Rachelle's Reading List, Tuesday February 7th, 2012
If Giants Get a Parade, Say Some Vets, Why Not Us? [NYTimes]
Did you miss the Giant ticker tape parade today? Check out some photos from it here.
Not a Giants fan? No worries, the tradition of the ticker tape parade, is being used as inspiration for a new kind of parade: one for our troops:
“Everybody recognizes that the Giants deserve a parade,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. But, he added, “If a football team gets a parade, shouldn’t our veterans?”
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has long expressed his regret that the United States did not do a better job honoring veterans of the Vietnam War in the 1970s, has cited advice from the Pentagon in deciding it was not appropriate to hold a parade while American soldiers are still fighting in Afghanistan.
For the record: I'm totally in support of ticker tape parades of any and all kind.
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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As a Viet Nam vet all I can say is get over it. Unless they allowed you to kill everyone then it is not considered a victory. This country celebrates winners. They are not too concerned about backlash from VN vets because over half of us are dead or dying. We are too small a group to protest, and most of us do not give a shit about a parade. I am sure they will apologize for not having the parade. When you really think about it do you really believe a parade is going to make a difference in anyones life?