tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post7930677936028601409..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Lt. Bradshaw Comes HomeRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-8682627156971459222009-10-18T20:20:49.664-04:002009-10-18T20:20:49.664-04:00Dear Dr. Gillis,
Thanks so much for your kind wor...Dear Dr. Gillis,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your kind words about the post. Our sincere condolences to you and your family on your loss. Your nephew's story was one that moved us deeply. No soldier's sacrifice should go unnoticed, but that happens far too often when the media prefer sensationalism and the people prefer to deny the realities of war.<br /><br />As for the photo, it seems the link we had embedded has expired, so I'm not sure how to help you. I assume you tried searching under your nephew's name or the photographer's name on the Air Force Mortuary web site. Beyond that, I am not sure. We'll do some searching and post a follow-up comment if we turn anything up.<br /><br />Thanks again for writing.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-88181966830997973092009-10-18T19:46:40.305-04:002009-10-18T19:46:40.305-04:00Roxie, I hope you'll get this since I'm re...Roxie, I hope you'll get this since I'm responding to a very old post. I'm the aunt who wrote the letter. Thank you so much for calling people's attention to both letters and for your sage advice about ensuring the media get feedback that let's them know to keep up the coverage. My main concern in writing, however, is to inquire about the photo accompanying your post. I'd like to get a copy and get permission to include it in the blog I've started as a result of all this. Can you give me contact info?Dr. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334991543624651910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-2044048353891338622009-07-16T14:42:59.381-04:002009-07-16T14:42:59.381-04:00One small correction to Margaret's comment: M...One small correction to Margaret's comment: McNamara was in fact Kennedy's Sec. Def. before he was LBJ's, and then he resigned under LBJ.<br /><br />Quite frankly, I'd like to see the spirit of LBJ reincarnated in the White House now, except for that whole unwinnable war thingy. I'd like to see the guts and the courage to play LBJ-style hardball. You don't win friends by capitulating to them--you intimidate them out of being your enemies. Respect is closely related to fear.<br /><br />Thanks for encouraging us all to think about our media consumption habits. For myself, I wasn't that interested in Michael Jackson in life, so I wasn't all that interested in his death. Now, if anything should ever happen to Sarah Jessica Parker however...<br /><br />Live, dammit! LIVE ON!Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-44729510967531043072009-07-16T12:09:09.886-04:002009-07-16T12:09:09.886-04:00Roxie, old friend, what's gotten into you? Sp...Roxie, old friend, what's gotten into you? Spending too much time with your somber moms, I think. I am sorry you are burdened with so much sorrow. <br /><br />Okay, I do credit my own very self for not watching TV until the Jackson orgy was over. The celebrity culture makes me gag and I try to avoid gagging as much as possible in this sorry world.<br /><br />I think you give LBJ too much credit. I thought of this with the passing of the war criminal who was his defense secretary. Regrets don't bring back the dead. Regrets do not bring these young folks, slain for the egos of the powerful, back to their families (not to mention the 2,000,000 Vietnamese slaughtered for those egos).<br /><br />Roxie, I am so tired of this kind of death. <br /><br />Haven't watched much of the Sotomayor hearings either --predictably horrific, as you know. The Daily Show has the best daily summary.<br /><br />Remember, too, that WaPo is the newspaper of the inside-the-beltway establishment. Why would they want to show us the war that that establishment does not want you to see?<br /><br />Here's to all those -- families of the soldiers, fellow soldiers, friends of human rights, peace-lovers around the world -- who insist that we SEE!<br /><br />I love you, Roxie. Here's also to the better world about which we continue to dream.Margaret Swedishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122528070296887747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-54209347915150031772009-07-16T11:54:45.528-04:002009-07-16T11:54:45.528-04:00The hearings were kind of fun to watch - with Soto...The hearings were kind of fun to watch - with Sotomayor deflecting some of the more inappropriate questions with such poise and judicial prudence that it resulted in some of the senators getting a bit frustrated. teehee...<br /><br />Good for a laugh Rox in these trying times.<br /><br />sdsScullery Dog Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410891167356425289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-66138045859950885292009-07-16T11:48:01.088-04:002009-07-16T11:48:01.088-04:00'Tis the duty of a citizen to pay attention, a...'Tis the duty of a citizen to pay attention, and that's all we're trying to do. Thanks for keeping Sotomayor on our radar screens, EI -- We've not paid a lot of attention to her hearings because they seem so scripted, on all sides, so bound to do nothing, reveal nothing. We just look forward to the moment when she takes her place on the bench. We'll put all our paws in the air then, I promise!<br /><br />One point that didn't get made in this post, which speaks to Scullery Dog Sam's point about the difficulty of taking in casualty counts, is how important it is that the Obama administration has reversed the policy on photographing coffins of American service personnel. Such images are a powerful means to honor the sacrifices of our soldiers, and they help viewer/citizens to absorb the terrible reality of those sacrifices. In very important ways, we cannot know what we do not see, which is why it was so disappointing that the online version of the Post's story on Lt. Bradshaw did not include the picture of his coffin.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-2327526807425138662009-07-16T11:30:45.885-04:002009-07-16T11:30:45.885-04:00Thank you Rox for helping me adjust my focus. I r...Thank you Rox for helping me adjust my focus. I remember as a kid not understanding exactly what was meant by casualty counts. Now that I do, seeing what's going on with the press - the minimization of these "numbers" - is frightening. <br /><br />I was sadly disappointed that not much press space was given to the passing of Farrah Fawcett in comparison to MJ. This article accomplished its goal, my heart is breaking for ALL of those families that have suffered the loss of their children. ...and for the sleight of hand being played with what the press considers important versus what it's given short shrift.<br />sdsScullery Dog Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410891167356425289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-16747370011234347612009-07-16T10:11:58.923-04:002009-07-16T10:11:58.923-04:00I just put a quote at the top of my website — it s...I just put a quote at the top of my website — it says:<br /><br />"Equality requires effort!" ~ Sonia Sotomayor <br /><br />It requires a big time effort to do a blog like Roxie's World, and to write so well, but the reader has to be willing to put the work in too. I am so proud of you, Rox, bravely standing at attention for the tough stuff this morning. Shame us into it! As you did today, yes it helps!<br /><br />Hi Goose, hugs for your sorrow, dear friend.<br /><br />EIEden's Innuendonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-59592514303569090322009-07-15T23:03:46.191-04:002009-07-15T23:03:46.191-04:00Rox. . .of course I meant--that's what I THINK...Rox. . .of course I meant--that's what I THINK (not "thin"). LBJ would not, absolutely would not, do it (the Viet Nam War) all over again. He grew out his hair at the end of his life and started to look a bit like the hippies he scorned and who so hated him. . .given another opportunity, he would give peace a chance, and not through force, either.<br />--GooseGoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-23212617912889511562009-07-15T22:59:37.260-04:002009-07-15T22:59:37.260-04:00Rox, thank you so much for this. I have been sobb...Rox, thank you so much for this. I have been sobbing, so much so that when I think I'm going to stop, I sob all the more. That should tell you something about what I think about the "escalation of troops in Afghanistan." Rox, you know, Moose knows, anyone who's listened to me talk about the Vietnam Memorial knows that when I go there, I always look up Albert Tijerina, Jr. (Panel 04W - Line 15). He was my brother's friend, the handsome drum major who carried me on his shoulders up to the basketball goal. For him my brother stood in the bitter cold February 17, 2007, and cried and cried. Albert, 27 years old when he died March 1, 1971, was 27 years gone. There is no excuse for the escalation of the war in Afghanistan. And you know what? I'm pretty confident that if LBJ had it to do all over again, he would have found a way out of Viet Nam and would not have escalated the troops at all. So. . .that's what I thin, Rox.<br /><br />I love you very, very much. Let's give peace a chance.<br />--GooseGoosenoreply@blogger.com