Posted on 01/03/2006 7:08:04 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Who, me? No, but they must've had a good sense of humor to date me.
Thanks for the ping! Reading this made my day.
Here's one I am pleased to share.
I was speaking of Ben Stein, and his rather weird description of his romance.
"I had a riot of romance "
Yeah, that one : )
Actually, I believe that's only half of it (officially at least). "Peace is our Profession. War is just a hobby." :)
Always loved that line!
My heart goes out to all of our men and women in uniform, of which I proudly include my daughter and her husband who currently have boots on the ground in Iraq and will for the next 10 months. Your kiddos are doing just FABULOUS!(1 yr old Jeremy and 3 yr old Jackson!)
God love you all and may He hold you in the palm of his hand.
Godspeed and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
AR
You might ping the Canteen to this one Fatima, if they haven't seen it yet ;)
I knew you would enjoy it, Happy New Year friend!!
OK.I don't have a ping list but will tell Star.
Always welcome! I am trying to revise my PING list to his essay's would you like to be on it?
bttt
I say share it with friends and family. Ben get's it ... and when someone get's it, it would be criminal to not share it.
~FMC
I appreciate your thoughtful comment, thank you.
I pinged a few, but I don't think I did the full list on this one before. If you are double pinged, I apologize, but it really is worth your time to read this!! Thanks for the reminder, fatima!!
Canteen ping
We owe our peace to the US Armed Forces.
Bump.
Thanks StarCMC.
America needs soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines (with a capital "M"). We also need doctors and lawyers, sports stars and home makers, artists, writers, construction workers, students, bankers, politicians (sorta), college professors and their students, engineers, cashiers, cab drivers, and hot-dog stand owners. We need people that contribute, even just a little bit; because we need their expertise, no matter how small. And soon, as they gain in knowledge and skill, their contributions in a free, capitalistic society (where we trade things, value for value, in a free market) can only increase.
What we don`t need are society`s leeches--those who take and never give, consume but never create, criticize but never contribute. All of us have moments of weakness, where we need help to meet the bills, to keep our sanity, or to just maintain until we can figure out until what direction we should go into next. But that should be temporary, not a lifestyle.
I have no lower esteem than for a person who enjoys the fruits of democracy and freedom, yet won`t stoop so low as to actually defend them. And by defend, I don`t mean that you should take up arms yourself; you can pay taxes, rail against Islamic extremism instead of trying to excuse it, defend democracy instead of trying to tear it down, or work to make your own little piece of America better instead of trying to tear the entire system down because of America`s faults and historical mis-steps.
Just a few observations on the primary differences between us and our intellectual enemies.
Ben gets it.
We owe it all to men and women who realize that there is something bigger then themselves.
People who would gladly suffer if it meant that others would live and love, free....
Liberals wonder how any soldier could feel this way.
They love to proclaim that the soldier must be brainwashed or coerced or some kind of victim.
Theyre not.
They are men and women that have something that seems to elude most liberals "peace"
peace of mind and peace of purpose.
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