USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 1 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

Hey Kathy and everyone else! My last few days have been SOOOO busy -- I can identify with SH -- I have been having withdrawal!! I did get to get on some and read, but I haven't posted much. I need my Logan updates!!

[SevenofNine]

I hear about AL Gore doing that

It was on yesterday LA Times hey it going sucks nobody want watch Libs whine I don't

Well breaking news off Hareetz wire report that IDF lay smackdown on Islamic jihad senior member

BUSTED IT

And Interfax wire report today that KGB busted more Chechen rebels try start suicide bombing again in St. Petersburg

RACK VLAD BOYS

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

Protester

A protest raged on a courthouse lawn,
round a makeshift stage they charged on.
Fifteen hundred or more they say,
had come to burn the Flag that day.

A boy held up the folded Flag,
cursed it and called it a dirty rag.
A man pushed through the angry crowd,
with an old gun shouldered proud.

His uniform jacket was old and tight,
he had polished each button, shiny and bright.
He crossed the stage with military grace,
until he and the boy stood face to face.

Then the old man broke the silence.

"Freedom of speech, is worth dying for,
Good men are gone, they live no more.
All so you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
and ramble on from dusk to dawn.

But before the Flag gets burned today,
this old veteran is going to have his say.
My father died on a foreign shore,
in a war they said would end all wars.

Tommy and I weren't even full grown,
before we fought in a war of our own.
Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach,
in the shadow of a hill he couldn't reach.

Where five good men raised this Flag so high,
that the whole world could see it fly.
I got this bum leg that I still drag,
fighting for this same old Flag.

There's but one shot in this old gun,
so now it's time to decide which one.
Which one of you will follow our lead,
to stand and die for what you believe?"

The boy who had called it a dirty rag,
handed the veteran the folded Flag.
The crowd got quiet as they walked away,
to talk about what they heard that day.

So the battle for the Flag this day was won,
by a loyal veteran with a single gun.
Who for one last time, had to show to some,
That these colors will never, never run.

It is the veteran, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the veteran, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the veteran, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the veteran, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the veteran, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the veteran, who salutes the Flag,
who serves under the Flag,
whose coffin is draped by the Flag.


God Bless our Veterans!


God Bless the USA!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep well, SouthernHawk! I hope you get to go home now. God bless you and LadyHawk good and thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwww!! What cute kitties!!

[StarCMC]

[Soaring Feather]

Protester


This poem is great.
I think it was set to music and sung by Johnny Cash.

[Kathy in Alaska]

HI E! I'm sorry I'm getting here so late. It rained most of the day today, but it got very warm, considering how cold it was getting, and it washed most of the snow off the mountains. It got up to 60°F today!

[StarCMC]

Hi bentfeather! I got it on email and just loved it! I had never heard it before, and was a little disappointed that there was no credit given to the author. But it sure is beautiful---and TRUE!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tomorrow is Coast Guard Day! Uniform pressed? Shoes shined? Beard trimmed? Ready to take on the day?

[HiJinx]

Been there, done that, just before we launched into Iraq.
Hang in there bro, you know it's worth it.

[Fawnn]

It got up to 60°F today!

We have a freeze advisory tonight! No snow here though, but I heard earlier they were getting some near Columbus. This is early for us! So much for global warming.... ;)

[Soaring Feather]

Hawk,

Sorry I missed you. I hope all is well with you and Lady.

I have been scarce around here too. Darned Wireless, Satellite Service is not what it's advertised to be.

If I don't keep my page moving I get dropped like a hot potato. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad to meet you, LAN Doctor. Thanks for joining us in honoring our troops.

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off Drudge site

Report from ESPN Sportcenter Rush Limbaugh has volunteer resign from ESPN GIG

YEAH why they don't get rid of Joe Thieseman that one guy that I don't want hear jack from

Hey this same dude that got his leg broken on Monday Night football

LA Times in Thursday runs going reported expose on Arnold

Gee LA Times getting nervous

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi Aeronaut. The "s" got all washed away today. All day chinook!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Beach, I've missed you 2 days in a row. I was posting to you when all the power went out around the city. Did you get all your storm damage cleaned up?

[Kathy in Alaska]

ms feather.....HOW BE YA?