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a oprah winfrey had an ah ha moment of her own on her show about military families today she admitted that she was one of the people in this country who did not know anyone serving in the military or as tom brokaw calls them one of the people who really doesn t care about the war or the men and women who are fighting it that didn t surprise me at all it also didn t surprise me that oprah didn t know what a blue star family was until the first lady michelle obama explained to oprah that it described a family who had a family member actively serving in the military mrs obama had already explained that a gold star family was one who had lost a loved one who had been serving in the military it didn t surprise me that oprah didn t know anyone serving but it does surprise me when i meet someone and i am the first gold star mom that they have met i guess that goes to point that less than 1 of the country is carrying 100 of the burden of these wars as people have told me there have been so few casualties don t say that to one of the 5892 families who have buried a loved one from these current wars any number more than zero is too many casualties tom brokaw said the struggles ought not to be left to these families alone and that our military families just want to know that the public is aware of what s going on as we live in our own war zone gold star mom terry arciola was shown visiting her son at arlington national cemetery in section 60 where many of our loved ones who were killed in afghanistan and iraq are buried i have not met terry but i know her son s story from a mutual friend who helped both of us through the very early days of our grief ltc cathy huley who worked with casualty affairs picked me up when i was so broken and guided me through the bureaucracy to bury my only child at arlington after he was killed in iraq cathy was also assigned to the arciola family for the same task a few months after ken was buried i m sure that casualty affairs bond with some families more than others i consider cathy to be a good friend of our family and i am glad i see her and her family every year on memorial day when we celebrate ken s life at arlington and mark another anniversary of his death when asked if terry felt that people have forgotten about the wars and the sacrifice she said said yes she thought many people had she referred to her son michael when she said if people will forget about his sacrifice they did it for us if people don t remember that it s like they didn t exist i don t think you will find a gold star mom that would disagree oprah promised that we will not forget michael arciola sacrifice nor any of the soldiers i hope not and we can hold her to it as the head of her own network and with her powerful voice she owes it to us regarding the wars our country is suffering from an epidemic of disconnection bob woodward explained the conversation continued with him asking oprah what do we owe these people everything what are we giving them not enough we haven t figured out how to re engage the country in these wars people have got to be informed countries get in trouble when they don t pay attention mr woodward went on to say that military families feel we have been isolated by the country he got that right too especially the part about disconnection and isolation honestly i would not wish this life on anyone no one should ever have to bury a child especially as a result of war if someone had only watched this oprah show and none other they might believe that she had never done any shows regarding the military or that she had never interacted with members of the military sadly that is not true when oprah was in dc for president obama s inauguration in january 2009 she made a trip to walter reed army hospital to visit wounded troops if a visit to walter reed did not have an impact on what these wars are doing to our young service members and to our country what else would i wonder if it was the power of tom brokaw and bob woodward who suggested the subject for this show to oprah that finally made her face our reality our new normal in october 2010 oprah did a show on homeless female veterans how did that not become an ah ha moment for her regarding military needs i m glad oprah got her wake up call and has said she is now thinking about what she can do to help my question to oprah is what took you so long these wars have been going on for nearly 10 years and it is disappointing that this is the first time that she did a show like this about military families why did these wars not become a part of oprah s consciousness until now thank you oprah for doing the show we ll be waiting for your next step thank you tom brokaw and bob woodward for standing up for our military families and making sure our stories were told posted by unknown at 11 00 pm 1 comments labels bob woodward bravest families in america michelle obama military families oprah winfrey tom brokaw friday december 03 2010 antrel rolle is a big dumb animal i don t know anything about antrel rolle until tonight i had never heard his name there is one thing i know for sure is that antrel rolle is a big dumb animal who gets paid too much money to play a game a game that is not war i ve kind of lost my interest in football since my son was killed in iraq 6 1 2 years ago i do not however begrudge the time and money people spend following nfl games it s just not that interesting to me anymore some people seem to have lost their perspective on what is important in life and their comments show it from the ny daily news in an attempt to defend ripping giants fans tuesday for booing the team rolle said they want to make it that guys paid this much money for a ticket yeah i understand that i understand completely we risk ourselves out there on the field each and every day also when soldiers come home from iraq you don t boo them i look at it the same way i take my job seriously i m glad mr rolle takes his job seriously he should for a salary of 37 million dollars for a 5 year contract for playing football for the ny giants unless you have sworn an oath put on a uniform and walked in those boots you cannot compare yourself with a soldier ever hearing rolle s comments i suspect rolle does not personally know anyone who has served in the military i also suspect despite his self aggrandizing that given the chance to actually serve in the military mr rolle would not have the courage or fortitude to even complete basic training my son 1lt ken ballard who was kia 5 30 2004 will always be a better man than antrel rolle will ever be although the apology offered by rolle seemed sincere he needs to filter what comes out of his mouth and then an apology would not be necessary unfortunately there are plenty of reasons to believe what comes out of ones mouth is true until rolle puts on those boots he needs to keep his mouth shut although rolle admits he is not a politically correct guy he blames that on his mother he needs to understand that the military is currently at war and a little respect for the job that our military does is required from others who are not willing to step up for their country nearly 6000 members of the military have been killed in these wars 5 times as many have been seriously wounded in the last 9 years since fighting began in afghanistan and iraq one final bit of wisdom to antrel rolle what he plays is a game and war is not a game it s never a game he needs to remember that when he puts on his uniform this sunday posted by unknown at 12 50 am 1 comments labels antrel rolle monday october 18 2010 october baseball go giants i had forgotten everything i liked about baseball or maybe i had just tucked it away for the last 6 1 2 years everything changed the day my son was killed in iraq on may 30 2004 and baseball just wasn t that important after that day ken was my baseball buddy as he grew up as a single mom i was the scorekeeper or the team mom during his little league days ironically ken chose the los angeles dodgers as his team even though i was a san francisco giants fan god knows how he made that decision but maybe he came by it naturally my brother tim and my sister shannon are dodger s fans my grandfather was a giants fan and i found it hard to believe that i was raising a dodgers fan it caused some amount of friendly tension as we attended giants games ken and i attended lots of giants games with our circle of baseball friends mostly at candlestick park there were the padres diamondbacks cubs reds and the mets but the most memories came from dodger games gary mary mike and celeste were the core group and they saw ken grow up over the years at so many tailgate parties those were the days ken and i had giants season tickets for a couple of years and one year we flew to san diego for a baseball weekend with tickets courtesy of one of the owners who was a high school friend of mine for that trip we sat in the owner s box and also in the owner s seats right behind home plate it was nice to see how the other half lived to say baseball was an important part of my son s and my life would be a fair statement when ken joined the army i lost my baseball date but i continued to attend games with friends and watched the giants play on tv when ken came home on leave from the military we would attend games as his schedule allowed if he wasn t physically in california we would often watch games on tv while talking on the phone life was good when ken left for iraq in may of 2003 i knew he would miss the whole baseball season that year but that was the least of my worries i also knew that we would celebrate his return by attending a game or two when he came home from his deployment of course it didn t work out that way and since 2004 i was lucky if i attended one or two baseball games a year i enjoyed myself and the company of my friends but it wasn t the same that baseball magic was gone fast forward to the giants against the braves in the playoffs last week the buzz around the bay area was loud enough to capture my attention i don t know that i would have watched the game s on tv because i hadn t even attended one game this year and i hadn t a clue who the current players were or what the team dynamics were one of my friends at work carolyn had an extra ticket and offered it to me so i jumped at the chance to attend a playoff game i bought my sunflower seeds and my diet coke and i was ready carolyn filled me in on all the players and i came up to speed pretty quickly in a stroke of luck mike celeste were within shouting distance in the next section over i can t tell you when that old baseball magic came back but that night under the lights at at t park in san francisco it did and i was happy it was bittersweet of course ken should have been there and he was in my heart the giants lost that night but it didn t matter baseball is different in october and i was happy to be there for the first time in 6 1 2 years i watched baseball on tv this weekend we re 1 1 against the phillies and the giants are coming back to play on their home turf i ll be watching those games on tv too go giants posted by unknown at 1 58 am 0 comments labels october baseball sf giants war is not a game moh the battle continues clearly gamers especially those who play violent war games get their panties in a knot when they feel a game is at risk of not being published there was much ado about the taliban shooting us soldiers option available on electronic art s just released video game medal of honor the taliban shooting us soldiers option caused the game to be banned from aafes outlets on 300 bases worldwide and in turn gamestop also said they would not stock the game on their outlets on military bases less than a week before the game was released the kerfuffle caused ea to pull the taliban option of the multi player game in honor of soldiers but for 59 95 you too can now sit in the comfort of your living room and shoot and kill us soldiers for fun you know as in it s just a game i have discovered a few things in these past several weeks about video games gamers and the culture they live in and it isn t pretty apparently the first amendment applies to gamers but not to me when i expressed my opinion that i wanted moh to be pulled i still want electronic arts to pull the game because it is a tasteless violent disrespectful game that in no way honors the troops as they suggest it does regardless of any proclamations to the contrary greg goodrich the executive producer of medal of honor said in a statement that after hearing from military families because of this and because the heartbeat of medal of honor has always resided in the reverence for american and allied soldiers we have decided to rename the opposing team in medal of honor multiplayer from taliban to opposing force while this change should not directly affect gamers as it does not fundamentally alter the gameplay we are making this change for the men and women serving in the military and for the families of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice this franchise will never willfully disrespect intentionally or otherwise your memory and service to all who serve we appreciate you we thank you and we do not take you for granted and to the soldiers sailors airmen and marines currently serving overseas stay safe and come home soon except greg goodrich also missed the point it wasn t the taliban option that was disturbing it was that moh allows gamers to virtually shoot at us soldiers it doesn t matter that other games allow the same options that moh takes place in a current afghanistan setting while real us soldiers are really dying does not make ea any better than the rest of companies who do the same and it shows the wide divide in this country between those who serve their country and those who don t i have found that when you don t have a good marketing plan that you are sure of and one that considers all scenarios because you can t or shouldn t make it up as you go along jeff brown knows what i m talking about because he came off looking patronizing arrogant stupid and unprofessional but so did many other spokespeople for ea note to jeff if you write a letter to a grieving mother you really should acknowledge the loss or don t bother writing at all because if you don t you missed that point too i learned that when someone sends you an email and you respond that doesn t mean it s an interview regardless of what they say especially when i noted i definitely do not take your questions the wrong way i am always happy have a discussion with someone who appears to be reasonable what you do with my response may be another issue i hope you will respect me and will use my words as intended they didn t do either and that will never give you an ounce of credibility you know who you are anthony and you should be ashamed of yourself the video game website beefsteak will never be the professionals that they purport yourselves to be as for al...