"They Also Serve" (Video Tribute to Military Families on Fox News Magazine -- 5 Hanky Alert)

Fox News Magazine ^ | John Conlee

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I was watching Fox News Magazine last night (Laurie Dhue) and they had the premier of country musician John Conlee's video "They Also Serve."

Having just gone through a year with my son overseas, I found it a great tribute by another patriotic American. (Why does country music seem to breed patriots?)

A few of the words I've been able to scribble down go:

It's that unsung corps of warriors
who stay behind and wait....

They also serve
Those who stand and wait.
Praying by the phone
to learn their loved one's fate.
They're still in the war
Let there be no mistake
They also serve
Those who stand and wait.

A bit of the sound in windows media player...but the video was awesome.

They also Serve

[MEG33]

I saw it last night.
Wonderful!

[WestTexasWend]

Thanks for the heads-up...Conlee's "Rose-Colored Glasses" is one of my all-time favorites.

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Yep. This tough old chaplain had to go get a handful of Bounty paper towels. Kleenex couldn't have handled all that wet.

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Why does flyover country breed patriots?

Thought someone from Texas might know. :>)

[Rightly Biased]

BTTT

[Captain Rhino]

On His Blindness

by John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one Talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"
I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait."

Here's a link to the song's words: http://theyalsoserve.expage.com/id13.html

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Thank you so much, Cpt Rhino.

Link to the songwriter's page....Words to: They Also Serve"

[Coldwater Creek]

Texan are products of the land. Hard workers who just can't help themselves when it comes to loyalty to their country. Maybe the religious heritage has something to do with it.

Their are a lot more patriots across this land other than Texans even though I am 4th generation and I am old.

[WestTexasWend]

"Why does flyover country breed patriots?"

Great question, and you'll get better answers than mine!

Maybe it's because we spend more time looking up...not just at those planes flying over...but at the weather (which is more important to our work than it is to citydwellers), and at the stars and clouds (more visible to us than to citydwellers). That gives us a bigger canvas than others, a sense of freedom and a feeling that, as they say in Midland, "The sky's the limit."

People in flyover country spend their days doing the work the elites take for granted, producing the food, fiber, goods and fuel that the rest of the country depends upon...
the dirty, hard work that's not "important" or glamourous, just absolutely essential to the lives we lead. No matter what lofty ideas come out of those planes and skyscrapers, their implementation gets done on the ground by "ordinary" people in flyover country. And when it's time to do the dirty, hard work of fighting and dying for freedom, here or elsewhere, they know the job must be done so they take up arms and look to the heavens for the strength to do it.

Flyover country has more flags, more churches, more parades and hometown heros, more courthouse war memorials.
The flag and the national anthem are part of every ballgame and rodeo. The VFW hall is a landmark and the faces in the 4th of July parade are people you know. In flyover country people not only know their neighbors, they talk to strangers. There's a sense of community, and when someone leaves or joins that community, it's noticed.

Most people in flyover country wouldn't care to trade places with anyone in those planes or big cities or other countries, but when their community and this country is threatened, they will go anywhere and do whatever is required to protect the freedom they know...those faces and places at home. In flyover country, patriotism is about people, not politics.

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WestTexW, that #10 of yours was downright eloquent. Seriously.

It needs to be scripted, placed with graphics, and framed.

Thank you.

[WestTexasWend]

Thank YOU. I do think because Texas fought for its own independence before joining the United States, Texans get an extra helping of freedom and self-reliance. Studying about the fight for freedom from Mexico...Gonzales, Velasco, Anahuac, Goliad, the Alamo, San Jacinto...and figures like Houston, Austin, Bowie, Travis, and Crockett gave Texans a close-to-home example of what the colonists felt when they defied the British. I'm not sure it's done anymore, but Texas History was once required for every 7th grader...it's like a booster shot after American history.

[MeekOneGOP]

Excellent, WestTexasWend. Thanks.

[armymarinemom]

Page to view video.

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Thank you so much, AMMom.

Ping to the new John Conlee video link at #14. "They also serve" is a wonderful tribute to the families of our troops. I recommend it.

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ping to #14

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[MJY1288]

BTTT

[Happy2BMe]

Thanks much for posting this.

Only those who have lost or had to live without a wife, husband, father, mother, son, daughter, sister or brother for a couple of years know how deep this is.

[windchime]

Thanks!