tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post6464065908021688035..comments2023-09-10T03:33:19.319-04:00Comments on RANDOM THOUGHTS: "Where Have All Papa's Heroes Gone?"Mycue23http://www.blogger.com/profile/07474424588090159340noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-80957858694335856322009-12-09T12:59:39.483-05:002009-12-09T12:59:39.483-05:00And the list keeps growing.
Good stories all.
......And the list keeps growing.<br />Good stories all.<br /><br />...This morning's news about the changes to the Health Care Bill was certainly a let down of huge proportions.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-45250138025638248872009-12-09T10:29:05.198-05:002009-12-09T10:29:05.198-05:00Beach,
you give (out of six now) the finest recom...Beach, <br />you give (out of six now) the finest recommend for The Blind Side. Having spent the season watching Friday Night Lights for real down here with my nephew, I'm all up with the love of a football hero story... so I'll be making it my holiday trip. They say it's Bullock's best performance. True? <br />:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-30478895853362839042009-12-08T23:45:55.390-05:002009-12-08T23:45:55.390-05:00Beside the cops, doctors, and people serving in th...Beside the cops, doctors, and people serving in the military I'd have to add Michael Oher and the Tuohy family who adopted him. <br /><br />I don't know how many of y'all have seen "The Blind Side" or even know what its about but as simply as I can put Michael Oher was an African-American kid who by the usual common wisdom concerning poor black kids should had been another sad statistic.<br /><br />The Touhy family by the usual common wisdom should have been the typical rich, white family living the good life giving less than a damn about other people except during some Junior League charity event.<br /><br />But after a chance encounter where Michael ended up sleeping on their couch on a cold rainy night they each found the strength, courage, and wisdom to look beyond what is usually expected of black and white people in this country.<br /><br />You ask for heroes, well in my book they are the real McCoy’s.<br /><br />Believe it or not I didn't want to see the movie at first.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-85243717509245001272009-12-08T19:20:17.859-05:002009-12-08T19:20:17.859-05:00@Jack
I'm beyond flattered, and it's not j...@Jack<br />I'm beyond flattered, and it's not just humility that makes me say I'm not deserving.<br /><br />I've never had to wear a bullet proof vest like Dennis Kusinich did for doing something expedient that was almost uniformly unpopular.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminders, particularly Sherrod Brown.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-37354129070380195962009-12-08T17:49:44.463-05:002009-12-08T17:49:44.463-05:00SJ,
Heroes don't have to be superhuman figures...SJ,<br />Heroes don't have to be superhuman figures or do superhuman deeds. I would say anyone who has the heart and guts to extend him or herself on behalf of others less fortunate, or stands up for the betterment of humanity overall qualifies as a hero. That would mean people like Cheney, Dubya, Bachmann, Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Malkin, and those types are NOT heroes. But it would mean people like Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Barney Frank, Rep. Alan Grayson, and a host of other activists and bloggers, including YOURSELF, ARE all modern-day heroes. It's a question of heart, brains and character. Some have it, but many don't.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-40560014243651140642009-12-08T17:07:49.533-05:002009-12-08T17:07:49.533-05:00@Gwendolyn,
Thanks for sharing those names and imp...@Gwendolyn,<br />Thanks for sharing those names and impressions Gwen.<br />I may actualy sit and watch "It's a Wonderful Life" again this year. It's been far too long since I've seen it.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-62177363597580371372009-12-08T16:44:20.882-05:002009-12-08T16:44:20.882-05:00I can tell you that this post has reminded me of t...I can tell you that this post has reminded me of the true Heroes that surround me... everyday. They are there in all our lives. Heck, the UPS man just left a package tHat I didn't have the cash for and told me to get him when I could...??!!! He's on the Christmas party list. But really, there's the old Haitian lady a few blocks down who watches the children leaving the school everyday and has stopped trucks and cars from hitting kids who walk without any parent. I mean, there are heroes all around. <br /><br />Big time? That's my point, we need to put our values in order. It is, after all, time for Clarence to make his yearly appearance and for George Bailey to discover what the world would be like without him. Right? PS... George Bailey is my all time hero. Clarence too. :-) <br /><br />Great Post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-9629828743432230232009-12-08T15:32:45.199-05:002009-12-08T15:32:45.199-05:00btw guys,
I wrote a related post on Popeye, and t...btw guys,<br /><br />I wrote a related post on Popeye, and the legacy of superheroes (today's EC Segar's birthday)<br />at sister blog Random Robot, check it out:<br /><br /><>http://randomrobothamsandwich.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-birthday-elzie.html<>SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-1049205811935090352009-12-08T15:20:09.085-05:002009-12-08T15:20:09.085-05:00Pujols is a machine. And I mean that as a complime...Pujols is a machine. And I mean that as a compliment.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-44778595410742053912009-12-08T15:18:54.602-05:002009-12-08T15:18:54.602-05:00I guess Elizabeth Warren might be one I can name. ...I guess Elizabeth Warren might be one I can name. Congressman Richard Grayson in Florida is another I'd jot down.<br />It's not that I don't think they're out there, but it's a bit of a conundrum. <br />I guess the question I'm ultimately asking is: -does it diminish us to call somebody a hero?<br />It gets thrown around a lot, sometimes at people who don't deserve it today just because of their celebrity or fame, we tend to lower the bar.<br />The people today at this present time never measure up to people of yesterday, as our selective memories soften any hard and unwelcome edges to anybody's character with the passage of enough time.<br />Maybe we'll know who today's heroes were tomorrow?<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-47544884155293585252009-12-08T15:12:57.432-05:002009-12-08T15:12:57.432-05:00I don't know if anyone here follows baseball b...I don't know if anyone here follows baseball but there is a true hero in that sense right now. Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals. He is our generation's Joe DiMaggio. <br /><br /> And I'm a White Sox fan first so I am unbiased in this subject.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31964974.post-22645956254064140682009-12-08T14:53:38.995-05:002009-12-08T14:53:38.995-05:00Geez SJ. You are making me think and it is painful...Geez SJ. You are making me think and it is painful. I can't think of any real life heroes either. I think I should be sad about that, but I am already sad about everything else. I don't think I need another thing to be sad about. Great post!!!Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.com