Posted on 09/23/2007 8:54:51 AM PDT by submarinerswife
Edited on 09/23/2007 9:01:27 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
who needs major actors when there is real flesh and blood.
I am even more proud of my dad after seeing that. It was something he never talked about. Just did what was right he would say.
LOL. Now you are getting the message. And why can't we buy war bonds, or at least pay higher taxes?
Hey, the guy who said that was speaking for himself. Fer gawd’s sake, the guy lived in Minnesota!! He said that’s why HE joined.
Brutal, horrible reality, but I really haven’t seen much bias.
My dad, Pearl Harbor survivor and life long conservative always said the what happened to the Japanese Americans during the war was a big disgrace. I think it was an honest telling of what happened to these people following Pearl Harbor.
“I still find it hard to believe that 500,000 Hispanics served as
part of the 16 million who served in uniform despite being only
1.5% of the general population.”
I can’t really speak to the actual demographics.
But while living in Los Angeles during the past decade or so,
I maybe read The Los Angeles Times (for opposition research!)
two or three times a week, at the most.
BUT, more than a few times there were obituaries of Hispanic/Latinos
and Japanese-Americans...and some pretty FREAKIN’ UNBELIEVABLE
accounts of their service in WWII.
As I said, I don’t know about the strict demographics of the service
of these sectors of American society.
But I can say that in the north-central area of Oklahoma my father grew
up in, military service was virtually “de rigeur” for the Indians
(oops, “Native Americans”) that he grew up with, mostly Tonkawas
and Poncas.
We thought it was pretty good.
(I liked the part where the guy was telling the story of being assigned to go out and collect the bodies of the Marines who had been decapitated and their bodies mutilated. He said the regiment never took a prisoner after that.)
I am with you Blu....and I had the same reaction with the Norah song , it was something my dad would have said.
Want to do something in a personal manner? ...lots of troop support links available.
This one is a good place to start.
http://www.spiritofamerica.net/
You might have an elevated view of "mediocre." If the Marsalis brothers were on the bandstand next to Bix, or Diz, or Bird, or Satch, or Monk, they'd get cut. That would be a case of talent vs. genius. But "mediocre" is not a word I would apply to the worst soloist at the Metropolitan Opera.
Even in the most competitive Golden Age of jazz, the Marsalises might not have been star soloists, but they would have, at the very least, been second-chair in a top band or first chair in a smaller band. Reliable session cats. Like the vast majority of talented, highly skilled, professional musicians at any time in history. It isn't fair to label any cellist "mediocre" whose name doesn't end in Ma.
I don't listen to a whole lot of the Maraslis brothers, honestly. They're not very adventurous, and I tend to like my jazz out on the edge -- Monk, Mingus, Coltrane, Miles, and so on. Brubeck. I don't listen to that much poresent-day jazz, because too many "keepers of the flame" are as much historians as artists, and treat the music like a museum display. Frankly, why would I want to listen to someone trying to play like Satch when I can just listen to Satch?
Oh, and Kenny G wouldn't know jazz if it rolled up in a New Orleans second line and bit him on his talentless ass. That's not really relevant to what we're talking about, but it has to be said.
Well, there ya go. Your prejudices were confirmed, and you didn't even have to watch the whole show! Lucky you.
No, he said why “we” joined and why “you” wanted to escape the boredom.
Honestly, you think every single man that joined did so because of patriotism??
I’m sure that there were a few farm boys here and there who looked at the war as a way to get out of the corn fields and see other parts of the world they never thought they’d have a chance to see.
One of my daughters visited with her family this afternoon. Her children are only 3 and 5. I said I hoped she was teaching her children about how good this country is; about patriotism, etc. She looked at me, then asked her five-year old if she said the Pledge every day at school. Evie nodded. Then she asked if she knew what it meant. Evie said no. I told my daughter that I prayed she would teach her children well because the schools will do all they can to destroy the very rational and unwavering love this country deserves from its citizens.
“who needs major actors when there is real flesh and blood.”
I was not clear!
When I said “major actors”, I meant those who REALLY
participated (”acted”) in WWII (not the film stars that portrayed them!).
Sorry about that...I was being a little too slick with my terminology!
And his comments on “concentration camps” were absurd on their face. Just a liberal P-BSer who wants to come off as so enlightened to all his Minnesota comrades.
You’re cheating yourself if you judge it just by that.
It was actually put together pretty well. JMHO
I rather enjoyed the part where Hollywood was shown as a bastion of patriotism.
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