really? then i guess all those people in giants stadium who started chanting "usa, usa" in glee as the bombs dropped on afghanistan on october 7 weren't working people?
i could buy the part about universal health care, and even to some extent the part about unions. but since when are "average people" in the u.s. opposed to military intervention?
http://www.prospect.org/print-friendly/print/V12/20/stossel-s.html
Whether intended or not, the timing of the air strikes had a potent effect on fans. When the crowd of 64,000 waiting to watch the Philadelphia Eagles play the Arizona Cardinals at Veterans Stadium in Pennsylvania saw Bush's announcement of the strikes broadcasted on the big screen, they erupted in cheers. And the news wires carried reports of men watching football in bars and commenting on the retaliation: "[The Taliban] wanted to play the game, and now the score is tied," one Rhode Island man said. "It's good. We should [hit them] again."
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