Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 02:56 am:
It's amazing how we all came together the day of, and the months after. 2/3rds wanted war, we got it, then blamed the President for it. How quickly we forget sometimes.
Thoughts and Prayers go out to the families of everyone involved, including the remains 1,122 people who where never identified, est. 6,000 soldiers and an estimated 800 workers who have died from complications from the rescue.
Pegs Down..
Please, no arguing politics here!
(Message edited by americanmadexb on September 10, 2011)
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 06:30 am:
To the guys I served with; Thanks for your service, your dedication, your professionalism, and our great fortune to return home. To those we know that we lost - you are never forgotten, never forsaken, never without our admiration to your sacrifice. Fair Winds, Following Seas Hang em high, at Eighth and I
Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky, All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh.
Fading light, Dims the sight, And a star, Gems the sky, Gleaming bright, From afar, Drawing nigh, Falls the night.
Thanks and praise, For our days, Neath the sun, Neath the stars, Neath the sky, As we go, This we know, God is nigh.
Rest in Peace; all is not the same since you left.
Halfway down the trail to Hell, In a shady meadow green Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped, Near a good old-time canteen. And this eternal resting place Is known as Fiddlers' Green. Marching past, straight through to Hell The Infantry are seen. Accompanied by the Engineers, Artillery and Marines, For none but the shades of Cavalrymen Dismount at Fiddlers' Green. Though some go curving down the trail To seek a warmer scene. No trooper ever gets to Hell Ere he's emptied his canteen. And so rides back to drink again With friends at Fiddlers' Green. And so when man and horse go down Beneath a saber keen, Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee You stop a bullet clean, And the hostiles come to get your scalp, Just empty your canteen, And put your pistol to your head And go to Fiddlers' Green.
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 08:20 am:
"How quickly we forget sometimes. " Same for patriotism. Many will wave the flag proudly tomorrow (and probably a few days before, maybe a day or two after), and then pack it away.
I am appreciative for all of our soldiers who risk their lives to help prevent another situation like the one we had ten years ago.
And I do feel for all those that lost family members on that tragic day.
You always hear older (I am only 29) people talking about where they were when ______ happened. 9/11 was the first one of those for me. I'll never forget that day, what I was doing, the general panic of everyone around me (I had went to college and then after school a mall job that i had), and the painfull-to-see images broadcast on the television and newspapers. People jumping out of tall buildings to escape burning alive, for example.
Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 09:43 am:
>>>Hang em high, at Eighth and I
Semper Fi
Today is taking on a complexion that's a strange brew of the afternoon of 9/11, as folks see the massive military/law enforcement presence this morning of tens of thousands of folks frantically doing the Jack Bauer search for a reported dirty bomb, and the days after 9/11 when when it was eerily silent as we all walked past the destroyed towers . . . not a word was spoken and the streets filled with dust muffled even footsteps.
It is bewildering to me how true that is. I am honestly unable to comprehend the minds of those who do. I'll honor your request and start another thread to share my disdain on that front.
Thanks for creating this thread. It is a very somber day for me.
Many people say RIP on 9/11..many people put stickers on cars on 9/11/ "Support our troops" and the same people wouldn't help you jump your battery when your car dies and just drive right by you...and reality check- stickers don't help the troops..you actually have to support them and not just put a sticker on a car....
Old, tired, past my prime - but if the phone rang this afternoon, as it did then, my bags would be packed in hours, and I would stand ready to do it all over again.
No PC forgiveness, no surrender, no peace for the perpetrators, or those that support them, or those that defend them. Ever.
As I watched the names being read this morning I had a tear in my eye I really did . Then I realized how many local people were effected then it really really hits home. So many kids my own sons age who never knew a parent some towns had 10 or more people gone. This was the first year I actually watched the 9/11 stuff I really wasn't up to watching it in years past, in a way I am glad I shed a tear and REMEBERED that I CAN NEVER FORGET and I don't want to!!!!!!!!!!!!
