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Jim Bush is a 67 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.

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       Saturday, May 15, 2010
We Are All Soldiers...
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A poem about who we all are.
       Thursday, September 11, 2008
Here comes Ike!
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My first hurricane.
       Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Sheer Drudgery Of It All
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After five years.
       Thursday, March 20, 2008
Disappointment And The Real (From an idea by Sabra Larsen)
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Concerning all of us, in this time of universal crisis.
       Monday, March 17, 2008
How Fragile
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About us, as individuals, as a people, as a nation.
       Saturday, March 15, 2008
It's Bad For Us!
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About our BS.
       Tuesday, December 11, 2007
While Rome Burns
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       Sunday, December 9, 2007
I Remember
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PTSD.
       Sunday, December 9, 2007
The Distance
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About alienation.
(1 comments)        Thursday, December 6, 2007
Does Anyone Know?
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About where the war went?
       Thursday, October 18, 2007
Blackwater Bullies
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Character flaws.
(1 comments)        Wednesday, October 17, 2007
We Have Never Come Closer
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About facing the truth.
       Thursday, June 21, 2007
Crossroad Bridge #3
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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
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In memory of Tiananmen Square
       Friday, June 1, 2007
I Know You
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On knowing.
       Sunday, April 29, 2007
We Could Not SaveThem All
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       Saturday, April 28, 2007
Muqtada
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Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shi'a people, and the Iraq war.
       Tuesday, August 8, 2006
The Upward Evolutionary Arc
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       Monday, August 7, 2006
The Third Way
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       Friday, August 4, 2006
The Promise Of The Ghost Dance
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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.

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