You may think you know what I meant but what you believe is not what I was saying. Working for $7,000 a year in Washington, D.C. with a $130 a month housing allotment was not anywhere near what the expenses of living in the area required for a married man. That's all. There was no base housing and I worked at teaching and conducting and my wife worked in the public schools and we just got by. That was what I meant. I assumed you understood that no one is in the army without a base pay. But I was wrong. Glad to clear that up. As for working for the enemy. Well I would rather not have the Russians over here running the reservations or the Germans or Italians. The English are bad enough and the Spaniards? You can forget that. Also my stint in the military music included great peace music and the development of beauty for Americans that had little in their lives. I appreciated the Army musical establishment and still do. They are brave and always have been. Carrying musical instruments on to fields of battle unprotected. They also project a world that is beautiful in aural forms that political theories are ignorant of. It's walking into the belly of the beast and planting a garden.
It's also better to have the oppressor you know than the one that doesn't do any better than anyone in Europe with their ethnic populations. As for the Swiss? Well, I need say no more. I could have done a lot better as an opera singer and teacher in Europe than here. The Army was about as close to that Europe as I could go. Indian People wonder how I can do the opera and the art as you wonder about the Army. Well I can appreciate ideals and I can also recognize demons. I've always lived and worked in the belly of the beast. REH PS. I didn't use my GI bill for education. I paid for mine and won scholarships with my virtuosity. I don't beg well from politicians or foundations, grants, etc. and the GI bill is for those who are less fortunate than myself. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [TriumphOfContent] BABIES AND BEES a Labor day message > What is your question on this issue? Why you worked for the army that destroyed your people. In the meantime, you gave a direct answer to that, but I found that hard to believe (working for free just to serve your country). Anyway, even if you worked for free back then (to get an education there?), you receive money from the army today (healthcare plan / pension). So in retrospect, you did work for money from the army. QED. Note I didn't make this point to cast you as a bad person, just to show where your statement ... > People who value money over life and the natural world are enemies of both. ... leads. Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
