Tag: war
member name: Ruth MacGill
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September 28, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
I am absolutely riveted to the TV screen as I watch Ken Burn’s production of World War II, and in particular how it affected average families all over the United States. I think Burns has done . . .
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December 24, 2006 01:54 AM EST --
What Would Tickle a Terrorist?
By that, I mean how would you make an evil-intentioned person chuckle, at something other than torturing their enemies? Surely these stern, self-righteous people . . .
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December 10, 2006 06:01 PM EST --
Anniversary of an Impulse
(I know this is too long, but I don’t see where to shorten it)
I was in the WAVES during WWII and I went to boot camp at Hunter College, NYC. We were the first . . .
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December 02, 2006 01:24 PM EST --
The Next Big War May Be With China
I’ll admit right up front I don’t know much about my topic. I really am out to get your views,
It seems to me that free trade has led us into a . . .
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December 09, 2006 10:06 AM EST --
This Really Makes Me MAD!!!
There goes Bush again with his ill-considered remarks.
He said, “ We are going to stay in Iraq as long as the Iraqi people want us to.”
The Iraqi People! . . .
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September 24, 2008 10:28 AM EDT --
I strongly urge you to read the recent Gather article by Eban Brooks, "Good God What Have We Done". The article concerns over a thousand POWs left behind in Vietnam and Laos after President . . .
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December 27, 2006 06:35 PM EST --
Meanwhile - On the Home Front
(Those of you who have read this, please forgive me for reposting. I want some of the newer people in my groups to read it. I had deleted it from Gather, altogether.) . . .
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September 04, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
I hesitate to bring up this issue because there are other Gather writers out there who could do a much better job of explaining all the ins and outs of this looming foreign affairs problem.
While Americans . . .
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January 19, 2009 12:13 AM EST --
Today on HBO I watched a movie that will haunt me forever. - It is called "In the Valley of Elah", and stars Tommy Lee Jones. The title comes from the Bible. At one point in the story Jones, . . .
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . .
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October 04, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
I woke up at 2 A.M. and started thinking of Elsie’s problems. I decided to get up and send her a message.
Then curiosity struck me about her town of Wappinger Falls, NY, and . . .
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April 11, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
So, Are We Winning the War or Not?
Last year I watched the Patraeaus and Ryan report with all my attention. This week I didn't. I just can't bear hearing about all that 'success'. Not . . .
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March 24, 2007 01:58 AM EDT --
New York in 1941
In reference to my article “I Chickened Out In Nurses Training”, I failed to include some aspects of those ten months in New York City, and why I abandoned . . .
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February 16, 2007 02:53 PM EST --
The Cavalry Came to Campo - The Buffalo Soldiers
For such a small community, Campo has a remarkable history. Part of that history includes occupation by the U.S. Cavalry; first by the all-white . . .
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September 16, 2008 02:41 AM EDT --
A few days ago I watched the movie "Bobby". I don't remember ever seeing it before. If I did, it was before I abandoned the Republicans, (or they abandoned me) I probably didn't . . .
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March 25, 2009 03:01 PM EDT --
There unmistakeable similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the sharp downturn in the economy that we are experiencing today. I would like to compare the two events, and the remedies . . .
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June 15, 2008 09:21 PM EDT --
This is not a topic that lends itself to being explained in the 850 words or less, which is what I strive for. But as a subject that concerns a fundamental right of all human beings, it should be considered . . .
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October 19, 2008 03:13 PM EDT --
What if the price of oil goes down to $25 a barrel? Won't that bring down the costs of almost everything else? Oil prices are in the process of going down presumably because people all over the world . . .
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December 10, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
Today Republican Senators with opposing views tried to explain their position about making loans to the failing car manufacturers. Their arguments are good. The past performance of the . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:01 AM EDT --
One of the favorite stories about Camp Lockett, the U.S. Army Horse Cavalry base constructed on the Mexican border at Campo, California during WWII, is the one about a little dog named Sgt. . . .
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