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May 24, 2013

It's Memorial Day Weekend
— JohnE.

Check the calendar. I'm completely serious.

Jake Tapper had some good stuff on Twitter.

Posted by: JohnE. at 05:13 PM | Comments (199)
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1 Foist?

Posted by: Wodeshed is a dog guy at May 24, 2013 05:14 PM (R28sx)

2 1

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 24, 2013 05:14 PM (HVff2)

3 Memorial Day Weekend??? Shit, my first Memorial Day ONT. *prepares pron links*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:14 PM (GEICT)

4 This year is flying by

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:15 PM (piMMO)

5 Darn 2nd. O well. In less than 12hrs I'm off on my annual fishing trip. I'm so pumped. I will miss the iPad and you morons. Hold the fort down and don't break anything.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 24, 2013 05:15 PM (HVff2)

6 Try to do a nice thing and put up a fresh open thread, then get stomped. No good deed, as they say.

Posted by: JohnE. at May 24, 2013 05:16 PM (nRTou)

7 Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln

Posted by: sound awake at May 24, 2013 05:16 PM (ZjfK8)

8 To all the veterans out there, thank you. To the families who suffered loss, God bless you, and thank you too. Hoping you all have a great weekend !!

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 05:18 PM (SdetR)

9 Imagine what Barry said after Benghazi "SUCKERS" I'm gonna be re-elected

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 24, 2013 05:18 PM (HVff2)

10 Ok, this needs front page linkage. http://tinyurl.com/qyz56hn Christopher Lee releases his 2nd heavy metal album where all songs are based upon the life of Charlemagne. Who is Christopher Lee you ask? He's the actor who plays Sarumon. And he's 91 years old.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:19 PM (GEICT)

11 Greetings: Back in the summer of the last '68, I was doing my military service down in Texas, which, after the Bronx, is the place I'd most like to be from. For several months, I was assigned to the base's funeral detail. We would provide pallbearers and a rifle squad for those requesting military funerals in the local area. Military-wise, it wasn't bad duty. On the days when we weren't scheduled for a funeral, we would spend several hours practicing our "drill & ceremonies" and a couple more squaring away our uniforms and equipment. On funeral days, we would head out as early as necessary on a 44-passenger bus, often in civilian clothes or else fatigues with our first-class uniforms and equipment in tow. Often we would change into our duty uniforms at the funeral home, once in the casket display room, or on the bus itself. It being Texas and the Viet Nam war being in full swing, we often had several funerals a week to perform. There was a certain spectrum from the World War graduates through the Viet Nam casualties. The former might involve a local veterans' group and an afterward BBQ or such. The latter were somewhat more emotionally raw as most of us were facing our own deployments in the near future. Two funerals of the latter sort have stayed with me through the years. The first was of a young Private First Class who had been MIA for several months before his remains were recovered. I was on the pallbearer squad that day and when we went to lift the casket, it almost flew up in the air. There was so little of the young soldier left that we totally overestimated the weight we were lifting and almost looked decidedly unprofessional. The other was that of a Negro Specialist 4th Class. I was in the rifle squad that day. In the rendering of military honors, there is a momentary pause between the end of the (21-gun) rifle salute and the beginning of the playing of "Taps". It is a moment of profound silence in most cases. During that moment, the young soldier's mother gave out a yowl from the depths of her grief that so startled me that I almost dropped the rifle out of my hands. That yowl echoes within me still. I'll readily admit that, as a result of my experiences, I became much imbued with a sense of duty and respect to and for our fallen. Hopefully, this year, when our media do their reporting they will show some of the same and let "Taps" be played out in its entirety. It would be nice for a change.

Posted by: 11B40 at May 24, 2013 05:19 PM (4WWzQ)

12 Now that's a stomp

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 24, 2013 05:19 PM (XvrTA)

13 *prepares pron links* Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 09:14 PM (GEICT) Mental note not to open any link whatsoever this weekend. My Navy man is deployed. I wish I could iron a wrinkled uniform for him.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 05:19 PM (uL0u2)

14 JohnE, you're back up top.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:20 PM (GEICT)

15 My Navy man is deployed. I wish I could iron a wrinkled uniform for him. Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 09:19 PM (uL0u2) The next you see him, after you peel yourself off of him, you make damn sure to shake his hand and tell him that this Moron thanks the hell out of him for his service. And thank you too ma'am.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:21 PM (GEICT)

16 Don't mean to go off topic, but just watched Rubio on Hannity:

Hannity asked him pointedly why border enforcement wasn't a priority of the bill and he talked for 5 minutes without answering the question.

He's dead to me.

Posted by: ironbill at May 24, 2013 05:21 PM (Q+4Zh)

17 Picked up the book Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker at library today. Saw those dresses at the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL on a field trip. So sad she was put in asylum by only surviving child.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at May 24, 2013 05:21 PM (xhr2b)

18 Eight days after the sinking, ten survivors were found by a PBY Catalina search aircraft and retrieved from the water. The survivors reported that Frank, Joe, and Matt died instantly, Al drowned the next day, and George survived for four or five days before, suffering from delirium as a result of hypernatremia (though some sources describe him being "driven insane with grief" at the loss of his brothers), he went over the side of the raft he occupied. He was never seen or heard from again. Security required that the Navy not reveal the loss of the Juneau or the other ships so as not to provide information to the enemy. Letters from the Sullivan sons stopped arriving at the home and the parents grew worried.

Posted by: sound awake at May 24, 2013 05:21 PM (ZjfK8)

19 Harry Reid, dick-faced pedophile since birth.

Posted by: Killerdog at May 24, 2013 05:22 PM (Oi60j)

20 Lee was also in the SOE, the war time branch of British intelligence,

Posted by: Admiral Marcus at May 24, 2013 05:22 PM (Jsiw/)

21 9 I fear you are exactly right.

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 05:22 PM (SdetR)

22 One of my favorite songs for Memorial Day. 8th of November http://tinyurl.com/q64cx88

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 05:25 PM (Wl/Ht)

23 Wow, that's a record enstompening

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:25 PM (BBWjt)

Remembrance Day. Let take ourselves back to remember the sacrifices made to form and protect our Great Republic.

So much has been thrown away. Let's see if we can go back and find again the virtue, the fortitude, the honesty and the prudence that assembled a constitution, in its original understanding, that is more precious than gold.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 24, 2013 05:26 PM (YOWAW)

25 Lex est impertinens ‏@sdkirtley 5h PHOTOS: Trayvon Martin's Cellphone Pictures Revealed; Will Be Used by Zimmerman Defense http://t.co/uOedzrHcMj

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:27 PM (piMMO)

26 I posted this in the last thread, but this one seems more appropriate. Not long ago I was searching for info about Sam Huff, the 50's and 60's NFL player when I found another Sam Huff. Army PFC. Sam W. Huff was 18 serving in Baghdad, Iraq when the Humvee she was riding in was hit by an IED. She died of her injuries on 4/17/2007. She is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Like most driven young people she had a plan for her life. But for her it also included serving in the military. Link here: http://tinyurl.com/als5sy2 I get rather tired of hearing people say that "we don't make them like that anymore." Well, that's crap. They are being made today. This Memorial Day weekend I don't want to think of the FSA, or that shitstain in the White House, or the 50% off mattress sales. I will be thinking of those who served and gave everything. Like PFC. Sam W. Huff.

Posted by: ExSnipe at May 24, 2013 05:28 PM (PBm/l)

27 11B40, thank you for sharing that. It was beautiful. Vendette, keep strong, honey. The time will drag, and race by at the same time. I am not sure how that happens, but it does. Do you have family or friends nearby, or good support from his base?? That will help. Hugs to you, and thanks to him.

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 05:29 PM (SdetR)

28 Thank you vets and their families. Such wonderful service for such a lousy pos commander in chief

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 24, 2013 05:29 PM (HVff2)

29 I get rather tired of hearing people saythat "we don't make them like that anymore."Well, that's crap. They are being made today. This Memorial Day weekend Idon't want tothink of the FSA, or that shitstain in the White House,or the 50% off mattress sales. I will be thinking of those who served and gave everything. Like PFC. Sam W. Huff. *** Good point. there are a lot of good kids out there, but they are humble and don't draw attention to themselves the way the OWS crowd does.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:30 PM (piMMO)

30 vendette, stay strong

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:30 PM (BBWjt)

31 hi moki! how are you and your daughter doing?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:30 PM (BBWjt)

32 Shit, my first Memorial Day ONT. In the words of Vince Lombardi.... Act like you been here before, kid.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 05:31 PM (jizvQ)

33 When I was a kid in Canuckistan, we memorized this poem for Remembrance Day (which is Memorial Day and Veterans Day wrapped into one and observed November 11). I'm doing this from memory: In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place, and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below We are the dead, short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields Take up our quarrel with the foe To you with failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die We will not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields Lt. Col John McCrae, physician, Canadian Army, 1915

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 05:31 PM (uL0u2)

34 Anibal Sanchez of the Tigers has one inning to go to make some history, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: holygoat at May 24, 2013 05:31 PM (IGIFh)

35 Picking a fight with losers on eonline. Pointless, I know, but fun. One poster told me to shut down my white rage. I asked him why he assumed I was white and doesn't that assumption make him racist? No reply. What a puss!

Posted by: Jmel at May 24, 2013 05:31 PM (9tSXa)

36 In the words of Vince Lombardi.... Act like you been here before, kid. Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 09:31 PM (jizvQ) Yeah. Yeah that's not going to happen.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:32 PM (GEICT)

37 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw.

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2013 05:33 PM (xeigO)

38 My Navy man is deployed. I wish I could iron a wrinkled uniform for him. He is, seriously, thankful you're taking care of his parents for 2 weeks.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 05:33 PM (jizvQ)

39 Following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, there were a variety of events of commemoration. The first well-known observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina on May 1, 1865. During the war, Union soldiers who were prisoners of war had been held at the Charleston Race Course; at least 257 Union prisoners died there and were hastily buried in unmarked graves. Together with teachers and missionaries, black residents of Charleston organized a May Day ceremony in 1865, which was covered by the New York Tribune and other national papers. The freedmen cleaned up and landscaped the burial ground, building an enclosure and an arch labeled, "Martyrs of the Race Course." Nearly ten thousand people, mostly freedmen, gathered on May 1 to commemorate the war dead. Involved were about 3,000 school children newly enrolled in freedmen's schools, mutual aid societies, Union troops, black ministers, and white northern missionaries. Most brought flowers to lay on the burial field. Today the site is used as Hampton Park. Years later, the celebration would come to be called the "First Decoration Day" in the North.

Posted by: sound awake at May 24, 2013 05:33 PM (ZjfK8)

40 Looks like Tapper is intentionally trying to irritate the leftists. Outstanding.

Posted by: @PurpAv[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 24, 2013 05:33 PM (UyoCR)

41 Yeah. Yeah that's not going to happen. Yeah, well if you can't do that then I suggest you wrap your monitor in Saran wrap.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 05:34 PM (jizvQ)

42 Looks like Tapper is intentionally trying to irritate the leftists. Outstanding. *** You sure he doesn't have a book to promote?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:34 PM (piMMO)

43 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw. That's a euphemism, right?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 05:35 PM (jizvQ)

44 37 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw.

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2013 09:33 PM (xeigO)

You ain't kidding!

Posted by: Michael Moore's glistening naked body at May 24, 2013 05:35 PM (BBWjt)

45 Yeah, well if you can't do that then I suggest you wrap your monitor in Saran wrap. Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 09:34 PM (jizvQ) Might not be a bad idea.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (GEICT)

46 Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 09:19 PM (uL0u2 God bless you vendette,, I didn't know you had a navy husband (husband?)

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (qPCAa)

47 35 Picking a fight with losers on eonline. Pointless, I know, but fun. One poster told me to shut down my white rage. I asked him why he assumed I was white and doesn't that assumption make him racist? No reply. What a puss!

Posted by: Jmel at May 24, 2013 09:31 PM (9tSXa)

_________

Douche was probably white himself. The most anti-white people out there tend to be whites.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (HDgX3)

48 Bivouac Of The Dead By Theodore O'Hara The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents to spread, And glory guards, with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. No rumor of the foe's advance Now swells upon the wind; Nor troubled thought at midnight haunts Of loved ones left behind; No vision of the morrow's strife The warrior's dreams alarms; No braying horn or screaming fife At dawn shall call to arms. Their shriveled swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed, Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout, are past; Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that nevermore may feel The rapture of the fight. Like the fierce Northern hurricane That sweeps the great plateau, Flushed with triumph, yet to gain, Come down the serried foe, Who heard the thunder of the fray Break o'er the field beneath, Knew the watchword of the day Was "Victory or death!" Long had the doubtful conflict raged O'er all that stricken plain, For never fiercer fight had waged The vengeful blood of Spain; And still the storm of battle blew, Still swelled the glory tide; Not long, our stout old Chieftain knew, Such odds his strength could bide. Twas in that hour his stern command Called to a martyr's grave The flower of his beloved land, The nation's flag to save. By rivers of their father's gore His first-born laurels grew, And well he deemed the sons would pour Their lives for glory too. For many a mother's breath has swept O'er Angostura's plain -- And long the pitying sky has wept Above its moldered slain. The raven's scream, or eagle's flight, Or shepherd's pensive lay, Alone awakes each sullen height That frowned o'er that dread fray. Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground Ye must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues resound Along the heedless air. Your own proud land's heroic soil Shall be your fitter grave; She claims from war his richest spoil -- The ashes of her brave. Thus 'neath their parent turf they rest, Far from the gory field, Borne to a Spartan mother's breast On many a bloody shield; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here, And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroes sepulcher. Rest on embalmed and sainted dead! Dear as the blood ye gave; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, For honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps. Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone In deathless song shall tell, When many a vanquished ago has flown, The story how ye fell; Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight, Nor time's remorseless doom, Can dim one ray of glory's light That gilds your deathless tomb.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (MhA4j)

49 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw. As is Mary Lou Farnheimer's ... http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add_strip.php?iid=82532

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (FuGih)

50 My dad was Navy. He died before before 9/11. Seeing that and Obama would have probably killed him anyway.

Posted by: @PurpAv[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 24, 2013 05:36 PM (UyoCR)

51 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw.

I've heard that c'mon before, buddy!

Posted by: Mons Pubis at May 24, 2013 05:37 PM (I88Jc)

52 That's a euphemism, right? Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 09:35 PM (jizvQ) SUPERMOON

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2013 05:37 PM (xeigO)

53 I posted this earlier today, but it is probably more appropriate here. My Memorial Day salute goes out to Angel Roldan, Vietnam era Green Beret killed by a car bomb last week in Afghanistan along with three other Dyncorp Instructors and two US Servicemen. Angel had the most freakish blue eyes you ever saw and was one of the nicest people I ever knew. He got me started on Acid Kuba Kuba's (Cigars) of which he would give me one anytime he got one out for himself, and those things aren't cheap. He was one of the good ones. Godspeed my man.

Posted by: hobbes at May 24, 2013 05:38 PM (dfwJa)

54 I didn't know you had a navy husband (husband?) Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 24, 2013 09:36 PM (qPCAa) Not husband, but we've been together for a while. Tigers game on the MLB Network. 1 out in the top of the 9th.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 05:39 PM (uL0u2)

I don't know about Canadians, but I know few Americans know that about 30,000 Canadians volunteered for the US Military during the Vietnam War. I think about 10,000 actually served in VN. but I could be wrong.

As for the 10,000 americans that fled to Canada, I'd say the US Military got the better end of that deal.

Posted by: ExSnipe at May 24, 2013 05:39 PM (PBm/l)

56 Two outs to go for Sanchez.

Posted by: holygoat at May 24, 2013 05:39 PM (IGIFh)

57 Chemjeff!!!!! My daughter, although down with bronchitis now, is doing Really well. She graduates on the sixth of June, and scraped over a 3.00 out the past three years. Considering everything, it's almost a miracle!! She will take a year off, and plans to work on becoming a Red Cross volunteer first responder during that time, before going to GMU. I am recovering from surgery, but doing okay. How are you doing?? Have you finished classes and grading??

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 05:39 PM (SdetR)

58 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before usÂ—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotionÂ—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vainÂ—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedomÂ—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Posted by: sound awake at May 24, 2013 05:39 PM (ZjfK8)

59 And there goes the no-hitter.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 05:40 PM (uL0u2)

60 And there it goes. Mauer with a single in the ninth.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:40 PM (GEICT)

61 Gah! Fucking Joe Mauer spoils Anibal Sanchez's no-hit bid with one out in the 9th. Another great game for Sanchez.

Posted by: holygoat at May 24, 2013 05:41 PM (IGIFh)

62 11B40 at May 24, 2013 09:19 PM (4WWzQ)

For those who don't know: 11B is the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) for combat infantry. The 40 number indicates middle management: Staff Sergeant and up.

Thank you for your service Sergeant.

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at May 24, 2013 05:41 PM (ylhEn)

63 I was that which others did not want to be. I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those who gave nothing. And reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness... should I fail. I have seen the face of terror; felt the stinging cold of fear; and enjoyed the sweet taste of a momentÂ’s love. I have cried, pained, and hoped...but most of all, I have lived times others would say were best forgotten. At least someday, I will be able to say that I was proud of what I was... a soldier. In memory of the first of my soldiers I ever lost...SGT Robert L. Saunders. No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great, Duty First. Godspeed, Sandy.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2013 05:41 PM (jizvQ)

64 37 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw. Posted by: CAC
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Beautiful clear, cool day here. Just went out to take a quick look at the moon, which will be full tomorrow. It is a nice view tonight. Makes me wish I was at the beach.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 05:43 PM (aDwsi)

And for Angel Roldan, and so may others.....

Lest we forget.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense, or not... at May 24, 2013 05:43 PM (I2uSp)

13: My Navy man is deployed. I wish I could iron a wrinkled uniform for him

Vendette, I thank him- and you- for his service.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at May 24, 2013 05:44 PM (qURlx)

67 Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at May 24, 2013 09:36 PM (MhA4j)

that poem is beyond awesome, it is spectacular

thank you for sharing it

Posted by: Michael Moore's glistening naked body at May 24, 2013 05:44 PM (BBWjt)

68 oops sock/off

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:44 PM (BBWjt)

69 As for the 10,000 americans that fled to Canada, I'd say the US Military got the better end of that deal. Posted by: ExSnipe
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Have you forgotten that Carter pardoned them all, and welcomed them home?
Then.... there is Clinton....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 05:45 PM (aDwsi)

70 Hey CAC --- Isn't there supposed to be a lunar eclipse tonight?

Posted by: L, elle at May 24, 2013 05:46 PM (0PiQ4)

71 Anibal Sanchez of the Tigers has one inning to go to make some history, IYKWIMAITYD. Well, at least now I can post on AoS...

Posted by: Anibal Sanchez at May 24, 2013 05:46 PM (FcR7P)

72 moki, yes, classes and grading are over

I am so happy that you and your daughter are doing so well

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:46 PM (BBWjt)

73 And now for something completely stupid-- ...but which is a debate in certain quarters: Star Trek or Star Wars, whose ships could beat whom? Now, in the past I have not cared, both worlds being fictional, and this being the thing only fan boys care about (with the Star Wars guys usually seeming more fervent), but I just happened to chance upon a site taking one side (Star Trek, incidentally), and left with the honest opinion someone got too carried away with caring. The basic problem with this argument is that the two fictional universes seemingly have no common reference frame, making relative strength comparisons impossible, esp. given the much lesser emphasis on scientific speak/justification/rationalization in the Lucas-created worlds (not a criticism, it just is an is). I then chanced upon CGI scenes from the remastered Star Trek (I have ony seen one or two episodes--in general I do not think CGI beats old ILM-style modeling for realism, but no one asks me my opinion anyway). The episode was "The Doomsday Machine" (which has really good music). And then it occured to me: 1. The Doomsday Machine destroys panets. 2. The Death Star destroys planets. 3. The Doomsday Machine fired at the Enterprise, presumably with the intention of destroying it. 4. The Death Star II fired at ships, presumably with the intention of destroying them. 5. The Star Wars universe ships were destroyed, with no one remotely acting like they could stand a chance against the Death Star. 6. Both Star Trek ships that fought the Doomsday Machine held their own, defensively, agaist at least a few shots from it. 7. Therefore, the Star Trek universe would win in a head-to-head duel against Star Wars ships. Better shields. Q.E.D. For my next trick, I'll prove scientifically that Han in fact shot first... We now return you to more important stuff, like pron.

Posted by: "Mr. Fantastic" at May 24, 2013 05:46 PM (L2XRC)

74 Just watched "Frog Dog" from the NRA Patriot Profiles series on NRA lifeofduty.tv. It is about Navy SEAL Trevor Marshek and his service dog, Chopper. It will make your allergies act up a bit, so be careful.

Posted by: Lindafell at May 24, 2013 05:47 PM (PGO8C)

75 >>>Hey CAC --- Isn't there supposed to be a lunar eclipse tonight? Walked out of Gander Mountain tonight and the moon was just rising in crystal clear skies. IT WAS HUGE. Really big. Spectacular, even.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 24, 2013 05:48 PM (4Mv1T)

69 Mike Hammer,

No, I haven't forgotten. That's one reason Carter will always be a scum-sucking-dirtbag to me.

Posted by: ExSnipe at May 24, 2013 05:48 PM (PBm/l)

77 Greetings: especially Vendette @ 33 If I may intrude a bit on your fellow Canuckistanners, one of the unsung songs of the Viet Nam War was the number of Canucks (HPFs) who came south and volunteered to serve in the US military services. I had one such in my infantry squad. He was a strac troop and never failed us on the hunt or in a fight. So whenever I hear someone moaning about the dirtbags who fled north, I just kind of smile to myself and think I sure got the better of that deal.

Posted by: 11B40 at May 24, 2013 05:49 PM (4WWzQ)

78 Just tweeted this on Tapper's hashtag: Remembering BMC William E. (Jack) Morgan, 1917-2005, Pearl Harbor Survivor (USS California), WWII, Korea #Texas #MemorialMessage Wife's grandfather and a wonderful human being. I miss that man tremendously.

Posted by: Andy at May 24, 2013 05:49 PM (OZPoa)

79 What's this about a moon?

Posted by: Rosenne Barr at May 24, 2013 05:50 PM (dKV5k)

80 The sun hasn't set yet here, TR. I can't wait for the moon to show up. Something to look forward to. Except it's really cloudy.

Posted by: L, elle at May 24, 2013 05:52 PM (0PiQ4)

81 that dem cocksuker, Rubio is on fox lying his traitor ass off. I'll vote for Hillary before I vote for that back-stabbing son of a bitch.

Posted by: Ook? at May 24, 2013 05:52 PM (OQpzc)

82 Yes, using the Death Star on cruisers, seemed a particularly ridiculous exercise in retrospect, a very expensive weapon, for such a small target.

Posted by: Admiral Marcus at May 24, 2013 05:53 PM (Jsiw/)

83 well now. I think I had more than one pregnant fish in my fish tank. I count at least ten baby fish in my tank.

at this rate I'm going to have to get another tank by next year

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:53 PM (BBWjt)

84 Currently watching The Hangover. I forgot how damn funny this movie is.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 05:53 PM (GEICT)

85 I just finished watching documentary, Honor Flight. I downloaded it from Amazon. Interviews and follows Wisconsin group organizing flights to take WWII vets to D.C. to see memorial and return. Very thoughtful and special. I highly recommend.

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 05:53 PM (/jHWN)

Remembering my uncles:

Francis P. Goin served in the South Pacific and New Guinea in WW2. Never talked about it.

Howard Goin was in Normandy immediately after D Day.

Two wonderful men.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at May 24, 2013 05:54 PM (qURlx)

87 that dem cocksuker, Rubio is on fox lying his traitor ass off. I'll vote for Hillary before I vote for that back-stabbing son of a bitch. *** Yeah!!! no.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:55 PM (piMMO)

88 Yip, we had a DC meetup a couple of years ago and Dave in Texas and I (along with some other folks) ran into a group of the Honor Flight vets at the memorial. It was moving beyond words.

Posted by: Andy at May 24, 2013 05:56 PM (OZPoa)

89 Currently watching The Hangover. I forgot how damn funny this movie is. *** I thought the funniest pat was when they show the photos at the end.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 05:56 PM (piMMO)

90 It should be mentioned that the ROK's had over 300,000 serve in VN. They lost about 5,000.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 05:56 PM (aDwsi)

91 yeah my grandfathers never talked about their service in WW2.

I know my maternal grandfather was drafted towards the end of the war and was training somewhere in North Carolina at the time when the war in Europe ended. so he was never sent.

I have no idea about my paternal grandfather.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 05:56 PM (BBWjt)

92 The Moon? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at May 24, 2013 05:57 PM (Oi60j)

93
Remembering my Dad, who endured Guadalcanal.

   My Uncle Ed, who survived Omaha Beach.

     Another Uncle--who didn't survive Anzio.

     And all the other WW2 vets whose numbers dwindle each day.

     And finally, Richie, my buddy, in 67.

      May God hold you in His embrace.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2013 05:57 PM (SAMxH)

94 My uncle, PFC Harry A. Goldenberg K Company, 105th Inf. Reg., 27th Inf. Div. KIA Saipan, 7/1/44 Always in my heart.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2013 05:58 PM (+98Gb)

95 I thought the funniest pat was when they show the photos at the end. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 09:56 PM (piMMO) Oh, absolutely.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 06:00 PM (GEICT)

96 Remembering my dad, Bob Peterson, who served 5 years in the 5th Army, from before the war, into North Africa, then Sicily and Italy.

Remembering his long-time friend and high school classmate, who served in the Navy, Ken Wasson, who went on to teach shop at my high school.

Remembering Dan Pence, high school classmate, who dies in Vietnam.

And remembering all of the young men and women who have died in the years of the War on Terror, in Afghanistan, Iraq, and unknown places.

God bless them all.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2013 06:01 PM (GoIUi)

97 Memorial Day weekend ? The unofficial start of the summer ? It's freaking 36, raining and chance of flurries. Damn you Al Gore!

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at May 24, 2013 06:02 PM (KoOJX)

98 Caught Ray Charles utube doing America the Beautiful over at Theo Sparks . Aggravated the allergies . I love my country so much . I fuckin' hate what's happening to it . I miss my old man . His active service was with 3rd Brigade 1st Infantry Division , Lai Khe Viet Nam 1967 1968 , yeah during Tet , when they kicked the shit out of the commies , despite what Cronkite said , as well as an advisor to three different South Vietnamese infantry battalions , his second tour ,mostly in Saigon , he was involved with the final prisoner exchange . My service ( carter era navy) was pitiful next to those that have gone before . Here's to them (raises glass) , and those like them . Damn few left . Ya'll morons have a good memorial day . All the best , Awkward

Posted by: awkward davies at May 24, 2013 06:02 PM (WK8VM)

99 My dad was at Omaha too, irongrampa. He then went to Germany, but would never talk about what he did. He had two Purple Hearts and a bronze star, but refused to say why he got them. Hubby served as a marine artillery officer. I am grateful for both of them.

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 06:03 PM (SdetR)

100 I bow my head in memory and respect to all those who defended all of us.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 24, 2013 06:03 PM (4Mv1T)

101 Reading about the sacrifices of our military makes the horror of Britain's armed services being told not to wear their uniforms, lest they enrage the newbies, even more depressing.

Posted by: EveR at May 24, 2013 06:03 PM (pPOhx)

102 82 Yes, using the Death Star on cruisers, seemed a particularly ridiculous exercise in retrospect, a very expensive weapon, for such a small target. Posted by: Admiral Marcus at May 24, 2013 09:53 PM (Jsiw/) And it was a fuckin' trap.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 24, 2013 06:05 PM (dKV5k)

103 Good friends both, brothers Henry and Jim Baker. Henry was one of the Alamo Scouts (you'll have to look that up) that were transported by the original submarine Nautilus, and paddled a rubber raft ashore at Luzan, 6 months before the invasion. They raised a lot of hell for the Japs, blowing up this and that.
Jim caught a German bullet shortly after D Day, and never recovered full use of his arm. Both became pillars of the community when they returned, great families. Both gone in the last two years. Two very, very good men.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 06:05 PM (aDwsi)

104 #101 That order was rescinded, due to the outrage of many British people.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2013 06:06 PM (GoIUi)

105 @88 Cool Andy. I can only imagine. I've never been and want to go visit. I'm more emotional about the Wall and really want to see it..., I think I'd kinda lose it there even though I don't have a connection to anyone lost in 'Nam... just some of the older guys I served with in the National Guard were in Nam and I had my eyes opened widely talking to normal vets of the war.

An Epiphany really after growing up knowing only what I'd seen on TV or movies and the press wildly anti-war bias. When I was active duty I bonded with a few vets that worked at one of the airfields I worked at and they had been in Nam. That's when I learned to completely be disgusted by Hanoi Jane and her ilk and I saw watching shows like MASH in a whole new light. Not so innocent that show.... not so clever to me ever again.

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 06:07 PM (/jHWN)

106 Miss Marple is correct. That order should have never been given though not to wear your uniform though. I understand overseas but not back at home.

Posted by: CDR M at May 24, 2013 06:07 PM (dKV5k)

107 Stomped in 1 minute?New record??

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2013 06:08 PM (dBYCN)

108 104 Thanks, Miss Marple. Had not read that. Glad that some are fighting back against the loss of their identity.

Posted by: EveR at May 24, 2013 06:08 PM (pPOhx)

109 Both my parents are in Chatanooga National Cemetary. My dad a Veteran of the Pacific, Korea, and Vietnam. My mother one of the first WAC's, an ambulance driver on Okinawa.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at May 24, 2013 06:09 PM (69tAj)

110 I don't think the Death Star was using full power shots on the cruisers.

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2013 06:09 PM (dBYCN)

111 Every year, I make it a point to watch both "The War" and "Shoah." Despite Ken Burns flaming leftism, he managed to create a a masterful, horrifying and utterly moving tribute to those who served and those who gave their lives. "Shoah" just speaks for itself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2013 06:10 PM (+98Gb)

112 110 I don't think the Death Star was using full power shots on the cruisers. Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2013 10:09 PM (dBYCN) It still hurt. It wasn't like it was on a taze setting.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 24, 2013 06:10 PM (dKV5k)

113 My Navy man is deployed. I wish I could iron a wrinkled uniform for him.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 09:19 PM (uL0u2)

No tougher job than Navy wife. I had one that could hack it and one that couldn't. My respects to you, and a video that was filmed partly on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) on my last and final deployment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFq1eT9tMJ4

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 24, 2013 06:11 PM (KwGbS)

114 I am thinking about my dad Major John P. Hart, fighter pilot in WWII and Korea.

He grew up hard in Youngstown OH as an orphan during the depression. He would look up at that sky and see airplanes and thought "Shit ya I wan't to do that!"

He and a buddy hitchhiked from OH to CA March AFB and enlisted. He soon was mustanged up and got his wings. Flew during both wars and then was an acrobatic pilot in the 5th AF team called the Falcons that flew demonstrations throughout Asia and Europe.

I asked my dad "Weren't you scared?". He said "Shit ya kid. But we did it anyway"

Happy Memorial Day to all of my fellow vets and the people that love them in the Horde!

Posted by: Cheri at May 24, 2013 06:12 PM (EAgmr)

115 Cool Andy. I can only imagine. I've never been and want to go visit. I'm more emotional about the Wall and really want to see it..., I think I'd kinda lose it
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It's a hard thing to do..., and when you find the names of those you knew, it's just, well, I don't have the words.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 06:12 PM (aDwsi)

116 By the bye, my daughter is still pissed at me 11 years later that I didn't get 3 Doors Down to autograph something for her when they were on the ship.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 24, 2013 06:12 PM (KwGbS)

117 hey, lovies . . . what's shakin' tonight? you will never guess what I just bought. okay, hint, I have to wait 10 days before I bring it home . . . so excited!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (8lmkt)

118 Damn, the Pens are rollin' the Sens.

Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (d6i7L)

119 "Shoah" just speaks for itself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2013 10:10 PM (+98Gb)

Yes...a primer for militant Islam (or more accurately; Islam).

Posted by: Guy who doesn't have a fecebook account at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (O6Tmi)

120 Methinks Jake Tapper is angling for a gig at FNC. Not buying it.

Posted by: Craig Poe at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (BVkEs)

121 That's when I learned to completely be disgusted by Hanoi Jane and her ilk and I saw watching shows like MASH in a whole new light. Not so innocent that show.... not so clever to me ever again. Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 10:07 PM (/jHWN) Watched "Hello Dolly" last night. Hadn't seen it in Decades. I remembered it as being just a quirky entertaining musical highlighting Barbara Streisand's beautiful singing voice. Watching it last night, I come to realize it's thinly disguised anti-capitalist propaganda promoting socialist ideas such as "spreading the wealth around". Etc. I Have learned to look for socialist propaganda in etertainment, and realized it was a lot more ubiquitous than I had ever thought. Probably the people who write and make this stuff aren't even aware they're putting it in there. To them it probably seems normal to "hate the man."

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (bb5+k)

122

hey, lovies . . . what's shakin' tonight? you will never guess what I just bought. okay, hint, I have to wait 10 days before I bring it home . . . so excited!!!!

Is it purple?

Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2013 06:13 PM (d6i7L)

123 Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 10:13 PM (8lmkt)

That is a nice pistol young lady. I lust after its big brother.

Posted by: Guy who doesn't have a fecebook account at May 24, 2013 06:14 PM (O6Tmi)

124 (((((Peaches))))))) How are you and your new toy??!!!???!!!

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 06:14 PM (SdetR)

125 hey, lovies . . . what's shakin' tonight? you will never guess what I just bought. okay, hint, I have to wait 10 days before I bring it home . . . so excited!!!!
Posted by: Peaches-
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I'm thinking something with a cylinder...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 06:14 PM (aDwsi)

126 And....sock fail.

Fucking software.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:14 PM (O6Tmi)

127 no, satin finish, with black grips.

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:14 PM (8lmkt)

128 A dildo?

Posted by: CSMBigBird at May 24, 2013 06:15 PM (69tAj)

129 Evenin', all. 49 The moon is ENORMOUS tonight btw. As is Mary Lou Farnheimer's ... http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add_strip.php?iid=82532 Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2013 09:36 PM (FuGih) Great link, Waterhouse. Perfect for the Horde. Did anyone else feel compelled to copy the strip, just to prove you could. Piece of cake...

Posted by: Goldstein says, "Thanks vets, thanks families, FUCK Abraham Lincoln at May 24, 2013 06:15 PM (eQnzo)

130

hey, lovies . . . what's shakin' tonight? you will never guess what I just bought. okay, hint, I have to wait 10 days before I bring it home . . . so excited!!!!

They have a waiting period for skimpy lingerie?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:15 PM (lr3d7)

131 Peaches....How many batteries does it take? Just asking.

Posted by: Cheri at May 24, 2013 06:15 PM (EAgmr)

132 With this talk about Memorial Day, I find my disgust for Clinton reasserting itself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 24, 2013 06:16 PM (aDwsi)

133

Peaches....How many batteries does it take? Just asking.

You have to hook it up to two car batteries and the wall outlet.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:16 PM (lr3d7)

134 Peaches, are you bringing home a new firearm?

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 06:16 PM (uL0u2)

135 Can't fucking stop laughing. The Hangover. Naked asian dude just came out of the trunk.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 06:17 PM (GEICT)

136 Captain Sidney Saxon.

Shot down a bunch of Japanese planes, and survived being shot down twice.

My grandfather (his uncle) bought him a pocket .38 special to bring with him, and he kept it throughout the war.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:17 PM (O6Tmi)

137 lurk!!!! yes, my first, i am crazy excited and it is just a gorgeous thing . . . can't wait to fire it. shoots .357 or .38 . . . i'm gonna make friends with both of 'em.

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:18 PM (8lmkt)

138 You have to hook it up to two car batteries and the wall outlet.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 10:16 PM (lr3d7)

You're confusing it with AtC's!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:18 PM (O6Tmi)

139 How is everyone tonight? I'm doing laundry and prepping for my trip tomorrow. Lots of ironing and buffing dress shoes.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:18 PM (lr3d7)

140 You're confusing it with AtC's! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 10:18 PM (O6Tmi) No, no, AtC's goes direct to the nuke power plant.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 06:18 PM (GEICT)

141 Congrats Peaches!

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 06:19 PM (Wl/Ht)

142 . . can't wait to fire it. shoots .357 or .38 . . . i'm gonna make friends with both of 'em. Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 10:18 PM (8lmkt) If it's a 357 I loved using .38 bullets.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 06:19 PM (uL0u2)

143 They have a waiting period for skimpy lingerie?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 10:15 PM (lr3d7)

Of course! She lives in California.

[but it's just for heterosexuals]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:19 PM (O6Tmi)

144 134 Peaches, are you bringing home a new firearm?

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 10:16 PM (uL0u2)

Uh oh. Stay away from the boats!

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 24, 2013 06:19 PM (A4irB)

145

Of course! She lives in California.

[but it's just for heterosexuals]

Of course, because heterosexual sex is rape.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:20 PM (lr3d7)

146 I've told this story before - but it bears repeating.

In 1983 I was sitting in the Airport in Atlanta Ga. waiting for my transfer plane to arrive. There were a lot of military people in uniform striding through the airport and I would read their ribbons as they passed.

A Red Headed Army Major in his dress greens came up to the seats where I was and I looked at his chest. I saw immediately that he had both Combat Infantry and Airborne Ranger badges and more than the usual one row of medals that all Vietnam vets had.

I saw an Army commendation medal with V for Valor device, a Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters - which meant that he had been wounded three times, and a Legion of Merit medal. I was very surprised to see that; mostly it is Generals who are awarded a legion of merit.

Then I saw that he had a seventh medal on a row all by itself, it was crepe blue with five little stars on it. My eyes got very big - I had never seen one before.

I walked over to where he was sitting and I said "Excuse me Major." to him. He stood up and I shook his hand and said "Thank you, Sir". He looked very confused and said with a puzzled look on his face "Thank me - what did I do?" I answered him "Sir I understand your confusion - its just that I know what that is" nodding toward that seventh ribbon "Thank you sir".

He started crying - no one had ever thanked him before. Here was a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who couldn't imagine why anyone would be thanking him for anything.

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at May 24, 2013 06:20 PM (ylhEn)

147 Be careful girls.

Posted by: The Hindenburg at May 24, 2013 06:20 PM (BVkEs)

148 The guy (he was so cute) told me I'd probably do better with the .38s due to the recoil, but my gun nut buddies at the bar are all for me getting a couple boxes of both. I swear, I've been mulling this over for so long and I never thought it would be so exciting. I was thinking, well, I'll never fire it. Oh, hell, yeah, I will scoot down to the range and fire the crap out of this puppy. Can't wait!

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:21 PM (8lmkt)

149 I can't imagine Mike... knowing buddies or family/friends on there. The mobile Wall came through here about two years or so ago. It was so packed with folks, I talked myself out of going. I will go to DC for sure one day. For sure.

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 06:21 PM (/jHWN)

150 I thought AtC's was powered by the sweat of a hundred husky slaves working the Wheel of Pain.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:21 PM (lr3d7)

151 Posted by: An Observation at May 24, 2013 10:20 PM (ylhEn)

+1

They are always the most humble.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:22 PM (O6Tmi)

152 When my Dad visited the Wall he said his legs kinda' locked up . It was all he could do to walk to the monument . Big Red One had over 22,000 casualties in Viet Nam . He was too close to many of the names . It kinda' overwhelmed him .

Posted by: awkward davies at May 24, 2013 06:22 PM (WK8VM)

153 146 I've got some serious allergies right now. What an amazing story.

Posted by: moki at May 24, 2013 06:22 PM (SdetR)

154 He started crying - no one had ever thanked him before. Here was a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who couldn't imagine why anyone would be thanking him for anything. **** Just wow.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 06:23 PM (piMMO)

155 Anybody knowmwhat a dip license is? Didn't before today, but apparently it works as your second form of ID. Only had my license for the background check and the guy told me to go up front for a second ID. Apparently it's the cheapest fishing license you can get (5 bucks.). Saved me a trip home (and more indecision on my part.)

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 06:23 PM (Wl/Ht)

156 10 days... That's like forever. You should have bought it at a gun show then you could have just taken it home because of the loopholes and all /sarc/ Congrats, Is this your first?

Posted by: Lindafell at May 24, 2013 06:23 PM (PGO8C)

157 Crap. I forgot the cigars. Guess I'm making a quick run tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 24, 2013 06:24 PM (lr3d7)

158 Posted by: An Observation at May 24, 2013 10:20 PM (ylhEn)

Can you shoot me an e-mail to:

nynjmeet at optimum dot net

I have a question.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 24, 2013 06:24 PM (O6Tmi)

159 Posted by: An Observation at May 24, 2013 10:20 PM (ylhEn) Good for you.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 06:24 PM (uL0u2)

160 @146... awesome

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 06:24 PM (/jHWN)

161 Can't fucking stop laughing. *** And even when you know that Tyson is gonna hit the little dude, you still cringe while waiting for it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2013 06:25 PM (piMMO)

162

Anybody knowmwhat a dip license is?

Nobody has ever asked to see my DP license.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 24, 2013 06:25 PM (d6i7L)

163 Congrats Peaches! Be careful.... you'll shoot your eye out! heh

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 06:25 PM (/jHWN)

164 Scrolled up but couldn't find it- what kind is it Peaches?

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 06:25 PM (Wl/Ht)

165 146 that is an incredibly awesome story

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 06:26 PM (BBWjt)

166 I was thinking, well, I'll never fire it. Oh, hell, yeah, I will scoot down to the range and fire the crap out of this puppy. Can't wait!

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 10:21 PM (8lmkt)

Good for you! Practice mostly with the .38's, but be sure to put some .357 through it once in a while just so you are aware of the difference in recoil. Practice practice practice, and carry the damn thing if you can get a permit for it, it won't do you any good sitting in the gun safe.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 24, 2013 06:26 PM (KwGbS)

167 what kind is it Peaches?

and is it AC or DC?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 06:26 PM (BBWjt)

168

Sorry if this is old; I was one of the unfortunates who went to work today. (Warning: Gawker link, but I think it's worth it.)

http://tinyurl.com/8fn5x3f

Posted by: kalneva at May 24, 2013 06:26 PM (XyrkB)

169 He started crying - no one had ever thanked him before. Here was a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who couldn't imagine why anyone would be thanking him for anything.

I just started crying, too, buddy. Thank you so much for posting that. Our country exists because of brave, strong, humble people like him. And that is one of the best arguments for taking it back from the shitwads who are trying to steal it from us.

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:27 PM (8lmkt)

170
This Memorial Day weekend brings both joy and tears for my friendship and service with Sergeant Emmett Horn, a bull riding tough guy from Vidor, Texas. Emmett was a weapon specialist, and was deployed TDY from Okinawa on Team A1-113 to Ashau, Republic of Vietnam.

On December 23, 1964 Emmett was conducting a contact patrol 8 KM north of Camp Ashau with approximately 40 CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group) Vietnamese and 6 Chinese Hmong bodyguards.

The patrol was ambushed from rising terrain and the CIDG force froze and did not counter the attack by moving into the fire and laying down a withering barrage to break the attack. Emmett was moving down the line of hunkered troops imploring them to react. He was initially wounded in the gut, and shortly thereafter was fatally shot in the back of the head.

The surviving American SF forced the CIDG to carry Emmett back to Camp Ashau for evacuation to CONUS.

Emmett was a very popular man with quick wit, physically powerful, and a great friend. To learn more about Emmett, please visit and read more about his life.

http://tinyurl.com/q7369h

Posted by: Doctor Fish at May 24, 2013 06:27 PM (1lQzY)

171 Before the ONT shows up, I just want to say thanks for the good wishes sent my way. I hope I didn't appear to be needy, but my "I can do this, I'll be OK" self turned into a "I miss him" self this evening. Once again, thanks.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 06:27 PM (uL0u2)

172 An Observation - great story, thanking you for doing that. You know that "kid" will never forget what you said to him.

Posted by: Cheri at May 24, 2013 06:28 PM (EAgmr)

173 Nobody has ever asked to see my DP license. Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 24, 2013 10:25 PM (d6i7L) Bet that damn 'proof of insurance' had many men going home alone. Well, not now thanks to your valiant efforts. LINE 'EM UP BOYS!!!

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 06:28 PM (Wl/Ht)

174 He started crying - no one had ever thanked him before. Here was a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who couldn't imagine why anyone would be thanking him for anything. I was at a gas station one day, I look over to the other side of the pump and an older black guy was there pumping gas. He's wearing a Vietnam Vet hat. "Scuse me, sir?" "Yes young man?" "You served?" Very cautiously "Yes, I did." "Thank you very much sir." "No, thank you young man. No one's ever thanked me before." "Well that's a damn shame sir. You, and all our vets deserve so much more than a simple thank you." "You know, my brother served there too." Points over where his brother is standing next to the truck. I walk over, shake his hand and thank him too. Talked to them both for a few minutes. Great guys. Huge fans of our current day troops. I left and was almost in tears. These guys served in hell and no one had ever thanked them. That's some serious bullshit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 06:28 PM (GEICT)

175 There is an Irish gentleman I know who came to this country after having served in the Irish Army. He became a PJ and did at least one tour in SEA.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 24, 2013 06:29 PM (+N4be)

176

and is it AC or DC?

It's bisexual?

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 24, 2013 06:29 PM (+9AX9)

177 don't worry Vendette we've got your back

Posted by: chemjeff at May 24, 2013 06:29 PM (BBWjt)

178 Vendette, not needy. You have our support and so does your sailor. Hang in there and have a good weekend.

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 06:29 PM (/jHWN)

179 Vendette, tell him hi from a fat old retired Airdale squid.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 24, 2013 06:31 PM (KwGbS)

180

Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at May 24, 2013 10:27 PM

We've got some might big shoulders to lean on if you need it.

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 24, 2013 06:31 PM (+9AX9)

181 Propellent?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet

Posted by: Pocket Rocket Revolver at May 24, 2013 06:31 PM (I88Jc)

182 When my Dad visited the Wall he said his legs kinda' locked up . It was all he could do to walk to the monument .

When Maya Lin designed the Wall, and they built it, I was very interested and kept up with it. I did not approve, I thought it was not good enough. Then, some years later, I was in DC and went. I sobbed like a baby from start to finish as I walked the length of that Wall. It is one of the most moving monuments I have ever seen. It will fuck you up, as it should.

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:31 PM (8lmkt)

183 Posted by: An Observation at May 24, 2013 10:20 PM (ylhEn) Great story. Memorial Day is so bittersweet. Sad for the many losses (this is where I am at a loss of words to convey the respect for those who wore the uniform. God bless them all.)

Posted by: RWC at May 24, 2013 06:31 PM (Wl/Ht)

184 My Dad flew supplies to the Allies fighting in China against the Japanese. C-47 planes flying over the Himalayas. No fighter escort, no weapons, no radar, kinda chilly. Must have been fun.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2013 06:32 PM (cQ4xo)

185 ONT is up

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 06:32 PM (GEICT)

186 {{{{{lurk}}}}} your dad sounds like the finest kind of American. and he did one hell of a job with his daughter. xoxo

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)

187 Has it really been a year since my husband backed into the van of the troop master who dropped his "scouts" off to plant a flag in our yard? Time flies! I was horrified at the time that that happened. This year I'm gonna make the troop master get out and I'm going to look at his shoes and the firmness of his wrist before I get upset about insurance claims.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 24, 2013 06:34 PM (WgeYS)

188

Remembering the phrog crew that went into the water off the PI on my first cruise, and the snake crew from the sister squadron in the Persian Gulf that hit the desert floor escorting the medevac slug.

My prayers for my son's best friend who deploys to Afghanistan this summer, and for all of you who have kids who are serving.

My thanks for all of you Mo-rons who served, and fought, and my deepest respect for those who died.

Long live the United States of America

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 24, 2013 06:34 PM (0MVzQ)

189 I left and was almost in tears. These guys served in hell and no one had ever thanked them. That's some serious bullshit. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 24, 2013 10:28 PM (GEICT) No kidding. Damn. Their money would be no good if they were out and about with Morons, that's for sure.

Posted by: eman at May 24, 2013 06:36 PM (cQ4xo)

190 Seargent Wayne T. Benson. Who, returning after a tour in VN, worked hard to convince myself and other naive young kids that we weren't just playing a hypothetical game, and that we damn well better train, and when we thought we were too tired to do any more, *that* was the time to do more.

Posted by: JW at May 24, 2013 06:37 PM (aDwsi)

191 85 I just finished watching documentary, Honor Flight. I downloaded it from Amazon. Interviews and follows Wisconsin group organizing flights to take WWII vets to D.C. to see memorial and return. Very thoughtful and special. I highly recommend.

Posted by: Yip at May 24, 2013 09:53 PM (/jHWN)

***

Heard it was excellent. Makes me cry, reminds me of my Dad and so many other brave ones who defend(ed) us and our liberty. Thanks. Dan Hayes, Stephen Hayes, TWS, brother. Steve mentioned it on Fox a few days back.

Posted by: gracepmc at May 24, 2013 06:41 PM (rznx3)

192 I do have to say that today is one of my favorite days of the year. Why? Living in Roanoke, VA, on the Friday before Memorial Day we get a long line of special visitors through town when "Rolling Thunder" comes up I-81 and US 220 on their way to DC. The sight and sounds of a close to 10 mile long column of motorcycles riding along US220 to meet up with an even longer column of bikes on I-81 is a sight to behold. The added bonus is knowing that these guys/gals are heading up to DC to make sure that none of the anti-war shitheads does ANYTHING to the Vietnam Memorial. It also shows just how fucked up things have gotten when the icons of the 60's "counter culture" the bikers, are way more patriotic than the members of the President's administration.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 24, 2013 06:42 PM (BXLPR)

193 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 24, 2013 10:34 PM (0MVzQ)

That was beautiful, COJ. Thank you so much for your service and your sacrifice and prayers up for you, your family, and your son's friend.

Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)

194

My Dad, still with us. Silver Star, three Purple Hearts. My brother, Lt. James G. Aubrey, USAF, not.

Joseph H. Marshall III--family from Canada--I notified and did Survivor Assistance Officer. Brave family.

Danny, Tommy, Chris and Kim Weber, probably ten deployments between them. Two gone.

Uncles in the North Atlantic, ETO, Pacific.

All those guys I knew, moving forward, forward, forward.

Went to a Moving Wall and the one in DC. Hard, hard thing to do. Can't imagine the design was contentious at first.

There are two towns in Holland with streets named after my father's division--Timberwolves--and one with a street named after his division commander, Terry Allen.

Street in Carentan named after the 101st Airborne. Rose window in the church in Ste. Mere Eglise, fixed after the war, the Holy Mother and Infant, flanked by American paratroopers so that the congregation, when they lift their eyes, can see whence came their deliverance.

Families near American cemeteries adopt our graves, flowers and the whole thing. That's a long time to maintain a self-imposed obligation.

Lots of people remember.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at May 24, 2013 06:45 PM (dmbXR)

195 CBD, did you get my email?

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at May 24, 2013 07:05 PM (ylhEn)

196 Rememberin' my father, Edward Stanley Kaulakis. He fought in the Pacific and in Korea. So he's in from the bush, attending a tea dance at the O club. I cannot imagine this phantasmagoric surreal circumstance, any more than I can imagine combat. So. He's at the O club. It's a moonless night, and he doesn't notice that the admiral's chauffeur is still at the wheel the while he pisses on the Admiral's car. In the ensuing hue and cry, he appoints himself to track the miscreant. He lived before his time. He coulda been AG. He'd never talk about the Silver Stars or the DSC. I miss him.

Posted by: Bear is keeping count at May 24, 2013 07:08 PM (97jsO)

197 He'd never talk about the Silver Stars or the DSC. I miss him.

The Distiguished Service Cross is the Nation's second highest award - I have only seen one of those also.

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at May 24, 2013 07:18 PM (ylhEn)

198 C-47 planes flying over the Himalayas. No fighter escort, no weapons, no radar, kinda chilly.

Must have been fun.

I suggest you find a copy of Ernest K. Gann's superb book "Fate is the Hunter" for his take on flying the Hump.

Posted by: [/i] An Observation at May 24, 2013 07:21 PM (ylhEn)

199 Greetings: This sentiment from The Rolling Stones' "Salt of the Earth would seem, however surprisingly, to be appropriate to the occasion. "Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare a thought for his back breaking work Say a prayer for his wife and his children Who burn the fires and who still till the earth"

Posted by: 11B40 at May 24, 2013 08:56 PM (P9gkU)

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