tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post113986196094400448..comments2007-02-15T16:35:28.331-06:00Grant Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09000587138210339022noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1140221103009749622006-02-17T18:05:00.000-06:002006-02-17T18:05:00.000-06:00I am a CURRENT member of the United States Navy. My role is to stop enemies of you, your family and our country before they kill you. Based on your recent student vote, it is my understanding that you want me to let the bastards kill you - because killing them first wouldn't be good. As much as I would like to allow that to happen to rid our country of pansies. I can't do that. Therefore, I will kill people before they kill you and your family. Then I will stand to be mocked by your students(Jill Edwards - Ashley Miller specifically) who don't deserve to breath the same air as those defending their life.petty officer 2nd classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954975683895630234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1140160860435358662006-02-17T01:21:00.000-06:002006-02-17T01:21:00.000-06:00I've gotten a half dozen like-minded Juniors to run, and perhaps half of them will make it.<BR/><BR/>I really don't think that the ballance is that far tilted to the left, and we can set it right.<BR/><BR/>Last year, we all joked about it and voted for the "squirrels" because we thought that the Senate did nothing.<BR/><BR/>Now we know that they are the ones that deal with spending our student fees, whether it's on computers or on a statue to Ward Churchill.<BR/><BR/>Moderates must be represented!Brent_Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10885353619583349238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1140070532062890832006-02-16T00:15:00.000-06:002006-02-16T00:15:00.000-06:00<B>Brent_H:</B><BR/>Keep fighting the good fight!camojackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06503124439928435217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1140068529687531462006-02-15T23:42:00.000-06:002006-02-15T23:42:00.000-06:00My name is Brent Hofstetter. I'm a Marine veteran of Iraq, Army ROTC Cadet and student at the University of Washington.<BR/><BR/>These radicals who have entrenched themselves in the ASUW don't represent more than a tiny fraction of the students on the UW campus, yet claim to speak for us all.<BR/><BR/>When many of us heard that a Medal of Honor recipient was called a Murderer for his actions against an enemy who was trying to kill him I was shocked. When I looked further into the story and saw a Sioux Indian who had lived his life in poverty of everything but patriotism and heroism called a "rich white male" my jaw hung open even further.<BR/><BR/>These same people calling the honored gentleman names are the coddled youths of wealthy homes, who for some reason have found themselves radicalized in the same way that other coddled youths have been, such as Engels, Marx, Luxemburg, Lenin and Guevara.<BR/><BR/>They feel guilty of their own privileged upbringing and feel the need to rebel against their parents who provided so well for them by attacking most viciously everyone who has more honor then themselves.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, we're not going to let these spoiled kids represent us anymore. Today I joined the Senate and I plan to bring a little "diversity".<BR/><BR/>this is me<BR/>http://www.thedaily.washington.edu/index.php?storyID=15356Brent_Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10885353619583349238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1139967457604053422006-02-14T19:37:00.000-06:002006-02-14T19:37:00.000-06:00Great letter, Nicholas I hope it gets printed.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for everyone's input on this.<BR/><BR/>I somehow missed the ongoing discussion on military history. I read the first post at Big Tent but didn't realize there's been more discussion. Thanks again.Grant Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09000587138210339022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1139959541119704652006-02-14T17:25:00.000-06:002006-02-14T17:25:00.000-06:00I'm surprised you didn't link this to the Grimsley-Bruscino-KCJohnson discussion on military history..Ahistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1139955843596582992006-02-14T16:24:00.000-06:002006-02-14T16:24:00.000-06:00Here's my LTE to the UW campus newspaper:<BR/><BR/>To the Editor:<BR/><BR/>It is deeply tragic that the University of Washington student government voted down a recent proposal to honor Medal of Honor recipient Gregory "Pappy" Boyington with a memorial on campus. Boyington personified courage under fire, and his leadership of the famous “Black Sheep” squadron is legend in Marine Corps history.<BR/><BR/>Yet by failing to honor one of UW’s most illustrious graduates, its students have sent a serious message to the men and women of today’s armed forces: if you stand and fight American’s enemies, your efforts will go unrecognized and unrewarded by the one realm that most depends on freedom for its existence. <BR/><BR/>Were not for the courage of men like Col. Boyington, institutions like our universities would simply not exist. That truth seems to be lost on the students of today’s University of Washington. <BR/><BR/>Nicholas Provenzo<BR/>USMC ’88-‘93<BR/>Chairman<BR/>The Center for the Advancement of CapitalismNicholas Provenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926131141263622350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18510726.post-1139907373652092872006-02-14T02:56:00.000-06:002006-02-14T02:56:00.000-06:00Sounds like oh, so typical academia to me. Sad...camojackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06503124439928435217noreply@blogger.com