Not an Update

I linked to a great post from the Stryker Brigades a couple of days back. Today I (and Blackfive) got this e-mail

Guys,

Thanks to both of you for linking to the "Heroes" entry. I wanted to let
you know that in an interesting twist, Ben Stein visited our site and left a
comment.

"What an awesome letter about awesome guys. Please tell me what I can do to honor these amazing men and women.

What can I send them, for example?

Best, Ben"

It's legit. I put him in touch with the soldier's parents, so hopefully he
can connect with Dave, the CPT that wrote the email. No need to update the
entries, just wanted to give you a heads up.

Todd

I agree Todd - there's no need to update when a new post is in order.

Here's the Stryker's link with Ben in the comments section.

Update to this non-update: A quote from the original Ben Stein composition:

We put couples with incomes of $100 million a year on the covers of our magazines. The noncoms and officers who barely scrape by on military pay but stand on guard in Afghanistan and Iraq and on ships and in submarines and near the Arctic Circle are anonymous as they live and die.

I am no longer comfortable being a part of the system that has such poor values, and I do not want to perpetuate those values by pretending that who is eating at Morton's is a big subject.

There are plenty of other stars in the American firmament. The policemen and women who go off on patrol in South Central and have no idea if they will return alive. The orderlies and paramedics who bring in people who have been in terrible accidents and prepare them for surgery. The teachers and nurses who throw their whole spirits into caring for autistic children. The kind men and women who work in hospices and in cancer wards.

Think of each and every fireman who was running up the stairs at the World Trade Center as the towers began to collapse.

Now you have my idea of a real hero.

Last column, I told you a few of the rules I had learned to keep my sanity. Well, here is a final one to help you keep your sanity and keep you in the running for stardom: We are puny, insignificant creatures.

We are not responsible for the operation of the universe, and what happens to us is not terribly important. God is real, not a fiction, and when we turn over our lives to Him, he takes far better care of us than we could ever do for ourselves.

Do yourself a favor, take some time and read the whole thing here, and the Stryker entry linked above.