Soon after that, I turned around and this lady was standing behind me.
I can't wait to do it again. I found a beat up 'get out of Iraq' sign. I picked it up and carried it and told people that I captured it. Then I would say, 'you think this sign looks bad, you should see what the commie bastard who was carryin' looks like'. Folks would laugh, some took my picture.
I was standing in line to go through the metal detectors at the Vietnam wall and some jerk with a recorder and microphone came by and asked one of our friends what she thought about the war. She told him to get the mic out of her face and put it in mine. So the lefty did. I think he was from Amsterdam, but I aint real sure. He asked me what I thought. I said, 'I think the war is going good. We have lost 3000 people in four years. We lost almost 300,000 in four years of WWII. Right over there,', and I pointed towards the Korean War memorial, 'it says we lost over 50,000 in two years. And this wall', I pointed at the Vietnam Wall, 'says we lost 58,000 in about ten years'. Then I told him to do the math. The dude from Amsterdam put his mic and recorder down and walked away.
I was feeling pretty good at the time (my chest was puffed up again) and all the sudden thump. Something hits me in the middle of my upper back. I thought it was a small bus. I turned around and it was a Vietnam Vet. He was 'patting' me on the back. He grabs my hand and starts shaking it. He tells me I did a great job and way to go. There were a couple other folks standing in line who told me the same thing. I was feeling pretty good about then.
I want to do it again.
LET'S ROLL!!