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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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ANOTHER "DAY OF INFAMY" March 20, 2003 An unprovoked attack in Forty-one That some say, could have been prevented Sadly, now we have another one From lies our Government invented. We are coming on five years of War More than forty-three hundred killed Just so, as some say, the Pres's wishes For his vain revenge, could be fulfilled. There's untold numbers of wounded Some of body and some in mind Each day a "Day of Infamy" In War of an unnecessary kind. And now there's more sabre rattling To get us in yet, another fight By those warmongers in DC Where good sense has taken flight. They will bankrupt our Country And leave debts our children must pay They've ruined our credibility And what was, “The American Way”. How did we let them do this to us As they ignore our Constitution? If we don't try to stop them now There can be, but one resolution! We'll go the way of other Nations Who fell to Government's aggression With apathy and fear and silence As their Rights fell to oppression. Some think it is unpatriotic To speak with a critical word But, be careful that, that, “Freedom of Speech” Won't be the last, that you've heard! If we don't change our heading Then, one more, "Day of Infamy" Will be the downfall of our Nation The end of, "The Land of the Free"! 12.06.2007 some older ones > A DAY OF INFAMY Around eight o’clock in the morn In Nineteen forty-one On December the Seventh Our World War Two was begun. We’d tried to stay out of it And said, it was not our fight But an attack by Jap aircraft Made us look and see the light. One hundred of our ships Were docked at the Seaport And planes parked all around With Troops for their support. The saddest part of the attack Was, it was known an hour before A Jap midget sub spotted and sunk And that may have changed the War. The crew of the USS Ward Who had sent it down below Radioed Pearl Naval Command Who didn’t believe their story, so. That one hour of warning The Navy Brass failed to heed May have saved so many lives Maybe lost without need. Some sixty-one years later The truth was finally known The sub found with the holes Shells from the Ward had blown. Some have said our Government Knew of the attack beforehand Some accounts hard to believe And even harder to understand. Almost twelve hundred wounded Nearly twenty-four hundred died Our Country shocked and outraged While all of our People cried. Twenty-one ships sunk or damaged Plus more than three hundred planes Wrecks strewn along the bottom Which, still hold some remains. Many years have come and passed Since that day of infamy With so many more battles waged To help keep our Country Free. So sad it takes War for Peace But guess that’s the Human way But seems there’s more time fighting Than we spend with a peaceful day. December 7th, 2005 SEVEN COME ELEVEN (after 9/11) On this day we remember That “day of infamy” And sadly we understand More than we want to see. A “sneak attack” on Freedom And the American way Brought back to reality On Septembers’ eleventh day. Thousands died in forty-one With so many not retrieved Resting in their watery grave O’er which friends and family grieved. Now we have another place Known to all, as “Ground Zero” Where we have another bunch Of, the American Hero. Sixty years of times’ passage Hasn’t changed the “Patriot” Hasn’t dampened our resolve To remember, not, forget. Those who gave their, “all” And those, still yet, to “give” Standing for, protecting The kind of life, we live. The casualties of war Don’t always bear a gun But, they all are Heroes When all is said and done. Now, we have another one Of those “infamous” days With the horrible cost That Freedom, often, pays. December 7th, 2001 MORE IS NOT BETTER! We have been at the War this time Longer than that one in Forty-one With maybe not as many casualties But too many, more than one. The right thing when we started And sent Troops to Afghanistan But then, we got our mess in Iraq And have ended up an, also ran. We should have gone on to Baghdad When the World was by our side When we were still respected And our Nation was filled with Pride. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor Our People knew where we should be There was no doubt, protecting Freedom Was our Country’s utmost priority. We had an Honorable goal And the Truth (?) was known by all Although we didn’t want to go to War The Japanese at Pearl, made that call. Sometimes there is no other choice And no matter how hard we may try We have had to send our young away To fight battles, to get hurt, to die. But, there’s times the Politicians And the corporate powers that be In their quest for wealth and power Will gamble with our Great Country. When they have spent all our resources And put us all in hopeless debt With no more to pillage from us They'll try to get more from us, yet. But this time they have gone too far And the World will never be the same In the end there’ll be no one to win And no ending, to this deadly game. Another, “Day of Infamy!” ? Well, there surely isn’t any doubt But, when we chose to invade Iraq We forgot what that day, was about. But, things being what they are There's one constant to it all We will always have those Heroes Who'll answer our Country's call. 11.30.06 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
wonderful! GOOD to see, someone, besides me, still remembers that day (I was brand new so really don't 'remember' anything but the 'history'). j. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
As always from this fine author...most timely and effective 'reminders' from American History [particularly pursuant to a 'war' that actually was 'necessary' for the preservation of the 'greatest experiment' in true (participatory) representative democracy (of 'Jeffersonian purity' as envisioned by the 'founding fathers') in the history of mankind!] I hope the American people will not let it all 'slip away' at the hands of myopic, petty, self-referential (self-focused and self-serving), political hacks who would also become self-proclaimed kings, emperors, or dictators given the opportunity! VERY serious and long-sustained applause for this posting!! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
very much enjoyed reading all...couldn't agree more with - ANOTHER "DAY OF INFAMY" March 20, 2003's - last few lines...apathy is going to kill this country as we know it. j. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Something to think about...James |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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