Rest in Peace, Andrew Olmsted

Submitted by Blue Neponset on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 2:25pm

Andy Olmsted aka G'Kar who used to post over at Obsidian Wings was killed in Iraq yesterday. He left a letter for Hilzoy to post in the event of his death. You can read it here. link

"Please don't correct me, it sickens me. " - Mr. Furious

Thanks BN. That was heartbreaking.

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Submitted by tomsyl on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 5:24pm.

Particularly that he wrote the post and continually updated it anticipating his possible death. Very sobering.

Politicians spend our money like a pimp with only a week to live. CJ Boxx

aw, that's a damn shame

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Submitted by catchy on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 4:55pm.

I read some of his posts at obWi and he came across as a thoughtful guy. Just a damn shame.

Thank you Blue...

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Submitted by Davinci on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 12:05pm.

I watch the sunday shows every few weeks for a bit and every once in a while catch the deaths... The names ages and home towns... I sometimes wonder about who they really are as people. I peek in sometimes but rarly comment at wings.. I can't say I recall reading him. Still his post seems to show how classy a guy he was and makes me understand that sometimes the debate in abstract fails to show the human impact and the need to understand that policy of all stripes has one even if you and yours are not effected.

In some ways that is why I sometimes think that our news fails to show us the truths. I watched the HBO special awhile back on Bagdad ER... The combat equivalent of the Trauma room.... (The professionalism in that hour was amazing)...
It reminded me that we do not at times respect the jobs done in our name and it also shows me that we have an obligation to our veterans that should never be sub-standard...

Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your

Ahh, Geez.

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Submitted by Model 62 on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 9:22pm.

This truly sucks.

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Submitted by Bernard Guerrero on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 5:03pm.

His letter was a beautiful thing.

-“It is unwise for the government to tell people how they can spend their money” - Barney Frank, Chairman House Financial Services Committee, on on-line gambling, 2009