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raymond - 2005-01-16 16:17:09 Maybe it was left there by a masochist.. Boy, that's a lonely-looking spot--may I ask, Raymond, where that shot was taken? It reminds me of the secret junkyard deep in the woods down in Lodi Twp.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-17 07:59:25 "free scrape" seen on the east side of Tuttle Hill Road well south of Willis Road about two or three years ago.* * * * * * * * * * * * be_OH_be - 2005-01-17 10:25:03 This same thought has been on my mind since this war started. Why is there no "war effort"? I'll never forget the public address where President Bush informed us all that the best way to fight the terrorists was to not let them disrupt our way of life. He encouraged everyone to keep consuming. I remember being floored by the suggestion and thinking how much more shocking still it would have sounded to someone who spent the years during WWII planting victory gardens, holding tin drives and generally conserving any resources they could. On top of all this apathy that Bush cultivated towards financing the war, he then proceeded to hand out a huge tax break to everyone. "No no, really ... we've got plenty of money to run the country AND invade middle eastern countries. Why don't you citizens take some of this back?" The less people think about the ramifications of the war, the less dissent the administration has to deal with. That's hardly a new idea but I think it's definately the rationale behind the utter lack of tangible, government-led, domestic support of the war. I sure hope those little yellow ribbons are enough. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-17 10:33:09 Yes, I remember that exhortation to shop as well. My dad was a GI and my mom a 12-year-old in an overrun country during WWII, and the darkness of the stories I've heard jarred so much with the cheery command to go out and shop in order to pump up the economy. I wish there were a war effort. Without such awareness at home, the war just seems to many, I suspect, like an unreal far-off video game...easy to ignore. No disrespect to troops, but those pious stick-on yellow ribbons, especially the ones on huge SUVs, make me ill. * * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2005-01-17 19:42:50 you've hit the nail on the head for me. I've been wondering why I find myself frowning and grinding my teeth at those ribbons, stuck on sideways, to boot. (Is that supposedly a way to get more mileage out of the image, or what?) I hate this war and am sickened by the daily "17 die today" headlines. But the yellow ribbons are pious. That's what they are indeed. And smug.* * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2005-01-17 19:49:43 Although. The realization I finally reached the other day sitting behind one of those SUVs with, say, a dozen yellow ribbons, was that - if I had a son or husband or father there, I'd probably stick 'em on too. Or perhaps just one, artfully placed don't you know.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-18 08:18:22 Hm. I don't know. Just in my opinion, it seems like a kind of cheap and showy way to display one's feelings about the troops, who deserve better than some $3.99 plastic display doodad. The whole need to broadcast any political opinion, &c. to strangers from the butt of one's car is in itself kind of crass, I think. * * * * * * * * * * * * Luke - 2005-01-18 13:02:04 I agree with the video-game aspect of our vision of the war. I lived in Greece during the first gulf war and the war CNN was showing and the one the European stations were showing were two entirely different events. In Europe, they were entent on showing all the "collateral damage" of destroyed private home and hospitals etc. CNN swas being accused of not being for the war what with Arnett's reporting and everything, but to the Greeks, CNN was thought of as a typical U.S. Propaganda tool. And indeed, you did not see the bodies of children on CNN and they did telecast all those news conferences of video-games type bombs hitting some staid looking buildings with great accuracy.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-18 16:04:08 Speaking of video games, television, and war, I saw this contemporary (sur)reality illustrated on television.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-18 16:07:18 Mr. D., that is a revealing comment. Most people's perspective here would be that CNN is pretty straightforward. But I had a similar experience in Korea, and I know how different things can look from outside. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-18 16:18:42 Turns out that after the Army's initial success with "America's Army: the Official U.S. Army Game"--(free download!)--it now has its own entire studio and is cranking out training videos like wildfire.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-18 16:24:15 They need to crank out artificial limbs. Seems like the nature of this war with its "improvised explosive devices" produces amputations in numbers not seen since the Civil War.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-18 18:36:59 ...and I was caught behind a recycling truck on Huron at Michigan today. Man, those guys were workin'. Later, I drove by the recycling center. I'd done some shooting in Riverside Park, some of the time gloveless, so I know that guy throwing stuff in the dumpster at the center was chilly despite his Carhartt's and hoodie.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-18 19:16:06 ...sorry about the errant apostrophe... hey, this be the internet, so cybertalk...* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-18 19:57:31 Yes, Rumsfeld's callous comment about "the war you have" have ended up in thousands of vets struggling to get through their day with the body they now have.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-18 19:58:13 (I have noticed how hard the garbagemen who come down my street work. Very. It's non-stop, too, lifting hugely heavy loads all day. I always try not to overload my can and put my bags in a neat, easily-grabbable line. At any rate.)* * * * * * * * * * * * hydrangeas review - 2005-10-12 03:07:28 You are invited to visit some helpful info on impatiens guide impatiens guide http://www.flower4us.com/impatiens.html http://www.flower4us.com/impatiens.html ... Thanks!!!* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |