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Compare and contrast.

By The Armorer on June 23, 2007 | | Comments (9)

Two news stories, same page.

Cameron Diaz... celebrity (who will happily advise us on how to live our lives), rich, glitzy - and admirer of commie chic...

While the bags are marketed as trendy fashion accessories in some world capitals, the phrase has particular resonance in Peru, where the Maoist Shining Path insurgency brought Peru to edge of chaos in the 1980s and early 1990s with a campaign of massacres, assassinations and bombings.

Elizabeth Cowie. Staff Sergeant, Indiana Army National Guard...

EDINBURGH, Ind. - Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Cowie's mission — and dream — of serving in Iraq almost ended before it began when tests on a tumor confirmed the worst: She had breast cancer.

Her Army National Guard unit was told earlier this year it would deploy to Iraq this summer. But an Army-mandated mammogram in April revealed a tumor in her right breast that was later found to be cancerous.

The 42-year-old mother of two from Los Angeles is again poised for duty after an aggressive treatment plan — including a May 22 lumpectomy, a second surgery a week later and a five-day targeted radiation treatment. Staying behind wasn't an option, she said.

Diaz:

"I've been driving a Prius since they came out," Diaz said. "I carbon neutralize when I travel...I recycle. If we can get people to change one aspect of their lives, even do one thing, that's a step closer."

And traveling coach when flying, no doubt. And living what you preach...

Cowie:

"The commander said, 'Are you sure? You have an opportunity to go home and be with your family and go through this.' And I said, 'No, I have a family here. I have my civilian family, but this is where I need to be and where I'm needed,'" Cowie said.

Draw your own conclusion. I know who I'd rather have dinner with.

And it ain't the skinny chick in designer clothes. Gimme the one who puts her life where her beliefs are.


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By AW1 Tim on June 23, 2007 9:20 AM
Shipmates, Amen to that. Hollywood, though, actually is a fantasy-based culture. The amazing, if sad, part is how many people pay attention to what ANYONE from that industry has to say. Respects,
 
By Trias on June 23, 2007 12:05 PM
I wonder if she considers using the same clothes more than once recycling. Or is recycling using a servant someone else has used?
 
By BillT on June 23, 2007 12:57 PM
Trias scores! Now brace yourself for the cr@psquall of indignant trolls demanding you mend your evil, anti-Hispanic ways... The amazing, if sad, part is how many people pay attention to what ANYONE from that industry has to say. Tim -- Part of it is the sheeple's amazing penchant for believing, due to the MSM's overcoverage and the sheer number of Stupidity TV shows out there, that they actually *know* those Hollywood dwellers. Case in point: A few years back, KtLW and I saw Susan Lucci and hubby strolling in an unmentioned-but-semiposh town in upstate NY. The poor lady was being chided by two matronly matrons for cheating (in public) on "Erica Kane"'s current paramour. The LudditeWife, to her eternal credit, interspersed herself and said, "I *love* the work you've done on TV and your wonderful marriage should be an example to the rest of your co-workers!" Whereupon the matronly matrons, somewhat jolted, flipped a mental 180 and politely asked for Ms. Lucci's autograph.
 
By BillT on June 23, 2007 1:02 PM
I know who I'd rather have dinner with. And the rest of her unit. And spring for the tab, too.
 
By Grumpy on June 23, 2007 3:11 PM
I read about this story in the local newspaper. "Sgt. Cowie, you are one tough old bird. As the saying goes the good die young and you're here forever." Reader, you need to draw your own conclusions. Respectfully, Grumpy
 
By Charlie Foxtrot on June 23, 2007 7:09 PM
I also ran a post on my blog title 'Compare & Contrast' If you ever wanted to see the power of the news editor in deciding what is news and what isn't, and thereby shaping public opinion, take a look at these two examples of what has occurred in Iraq over the last two days, check out these screen grabs....
 
By AFSister on June 23, 2007 10:16 PM
Not totally off topic, but I've spent a LOT of time over the past two weeks in Edinburgh, IN. It's a small farming town, with a litle manufacturing, and little other industry- but there are THREE military bases within an hour of Edinburgh. It's nice to drive through AMERICA and see flags, yellow ribbons, and other real signs of support for our troops. Doesn't surprise me a bit that this town would produce such a daughter. HOOAH
 
By George on June 23, 2007 11:24 PM
Outstanding, Sgt Cowie. You somehow know there isn't anything as tough as her. Mind you, I wouldn't exactly refer to her as a "tough old bird" From my elevated years, 42 isn't old. As for Ms Diaz ... do we Canadians and Americans value our own lives so little that we pay any attention to these benighted souls from Hollywood? We wouldn't unthinkingly accept the pronouncements on world politics from the pretty blonde at the ince cream parlour, would we? Why would we pay attention to an overly made-up drama queen? At least the blonde was all natural. I have to shake my head. Regards, George
 
By Cricket on June 26, 2007 1:48 AM
Cameron Diaz is such an ogre. 'Every second we lose an area the size of two football fields.' Weren't the rainforests threatened when Olivia Newton-John was getting physical in the early 80s? Only then it was an acre a week. I had NO IDEA Brazil and South America had that much land.
 
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