[fintstone]

Originally posted by speeder
Stone, If protesters in your town are ever throwing rocks at people in uniform, let me know and I will come to N.M. and kick some ass w/ you. My parents own a house there, so you don't even have to put me up.

There is a big difference between people "terrorising military families", (same offer as above applies), and peaceful protests by Mothers (and others). That is as American as Apple Pie.

If they want to stay on the sidewalk out of the way and hold signs saying things like "stop the war"....I have no problem with them. They are actually good for a laugh as they are usually the strangest collections of losers I have ever seen. If they wave signs calling soldiers "murderers," I personally think that is a bit too far. after all, we have families too...but certainly within their rights. If they run up to my car and block it while screaming obscenities at my children and scare them... I will make them wish they were in that prison in Iraq wearing that dog collar.

When in uniform, I have been spit on many times and have been hit with rotten apples, eggs, and once with a thrown brick. I have been physically assaulted several times in uniform and my car has been keyed twice and had paint remover dumped on the hood. Protesters harass my daughter on campus.
Now that I don't wear a uniform, the next person that spits on me or my family will be spitting teeth.