 1/5 (20 percent) of all people who see an allopath will suffer an "iatrogenic" (doctor-induced) injury.
Again, according to JAMA, 16 percent of all people who die in the hospital are determined by autopsy to have died of something other than their admission diagnosis. In other words, the doctor had no idea what was really wrong with the patient and, therefore, the patient may have died for want of appropriate care that would have been subsequent to an accurate diagnosis.
Another trade publication, American Medical News, stated that 28 percent of people admitted to hospitals are there because they have suffered an adverse reaction to prescribed drugs.
"We are miserably losing the battle against viruses and bacteria. Antibiotics do not work. We need to take a different tack because this is obviously not working," said Dr. Welch.
Dr. Welch made numerous practical and logical observations throughout his lecture. One of them is so obvious that it deserves mention here. "When there is an epidemic of, say, pertussis in a school and 14 of 200 kids get sick, who gets studied?" he asked.
The answer, of course, is that the sick kids get studied. They get studied by the county health district and the health district accumulates its data and then tells the newspapers about the epidemic of sickness and everybody then flocks down to the health district or goes to see their doctor to get vaccinated.
"Would it not be more appropriate to study the 186 kids that did not get sick?" asked Dr. Welch.
Dr. Welch also read a quote from the British Medical Journal which states that only one percent of all scientific research papers which explore medicine are scientifically sound.
So, if that is true, then not only are allopathic doctors incorrect in their understanding of the basic nature of disease, they are basing 99 percent of their conclusions, and therefore their diagnosis and treatment of people, on flawed science.
Subject: Bill Of No Rights Thought you all might appreciate this ... ________Bill Of No Rights__________ Written by State Representative Mitchell Kaye from Cobb County, GA. "We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden, delusional and other liberal, bedwetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people were confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require a Bill of No Rights." ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything. ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion,etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be. ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy. ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in health care. ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair. ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big-screen color TV or a life of leisure. ARTICLE VIII: You don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you'd like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat. ARTICLE IX: You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. ARTICLE X: You do not have the right to happienes. being an American means that you have the right to pursue happiness - which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights."
Opinion - Children killing children Dear Editor: It is tragic, of course. Someone was terribly irresponsible to allow that kid to get hold of that gun and should be prosecuted. All the gun laws in the world would not have prevented this; all the gun laws in the U.S. did not prevent it. I would call for mandatory gun safety training in first grade . . . in EVERY grade. Children would learn how to deal with a gun when they encounter it instead of what they learn from TV, movies, video games, and from other children. As we weep for our children and ourselves, let us also weep for the destruction of our Constitution, and also for all the children who drown, who are poisoned, who are killed in car crashes, who are run over by drunks . . . We say that the kid was killed "by a gun." But in this last example we do not say the kid was killed "by a car." We say the kid was killed "by a drunk driver." The gun and the car are inanimate objects with no will of their own. We teach driver education. Why do we not teach gun education? Crow Carter Bigfork Gun Club P.O. Box 537 Bigfork MT 59911
CLINTON-GORE PILFER FUNDS TO SUPPORT EXTREMISTS > > AN INVESTIGATION INTO A FEDERAL FUND TO SUPPORT SHOOTING AND FISHING > SPORTS HAS TURNED UP OUTRAGEOUS MISAPPROPRIATION BY THE CLINTON > ADMINISTRATION. > > Exclusive To The Spotlight > By Mike Blair > > A congressional audit has revealed that the Clinton administration has > misappropriated millions of dollars raised from excise taxes on forearms > intended to promote hunting and fishing sports in order to fund "animal > rights" groups and to provide junkets and huge bonuses for top federal > bureaucrats. Since 1937, the Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Trust Fund has > raised more than \$3.4 billion from excise taxes imposed on the sale of > weapons and ammunition for dispensing to state and wildlife agencies for > wildlife restoration projects, hunting safety training programs and > firing range construction. Suspecting misuse of the funds, last year > Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) requested that the General Accounting Office > (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, audit P-R funding. The GOA > discovered that at the White House's direction millions of dollars have > been taken from the fund and diverted to finance animal rights groups > intent upon curtailing hunting and fishing in America and to pay for > foreign trips and bonuses for high bureaucratic officials of the U.S. > Fish and Wildlife Service. According to the GAO report, the > mismanagement of funds has involved tens of millions of dollars being > taken from the trust which were raised by shooting sports enthusiasts > through the sales of firearms and ammunition. In hearings before the > House Resources Committee, one U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee revealed > that he was pressured by the White House to approve hand-outs of P.R. > funds to animal rights groups that are "aggressively involved" in > efforts to "destroy hunting." Another employee testified that she was > directed by high-level Clinton-Gore bureaucrats to "destroy computer > records that could have shed light on these abuses and on the > responsible." > "The administrative abuses uncovered by Representative Young constitute > a fundamental breach of trust between America's sportsmen and their > government, if not outright illegality," James J. Baker, executive > director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative > Action (NRA-ILA) stated. To curb the abuses, Young has introduced H.R. > 3671, a bill that would end the abuse and mismanagement of trust fund > monies that have been committed to P-R for nearly two-thirds of a > century. > > All Credit To The Spotlight. March 6, 2000 Issue. > Published by Liberty Lobby, 300 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, > D.C. 20003. >
I really wonder how many people are "really" shocked at the 6 year old > boy that shot and killed a classmate yesterday? Anyone? All things > considered, you should not be shocked. We have yet to see the end of > this type of mayhem, much less, the beginning. I speak this to America's > > HORRID shame. > > According to the Associated Press, the 6 year old murderer lived in a > "flophouse" and used a stolen handgun he found in a bedroom there, a > prosecutor said today. Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch said the > home was frequented by strangers. "This boy comes from a very troubled > home," Busch said on NBC's "Today" show. "He is really a victim of a > drug culture and a house that's really in chaos." > > He got in fights, according to some, where his reactions were considered > > "extreme" by fellow students, parents, and teachers alike. And yet he > was > permitted to hang his coat alongside those of children who pick up their > > toys and play nice with others. He was allowed to enter into a place of > learning with thoughts of murder (and don't for a moment think that kid > didn't have a good sense of criminal intent: he hid the gun and then > lied > about giving it to another student, whom he claimed did the shooting), > and > when he blew away the "best reader" in the class, everyone was shocked. > > Shocked? Really? > > And isn't it funny, in October 1999, a 14-year-old Houston boy was > charged > with killing a 13-year-old classmate by stabbing him in the head with a > screwdriver at Deady Middle School in Houston. But did that hit your > evening > National news, like the news about this 6 year old boy, who fatally shot > a > fellow first-grader? Of course not! > > Now, what do you suppose we can conclude from this? > > However, let us revisit in Y2K....
March 1, 2000 Mea Andrews, Editorial Page Editor Missoulian P.O. Box 8029 Missoula, Montana 59807 VIA EMAIL Dear Mea, Bill Clinton, ever happy to dance in the blood of a dead, innocent child, crassly used the sad death of a Michigan child to call for unrelated restrictions on gun shows. He used the readily-provided media attention to call for restricting the freedoms of everyone who didn't commit a firearm crime. One may hope that Americans perceive the selfish idiocy inherent in this grandstanding. Let?s look at some facts. The number of fatal gun accidents involving children has fallen by over 50% since 1970, even as the number of guns and the number of children has increased. While the death of any child is beyond tragic, for each child this age that dies from gunshots, there are 2 that die from bicycle accidents, 10 that die in bathtubs and swimming pools, and 14 that die in automobile accidents. (National Center for Health Statistics and National Safety Council). So, where is the grief, the outrage, the media attention, and the presidential grandstanding for these dead children? Is a child who dies in the water less important than a child who is shot? Is a child who dies riding a bicycle unworthy of concern? No! Yet, our esteemed President grabs the occasion of a dead child, dead from an incident no more senseless than a car wreck, to use that child?s death as an excuse to further strangle the freedoms of the law-abiding Americans. Those who would use the death of an innocent child as an opportunity for media attention, as an excuse to cast blame on honest people who had no part in the tragedy, and to advance a crass political agenda, are despicable. The great wonder is that the media would cover these ravings at all. Sincerely yours, Gary S. Marbut, president Montana Shooting Sports Association P.O. Box 4924 Missoula, Montana 59806
Plenty to think about ************************************************* As I read this I thought about good friends and family (including grandkids) Thinking about current events the other night .I thought about the shootings at schools, our immoral President, the computer age and just things in general. As I thought more and more, about how it was when I was a kid, I began to write. "I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the Pill. There weren't things like radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners and he hadn't walked on the moon. "Your Mom and I got married first -- then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother, and every kid over 14 had a rifle that his dad taught him how to use and respect. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me 'sir'; and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, 'sir.' "In our time, closets were for clothes, not for 'coming out of.' Sundays were set aside for going to church as a family, helping those in need, and just visiting with your neighbors. We were before gay-rights, computer dating, dual careers, day-care centers, and group therapy. "Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong, and to stand up and take responsibility for your actions. Serving your Country was a privilege -- living here was a bigger privilege. "We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when evening breeze started. And time sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends - not condominiums. We never heard of electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt or guys wearing earrings. We listened to the 'big bands', Jack Benny and the President's speeches on the radio. I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. "The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza's, McDonald's and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 and 10 cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice cream cones, phone calls, rides on a street car, and a Pepsi were all a nickel or a dime. And, if you didn't want to 'splurge,' you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail a letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for \$600, but who could afford one. Too bad too, because gas was 20 cents a gallon. "In my day 'grass' was mowed, 'coke' was a cold drink, ! 'Pot' was something your mother cooked in, and 'rock music' was your grandmother's lullaby. 'Aids' were helpers in the Principal's office, a 'chip' meant a piece of wood, 'hardware' was found in a hardware store and software wasn't even a word." "We were not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but we were surely before the sex change was discovered. 'Billy' didn't have two mommy's, and pornography in a family home and at newsstands was a rarity. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people today call us old and confused, and there is such a thing as the generation gap! Source unknown
> > 1945 And Now (Why the US doesn't win wars any more) > > > > 1945-Rifles were made of wood and steel, shot a .30 caliber > > bullet > > and killed the enemy. > > Now-Rifles are made of plastic and aluminum, shoot a .22 > > caliber > > bullet,and wound the enemy. > > > > 1945-The winning side used a US made .45 Caliber pistol, The > > losers > > used a European 9mm. > > Now- We use a European 9mm pistol. Nobody uses the .45. > > > > 1945- You were taught to aim at your enemy and shoot him. > > Now- You spray 500 bullets into the brush, don't hit > > anything, and > > retreat because you are out of ammo. > > > > 1945- If you smoked, you had an ashtray on your desk. > > Now- If you smoke, you are sent outside and are treated like > > a > > leper. > > > > 1945- NCO's had a typewriter on their desks for doing daily > > reports. > > Now- Everyone has an internet computer, and they wonder why > > no work > > is getting done. > > > > 1945- We painted pictures of pretty girls on airplanes to > > remind us > > of home. > > Now- We put the real thing in the cockpit. > > > > 1945- Your girlfriend was at home, praying you would return > > alive. > > Now- She is in the same foxhole, praying your condom worked. > > > > 1945- If you got drunk off duty, your buddies would take you > > back to > > the barracks to sleep it off. > > Now- If you get drunk any time they slap you in rehab and > > ruin your > > whole career. > > > > 1945- Canteens were made out of steel. You could heat coffee > > or hot > > chocolate in them. > > Now- Canteens are made of plastic. You can't heat anything > > in them > > and they always taste like plastic. > > > > 1945- Officers were professional soldiers first. They > > commanded > > respect. > > Now- Officers are politicians first. They beg not to be > > given a > > wedgie. > > > > 1945- They collected enemy intelligence and analyzed it. > > Now- They collect our pee and analyze it. > > > > 1945- If you don't act right, the commander might put you in > > the > > stockade till you straighten up. > > Now- If you don't act right, they start a paper trail that > > follows > > you forever. > > > > 1945- Medals were awarded to heroes who saved lives at the > > risk of > > their own. > > Now- Medals are awarded to people who show up for work most > > of the > > time. > > > > 1945- You slept in a barracks, like a soldier. > > Now- You sleep in a dormitory, like a college kid. > > > > 1945- You ate in a Mess Hall. It was free and you could have > > all the > > food you wanted. > > Now- You eat in a dining facility. Every slice of bread or > > pat of > > butter costs, and you can only have one. > > > > 1945- We defeated powerful countries like Germany and Japan. > > Now- We can't even beat Iraq or Yugoslavia. > > > > 1945- If you wanted to relax, you went to the Rec Center, > > played > > pool,smoked, and drank beer. > > Now- You go to the Community Center and can still play pool. > > > > 1945- If you wanted a beer and conversation you could go to > > the NCO > > or Officers Club. > > Now- The beer will cost you \$1.75, membership is forced, and > > someone > > is watching how much you drink. > > > > 1945-The BX/PX had bargains for GI's who didn't make much > > money. > > Now- You can get better merchandise cheaper at Wal Mart. > > > > 1945- We could recognize the enemy by their Nazi helmets. > > Now- We are wearing the Nazi helmets. > > > > 1945 your commanding officer would sit in his office with a > > cigar > > in his mouth. > > Now- He would be in less trouble if it was a penis. > > > > 1945- Victory was declared when the enemy was dead and all > > his > > things were broken. > > Now- Victory is declared when the enemy says he is sorry. > > > > 1945- If you killed an enemy soldier, you could bring home > > his rifle > > as a trophy. > > Now- If you bring home anything at all as a trophy you get a > > court > > martial. > > > > 1945- A commander would put his butt on the line to protect > > his > > people. > > Now- A commander will put his people on the line to protect > > his butt. > > > > 1945- Wars were planned and run by generals with lots of > > important > > victories. > > Now- Wars are planned and run by politicians with lots of > > important > > agendas. > > > > 1945- We knew we were fighting for freedom. The country was > > committed to > > winning. > > Now- We don't know what we are fighting for. The government > > is > > committed to Socialism > > > > 1945- All you could think of was getting out and becoming a > > civilian > > again. > > Now- All you can think of is getting out and becoming a > > civilian > > again. > >Emailed to me by Jim LaRose.