This group has been really testy for months leading up to the day the 1st Tomahawk went skyward into
Iraq. Cabin fever, an awful winter that made it look like we'd gone back into seeing Glaciers
forming in parts of America. An economic recession in the USA (which just happened to coincide with
G.W.Bush being ...sorta elected). Consumer confidence in the US economy in the toilet month after
month. Trike makers dropping their prices, BikeE going glug, the Space Shuttle disaster, America
still on edge after 9-11. It has been a really really negative period. Now that America is
FINALLY bombing the [censored] out of some country I'd have thought everyone here would be happy as
all heck, but no, everyone is now verbally attacking everyone else in this group. NOTE: looking
back no one has attacked C.C.Ryder yet, but it is open warfare on anyone who dares post anything
even remotely Un-Bent on the NG. Almost like we need to have another NG that everytime the rants
go NBC/OT the players involved get bumped off this NG and onto the 2nd NG. Even have THIS NG
Moderated to weed out NBC/OT. Only trouble is someone has to read every post b4 it gets added to
the NG and Moderators will be slashing their wrists when Siegel, Sherman and Dolan get going.
One good thing has been the use of NBC/OT prefix to let people know the post is NOT bent related,
but I figure most read the OT messages anyway.
As for my Subject Line re: B Happy. I figure that now that America is finally bombing someone and
Victory over Iraq is a foregone conclusion. When the war ends America will enter a period of
mourning and lots of solemn memorials and Patriotic scenes at Arlington. Then real economic growth
and prosperity across America (just before the next Presidential election...what a coincidence eh)
and G.W.Bush will be re-elected by a landslide vote.
Observation: having gone through this myself and history tends to return and bite. When Washington
finally demobilizes (most) of the troops from the Mid-East. America will REMAIN on a code Yellow for
quite some time, Washington will use this state of terrorist alert to Justify a massive budget
increase for Domestic security, our troops will get 1st choice at the thousands of new jobs in all
levels of the Police forces, Correctional facilities, Transportation Security officers, National
Guard #s will be boosted, CIA/FBI/NSA will intake more field personnel etc. You'll have a major
boost to the National economy with 200,000 returning Vets now working for Homeland security....also
reduces the # of PTS Syndome claims when you have a good paying job to return to where you get to
keep your body armour and a SMG. Would have been a lot of dead anti-war hippies in the early 70s had
our Vets been returning and walked through the Airports and Train stations totting our loaded M-16s.
Anyway the point is this, the War has begun and it will end soon. Old Glory will rise in Iraq...all
will start to look good again (economically) in America (especially if you are a Republican...and if
UR not there is always Attica).
So lets all get Happy, start to look on the bright side of life again and cheer up on this
NG....just remember that in 3 years we'll find ANOTHER country to invade and Nobody likes
France anyway!
My $ is on America taking the Philippines in 3 years a) because the USN wants to show off more than
it has in Iraq (it IS their turn) and b) the Philippines is fast going Muslim and anti-American. I
would however question America adding another State like Hawaii creamed in active Volcanoes, but
strategically it keeps North Korea on their toes knowing America can cream them with Cruise Missiles
sent from the Philippines.