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Article for Monday, December 4, 2006:
Chaplains are Targeted
Great Quote: While Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Edward Hale (1822-1909) was asked, "Do you pray for the senators?"
He quickly replied, "No. After getting to know the senators , I pray for the people."
Article for Tuesday, December 5, 2006:
Streeters
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Recently, a sniper manual was discovered on the internet. It spelled out how snipers were to target doctors, chaplains, medics, and engineers in Iraq. Killing chaplains would supposedly have a psychological effect.
There was also a laundry list of potential targets including unit commanders, officers, and pilots. Also targeted were specialists such as communications officers to prevent calls for reinforcements- tank crews, artillery crews, and engineers.
According to reports, there have been 16 definite sniper initiated deaths against the Americans. Cutting off the "the head of the snake"(guess who) is the goal.
I loved this in the manual about Special Operations Forces: "They are very stupid because they have a Rambo complex, thinking that they are the best in the world. Don't be arrogant like them?" Give me a break.
Who produced the manual? A good question. Since America has no end to enemies, I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that it is an insurgent sympathizer who wants to hurt America. How about some Islamic type living in America who has enjoyed the good life and wants to make a contribution to worldwide Islamic domination?
The context of this manual for instance, is hardly written by an ignorant and sexually repressed Muslim Iraqi in Iraq fighting against the infidels but rather someone who is familiar with American culture, i. e., the Rambo complex comment.
Supposedly, there are five million radical muslims in the world dedicated to stamping out all vestiges of anything but Islam. I think we can reasonably be assured that a few of them live in our great country, have assess to the internet, and would create a manual for killing Americans in Iraq.
It can't be said enough these people are nuts and no matter what we do, no American propaganda publicity campaign, no amount of money, no amount of rebuilding Iraq-nothing-will change their mind. We will always be according to the people who write this type of manual: infidels, snakes, demons, or, as it has been said many times before, America, the evil aggressor. KT
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Streeters. This is a term I invented and can hardly wait to see if it makes it into the lexicon. I doubt it.
I use the word "streeters" to refer to those who hang out on the street- those who don't want help(or think they don't need help)and those that can't be helped. Most call them homeless. Homeless in our society means different things to different people and in different parts of the country. In San Francisco, we have more "streeters" than the truly homeless.
I think the homeless can be divided into about three categories. The first group are the dopeheads who love hanging out on the streets; they have a lifestyle revolving around comraderie which works with their fogged-up minds. Most have simply wasted their lives, plain and simple.
The second group are those who are mentally challenged, for whatever reason. The "street" becomes a comfortable place for them.
The third group and a much smaller one are the true homeless; the ones that can be helped. They need help in terms of having a roof over their heads; they often need assistance with their families and are living in their cars and surviving on various types of handouts. We need to be turning our attention to this group. The first two are mostly beyond help. (I know this sounds like a serious piece, but not my intention)
I met a "streeter" the other day while out running. He was pushing a cart full of his earthly belongings. He fit in the second category, a somewhat mentally challenged guy but at the top of the rung. He was humorous, talking to himself or maybe he was talking to me as we were waiting for a light to change.
As the "streeter" and I were waiting, a frail older woman crosses the street in front of us against the traffic. Her right arm was shaking in a pattern that was the result of maybe a stroke and it was obvious that she was not quite with it. We were both watching her.
The streeter then said to me, "she's going to get killed one of these days. I help her cross, when I can, but sometimes she just goes on her own." I was moved by his concern.
Here's a "streeter" who somehow is compassionate; he does what he can in his world. Those of us who would go about our daily lives without a thought of this poor woman other than witnessing her travails can learn something here. This sort of compassion should not go unrewarded. I did what I could. I gave him 20 bucks-one happy "streeter." KT
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