Posted on 11/04/2006 9:15:05 AM PST by AliVeritas
A West Point Cadet sends this along with the photo below:
I'm a cadet at West Point, and tonight at our game against the Air Force Academy, a big sign emerged, and it was shown to the Corps of Cadets, who cheered wildly, and then shown to the Air Force cadets, who also cheered.
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And he wants to be our latex salesman....
Thank you very much!
That is a thing of beauty!! I hope every member of the military has their vote count this election.
And thanks to all of them for today's verdict on Saddam Hussein. Take a moment to be proud on being a part of history. Without the American soldier, this moment would never have been possible.
I received this from a friend and just passing it on. Please share it with your friends! God Bess our troops!
A Different Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S.service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we
owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq
Oh man, talk about not being smart enough to stop digging when you find yourself in a hole. :)
Just about ROTFLMAO at this line:
"there are plenty of well-educated people in our armed forces -- Kerry was one of them"
I don't think you can call anyone with Jon Keri's grades "well educated". But I guess educated well enough for a Gigolo and Democratic Politician from Massachusetts.
Looks like kerry can finally take off his yellow bracelet.
I believe I know.
I guess we find out for certain on Tuesday.
When he does get a boot imprint in part of his anatomy, I doubt it will be applied to his back. At least that's not where I would apply it.
Working hard here in Ohio to make things happen, and PRAYING for God's will to be done.
I think the left may well have gone too far this time.....
Check out Post 269 when you get a chance. Good for a laugh!
Sorry - meant 267!
Like one of him meeting with the enemy in Paris, while still a reserve Naval Officer, and while their bullets and shells were still killing our troops. (Here's one of the group, but I don't hink JFnK is in the frame)
Or one of him meeting with others in his Vietnam Veterans Against the War, planning the assassination of a US Senator.
I found another pic of him with that radio
The caption (from Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry) says:
"Kerry, pictured left, directing VVAW's massive pro-Hanoi demonstration in Washington. - April 1971"
Then there is this image of Kerry being arrested on the green at Lexington MA, the place where the events leading up to the Revolutionary War culminated (I consider that the revolution started at Concord a bit latter that same day, April 19, 1775).
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No worries. He's too arrogant and self-absorbed to fade into the sunset.
Exactly. Scarlett would have seen Billy Jeff for the white trash that he is.
I'm stealing that one to post on my FR profile page. Thank you! :-)
Your photo - shades of the opening sequence of the Monty Python's Flying Circus show. (Now all we need is the raspberry sound to go with it! ;-) Love it!
...he's dead Jim
His ego will surely get in the way of his common sense (again).
That is just great! Thanks for posting this. And thank you for serving our country.
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