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Old 01-04-2008, 06:05 PM
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Andy Olmstead, a blogger and soldier, was killed in Iraq yesterday- one of the blogsites he posted to had promised to post a final post from him in the event of his death. It's pretty wrenching reading, but it reminds how much the men and women there are risking:

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsid...y-olmsted.html
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Old 01-04-2008, 08:02 PM
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Very sad.
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Old 01-04-2008, 08:12 PM
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Thank you for posting this. Very emotional. God Bless him and his family.
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Old 01-04-2008, 09:59 PM
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Wow. Thanks for that. Bless him, for what he was doing for me, us.
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:14 PM
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Old 01-05-2008, 12:27 AM
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Thanx for posting. Making the ultimate sacrifice.... so sad.
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Old 01-05-2008, 01:22 PM
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Reading this is tough to get through.
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Old 01-05-2008, 04:21 PM
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thanks for posting this.
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Old 01-05-2008, 05:45 PM
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Makes most of the sh*t we worry about seem very trivial.
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Old 01-05-2008, 08:37 PM
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OMG......my prayers will go out to his family. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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