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Jim Bush is a 63 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.
Thursday, June 21, 2007 Crossroad Bridge #3
This is about standing at a crossroads and wondering if there is anything that can be done to make a real difference, and the despair at the realization that maybe there isn't.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 He Stood For Us
In memory of Tiananmen Square
Friday, August 4, 2006 The Promise Of The Ghost Dance
This piece came to me a couple of years ago. As more and more bad news about the state of our environment comes forward, I am periodically brought back to it, as an apparent reminder.
Saturday, July 29, 2006 A Great Heap Of Flesh And Blood
This piece describes what I feel may have happened to the Jewish Nation.
Saturday, July 29, 2006 I Stood Upon A Pinhead
How I finally feel about The War On Terror.
Saturday, July 15, 2006 To Hell With All That!!!
This piece reflects my feelings about celebrity and the fame game...on all sides and at all points on the social spectrum.
Thursday, June 22, 2006 Diary 2050 (1 comments)
A story, a fantasy, a prophesy, of what could be.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 I Remember...
This is what I remembered yesterday.
Sunday, May 28, 2006 To Everyone. (1 comments)
This was written to a small group of email friends. The response was such, that I decided to put it here to reach a wider audience; even though the writing is rough and off the cuff. Regardless, I think it makes the point well enough.
Thursday, May 25, 2006 The End And The Beginning
Wislawa Szmborska was a Polish poet. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. She died in 2002, at the age of 101.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Some Might Call It...Karma
I wrote this in response to all of the various points of view, and anger, around the illegal immigration issue.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Lost Values?
My 92 year old mother was born in Hawaii when it was a territory. Her Spanish immigrant parents were on their way to California.
Monday, May 22, 2006 A Parable Of Wasted Lives
Wilfred Owen wrote this during World War One. He was killed one week before the war ended, and his mother received the news on the last day of the war.
Monday, May 22, 2006 Declaration Against The War
This is the declaration against the war, made by Siegfried Sassoon, the famous World War One poet.
Sunday, May 21, 2006 Words
These are the words of Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who gave his life resisting the Nazis during World War Two.
