Comments on: Armistice Day http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:21:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Kevin Hayden http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393619 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:52:42 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393619 Beautifully done, Barbara. Your eloquence sometimes floors me, and this is another one of those times. Beautifully done, Barbara. Your eloquence sometimes floors me, and this is another one of those times.

]]> by: The American Street » Blog Archive » For the Vets http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393615 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:50:09 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393615 [...] Then I reached Alex at Army of Dude, and I started choking up. And Barbara O’Brien made me, an agnostic, hear the Voice of God. [...] […] Then I reached Alex at Army of Dude, and I started choking up. And Barbara O’Brien made me, an agnostic, hear the Voice of God. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Only One http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393531 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:48:15 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-393531 [...] Quick follow up to yesterday’s Armistice Day post — I’ve been wondering how many World War I vets were still alive. Here’s the answer: one. [...] […] Quick follow up to yesterday’s Armistice Day post — I’ve been wondering how many World War I vets were still alive. Here’s the answer: one. […]

]]> by: goatherd http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391706 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:41:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391706 Sometimes I can't help but think of it as "Armistice Day" even though I have only met a few veterans of WWI. I always think of my wife's grandfather, who fought in both world wars. He was a prisoner of war in WWI. As the story goes, he wrote poetry for the prison camp "newsletter". (I am sure Alberto Gonzales would think that was well beyond quaint.) Copies were sent home by fellow prisoners and when he returned to England his poetry had been published without his knowledge and he was on his way to a literary career. He mainly wrote novels, but he wrote an "In Memorium" about World War One. Evidently, the Poppy that we all purchase in a crepe paper simulation each year bound those men together more strongly than we might appreciate. In his poem, he described a bloom of poppies in a field where he had fought a battle and their red color "as if the blood of the dying men had not wholly washed away". Sorry to be a bit maudlin, but I think of that every Amistice Day. Sometimes I can’t help but think of it as “Armistice Day” even though I have only met a few veterans of WWI. I always think of my wife’s grandfather, who fought in both world wars. He was a prisoner of war in WWI. As the story goes, he wrote poetry for the prison camp “newsletter”. (I am sure Alberto Gonzales would think that was well beyond quaint.) Copies were sent home by fellow prisoners and when he returned to England his poetry had been published without his knowledge and he was on his way to a literary career. He mainly wrote novels, but he wrote an “In Memorium” about World War One. Evidently, the Poppy that we all purchase in a crepe paper simulation each year bound those men together more strongly than we might appreciate. In his poem, he described a bloom of poppies in a field where he had fought a battle and their red color “as if the blood of the dying men had not wholly washed away”. Sorry to be a bit maudlin, but I think of that every Amistice Day.

]]> by: D.R. Marvel http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391683 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:36:03 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391683 I'm alive and "well" and living in Kentucky... Same old 'bad attitude', though... I’m alive and “well” and living in Kentucky…

Same old ‘bad attitude’, though…

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391586 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:02:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391586 Where the hell have you been Marvel? I was afraid you'd left the room, or worse...... Where the hell have you been Marvel?
I was afraid you’d left the room, or worse……

]]> by: D.R. Marvel http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391225 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:48:42 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391225 Thanks Barb... I appreciate it... Thanks Barb…

I appreciate it…

]]> by: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391097 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:55:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-391097 Someplace on the west coast (California, I think), I read that a group of Veterans against the Iraq war are being denied an opportunity to march in the parades. So, here they have fought for democracy, which is supposed to include free speech; and they are denied their rights under the Constitution. What have we become????? Jeff Huber's post is very moving. Someplace on the west coast (California, I think), I read that a group of Veterans against the Iraq war are being denied an opportunity to march in the parades. So, here they have fought for democracy, which is supposed to include free speech; and they are denied their rights under the Constitution. What have we become?????

Jeff Huber’s post is very moving.

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-390381 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:43:47 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-390381 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War An interesting forgotten portion of American history, similar to what is happening in Iraq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War
An interesting forgotten portion of American history, similar to what is happening in Iraq.

]]> by: All Spin Zone » Opening The Files: Veteran’s Day 2007 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-390372 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:35:18 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/11/armistice-day-3/#comment-390372 [...] The Mahablog: Armistice Day [...] […] The Mahablog: Armistice Day […]

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