From: Dave Ball (vought@msn.com)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 02:18:55 PDT
Jack...
I hope no one has to nuke anyone and if they do it sounds like the locals
there will never understand freedom is not something you buy at Walmart.
Besides I live 40 miles south of San Francisco and would hate to see a large
shock wave heading this way.
Although that is sometimes the price you pay for Freedom.
By the way I didn't catch the name of your town.... Purgatory
Dave Ball
vought@msn.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Lee" <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Celebrate Freedom, but not here
> I just finished reading Jon's e-mail and I have to admit, aside from the
> pride I felt for him and his new friends in uniform, I was also a little
> jealous because my town doesn't like big green things and such impromptu
> military events. Safe to say, the all too vocal minority here does not
like
> anything military! But, should you need a candle-light vigil in a protest
> of US imperialism, we're your community! Back in the Gulf war days I
> remember those many young Mom's and grade school teachers with their
little
> kids walking in a long line down the Esplanade, those innocent little kids
> carrying protest signs, like "No blood for Oil!" Oh, it made for good
press
> and it also made me pretty frustrated knowing this town only turned out
one
> 3rd grade class out of over 3000 students for our Vets Day at the Park and
> we had POW's to tell them living history lessons!
>
> We're known as little Berkeley and for good reason and we're know as the
> little town with the big party college too. We're infamous for riots on
St.
> Pats and Halloween in our downtown area when the armature drunks always
get
> out of hand. We're known for that and for burning couches in the streets
> and throwing rocks and bottles at cops when they try to shut down a
kegger,
> but we're not known for turning out in support of people in uniform who
> fought and died to provide those very freedoms they so often abuse to the
> point of piggish indulgence. Ironic isn't it?
>
> I hope some day things will be different around here and maybe for the
left
> coast in general, however I'm not likely to see things change unless
> terrorists actually nuke San Francisco or Berkeley... now then we might
have
> a sort of mass conversion to patriotism and a new found respect for those
> who defend her, past present and future. Till then I seriously doubt
> anything will change. They peppered the downtown with these foolish "No
> Hate Zone" posters aimed at chastising anyone who might express some
outrage
> over the deaths of thousands of Americans on 9/11 and in support of
> understanding for the other side who did it to us!
>
> So Jon now you know why I am a little jealous and why I look forward to
the
> day when we'll have our own convoy of big green trucks go right thru
> downtown with American flags that are not being set on fire.
>
> Jack
>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Celebrate Freedom Parade
>
>
> > The 14th Armored did the battle at Pigeon Forge last weekend...nice
> > people.......we will be back next year........Took the M5A1 and the
> > CCKW......had a blast.....had full access to the roads...did an imprompt
> to
> > parade......down the main drag with several jeeps and had all the
vehicles
> > covered with ground pounders and Airborne guys...full uniforms and
> > weapons......the people on the street were great....plenty of thumbs
> > up.......Kinda cool driving a M5A1 down the main street, running out
> around
> > 35mph......MGs all over the place.....FREEDOM!
> >
> > Jon
>
>
>
>
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