vandegrift-goodwin

Eliot asked:

"Ron, How did you feel about Bosnia and Kosovo? Were you opposed to wars waged by "Bubba Clinton" or only those by "Bubba Bush"?"

Answer - yes, i was, yes, I am.

But, damn, I wish I could photograph the remains of the day.

ron

I only ask this...who made America the world's baby-sitter?

In eleven-teen countries from Ireland to South Africa, people kill people every damn day. Some do it with machetes, some with chemical agents. I have studied, HARD, the Constitution of the United States of America, which has little significance left in our World, since Abraham Lincoln decided to squelch it, and I can not find one phrase, one word that says, America is responsible to make sure every little tiny dictatorship that we helped found must then be put down by American boys' lives. My son is in the US Navy. My dad was in the US Navy. I, unfortunately, or damn, fortunately for my sake, was not selected by Uncle Sam to defend the Constitutional rights of the Vietnamese people, however, I still can find NOTHING in the Constitution that says, we, the American taxpayer, is responsible to make sure some ten-cent dictator in a thousand dollar uniform is our responsibility.

As far as foto-journalist being trained to survive by our military goes, hell, we can't even ensure (insure?) the survival of our own boys in US Blue or US Camo or whatever. If those pholks what to carry their nikons and hassalblads to Iraq and photo our atrocities, well, I say, let them take their own damn chances! The men and women that covered Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, Normandy damn sure took their own chances.

America has become just entirely TOO touchy-feely!

It is time to get in touch with our Truman side. We have no business in Iraq. These people have gotten along fine without our intervention for about 5 centuries. As have the Isrealites and Palistineans. The P's throw rocks, the I's shoot them. Ok! That is what David and Goliath was all about. In Iraq, Saddam, who btw we put in power, as we did bin-Laden, may have a chemical weapon or two. Hell, so do we. So does England, so does France, so does Germany, so does Russia, so does Indian, so does Pakistan, so does CHina -- catch my drift? In a few months, North Korea may also have a nuke or two. WHY does Bubba Bush see this as a threat? Only a few months ago, NK was part of the triad of evil. Now, we negotiate?

Ok - sorry, this forum is about photography. i hope, if there is a war, and it appears that dubbah is gonna start one, even if he has to send Colin Powell over as a sacrifice, some photog gets a picture of a naked little girl running down the road after being hit by napalm. Wait, I think that pic may have already been done.

my regards, my compatriots,

Ron,

hating our stupid little wars,

in Ohio

Thanks, HAL. I was so worried that I was developing shutterbug shudders or something.

Guess I will take camera back tomorrow and find out.

regards

ron

I received a Nikon 5700 for Christmas, and it seems even if I put it

on a tripod, I still suffer "double images" or "shake" with almost

every picture. This is true even when shutter speed is at 1/125 and

higher.

Am I doing something wrong, or is it possibly the camera?

I do not, btw, suffer from palsey or anything, just bad pictures.

Thanks for responses,

ron