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Burned Bridges……
Burned Bridges…. Not since Screamin’ Howie Dean has a presidential aspirant’s career ended more abruptly than that of Sen. Ted Cruz; even very strong supporters like Sara Palin and Laura Ingraham and virtually all Tea Party members, ended their … Continue reading
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In war there are the “lucky” and then there is Steve Young
“The reason my responses are limited is because I am at work. Some of us weren’t lucky enough to be war heroes, so we still have to work for a living instead of being able to rely on a monthly … Continue reading
Posted in Family, friends, Heroes, Left-wing radicals, Marine Corps, Medal of Honor, Media, Military, Obama, Patriotism, Race, Uncategorized, Veterans, War
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‘Fury’ heightens the bar of war cinema
What “Saving Private Ryan” did for the frontal assault and combat realism, and “Das Boot” did for the suffocating horror of dying in small, enclosed spaces and what “Platoon” posited about struggling to retain ones humanity and soul while taking … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Film, Heroes, Military, Patriotism, Psychology, Religion, Uncategorized, Veterans, War
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Our Flag …. “a living thing.”
In this digital, disconnected age of “me… me… me”, I mourn the loss of true patriotism in my country. We have a president who initially refused to wear a flag lapel pin, didn’t bring hand to heart during the National Anthem and … Continue reading
Posted in Heroes, Liberty Constitution, Marine Corps, Military, Obama, Patriotism, Uncategorized, Veterans, War
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As far as I’m concerned… it’s a man’s world
A couple of days ago I willingly engaged in a back-and-forth with a long ago public school friend of mine when he popped up on Facebook as he does every few months. Steve (his real name) is a classic, … Continue reading
Remember her well, Sweetheart.
As I pulled into the parking lot for Sparky’s vet appointment, the pickup parked haphazardly across three spaces near the front door meant something was not good. As we entered a young girl, 12 or so, stood in the lobby, … Continue reading
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9/11/2001
Originally posted on September 11, 2011 Ten years gone….. a nation’s failure After almost 24 straight hours of watching listening and reading everything available on the attack, I fell into a numbed, head buzzed sleep, then startled awake about 2:30 a.m. The unmistakable … Continue reading
There are lies, monumental lies and then there is Obama……….
“You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” This query of Sen. Joe McCarthy during the 1954 Army–McCarthy hearings became one of the all-time debate stoppers in American history. It can … Continue reading
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The road…………
The mortality and morbidity rates in rural America compared to the big cities are telling… that’s why country folks have a stake in their communities, they act rather than react; they are survivors. They don’t wait in waist-deep water looking … Continue reading
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The Bedford Boys
Like eleven other Virginia communities, Bedford provided a company of soldiers (Company A) to the 29th Infantry Division when the National Guard’s 116th Infantry Regiment was activated on 3 February 1941. Some 30 Bedford soldiers were still in that company … Continue reading
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