"Remember...What We Owe.."--MEMORIAL DAY 2005--Thread# 5

5/26/05 | redrock--(..some old geezer in Utah...who is NOT P.C.)

[Smartass]

Near the border! You are a brave soul. Be careful!

[potlatch]

Not NEAR the border, PAST the border, LOL. Progresso is a tourist town with no trouble that I've heard of. Some others not too far away have had incidents but it is usually drug related.

[Smartass]

I spent a lot of time South of the border, and in Central and South America. Don't really want to go back.

[potlatch]

We love it in Progresso!! So many beautiful things to buy and the resturants are wonderful. The Snow Birds take it over in the winter.

[Smartass]

The border towns and Cities maybe different now. I haven't been in them in a long time. Even living close to El Paso, I didn't visit Juarez. I came into contact with to many poor people and just to much poverty where I was at.

[potlatch]

They are all totally different. Progresso has everything on one main street as you go in. Really nice stores and all now.

Reynosa and Brownsville are also not that far away but you have to drive in to get to their marketplaces and they are like a maize. More junk stuff and you have to be more careful of being cheated.

Heading for bed, have a good weekend.

[redrock]

Bump...

redrock

[international american]

So much for any dry eyes on this thread.

[international american]

Thank you.

[international american]

BTTT

[M Kehoe]

Good morning. I trust all is well with you.

Thread #5? I must have missed them (too many pings I guess). I'll go and look for them.

Thanks for doing this each Memorial day.

5.56mm

[MoJo2001]

DJ SUNSHINE!



Everyone sing a long!
(Click the flag as well)

 

The Statler Brothers - More Than A Name On The Wall

I saw her from a distance, as she walked up to the wall
In her hand she held some flowers, as her tears began to fall
She took out pen and paper as to trace her mem'ries
She looked up to heaven, and the words she said were these.

She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him just one more time you see
All I have are the mem'ries and the moments to recall
So Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''

She said, ''He really missed the family, being home on Christmas day
And he died for God and country in a place so far away
I remember just a little boy, playing war since he was three
And Lord this time I know, he's not coming home to me.''

She said, ''Lord my boy was special, and he meant so much to me
And Oh, I'd love to see him but I know it just can't be
So I thank you for my mem'ries and the moments to recall
But Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall.''

''Lord could you tell him he's more than a name on the wall..."

 

Sidenote: Enjoy the music!!
Kleenex Alert!!
 

[MoJo2001]

DJ SUNSHINE!



Everyone sing a long!
(Click the flag as well)

 

Milo Tremley - Kick A** USA
 

 

Sidenote: Enjoy the music!!
An excellent song that describes how I feel!
If you are easily offended, then please avoid this song!

 

[MoJo2001]

DJ SUNSHINE!



Everyone sing a long!
(Click the flag as well)

Merle Haggard - Fightin' Side Of Me

 I hear people talkin' bad,
About the way we have to live here in this country,
Harpin' on the wars we fight,
An' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be.
An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides,
An' standin' up for things they believe in.
When they're runnin' down my country, man,
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it:
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

I read about some squirrely guy,
Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'.
An' I wonder just how long,
The rest of us can count on bein' free.
They love our milk an' honey,
But they preach about some other way of livin'.
When they're runnin' down my country, hoss,
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it:
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it:
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

 

Sidenote: Enjoy the music!!
 

[MEG33]

http://www.rhumc.net/In_Memoriam.html

Tears rolling ...We owe so much to so many..

AMERICA HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

[redrock]

A "Thank YOU" Bump.

For all that you do..

redrock

[MEG33]

Thank you, MoJo.

[redrock]

Remember....

redrock

[righttackle44]

No matter how many times someone reminds us, I'm always grateful to be reminded again. Thanks.

[redrock]

MEMORIAL DAY.....Remember....

redrock