Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

Dad’s Been Writing to the AJC Again

By Abby at 4:23 pm on Saturday, May 28, 2005

Dad write a lot of letters to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Here’s one for Memorial Day:

What am I to remember on Memorial Day?  My own service during the Viet Nam War was in a non-combat area.  I remember it like any other time. But as a child, I recall the heros:  Eisenhower, McArthur, the men of Iwo Jima.  In my adult life, we’ve had Viet Nam, the Gulf War, and this current debacle.  I don’t look at them the same way.  I feel sorry for the young people who have fought in them. Very sorry that so
many have died.

I guess the Iraqi War is the final straw in the dissolution of any heroic memories.  We entered this war based on a lie.  We entered it unprovoked.  It’s now justified by saying that Hussein was a bad, dangerous man, his soldiers committed atrocities.  I now see our president as a bad, dangerous  man, and read about our soldiers commiting atrocities.  America is just another country with the foolish notion that only power can prevail in the world – power without principles.

What am I to remember on Memorial Day?  What I feel is shame.

Filed under: Blog Announcements,Family,Politics/Social Justice4 Comments »

4 Comments

1
Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by geo

May 28, 2005 @ 6:12 pm

I think I would like your dad. Age does good things to some people. He is quite apparently one of those. I think we are both past the 60 mark. At least, I know I am. I’m glad you included that particular letter in your blog.

2
Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by Abby

May 28, 2005 @ 11:14 pm

Yep. Dad’s over 60. He’s got wisdom, but he kinda always had it!

3
Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Comment by Len Cleavelin

May 29, 2005 @ 1:17 pm

What Dr. Abby’s Dr. Dad said! A very, very wise man indeed.

4
Get your own gravatar for comments by visiting gravatar.com

Trackback by Dark Bilious Vapors

May 29, 2005 @ 1:21 pm

Dr. Abby’s Dr. Dad is A Very Wise Man Indeed….

and I probably won’t be writing any special Memorial Day post. Abby’s Dad said it all in his letter to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.