tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post7251598509825954736..comments2024-03-23T08:51:09.577-08:00Comments on Progressive Alaska: Fifty Kamikazes - A Forlorn Hope?Philip Mungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-79050901077292042992011-03-16T19:16:25.815-08:002011-03-16T19:16:25.815-08:00Bill here. Phil, I bet you remember that scratchy ...Bill here. Phil, I bet you remember that scratchy AM news report we received while anchored at Patton Bay while getting ready to head out in the morning for halibut fishing in 1984....Chernobyl. Early reports were very grim. Those Russians who quelled that thing have been heroes to me, and I'm sure many others,ever since. God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-27284177487441100362011-03-16T18:59:18.423-08:002011-03-16T18:59:18.423-08:00I do pray.
I pray that these ordinary people su...I do pray. <br /><br />I pray that these ordinary people succeed in their mission to reduce the distruction of our planet...Thank-you and May God bless and speed you in your mission...<br /><br />I also pray that this will be a wake-up call to all people and all nations. We have access to so many ways of coping with the means of providing energy such as chosing nuclear power/energy vs. wind or solar power. We also have the opportunity to choose democracy over oligachy or facsism. THe USA became a great nation because of PUBLIC education and equality in the work place provided by unions. Think aobut it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-56884347003051463732011-03-16T14:56:19.279-08:002011-03-16T14:56:19.279-08:00These men are indeed heros.
I think it is offensi...These men are indeed heros.<br /><br />I think it is offensive to use the word Kamikaze to describe them. Even if the Emperor personally requested that they try to stop the reactor disaster, that does not make them Kamikazes.<br /><br />To compare them to blind worshipers of a militaristic society which twisted religion to serve the purposes of a a government is wrong. These workers may have sacrificed themselves for the good of others, but it was not for a warped cause such as the Kamikazes did. I think that this was an unintended aspect to an otherwise fine post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2083200247132907218.post-2000408708200126902011-03-16T10:33:56.471-08:002011-03-16T10:33:56.471-08:00These men ARE heroes who deserve our thanks and pr...These men ARE heroes who deserve our thanks and prayers, and prayers for their families, too.<br />Yes, they probably will all suffer radiation sickness of one degree or another,and they are completely aware of that fact and they still stay on the job.<br />Liken them to the old surfmen of the US Lifesaving Service with the unofficial motto, carried by the US Coast Guard as well, on that "You have to go out, but you don't have to come back." <br />God Bless Them!<br /><br />Mark Springer<br />BethelMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652769839681433234noreply@blogger.com