tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29693919.post3757425993470760714..comments2023-08-16T07:17:17.868-07:00Comments on The road ahead.: Letters, Madness and Hope.marymaddux6272http://www.blogger.com/profile/06438543527703696709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29693919.post-86998947079336118092007-10-02T11:19:00.000-07:002007-10-02T11:19:00.000-07:00p.s. Sally Field definitely agrees with you too!!!...p.s. Sally Field definitely agrees with you too!!! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29693919.post-52499947989287372372007-10-02T11:04:00.000-07:002007-10-02T11:04:00.000-07:00Yay Mary! Love this post & love you. Didn't reali...Yay Mary! Love this post & love you. Didn't realize that your Dad was in Vietnam...mine was too (and an uncle, who unfortunately still isn't quite the same from the experience). Anyhow, thank you for sharing and you are not alone in feeling that another draft would be unfathomable for your son and all children! Hopefully we will continue as a nation and a people to grow and evolve towards a higher plane of compassion and diplomacy through international peace projects (such as the one Cam's working on..yay again!), MUSIC (:-), letters, travel, and daily loving kindness interactions with people of all cultures, etc. You rock sister/lady/friend and am glad to know you! Thanks for your concern & contributions, you help make the world a better place just by being in it! Hugs & Love, Melissa xo :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29693919.post-87322509840781245892007-10-01T13:11:00.000-07:002007-10-01T13:11:00.000-07:00Another incredible thing to watch is the new Ken B...Another incredible thing to watch is the new Ken Burns documentary on PBS. It is simply titled "The War" It is up to part 6 now I think. I have no idea how many sections it has, but it has been amazing. Well, one small glitch about the Sullivan Brothers from Iowa. The 5 brothers served on the same boat and all were killed in one single attack. The issue? Someone on the production crew decided that they were from Fredricksburg IA not Waterloo. Don't get the Iowans cranky about their war heros. (one reason why most armed forces do not put siblings in the same unit or boat is the Sullivan Brothers)<BR/>The episode that we watched last night just made me mad at the generals who never saw what the terrain was like, or instisted on getting a group out only to lose double the amount of men in the process. <BR/>There were interesting stories about Japanese-Americans who served while their families were in American internment camps. And a young Crow soldier who, while working with his unit taking over a town in Europe, was able to get the 4 necessary qualifications to become a Warrior Chief. He is the last true Warrior Chief of the Crow nation.<BR/>It is always a shock to see the pictures of these young men in uniform and then them today as they are now...looking like someone's grandfather. <BR/><BR/>Highly recommend.<BR/><BR/>(Ohh, for lighter fare, go see the Disney Ratatouii {sp?} It is darling)<BR/><BR/>CarmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com