Month: May 2007

Those of Us Who Were There

remember these scenes really well and we wonder why it is they don’t seem to be able to be replicated today.  They were important then.  They are important now. If we had a media that would actually cover it,...

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Bleeding the Army and Marines

The last 11 months in Iraq are the bloodiest since the United States invaded in March of 2003.  Despite a troop surge the violence is not abating and our troops are not more secure.   Our losses in Iraq are...

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My Memorial Day

PILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo, Shovel them under and let me work– I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work....

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In Memory of Whom and What We Have Lost

Tomorrow is a day that most Americans will stop and remember those who have died serving our country. Even if it is in between hot dogs, beers or while firing up the grill, most will (hopefully) think of tomorrow as more than...

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