tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post2080627874817418215..comments2023-09-16T05:08:58.881-06:00Comments on MacBean's Adventures in Prairie-dise: 1968Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-18900122494958782862007-06-24T23:29:00.000-06:002007-06-24T23:29:00.000-06:00Yeah, I just heard an interview with the guy who b...Yeah, I just heard an interview with the guy who blew the whistle on his mates who were harsassing and photographing the Abu Graib prisoners. He had grown up with them and they had all joined together. But after it became known that he was the whistle blower the military did not allow him to go home to his home town for fear of his safety. He and his wife had to move to another place and he is still considered a traitor in the small town where he was born. Who ARE we?A.Fannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825854431668203398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-857626663522326132007-06-24T17:31:00.000-06:002007-06-24T17:31:00.000-06:00I responded this a.m. but apparently my comment di...I responded this a.m. but apparently my comment didn't get through. I agree that we have an alarmingly short memory of our own history – I mean, the events you describe happened only, what, thirty years ago? Shame, because we could learn so much if only we didn't just remember, but also understand.<BR/><BR/>And I think another lesson: Let's not let our government advertise a stint in the armed forces with the atttiude that it's all one big happy career choice. Soldiering is dirty business. Our young people and their families somehow need to understand that as well, before making their choices.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-3103008980942612732007-06-24T13:27:00.000-06:002007-06-24T13:27:00.000-06:00Well, thank goodness.Re: your post about Bobby, I ...Well, thank goodness.<BR/><BR/>Re: your post about Bobby, I have to admit that I wish I had been a bit more...cognentatious...at that time. However, I was two and not yet into politics. And yes, I did make that word up. Sometimes I feel that, politically, someone has snuck us the date rape drug and we're functioning in a daze, allowing things to happen to and around us without any real challenge to it. It saddens and perplexes me. In the Kennedy era, there was passion and belief and response, and I think people were the better off for it.Wicked Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042361300908347571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-46649769378480162672007-06-24T12:15:00.000-06:002007-06-24T12:15:00.000-06:00open for businessopen for businessDoris Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932937296853951351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-55510473477328347182007-06-24T08:06:00.000-06:002007-06-24T08:06:00.000-06:00You outlined a very turbulent period in our histor...You outlined a very turbulent period in our history which, despite it having happened only a few decades ago, nonetheless seems to have escaped most of our memories. Too bad, because we could certainly learn something from it. <BR/><BR/>Getting us involved in this war is not the only immoral act our government has perpetuated in recent history. Prior to it, it spent YEARS selling our young people the idea that service in the military is nothing more than a benign career choice. So if anything good comes of this, maybe, just maybe, it will be the fact that our young people will be less willing to sacrifice themselves to future slaughters.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-59750666757356928332007-06-24T07:29:00.000-06:002007-06-24T07:29:00.000-06:00very enlightening,not too fun.very enlightening,not too fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302787113382372617.post-65659222651214934552007-06-23T21:32:00.000-06:002007-06-23T21:32:00.000-06:00So many resources, so much effort, obedience, crea...So many resources, so much effort, obedience, creativity, so much death and for what?A.Fannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825854431668203398noreply@blogger.com