tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7232931472129494632..comments2024-03-29T07:49:20.875-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Memorial Day, 2016Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30040457681474928462016-05-30T14:11:57.659-05:002016-05-30T14:11:57.659-05:00I agree with everything but the bit about John McC...I agree with everything but the bit about John McCain "tarnishing his legacy." What legacy would that be, exactly? Being one of the Keating Five? McCain has the highest ratio of obnoxious self-righteousness to ethics and achievement of any politician I've ever seen. And that's saying something.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84458744061302371352016-05-30T14:04:32.484-05:002016-05-30T14:04:32.484-05:00Another wonderful column, Neil! I particularly lov...Another wonderful column, Neil! I particularly loved the last paragraph!Steph Stitzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807896332225707993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47374085609673994942016-05-30T13:00:39.411-05:002016-05-30T13:00:39.411-05:00Well said, NS.Well said, NS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46488706878948136562016-05-30T10:29:58.084-05:002016-05-30T10:29:58.084-05:00The "banshee" screams of opposition on s...The "banshee" screams of opposition on so-called social media and actual media just overwhelm logic in just about all cases. To be silent seems to be an an admission of defeat, or at least agreement with the idiots.Tom S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04976079581280071356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79548298013905770742016-05-30T08:53:18.850-05:002016-05-30T08:53:18.850-05:00A difficult topic, if approached seriously and not...A difficult topic, if approached seriously and not as an mere opportunity to emit mindless platitudes and then get on with the barbecue. When I was 10 years old, I lamented the end of Korean War as the final curtain on the opportunity for a man to prove himself in heroic warfare. Now 60 some years later, I'm bewildered by the ubiquity of armed conflict all over the world and especially of our involvement, direct and indirect, in so many of the conflicts. I once thought Star Wars was silly, projecting 20th Century mindsets way into a future with a highly advanced culture that surely would reject warfare as an insanely inefficient way of settling differences. Now I'm not so sure. Can we honor those who died to "keep us free" without enshrining the art of war? <br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com