tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post6484114358834556750..comments2024-03-05T21:04:43.133-05:00Comments on The Cahokian: Anti-war Anthems: "Bring the Boys Home" by Freda Payneishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-70282353356197048232011-05-30T14:23:50.175-04:002011-05-30T14:23:50.175-04:00Thank you ish, I miss this man I never met more th...Thank you ish, I miss this man I never met more than anyone I will ever know.<br /><br />I have the last five months of his life in the letters he wrote home to his mother (my grandma) - I am writing a book about him. He celebrated his 27th birthday in a small village in France just a few weeks before he died.<br /><br />Many people in California at the time wondered whether President Wilson's decision to go to war was the correct one. Of course it would be years later the truth would be known that Wilson was urged into this by the very men who would profit the most from in.<br /><br />So nothing has changed it seems.Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-38771992684130623442011-05-30T14:06:19.146-04:002011-05-30T14:06:19.146-04:00Annie the picture of your uncle on your blog is ve...Annie the picture of your uncle on your blog is very moving.<br /><br />How sad to think we as a world find so many ways to deprive young people like that of a future.<br /><br />See Annie's uncle John here: http://helloartichokeannie.blogspot.com/2011/05/memorial-day-remembrance-my-uncle-john.htmlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-11225269399016125872011-05-30T11:53:49.685-04:002011-05-30T11:53:49.685-04:00"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet ..."They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason." ~ Ernest Hemingway<br /><br />That being said and having lost my uncle I never had a chance to meet in WWI - I will honor his death and clutch his medal in my hands, for that is all there is left of him.<br /><br />Had he lived, returned home and learned to his own satisfaction that the war he fought was not as much about defeating the Germans as it was about filling the pockets of American war profiteers - then I would have applauded him and stood by his side as he threw his medal back.<br /><br />I am against war and the powers that be that wage it. But I find no problem with supporting the men and women that make up the troops - and that support includes working to bring them home NOW.Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-69520442988309839762011-05-30T11:35:29.620-04:002011-05-30T11:35:29.620-04:00freebones, as commenters who I have come to know a...freebones, as commenters who I have come to know and ones that pop in to surprise me contantly prove, America is full of really decent people.<br /><br />Maybe not enough some times, but hope springs eternal.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-32872779933905791732011-05-30T11:32:25.583-04:002011-05-30T11:32:25.583-04:00taking words and phrases back, as you might have n...taking words and phrases back, as you might have noticed, is a favorite thing to do of mine.<br /><br />i love to say i'm proud to be an american, and that this is my america, because i hate that the people who usually say it are racist, homophobic, and hateful fearmongers.<br /><br />similarly, 'support our troops' could use some work too. good on ya.freeboneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131233817153602375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-74638688004485399902011-05-30T11:01:26.608-04:002011-05-30T11:01:26.608-04:00thanks swboy. Wow I had never seen that clip. powe...thanks swboy. Wow I had never seen that clip. powerful stuff.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-35375718174205722812011-05-30T10:55:59.185-04:002011-05-30T10:55:59.185-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIi4cVOrgyghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIi4cVOrgygswboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650105310272066304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-20791840674154579692011-05-30T10:47:27.142-04:002011-05-30T10:47:27.142-04:00In this war – as in others – I am less interested ...In this war – as in others – I am less interested in honoring the dead than in preventing the dead.<br />~Butler Shaffer<br /><br />Old men declare war because they have failed to solve complex political and economic problems.<br />~Arthur Hoppe<br /><br />Servile Journalism for Memorial Day<br />(an article from last year)<br />http://original.antiwar.com/john-v-walsh/2010/05/30/servile-journalism-for-memorial-day/swboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650105310272066304noreply@blogger.com