tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post2841636781922081953..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: As I Promised Earlier This Week...Big Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-53992027670908569272011-06-13T23:41:46.498-04:002011-06-13T23:41:46.498-04:00Courage is a funny thing. And in general, we Amer...Courage is a funny thing. And in general, we Americans refuse to understand it, even though there is strong evidence we DO understand it.<br /><br />We think of courage as John Wayne, charging the guns, fighting through the night like Baselone, alone, outnumbered and outgunned, Audie Murphy holding a German regiment at bay from the smoking deck of a burning tank destroyer.<br /><br />But that's crap. You don't decide to fight. You fight when you can't run. You kill them because you're terrified they're going to kill you.<br /><br />Nope. Courage is when we try to preserve something, to save our community, to save a life, to keep something in the midst of devestation. That's why we give the CMH to people who pull their friends to safety under fire, who land on a wrecked airstrip to pick up a doomed comrade, who shield the guys in their hole from a grenade with their bodies.<br /><br />Sybil had courage because what she did was hard, and scary, and it would have been SO easy to stop, to seek shelter, to dry off, to wait 'til tomorrow. When you've got nothing but your own will standing between doing something that matters and quitting, it is the extraordinary hero that cries out in pain and frustration, then puts her head down and drives on.<br /><br />We have much more to learn from Sybil than from Audie...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-55060149156002104272011-06-13T14:01:53.765-04:002011-06-13T14:01:53.765-04:00According to one of the linked articles, the horse...According to one of the linked articles, the horse was a big, bay yearling gelding named Star.<br /><br />The side-saddle is a funny touch... yeah, mustn't have a tomboy as a role model for young girls, even though she a remarkably valiant individual even by the standards of a period in which valiant individuals abounded.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-56918692383340853562011-06-12T17:24:29.589-04:002011-06-12T17:24:29.589-04:00In an interesting quirk of history the horse's...In an interesting quirk of history the horse's name was Hitler.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-12943953354287442442011-06-12T04:43:51.988-04:002011-06-12T04:43:51.988-04:00But what was the HORSE'S name??
Everyone forge...But what was the HORSE'S name??<br />Everyone forgets the real hero.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-7112507841665314732011-06-12T02:10:09.076-04:002011-06-12T02:10:09.076-04:00The side-saddle cracked me up too. A heroine and a...The side-saddle cracked me up too. A heroine <i>and</i> a "lady!"<br /><br />WV is astatia; a wild delicacy w/ which our host would stuff his face, no questions asked, I assume.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-43147722529307404552011-06-12T00:08:05.434-04:002011-06-12T00:08:05.434-04:00I sure as hell hope she didn't have to do the ...I sure as hell hope she didn't have to do the whole thing side saddle as portrayed in the statue!<br /><br />From Linsey Williams: "As the eldest child, she had grown up doing jobs usually assigned to sons. [...] Gen. George Washington personally thanked Sybil, as did Gen. Rochambeau, the French commander fighting with the Americans."<br /><br />That's awesome.Sheeshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-4092933660580072062011-06-11T22:56:22.568-04:002011-06-11T22:56:22.568-04:00Very cool.Very cool.Blueb4https://www.blogger.com/profile/16744661393301578225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-60498179276418935862011-06-11T18:47:22.447-04:002011-06-11T18:47:22.447-04:00Jebus, at 16 I would not have been the person to r...<i>Jebus, at 16 I would not have been the person to rely upon. Unless it was a mission to stay up late watching for boobies on teevee</i><br /><br />I'm sure you would have been up for watching for boobies on horseback, in the middle of a thunderstorm, making sure brigands didn't change the channel on you.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-34962127648373576072011-06-11T17:51:19.000-04:002011-06-11T17:51:19.000-04:00Still, though, she is not as well known as Paul Re...<i>Still, though, she is not as well known as Paul Revere. </i><br /><br />Let's ask Mooselini about her. I'm sure it will be considered a 'gotcha' question.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-38564394604517934042011-06-11T17:19:03.315-04:002011-06-11T17:19:03.315-04:00Thanks for that contribution to Herstory, BBBB.
J...Thanks for that contribution to Herstory, BBBB. <br />Jebus, at 16 I would not have been the person to rely upon. Unless it was a mission to stay up late watching for boobies on teeveeHamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.com