tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post2104368596994970271..comments2024-03-29T02:30:38.964-07:00Comments on The Dean's Office: Shhhhhh.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-67559733457237089972007-02-28T11:51:00.000-08:002007-02-28T11:51:00.000-08:00Ladybug and Swinebread,I agree completely on that ...Ladybug and Swinebread,<BR/><BR/>I agree completely on that "glorious military propoganda machine" observation. There is something very twisted in that sort of pageant and it's not lost on me that there's a correlation between some of the more ethically dubious societies and their celebration of the military as the most profound example of the purity/ goodness of the state.<BR/><BR/>I guess I Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-1472673530188355422007-02-28T08:09:00.000-08:002007-02-28T08:09:00.000-08:00Sadly, I think their deaths are for nothing... whe...Sadly, I think their deaths are for nothing... when this slow realization creeps up on the loved ones of the dead and they accept it, only then will they find any sense of peace. There will be a huge shift when and if that happens... <BR/><BR/>No one important has the balls to say it out loud for fear of making the voters mad out of some fake disrespect to the troops but they need to get mad, madSwinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-29544770178965080232007-02-28T08:07:00.000-08:002007-02-28T08:07:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Swinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-38410814492553126412007-02-27T16:55:00.000-08:002007-02-27T16:55:00.000-08:00I don't disagree w/you. I mean I've learned sh*t ...I don't disagree w/you. I mean I've learned sh*t happens, people die and it doesn't necessarily mean a gol-danged thing.<BR/><BR/>The thing is that some folks <I>need</I> that meaning, need a "reason" or else that renders their loved ones' death worthless, or worse, meaningless.<BR/><BR/>However, Who am I to say how to value, or grieve a loved one's life?<BR/><BR/>That's why I think the whole "ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814418184624819506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-5631130089218258352007-02-27T14:23:00.000-08:002007-02-27T14:23:00.000-08:00Probably folks like the lady I saw yesterday on th...<I>Probably folks like the lady I saw yesterday on the News at Noon on Channel 2; a sobbing woman who had her soldier son killed in Iraq - She simply said, "If we pull out, then what will my son's death be worth? He will have died for nothing." She didn't seem angry, just really, really sad.</I><BR/><BR/>This may be easy for me to say but this is another thing I have a hard time getting my head Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-13345429764221381242007-02-27T12:38:00.000-08:002007-02-27T12:38:00.000-08:00Blair's reading the public bottom line on this, (r...Blair's reading the public bottom line on this, (right again, Mr. PR Man!), so what's lacking in the Dems resolve to get the heck out?<BR/><BR/>Probably folks like the lady I saw yesterday on the News at Noon on Channel 2; a sobbing woman who had her soldier son killed in Iraq - She simply said, "If we pull out, then what will my son's death be worth? He will have died for nothing." She didn'tladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814418184624819506noreply@blogger.com