PEACE , PTDS, AND PUSHING OFF FOR GOOD

IF YOU ARE READING THIS I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST BLOG ENTRY. I WILL CLOSE THIS BLOG EFFECTIVE TOMORROW. I REALIZE THAT WHAT I SAY WILL NOT MATTER , AND THAT I AM NOT AS RADICAL IN MY CONVICTIONS AS OTHERS, IT WAS MY INTENTION TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRING BALANCE TO THE ISSUES OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND RETURNING VETS AND TO SHED LIGHT THAT TO BRING PEACE WE SHOULD NOT HATE EITHER GROUP. APPARENTLY THIS WAS A MISGUIDED IDEA. AND I AM SORRY I EVEN STARTED IT. I WILL CONTINUE WITH MY LIFE AND HOPE THAT I CAN FIND PEACE BOTH AROUND ME AND WITHIN ME. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE TODD

PEACE, PTSD, AND PARIS HILTON

WOW I WAS JUST READING ON YAHOO NEWS THAT THE FEATURED STORY WAS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARIS HILTON GETS PAID TO PARTY , AND BENEATH IT IN SMALL LETTERS LUMPED IN WITH THE OTHER STORIES WAS THE FACT THAT 1, 800 IRAQI CIVILIANS AND 81 SERVICEMEMBERS DIED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST , NOW IM NOT SAYING THAT THE WAR HAS TO TAKE UP ALL THE NEWS SPACE IM JUST SAYING THAT IT SHOULD DOMINATE IT! SINCE WHEN DID A RICH, SPOILED PARTY GIRL BECOME SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION THAT IS DEFINING THE EARLY PART OF THIS CENTURY . YOU CAN BLAME IT ON THE NEWS ITSELF , OR YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT ITS UP THERE BECAUSE THATS WHAT WE CARE ABOUT MOST AS A PEOPLE , THE NEWS IS SIMPLY GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT CAUSE THEY CANT BE BOTHERED WITH DEPRESSING CRAP , OR MAYBE WE JUST DONT CARE, WHO KNOWS ? I PERSONALLY THINK MISS HILTON SHOULD GET OFF HER ASS AND GO VISIT THE REFUGEE CAMPS IN IRAQ AND DARFUR AND THAT WE AS A PEOPLE PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO THOSE IN NEED AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING , AND DYING AND COMING HOME WOUNDED AND MENTALLY SCARRED, BECAUSE IF WE FORGET THEM WE MIGHT AS WELL GO TO THE AIRPORT AND PELT THEM WITH ROTTEN FRUIT ITS REALLY THE SAME THING. UNTILL NEXT TIME TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE ELSE. TODD

KEEPING FAITH, KEEPING PROMISES

I WOULD LIKE TO START MY BLOG OFF BY SAYING THAT AS A VETERAN OF THIS HORRIBLE WAR , AND AS A SOLDIER WHO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER BEING DISABLED , THAT I AM SICK AND TIRED OF AMERICANS WHO GIVE LIP SERVICE TO THOSE WHO SERVE THAT " WE SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS" IF THESE FOLKS REALLY DO THEN KEEP FAITH WITH THEM BY YOUR ACTIONS. ASK YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH , HAVE YOU VISITED A VA HOSPITAL AND COMFORTED THE ONES WHO HAVE SACIFICED SO MUCH SO YOU COULD HAVE THE LIFE YOU ENJOY, OR VISITED THE HOMELESS VETS , OR EVEN WROTE A SERVICEMEMBER A LETTER THANKING HIM/ HER FOR THEIR SERVICE. OR ARE WE SO DETACHED AND SO BUSY WITH OUR LIVES TO BE BOTHERED WITH THOSE HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH AND ONLY ASK THAT THEY NOT BE FORGOTTEN , BUT IF WE CANNOT CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO INSURE THAT YOU LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN OWN YOUR LEXUS , OR BUY THAT HOUSE , HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE CARE ABOUT THE SUFFERING IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND DARFUR. ARE WE SO SELF ABSORBED THAT WE CAN'T SEE BEYOND OUR LIVES . WHERE WE GO TO CHURCH AND AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE " CHRISTLIKE " AND DON'T HEED HIS WORDS IFYOU HAVE DONE THIS TO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME. I ONLY HOPE GOD WILL FORGIVE US FOR OUR ARROGANCE AND OUR LACK OF CONCERN FOR THOSE IN NEED . SO IM ASKING THOSE FOLKS TO STAND BY THEIR WORD AND REACH OUT AND REMEMBER THAT YOUR SILENCE WILL NOT HELP ANYONE . KEEP YOUR WORD AND KEEP FAITH THAT THOUGH WE ARE INVOLVED IN A TERRIBLE WAR THAT ONE DAY THIS NIGHMARE WILL END , UNTIL THE NEXT POST TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVE AND TAKE CARE OF SOMEONE ELSE . TODD

PEACE, PTSD, AND PASSING THE TORCH

THIS IS AN OPEN FORUM I CREATED TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING BOTH THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND OUR RETURNING SERVICE MEN. I AM A VETERAN OF OPERATION IRAQ FREEDOM AND FORMER ARMY SERGEANT. WHO SUPPORTS THE TROOPS , BUT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE MISTAKE THAT IS IRAQ. I AM DISABLED AND I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD AND I WELCOME DISSENTING OPINIONS AND OPEN DIALOG.