tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post7645980820792598445..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: In the Year of the RatErik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-52561800244277828852008-02-08T22:01:00.000-05:002008-02-08T22:01:00.000-05:00Thanks all for the feedback, much appreciated . . ...Thanks all for the feedback, much appreciated . . .<BR/><BR/>WM (Mark): I don't think it'll be laid to rest ever, but I also do think people like McCain have drawn very damaging conlusions, indeed ("stab in the back" etc.).<BR/><BR/>Lana/Johnny, haha. True enough. Not as much fun going to Canada these days, at least as far as spending money goes. Mr. Bush's elective war . . . I still want to visit Cuba -- and Vietnam. <BR/><BR/>Sidney, same here, though I was born in the Year of the Rat about a month after JFK's election.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, all!Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-40685192034492318712008-02-08T21:59:00.000-05:002008-02-08T21:59:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-15340796684911901222008-02-08T20:17:00.000-05:002008-02-08T20:17:00.000-05:00I watched Viet Nam War coverage as a child but did...I watched Viet Nam War coverage as a child but didn't fully understand Tet until years later when ABC ran a documentary called 1968: A Crack in Time. Interesting show that touched, of course, on much more than Tet. I was born in '62, the Black Water Tiger year apparently.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-41712347606630218852008-02-08T18:35:00.000-05:002008-02-08T18:35:00.000-05:00A few years back, when I was still married to ex-w...A few years back, when I was still married to ex-wife Cynthia, we allowed a woman who helped us out a lot in running our flamenco studio to have a meeting of people who were interested in trips to Cuba. They generally travelled through Canada, taking advantage, as they said jokingly, of the "Canadian Peso." How times have changed. <BR/><BR/>I'm right there with Walking Man-- we don't seem to have learned from the Vietnam War-- that a determined insurgent force can't be defeated militarily.Johnny Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-71823324878297633872008-02-08T14:22:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:22:00.000-05:00I have to say, though, when the Iraq war started, ...I have to say, though, when the Iraq war started, the exchange rate between the US & CND plummeted 20%. That's an unheard of amount, considering it'd only fluctuated .01 or .02% now & again for over a decade before that.Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-65932337689037481492008-02-08T14:20:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:20:00.000-05:00It almost seems like whichever country I move to, ...It almost seems like whichever country I move to, the dollar tanks. Sorry, Amerika!Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-49240791084481051112008-02-08T07:20:00.000-05:002008-02-08T07:20:00.000-05:00While 2000 was not a rat year it sure was good yea...While 2000 was not a rat year it sure was good year for rats.<BR/><BR/>I always buckle up, buckle down and have a hard time getting unbuckled.<BR/><BR/>The Viet Nam war is over and the Tet offensive (one of three major incursions into S. Viet Nam by the NVA and the Viet Cong that year) is relegated to history now. <BR/><BR/>I think collectively the American conscience has pretty much laid that war to rest. Unfortunately it seems that in doing so the lessons that should have been learned about war were laid to rest as well.<BR/><BR/>Peace Erik<BR/><BR/>markthe walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.com