In remembrance...
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and now a word from General George S. Patton...
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AMEN
“When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.” – Herbert Hoover
...or less - T.
Posted by Terwiliger | May 25, 2009 1:23 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 01:23
My apologies if this bothers anybody, but I want to get it off my chest.
Every patriotic holiday that rolls around, it's impossible to escape Lee Greenwood's God Bless the U.S.A..
I agree with the general sentiment of the song, but there are two parts of it that make me cringe.
I would change "I'm proud to be an American" to "I'm thankful to be an American"...
And I would change "I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me" to "I won't forget the men who died to protect that right for me."
Posted by Terwiliger | May 25, 2009 1:34 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 01:34
I would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to every soldier who sacrificed all or part of himself so that I wouldn't have to.
Godspeed.
Sorry for cluttering up the board, John. I didn't want to leave the most important part unwritten.
Posted by Terwiliger | May 25, 2009 1:41 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 01:41
HEY T
That's not clutter, that's a sincere sentiment that needs to be heard today.
Posted by john Cox | May 25, 2009 1:48 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 01:48
Now there are some folks, who regard themselves as morally superior beings, who question why the other bastard has to die. The answer of course is that the other bastard is attempting to impose his will, or the will of his leader, upon you by force. It is the act of coercion by force that makes what General Patton called the other bastard an enemy.
Peace is simply the absence of enemies.
But there are some folks, who pretend to be morally superior beings, who would have us believe that "peace" could be achieved by submission to the will of the other bastard. In reality this is not peace, it is slavery.
There are some well meaning people, some of whom that I respect, who believe that there are times that one cannot have both peace and freedom at the same time.
I have to disagree.
Liberty is simply the condition of existence in which the person is free to live his own life in accordance with his own rational judgment. This does cf course require the absence of some other bastard who is attempting to impose his will upon the person by force.
In practical terms real peace and real freedom are inseparable. I will go further is saying that to a civilized person, peace, freedom, and security, are simply three words that can be used to describe the identical condition, the absence of another bastard imposing his will upon the civilized person.
Contrary to what those who describe themselves as peace activists would have us believe, and as General Patton has ably demonstrated, the path to real peace invariably takes us over the real dead bodies of those other bastards who insist on violently imposing their will upon us.
Unfortunately this process is by no means a safe one.
Let us take this day to remember those who died on the path to real peace.
Posted by Leslie Bates | May 25, 2009 6:40 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 06:40
the difference between rational Americans and liberals is that we know there is evil in the world the liberal thinks we are that evil.
Posted by yochanan ben avrohom | May 25, 2009 7:28 AM
Posted on May 25, 2009 07:28
The day you will start putting your sketches on T-Shirts, you will ruin me...
Posted by Emilio | May 25, 2009 1:28 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 13:28
HEY EMILIO
(wringing my hands and walking around the lab in tight circles)
BWAA HAAA HAAA HAAAAAA
Posted by john Cox | May 25, 2009 2:10 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 14:10
Minor grammar nit, but I would have thought the quote ended with "his".
Posted by Mauser | May 25, 2009 3:55 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 15:55
HEY MAUSER
You might want to rake that up with General Patton.
Posted by john Cox | May 25, 2009 4:11 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 16:11
I'm just saying that I thought that's what he said....
But if I could bring back Patton, I'd have much more important work for him than answering questions about his exact words. We need more like him, now more than ever.
Posted by Mauser | May 25, 2009 4:17 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 16:17
Watched the end of the movie today. Raining here.
My soulful thanks to all that have died to PROTECT my freedom. And a big finger up to those who are striving hard on a daily basis to give it away!
Sorry had to get that in
Posted by Cowboy | May 25, 2009 9:25 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 21:25
Ditto.
Posted by GarandFan | May 25, 2009 10:43 PM
Posted on May 25, 2009 22:43
What's up John! Just thought I'd give you a poke. GREAT quote!
Posted by Tony Smith | May 29, 2009 4:12 PM
Posted on May 29, 2009 16:12
HEY TONY
Hey, my man! Nice to know you took a look. Come by any time.
Posted by john Cox | June 3, 2009 4:20 AM
Posted on June 3, 2009 04:20