Arlington at Christmas

This is beautiful.



Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.

Know the line has held, your job is done.

Rest easy, sleep well.

Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

Peace, peace, and farewell...





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God Bless!

Jules

Chorus of Remembrance

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Jules

Tell Rush Limbaugh to Apologize

I've never been a Rush Limbaugh fan, although I used to listen to his TV program off and on. It was a bit like a train wreck - you didn't want to look, for fear of what you'd see, but you just couldn't help yourself. Plus, there was always the chance that you'd get to see him stuff both feet in his mouth.

Apparently, Mr. Limbaugh still likes to make an utter fool of himself. The latest came on his September 20th broadcast, where he called American servicemen and women who oppose the war in Iraq "phony soldiers". This is not a small number - according to a December 2006 poll, only 35% of service members approved of Bush's handling of the war.

The Care2 Petition Site is asking everyone who supports our troops (you don't have to support the war) and is offended by these comments to sign this petition and tell Rush Limbaugh to apologize to our troops. Remember, his show is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, so members of the service - around the world - heard these insults.

Won't you take a minute and sign this petition? I have.

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God Bless!

Jules

Please Shop at Sears

This is an email message that has been traveling the Internet since 2003 - but, it is a true story!

I HOPE you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up.

Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.

I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.

Pass it on.

Read the information accumulated by Snopes at http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp.

If you have an option, when you are shopping, please choose Sears. I choose to not support the war, but I do choose to support the troops - and the amazing company that also supports our men and women in uniform.

I will be doing my shopping with the company who cares!

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God Bless!

Jules

Let Us Not Forget

Have a Blessed
Memorial Day Weekend


And


God Bless America

Proud to Be an American

Very shortly after 09/11/01, an extremely patriotic song, by Lee Greenwood, was given a new life.
Personally, I've never been able to listen to "Proud to Be an American" without standing up and placing my hand over my heart, while tears of pride streamed down my cheeks. (Just like hearing Kate Smith sing 'God Bless America' - for those of you who remember - or anyone who sings the National Anthem without needing to making it a 'new pop hit'.) I can't carry a tune in a bucket, but I've always been inspired to sing along. (My apologies to Mr. Greenwood and Ms. Smith.)

I don't think my emotions will ever change - hearing those songs. But somehow, in the last few years, the pride has become acute embarrassment.

For those of you who remember - they buried JFK on the weekend that I was to celebrate my 7th birthday. I will never be able to erase the memory of the riderless horse and the cortege. That was my introduction to politics. (Don't EVEN ask me my opinion of the deaths of the Kennedy brothers. There is not enough blog space.)

Over the years, I have been proud of and embarrassed by the Presidents that the electoral college has put into office. (Don't believe for a minute that the common vote has any clout in this mess.) But, I have stood by my country.

I will 'celebrate' the 50th anniversary of my birth in a very few days. Over the years, I have seen many changes - we swore if gasoline ever got over $1.00/gallon we would stop driving. We snuck out and bought cigarettes, at $0.35 a pack. (and yes we knew they were bad for us - we did it anyway. So those of you who want to sue - suck it up -- you knew what you were getting in to.)

Until the current administration, I have (honestly) never (ok, I didn't like 'dad' either) been so embarrassed to be an American. We don't, anymore, own our country - the Chinese have us by the (you'll pardon the phrase) short-hairs. Currently, we have a president who would rather farm out our debt to China, continue a war that the majority of Americans don't want, and (as the American populace is reaching retirement age) cut Social Security benefits.

So, for what it's worth, I'm Proud to Be an American - but I'm not sure I'm free anymore.


Julie