Si sent me an email today that really meant a lot to me and effected me deeply. Others on his list got it also, I am sure.I thanked him via email, but wanted to thank him on the board, publicly, for all to see. I would hope that he would post it here for all to see and appreciate. It was sent as a private email, so I will leave it up to Si. Si, thank you again for the email, you are sometimes far more than an old curmudgeon.
Irish
Posted by jake snow (Member # 5889) on :
Got it too Irish (if its the one that tears your heart out at the end) I'll publicly give him Kudos too. The big guy has an even bigger heart.
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Jake, Thats the one. I am still torn up. Don't know who all put it together, but it is truly something to be seen.
Posted by jake snow (Member # 5889) on :
Amen brother, Amen. If you can watch without a tear, you are a sad American. Regaurdless of wich side of the fence your on...
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Come visit Si on chat nightly Posted by John Arnott (Member # 215) on :
I want to see it too.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
WOW! What a grabber- tears flowed on that one! Thanks, Si.
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
...That's touching alright. And over 3000 American soldiers have had their lives WASTED for a stupid, unnecessary war, (started by religious fundamentalists in a crooked administration with HIDDEN motives.) ....why, why, WHY? And how many more must die... to accomplish WHAT?
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
I would hope that this thread does not turn into a political debate about the war. I posted the thank you to Si for sending the link to me. It is about our thoughts in regards to the TROOPS. Not the war or it's rightness or wrongness. Appreciate the link for what it says about the troops and our feeling for them and their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their families and freinds. Please...
Posted by Robert Cole (Member # 477) on :
Si:
Thank you for sharing that!
I have just shared the video link with my email list, and have encouraged them to write letters to our troops. They truly are the HERO's of tomorrow.
God Bless America, & God bless our Troops.
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Irish, I understand your intentions but in an open forum such as this BB sometimes its best to use your email to thank another.
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
That was awesome, Si! Thanks!
Posted by Theresa Hoying (Member # 7330) on :
Brings you back to reality real quick. Thanks for sending that out. I have a cousin over there right now on a mission and it really hits home!
T
Posted by Nancie W. Phillips (Member # 3484) on :
Thanks, Si! What a tear-jerker...
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Moving... thanks, good clip.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
all i can say is iam an old 60's era seviceman, and an couiple old 60's song keep playing in my head when i see thing like whay si sent, the news on tv.......WAR, WHATS IT GOOD FOR....ABSOLUTLY NOTHING, the old country joe and the fish....from woodstock....WHAT ARE WE FIGHTIN FOR....and the final song i cant get outa my mind is.....SOMETHINGS HAPPIN HERE, WHAT IT IS AINT EXACTLY CLEAR....THERE A MAN TELLIN ME I GOT TO BEWARE......
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Joey, Had you taken the time to read my first post in this thread, you would have been aware that I did thank Si personally by email. I thought the clip was profound enough that some here who are not on Si's email list may have felt the same if they saw it also. A public thank you was warranted in my opinion. I'm sure you would not be running your mouth if someone had given you a public high five for the very valuable info on paints and techniques on your web site. Your advice to me is respectfully disredgarded.I will thank, praise or disagree with whomever I please on this board. If I do disagree with someone, I will try to do it as diplomatically as I am able. Praise and thanks will be given out openly.
Posted by John Duckett (Member # 4505) on :
Thanks Si and Irish
Posted by Miles Cullinane (Member # 980) on :
Until the USA starts to mourn for lives lost other than its own I don't think they will ever understand any other country outside themselves and will be prone to go start something they will find hard to finish again and again.
I am sorry for your lost troops and I am also sorry for the loss that Iraq is suffering which is, by number, far more. They are also father and mothers, brothers and sisters ETC.
Posted by Laurie Corl (Member # 5324) on :
That was a tear jerker alright. Si probably just sent it to his email list because it was a safe thing to do. Thanking him publicly in this forum invites people who feel differently to express themselves. It's easy to forget to feel compassion for the Iraqi woman who goes out to buy food for her family and gets blown up instead while we are consumed by our own patriotism.
Laurie
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Wish I could see it! I have beent rying all day, & all I get is "this page cannot be displayed". I will keep trying!
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
William "Irish" Holohan, and to think I was just trying to be nice.
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Joey, If I did in fact misread the intent and tone of your post, "I sincerely apologize to you publicly".
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Finally got it to come on for me. That was REALLY good. Sad.
Have any of you ever stopped to think what it would be like for our countries to be bombed continuously like others? We have no idea how it feels. I think about it sometimes, what would it be like for an invading country to come & take my house, my business, & all I have & throw me out, or shoot me for it. It happeens all the time out there.
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
OP - it's just a little naive to base your politics on a song spun by some mind-altered druggies of the 60's.
War...what's it good for? Ask the jewish population in Germany and Poland if they were glad for our intervention. I gotta feeling it made for a better world - sticking up for those that would have otherwise been piniata's for twisted dictators.
Funny how the anti-war crowd are human rights activists - except when it extends beyond our borders. I guess human rights have boundaries.
Good post Si.
[ March 21, 2007, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]
Posted by Len Mort (Member # 7030) on :
Thanks, Si
Posted by Miles Cullinane (Member # 980) on :
Todd, Since you are making such broad strokes with your pen I will reply.
Your intervention was not that. Your country was dragged kicking and screaming into the war that you refer to, (WW2) your country didn't pity Europe and help out but had itself bombed by the Japs and then came into the War.
I will generalise like you. Don't any americans read history. You weren't the heroes in WW2. you were the latecomers. you weren't sticking up for anyone but yourselves.
Todd. try to read others opinions and then reply with some knowledge and intellegence
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Miles...that's just pathetic.
What kind of sick bastard would slam the USA for it's roll in saving Europe? We had a lot of men die on foreign soil in that effort and I really resent your Ahmadinejad style bs.
How Ironic that you misspell *intelligence.*
[ March 21, 2007, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: Todd Gill ]
Posted by Ken Holden (Member # 5653) on :
Thanks, Si. My son is leaving again for Iraq the first of June with the 323 Marines. I won't sleep until he returns.
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