tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post6723405122034749689..comments2024-02-09T00:13:51.906-06:00Comments on Army of Dude: The Courageous CourierAlex Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729559701547002624noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-4017569329265980342008-09-23T17:22:00.000-05:002008-09-23T17:22:00.000-05:00The GI Bill was the single most successful social ...The GI Bill was the single most successful social welfare program in the United States and paved the way for the most successful generation our our country has ever had. Interestingly enough, it seems to me that same generation is doing it's best to disable it. <BR/><BR/>Keep up your fight. The GI Bill should be reinstated as it was originally written for the soldiers and for this country.Nikki Elycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851122836930459683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-73370035373965943422008-03-02T17:45:00.000-06:002008-03-02T17:45:00.000-06:00You are right about all but one thing..This nation...You are right about all but one thing..This nation does care about our soldiers.<BR/>I am 48, I remember watching the news as a child during the Vietnam War. I remember Walter Cronkite, the evacs, the bodies, I remember Mei Lei (?). My mother was a Hippie, was a member of Mothers against the War. My neighbors had gone off to war. I remember some of them not coming home and some of them coming home to what was at least an unpleasant situation.<BR/><BR/>My cousins Mark an MP and David a helicopter gunner came home but part of them had died. They were only perhaps 8 years older than myself. The stories they told me are not much different than yours.<BR/><BR/>Mom is still anti war and military. I am anti-war but pro-military! I am so very proud of all of you! Many of my peers have children on their 3rd tour.<BR/><BR/>It isnt the every day person that doesnt care about you or any soldier. It is the power brokers, all of those that stand to make a buck over every death or injury. It is Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush. Halliburton and everyone else that makes a profit off of this war. It is them that feel...I got mine who cares how I got it as they lie by their pools or fire up thier jets. <BR/><BR/>Every soldier deserves college free when they get home, they deserve every bit of medical attention they need and support for their families for life. That includes the National Guard! <BR/><BR/>In closing I will continue to read your posts and you continue writin them! I cant wait to buy your book and I will! And I will have my 11 year old read both also. She needs to see the world as it is. The good and the bad. <BR/><BR/>It never goes away...those memories of Nam never have left me and I wasnt even there...I was young but not too young to learn to respect our soldiers. They are doing their duty and are there to protect us...even if that is not what the government has you doing.<BR/><BR/>God Bless Our Military!<BR/>Good Luck!<BR/>Jeanmarie Gavin!grezeldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01589513085524825961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-49701880020311473032008-02-01T23:36:00.000-06:002008-02-01T23:36:00.000-06:00Good job, dude. And the poster who talks about the...Good job, dude. And the poster who talks about the value of college education beyond increasing earning power is right on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-73303202876018573782008-02-01T13:59:00.000-06:002008-02-01T13:59:00.000-06:00First we must decide if going to college or Iraq i...First we must decide if going to college or Iraq is worse...then we can make the rational decision if the G.I. Bill is worth it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-51590578082936884072008-01-31T18:11:00.000-06:002008-01-31T18:11:00.000-06:00I "PCS'ed" back in late 96, and i have yet to ador...I "PCS'ed" back in late 96, and i have yet to adorn my car bumper with that idiotic, yellow ribbon with those empty, meaningless, hollow, rhertorical words. I have always hated that bumper sticker, both while i was in, and particuarlly since ive been out - its the biggest lie in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-8760037991645035272008-01-31T17:18:00.000-06:002008-01-31T17:18:00.000-06:00just thought you'd want to see (though may have al...just thought you'd want to see (though may have already seen)Montel Williams defending the troops to the lame media.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/31/23326/1083/699/446791<BR/><BR/>take care.<BR/>Eli (US Marine Corps)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-23157524498218633952008-01-31T11:00:00.000-06:002008-01-31T11:00:00.000-06:00The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - ...The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - <A HREF="http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2008/02/web-reconnaissance-for-02012008.html" REL="nofollow"> Web Reconnaissance for 02/01/2008 </A> A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often.David Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153191536633461987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-54011240241885962952008-01-31T10:58:00.000-06:002008-01-31T10:58:00.000-06:00Good post. The original GI Bill was excellent. It ...Good post. The original GI Bill was excellent. It let me leave the farm and get a degree in physics. We should go back to it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125164926097122315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-25234511417285302072008-01-31T04:25:00.000-06:002008-01-31T04:25:00.000-06:00Thanks for advocating this! I always told everyon...Thanks for advocating this! I always told everyone who was getting out to go to college. It's not so much about making money afterwards, but rather a more coherent way to think about the world and understand different perspectives. Meeting a variety of different people is important, and with guys coming out of the service, I believe they will have a very interesting viewpoint to share. Good luck!Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-60268033593814015392008-01-30T21:10:00.000-06:002008-01-30T21:10:00.000-06:00Look out, America, Alex has got his mission. He's...Look out, America, Alex has got his mission. He's cocked and locked, good to go and ready to launch. I wish I could remember who wrote this phrase, but anyway, it fits. I firmly believe that in finding his voice in the advocacy of America's deserving veterans, Alex has "laid his hands on the great shaft of his destiny."<BR/><BR/>There'll be more to come from him, folks, stand by...<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>DadUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653306181340320701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-22915086296696979312008-01-30T20:47:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:47:00.000-06:00Thanks for this post Alex -- I'm consistently dumb...Thanks for this post Alex -- I'm consistently dumbfounded by the way our bureaucrats conveniently deploy the phrase "support our troops" to whatever political purpose of the moment, only to completely abandon it when it comes to honoring that commitment.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the worst thing is that they truly believe they are supporting the troops, even while fighting a fair GI Bill tooth and nail.<BR/><BR/>I don't think our politicians are so much worried about the $5.9B as they are the fact that troops might actually dump the military for a hotter, more attractive (and less deadly) college education. The administration needs volunteer troop levels high, and a fair GI Bill is a threat to that goal.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, that mindset can't be called "Support The Troops" -- it can only be called "Support the War".<BR/><BR/>And that consideration, as much as any, should demonstrate that those phrases clearly don't mean the same thing anymore... if they ever did in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com