Category: Patriotism
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Stand Up, Knuckleheads
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We took the grandkids to the park today for our city’s annual balloon festival. We woke them up at 5:15 am and we left the house by 6:10 so we could find parking. Our family tradition for this occasion, ever since our own kids were little, is that we buy…
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Talking Heads
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No, not the 80’s music group, I have no intention of burnin’ down the house, but rather those fabled, sometimes fabulous, frequently fractious folks who ask for “only” 3 hours of my day, talk show hosts. I know the term “talking heads” began as a description of TV news anchors but…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 T
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Blogging A – Z Challenge T is for Time to Remember Time is important. If the Lord wills and I live through a full 24 hour day I will have 1,440 minutes at my disposal. 86,400 seconds. If I were to get a full 8 hours of sleep, which I…
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Jim’s E-mail About His Patrol Experiences in Iraq
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From Jim’s E-Mail of 122107. If you knew how well he interacts with kids (of all ages) you would doubly appreciate some of these pictures. Family and Friends, Here are some more pictures from Iraq. I took these pictures on one of the presence patrols that we conducted in a southern Baghdad neighborhood. Sniper, ambush, and IED/EFP threats have…
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T Roosevelt Quote
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There is an e-mail circulating with a quote about immigration from Theodore Roosevelt. It is only partial and after some homework I found a couple of interesting quotes: “In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here does in good faith become an American and…
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I Still Swear…So Help Me God
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*Standing at attention, right arm at ninety degree angle* “I, Herbert C. Thiel, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey…
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Voting
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My theory in choosing a liberal as a running mate was that it would blow the collective mind of the lefty media. They wouldn’t know how to cover it. But after Jerry’s comments I gave it some more thought. The media wouldn’t freak out, they would just fall in love…
