You Need Me On That Wall!: The Cafe Racer

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

The Cafe Racer

This is my bike. It's a cafe racer styled bike and the reason for the name.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Steve,
I read your Blog and I can not believe that you are this brainwashed. You talk about rich liberals and why don't they put their money together and start charities. They did, the names are Bill Gates and Warren Buffett who went together and started with about 50 billion.
They have got you believing that anybody against the war hates the soldiers, do you really think that the thousands of parents of all the soldiers want to see their kids killed so we can lose the war for politics. Do you realize that in a year, you could have two kids in Iraq.
We are not so much against the war as we are against our kids being killed because of poor leadership. You are right about one thing, soldiers are prisoners of politics, but have been that way for thousands of years. Can I name a single hero in this war?? Yes, you and Kate and all the soldiers that have served over there. There is no us vs them, we are all in this together. Do not get confused by the politics of our country, they have their own agenda. The civilians and the army are the people of this country. Do not believe the propaganda that anyone wants us to lose any war. Try to look at the overall picture and don't believe that if we throw out the current politicians, that we will all die. It is just fear tactics. Your must remember that this war is not now the same war you were in. You went in and took the country, now we are in a civil war.
You say that they don't show pictures of troops coming home..The TV I watch show great outpouring of love and welcome home to troops all the time.
The reason the politicans don't want us to see the caskets, is they don't want the people to see the consequences of war. You said you are a patriot guard member, go to some of the funerals and support the family of these dead heroes and maybe you will understand.
Also you mention that no pictures are shown of all the good things that are being done in Iraq. Well, I would like to see them too. Why isn't the Army Press Corp. flooding the air waves with pictures and reports.
Also Fox News loves the right, why aren't they showing the pictures.
Love, Dad; 9:47 AM

Col. Jessep:

Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. ...my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!