Maybe I was raised differently than Joe Biden. He is not much older than me, but I am definitely not as jaded and untouched as Joe Biden is about particular days of remembrance or the sad sight of a flag-draped coffin.
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Three Letter Word – Jobs (Steve Jobs, actually)
Few people will have the distinction in history afforded to Steve Jobs, who passed away yesterday. Mr. Jobs will probably be remembered as a digital age Da vinci. Someone with a vision that changed how we did things, maybe even how we thought about doing them.
Memorial Day: Remembering What We Did…
Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Number 2112 “Precision Weapons Repairer. That is what I did. I found this entry on the Marine Corps Community for USMC veterans. I found it worthy of sharing. It took me back to the hard works and labors of my early days as a young Marine serving our country. So on this Memorial day, I not write of my own musings and thoughts, but I defer that to my brother Amorers who have so adeptly described what we do (and did). To them I say…Semper Fi!
The destructive power of a machine gun, mortar or rifle by itself is nothing, but when manned by Marines in combat, it strikes terror into the heart of the enemy.
Armorers in the Marine Corps make sure that each one of these weapons, along with many other small-arms, are secured, maintained and accounted for, until Marines need to put them to use.
Armorers are responsible for every weapon in their charge – 100 percent accountability at all times.
“Most people don’t realize how much we do on a daily basis,” said Sgt. Clinton Rosemeyer, armory chief, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. “Between the multiple weapons counts, issuing weapons, maintenance and inspections after recovering weapons – we keep pretty busy.”
The battalion’s armory contains pistols, rifles, machine guns and mortars. Armorers must be able to inspect the weapons to determine if they have malfunctions, need repairs or meet serviceability standards, according to Marine Corps Order P1200.7.
In order to do that, armorers must be able to disassemble and assemble every weapon in their charge, and be able to assess the condition of each piece of the weapon.
What’s In Your Narrative?
Plenty of people who think they are quite attuned to the echo chamber are spending a good deal of time doing the progressives and RINO’s dirty work. These are people on the right, so-called insiders who get how the game is played. Yet again (and again) I find the chorus repeating the message which the left and the media have ingrained in them…every time they hear the bell ring.
"Sarah Palin." Ding!
Independents will never vote for her. Her resignation as governor is a deal breaker. You can’t bring social issues into the debate or Republican’s lose the center, she is stupid, inexperienced, too provocative, and on and on and on.
This is the message of the establishment elites on both sides. It is the growl of a cornered animal that fears for its life. A life dependent on the growth and power of government. And it has been picked up and repeated by people who should know better.
There Are No “Rules” For Radicals
The democrat leadership loves to project their feelings and intentions on others. By their calculus, if it is happening inside their obsessed little minds everyone has to feel that way. It is why they can’t help claiming that anything anyone does or says in opposition to them or their agenda does so from a position of fear or hate. That is how they think and feel. It is what drives them. It must also drive you.
They then filter that misconception into populist rants demanding that everyone within a 100 mile ideological radius of some perceived slight denounce whomever or whatever they have painted as ill will.
This is classic Alinsky with a twist. Rules for Radicals demands that you hold your opponents to their own moral standards, make them follow their own rules, and pummel them (and anyone near them) relentlessly at every opportunity. They do this knowing humans are flawed and incapable of perfection on their own which is amusing because in their preferred secular state there is only one source of power to guide us and it is them and the same rules do not apply to democrats.
Boots on the Ground. Not suits in DC
Guest Post by Bob Jones The President has received the Nobel Peace Prize . As Commander-In- Chief what will that mean to the safety of the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, some on their 3rd and 4th deployment into harm’s way? When the Commander-in-chief’s handpicked General, McCrystal, asks for the troops needed to … Read more
Semper Fi: ALWAYS Faithful, not “sometimes faithful”
Guest Post by Bob Jones Israel has released 19 Palestinian women prisoners for a 1 minute video of the Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit) captured in 2006. Shalits freedom has become a condition for the Israelis to consider ending a blockade of Gaza which has economically paralyzed the area. The people of Israel have been … Read more
Something you can… nay SHOULD be doing Friday, National POW/MIA Awareness Day
Never Forget! Bring them ALL home… Guest Post by Bob Jones Friday is National POW/MIA Awareness Day. Interesting to note is the FACT that we have an American soldier (PFC Bowe Bergdahl) being held as “POW” in Afghanistan at this time and most Americans are not aware because of simple terminology change. The term … Read more
Days of Infamy
. … Today is the anniversary of the worst terror assault on American soil- the third major attack on the homeland by enemy forces since the end of the Revolutionary War. September 11, 2001 is a day that everything changed. Throughout history there have been few events that, in the big scheme of things, impacted … Read more
Letter to President Obama: One thing we want is that the travesty against our current “POW/MIA’s” is corrected.
Guest Post by Sue Peterson… President Obama, you are the Commander in Chief. Today we have another American Soldier that was capture, Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl. He is identified as "Missing-Captured" which is the designation that was established on December 18, 2000. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued Directive 1300.18 which eliminated the status of … Read more
Notable Quote: Liz Cheney
Just like the Americans? No way! Liz Cheney writes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed entitled "Obama rewrites the Cold War" that Mr. Obama’s method for pushing reset around the world is becoming clearer with each foreign trip. He proclaims moral equivalence between the U.S. and our adversaries, he readily accepts a false historical narrative, and … Read more
Misplaced attention…
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman From our friend Jack Kimball of the Granite State Patriots: Michael Jackson dies and it’s 24/7 news coverage. A real American hero dies and not a mention of it in the news. We’re entertained by an entertainer’s death, one who molested children, took drugs (and died by them), and … Read more
Today is the day: Freedom Ride 2009~ “The Ride to THE ROCK”
Freedom Rally ’07 Today marks the 21st anniversary of America’s longest and oldest continuous weekly POW/MIA vigil, held every Thursday night at New Hampshire’s official memorial at Meredith’s Hesky Park. Additionally, this day marks the 16th anniversary of the Freedom Ride. Started in 1994 by a local motorcycle club, the ride is held in conjunction with … Read more
Back when men were men…
Because we never forget. D-Day, or Reagan…
Deliberate act of jihad? Move along everybody. Nothing to see here. All is well.
Guest post by Karen Testerman Is one life more worthy than another? Google can tell us a lot about what our media considers important and their take on the worthiness of life for ALL beings. Consider the following: Today I found 60,200 Google hits on the murder of abortionist, George Tiller vs. 1,040 hits covering … Read more
Blue, Gold Star, POW/MIA Families Memorial to be Dedicated Saturday
by Karen Thurston Last year, the Blue Star Mothers of New Hampshire joined forces with New Hampshire Veteran’s groups, as well as other organizations and donors, to build a Reflection Fountain along the Memorial Walkway at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. This week marked the completion of the fountain. The formal dedication … Read more
Veterans in NH
From our friends at the Josiah Bartlett Center: Josiah Bartlett Center Releases "Veterans In New Hampshire"Charts service of Granite State’s 122,000 Veterans (CONCORD) As the nation marks Memorial Day, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy today released its latest report, "Veterans in New Hampshire", which charts the service of the Granite State’s 122,000 veterans. … Read more
Two Parades…
Guest Post by Joe Cantafio
When I was a young boy I remember two very important, and two very different parades in Oak Park, Illinois; the quaint little western-Chicago suburb where I grew up.
I can remember at about the age of four, walking with my Dad to the parade that marched down Ridgeland Avenue, only three-blocks from our home on South Taylor Avenue. The date was May 30th. It is still a very sweet and vivid memory of my Dad, Color Guards, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, politicians, little league baseball teams, marching bands, fire trucks and engines, police cars, war Veterans and uniformed Troops. I remember this particular parade because it wasn’t the wild celebration that our 4th of July parade always was.
As a youngster I didn’t understand the difference between the two parades, but I did notice that The Memorial Day Parade, was holier; quieter compared to the other. There were no clowns, or marchers throwing candy to the crowd, in fact, there was a certain reverence at this particular parade especially when the Troops marched by. As I sat at the privileged seat my father cleared for me on the curb, I watched the people in the crowds’ eyes tear up when the WWII Veterans marched by, not realizing that their tears and respectful applause were for those men and women who saved the world about 14-years earlier.
I stopped going to parades when I thought I became too "cool" at the age of 11 or 12. I would use those American Holidays to sleep in. I was all about "me" in those days. It wasn’t until the end of my freshman year in high school that it all sunk in. It was then that the meaning of Memorial Day, a day originally set aside to honor Civil War Veterans, began to sink in. That was the year my cousin Charles Genitti, USMC was killed in Vietnam.
I can remember thinking I was going to sleep-in on Memorial Day 1970, but for some reason I got up earlier than expected, showered, and walked out of the house by myself at about 9:30 AM as if I was pulled by a magnet to the parade on Ridgeland Ave. It was as if time stood still, waiting for me to return. The same patriots lined the street dress in their American colors, a bit older now, but still there, supporting their country. I stood back, behind the crowd as more of an observer this time and watched the children as their parents now let them up-front to the curb. That made me smile.
I watched the fire trucks and engines come down the street first, as the children’s faces all lit up with excitement; putting their hands over their ears as the firefighters and police officers sounded their sirens as they came screaming up the street. The marching bands seemed a bit out of tune, probably like they always were, I just never noticed it when I was a kid.
Remembering the past to help the present…
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it… Susie Sandager will be at the Etz Hayim Synagogue in Derry on Monday, May 18th at 6:30 PM performing her one woman dramatization of Corrie Ten Boom, the Dutch Christian who, along with her family, saved the lives of over 800 Jews by hiding them from … Read more
D.U.S.T.W.U.N.? NO… It’s MIA!
Never Forget! Bring them ALL home… Just got this from Bob Jones of Meredith. First the news, then a letter from Bob… The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers, and one soldier as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN). The action occurred May 1 near the village of Nishagam, in Konar Province, … Read more