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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: shooter32 on July 02, 2010, 10:00:13 AM
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Respect the Flag
When you see the Stars and Stripes displayed, son, stand up and take off your hat. Somebody may titter. It is in the blood of some to deride all expression of noble sentiment. You may blaspheme in the street and stagger drunken in public places, and the bystanders will not pay much attention to you; but if you should get down on your knees and pray to Almighty God, or if you should stand bareheaded while a company of old soldiers marches by with flags to the breeze, some people will think you are showing off.
But don't you mind! When Old Glory comes along, salute, and let them think what they please! When you hear the band play "The Star-Spangled Banner" while you are in a restaurant or hotel dining room, get up even if you rise alone; stand there and don't be ashamed of it, either!
For of all the signs and symbols since the world began there is none other so full of meaning as the flag of this country. That piece of red, white and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upward. It is the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty. It is the century plant of human hope in bloom.
Your flag stands for humanity, for an equal opportunity to all the sons of men. Of course we haven't arrived yet at that goal; there are many injustices yet among us, many senseless and cruel customs of the past still clinging to us, but the only hope of righting the wrongs of men lies in the feeling produced in our bosoms by the sight of that flag.
Other flags mean a glorious past, this flag a glorious future. It is not so much the flag of our fathers as it is the flag of our children, and of all children's children yet unborn. It is the flag of tomorrow. It is the signal of the "Good Time Coming." It is not the flag of your king it is the flag of yourself and of all your neighbors.
Don't be ashamed when your throat chokes and the tears come, as you see it flying from the masts of our ships on all the seas or floating from every Flagstaff of the Republic. You will never have a worthier emotion. Reverence it as you would reverence the signature of the Deity.
Listen, son! The band is playing the national anthem"The Star-Spangled Banner!" They have let loose Old Glory yonder. Stand up and others will stand with you.
This tribute to the flag is offered to the country in appeal to all men and women of all races, colors and tongues, that they may come to understand that our flag is the symbol of liberty and learn to love it.
ALVIN M. OWSLEY,
Past National Commander, The American Legion.
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This is why I will not waste my time on the local parades, people, including guys wearing hats and shirts proclaiming their Veteran status don't even pause their conversations when the Flag passes.
It pisses me off that I can not give ALL of them a good ass chewing. >:(
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Patriot of the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONjlZ8YMkA&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONjlZ8YMkA&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG1Gj0qdr08&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG1Gj0qdr08&feature=related)
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(http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv333/darrinheard/DSC06211.jpg)
from the aft deck as we were leaving Pearl Harbor.
deepwater
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This is why I will not waste my time on the local parades, people, including guys wearing hats and shirts proclaiming their Veteran status don't even pause their conversations when the Flag passes.
It pisses me off that I can not give ALL of them a good ass chewing. >:(
I hear ya, TB.
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I hear ya, TB.
Thanks Peg, that's exactly the picture I was looking for.
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/topic/veterans/poems/soldier.htm
I agree with you tom. On my first deployment I got to come home to see my daughter right after she was born. It was when the Dixie Chicks had made thier comments that pretty well pissed everybody off at them. A nurse at the hospital was outraged that they had said that and she knew that I was on leave to see my baby girl and she wanted to know my opinion.
I told her that I think that I have done my job. She looked at me kind of dumb founded. I stated to her that since they were not scared to make statements like that then I have done my job protecting thier freedom. Right or wrong wether I agree with thier comments or not I had done my job.
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/topic/veterans/poems/soldier.htm
I agree with you tom. On my first deployment I got to come home to see my daughter right after she was born. It was when the Dixie Chicks had made thier comments that pretty well pissed everybody off at them. A nurse at the hospital was outraged that they had said that and she knew that I was on leave to see my baby girl and she wanted to know my opinion.
I told her that I think that I have done my job. She looked at me kind of dumb founded. I stated to her that since they were not scared to make statements like that then I have done my job protecting thier freedom. Right or wrong wether I agree with thier comments or not I had done my job.
I am pro-Dixie Chicks (to no one's surprise). But I'll say this. I was in Tx. for most of W.'s terms as Governor and the Dixie chicks' rise up the charts. I preffered listening to the Dixie Chicks. They made me want to drink a beer as opposed to needing one. Come the the presidential election? Well, I'll say this. If you've given Phil or Sledge hell for bad mouthing Rudd of Gilliard on a foriegn board, you get a pass. Otherwise you are a hypocrite and can KMA. Like wise, if you've dissed BO to those two fereigners, you're a hypocrite if you bash a good country band for dissing a C- Governor and a D+ President. I won't even rate the current jackass in chief, but lets just say its a good thing he didn't follow someone competant like Bush Sr..
FQ13
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Shut-Up Frances ;D
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Shut-Up Frances ;D
Gee, did I score a point? ;D
FQ13
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I am pro-Dixie Chicks (to no one's surprise). But I'll say this. I was in Tx. for most of W.'s terms as Governor and the Dixie chicks rise up the charts. I preffered listening to the Dixie Choicks. They made me want to drink a beer as opposed to needing one. Come the the presidential election? Well, I'll say this. If you've given Phil or Sledge hell for bad mouthing Rudd of Gilliard on on foriegn board, you get a pass. Otherwise you are a hypocrite and can KMA. Like wise, if you've dissed BO to those two fereigners, you're a hypocrite if you bash a good country band for dissing a C- Governor and a D+ President. I won't even rate the current jackass in chief, but lets just say its a good thing he didn't follow someone competant like Bush Sr..
FQ13
And just who would you have preferred, FQ? Gore? Kerry? We got the best candidate who was available at the time. NOT something I can say about now, I might add. Oh, by the way, if you voted for Obama you can kiss MY ass.
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And just who would you have preferred, FQ? Gore? Kerry? We got the best candidate who was available at the time. NOT something I can say about now, I might add. Oh, by the way, if you voted for Obama you can kiss MY ass.
I seem to recall McCain (version 1.0) who got $500 of my dollars being available. But gee, no takers from the GOP.
FQ13
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I'd like to apologize for my previous rant. It just lights the fuse on my tampon when somebody who voted for Obama calls Bush incompetent.
Pot, meet kettle.
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I seem to recall McCain (version 1.0) who got $500 of my dollars being available. But gee, no takers from the GOP.
FQ13
You had the opportunity to give him your vote in 08.
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You had the opportunity to give him your vote in 08.
Tried hard to. I didn't like version 2.0. Going back on pretty much everything he promised 8 years ago, showing no vision, just more of the same, seeming confused half the time? C'mon, I'm being honest, I'm asking you to be as well. What happened to the 2000 McCain?
FQ13
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Tried hard to. I didn't like version 2.0. Going back on pretty much everything he promised 8 years ago, showing no vision, just more of the same, seeming confused half the time? C'mon, I'm being honest, I'm asking you to be as well. What happened to the 2000 McCain?
FQ13
He was thrown under the bus by the party, in favor of someone they thought was more electable. Same thing that happened to Hillary in 08.
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Please don't misunderstand me, FQ. Bush wasn't my first choice in 2000, just as McCain wasn't in 08. However, in both cases, these were the people we were left with when the general election rolled around. That being said, I thought each of them was the better choice in the general than were their opponents. I still believe that, in both cases.
Somehow I suspect history will be much kinder to Bush 43 than you are.
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Please don't misunderstand me, FQ. Bush wasn't my first choice in 2000, just as McCain wasn't in 08. However, in both cases, these were the people we were left with when the general election rolled around. That being said, I thought each of them was the better choice in the general than were their opponents. I still believe that, in both cases.
Somehow I suspect history will be much kinder to Bush 43 than you are.
+1 And I'll add this FQ.......you did NOT have to vote for the post turtle, you chose to...
and the Dixie Chicks can move to England for all I care....not because they didn't like Georgie but for the way they made that public...they can KMA...
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I'd like to apologize for my previous rant. It just lights the fuse on my tampon when somebody who voted for Obama calls Bush incompetent.
Pot, meet kettle.
Never apolgize, makes you look weak (I just got done watching NCIS ;)). As long as its not mean spirited and in good fun I'm the last to complain. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
No worries
FQ13
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yep got to love the figure of a good flag ;D
(http://memetrics.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/american_flag_body_paintings.jpg)
(http://www.americasbestcomments.com/graphics/patriotic/comments2/pics_girl-in-american-flag.jpg)
(http://memetrics.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/sexy-flag.jpg)