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Done in by My PowerPoint

Chris Penningroth — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:38:48 +0000

Today was a first for me: Weltanschauung just took it’s first hit (that I know of) in the Blogosphere over at Virtualpolitik. "Hits" is a bit of an exaggeration, it was really more of a fun poke, or at least I chose to take it that way.

I can’t be the only MilBlog that posts PowerPoint presentations. I wonder how she found mine?

I can’t argue with her. Prevention of Dangerous Military Activities Between the US and the Former Soviet Union isn’t really earth-shaking. For awhile I didn’t even find it particularly relevant. Maybe it’s good to have after all, based on some of the things going on with Russia.

I’m glad she got to talk to Mr Patriquin, he’s a great man. It was also good to see the photo of COL MacFarland, Sheik Sattar, and Travis.

Weltanschauung Friends in the News (III)

Chris Penningroth — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:23:42 +0000

Weltanschauung friend Rob T. did something pretty amazing after running his first eight marathons: He ran the Antarctica marathon! (I didn’t even know there was such an event). He and some friends and family put together a short video on YouTube about it.

The event was run on King George’s Island, which is part of the South Shetland Islands just northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. It’s just across the water from the southern tip of Chile/Argentina.

That’s just plain amazing! Congratulations, Rob!

Weltanschauung Friends in the News (II)

Chris Penningroth — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:06:21 +0000

Weltanschauung friend Glenn made the Austin American-Statesman, check out the guy to Gov. Perry’s right (larger picture here)!

Glenn, his brother, and the Governor are all Eagle Scouts and are all members of the Order of the Arrow; much like the two guys who make Weltanschauung possible (primarily this one but also this one). It turns out Gov. Perry is a huge supporter of Boy Scouting! Awesome!

I keep forgetting to ask Glenn if he’s in the National Eagle Scout Association. I wonder if Gov. Perry is a member?

Weltanschauung Friends in the News

Chris Penningroth — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:28:13 +0000

Weltanschauung friend Bonnie is in the Chicago media for her work helping raise funds to build a Fisher House there (one near the Hines VA Hospital and later another in northern Chicago)! Congratulations, and thank you very much for supporting Fisher Houses. For those of you who aren’t familiar, a Fisher House is a place where the families of service men and women can stay while their loved one recuperates from wounds.

Bonnie had some very nice things to say about Kevin Butler (Chicago Bears field goal kicker, rookie during Super Bowl ’85) and also about Gary Sinise and his Lt Dan Band (they played in concert to raise money for the Fisher House in Chicago). I second both, what great acts! It looks like the Lt Dan Band will be back to repeat the feat on 19 July 2008 at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL (Thanks also to Ms Deborah Rickert of Operation Support Our Troops–Illinois for the additional information about the upcoming concert; and thanks to Grant & Power Landscaping for helping support the overall effort)!

Below is the text of an e-mail from Fisher Houses for Illinois, Bonnie is mentioned in the second-to-last paragraph.

Debi Rickert of OSOT~IL presents a check for $75,000 to Fisher House on behalf of Operation Support Our Troops ~IL, Inc.

The following message was sent out by the Fisher House Chair to it’s Committee:

Hello to Fisher Houses for Illinois Board, Committees and Volunteers:

We have really great news to report. What a thrill and what a surprise!

Fisher Houses for Illinois received a generous contribution of $75,000 from fellow military support organization Operation Support Our Troops-IL (OSOTIL) at this non-profit’s July 21, 2007 Rockin’ for the Troops Benefit headlined by CSI:NY star Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band. These funds are specifically earmarked for the Fisher House for Hines VA Hospital.

Debi Rickert, President of OSOTIL, presented the check to Fisher Houses for Illinois representatives before 10,000 attendees at the Benefit at Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois.    Added to prior OSOTIL contributions (in April 2007) for the first Fisher House in Illinois, this brings the total of OSOTIL-generated donations to $110,000.

This earns a permanent plaque for this generous donor in the Fisher House for Hines.

This organization’s volunteers have been a delight to work with from the get-go.   They are dedicated to their mission and to support the needs of our members of the Armed Forces of the USA deployed in harm’s way.

To date, OSOTIL has sent over 12,000 care packages to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, 5,000 of those in 2005. OSOTIL has also raised enough money to fund the purchase of two specially equipped vans for wounded soldiers. Supporting America’s wounded military personnel is another facet of the mission that OSOTIL is looking to expand upon in the upcoming year.

Fisher Houses for Illinois is fortunate to have OSOTIL partnering with us to help veterans in Illinois and the surrounding 16 states with the Fisher House for Hine.

Please take a few minutes to e-mail OSOTIL President Debi Rickert at d_rickert@msn.com to thank her and her tireless workers for giving the Fisher House for Hines such a huge boost.

In addition, we want to express our gratitude to the volunteers who manned the Fisher House for Illinois exhibit at the OSOTIL Rockin’ for the Troops Benefit and those who volunteered to work shifts with OSOTIL.

Bonnie Chattler, Jim Boland, Rich Flatley and Barbara Kemp were magnificent as they built awareness of our mission by speaking with hundreds of attendees and distributing buttons and brochures.

Rich Goulet and his wife, Mark Garry, Madeline Bikus and Mary Vaughn plus VFW members Vito DeSimone and Mike Henning worked shifts with OSOTIL in a number of areas from traffic control to ticket-taking and clean-up.

Out With the Old, In With the New

Chris Penningroth — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:01:18 +0000

Happy New Year, everyone!

Merry Christmas 2007

Chris Penningroth — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:01:43 +0000

May everyone in all the world experience the peace and joy of the season, even if only for a few moments.

Please keep the folks who are downrange in your thoughts and prayers!

Let’s all keep in mind "The Reason for the Season": This is the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! May He give us the wisdom and patience to keep hope alive in the world so we can feed the hungry, ease the burden of the afflicted, shelter those with no roof above them but the heavens, and convince mankind to be kind to his fellow man.

Welcome to Weltanschauung!

Chris Penningroth — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:22:50 +0000

Greetings to visitors from the Cox & Forkum website! I’d love to say to check back here for cartoons, but unfortunately for lack of a picture, a thousand words will have to do. We’ll have plenty of time for commiserating later, we’ve all got to learn to get along without their poignant talent.

As for the Penningroths, my little brother’s the one in our family with the drawing talent. He doesn’t have a website. I’m all you’ve got!

Maybe we can convince them to make drawings of F-16s bombing appropriate targets?