Bring more Frisbees for Peace

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Tucson, AZ
Ah, once again we have those folks who like to throw Frisbees for Peace and show up in their beige Volvo with their, ‘Yes we can’ bumper stickers, wearing their earth-tone colored clothes and sandals over their socks, telling us they are promoting peace and tranquility through bull crap.

"The best part is just going around and seeing all of the people who are active, who are making a difference in Tucson, who are making a better future for peace and for justice," said organizer, Joe Bernick. Tell me, Joe, what can you point to that indicates to you that your actions have promoted peace and justice? Peace is not merely defined as the absence of war. The Jews were at peace with Nazi Germany. Of course the Nazis were slaughtering them and torturing them because they had no way to defend themselves. As an aside, most Jews felt registering their firearms was pretty innocuous. The term today is, ‘reasonable gun laws’ and many here didn't learn from the Jews.

‘wishing upon a star’ won’t cut it, old chap and ‘justice’; well, what is your definition of justice, Joe? Are you and your ilk really that naïve or are you just dumber than a box of rocks, (no offense to those rock collectors out there who read my blog)? I would ask Joe, other than rhetorically, but I’m terrified of what his definition might be.

I’m sure it involves all of those evil capitalists turning over their profits they worked for to you and your friends to build communes where we can all sit by the campfire and sing, Michael rowed the boat ashore – right after they throw their Frisbees in hopes that whoever our enemy de jour would be at that time, would not kill them or torture their family members.

The fair claims "We may never have complete peace, but we may have less war, and we may never eliminate crime, but we can have less crime. It's all about making a better world." I ask again, Joe, what can you point to that would indicate your activities are helping to achieve that goal? Take your time, I’ll wait. Joe and his band of misfits are the type of folks who believe the only way to make the world better is to work toward the demise of the evil United States. Then the world would be filled with peace and harmony.

If only we could be more like 3rd world countries that are run my dictators and where rape, murder and torture are the rule of he day and where the standard of living is horrible, we could be better. Here’s a map, Joe. Why don’t you and your gang jump in your beige Volvo and drive to one of them. Wait – better yet, hike there; it will leave a smaller carbon footprint.

Pat Birnie with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom has attended the fair for the last 15 years told the Arizona Daily Star, "I encourage people who have never attended to come and be amazed by the variety of local groups."
Oh, trust me, Pat; I’m amazed.

Of course what would a sit-in be without the loons from Code Pink? Code Pink is an anti-war organization of mainly women who are devoted to stopping new wars and redirecting funds to aid health care, education and "green" jobs. Hummmm, “re-directing funds”, you say. And where do those funds come from? Certainly not from people who actually work for a living. Code Pink doesn’t have time to do that, in between running around the country, bad-mouthing our military men and women who protect Code Pinks’ right to be stupid. I'm certain Code pink was thrilled when that closet member, Barack Obama decided to give information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain to Russia as part of an arms control deal.

It may sound cliché, and certainly beyond the understanding of the Birkenstock crowd, but freedom really isn’t free and good people have died so that people like you can run around like left-over hippies from the 60’s and have your sit-ins, (fairs) and “celebrate unity, tolerance and justice today at the 29th annual Tucson Peace Fair and Music Festival.”

I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a big fan of war. I wish they would throw a war and no one show up. I'm also not inclined to run around with my head in the sand and think there aren't enemies out there who would love nothing more than to take over the U.S. It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.