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Date Posted: 15:07:23 02/17/04 Tue
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB08a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.170
Subject: Re: Recovery
In reply to: Leisa*) 's message, "Recovery" on 13:36:40 01/26/04 Mon

The stream of consciousness approach works well here and many would agree with your sentiments. I often ask similar questions about other wars going on within the world, which seem pointless and an unnecessary waste of young lives.

S

>Recovery
>
>Part One:
>What If....9-11 Didn't Have to Happen?
>
>My dreams told me**
>what was coming
>
>"A young man who grew up in North County and joined
>the Army in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
>was one of two U.S. soldiers killed by mortar fire in
>Iraq last week."*
>
>
>but
>
>what if 9-11
>didn't have to happen?
>
>It's the Butterfly Effect
>that, like creation insanity
>will drive you mad
>if you stop to think
>about how his life
>and 500 plus
>other American lives
>might have turned out
>if there had been no 9-11
>
>not to mention
>their families
>and loved ones,
>
>not to mention global loss
>and instability
>that we, here in America
>cannot and should not forget
>
>Part Two:
>Taking Back The White House
>
>I feel good about November
>with a new hope
>in place
>that we will take
>back our country,
>restore credibility
>as well as respectability
>
>in the eyes of the world
>
>Part Three:
>The *Right* Disciples
>
>All the men in my life
>are Republican
>even my son
>boasts an affiliation
>to which I give
>the look,
>he takes on
>a silent smile
>that tells me
>he is just teasing
>
>I spend my time now
>unemployed
>trying to convert
>the right wing
>like a good hooker
>turning gay men
>
>Part Four:
>America, The Beautiful
>
>For three years now,
> I have not been proud
> to be an American
>
>I am offended that because I believe
>in a different way
>that I am told I am not patriotic
>and do not support our troops
>I have always supported our troops
>even if they are blind-sided
>as to why they are there
>
>My late father received a Bronze Star in WWII
>I come from a patriotic family and was raised as such
>
>I have seen first hand how other nations,
> who were once our friends, look at Americans,
>post 9-11.
>
>I am terror threat-weary;
>tired of living reality fear factor
>that is produced on a daily basis
>by the Bush regime
>
>I look forward to a day
>when I am once again proud to be
>an American
>
>My hope is restored
>
>Leisa*)
>01.26.04
>
>*Onell Soto, San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 26, 2004
>~~~~~~
>**{from my dream journals-the first week in September,
>2001}
>
>There was a father and a son flying in what looked
>like an open airplane, like a crop duster. They
>crashed a total of four times. Each time, they were
>not hurt and the son got
>out and restarted the engine, then they went back up
>but in an erratic manner until they crashed.
>
>Two nights later, I dreamed of an explosion. I saw a
>large aircraft of some kind. There was only one person
>in it. He looked like he was dressed in light blue
>astronaut attire.
> He waved good bye to people on the ground who were
>looking up. In the dream, I knew something was wrong
>and as I turned my head downward and closed my eyes, I
>heard the explosion.
>
>Next Nite:
>there was a plane suspended high in the air, another
>plane came and circled it several times, over and over
>and then there was just a fireball. total silence -
>just a roundish explosive fireball, red, blue, orange,
>black......
>no sound, just fire in the sky.

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