OT: Maybe GoogleTrends.

Post #346,069 by Another Scott 8/10/11 9:15:58 PM Reply	OT: Maybe GoogleTrends. http://www.google.co...l&date=all&sort=0 A big spike in March 2007 which apparently is related to the release of an animated short of the same name by Markos Kounalakis in 2006. http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=IRVod4PwQHs (14:02). There seems to be too little data on the War Prayer to make any conclusions. GoogleTrends is neat if you want to see where popular memes started. Like "refudiate" and "truthiness" - http://www.google.co...l&date=all&sort=0 Unfortunately, it's too young to see how more important things have entered the public discourse. HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #346,077 by Ashton 8/11/11 5:42:36 AM Reply	Perfect delving, as usual! Loved the bugle calls intro.. same ones as played by moi countless times (usually on B-flat trumpet==more brilliant than the valveless bugle.) Yasee that big SPIKE astartin'-up in 2011?? Great Minds. Maybe some of the Intarweb folks be Gettin It? Gettin what? -- maybe.. that that Armageddon-thing is all/Only about: voluntary seppuku? Great minds may differ slightly on the Reasons--but this sucker is heading to a new relative-Maximum of hits. Just like in ... The Year of the Jackpot ?? :-0 Thanks! the YouTube effort puts it into a form for the video-only generation . Great find. Alas, pearls-before [some sorts of] swine--but sustenance for Others It shall be passed-on, F.W.I.W. Your sleuthing is a National Treasure, Scott--and I am unanimous in that. No flattery whatsoever. I Saw.. the death of The Hood! (recently linked in these parts) with that sketch of naval gun-turrets. Only 175 views since April 13 ?!!? -- this needs to reach viral status! time for mass-spamming, I wot. Xian xylophone x-ray time..
Post #346,079 by dmcarls 8/11/11 9:28:39 AM Reply	Thanks for this find, Scott Although familiar with War Prayer, I had not seen it used through videos. Well done! As far as the message of Twain's story, it's 'Be careful what you wish for". After Vietnam, an event was held called the Winter Soldier Investigation: http://en.wikipedia....ier_Investigation 109 soldiers gave testimony: http://www2.iath.vir..._49_Americal.html There is a documentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204058/ Aside from that event, you can read about our countries policies and mistakes: http://www.amazon.co...1313068382&sr=8-1 However, "Mainstream media all but ignored the Winter Soldier Investigation. The East Coast papers refused to cover the hearings, other than a New York Times story a week later. The local field reporter for the Times, Jerry M. Flint, commented with uninterest, "this stuff happens in all wars." I doubt that there will be any similar event regarding Iraq or Afghanistan. Thanks again, Scott.

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