Comments on: A flood of Sadness, a Moment of Joy http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280 The Blog of Author Kent Nerburn Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:43:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: American Lit. 2nd Per. http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280/comment-page-1#comment-394 American Lit. 2nd Per. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:05:09 +0000 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/239#comment-394 In response to Anita's comment, We would greatly appreciate it if you would clarify what you mean by "the seven generations to come." Thank you. In response to Anita’s comment,
We would greatly appreciate it if you would clarify what you mean by “the seven generations to come.” Thank you.

]]> By: Corky Alexander http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280/comment-page-1#comment-393 Corky Alexander Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:34:48 +0000 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/239#comment-393 You capture what I believe to be a compassionate viewpoint. You do what some politicians claim to do: hate the war but love the soldiers. I agree with your thoughts and enjoy your blog. You capture what I believe to be a compassionate viewpoint. You do what some politicians claim to do: hate the war but love the soldiers. I agree with your thoughts and enjoy your blog.

]]> By: Anita http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280/comment-page-1#comment-392 Anita Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:08:14 +0000 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/239#comment-392 Well said Kent. I have hope for a better future for the seven generations to come. It is amazing how much we as a country can spend in other countries, but to help the people here in our own backyard....seems they do not matter. It has never made much sence to me Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You have made me stop and think more often than not with your words. Well said Kent. I have hope for a better future for the seven generations to come. It is amazing how much we as a country can spend in other countries, but to help the people here in our own backyard….seems they do not matter. It has never made much sence to me

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You have made me stop and think more often than not with your words.

]]> By: Mark Baylor http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280/comment-page-1#comment-391 Mark Baylor Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:04:52 +0000 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/239#comment-391 Kent, It was nice you could be at the airport to welcome home the “young American boys and girls who were happily in the embrace of their families.” The troops, spending 22 months on active duty in training or in Iraq, were with Bemidji-based Able Company, part of the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, a division known as Red Bull. While the average age of the Army soldier on the ground in Iraq is 26, Army National Guard troops are generally men and women who have previous served full-time in the regular Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines. They have, for the most part, re-enlisted in “The Guard” and understandably are on average older. Their average age is 32 – hardly “boys and girls.” They are mechanics, doctors, cab drivers, engineers, teachers and lawyers. They have a common believe that the service they freely give is as important to them as it is the rest of us. They do not see the work they are doing in Iraq as “unnecessary” or an “adventure” and they do not see their Commander In Chief as a “tiny man.” Did you take the time to actually talk to any of these “boys and girls” at the airport and ask them of their experiences in Iraq? Did you ask what if any good they thought we were doing in Iraq or how the people they met felt about our being there? Did you go to the Bemidji State Memorial Hall for the homecoming celebration in honor of these brave men and women and listen to them speak? I shouldn’t think you did; you simply went home and penned out the above predictable rant about things you know nothing about. Amusing to some I’m sure, but quite sad really. There’s only one sad little tiny man in the center of your post and it ain’t George W. Bush. Mark Kent,

It was nice you could be at the airport to welcome home the “young American boys and girls who were happily in the embrace of their families.” The troops, spending 22 months on active duty in training or in Iraq, were with Bemidji-based Able Company, part of the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 136th Combined Arms Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, a division known as Red Bull.

While the average age of the Army soldier on the ground in Iraq is 26, Army National Guard troops are generally men and women who have previous served full-time in the regular Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines. They have, for the most part, re-enlisted in “The Guard” and understandably are on average older. Their average age is 32 – hardly “boys and girls.” They are mechanics, doctors, cab drivers, engineers, teachers and lawyers. They have a common believe that the service they freely give is as important to them as it is the rest of us. They do not see the work they are doing in Iraq as “unnecessary” or an “adventure” and they do not see their Commander In Chief as a “tiny man.”

Did you take the time to actually talk to any of these “boys and girls” at the airport and ask them of their experiences in Iraq? Did you ask what if any good they thought we were doing in Iraq or how the people they met felt about our being there? Did you go to the Bemidji State Memorial Hall for the homecoming celebration in honor of these brave men and women and listen to them speak? I shouldn’t think you did; you simply went home and penned out the above predictable rant about things you know nothing about. Amusing to some I’m sure, but quite sad really. There’s only one sad little tiny man in the center of your post and it ain’t George W. Bush.

Mark

]]> By: Wade http://kentnerburn.com/archives/280/comment-page-1#comment-387 Wade Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:50:50 +0000 http://kentnerburn.com/archives/239#comment-387 I am going to leave the political rhetoric aside. I have such mixed emotions about what you have written that anything that I say in this condition becomes verbal diarrhea. I will say this though. I feel quite sorry for those Katrina survivors but I am old enough to know that you cannot count on the government to come through and help without a parade, balloons and a hardy "look at me." It is quite time that people stand up and help themselves. I know that it hurts but you have to stand up, take your wife in one hand, your children in the other and make something happen! I am going to leave the political rhetoric aside. I have such mixed emotions about what you have written that anything that I say in this condition becomes verbal diarrhea. I will say this though. I feel quite sorry for those Katrina survivors but I am old enough to know that you cannot count on the government to come through and help without a parade, balloons and a hardy “look at me.” It is quite time that people stand up and help themselves. I know that it hurts but you have to stand up, take your wife in one hand, your children in the other and make something happen!

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