tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post7182349166271433460..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: OverloadSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-60015233070379062812010-06-28T23:58:39.765-07:002010-06-28T23:58:39.765-07:00I like the look of your new blog Dr S.
Dr Baldwin...I like the look of your new blog Dr S.<br /><br />Dr Baldwin ..you are obviously such a good friend to Dr S and no doubt ..it goes both ways as evidenced by your thoughtful comments. :)SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-32790881510698265432010-06-28T16:54:29.548-07:002010-06-28T16:54:29.548-07:00As I said in my entry comment on last Sid essay, ...As I said in my entry comment on last Sid essay, Heroics (which was as usual, well done and pertinent to YOUR Lives, about 6 down), I rarely comment, as this sort of discourse is so one-sided, and I know Sid very well and as I have said, am 180 degrees socially from his usual stand. But hey, the man is honest, true blue and his opinions matter. <br /> Let me just point this out...look at the 20+-some "comments" on what Sid wrote. It was about futility of war, the "endless war", and whether it was valid. It is the HUGE issue in your lives. Trust me.<br /> The commentators took it to oil spill, Obama, RWS folks, personal attacks and everything but the POINT. <br /> Either you read it and comment or hold your piece (peace). I thought you guys had more inside yourselves than word-calling and off the subject arguments. <br /> OK...zero in on me. All I did was call your failures to be on task and have valid discourse. The hostility is new to me...and I would say...knock it off and stay on point.Dr. John Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-7888053168884158922010-06-28T08:20:11.027-07:002010-06-28T08:20:11.027-07:00Timmyson: it's a good and thought-provoking ar...Timmyson: it's a good and thought-provoking article, with which I agree. (And, yes, I was drafted.)<br /><br />War, in a sense, has become trivialized; I completely agree with his comments about being "at" war. We are not. During the Bush era, I considered it a term he used to bolster his personal power; when he said to go shopping, I nearly puked. But Obama says it, too. <br /><br />As has been pointed out, WWII was the last declared war. We should either be all in or all out. If we are "at" war, a declaration should be passed by congress, draft instituted (or, at minimum, a surtax be levied to pay for all costs). The pain should be spread more evenly. <br /><br />Military professionals say the current status is better: a well-trained army of volunteers. But, as the article points out, that also makes it so far removed from everyday life, that it can go in perpetuity.<br /><br />I've wondered many times, and have written, whether the US democracy can survive much longer. I've concentrated on the broken politics and the dumbing of the electorate. But this is, most certainly, another reason to question it.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-79084033078548868582010-06-28T05:50:46.582-07:002010-06-28T05:50:46.582-07:00So I guess I WONT be seeing you at the Sara Palin ...So I guess I WONT be seeing you at the Sara Palin appearance at the P.U.R.E. ministry meeting, in Duluth Georgia Tomorrow Night????<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-60216029419481537652010-06-28T04:50:00.722-07:002010-06-28T04:50:00.722-07:00Apropos of the McChrystal thing, I would be very i...Apropos of the McChrystal thing, I would be very interested in hearing your take on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062502160.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" rel="nofollow">this article</a> (link followed from <a href="http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama" rel="nofollow">Abu Muqawama</a> who I think I found because of you).<br /><br />The premise is that in America's transition to a professional, volunteer military, it has changed the relationship between civilians and soldiers. You have told us of your Vietnam service (and while I can't remember you saying so, I think I assumed you were drafted), so I thought you might have a perspective from experience.Timmysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740161456878839854noreply@blogger.com