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My user name comes from the red star on my son's gravestone, and not my political views, contrary to popular belief...

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
by r------ on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 12:41:20 PM EST
But that begs the question of why there is a red star on your son's gravestone.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 12:58:09 PM EST
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Perhaps so, but the story behind that isn't political, either.

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill
by r------ on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 01:12:28 PM EST
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It just hurts too much to read son and gravestone in the same sentence.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 08:37:49 PM EST
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Yes it does. Each time redstar mentions that I get tears in my eyes.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:29:39 AM EST
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I cannot imagine anything worse than losing one's son or daughter.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 02:22:20 PM EST
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