tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post372280577243789156..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: On Remembering our Heroic and Selfless Witnesses to the TranscendentGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63703608530778998242009-05-26T07:33:23.396-07:002009-05-26T07:33:23.396-07:00The memorial I went to yesterday was packed, as we...The memorial I went to yesterday was packed, as well. And when they played <I>Taps</I>, I don't think there was a dry eye in the house.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28768619613399102292009-05-25T23:18:27.670-07:002009-05-25T23:18:27.670-07:00Dojo said-
"The Veterans Cemetery (just up the ro...Dojo said-<br /><br />"The Veterans Cemetery (just up the road from us) was packed today, moreso than I've ever seen. I'd like to believe there is a groundswell of real patriotism and honor afoot. And so I will."<br /><br />I with you on that, Dojo! Same observation here. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58030513275275130522009-05-25T23:15:47.711-07:002009-05-25T23:15:47.711-07:00Thanks Mrs. G. for mentioning Soldiers Angels.
Th...Thanks Mrs. G. for mentioning Soldiers Angels. <br />They are a remarkable help for our men and women serving. <br /><br />Adopt a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, or Airman is a great way to say "thank you" and it really does make a difference in morale. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16272815577511402782009-05-25T23:15:45.452-07:002009-05-25T23:15:45.452-07:00Coming in at the end of a long day to read OC and ...Coming in at the end of a long day to read OC and the attendant comments is the perfect benediction to a long anthem. <br /><br />The Veterans Cemetery (just up the road from us) was <I>packed</I> today, moreso than I've ever seen. I'd like to believe there is a groundswell of real patriotism and honor afoot. And so I will.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17962066640127975882009-05-25T22:58:17.264-07:002009-05-25T22:58:17.264-07:00Thanks Will for posting your Memorial Day poem!Thanks Will for posting your Memorial Day poem!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65659031472354752122009-05-25T22:48:03.523-07:002009-05-25T22:48:03.523-07:00Super post, Bob! Thanks!
This entire post is quot...Super post, Bob! Thanks!<br /><br />This entire post is quotable. Like this, right from the beginning:<br />"It is a remembrance of things surpassed -- or of the fixed stars that transcend and illuminate our lives below, and without which we would surely lose our way."<br /><br />Outstanding!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61974074388142414862009-05-25T20:05:14.400-07:002009-05-25T20:05:14.400-07:00Beautiful post for this special day! And, Will, th...Beautiful post for this special day! And, Will, thanks for the poem.Cassandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63000019868885792622009-05-25T19:48:34.011-07:002009-05-25T19:48:34.011-07:00Good Call Will. Thank you. And good night all.Good Call Will. Thank you. And good night all.QPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827536245376441948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67496305728910856722009-05-25T18:36:56.249-07:002009-05-25T18:36:56.249-07:00"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die..."When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die". - D. Bonhoeffer<br /><br />Of our fallen on Memorial Day: I believe we honor them best when we answer the Call. This is the way we follow their examples. Yes, there are myriad ways in which we do answer the Call, there are myriad ways in which we will die as a consequence. And yet there is only one answer to the Call and there is only one death - Christ's answer, Christ's death. <br /><br />To answer the Call *is* warfare. We're all on the front lines, we're all under bombardment, all the time. The watchword is "vigilance". The daily decisions we make are a matter of life and death.willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7304013446949522012009-05-25T17:38:23.563-07:002009-05-25T17:38:23.563-07:00Yes. Been reading it this weekend, in fact.Yes. Been reading it this weekend, in fact.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65984944380864699152009-05-25T17:20:55.807-07:002009-05-25T17:20:55.807-07:00So does that mean you finally have Volume 5 in han...So does that mean you finally have Volume 5 in hand?<br /><br />(I know, I know - <I>patience</I>. I'm working on it; I never claimed to have achieved it yet. ;)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42518806421228980372009-05-25T16:44:42.541-07:002009-05-25T16:44:42.541-07:00Haven't yet read it, although there are many passa...Haven't yet read it, although there are many passages from it in vol 5 of the Theo-Drama. In fact, that whole volume is rooted in von Speyr's work, since it delves into the deepest mystical depths -- or heights -- of the Trinity, into places where only a mystic can go.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52470931497504562512009-05-25T16:34:15.622-07:002009-05-25T16:34:15.622-07:00Bob, have you read World of Prayer already or is i...Bob, have you read <I>World of Prayer</I> already or is it just in the lineup?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60621191572729770032009-05-25T16:19:18.727-07:002009-05-25T16:19:18.727-07:00He gazes out of the photo, mute, enigmatic, not qu...<A HREF="http://sippicancottage.blogspot.com/2009/05/do-flowers-grow-on-pork-chop-hill.html" REL="nofollow"><I>He gazes out of the photo, mute, enigmatic, not quite smiling, and speaks to me across the decades.</I> </A>ximezenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10190615592139157622009-05-25T15:59:01.486-07:002009-05-25T15:59:01.486-07:00Thanks Bob.Thanks Bob.hoarheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18440823673735989302009-05-25T13:52:55.795-07:002009-05-25T13:52:55.795-07:00Beautiful post.
We would be nothing, and I mean ...Beautiful post. <br /><br />We would be nothing, and I mean that litteraly, without yours and our heroes.<br /><br /><br />/JohanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17992198043344266722009-05-25T13:50:06.263-07:002009-05-25T13:50:06.263-07:00It would appear that Queeg is by far my most notew...It would appear that <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=charles+johnson+queeg&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=" REL="nofollow">Queeg</A> is by far my most noteworthy contribution to popular culture.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63921097739599263322009-05-25T13:41:12.499-07:002009-05-25T13:41:12.499-07:00Speaking of paranoia, Queeg apparently travels the...Speaking of paranoia, Queeg apparently travels the internet looking for comments made by people who have accounts on LGF, then bans them from LGF based on comments made on other sites. I had an account on LGF called "Northern Bandit" which which I posted maybe 5 or 6 times in the past year, and not in at least 2-3 months. The only other place I've mentioned anything about LGF is here, so obviously Queeg cares very much about stamping out the slightest affront to his sterling reputation. <br /><br />Can you imagine if Queeg had serious political power? <br /><br />*shudder*<br /><br />What I <I>tried</I> to post on LGF today was David Warren's typically brilliant fisking (<A HREF="http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/" REL="nofollow">Ringling science</A>) of the "Ida" farce. <br /><br />Gotta protect those Queeglings from ideas that make their leader look bad (i.e., just about any conservative, rational idea).Northern Banditnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15263259453100897202009-05-25T13:01:26.381-07:002009-05-25T13:01:26.381-07:00Rat bastards.
There's a website for defending the ...Rat bastards.<br />There's a <A HREF="http://donttearmedown.org/" REL="nofollow">website</A> for defending the memorial. (It's got a lot of flash & video components, so if you're still on dial-up it'll take forever to load.)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61667155133963273862009-05-25T12:31:40.240-07:002009-05-25T12:31:40.240-07:00Another man-bites-
God story.Another <A HREF="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/25/aclu-dead-wrong-on-cross/" REL="nofollow">man-bites-<br />God</A> story.Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72258931575455221972009-05-25T12:01:32.618-07:002009-05-25T12:01:32.618-07:00Thanks for this post today, Bob - I'm borrowing so...Thanks for this post today, Bob - I'm borrowing some. Some of Will's comment, too.<br /><br />And Leslie, <br /><I>I hope I deserve a fraction of what they've given me.</I> <br /><br />Amen to that.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44586066013357374802009-05-25T11:37:27.493-07:002009-05-25T11:37:27.493-07:00God bless our real-life superheroes who sacrificed...God bless our real-life superheroes who sacrificed everything for us. And their families, likewise. I hope I deserve a fraction of what they've given me.<br /><br />If you want to make a difference in the morale of a soldier, please go to www.soldiersangels.com and adopt a soldier. You write a letter a week and send a small care package a month. It's hard to believe, but my soldiers have told me it's true, that this really means a lot to them and makes their burden a little lighter.<br /><br />If you have any questions, please email me:<br />lesliegodwin@dslextreme.com<br /><br />Happy Memorial Day!<br />LeslieLeslie Godwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867359654055086952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84018020783063061502009-05-25T11:28:12.195-07:002009-05-25T11:28:12.195-07:00Excellent! Sterling, in fact.
Your final paragra...Excellent! Sterling, in fact.<br /><br />Your final paragraph states a critically important truth: we living now must understand the necessity -- the holiness, even -- of honoring our fallen heroes on this Memorial Day.<br /><br />You have explained Europe's ideological problems quite well:<br /><br /><I>The least of atheism's baleful effects is that it automatically makes the hero a fool because there is nothing worth defending. The more catastrophic effect is that it leaves the field open to evil-doers who are openly hostile to the transcendent principles that animate our uniquely decent and beautiful civilization.<br /><br />This is why you see an Old Europe that is supine before the barbarians in its midst who wish to destroy it.</I>No wonder I can't understand Eurabia's dhimmitude! I don't have the same frame of reference.<br /><br />PS: Interesting word verification for this comment: "deistic."Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216119321836479641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31842538245559099632009-05-25T10:26:20.785-07:002009-05-25T10:26:20.785-07:00It is good to be reminded, by way of this masterfu...It is good to be reminded, by way of this masterful essay, that the Darkness simply cannot overcome the Light. To read this is to be strengthened to our task of transcendence. thanks.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33520844031378473872009-05-25T10:04:10.405-07:002009-05-25T10:04:10.405-07:00Beautiful post, Bob.
Thank you.Beautiful post, Bob.<br />Thank you.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.com