*If You Can Not Stand Behind Our Troops, please feel Free to Stand In Front of Them!* --- http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2012/0705/20120705__paonia_koch_tank_protest~p1.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DtDxaz_yg Lewis said when he got wind that Koch would have tanks in this year's parade he made a cardboard sign that read, "Buying the planet or just taking it" on one side and, "Democracy bought & sold?" on the other. The big tank known as a "Duster," two smaller military craft and a Hummer were driven by veterans and Koch employees. One man with the military vehicles pushed Lewis out of the way of the tank. A YouTube video captured the standoff. Lewis said some people, like the woman in the crowd who yelled "run him over," misunderstood and thought he was being disrespectful to veterans. "I have very high respect for veterans and their families," he said. But he, and many others who commented on the Paonia message board page on Facebook, don't have as much respect for Koch. They thought the tanks were a ploy to rally more conservatives to support his land swap and energy development. "Tanks are a symbol of power and control and did not belong in our 'hometown' parade," wrote Elaine Brett. "Last year, Koch pointed a shotgun into the crowd. This year he entered his tanks under the guise of the American Legion. Draw your own conclusions." Other writers referred to Lewis as "Tiananmen Sid" and "Paonia's Tank Man." They called for Lewis to be named citizen of the year, or mayor. On May 15, 9:31 am, Bear Bear <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know if you guys have seen this one. As a Canadian all I can say in > good on her. > > Or in American english. You go girl! > > Bear > > And now for something completely different... > > ** > > *The Real Miss America …* > [image: 4572A331CEBA4367B54BBDE7885BEB2D@michaela9e37f8] > *This 19 year old ex-cheerleader now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper, > was watching a road in Pakistan that led to a NATO military base when she > observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target (she shot him). > It turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban, and he was burying an > IED that was to be detonated when a U.S. patrol walked by 30 minutes later. > It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.* > *The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards.* > *She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through > his rectum and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces.* > *The Air Force made a motivational poster of her. (Folks, that's a shot 25 > yards longer than seven football fields) and the last thing that came out > of his mouth ...was his ass!* > *If You Can Not Stand Behind Our Troops, please feel Free to Stand In Front > of Them!* > *If you agree with this email, send it on!* > *Remember Freedom is a great thing!!!* > > **** > > ATT022141.jpg > 82KViewDownload -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
