So yeah, the other night I was actually caught off guard and speechless..

So, had a family outing planned to see some Christmas lights in Riverside last weekend. Wife, ran it by her father and came up with the idea of going out for dinner together with his fiancee`. Great idea, since haven't really gotten to spend time with them in a while.

Basically, I respect her dad big time. He's helped me out a lot with issues and demons I have from my time in service (I NEVER talk about stuff from my time in..except one day I opened up to him). He's a Vietnam vet and like to think he has found the same in me since he's opened up with his experiences, guilt, grief that he never brings up to my wife.

Well, we've always gone on about politics. He's kinda cooky in his beliefs, slightly right wing but I give that to the radio crap he listens to. Right before the elections last year, I was grilling him on this administrations open use of the Terror Alerts to keep Americans in fear and in line as well as asking why the story of why we're in Iraq changes almost weekly (back then at least).

Anyway, we're all eating dinner in this resturat and he brings up hearing about old vets getting their papers (Reservists I'm guessing) and getting sent to Iraq. He then says he wishes he could have one last "HOO-RAH" and "kill some rag-heads."

When he got to "HOO-RA" I was already shaking my head and saying this isn't a "HOO-RAH" you'd want, but when he made that comment about "rag-heads" I was floored. The only reason I did let it go was because we were in a resturant and I didn't want to make a scene.

I swear I want to freaking deny him access to his radio now. At least when we lived closer and we were talking daily I was countering the shit that they spew, but now when I only see him like a couple times a month. It really makes me sad, plus he's a vet too and carries a TON of guilt from his time in Vietnam and here he is saying this shit.

It really hurts me I guess because he has been my rock with my demons for over two years now. Freaking hate right wing radio with a passion.

I don't know what else to really say... It's a sad, sad world we live in when you've got hate being hurled at you from every angle. :pals: