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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:52 AM
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“Hidden Wounds” (PTSD) Event with John Kerry & Max Cleland
“Hidden Wounds” Event at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, with John Kerry & Max Cleland
March 16th, 2006 @ 9:16 pm

Last Friday John Kerry and Max Cleland attended a forum (see my earlier post) at at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to premier a documentary from NECN — “Hidden Wounds,” about veterans returning from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder.


Harvard University Institute of Politics has a video of the event online, including the movie “Hidden Wounds” - watch it here.



MORE LINKS - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2310
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:58 AM
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1. I cannot imagine Max Cleland's nightmares! I attend...
PTSD group therapy at our Veteran's Administration Clinic each week.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:03 AM
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2. Thank you...
for your service, BikeWriter.

It's a great video. The documentary, JK and Max speaking... really glad I watched. Very proud of JK, Max and Del Sandusky for being part of this.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:27 AM
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3. Those men are heroes, indeed...
I am honored to call them my Brother Vets.
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 01:44 AM
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12. Please accept my MANY THANKS for your service nt
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:28 AM
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4. Bookmarked for another time...
and thank you for posting this....something we should all become familiar with.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:25 AM
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5. This is worth watching for the video alone
But Clealand's speech should be sent to every member of Congress - where it is a crime that he is not a member. Del S.'s speech is so honest in terms of what happened to his life. Going from Kerry's description that Del was a very capable person who he was very lucky to have to Del's brutal description of becoming a drunk is eye openning. Kerry's comments at the end are a very sobering view of what will be needed to do right by these people.

This really is worth anyone's time - even if they scan through all the introductions and find

-Clealand's speach
-the movie
-Del's comments
-Beebe's speach
-Kerry's comments (even if you dislike him)
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:37 AM
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6. Would Cspan show this anytime soon ?
I would love to see this, but can't watch videos on my dinosaur PC :cry:
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 11:42 AM
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7. CSPAN didn't cover it initially
but it wouldn't hurt to ask or to ask the Kennedy Institute if their are plans to broadcast it.

I know we've disagreed on other things, but especially Clealand was incredible here.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 12:51 PM
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8. I just contacted c-span !
I found their "suggestion box" and they welcome suggestions and submissions for events we think they should cover.

Maybe if more of us "gently push" the Harvard video their way?

Here's the addy: events@c-span.org

I sent them the info in the OP.

Max Cleland is one of my inspirational heroes. I see him in the new Democratic Administration in 2009 :)
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mirandapriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:50 PM
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9. They BOTH belong in office
they were cheated by election fraud by their vastly inferior opponents.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:15 PM
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10. What a worthy cause to fight for. Bravo, Max and John. n/t
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 10:00 PM
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11. PTSD
Can not only happen from being in a war.

It can happen from a person witnessing a murder,from child abuse, being raped,from bullies, from torture,from being in a natural disaster or a car accident.

PTSD is I believe a common disorder.It effects alot of people in how they see the world and deal with it.
And sad thing is in our stoic hypocritical culture that is intolerant of the pain victims go through it is so very hard to trust anyone enough to heal.
I have PTSD and it has fucked my life up.
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 02:17 AM
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13. Nice sig pic
and I agree with what you've said.

The OP has a very moving photo, no?

:hug:
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 09:07 AM
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14. Iraq Leaves Veteran in Personal Fog of War

Iraq Leaves Veteran in Personal Fog of War

By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer
Sun Mar 19, 5:54 AM ET

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. - His 3-year-old son Nicholas' first steps, the first time Liam, his newborn, smiled — Staff Sgt. Douglas Piper lived to see them. Then his scarred memory erased even those precious moments.

"I can't remember what they did yesterday," Piper says. "Sometimes, I can't remember what I did yesterday. The days are broken."

Iraq left the 30-year-old Piper in his own personal fog of war, one in which remembering the moments and days since April 2003 can be as confusing a puzzle as predicting his civilian future.

Three years ago, in the war's first month, Piper became one of the now more than 17,000 U.S. troops wounded in action. A grenade blast in Baghdad mangled his right eye, collapsed his right eardrum and slammed his brain against the inside of his skull.

more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_on_re_us/iraq_fog_of_postwar
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