Patriotism

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Hehehe... I liked that one.

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The Army has decided to cut off retirement pay for veterans of a largely Native militia formed to guard the territory of Alaska from the threat of Japanese attack during World War II.

 

Army cuts off pay for Alaska WWII militia: Alaska News | adn.com

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The Army has decided to cut off retirement pay for veterans of a largely Native militia formed to guard the territory of Alaska from the threat of Japanese attack during World War II.

 

 

The change means 26 surviving members of the Alaska Territorial Guard -- most in their 80s and long retired -- will lose as much as $557 in monthly retirement pay, a state veterans officer said Thursday. The payments end Feb. 1, according to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

 

 

Army cuts off pay for Alaska WWII militia: Alaska News | adn.com

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Army cuts off pay for Alaska WWII militia: Alaska News | adn.com

 

BOOO! That's really horrible. Next thing you know, nobody that's retired from the military will get what they earned.

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Thank God for small miracles. At least he's not letting him go.

 

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - U.S. President Barack Obama has assured families of the victims of the USS Cole bombing that perpetrators of the attack will be tried and "justice will prevail."

 

 

 

Obama Vows Justice For USS Cole Victims, To Transfer Bombing Mastermind To U.S. Prison | AHN | February 19, 2009

 

 

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Thank God for small miracles. At least he's not letting him go.

 

 

 

 

Obama Vows Justice For USS Cole Victims, To Transfer Bombing Mastermind To U.S. Prison | AHN | February 19, 2009

 

 

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Bringing terrorist leaders to American prisons is completely stupid.

 

It's dangerous and irresponsible.

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Bringing terrorist leaders to American prisons is completely stupid.

 

It's dangerous and irresponsible.

 

I agree totally but it?s better than that last terrorist that Obama commuted his sentence in half and let him go.

 

If he's gonna up and close Gitmo at least keep these assholes locked up!

[RoyalOrleans]

I agree totally but it?s better than that last terrorist that Obama commuted his sentence in half and let him go.

 

If he's gonna up and close Gitmo at least keep these assholes locked up!

 

This is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.

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I think I would be packing a load if I was climbing out of that.

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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

President Ronald Reagan

Fortieth President

(1981-1989)

[RoyalOrleans]

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis

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Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiently or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

Theodore Roosevelt

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjHsONJbEZ4]YouTube - Future Weapons: Navy SEAL Training[/ame]

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The F-22 Raptor:

 

 

Should we cut funding for the Raptor?

 

 

 

F-22 production is critical to both the national security and economic interests of our country…At a time when we are looking to create jobs and stimulate the economy, eliminating the $12 billion in economic activity and thousands of American jobs tied to F-22 production simply doesn’t make sense.

 

 

 

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http://themoderatevoice.com/25697/the-f-22-raptor-obamas-first-major-weapon-systems-decision/

 

Catch F-22 for Obama | csmonitor.com

 

 

The United States Air Force considers the F-22 a critical component of the US strike force, and claims that the F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-22_Raptor

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Wow sorry I skipped passed this post in the youtube lryically free thead IWS. This song deserves another post here....

 

 

Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOw5bLrhauI]YouTube - Billy Joel Goodnight Saigon[/ame]

 

http://Off Topic Forum.com/off-topic-bs/30596-we-need-a-youtube-lyrically-free-post-2.html#post80399

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John Tuohy (left) of Grand Blanc and Russ Jacko of Burton, both of the Flint Detachment Marine Corps League, salute the flag after raising and putting it at half-staff during the 13th annual Veterans Memorial Service on Memorial Day in May at the Burton Veterans Memorial.

 

 

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Over There theme song Polish Soldiers in Iraq

 

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wiK4LQTgf8]YouTube - Over There theme song Polish Soldiers in Iraq[/ame]

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True story:

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So We finished painting the entire first level and all the way to the water line when it came time to paint the 21 on the front of the ship. Guess who got picked to go over the side? yeap.. yours truly. So I was lowered about two stories down on a boatman's chair with my best buddy Graig. It's a two seater. This information becomes pertinent later in the story.

Our tools of the trade that we were using was some paint, paint brushes, some line and a boat hook. The boat hook is to catch a hook on the boat. Duh.. but when you do you pull yourself to the boat and end half upside down. I was in the midst of tyeing us in place when Graig let go of the boat hook before I finished. So he loses the boat hook in the water and we are now swinging back and forth. The Second Class yells to Graig "jump and get the boat hook". Of course he was clowning around. Nobody in their right mind would jump another 3 or 4 stories down into crap filled disgusting harbor water but not to miss an opportunity to be the class clown Graig jumps off the boatman's chair and into the drink. Physics come into play right about then.

His side of the chair shoots up due to the lack of weight on his side.

So I'm dangling precariously by my side of the rope. Everybody topside is having the time of their lives laughing their asses off at me.

The threat of "if you don't pull me up NOW, don't even plan on sleeping tonight! I will kill you!" They decided to pull me up.

 

 

Anyway heres my Rembrandt.

 

 

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USS GRIDLEY CG21

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[Old Salt]

When I got promoted to Third Class, back in '09 (hey, it's '09 again! ), we were tied up to a pier in Long Beach shipyard. They took us newbies back to the fantail and threw us all overboard as an initiation. Same nasty water - this was before all the environmental stuff. The skipper heard about it and stopped them just before they could throw the last guy in. Unfortunately, I was next to last.

[Old Salt]

Found this on a site called "Together We Served" (TWS):

 

 

THE OLD MAN AND THE SAILOR

by Robert L. Harrison .

 

July 22, 1997 . Greenfield, Indiana

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He was old and worn and a bit forlorn as he ambled through the park,

He spoke to me and I could see that his eyes had lost their spark.

His gait was slow and his voice was low as he asked to sit with me,

And I answered him with a friendly grin, The sittin? here is free.

 

He gave a smile and we talked a while and his voice was rather weak,

But his mind was strong and it wasn't long til he began to speak

Of yesteryears and I saw the tears as the mem?ries flooded through

For he spoke of times and other climes as old men often do.

 

He smiled at me and I could see as he glanced at my Navy blues

That he?d earned his keep on the briny deep and paid his share of dues.

I asked if he would share with me some mem'ries from his career,

He said he might if the price was right, and the price was a can of beer!

 

I?ve shipped on subs and oily tubs, on battleships and cruisers,

Ten thousand mates and I can state not one of them was losers.

LST?s on foreign seas, from Tarawa to Leyte,

You name it, lad, I?ve been there, from Alaska down to Haiti.

 

Liberty ships of paper clips, balsa wood and glue,

I saw one break apart one time and lose her gallant crew.

Marine Corps I took ashore on Tarawa and Truk.

Oh what the Hell, for quite a spell, I've had my share of luck.

 

One thing more, he said, before I move along,

There ain't no air that?s quite as fair as the pipe of the boatswain?s song.

And the place to be is on the sea riding a fair sea swell,

With mates like you in Navy blue who?ll follow you straight through Hell.

 

So here?s to you and your Navy crew who take our ships to sea,

You?ve fought and died and never cried throughout our history.

You?re heroes all and ten feet tall and your spirits never lag,

You?re the nation?s best and you never rest in defense of our country?s flag!

 

He rose to leave and I believe that he seemed to move much faster,

His eyes agleam like a laser beam and his skin was alabaster,

He glowed at first then soon dispersed in a cloud of misty cotton,

A dream at most, perhaps a ghost, but not to be forgotten.

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Found this on a site called "Together We Served" (TWS):

 

 

THE OLD MAN AND THE SAILOR

by Robert L. Harrison .

 

July 22, 1997 . Greenfield, Indiana

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He was old and worn and a bit forlorn as he ambled through the park,

He spoke to me and I could see that his eyes had lost their spark.

His gait was slow and his voice was low as he asked to sit with me,

And I answered him with a friendly grin, The sittin? here is free.

 

He gave a smile and we talked a while and his voice was rather weak,

But his mind was strong and it wasn't long til he began to speak

Of yesteryears and I saw the tears as the mem?ries flooded through

For he spoke of times and other climes as old men often do.

 

He smiled at me and I could see as he glanced at my Navy blues

That he?d earned his keep on the briny deep and paid his share of dues.

I asked if he would share with me some mem'ries from his career,

He said he might if the price was right, and the price was a can of beer!

 

I?ve shipped on subs and oily tubs, on battleships and cruisers,

Ten thousand mates and I can state not one of them was losers.

LST?s on foreign seas, from Tarawa to Leyte,

You name it, lad, I?ve been there, from Alaska down to Haiti.

 

Liberty ships of paper clips, balsa wood and glue,

I saw one break apart one time and lose her gallant crew.

Marine Corps I took ashore on Tarawa and Truk.

Oh what the Hell, for quite a spell, I've had my share of luck.

 

One thing more, he said, before I move along,

There ain't no air that?s quite as fair as the pipe of the boatswain?s song.

And the place to be is on the sea riding a fair sea swell,

With mates like you in Navy blue who?ll follow you straight through Hell.

 

So here?s to you and your Navy crew who take our ships to sea,

You?ve fought and died and never cried throughout our history.

You?re heroes all and ten feet tall and your spirits never lag,

You?re the nation?s best and you never rest in defense of our country?s flag!

 

He rose to leave and I believe that he seemed to move much faster,

His eyes agleam like a laser beam and his skin was alabaster,

He glowed at first then soon dispersed in a cloud of misty cotton,

A dream at most, perhaps a ghost, but not to be forgotten.

 

 

Wow I loved that.

We owe everything to the men and women in uniform.

[RoyalOrleans]

The Feeling That A Man Cries For?

BY: NR

 

Back from the ocean

With a tattered sail,

One mast lost

In a blinding gale,

Graceless men

And the stench of ale,

Such is the beauty

Of a sailor's tale!

 

Up comes the anchor

From the ocean floor,

Up come the sails

As we leave the shore,

Waves swell higher,

More and more,

This is the feeling

That a man cries for!

 

Wooden planks

Sail and mast,

Wheel and rudder,

Off at last!

 

See the rigging

Knots held fast,

The crows nest sways

As the wind does blast!

 

A ship sets off,

A sky thief cries,

And a twinkle grows

In a squinty eye,

 

Storms develop,

Winds arise,

Clouds abound,

In a savage sky.

 

Up comes the anchor

From the ocean floor,

Up come the sails

As we leave the shore,

The taste of adventure

As a ship explores,

This is the feeling

[RoyalOrleans]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh-WT_hGztU&feature=related]YouTube - US MARINES BATTLE HYMN From the halls of Montezuma[/ame]

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Fighting soldiers from the sky

Fearless men who jump and die

Men who mean just what they say

The brave men of the Green Beret

 

Silver wings upon their chest

These are men, America's best

One hundred men will test today

But only three win the Green Beret

 

Trained to live off nature's land

Trained in combat, hand-to-hand

Men who fight by night and day

Courage peak from the Green Berets

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94]YouTube - SSgt Barry Sadler, Ballad of the green beret[/ame]

 

Silver wings upon their chest

These are men, America's best

One hundred men will test today

But only three win the Green Beret

 

Back at home a young wife waits

Her Green Beret has met his fate

He has died for those oppressed

Leaving her his last request

 

Put silver wings on my son's chest

Make him one of America's best

He'll be a man they'll test one day

Have him win the Green Beret.