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The Eleventh hour of this Eleventh day of this Eleventh month
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The Eleventh hour of this Eleventh day of this Eleventh month |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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As of 11.09.06 we have lost 2,842 Warriors with 21,485 wounded, many seriously and as we hear all the many conflicting numbers of innocent Iraqi civilians killed we know it is a very high number. In the few minutes it took to write this much the cost of the war has gone up another million dollars to $341,423,445,621. We could have hired nearly six million teachers for a year or paid for 45+ million children to go to head start for a year or insured 204+ million children for a year or paid four year scholarships for sixteen and a half million or built over three million housing units. for ticker counter goto http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182 I was quite impressed that the Stock Exchange had a moment of silence and hope all Americans will take a moment at the Eleventh hour of this Eleventh day of this Eleventh month to honor and remember all Veterans, past, present, and future. Although I originally had written for Memorial Day, I think this is also appropriate for this Veterans Day since the current war has lasted longer for us than WWII with no end in sight at the moment, although we all can hope for a speedy conclusion. A National Moment of Remembrance That poem about where “poppies blow” And, “the crosses, row on row” Still rings true, these ninety plus years After written, still brings tears. We still have Dead, “amid the guns” And lose our young and our loved ones Those who lived, “short days ago” Who, “felt dawn, saw sunset glow”. In Flanders Fields, “the poppy red” Still grow where the blood was bled They, “Take up our quarrel with the foe” And still die for Freedoms that we know. They pass, “The torch” to, “hold it high” And not, “break the faith with us who die” For they, “shall not sleep, though poppies grow” Beneath all those, “crosses, row on row” In Flanders Fields. Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
This is a beautiful commemeration to the soldiers from the allied nations who fought side by side against a common enemy...tyranny. Good job. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
Some die So most others may live That hasn't changed |
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