[Peace-discuss] Fw: Gracias, Ecuador!! - PS

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Satire? in all caps?

Our rwhelbig at gmail.com is none other than USAF Lt. Col. Helbig (Ret.).  
No joke about that.

Indeed Bro. Helbig has had time to contemplate the vanity of war and the 
vanity of the military
and even the vanity of the vain pursuit of vanity and the futility of 
fusils.

After that statement, I did diverge into extrapolation...

I note that Saul when he was on his Obama-like mission to silence 
dissenters in
Syria did finally "get it" but only after rather strong direct divine 
intervention.

"It is hard kicking against the pricks."
(/You said it, buddy.  They ain't nothin' but a bunch of pricks.
...and even if it is hard, someone has just gotta resist./)

Saul knew deep down that he was wrong.
He had made big bucks in the tent bubble and he wanted more,
more money more power and he was jealous of what others had.
This blinded him to the truth and he thought that
he was doing right but deep down inside, there was this nagging...

Saul thought that he was right to be pissed off.  The arrogance of that 
hippie dude.
making fun of material success.  (/Well, you can cross him off the 
list.  Cross him off.
Ha.  What a chameleon I am.  A regular Lenny Epimenides. Ol' Epimenides,
a Cretan but no cretin.  Cretins aren't liars.  They don't know the truth.)
/
After his ultimately getting knocked off his high horse, Saul had some 
difficulty fitting in.
The hippies were afraid he was a mole, or a plant, working for
the big dogs up in Jerusalem.  But some saw the goodness in his heart 
and took him in.
Even though he was a basket case, they didn't let him down.

Well, actually they did, in an off-the-wall sort of way.

I would think that every one in London should have a whitish blond 
Julian Assange wig and sunglasses and
walk around outside the Ecuadorian embassy.  No doubt Londoners are 
pre-occupy-ed.

So why not extend a hand of fellowship to Lt. Col. Helbig?

So Rog, why not introduce yerself?




On 8/18/2012 3:39 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> The late Alex Cockburn refused to run satirical pieces in the excellent political newsletter that he edited with Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch - except on the weekend, and then clearly labeled SATIRE - because people always took them seriously...
>
> I think Wayne sometimes indulges in satire - and it would certainly make more sense if Roger always did. --CGE
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: E. Wayne Johnson
>> To: David Johnson
>> Cc: Peace-discuss List
>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Gracias, Ecuador!! - PS
>>
>> Roger Helbig is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel.
>>
>> Since retiring, he has had time to stop and consider the results of his
>> wasted years in the military, the pointless endless wars, the killing, the suffering and
>> the utter futility of it all, and the crushing anguish has become almost too much
>> even for a war and bureaucracy hardened poge asshole.
>>
>> He is now seeking comforting relationships among like-minded members of
>> local peace groups.
>>
>> Everyone, Hugs all around for Lt. Col. Roger Helbig...
>>
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