tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post2707532782367320752..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Memorial Day 2014Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-51532290903859899802014-06-01T08:24:53.171-07:002014-06-01T08:24:53.171-07:00Yes, and with how I feel about Powell -- to think ...Yes, and with how I feel about Powell -- to think I considered him about the least reprehensible one of that administratioin ---I shudder!<br /><br />I do think highlighting the death and suffering is good, better if they told HOW it was begun in honest terms and tried a "Never Again" on for size. All that 9-11 bit seems to me a push to justify all the death and money; when other meansSyrbal/Labryshttp://www.experientialpagan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-36599312761906613002014-05-27T23:41:14.805-07:002014-05-27T23:41:14.805-07:00Fair enough. For instance, I'm not a huge Col...Fair enough. For instance, I'm not a huge Colin Powell fan, after learning more about him (and what he knew before his presentation to the U.N.), and could have done without the worshipful introduction he received. And the concert can get awfully schmaltzy and perhaps a bit rah-rah. But I do appreciate that, rather than <i>just</i> being those things, it's highlighted actual death and Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-62392451595214056382014-05-27T16:28:48.171-07:002014-05-27T16:28:48.171-07:00I didn't make it through the concert. Perhaps...I didn't make it through the concert. Perhaps the latest gun murders in California made me grouchy/twitchy/touchy/triggered; but the bit of concert I watched began to sound like a George Bush speech with the prevalence of "and then 9-11" statements. I turned it off and read a book.Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.experientialpagan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-78157504264252329542014-05-26T18:55:00.064-07:002014-05-26T18:55:00.064-07:00Thumbs up for the article.Thumbs up for the article.Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.com