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(vanity) Memorial Day: Fun home improvement time!
me | 5/28/10 | raccoonradio

Posted on 05/28/2010 7:44:09 AM PDT by raccoonradio

Heard a radio ad that started "Memorial Day (weekend)--it's a time for fun, and for getting projects done around the house." Then it went into a spiel for some home improvement store. That's right folks, it's only about fun and home improvement. Evidently the bit about honoring the war dead, decorating graves of loved ones (like my mom, taken away by breast cancer when I was 12)-- well, I guess that's so over-rated, eh?

Naah, fire up the grille and get some work done around the house. Next they'll change the name of the holiday to Summer Kickoff Weekend. Name of the advertiser? Didn't really hear; was too busy shaking my head.

Remember those who preserved our freedom, and those in our own lives who are no longer here...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: holidays; memorialday
(trivia: the holiday was originally known as Decoration Day, obviously because we would, and still will, decorate graves. Blues singers like Sonny Boy Williamson and Sunnyland Slim sang about losing a loved one: "I get the blues every Decoration Day")
1 posted on 05/28/2010 7:44:10 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

The younger generation has no clue as to how much sacrifice has been made for their freedom. And between liberal indoctrination in schools and a president who doesn’t give a damm, they won’t either.


2 posted on 05/28/2010 7:57:30 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: raccoonradio
Memorial Day . . . for fun and home improvement?

Improve OUR home, the USofA, send Illegals back to where ever they came from. Now THAT's Home Improvement.

3 posted on 05/28/2010 10:22:23 AM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (SPEAK UP REPUBLICANS, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU YET! IMPEACH OBAMA!)
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To: HighlyOpinionated; All

agreed!


4 posted on 05/28/2010 10:48:36 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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