Comments on: My Garden and the National Guard http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5560 Anna Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:06:58 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html#comment-5560 Bravo Hanna! Thankfully very few people that I have met living on a military base ever joined for the "glory, wealth, honor, and power." Actually, let me change that, I haven't met any. None. Not one. I mean... did they even look at the pay scale? Hmm? Bravo Hanna!

Thankfully very few people that I have met living on a military base ever joined for the “glory, wealth, honor, and power.” Actually, let me change that, I haven’t met any. None. Not one. I mean… did they even look at the pay scale? Hmm?

]]> By: Hanna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5559 Hanna Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:25:19 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html#comment-5559 fortunatly my husband did not join because he was looking for glory, wealth, and power. Anyone who thinks they will find those three things should realize that as a Private in the military, you make about the same as a McDonald's fry cook. Honor is a different matter. Yes, you may have to horrible, bad things as a soldier. Please don't think I come to this innocently. I have 2 grandfathers who have sworn never to speak of the horrors they saw in WWII. Friends who still suffer from PTSD after serving in wars and combats. Cousins and uncles who served or still serve. I know what military is. I know that Haliburton and other war profiteers have made more off the blood of ours than any enemy ever will. I know too that a significant portion of the National Guard here in Ohio were deployed to Galveston to help with Hurricane Ike. I know that without our soldiers, the tide of WWII may never have been turned. That Jews would have remained persecuted, perhaps even wiped out. Without our soldiers, we would be a British nation still. No, there is no glory, wealth, and power and you should not expect it. But there is honor because they protect and help us when our government decides we need it. It is the responsibility of those of us who do not serve to make sure that our men and women in uniform are used ethically and correctly. So, if you have a problem with the way our govenment is using these soldiers, I have a few questions for you. When was the last time you picked up the phone and called your senator or representative? Sent them an email letting them know how you feel about the war and how we are useing our soldiers? And I hope to God that you are a registered voter and plan to not only vote in the upcoming election but research the canidates and make sure you are voting for those who feel the same as you? Are you doing these things? Or are you just bitching about what you see wrong with the world on a gardening blog? Yes, a very effective method of change. *rolls eyes* fortunatly my husband did not join because he was looking for glory, wealth, and power. Anyone who thinks they will find those three things should realize that as a Private in the military, you make about the same as a McDonald’s fry cook.

Honor is a different matter. Yes, you may have to horrible, bad things as a soldier. Please don’t think I come to this innocently. I have 2 grandfathers who have sworn never to speak of the horrors they saw in WWII. Friends who still suffer from PTSD after serving in wars and combats. Cousins and uncles who served or still serve. I know what military is. I know that Haliburton and other war profiteers have made more off the blood of ours than any enemy ever will.

I know too that a significant portion of the National Guard here in Ohio were deployed to Galveston to help with Hurricane Ike. I know that without our soldiers, the tide of WWII may never have been turned. That Jews would have remained persecuted, perhaps even wiped out. Without our soldiers, we would be a British nation still.

No, there is no glory, wealth, and power and you should not expect it. But there is honor because they protect and help us when our government decides we need it. It is the responsibility of those of us who do not serve to make sure that our men and women in uniform are used ethically and correctly. So, if you have a problem with the way our govenment is using these soldiers, I have a few questions for you.

When was the last time you picked up the phone and called your senator or representative? Sent them an email letting them know how you feel about the war and how we are useing our soldiers? And I hope to God that you are a registered voter and plan to not only vote in the upcoming election but research the canidates and make sure you are voting for those who feel the same as you? Are you doing these things?

Or are you just bitching about what you see wrong with the world on a gardening blog? Yes, a very effective method of change. *rolls eyes*

]]> By: chidy http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5556 chidy Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:10:05 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html#comment-5556 i'm so very sorry. that's really all i should say. i'm 3rd generation military (and with plenty of bronze stars and officer bars and other shiny medals to prove 'merit'), and in my family, we've learned the hard way- "military service" =/= "glory, wealth, honor, and power." i guess your family will learn the same soon. good luck, and get out when you can. don't let your kids fall for the same, if you love them. killing people in "exotic" countries is like rooting out plants and flowers you don't know because they are 'weird' and 'look like weeds.' there's no "glory" in making rich people more rich and pwerful. but that's what grunts in our uniforms do. i’m so very sorry. that’s really all i should say. i’m 3rd generation military (and with plenty of bronze stars and officer bars and other shiny medals to prove ‘merit’), and in my family, we’ve learned the hard way- “military service” =/= “glory, wealth, honor, and power.”

i guess your family will learn the same soon. good luck, and get out when you can. don’t let your kids fall for the same, if you love them. killing people in “exotic” countries is like rooting out plants and flowers you don’t know because they are ‘weird’ and ‘look like weeds.’ there’s no “glory” in making rich people more rich and pwerful. but that’s what grunts in our uniforms do.

]]> By: Lisa at Greenbow http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5519 Lisa at Greenbow Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:24:03 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html#comment-5519 I hope that this isn't a mid-life crisis decision. I do wish him and you the best of life. No regrets. I hope that this isn’t a mid-life crisis decision. I do wish him and you the best of life. No regrets.

]]> By: Josh http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html/comment-page-1#comment-5493 Josh Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:42:09 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/08/my-garden-and-the-national-guard.html#comment-5493 I am new to your blog and was enjoying your tomato tasting tour, and by the time I got to this blog about your husband, I found I had already made a little place in my brain/heart for you and yours and your doings. I wish you and your family the very best in this time of struggle. This will be an opportunity for growth, above all things. Growth both in your own spirituality and strength, and in your marriage/family. Just remember, it's the little things in life that make us the happiest, and those things can be shared across the world. Good luck. I am new to your blog and was enjoying your tomato tasting tour, and by the time I got to this blog about your husband, I found I had already made a little place in my brain/heart for you and yours and your doings. I wish you and your family the very best in this time of struggle. This will be an opportunity for growth, above all things. Growth both in your own spirituality and strength, and in your marriage/family. Just remember, it’s the little things in life that make us the happiest, and those things can be shared across the world.

Good luck.

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