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Two Days A
Year
Two days a year ~
Belong to a few,
Who risk their lives ~ For the Red, White &
Blue,
Two days a
year ~ Are set aside,
To remember those who live and
died,
Two days a
year ~ Does this seem right?
For those who guard both day and
night,
Two days a
year ~ Out of three-sixty-five,
Men ate and slept and hid
outside,
Two days a
year ~ Belongs to them,
Now only family remembers her and
him,
Two days a
year ~ “Holidays” now,
A three day weekend ~ Games all
around,
Two days a
year ~ To “Thank a Vet”,
Sadly this Nation ~ Doesn’t realize
their debt.
~ Thank You All ~ Where would we be without
you?
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A VACATION!!! ~ Is
this true?
A VACATION!!! ~ Is
this true,
As American’s die for you?
It’s to hot during
August days,
So, Iraqi officials do not stay,
A civil war
engulfs your land,
Your people are dying ~ Understand?
What’s
a few degrees here and there,
If you love your people ~ Show you
care,
Stay and work on your government to be,
Help your
homeland ~ By hearing her pleas,
Help mankind by becoming
strong,
Make a distinction between right and wrong,
A troubled
land since the beginning of time,
A history written ~ A future to
unwind,
Make your government ~ Your hearts desire,
Give her
truth and kindness for all to admire,
Show your children that
people can change,
A nation can grow ~ Dreams have no
range,
All things take time, foresight and design,
A
government on vacation ~ Is a government blind,
Especially one in
the midst of a civil war,
Where no one is safe ~ Not even God’s
Door.
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A VACATION!!! ~ Is this true,
As American’s die
for you?
It’s to hot during August days,
So, Iraqi officials
do not stay,
A civil war engulfs your land,
Your people are
dying ~ Understand?
Note:
Bob Schieffer
Commentary:
(Click on streamline link
above, ad will play first and then his commentary will load +
play)
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AMERICA &
IRAQ
***Four Years Later***
“Wars, wars and rumors of
wars,”
Self destruction now a revolving door.
Iraq is at war
inside and out,
Americans now have many doubts,
Lead into war
and blindly so,
Believing the President ~ Not seeing ego,
Four
years now and no end in sight,
Was this war wrong ~ Or was this
war right,
Wives and husbands ~ Moms and dads,
Say to the
government ~ Wars not a fad,
Service men and women too,
Have
served their time ~ But still aren’t through,
Russian roulette is
now the game,
America the Great ~ Brawn vs. brains,
Death
tolls rise and rise and rise again,
Is this a war that one can
win?
Questions form and die in thought,
Answers are not truly
sought,
Should troops stay or should they leave?
A country
destroyed ~ A country bereaved,
Iraq has lost so very
much,
Iraqi vs. Iraqi ~ Their own personal touch,
A government
formed to no avail,
Iraqi soil ~ Known as hell,
But back in
the U.S. of A.,
Democracy is supposed to win the
day,
Elections come and elections go,
Representation is no
longer so,
Call your congressman and senators too,
Relay your
thoughts ~ See what they do,
Chances are they will raise their
pay,
For phone calls and letters ~ Make longer days,
What is
this war truly about?
Most believe “OIL” without a
doubt,
There are a few ~ Who just don’t know,
If oil is the
answer ~ Why do gas prices grow?
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President George Bush
~War Is
Living~
War is living ~ Yet, people die,
This
simple fact ~ Makes men cry,
Democracy is a wonderful
word,
However, some believe it’s absurd,
Some hate this
beautiful land,
Fearing what they can’t understand,
So they
fight ~ So they kill,
Trying to break the back of free
will,
They see pride as an evil plight,
They can’t see freedom
with no insight,
In darkness they were born ~ And
prefer,
Their life isn’t living ~ It’s what they
endure.
~~~
War is living ~ And death tolls grow,
Wishing
it over ~ Doesn’t make it so,
Is fighting this war wrong or
right,
Is there an answer within sight?
How do you leave a
people in need,
A country that’s broken and people that
bleed?
Hope and happiness doesn’t roam the streets,
Car bombs
and gunfire never retreats,
Children can’t just run and play,
Death awaits and never sways,
No where is safe ~ Every day’s
the same,
Is freedom worth it ~ Or, is it to blame?
~~~
War
is living ~ Hate does spread,
What once was a dream ~ Has become
dread,
A government is trying to form,
Trying to find it’s way
in a street war storm,
Elected officials die in the
streets,
Making life better is no easy feat,
Echoes from the
past call out so clear,
“It wasn’t that bad,” the voice said with
a tear,
What is the truth? Let them speak,
Let them say “Fight
or Retreat,”
Not the Government or Heads of State,
Let the
people speak ~ For it is their fate.
~~~
War is living ~ War
is hell,
How do you break ~ An evil spell,
How do you know
when it’s time to let go,
Time to say ~ “You’re on your
own.”
How do you come home ~ When so many died,
How do you
explain to the wounded vets who tried?
What do you say to the
mothers that cry,
About their children who had to die?
What of
the wives and husbands at home,
Who cry in the night because
they’re alone?
Talk of the children without moms and
dads,
Explain to them ~ Why this war was had.
Note:
• Bush acknowledges public discontent -
Link unavailable - August 29, 2007
Oct. 25: President Bush concedes that the United
States is taking heavy casualties in Iraq and says, “I know many
Americans are not
satisfied with
the situation” there. The picture also came from the above
article on MSNBC.
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A SEA OF
STONES
A Sea of stones lay in a
field of green,
As restless souls walk this terrene,
Under
each stone lays a man,
Who gave his life for his land,
He gave
up much ~ He gave up all,
He wavered not at his country’s
call,
Freedom was his battle cry,
Freedom was why he
died,
Many wars have been waged,
Many prisoners have been
caged,
Many starved - some were gassed,
Others tortured till
they passed,
They lost their lives - for a vision,
It was to
them an easy decision,
All who lay in this sea of stones,
Were
more than just blood and bones,
They were patriots of this
land,
They’re what made America grand,
They fought the red
coats for this dream,
A baby nation was born by screams,
Many
wars followed ~ many men died,
As a nation collectively
cried,
Each generation has had it’s views,
Each generation has
paid it’s dues,
A war here ~ A conflict there ~
America has
learned to prepare,
She sought no fights nor backed away,
She
stood for goodness in every way,
Lady Liberty is America’s
face,
Her torch of light portrays her grace,
Freedom wasn’t
cheap or free,
Many died for this decree,
A sea of stones has
paid this debt,
God Bless America & The American
Vet.
Note:
We the
Thomason & Heath Family would like to say "Thank You." Not just
to the military men and women of past and present generations, but
to all of their families. For they know the true cost of war. God
blessed America when she was born. The military was built and
designed by patriots. As of late, our own government and judicial
system has begun tearing America apart. We all know this, it all
started with the separation of Church & State. Everything that
made us strong as a nation is disappearing. We are so pampered, we
set back and watch and complain. Yet, we do nothing. It is our
military, our patriots that stand and fight. They believe in what
they are doing. They see tomorrow in their dreams, so they stand.
For the most part, they stand alone. As a nation we really don't
even take care of their families. SHAME ON US!!! Just remember, God
did not turn his back on us. We, America, turned our back on
God.
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This page is dedicated to our men
and women,
young and old, who have served to keep America
safe. All are heros. We owe you so much
~
And support you so little. Thank you's
don't
get it. Apologies are to few. And yet,
for
most Americans ~ It's all we can
give.
***May God Bless You All ~ Thank
You***
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Abu Ghraib Prison
Pictures flit
across the screen,
Vile pictures ~ Truly obscene,
Bodies
entangled and wound so tight,
Multiple bodies stacked for
height,
Some of the subjects wore bags as masks,
One wore
undies and was displayed to bask,
In the pictures were soldiers
that smiled,
Proud of the art that they styled,
Laughing at
the tormented men,
Slapping and smacking ~
Discipline,
American soldiers ~ Prison guards,
Sent to protect
Iraq’s yards,
Protect and fight for Iraq to be free,
Sent to
do good ~ Not to impede,
America proud to extend her hand,
To
this country in the desert sand,
Seeing what Saddam had
done,
To his people and their sons,
Murder happened
everyday,
The lost were found in mass graves,
America truly
wanted to give,
A better future ~ Her only motive,
Then these
pictures hit the press,
American soldiers no one could
dismiss,
Horror swept through this land,
This isn’t what
America planned,
These pictures smacked America’s face,
And
left a stain ~ A stain of disgrace,
This is a chance for Iraq to
grow,
An infant democracy is bestowed,
Freedom will now live
in the news,
Listen to the different views,
Democracy lives as
the system weaves,
This is your chance ~ Open your eyes ~
Believe.
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Note:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Picture from same
article |
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Saddam Hussein
"WE GOT HIM"
“We got
him” were his words,
Understood by all who heard,
Cheers
rang out and shouts of joy,
As the news traveled to our boys,
Dingy and dirty a cornered rat,
Saddam was found just like
that,
No fight was left in this man,
Running and hiding his
only plan,
The big dictator succumbed to fear,
Hid in a hole
and arms in the air,
Stating his name to save his life,
As
soldiers imprisoned this lowlife,
His countrymen cheered at the
news,
Happy to end his evil coup,
Starting to believe that
Iraq can be free,
Everyday’s closer to this decree,
Hussein
maimed, tortured and killed,
He did this on whim and at will,
Now, he’s in his own prison walls,
Waiting on Iraqi justice
to call,
Waiting and wondering about his fate,
Knowing
redemption is way to late,
Knowing Iraq is no longer his toy,
Brings pain to Saddam ~ And to Iraqi’s joy
Note:
For more information - Updated August 29,
2007
Picture from CNN
President Bush Addresses Nation on the Capture of
Saddam Hussein
... Office of the
Press Secretary. December 14, 2003. President's Remarks ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2001
2nd
Anniversary
Remember when ~ Remember how,
Terror struck U. S.
grounds,
By taking hostage of the air,
Horror reined and
still lives there,
That day lives on everyday,
The effects
of it ricocheted,
Many died and lives were destroyed,
Businesses fell leaving unemployed,
Wall Street wobbled but
didn’t fall,
Our young answered our president’s call,
By
thousands they left American shores,
To fight “Terrorism” at
it’s core,
So we’re in Afghanistan,
Trying to destroy the
Taliban,
We went to war in Iraq,
Putting Saddam under
attack,
We freed a people from wicked hands,
We’re trying to
help them learn to stand,
Some are happy ~ Some are not,
The
war is over ~ Still soldiers are shot,
9-1-1- that “infamous”
day,
It lives on in so many ways.
Note:
Updated August 29, 2007 ~ For more
information -
US Dept of State - 9/11 Remembrance and
Reflections ... White House spokesman Scott McClellan
said that September 11,
2003, will be a "somber day" in the United States to
...
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The U.N. headquarters in Baghdad is shown
before and after Tuesday’s explosion.
BAGHDAD ~ August 19, 2003
A
moment of silence,
Heads are bowed,
Flags at half staff,
Prayers around,
~ Another bomb ~
~ Another attack
~
More dead bodies,
In the New Iraq,
A suicide bomber,
A flatbed truck,
The UN headquarters,
Is now blown up,
Security was lax,
Reports the news,
Giving trust to a
country,
Offering a truce,
The reality is harsh,
In this
desert land,
More Iraqians have died,
By Iraqian hands,
Soldiers are digging,
Through the debris,
In hopes to
find life,
They want to believe,
They’re here for a reason,
To rebuild Iraq,
For this they’re drying,
By daily
attacks,
Freeing a country,
That spits in their face,
Leaves soldiers wondering,
Why they’re here in this
place?
Note:
Picture from CNN Truck bomb kills chief
U.N. envoy to Iraq
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AL JAZEERA
Al Jazeera, CNN to the Mid East,
Aren’t reporting what the
world sees,
Their people are feasting on pictures of pain,
And
feeling sorry for Saddam Hussein,
They don’t hear a people cry
out,
A people in anguish and doing without,
They don’t show
their hungry eyes,
They don’t hear their pleas and cries,
They
reject that the torture is done,
But if it is ~ It’s from an
Iraqi son,
America has attacked Iraq as a whole,
Not freeing a
people from Saddam’s hold,
They haven’t shown to their
people,
The bombs and guns hid in temples,
Iraqi schools where
soldiers stayed,
Fear instilled ~ No children played,
They
haven’t shown the Iraqi’s cheer,
As the marines and soldiers
neared,
They didn’t show the statue fall,
It was the moment,
Iraqi’s called,
They climbed his frame and took a rope,
They
noosed his neck and they found hope,
Yes, Americans helped to
pull it down,
But, the Iraqi’s pulled his head through
town,
They smacked his face with soles of shoes,
And they tore
his portraits right into,
This was their moment ~ They shouted
with glee,
It was what the world waited to see,
It brought
tears to many eyes,
It answered many questions “why?”
But Al
Jazeera didn’t show these stories,
They stripped away the Iraqi’s
glory,
Yes, war is a nasty place to be,
But these people
deserve to be free,
When neighbors don’t take a stand,
Death
and pain go hand in hand,
People have to know in order to
care,
Al Jazeera neglected here,
Tainted stories ~ Tainted
lies,
Blind to seeing ~ Deaf to cries,
Selected issues ~
Pictures too,
May have helped this evil coo,
Editing the news
~ Narrowing the sites,
Al Jazeera added to their plight,
This
helped abuse to live and grow,
They pretended they didn’t
know,
It’s easier now to understand,
These people in a distant
land,
Distant yes ~ But people still,
Iraqian’s now finding
free will,
America, Great Britain, Australia and Spain,
Fought
for this country ~ Against Saddam Hussein,
Freeing this people ~
Freeing this land,
May Al Jarzeera find conscience ~
And
neighbors understand.
Note:
Al Jazeera does not
mind showing graphic pictures of American & British military and
civilians brutally murdered. However, they did not want to
show how happy Iraqi's were when help arrived.
Click on this
link: Al-Jazeera: News channel
in the news
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Iraq ~
2003
Listen
to the news at night,
Wonder if your kid will fight?
Fear
for family and for friends?
Fear for Country and All within?
Listening to hear who leaves next,
Turmoil has left all
perplexed,
Yes, there’s reason ~ Yes, there’s need,
But,
it’s Our Children who will bleed,
First, we were chasing just
one man,
And he was in Afghanistan.
To fight terrorism we
would hunt him down,
And show the world that we stood our
ground.
Some way, some how we turned in our tracks,
And found
that we were back in Iraq.
Fighting a war from ten years past,
Now, we’re going to finish that task.
We’ve asked our Allies
to stand United,
Except for England our Allies quieted,
Their only statements are wearing thin,
“Inspections ~
Inspections ~ Inspections again, ”
We’re moving our troops by day
and by night,
Some sailing in and others by flight,
Thousands are there in the mid-east waiting,
Thousands more
are here going through training,
Terrorism is spreading to every
shore,
It doesn’t knock ~ It bombs down doors,
Yes, there’s
reason ~ Yes, there’s need,
But, Its Our Children who are going
to bleed.
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RELIGION VS.
WAR
The middle
east are centuries behind,
Holding to their past absolutely
inclined,
To believe that all beliefs, not theirs,
Have to be
wrong and can't be shared,
Progress is corrupt Moslems are
right,
Christians and Jews are an evil plight,
Mohammed, the
righteous, a most holy man,
In his name they pray,In his name
they stand,
In his name they wage a great holy war,
That's
left Christians wondering, "why and what for?"
Ages old a society
caste,
It's all they know it has to last,
Youth and freedom
are waves of fear,
Progress is something they can't
adhere,
Each vs. the other Age against Youth,
Both believing
their way is The Truth,
Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jew,
Black,
white, whatever the hue,
Religion here or Race there,
Air is
air everywhere.
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Tiffany at boot camp
Gone For
Thirteen Weeks
“Hush
little baby don’t you cry, ”
Because life just isn’t a lullaby,
These are words from yesteryear,
You’re all grown up and
know no fear,
Your feet tread where my mind won’t go,
Your
“speed of life” don’t know “slow, ”
You’ve wondered through some
dark places,
You’ve made friends with some scary faces,
Life
has dealt you a few low cards,
And each one has left a scar,
Touch them lightly and trace them too,
Smile a memory
they’re part of you,
Now, your future is in sight,
Make it
joyous - Not a plight,
Make sure your feet are on straight,
Keep your eyes with your gait,
Hold your back erect and
tall,
Keep your head through it all,
Hold to thoughts both
clean and pure,
This won’t make you a bit demure,
Follow
through with every deed,
Ultimately, you will succeed,
Don’t
give in and don’t get mean,
And You Will Be A Great
Marine.
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Tuesday, September 11,
2001
This Is The
Day Our Nation Mourned,
This is the day that 'Terror' was born,
For America, 'She' held her breath,
As time stood still and
watched distressed:
The World Trade Center was busy at work,
Unknown to all the evil that lurked,
It was forty- five
minutes after eight,
When Flight 11 and Tower One met their
fate,
Heaven’s gates flew open wide,
For the first arrivals
to come inside,
There were so many being led,
They didn’t
realize that they were dead,
The angels mingled with all who
came,
Explained to all what was to blame,
Shock then settled
for they were Home,
But they had left loved ones back home
alone.
As they watched from Heaven’s High,
They saw the
planes cross the sky,
Knowing evil and its intent,
Knowing
that it would not relent,
As they watched this evil power,
A
second plane stabbed the Second Tower,
Now, they could hear the
rising cries,
As the world watched more people die,
More
souls now were coming in,
Angels once more would begin,
The
Pentagon had now been seared,
And Americans were gripped by
fear,
More souls came to Heaven’s Door,
Angels explained
just like before,
One last plane with evil inside,
Its
mission failed - still all died,
The passengers of this last
plane,
Knew the evil and fought to tame,
They won the battle
over their foes,
Heaven was waiting for Flight 93’s
souls.
Smoke is rising as fireballs explode,
Screaming and
crying as hysterics unfold,
Sirens are heard from all
directions,
America hit with no protection,
America watched
in disbelief,
For those there, there was no relief,
Tragedy
loomed for eternity it seemed,
As tower two began to careen,
All were stunned as they watched this sight,
Knowing the
occupants just lost their lives,
The gates to Heaven still open
wide,
Angels still greeting all who arrive,
There is no end
to terror this day,
As Tower One gave away,
Cries were
louder and the pleas were many,
When would this horror come to a
finish?
Heaven still had room inside,
For Tower One’s
victims to reside.
There were phone calls home from the plane,
'I love yous' and those trying to explain,
There were 'Good
byes' left with love,
And 'See you again in Heaven above,
'
Picking up the pieces of the destroyed,
Has left Americans
with an aching void,
Some are searching for family still,
Refusing to believe that they were killed,
Others accepted
death as a fact,
Pain is endured no matter the act,
Service
People have served and died,
Trying to help the people inside,
Searching and digging in tons of debris,
Trying to find life
wanting to believe,
They have search teams of dogs and man,
Total strangers are lending a hand,
Pulling together is what
America does best,
And these terrorists will never know
rest.
Thousands of Americans for no reason died,
Our
President promises that they can’t hide,
He believes that this
is an act of war,
Hate is alive & strong and can’t be
ignored,
Bodies are found and parts here and there,
Visions
of hate are left everywhere,
Heaven’s window is crystal clear,
Loved ones watching seeing fear,
They left their strength
back here on earth,
For 'US' to draw on and find rebirth,
They left this earth by body and soul,
Not leaving loved
ones by letting go,
They stayed with their loves in their
hearts,
They’ll stay always and never part.
Note:
For
more infromation -
This
link is no longer active.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/WTC_MAIN010911.html
(I
have contacted ABC to see if they could check their archives +
please give me the Peter Jennings time display of Tuesday, September
11, 2001) As of September 11, 2008 still no answer from
ABC.
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He said, let there be
words... And behold, Poetry was born.
    
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