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To: epicure who wrote (10480)	2/1/2006 4:01:02 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541763

Honestly E.. I watched a movie. There is something in me about distrusting what President Bush says that precludes my getting myself all upset by watching his platitudes,rhetoric all that has been said before.. Nationalism. Pride.. Wiping out Evil.. The only thing that did resonate with me when I listened to a replay of a part. The Social Security Plan fell through but we cannot have entitlements forever... There was little mention about New Orleans . I wonder how those who have been counting on the government to help them rebuild felt... They have been totally put out to pasture as we say in Pa. where I was reared... AND what about the levies... Oh, yes we are going to rebuild Iraq. Heard a cute one this morning. Remember the MOUSE THAT ROARED.. The country that attacked the US... so as to have them come in and give them benefits after they lost. Suggestion was... Cobalt Blue will love this... Have LA, secede and then go to war as an Arab Country.. Lose and then have the US come back in and rebuild. (:(

To: epicure who wrote (10480)	2/1/2006 7:16:35 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541763

guess we all know how happy we are, now but Georg(e)ia's always on ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-my-mind...

To: epicure who wrote (10480)	2/2/2006 9:06:03 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541763

When I was eighteen, my summer job was with Project Headstart. We went to DC for a training session, and did some sightseeing during our free time. I developed a blister so I took my shoes off at Arlington and walked around barefoot. As we approached Kennedy's eternal flame, the young soldier on duty came up to me and said, Miss, you need to put your shoes on. You're showing a lack of respect. Certain venues, regardless of how one may feel about the individual presiding or the activity within, have standards. Dress codes seem perfectly acceptable to me. The misdemeanor charge may have been over the top, but this is not the venue for adolescent protest behavior, imo. If they actually asked the other woman in a Support the Troops t-shirt to leave also, it was at least non-discriminatory. This speech is not the time for disruption, but a time to listen and consider. There are many places to protest (as Sheehan has certainly proved) and it doesn't bother me that the SOTU isn't one of them. If some people don't have some sense of mature, acceptable, respectful behavior, and when it is required, then we need to protect the rest of us from their disruption at times. She can wear her t-shirt seven days a week if she likes- but this just seemed really inappropriate to me.