tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post5437470502167320127..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Our Founding VeteransBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-63995434313932228092008-11-13T11:40:00.000-07:002008-11-13T11:40:00.000-07:00Good post, Kristo!Thanks to all our veterans - pas...Good post, Kristo!<BR/><BR/>Thanks to all our veterans - past and present.Brian Tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412421076480479001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-82499399502234338422008-11-11T19:22:00.000-07:002008-11-11T19:22:00.000-07:00"Thx to all our vets, and to those in uniform at t..."Thx to all our vets, and to those in uniform at this moment, Kristo."<BR/><BR/>Ditto.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-29619112509904127392008-11-11T15:54:00.000-07:002008-11-11T15:54:00.000-07:00I wonder what my old friend Mr. Darrell means with...I wonder what my old friend Mr. Darrell means with his reference to Themistocles. He was a visionary or a corrupt monomaniac, depending on who you believe.<BR/><BR/>As of 2007, the unemployment rates for vets was about the same as for non-vets, depending on age. This is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thx to all our vets, and to those in uniform at this moment, Kristo.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-59364627837348690402008-11-11T13:08:00.000-07:002008-11-11T13:08:00.000-07:00When I go to the V.A. for my regular check ups, it...When I go to the V.A. for my regular check ups, it never ceases to impress me that so many veterans have paid such an awful price.<BR/>.<BR/>I have greatly benefited from my time in the service. Among other things I have excellent medical care--much better than any non-veterans I know. And, all I did was join up and serve an uneventful couple of years.<BR/>.<BR/>But, so many experienced so much and carry and will carry the scars for the rest of their life. So many are addicted to drugs and 20 percent of veterans from the Middle East wars are unemployed. You cannot see the carnage of war and not have it affect your mind. <BR/>.<BR/>If you are not a veteran, take the time to go to a V.A. facility near you and sit in the lobby for a couple of hours. You will see a small amount of the pain. <BR/>.<BR/>.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-32938265580549887732008-11-11T12:48:00.000-07:002008-11-11T12:48:00.000-07:00We might do well to ponder what Athens did to Them...We might do well to ponder what Athens did to Themistocles after he devised, built and commanded the navy that dispatched Xerxes back to Persia, saving Athens. <BR/><BR/>And then, as Santayana would have it, we should not go there.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.com