Congratulations, Kyle & Jessica!
Dad’s Been Writing to the AJC Again
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.
Memphis Blogger Links
The latest blog posts of the attendees to the latest Blogger Bash (in random order):
- Chris
- Rachel 1, Rachel 2
- Pulp Faction (also a Rachel) 1, Pulp Faction (also a Rachel) 2
- E.J. 1, E.J. 2
- Mark
- Trisha
- Len
- Karen
- Brock
- Eric 1, Eric 2
Honorable Mention:
Memphis Blogger Bash
So very tired, but I’ll use the remaining energy I have to post the pictures I took tonight. I showed up with nearly dead batteries, so it isn’t my usual insane number of pictures, but it’ll do…
If you want access to bigger sizes of these pictures, then click here. Sorry I didn’t clean them up too much, but it’s late!
Oh, and Mike and Mark stopped by right as I was saying goodbye to Trisha. Mike was bumming that he’d missed his big opportunity to meet Chris and the second Rachel. Hey, at least he tried! Better luck next time, Mike!
Oh, and just in case I don’t get a chance in the next few days to follow this up, I want to thank Karen for the extremely generous gift. When I get these bookends out and put up on a shelf, I’ll be sure to take a picture and post it. She made them herself, and they are lovely. She even gave me a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble to get some books to put in between. What a great gift and a great surprise. My cup runneth over. 😀
