Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:38:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: expatbrian http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520692 expatbrian Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:49:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520692 <p>Thanks for this great video. Hadn’t seen it before and have posted it on my site with a h/t.</p> Thanks for this great video. Hadn’t seen it before and have posted it on my site with a h/t.

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520528 egregious Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:59:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520528 <p><a href="#comment-520487"><em>maddy @ 122</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>forgive how the above reads I was so angry I couldn’t think straight.</p></blockquote> <p>Not a problem, your anger illuminates what you’re saying. Thank you for sharing this. It is chilling.</p> maddy @ 122

forgive how the above reads I was so angry I couldn’t think straight.

Not a problem, your anger illuminates what you’re saying. Thank you for sharing this. It is chilling.

]]> By: supportthevets http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520507 supportthevets Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:37:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520507 <p>Has anyone seen the film WHEN I CAME HOME? You should check out the trailer: </p> <p><a href="http://www.whenicamehome.com">www.whenicamehome.com</a></p> <p>It is seriously eye-opening - its all about Homeless Iraq War Veterans! Vietnam all over again - </p> <p>Support the Vets!</p> Has anyone seen the film WHEN I CAME HOME? You should check out the trailer:

http://www.whenicamehome.com

It is seriously eye-opening – its all about Homeless Iraq War Veterans! Vietnam all over again –

Support the Vets!

]]> By: maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520487 maddy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:24:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520487 <p>forgive how the above reads I was so angry I couldn’t think straight.</p> forgive how the above reads I was so angry I couldn’t think straight.

]]> By: inmymind’s eye http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520464 inmymind’s eye Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:12:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520464 <p>Late as usual.</p> <p>We’re showing this film <a href="http://thegroundtruth.net/">http://thegroundtruth.net/</a> after a March 17th rally for peace in our town.</p> <p>Check out this website, we’re putting Bushco on notice, not another drop of precious blood, not another hard earned dollar <a href="http://www.everyvillage-me.us/">http://www.everyvillage-me.us/</a></p> <p>The Ground Truth is a powerful film, tragic. If more folks, who don’t have a direct connection or family member in Iraq (cuz they already know how bad it is) could see this, it might make people stand up and demand that we pull out.</p> <p>What will it take?</p> Late as usual.

We’re showing this film http://thegroundtruth.net/ after a March 17th rally for peace in our town.

Check out this website, we’re putting Bushco on notice, not another drop of precious blood, not another hard earned dollar http://www.everyvillage-me.us/

The Ground Truth is a powerful film, tragic. If more folks, who don’t have a direct connection or family member in Iraq (cuz they already know how bad it is) could see this, it might make people stand up and demand that we pull out.

What will it take?

]]> By: maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520461 maddy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:11:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520461 <p>Thanks Christy,<br /> I am a veteran but I was very fortunate to not have to fight in a war, they are treating me for something that I could not afford to pay for, the people who work there are overwhelmed and underfunded. It is a shame that our leaders have chosen to fight a war that did not have to be engaged and then not take care of the people sent to fight that war ill equipped, as a result they are being blown apart and then when they come back here they receive insufficient care because this administration for one has underfunded the Veterans Administration so they can pay for that ill conceived fiasco. When you sign up like they do, you are doing so in some way exhibiting your sense of duty and honor. For the president to take that and throw it in the trash, as he has, is an obscenity, for this president to introduce torture into our armed forces is an obscenity and a horrible thing to have to live with, and a direct threat to our soldiers if they are captured, and it shames our country and all those in it-fuck it I am done, I cam so angry I could keep writing all day-boring. For those that haven’t seen a VA hospital, when you go there you see the true cost of war, and that price is beyond measure.</p> Thanks Christy,
I am a veteran but I was very fortunate to not have to fight in a war, they are treating me for something that I could not afford to pay for, the people who work there are overwhelmed and underfunded. It is a shame that our leaders have chosen to fight a war that did not have to be engaged and then not take care of the people sent to fight that war ill equipped, as a result they are being blown apart and then when they come back here they receive insufficient care because this administration for one has underfunded the Veterans Administration so they can pay for that ill conceived fiasco. When you sign up like they do, you are doing so in some way exhibiting your sense of duty and honor. For the president to take that and throw it in the trash, as he has, is an obscenity, for this president to introduce torture into our armed forces is an obscenity and a horrible thing to have to live with, and a direct threat to our soldiers if they are captured, and it shames our country and all those in it-fuck it I am done, I cam so angry I could keep writing all day-boring. For those that haven’t seen a VA hospital, when you go there you see the true cost of war, and that price is beyond measure.

]]> By: Skeptic http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520447 Skeptic Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:44:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520447 <p>Twisted Martini — My offering for FDL Phrase that Pays:<br /> Plan on having a good day.<br /> It’s too important to leave to chance.</p> Twisted Martini — My offering for FDL Phrase that Pays:
Plan on having a good day.
It’s too important to leave to chance.

]]> By: Alicia http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520433 Alicia Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:03:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520433 <p>This is a great topic! My service changes according to whether I have more money or more time. Right now I’m short on both, but shorter on time, so I send small donations to any cause I feel strongly about (including FDL). I call it ‘micro-activism’ and it helps keep me connected even when I don’t feel I have much to give. I like what egregious said also:</p> <p><a href="#comment-520285"><em>egregious @<br /> 52 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Helping out:</p> <p>Look for opportunities to teach your children about giving back to the community. The lessons will stay with them for a lifetime.</p></blockquote> <p>My husband and I have made that a priority with our kids. They come with us when we visit sick friends in the hospital, and they are the best medicine in the world. We have tended to do our ’service work’ among the people we know. We have a lot of musician friends who, when they get older, have nothing, no families, no money, no care. We’ve tried to ‘fill in the gap’ for our friends and our kids have been a huge part of it. They’ve become adored grandkids to these people who have nothing left.</p> <p>And, egregious, I’m in the same boat - my Christian faith impels me to be of service to others. Glad there are so many different lanterns!</p> This is a great topic! My service changes according to whether I have more money or more time. Right now I’m short on both, but shorter on time, so I send small donations to any cause I feel strongly about (including FDL). I call it ‘micro-activism’ and it helps keep me connected even when I don’t feel I have much to give. I like what egregious said also:

egregious @
52

Helping out:

Look for opportunities to teach your children about giving back to the community. The lessons will stay with them for a lifetime.

My husband and I have made that a priority with our kids. They come with us when we visit sick friends in the hospital, and they are the best medicine in the world. We have tended to do our ’service work’ among the people we know. We have a lot of musician friends who, when they get older, have nothing, no families, no money, no care. We’ve tried to ‘fill in the gap’ for our friends and our kids have been a huge part of it. They’ve become adored grandkids to these people who have nothing left.

And, egregious, I’m in the same boat – my Christian faith impels me to be of service to others. Glad there are so many different lanterns!

]]> By: Sunlight http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520431 Sunlight Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:57:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520431 <p>I’m glad you mentioned the psychic cost to soldiers and their loved ones, Christy. At least the APA has recognized PTSD as a real problem and put it in their DSM. We need to do more to help those whose wounds are not visible — just as we need to do more to tend bodily wounds as well. In my understanding, trauma therapy is very specialized and even among the community of trained therapists, only a few know how to treat it. </p> <p>When the word on PTSD first got out, many people reacted to Vietnam vets with fear or pity. That too was wrong. Some vets did come back mentally healthy and it was wrong to presume otherwise about a whole class of people. And far too many people believe mental illness is the sign of the patient’s moral weakness. We need to do better than this. Why on earth would anyone join the military when they come home to such neglect after combat service?</p> I’m glad you mentioned the psychic cost to soldiers and their loved ones, Christy. At least the APA has recognized PTSD as a real problem and put it in their DSM. We need to do more to help those whose wounds are not visible — just as we need to do more to tend bodily wounds as well. In my understanding, trauma therapy is very specialized and even among the community of trained therapists, only a few know how to treat it.

When the word on PTSD first got out, many people reacted to Vietnam vets with fear or pity. That too was wrong. Some vets did come back mentally healthy and it was wrong to presume otherwise about a whole class of people. And far too many people believe mental illness is the sign of the patient’s moral weakness. We need to do better than this. Why on earth would anyone join the military when they come home to such neglect after combat service?

]]> By: Alicia http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520426 Alicia Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:46:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/24/pull-up-a-chair-36/#comment-520426 <p><a href="#comment-520374"><em>Guitar_Playing_Bastard @<br /> 112 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-520236"><em>Guitar_Playing_Bastard @ 6 </em></a><br /> DELBERT! VINCE!</p></blockquote> <p>and Brent Mason.</p> Guitar_Playing_Bastard @
112

Guitar_Playing_Bastard @ 6
DELBERT! VINCE!

and Brent Mason.

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