Memorial Day

wolf · 05-31-2004, 04:19 PM

Thanks to those who have served, those who gave their lives in service, and to their families.

If only I'd known in advance that it would be pissing down rain I would have worked and gotten time and a half.

Griff · 05-31-2004, 06:28 PM

Drove through Waterloo, NY today, "The Birthplace of Memorial Day circa 1866".... they say.

richlevy · 05-31-2004, 08:32 PM

Thank you

Thank you for volunteering to defend our Constitution, even when some choose to ignore it or change it for their own petty reasons.

Thank you for trusting your fortune and your life to the whims of a President and Congress who may never have served themselves and who, despite their public praises, may never truly understand the moral, mental, and physical danger into which they have sent you.

Thank you for putting on a brave face when you are almost frozen with fear and for following the most absurd orders without public complaint.

Thank you, if you pay the ultimate price, for blindly trusting us, your nation, to provide for those you left behind.

Thank you for reminding us that despite our many faults and disagreements, the core of us, our Constitution and rule of law, is worth defending.

fortes fortuna adiuvat

farfromhome · 05-31-2004, 09:19 PM

[quote]
Drove through Waterloo, NY today, "The Birthplace of Memorial Day circa 1866".... they say.

Hey! My old stomping grounds. Make sure you don't speed right where the marker is. They take radar like crazy there.And I echo wolfs sentiments.

daniwong · 05-31-2004, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by richlevy
Thank you

Thank you for volunteering to defend our Constitution, even when some choose to ignore it or change it for their own petty reasons.

Thank you for trusting your fortune and your life to the whims of a President and Congress who may never have served themselves and who, despite their public praises, may never truly understand the moral, mental, and physical danger into which they have sent you.

Thank you for putting on a brave face when you are almost frozen with fear and for following the most absurd orders without public complaint.

Thank you, if you pay the ultimate price, for blindly trusting us, your nation, to provide for those you left behind.

Thank you for reminding us that despite our many faults and disagreements, the core of us, our Constitution and rule of law, is worth defending.

fortes fortuna adiuvat

Rich - excellent post. Please just remember to support our men and women in the armed forces - because most of them (that I have spoken with) don't support the reasons why they are there. As one of the guardsmen have so aptly quoted "one weekend a month my ass!" (This was after 16 months in Iraq.)

elSicomoro · 05-31-2004, 09:31 PM

Holy shit...where you been?

zippyt · 05-31-2004, 10:24 PM

WELL SAID MR.LEVY , WELL SAID !!!!!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-01-2004, 05:24 PM

05-31-2004, 04:19 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Memorial Day Thanks to those who have served, those who gave their lives in service, and to their families. If only I'd known in advance that it would be pissing down rain I would have worked and gotten time and a half. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-31-2004, 06:28 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Drove through Waterloo, NY today, "The Birthplace of Memorial Day circa 1866".... they say. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-31-2004, 08:32 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Thank you Thank you for volunteering to defend our Constitution, even when some choose to ignore it or change it for their own petty reasons. Thank you for trusting your fortune and your life to the whims of a President and Congress who may never have served themselves and who, despite their public praises, may never truly understand the moral, mental, and physical danger into which they have sent you. Thank you for putting on a brave face when you are almost frozen with fear and for following the most absurd orders without public complaint. Thank you, if you pay the ultimate price, for blindly trusting us, your nation, to provide for those you left behind. Thank you for reminding us that despite our many faults and disagreements, the core of us, our Constitution and rule of law, is worth defending. fortes fortuna adiuvat __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-31-2004, 09:19 PM	#4
farfromhome Management Consultant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland,OR/Conesus,NY Posts: 166	[quote] Drove through Waterloo, NY today, "The Birthplace of Memorial Day circa 1866".... they say. Hey! My old stomping grounds. Make sure you don't speed right where the marker is. They take radar like crazy there.And I echo wolfs sentiments. __________________ When you ain't got nothing-you ain't got nothing to lose.

05-31-2004, 10:24 PM	#7
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	WELL SAID MR.LEVY , WELL SAID !!!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-31-2004, 09:31 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Holy shit...where you been?

06-01-2004, 05:24 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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