Comments on: Crossroads http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:11:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SB_Gypsy http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006988 SB_Gypsy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:24:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006988 <p>And yet, this attitude was firmly in place even before the war. When my stepdaughter was deciding to end her stint in teh military, (thankfully she was out out out just before the war started up) they tried even then to gin up reasons why they just couldn’t give her all the college money they promised her. They broke her in rank for stupidities that had nothing to do with her job (personal problems with romance).</p> <p>liars and thieves and frauds, that’s what our govt is full of.</p> And yet, this attitude was firmly in place even before the war. When my stepdaughter was deciding to end her stint in teh military, (thankfully she was out out out just before the war started up) they tried even then to gin up reasons why they just couldn’t give her all the college money they promised her. They broke her in rank for stupidities that had nothing to do with her job (personal problems with romance).

liars and thieves and frauds, that’s what our govt is full of.

]]> By: SP (at work) http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006804 SP (at work) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:32:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006804 <p>Well I’ll be damned, this is even more like Vietnam than I thought!</p> Well I’ll be damned, this is even more like Vietnam than I thought!

]]> By: Alecia http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006274 Alecia Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:07:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006274 <p>Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems extremely worried about the economy, below is a link to a speech he gave today.<br /> <a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/303133/1/.html">http://www.channelnewsasia.com.....33/1/.html</a></p> Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems extremely worried about the economy, below is a link to a speech he gave today.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com…..33/1/.html

]]> By: Alecia http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006270 Alecia Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:03:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006270 <p><a href="#comment-1005991"><em>toby martin @ 119</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I’ve been watching the movie The Siege this afternoon. Denxel Washington, Annette Benning (sic), Bruce Willis. So many lessons contained therein. We’ve got to do something effective, and soon. There isn’t much time left before we will all be under martial law. Elections?<br /> Fuhgeddaboutit. What are we willing to do? Better start asking yourselves what your answer truly is.</p></blockquote> <p>The whole country is disintegrating right before our eyes. It just feels like no one is basically in charge.</p> toby martin @ 119

I’ve been watching the movie The Siege this afternoon. Denxel Washington, Annette Benning (sic), Bruce Willis. So many lessons contained therein. We’ve got to do something effective, and soon. There isn’t much time left before we will all be under martial law. Elections?
Fuhgeddaboutit. What are we willing to do? Better start asking yourselves what your answer truly is.

The whole country is disintegrating right before our eyes. It just feels like no one is basically in charge.

]]> By: carwinrpc http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006183 carwinrpc Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:06:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006183 <p>Yes, but I’m sure these are just the “pretend soldiers.”</p> Yes, but I’m sure these are just the “pretend soldiers.”

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006065 Margot Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:30:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006065 <p><a href="#comment-1005692"><em>Greup @ 19</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Laura at #8 </p> <p>Yep i know the feeling. I am from sweden and for various reasons i feel that following american poltics are “fun”. You can imagine the “degree of loonieness” I can get into when trying to explain american politics on detail level to people over here when they only know the top 5 names in your government…… :)<br /> So i usually give the short version - “Yes, it will probably go to hell….” :)</p></blockquote> <p>Sweden’s not much different from Ohio, then. ;(</p> Greup @ 19

Laura at #8

Yep i know the feeling. I am from sweden and for various reasons i feel that following american poltics are “fun”. You can imagine the “degree of loonieness” I can get into when trying to explain american politics on detail level to people over here when they only know the top 5 names in your government…… :)
So i usually give the short version – “Yes, it will probably go to hell….” :)

Sweden’s not much different from Ohio, then. ;(

]]> By: maunga http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006016 maunga Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:58:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1006016 <p><a href="#comment-1005973"><em>GRRR @ 118</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Yes, thanks for the memories. I saw Cream perform in November of 1968. Such a great band!<br /> I just got rejected a second time for an individual health insurance policy because of cholesterol elevation. With statin drugs, the numbers look really good, but the insurance corporations don’t want to insure anyone 55 years old with ANY problems.<br /> I feel for the PTSD vets. The future won’t be easy. Especially with the pre-existing symptoms of individualism, greed, and immaturity rampant in American society.</p></blockquote> <p>I was at the Albert Hall on Nov 26th 1968, too, and I have had the good fortune to hear EC do Crossroads at a private concert each of most of the last fifteen years. Layla is not the same without the slide lead, but he has a v nifty transposition of te piano solo to the guitar.</p> GRRR @ 118

Yes, thanks for the memories. I saw Cream perform in November of 1968. Such a great band!
I just got rejected a second time for an individual health insurance policy because of cholesterol elevation. With statin drugs, the numbers look really good, but the insurance corporations don’t want to insure anyone 55 years old with ANY problems.
I feel for the PTSD vets. The future won’t be easy. Especially with the pre-existing symptoms of individualism, greed, and immaturity rampant in American society.

I was at the Albert Hall on Nov 26th 1968, too, and I have had the good fortune to hear EC do Crossroads at a private concert each of most of the last fifteen years. Layla is not the same without the slide lead, but he has a v nifty transposition of te piano solo to the guitar.

]]> By: toby martin http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005991 toby martin Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:48:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005991 <p>I’ve been watching the movie The Siege this afternoon. Denxel Washington, Annette Benning (sic), Bruce Willis. So many lessons contained therein. We’ve got to do something effective, and soon. There isn’t much time left before we will all be under martial law. Elections? Fuhgeddaboutit. What are we willing to do? Better start asking yourselves what your answer truly is.</p> I’ve been watching the movie The Siege this afternoon. Denxel Washington, Annette Benning (sic), Bruce Willis. So many lessons contained therein. We’ve got to do something effective, and soon. There isn’t much time left before we will all be under martial law. Elections? Fuhgeddaboutit. What are we willing to do? Better start asking yourselves what your answer truly is.

]]> By: GRRR http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005973 GRRR Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:37:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005973 <p>Yes, thanks for the memories. I saw Cream perform in November of 1968. Such a great band!<br /> I just got rejected a second time for an individual health insurance policy because of cholesterol elevation. With statin drugs, the numbers look really good, but the insurance corporations don’t want to insure anyone 55 years old with ANY problems.<br /> I feel for the PTSD vets. The future won’t be easy. Especially with the pre-existing symptoms of individualism, greed, and immaturity rampant in American society.</p> Yes, thanks for the memories. I saw Cream perform in November of 1968. Such a great band!
I just got rejected a second time for an individual health insurance policy because of cholesterol elevation. With statin drugs, the numbers look really good, but the insurance corporations don’t want to insure anyone 55 years old with ANY problems.
I feel for the PTSD vets. The future won’t be easy. Especially with the pre-existing symptoms of individualism, greed, and immaturity rampant in American society.

]]> By: TheraP http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005951 TheraP Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:17:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/30/crossroads/#comment-1005951 <p>Late to this party, but if the troops were good enough to induct, despite personality disorders, and they were good enough to be sent to war despite them, then they should be good enough to receive treatment following combat!</p> <p>The military itself should have known that people with problems get worse PTSD than people who started out without problems.</p> <p>This is despicable! But par for the course by these admin folks without consciences.</p> Late to this party, but if the troops were good enough to induct, despite personality disorders, and they were good enough to be sent to war despite them, then they should be good enough to receive treatment following combat!

The military itself should have known that people with problems get worse PTSD than people who started out without problems.

This is despicable! But par for the course by these admin folks without consciences.

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