tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34092094.post6810889734756904693..comments2023-10-28T10:50:02.356-04:00Comments on how history feels: sir, no sir::rachel mattson::http://www.blogger.com/profile/07195659488157939210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34092094.post-45887605759784247912008-10-30T10:17:00.000-04:002008-10-30T10:17:00.000-04:00I was talking to a guy in a bar . . . he reminisce...I was talking to a guy in a bar . . . he reminisced about the Vietnam era Winter Soldier hearings, without knowing about the contemporary Winter Soldier, IVAW.org et al<BR/><BR/>Here's a newish project along those lines<BR/>Soldiers Speak Out<BR/>http://www.empowermentproject.org/sso.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34092094.post-83659675526319453472008-10-29T07:03:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:03:00.000-04:00Have you been watching any of the PBS series "Amer...Have you been watching any of the PBS series "American Experience"? I saw one recently that focused on LBJ's Presidency at the intensifying of the Vietnam war in the mid-60's, a time I clearly remember being terrified by. The parallels between then and now are astonishing, as others have been saying, but our reactions today are so much more tame. Is it a 9/11 mindset; has our saturation point been reached; or does our preoccupation with computers and technology keep us inside instead of out on the sidewalks and in the streets? Have our marches and protests turned into blogs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com