Comments on: Today Is The 90th Anniversary Of The End Of WWI http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: SallyMutant http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127318 SallyMutant Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:43:37 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127318 Lyrics to a Great Depression movie number, (Goldiggers of 1934, I think) sung by Etta Moten. She's singing about WWI vets, the Bonus Marchers, farm crises; all in one great Warner Brothers' musical number. My Forgotten Man I don't know if he deserves a bit of sympathy Forget your sympathy, that's all right with me I was satisfied to drift along from day to day Till they came and took my man away Remember my forgotten man. You put a rifle in his hand. You sent him far away' You shouted: "Hip-hooray!" But look at him today. Remember my forgotten man. You had him cultivate the land. He walked behind the plow, The sweat fell from his brow. But look at him right now And once, he used to love me I was happy then He used to take care of me Won't you bring him back again? 'Cause ever since the world began A woman's got to have a man Forgetting him, you see Means you're forgetting me Like my forgotten man This is so much better with video(if possible). Sorry to be so skinflint dialup that I can't help folks with links. Our version of the video is Beta! 8) Lyrics to a Great Depression movie number, (Goldiggers of 1934, I think) sung by Etta Moten. She’s singing about WWI vets, the Bonus Marchers, farm crises; all in one great Warner Brothers’ musical number.

My Forgotten Man

I don’t know if he deserves a bit of sympathy
Forget your sympathy, that’s all right with me
I was satisfied to drift along from day to day
Till they came and took my man away
Remember my forgotten man.
You put a rifle in his hand. You sent him far away’
You shouted: “Hip-hooray!” But look at him today.
Remember my forgotten man. You had him cultivate the land.
He walked behind the plow, The sweat fell from his brow. But look at him right now
And once, he used to love me I was happy then
He used to take care of me
Won’t you bring him back again?
‘Cause ever since the world began
A woman’s got to have a man
Forgetting him, you see
Means you’re forgetting me
Like my forgotten man

This is so much better with video(if possible). Sorry to be so skinflint dialup that I can’t help folks with links. Our version of the video is Beta! 8)

]]> By: bryan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127164 bryan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:35:20 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127164 We have 3 WW1 vets left, one from each service. The RAF guy is 112 years old. quaker has a point, but many Conciencious objectors served as stretcher bearers on the front. Unarmed. Now you have to admire this bravery as well IMO. We have 3 WW1 vets left, one from each service. The RAF guy is 112 years old.
quaker has a point, but many Conciencious objectors served as stretcher bearers on the front. Unarmed. Now you have to admire this bravery as well IMO.

]]> By: Robert http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127087 Robert Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:47:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127087 Given what happened between 1914 and 1945, the idea that France and Germany (and the UK) would ever see themselves as being on the same team in any meaningful geopolitical sense must have seemed (immediately after the end either World War) like the most implausible optimism. Makes me wonder what changes the next half-century are going to bring. . . . Given what happened between 1914 and 1945, the idea that France and Germany (and the UK) would ever see themselves as being on the same team in any meaningful geopolitical sense must have seemed (immediately after the end either World War) like the most implausible optimism.

Makes me wonder what changes the next half-century are going to bring. . . .

]]> By: merl http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127034 merl Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:35:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127034 I've been to Verdun, a very sad place. I’ve been to Verdun, a very sad place.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127024 Quaker in a Basement Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:11:10 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127024 Leaders won't keep you out of wars, boys. You gotta do that for yourself. The "Quaker" bit ain't just a handle. We got 350 years of history going for us. George Fox stayed in prison instead of going to war: <blockquote>I told them I knew whence all wars arose, even from the lusts, according to James' doctrine; and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.</blockquote> If your own conscience won't keep you out of war, your leaders surely won't. Leaders won’t keep you out of wars, boys. You gotta do that for yourself. The “Quaker” bit ain’t just a handle. We got 350 years of history going for us. George Fox stayed in prison instead of going to war:

I told them I knew whence all wars arose, even from the lusts, according to James’ doctrine; and that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars.

If your own conscience won’t keep you out of war, your leaders surely won’t.

]]> By: Colorado Dave http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127022 Colorado Dave Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:31:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127022 <i>Quaker in a Basement OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem.</i> What a tool.... Quaker in a Basement
OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem.

What a tool….

]]> By: Mike http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-127009 Mike Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:28:47 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-127009 <i>OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem.</i> Read history, and come back when you've learned better. OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem.

Read history, and come back when you’ve learned better.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-126980 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:17:03 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-126980 <em>The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let’s hope leaders like...</em> OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem. The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let’s hope leaders like…

OK, you lost me right there. You want leaders to keep us out of war? I think I see your problem.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-126952 Sean D. Martin Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:29:31 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-126952 Considering how this century has gone so far, at least for the US, there is certainly far more room to move in the "gets better" direction than in the other. Considering how this century has gone so far, at least for the US, there is certainly far more room to move in the “gets better” direction than in the other.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-126931 Parthenon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:32:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-126931 <i>The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let’s hope leaders like Obama can craft a different fate for the 21st.</i> Hear, hear. The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let’s hope leaders like Obama can craft a different fate for the 21st.

Hear, hear.

]]> By: Colorado Dave http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-126927 Colorado Dave Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-126927 Today is the closest thing to an international Holiday. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns went silent. I still think of it as Armistice Day. The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let's hope leaders like Obama can craft a different fate for the 21st. Today is the closest thing to an international Holiday. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns went silent. I still think of it as Armistice Day.

The Twentieth Century was one bloody century. Let’s hope leaders like Obama can craft a different fate for the 21st.

]]> By: Brian Carver http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/11/11/today-is-the-90th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-wwi/#comment-126909 Brian Carver Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:54:23 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=11395#comment-126909 Yes, a horrible waste. I think in the last year the last veterans of the war form France, Germany and Australia all passed away. Rest in peace and let's make sure nothing like this happens again. Yes, a horrible waste. I think in the last year the last veterans of the war form France, Germany and Australia all passed away. Rest in peace and let’s make sure nothing like this happens again.

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