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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 15 Sept 2012
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Posted on 09/14/2012 6:02:45 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
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To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:17:40 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie
(((HUGS)))
Yes. We had our monthly meeting on Monday, and I had to report on the changes to the RNC rules and answer questions. Between that and getting ready for the election, I keep busy.
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:18:37 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: The Mayor
Good evening Mayor & thank you for our daily bread....I think we could use a double dose this week! *hugs*
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
“The Empty Chair”
By Captain Carroll “Lex” Lefon, USN (ret), on December 21st, 2004
“In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture.The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a white linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is white symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER.”
Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding The Narrative Of “The Empty Chair.”
Robert Schumann – “Traumerei”
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:19:50 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:19:58 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W
It’s time for
Frederic Chopin: The Final Years. By 1844, when Fred was 34, his long relationship with the female French novelist George Sand was on the rocks. The tempestuous relationship, with its smokin’ hot sex, became something more like a friendship, with George taking on the role of a nurse for poor Fred. Fred’s tuberculosis was slowly killing him.
The project that occupied all of 1844 was his last piano sonata, one of the monuments of the repertory.
The first subject is one of Chopin’s most forceful and noble themes. The second subject at 1:29 in D Major is beautiful and expressive, occasionally threatening to turn dark. At 4:00 be begins his development and takes his first subject apart, until at 4:53 he works on developing his second subject, but then seamlessly recapitulates with a truncated first subject. At 6:08 be brings back his second subject in B Major, The coda at 8:23 wraps it up in the major key.
Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 (first movement)
The second movement is a short, light-footed scherzo with a contemplative middle section.
(second movement)
The slow movement is a song without words, but quite different from Mendelssohn’s approach. The middle subject at 2:30 is heartbreaking and points the way to Brahms.
(third movement)
The finale is one of great roller coaster rides of the repertory. Adam Neiman summed it up perfectly when he described it as, “The Cossacks are coming!” Even if you don’t like classical music, crank up the volume and listen to this. It’s classical rock and roll.
(fourth movement)
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:20:37 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
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To: AZamericonnie; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:22:21 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:23:01 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening Kathy....internet still spotty?
How’s the wind? All is well at the homestead? *hugs*
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:31:38 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:34:15 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie
Good evening, Connie...high wind warning already sent out.
Saturday evening to Sunday evening, possibly as bad as last week. We are pretty much as prepared as we can be. The one thing I didn’t get done was learning about the little generator we have...maybe tomorrow.
Internet is still spotty, but even more s l o w! I’m headed home soon.
How about you...a good day? Little traffic on the way home? *HUGS*
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:37:56 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: AZamericonnie; ZirconEncrustedTweezers; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:39:06 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
AMERICA – LAND OF THE FREE . . .
 BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!!!!
SEMPER FI AND OORAH!!!
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:41:24 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:45:16 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W
By 1845, when
Frederic Chopin was 35, his relationship with George Sand was falling apart. In this year, Fred produced only one small set of mazurkas. You could always count on Chopin for a mazurka or two.
The first is a bit sad and contemplative. The second is a bit brighter and grander. The third is darker but livelier.
Chopin: 3 Mazurkas (A minor, A-flat, F# minor), Op. 59
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:48:34 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: All; everyone; AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:49:33 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Publius; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; BIGLOOK; All
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posted on
09/14/2012 6:51:39 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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