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Your Sunday 13 September strip’s first panel stated “Some Do-Gooder group wants to remove cross-shaped headstones from all Government Cemeteries”.
Gracie “corrects” Tia Carmen saying that and the other items are “All made up! Urban Legends! Total Fiction!”
THIS IS NOT “TOTAL FICTION” nor is it an “URBAN LEGEND”. You did everyone disservice when you misinformed, mislead and spread your own “urban legend” saying this is not true. This was beyond irresponsible. It smacks in the face of every veteran who has lost a comrade in the service of our country and those who wish the memorials to our war dead remain as they stand.
In fact, as your “comic” is being read by me and others, soldiers newly back from the front lines overseas are gearing up and will be “caravanning across the country Sept. 14-17 to raise awareness of the plight of the Mojave Desert War Memorial and gather signatures of support.”
Please get your facts straight. Please educate yourselves about the issue of the Memorial in the Mojave Desert and please clarify in a subsequent “stip” that what you, yourselves are doing is spreading misleading misinformation.
This is a very serious issue and it is indeed true.
You would do well for ALL who you misinformed to clarify this every important issue and retract your comment and come clean about spreading your own “urban legend”.
There are many veterans, including latinos who are working hard to ensure that this memorial is not torn down and that memorials to our US war dead are kept intact.
Your “comic” strip on 13 September unacceptable and beyond irresponsible.
I look forward to hearing from you about how you will retract/clarify this issue. Hopefully before, but perhaps after the US Supreme Court Salazar vs Bruno ruling in October?
Thanks for writing in with your passionate response. I assure you we land on the same side of this Mohave cross issue. However, what we were referring to in our September 13 comic strip was the claim that the ACLU seeks to have all cross-shaped headstones removed from government cemeteries. See http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp
The cross in the Mohave National Preserve in California that you mention is not a government cemetery, it is classified as a monument or memorial to our fallen soldiers.
Having said that, we agree with you completely on the issue of the Mohave cross. We feel it’s a piece of history, and a reminder of the ultimate sacrifices made by many of our finest through out our history and should be preserved as such. It’s painful to see it boarded up today as if it were something to be ashamed of.
I thank you for understanding my “passion” on this subject and I am thankful that we are standing side by side on the Mojave Desert Memorial.
I understand now that what your comic was trying to demonstrate is that people use the internet to spread lies and pass rumors.
My husband, USMC ( Viet Nam ) disabled veteran also explained it to me. Now I feel foolish and I admit I was being reactionary.
Thank you for the Snopes clarification.
I enjoy reading BALDO in the Washington Post every day. I adore Tia Carmen and appreciate her superstitions, managing a household. I wish I had a “wise Latina ” aunt like her, and I would be appreciative to eat her strange food which is made and served with love and with an earnest heart when the family memers are agast. Gracie is wise for her age and a voice of reason. Baldo and Hector are so funny with their teenaged self involved boy stuff.
With sincere thanks,
Mary
PS: Perhaps Gracie can have a little redheaded school chum “Annie” who is very serious about issues and is reactionary but they teach each other. Annie will like to try Tia Carmen’s culinary concoctions and learn about her cooking and Latino culture?
Stumble it!
September 14th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Dear Cantu and Castellanos:
Your Sunday 13 September strip’s first panel stated “Some Do-Gooder group wants to remove cross-shaped headstones from all Government Cemeteries”.
Gracie “corrects” Tia Carmen saying that and the other items are “All made up! Urban Legends! Total Fiction!”
THIS IS NOT “TOTAL FICTION” nor is it an “URBAN LEGEND”. You did everyone disservice when you misinformed, mislead and spread your own “urban legend” saying this is not true. This was beyond irresponsible. It smacks in the face of every veteran who has lost a comrade in the service of our country and those who wish the memorials to our war dead remain as they stand.
In fact, as your “comic” is being read by me and others, soldiers newly back from the front lines overseas are gearing up and will be “caravanning across the country Sept. 14-17 to raise awareness of the plight of the Mojave Desert War Memorial and gather signatures of support.”
Please see: http://donttearmedown.com/
Please see: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/mojave.asp
Please get your facts straight. Please educate yourselves about the issue of the Memorial in the Mojave Desert and please clarify in a subsequent “stip” that what you, yourselves are doing is spreading misleading misinformation.
This is a very serious issue and it is indeed true.
You would do well for ALL who you misinformed to clarify this every important issue and retract your comment and come clean about spreading your own “urban legend”.
There are many veterans, including latinos who are working hard to ensure that this memorial is not torn down and that memorials to our US war dead are kept intact.
Your “comic” strip on 13 September unacceptable and beyond irresponsible.
I look forward to hearing from you about how you will retract/clarify this issue. Hopefully before, but perhaps after the US Supreme Court Salazar vs Bruno ruling in October?
Very Truly Yours,
Mary
September 14th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Hi Mary,
Thanks for writing in with your passionate response. I assure you we land on the same side of this Mohave cross issue. However, what we were referring to in our September 13 comic strip was the claim that the ACLU seeks to have all cross-shaped headstones removed from government cemeteries. See http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp
The cross in the Mohave National Preserve in California that you mention is not a government cemetery, it is classified as a monument or memorial to our fallen soldiers.
Having said that, we agree with you completely on the issue of the Mohave cross. We feel it’s a piece of history, and a reminder of the ultimate sacrifices made by many of our finest through out our history and should be preserved as such. It’s painful to see it boarded up today as if it were something to be ashamed of.
Respectfully,
Carlos
September 15th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Carlos and Hector:
Thank you very much for your response!
I thank you for understanding my “passion” on this subject and I am thankful that we are standing side by side on the Mojave Desert Memorial.
I understand now that what your comic was trying to demonstrate is that people use the internet to spread lies and pass rumors.
My husband, USMC ( Viet Nam ) disabled veteran also explained it to me. Now I feel foolish and I admit I was being reactionary.
Thank you for the Snopes clarification.
I enjoy reading BALDO in the Washington Post every day. I adore Tia Carmen and appreciate her superstitions, managing a household. I wish I had a “wise Latina ” aunt like her, and I would be appreciative to eat her strange food which is made and served with love and with an earnest heart when the family memers are agast. Gracie is wise for her age and a voice of reason. Baldo and Hector are so funny with their teenaged self involved boy stuff.
With sincere thanks,
Mary
PS: Perhaps Gracie can have a little redheaded school chum “Annie” who is very serious about issues and is reactionary but they teach each other. Annie will like to try Tia Carmen’s culinary concoctions and learn about her cooking and Latino culture?