This weekend is the beginning of a week that ends with Memorial Day. Saturday 18 May 2013 is designated as Armed Forces day. Please take a minute out of your time to think and thank the men and women serving and those that have.
Memorial Day weekend, normally the beginning of the summer vacation time, brings back a lot of memories for me and for the thousands of men and women serving. It is the time to reflect on those that made the ultimate sacrifice. It is also a time to thank those serving. Hundreds of thousand men and women who will be forever scarred by the wars and conflicts that we have been in over the years. Many have scars that are not visible.
To all the men and women serving and have served, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. Lets never forget our brothers and sisters who cannot be here with us.
Somewhat related, the famous Memphis Belle, the first US bomber in WWII to survive 25 sorties will be at the JeffCo airport in Broomfield Memorial Day weekend and people will be able to buy flights aboard the historic bomber.
I got to fly in a B-24 a couple years ago and it was very cool.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
In Arlington, a flag is placed
on every soldier's grave.
In cemeteries nationwide,
the stars and stripes are displayed.
In battlefields around the world,
from Antietam, to Mosul, the Somme,
in places hot and steamy,
and those covered in ice,
The blood-stained earth still echoes
the final anguished cries
of men and women who gave
the ultimate sacrifice.
With selfless honor,
they bravely paid
freedom's deadly, bloody price.
Thousands of souls have earned
their nation's thanks throughout the years.
While back at home,
their families wept
a thousand bitter tears.
And now, as spring edges into summer,
we come together across the land
to honor that brave number
as we have for many years.
The bugles sound, the flags all fly,
the old soldiers lift a glass,
to the buddies they loved,
that are never coming back.
Mothers cry as they remember
the son who went to war.
Children try to picture a father
dead and buried when they were born.
All across the nation,
their comrades reminisce.
And in churches and town halls,
names are read from a list.
Now soldiers, be at ease.
Your compatriots have the watch.
And they'll serve and die until
that final day of peace.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
