New DUers who found DU because of Cindy Sheehan, please post here.

[Maddy McCall]

We need to properly welcome you. Tell us your story. Ask us questions about DU. Let us be of help to you. :hi:

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WELCOME TO DU!

[theknightshift]

1. Posted this to another thread but just in case...

I'm not really a DUer. Used to be a FReeper but that was a long time ago. A year ago I swore off the political discussion forums for good: they are too nasty in general, and they were making ME too nasty in particular. Not that that's a judgement on anyone though, on any board.

Anyway, I wanted to post this with its own heading but the DU system won't let me: not enough posts on other threads yet to merit a thread of my own. So I thought about posting it here and see if anyone finds it worth reading and passing along to others. A few of my articles have been posted to DU before and this one, I've been more than a little curious as to what kind of reaction it might evoke.

A few days ago I got bothered enough about the argument that Casey Sheehan "volunteered" and therefore it was okay that he got killed, to write something about it on my blog. Here it is if anyone's interested in it.

My chief contention is that service personnel like Casey Sheehan volunteer to serve the Constitution and people of the United States. They do *not* volunteer to be the personal cadre of whoever has power over the United States government.

This is all I'm really planning on writing here about this. Like I said, I've given up on forums like this but this was one time I was wondering what others who are much closer to the Cindy Sheehan thing would think about this, and enough to send it to y'all's attention.

Am probably gonna attract some flak for doing this from some quarters. I'm not even a liberal Democrat by any stretch. Or a conservative Republican for that matter. Just chalk me up as an independent Christian :)

[wicket]

3. Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

[deadparrot]

4. Welcome to DU!

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[movie_girl99]

5. welcome to DU

:hi:

[cmd]

6. Thank you, knightshift

None of the volunteers signed up to be killed, just as none of the police and firefighters signed up to die on 9/11. That argument just doesn't hold water. Thank you, an independent Christian, for saying it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Welcome.

In answer to your question, unfortunately, when you serve the constitution and the people of the U.S., you must recognize that the commander-in-chief is the president. Military men are caught in a bind because they have to follow his orders, even if they know the emperor has no clothes. The only way to override his authority is to prove he has broken consitutional laws. And of course, there's also the time honored civilian tradition of protesting, the way Cindy Sheehan is doing.

As civilians, it's our responsibility to do what our soldiers cannot do: Protest a very bad war.

[DURHAM D]

8. Good thoughts - thanks for posting and welcome to DU.

Me thinks you have found more of a home than you currently realize.

[jayfish]

9. Oh Yes You Are A DU'er.

You've got 3 post to prove it.

Welcome to DU :toast:

Jay

[papau]

10. Welcome to DU - there are all variations on DU - glad to have you on

board!

:toast:

:-)

[bunkerbuster1]

11. Kudos on that blog entry

Great job of defending Sheehan against enemys foreign and domestic, and hey, I done lernt me something--we don't support the troops, we support the soldiers.

[Maddy McCall]

12. I started a thread for you.

Go here. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4380436

[theknightshift]

13. Thanks :-)

Appreciate it :)

[Maddy McCall]

14. You are welcome.

[Maddy McCall]

16. Check that thread, knightshift. You just made the greatest page!

That's quite an achievement for ANY DUer, but to be a brand-new member, it's fantastic!

:toast:

[kliljedahl]

18. & I just nominated it too

Welcome to DU theknightshift :toast:


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[faithnotgreed]

17. hi knightshift

im green party Christian so im not sure if were related but i would like to think a little bit

were glad youre here and hope you will find this a place you would like to stay awhile

it definitely gets fast and furious but its reflective of what is going on - what is being perpetrated against - this country
so im sure you understand tempers flare

but i agree that we need to take better care of each other
hope you will stick around and further that cause if you would

[Maddy McCall]

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