Rev. Douglas Setzer
A letter written by Rev. Douglas Setzer was published in the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin on 11/25.
It stated: “I was very embarrassed for the veterans who were at the Post 80 American Legion on Veterans Day. I had parked my van on Edwards Street and walked down Main Street toward town to see the parade. When I got in front of the American Legion, an older lady approached me and asked me if I wanted to sign a petition to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I kindly told her that Bush was my favorite president; after all, he freed two nations, one more than Truman did with Japan, and he’s given more money to faith-based initiatives than any other president, and I am a preacher of the gospel. She sheepishly blurted out, ‘Well, everyone has their opinions.’ And I said, ‘Yes, this is America.’
“And I thought, what a thing to do, to sabotage a Veterans Parade with this nonsense. She should be ashamed of herself. I want to give a shout-out to the vets: Thank you for fighting for my freedom to say what I said to her.”
Eric Loeb had the following published in the Press & Sun-Bulletin.
As a veteran of the Korean Conflict, I certainly did not feel "sabotaged" by the woman who approached the Rev. Douglas Setzer (see his Nov. 25 letter) at the Veterans Day Parade with a petition to impeach George Bush and Richard Cheney. I was marching in the parade with Veterans For Peace, and the woman was my wife.
Far from "freeing two countries," the Bush-Cheney presidency has devastated Iraq, killed millions of Iraqis, including women and children, and left the place polluted with depleted uranium which will produce cancer in the population for thousands of years. Osama bin Laden has never been found, and it looks like the Taliban may come back in Afghanistan.
Rev. Setzer has the freedom to write a letter to the Press & Sun-Bulletin. My wife and I have the right to petition and to march with Veterans for Peace on the day that was originally called Armistice Day.
It stated: “I was very embarrassed for the veterans who were at the Post 80 American Legion on Veterans Day. I had parked my van on Edwards Street and walked down Main Street toward town to see the parade. When I got in front of the American Legion, an older lady approached me and asked me if I wanted to sign a petition to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I kindly told her that Bush was my favorite president; after all, he freed two nations, one more than Truman did with Japan, and he’s given more money to faith-based initiatives than any other president, and I am a preacher of the gospel. She sheepishly blurted out, ‘Well, everyone has their opinions.’ And I said, ‘Yes, this is America.’
“And I thought, what a thing to do, to sabotage a Veterans Parade with this nonsense. She should be ashamed of herself. I want to give a shout-out to the vets: Thank you for fighting for my freedom to say what I said to her.”
Eric Loeb had the following published in the Press & Sun-Bulletin.
As a veteran of the Korean Conflict, I certainly did not feel "sabotaged" by the woman who approached the Rev. Douglas Setzer (see his Nov. 25 letter) at the Veterans Day Parade with a petition to impeach George Bush and Richard Cheney. I was marching in the parade with Veterans For Peace, and the woman was my wife.
Far from "freeing two countries," the Bush-Cheney presidency has devastated Iraq, killed millions of Iraqis, including women and children, and left the place polluted with depleted uranium which will produce cancer in the population for thousands of years. Osama bin Laden has never been found, and it looks like the Taliban may come back in Afghanistan.
Rev. Setzer has the freedom to write a letter to the Press & Sun-Bulletin. My wife and I have the right to petition and to march with Veterans for Peace on the day that was originally called Armistice Day.
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