Post by tribblelyn on Apr 23, 2009 8:21:53 GMT -5
Adam Baldwin on Ride2Recovery
One good indication that something is worth a read is when it's cross-posted at two highly-trafficked sites at the opposite ends of the political spectrum. Such is the case with Adam Baldwin's account of his participation in Ride2Recovery -- the Texas Challenge. (Huffington Post and Andrew Breitbart's "Big Hollywood."
Baldwin, who currently co-stars in NBC's "Chuck," completed the entire 350-mile ride from San Antonio to Arlington, Texas alongside more than two dozen "wounded warriors" -- soldiers injured in Iraq, Afghanistan and even Vietnam. (My story on the ride is here.) The soldiers clearly enjoyed their time hanging out with a Hollywood star (most remember him as "Animal Mother" from "Full Metal Jacket.") But that was only the case because Baldwin, who really is one of Hollywood's good guys, took the time to listen to their stories, to laugh at their jokes and, in the end, just to be one of the guys.
In his article, he challenges his fellow actors/actresses to participate in another on of the Ride2Recovery rides. Maybe I'm just a skeptic but I doubt he'll have many takers. Which is too bad. As Lucas Goedert, a soldier with severe back/spinal cord injuries, put it: "They're the ones missing out."
The full article is printed here, and its written by Adam himself.
www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-baldwin/ride-2-recovery-an-amazin_b_188763.html
One good indication that something is worth a read is when it's cross-posted at two highly-trafficked sites at the opposite ends of the political spectrum. Such is the case with Adam Baldwin's account of his participation in Ride2Recovery -- the Texas Challenge. (Huffington Post and Andrew Breitbart's "Big Hollywood."
Baldwin, who currently co-stars in NBC's "Chuck," completed the entire 350-mile ride from San Antonio to Arlington, Texas alongside more than two dozen "wounded warriors" -- soldiers injured in Iraq, Afghanistan and even Vietnam. (My story on the ride is here.) The soldiers clearly enjoyed their time hanging out with a Hollywood star (most remember him as "Animal Mother" from "Full Metal Jacket.") But that was only the case because Baldwin, who really is one of Hollywood's good guys, took the time to listen to their stories, to laugh at their jokes and, in the end, just to be one of the guys.
In his article, he challenges his fellow actors/actresses to participate in another on of the Ride2Recovery rides. Maybe I'm just a skeptic but I doubt he'll have many takers. Which is too bad. As Lucas Goedert, a soldier with severe back/spinal cord injuries, put it: "They're the ones missing out."
The full article is printed here, and its written by Adam himself.
www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-baldwin/ride-2-recovery-an-amazin_b_188763.html