Since it's Veterans Day, I'd like to give a quick shout-out to two of my favorite vets:
Ted Knowling, Jr., 1st Lieutenant, US Army (aka Grandpa)
Reynaldo Raquipiso, Petty Officer First Class, US Navy (aka Lolo [Grandpa])
Thank you for your proud service, your example of devotion to country, and for the military heritage.
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Our National Anthem
O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The aliens are coming!
First off, sorry about the assumption regarding the last post. The post was meant to convey my views for a "what if" situation. Maybe I shouldn't have assumed...eh.
At any rate, I've taken notice to the bogus claims that the new Arizona immigration law is racist, threatens freedom, discriminates against Hispanics, etc.
At any rate, I've taken notice to the bogus claims that the new Arizona immigration law is racist, threatens freedom, discriminates against Hispanics, etc.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saddle up
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes that "furthering UN sanctions may be the only way to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions". Huh?
"I would like to figure out a way to handle it in as peaceful an approach possible, and I certainly welcome any meaningful engagement, but ... we don't want to be engaging while they are building their bomb." -Hillary Clinton
Why don't we threaten them with war before their bomb is built? Israel is willing to stand up to this bully nation, and they're only a fraction of the size of the United States!
"I would like to figure out a way to handle it in as peaceful an approach possible, and I certainly welcome any meaningful engagement, but ... we don't want to be engaging while they are building their bomb." -Hillary Clinton
Why don't we threaten them with war before their bomb is built? Israel is willing to stand up to this bully nation, and they're only a fraction of the size of the United States!
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