Comments on: Henry and the Great Log Caper http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: TexasMirth http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1215235 TexasMirth Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:40:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1215235 What an amazing account of your father-in-law's Great Log Caper - and a perfect cartoon to accompany Henry's tale, too. Thanks, Pat, for sharing it. What an amazing account of your father-in-law’s Great Log Caper - and a perfect cartoon to accompany Henry’s tale, too. Thanks, Pat, for sharing it.

]]> By: ksclematis http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1215230 ksclematis Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:59:29 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1215230 Yes, great post, Pat..... I remember D-Day and the ensuing war....it was horrific. Especially the Pacific theatre with so much torture, which was probably worse than that taken place in Iraq. But any war is total hell. I'd like to believe in BO, but he seem to be just treading water, making great sounding speeches, but no follow-up action, especially since he has a politically "friendly" legislature. I know you have a great deal of experience with the holocost and WWII. Thanks for another post bringing the timely events into perspective. Yes, great post, Pat…..
I remember D-Day and the ensuing war….it was horrific. Especially the Pacific theatre with so much torture, which was probably worse than that taken place in Iraq. But any war is total hell. I’d like to believe in BO, but he seem to be just treading water, making great sounding speeches, but no follow-up action, especially since he has a politically “friendly” legislature.

I know you have a great deal of experience with the holocost and WWII. Thanks for another post bringing the timely events into perspective.

]]> By: Marvin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1215076 Marvin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:40:58 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1215076 Thank you, Pat, for this wonderful piece on the human spirit! I know my comments will seem like perhaps terribly out of place and even inappropriate, but I just read an interview with Michael Madsen, who was saddened by David Carradine's death. Michael called him a brother and said he meant to call Carradine last week, but didn't get around to it. What struck me most was Michael urging everyone to not hold off on calling a loved one or a relative since life is, indeed,like you mention, very fragile, and not to be taken for granted. Oh, if only everyone had a story like the one you've shared to remind them that life is much too precious and should not be wasted senselessly. Thank you again, Pat. . . Thank you, Pat, for this wonderful piece on the human spirit!

I know my comments will seem like perhaps terribly out of place and even inappropriate, but I just read an interview with Michael Madsen, who was saddened by David Carradine’s death. Michael called him a brother and said he meant to call Carradine last week, but didn’t get around to it. What struck me most was Michael urging everyone to not hold off on calling a loved one or a relative since life is, indeed,like you mention, very fragile, and not to be taken for granted.

Oh, if only everyone had a story like the one you’ve shared to remind them that life is much too precious and should not be wasted senselessly.

Thank you again, Pat. . .

]]> By: Denise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1215075 Denise Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:35:21 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1215075 Beautifully done, Pat. Beautifully done, Pat.

]]> By: Don X http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1215008 Don X Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:23:57 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1215008 Nice cartoon and story, Pat. There must be many stories that never get told about the survivors of the holocaust as well as survivors in many countries today where extermination of minorities or political enemies takes place. It is great when someone remembers and tells their stories. A nice memorial tribute to a creative survivor. Nice cartoon and story, Pat.

There must be many stories that never get told about the survivors of the holocaust as well as survivors in many countries today where extermination of minorities or political enemies takes place. It is great when someone remembers and tells their stories.
A nice memorial tribute to a creative survivor.

]]> By: Rich http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214992 Rich Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:22:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214992 Very nice cartoon about a terrible time in history! In addition to being clever in figuring out how to increase productivity, it also was a way of maintaining some kind of control over one’s life and at the same time doing what they could to hamper the German’s war efforts and goals. We must hold on to life, no matter what at the moment or even for several years life has to offer. So many people give up their lives so easily either but just giving up on life or committing suicide in one form or another and thereby changing the potential future for themselves and others in a very negative way. Just like those who chose to hold on to life have also changed their futures in a positive way. Rich Very nice cartoon about a terrible time in history! In addition to being clever in figuring out how to increase productivity, it also was a way of maintaining some kind of control over one’s life and at the same time doing what they could to hamper the German’s war efforts and goals.

We must hold on to life, no matter what at the moment or even for several years life has to offer. So many people give up their lives so easily either but just giving up on life or committing suicide in one form or another and thereby changing the potential future for themselves and others in a very negative way. Just like those who chose to hold on to life have also changed their futures in a positive way.

Rich

]]> By: tminu http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214973 tminu Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:23:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214973 Obama's fake great uncle Payne made his showing, he'd better retreat home and stay under the liability radar or he'll meet the same fate as grannie. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262079/posts Obama’s fake great uncle Payne made his showing, he’d better retreat home and stay under the liability radar or he’ll meet the same fate as grannie.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262079/posts

]]> By: pm317 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214953 pm317 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:10:29 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214953 <blockquote>I wonder if we would have the guts to survive as they did.</blockquote> Having led a very sheltered and comfortable life, that was my first thought too as I read Pat's post. But I read somewhere how resilient the mind is and that even though we can't envision getting through catastrophes before hand but when they actually happen we are wired to react to them with survival mode in high gear.

I wonder if we would have the guts to survive as they did.

Having led a very sheltered and comfortable life, that was my first thought too as I read Pat’s post. But I read somewhere how resilient the mind is and that even though we can’t envision getting through catastrophes before hand but when they actually happen we are wired to react to them with survival mode in high gear.

]]> By: Solara 9 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214946 Solara 9 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214946 Great story--thanks for sharing. Glad Henry made it out OK! Clever guys! Great story–thanks for sharing. Glad Henry made it out OK! Clever guys!

]]> By: Mary Miller http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214934 Mary Miller Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:31:36 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214934 He is overseas creating 'no will' while his aunt from Kenya still lives in the HUD housing project in Boston illegally (she filed false documents under false pretenses). I know you are all sick of me harping on this..but, it is a perfect and timeless illustration of his dishonesty..he asks the world to honor commitments to humanity, equal rights and morality while he does the opposite in his own life...that is my point. He is overseas creating ‘no will’ while his aunt from Kenya still lives in the HUD housing project in Boston illegally (she filed false documents under false pretenses).
I know you are all sick of me harping on this..but, it is a perfect and timeless illustration of his dishonesty..he asks the world to honor commitments to humanity, equal rights and morality while he does the opposite in his own life…that is my point.

]]> By: Pat Racimora http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214920 Pat Racimora Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:59:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214920 Great stories--Yes your question is a good one. I wonder also. Great stories–Yes your question is a good one. I wonder also.

]]> By: OMG http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214917 OMG Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:42:08 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214917 Again, why is he even there? Angela Merkel must be upset. She doesn't like Barry and prefers to deal with someone she can trust (Sec. Clinton) GM was taken over by the executive branch who over-stepped their bounds without backing from the legislative branch and he's off speechifying and touring other nations? I'm so confused. And who was responsible for helping the US journalist in Iran get free? Barry? no no no...Secretary Clinton! (My secret president) I just don't know what to think anymore. What's the point of having a do nothing, know nothing gasbag for a president? Confused yeah. Again, why is he even there?
Angela Merkel must be upset. She doesn’t like Barry and prefers to deal with someone she can trust (Sec. Clinton)
GM was taken over by the executive branch who over-stepped their bounds without backing from the legislative branch and he’s off speechifying and touring other nations?
I’m so confused.
And who was responsible for helping the US journalist in Iran get free? Barry? no no no…Secretary Clinton! (My secret president)
I just don’t know what to think anymore. What’s the point of having a do nothing, know nothing gasbag for a president? Confused yeah.

]]> By: BuzzisbackLatte http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214886 BuzzisbackLatte Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214886 My uncles served in the Pacific. One, a seabee, fouled the engine and hid in the bucket of a crane for three days when the Japanese over ran the project they were working on. The other floated in the ocean for days after his ship was blown up by the Japanese. They are and were a generation of ingenuity and guts. Both uncles came home and with them came the horrific memories. Still they were proud to serve and be a part a phenomenal time in history. I wonder if we would have the guts to survive as they did. My uncles served in the Pacific. One, a seabee, fouled the engine and hid in the bucket of a crane for three days when the Japanese over ran the project they were working on. The other floated in the ocean for days after his ship was blown up by the Japanese. They are and were a generation of ingenuity and guts.

Both uncles came home and with them came the horrific memories. Still they were proud to serve and be a part a phenomenal time in history.

I wonder if we would have the guts to survive as they did.

]]> By: mountainaires http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214877 mountainaires Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:08:10 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214877 Thank you for remembering and telling their story, Pat. Thank you for remembering and telling their story, Pat.

]]> By: Stan Davis http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/06/05/henry-and-the-great-log-caper/#comment-1214871 Stan Davis Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:58:40 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25610#comment-1214871 <strong>Re: The Human Spirit</strong> Great story and 'toon, Pat. During a layoff in Las Vegas on my way from Seattle to Wichita, where I was living at the time, I read Viktor Frankl's <em>Man's Search for Meaning</em>. You can't imagine how weird it felt to read that book to the sounds of video slot machines and poker. What irony! I thought. Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, taught that they can take away your liberty, in the physical sense, but not your freedom. Freedom is a state of mind. They can only take away your freedom if you let them or give it to them. <strong><em>Stan Davis</em></strong> Lakewood, CO Re: The Human Spirit

Great story and ‘toon, Pat.

During a layoff in Las Vegas on my way from Seattle to Wichita, where I was living at the time, I read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. You can’t imagine how weird it felt to read that book to the sounds of video slot machines and poker. What irony! I thought.

Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, taught that they can take away your liberty, in the physical sense, but not your freedom. Freedom is a state of mind. They can only take away your freedom if you let them or give it to them.

Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO

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