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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 11 May 2013
Our Troops Rock!!!!
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Posted on 05/10/2013 6:01:15 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troops
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To: AZamericonnie; LUV W; laurenmarlowe; Randy Larsen; NYTexan
Oh Man! I can just see her now traipsing along the trails at the Grand Canyon in those heels!
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:38:38 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Just kill the bill, already...)
To: Kathy in Alaska
LOL! Cute...and thanks! :)
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:38:57 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos!)
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:44:26 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W
Deborah Harry was hot in the late Seventies. This was a catchy Disco number, one of the better entries of that genre. It came in at #2 this week.
Blondie: Heart of Glass
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:46:02 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: HiJinx
LOL! Not in this lifetime! I got over heels about 20 years ago! maybe 30....
....Maybe 40.....
:)
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:47:29 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I’m burning the candle at both ends Ma. Camp is already open for the churches that lease it and I have work crew every Saturday, mostly swinging an industrial weed eater on the hills too steep to mow, swabbing decks in the kitchen and rec center and occasional painting and odd jobs. My shift as full time councilor runs June 17 thru 21 as our kids take over the cabins.
Potatos are all in and I’ve started on corn in between mowing and flower beds. Strawberries are starting to riot and most peppers are in the ground but, I still have quite a few Pimiento Cille sprouts to transplant. If and when I finish the corn I’ll get busy on beans and try to repair my blueberry trelis. There’s lots to do, but rain has slowed me down some.
I’ve got band rehearsal tomorrow evening so I’m just playing a game of 6 degreea of seperation tonight.
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:48:29 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: LUV W
147
posted on
05/10/2013 8:50:03 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Just kill the bill, already...)
To: AZamericonnie; All
148
posted on
05/10/2013 8:50:14 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:51:08 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.
![](http://patriotden.com/unique/RockonTroops4a.gif)
Thanks, unique, for the Troops DJ.
Parents, you are responsible for previewing.
Jose Feliciano ~ Light My Fire
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:53:18 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: HiJinx; LUV W; laurenmarlowe; Randy Larsen; NYTexan
I can just see her now traipsing along the trails at the Grand Canyon in those heels!Maybe not in those heels but dressed to the nines as her classic style!:)
To: AZamericonnie
Aww....thank you for your kind words! You’re sweet!
If you could see me since I got the darn shingles! NOTHING can touch me. Everything has to be very loose! LOL! Hard to be stylin’ and itchy at the same time! :)
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posted on
05/10/2013 8:55:41 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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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!
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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 gold 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 others 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 gold 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 Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
Robert Schumann Traumerei (Click) 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
05/10/2013 8:55:54 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: mylife
Good evening My & great to see you! *Hugs*
Like the new tag....
You & Pooks doing well?
To: LUV W
To: AZamericonnie
I’m Fine. Pook Aint complaining LOL
We are gonna get him all washed up for the 8th annual TCMS
How’s you doin?
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posted on
05/10/2013 9:01:36 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
To: All
![](http://images59.fotki.com/v460/photos/2/292835/2005859/OurTroopsRock-vi.jpg)
~~Tunes For The Troops~~
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Schonherz and Scott - Peace Of Mind |
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Windham Hill music this evening |
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To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W
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posted on
05/10/2013 9:02:15 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.
![](http://patriotden.com/unique/RockonTroops4a.gif)
Thanks, unique, for the Troops DJ.
Parents, you are responsible for previewing.
Linda Ronstadt ~ Different Drum
*To support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please click the links at the top of the thread.*
If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail Kathy In Alaska
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posted on
05/10/2013 9:03:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Publius
Thanks, Publius, for this week’s ROCKUMENTARY: MAY 11, 1979, for the troops to enjoy. ((HUGS))
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posted on
05/10/2013 9:06:57 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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