Comments on: Inauguration of Hope http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:03:22 -0500 hourly 1 By: Mikel Scelsi http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-2369 Mikel Scelsi Sat, 15 May 2010 04:09:20 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-2369 hey,this is Mikel Scelsi,just found your Blog on google and i must say this blog is great.may I share some of the Post found in your post to my local people?i am not sure and what you think?in any case,Thx! hey,this is Mikel Scelsi,just found your Blog on google and i must say this blog is great.may I share some of the Post found in your post to my local people?i am not sure and what you think?in any case,Thx!

]]> By: Hrafnkell http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-356 Hrafnkell Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:21:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-356 Silver Heron, thanks for commenting. I am hoping things will improve. My father was a vet, retired after 24 years as a Warrant Officer (forget which class) and then he went on to work first for the NSA (no pension there!) and then with Control Data, which unfortunately went belly up. So he had some pension problems to be sure. Silver Heron, thanks for commenting. I am hoping things will improve. My father was a vet, retired after 24 years as a Warrant Officer (forget which class) and then he went on to work first for the NSA (no pension there!) and then with Control Data, which unfortunately went belly up. So he had some pension problems to be sure.

]]> By: Silver Heron http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-342 Silver Heron Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:20:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-342 RE: "Doesn't the state take care of war veterans through adequate pensions and welfare schemes?"<br/><br/>BWAAAAAhahahahahahahaha!!!!!!<br/><br/>When you go down to the Mall in DC, you see plenty of homeless vets begging in the streets. Sometimes they meet you right at the top of the escalator at the Smithsonian Metro station, as you come up from underground. Or they are right outside the museums. <br/><br/>I used to live very close to Walter Reed and believe me, we were all quite shocked when it was revealted how terrible the conditions had come to be there. <br/><br/>The only reason my grandfather, himself a US Navy captain in WWII (serving under Admiral McCain, btw) had a good retirement was because:<br/><br/>1: he was an officer and had a better retirement plan<br/><br/>2: after he retired from the military he went to work for Edison Lab in West Orange, NJ and eventually retired from there as well. So he collected two pensions. <br/><br/>Other people don't always fare so well. RE: “Doesn’t the state take care of war veterans through adequate pensions and welfare schemes?”

BWAAAAAhahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

When you go down to the Mall in DC, you see plenty of homeless vets begging in the streets. Sometimes they meet you right at the top of the escalator at the Smithsonian Metro station, as you come up from underground. Or they are right outside the museums.

I used to live very close to Walter Reed and believe me, we were all quite shocked when it was revealted how terrible the conditions had come to be there.

The only reason my grandfather, himself a US Navy captain in WWII (serving under Admiral McCain, btw) had a good retirement was because:

1: he was an officer and had a better retirement plan

2: after he retired from the military he went to work for Edison Lab in West Orange, NJ and eventually retired from there as well. So he collected two pensions.

Other people don’t always fare so well.

]]> By: Hrafnkell http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-341 Hrafnkell Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:07:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-341 Indrani, it's true. We take awful care of our veterans. Contrary to McCain's claims during the campaign, veterans didn't like him much. I think Obama will do much better. Bush didn't mind using them for cannon fodder but he didn't care what happened to them when they were no longer of us.<br/><br/>Glad you like the name. Most of my Latin comes from reading Roman military history. Roman history was my first love as a child learning to read. I did study Latin briefly, and New Testament Greek, but I've forgotten the vast majority of both. Indrani, it’s true. We take awful care of our veterans. Contrary to McCain’s claims during the campaign, veterans didn’t like him much. I think Obama will do much better. Bush didn’t mind using them for cannon fodder but he didn’t care what happened to them when they were no longer of us.

Glad you like the name. Most of my Latin comes from reading Roman military history. Roman history was my first love as a child learning to read. I did study Latin briefly, and New Testament Greek, but I’ve forgotten the vast majority of both.

]]> By: Cheeks http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-340 Cheeks Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:51:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-340 ...and 'Restitutor Orbis' is a lovely, resonant name! Great choice!<br/><br/>It's got a sense of poignancy and urgency and also of grief; something I can't fully describe. It must be felt.<br/><br/>Can you speak Latin? You seem to have a good knowledge of the language judging from all the past Latin terms you've used and this one. …and ‘Restitutor Orbis’ is a lovely, resonant name! Great choice!

It’s got a sense of poignancy and urgency and also of grief; something I can’t fully describe. It must be felt.

Can you speak Latin? You seem to have a good knowledge of the language judging from all the past Latin terms you’ve used and this one.

]]> By: Cheeks http://aheathensday.com/2009/01/inauguration-of-hope.html#comment-331 Cheeks Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:48:00 +0000 http://uncajoe.org/domains/aheathensday.com/?p=905#comment-331 Hrafnkell,<br/><br/>I'm just back from reading your article on CentreLeft which is about the declaring of war on Iraq by ex ('ex' has never sounded so sweet to the ears!) President Bush.<br/><br/>In it you've said in one place that there are many Vietnam war veterans who live on the streets of America, begging. I am shocked to read this. <br/><br/>Doesn't the state take care of war veterans through adequate pensions and welfare schemes? Hrafnkell,

I’m just back from reading your article on CentreLeft which is about the declaring of war on Iraq by ex (‘ex’ has never sounded so sweet to the ears!) President Bush.

In it you’ve said in one place that there are many Vietnam war veterans who live on the streets of America, begging. I am shocked to read this.

Doesn’t the state take care of war veterans through adequate pensions and welfare schemes?

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