Please pause sometime today and remember all those members of our Armed Forces who have given the ultimate sacrifice in order that we, the Greatest Nation in the World, may live in freedom.

To those who have served, are serving, or have already committed to serving: Thank you.

As this magical hour approaches – magical, for me, since it is the split second shared by both the Marine Corps’ Birthday and Veteran’s Day – I cannot help but stop to think how blessed I am to have had the opportunity to serve my country. A lot of people in the current administration make it seem like it isn’t MY country any more, and in fact they want YOU to feel like YOU don’t own it, either – that you should, in fact, be sharing it with the rest of the poor, undeveloped world because it just isn’t FAIR that there are haves and have nots in this world.

I’ve got news for those who feel it isn’t FAIR – “fair” is a county thing, maybe a state thing, where you show off your livestock and your produce, the product of your own hands and sweat equity and your skills. You know, all those things the intellectuals of the world would have you believe are beneath contempt. If it wasn’t for the ones willing to get down in the trenches, both literal and figurative, the intellectuals would be crying for someone to save them. It is those who are willing, who were willing, and who will be willing in the future to lay there lives on the line for this experiment we call The United States of America that allow the intellectuals the freedom to whine about how unfair it is that we, the United States, have the largest base of manufacturing in the world. Well, we did, until the intellectuals determined that they could make all the icky manual labor jobs go away if the corporations who provided those jobs were forced to pay more for the privelege of operating within our borders.

Sorry – got off track for a bit.

I tend to do that when I think of how many family members, through the years, and tribe members and fellow sheep dogs have forfeited their lives so that We The People could have the life we have, and know that if the intellectuals had their way we would be chasing down the mighty Tofusaurus on the wide open plains for tonight’s supper – since intellectually, farming hurts the earth, and cows hurt the earth, and cars hurt the earth, and breathing hurts the earth…

Sorry, sidetracked again.

To all those who have served and are currently serving: THANK YOU. To the members, the fewer and fewer members, of the Greatest Generation: THANK YOU.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

New Corps – I am not slamming you or “dissing” you or anything like that. Tradition is that all Marines are jarheads. Live with it.

Fred – Happy Birthday to you AND the Corps. Figures, a crusty old leatherneck like you would have to share the birthday with our beloved Corps. It fits, you know?

I rent my domain name(s) from GoDaddy.com. I got an e-mail from Bob Parsons (another Marine, for those who weren’t aware) pointing to his annual Birthday Tribute: USMC 234the Birthday Tribute. Quite good. It’s even got my favorite quote about Marines in there, from Ronald Reagan.

Two more things, to all my fellow Marines, past, present, and future:

1. Ooh.

2. Rah.

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

Mary sends:

Last Tuesday, as President Obama was debarking from Marine One on the White House Lawn, he was carrying a baby piglet under each arm.
The squared away Marine guard snaps to attention, salutes, and says “Nice pigs, sir.”
The President replied, “These are not pigs. These are authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs. I got one for Secretary of State Clinton and one for Speaker of the House Pelosi.”
The Marine snapped another salute and said, “Excellent trade, sir!”

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!