"The tree of freedom must be refreshed with the blood of patriots, and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson.
PTSD never goes away. Neither does survivor's guilt. If there is any day out there to remind you of it, this is that day. There is no greater gift than to lay your life down for your country, family and fellow Brothers. I will never be complete until I join them, then we can all sit around and say "it's all good, it was always for good."
Semper Fidelis/ Semper Fortis/ Semper Paratus/ This We'll Defend/ Fly-Fight-Win/ Semper Supra/
Thank you for the explanation, Sister. More people need to know about this. I read it once at a military funeral as part of the United States Navy Honor Guard. Your service and dedication are duly noted. o7
In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing fly, scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Ernie Els is a pretty cool cat. So is Goosen, Immelman, and the other golfers from South Africa. Sorry they have to experience this.
Best one of the day IMO is the one with the gender studies freako getting her car repossessed. Absolute instant classic.
I'm going to have to get one of those English coffee mugs, lol.
Thanks ThinQ ✋
Thanks SuzyeQ ✋
Said goodbye to my Little Sugar this morning. 16 good years. I used to hold her while typing responses on this board, kek. Thought you all would want to know.
Khrushchev was right...but it's not the Soviets who are eroding our society from within, it's ourselves.
Pretty much. Did decades and change 😁
John Cameron Swayze, to be precise.
Oh, some instant classics today, Fester. Thanks man.
Whatever anyone thought of that speech, hands down the most powerful moment was when he made DJ a member of the Secret Service. Shit, I hadn't fell a welling up in my throat for a long time, until that.
You're welcome. I don't get in here as much as I used to, but reading that reminded me of why I come here in the first place.
Nice analysis. Makes you think.
"When you're blue and don't know where to go to why don't you go where fashion sits....puttin' on the Ritz" 😀😀
KFC - leave no chicken 🐔 behind 😆😆
I don't come here as often as I would like anymore, but for what it's worth, I think the mods do a good job. You're always going to have reposts, it's the internet.
Lots of laughter here this morning 😃😃
I can think of a few thousand salty old Vets that would put an end to that bullshit toot sweet.
It felt good. Really good. The Boss Man is back and is not fucking around. It's about damned time.
Highlight of the week, Fester. Top-notch as usual. Thanks.
That movie tore me up as a kid. Man I hated when they had to put him down - but now I am looking at what's going on and thinking the smartest thing my wife and I ever did was move to rural eastern Tennessee. We live in a county with a bunch of gun-totin' rednecks waving Trump flags and it's perfectly okay with us.