Posted on 08/14/2005 9:41:02 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
Hey sweets . . . we got a not so subtle reminder of the "old days" last week when the Space Shuttle landed at Edwards AFB at 5AM . . . KA-BOOM!. Windows rattling, cats running in different directions, car alarms going off . . . it was wonderful!
To all, Please help me get the word out about these Iraqi War Vet-song writers.
Here is a copy of a message I recieved today.
To: MNJohnnie
hey, my name is JR Schultz, you probably think i'm crazy, but I served with Luke and actually wrote most of the lyrics to that song. I enjoy getting online and seeing what everyone has to say about the song even though I barely get any credit for it. Anyway, you seemed pretty interested in the topic and I thought you might like to know the story behind Luke's rise to fame. He and I, along with another soldier named Nick Brown spent our spare time playing guitars and began writing songs dealing with our experiences. Between the three of us we recorded around 15 songs. Our original plan was to come home and have some CDs printed for family and friends who wanted them and also try to sell them online. Obviously, Luke's success has kept him from doing this but Nick and I have a website where we are selling a 13 track CD of songs we wrote and recorded in Baghdad. If you are interested, the site is www.iraq-songs.com . We don't quite get the advertisement that Luke gets so we'd appreciate any help in spreading the word.
Thanks man. JR
25 posted on 08/14/2005 1:56:00 AM PDT by mortaritaville writer (Co-writer of "American-by God's Amazing Grace")
Boy, I'd have loved to see them in the F-6s and F-8s!!!
The aerobatic area would have been a lot smaller, awesome.
And the sound whayhaaaaaa!!!
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on August 14:
1774 Meriwether Lewis Charlottsville VA, capt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1777 Hans Christian Oersted Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)
1810 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer
1851 John Henry "Doc" Holliday gambler born Griffin, Georgia
1860 Ernest T Seton naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938)
1867 John Galsworthy England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)
1901 Sir James Pitman England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller
1903 John Ringling North circus director
1920 Nehemiah Persoff actor (Al Capone, Yentl)
1925 Russell Baker columnist/humorist (NY Times)
1926 Alice Ghostly Montana, actress (Bewitched, With 6 You Get Egg Roll)
1926 Buddy Greco Phila Pa, singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House)
1930 Earl Weaver St Louis Mo, manager (Balt Orioles 1968-82, 85-86)
1940 Dash Crofts Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1941 Connie Smith Elkhart, Indiana, singer (Dream Painter, New Horizons)
1941 David Crosby rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)
1942 Sandy Gilmour Montclair NJ, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
1943 Jon A McBride Charleston WV, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 41G)
1944 Robyn Smith Astaire jockey/wife of Fred Astaire
1945 Steve Martin Waco Tx, comedian (The Jerk, Man With 2 Brains)
1946 Antonio Fargas Bronx NY, actor (Huggy Bear-Starsky & Hutch)
1946 Susan St James LA Cal, (MacMillan & Wife, Kate & Allie, Name of Game)
1950 Gary Larson cartoonist (The Far Side)
1952 Debbie Meyer US, 200m/400m/800m freestyle swimmer (Oly-gold-1968)
1952 Mark C Lee Viroqua Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut (STS-30)
1956 Sharon Bryant vocalist (Atlantic Starr - Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1958 Earvin (Magic) Johnson NBA star (LA Lakers)
1961 Susan Olson actress (Cindy-Brady Bunch)
1965 Lynette Falls Ridgewood NJ, Miss NJ-America-1991
1975 SevenofNine foreign corespondent FNN (Freeper News Network "we report, you tell us we're wrong") internationaly known tiddlywinks champion.
"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball."
Happy Birthday
1992 Federal Judge John J. Sirica (Watergate) dies
87th PGA Championship from Baltusrol CC in Springfield, NJ called due to inclement weather. Five players atop the leader board separated by two strokes the final round to be resumed tomorrow(Monday) while I'm at work . . . this really sucks.
It's a PLOT! :-)
Enjoyed the thread snippy... You taught me something about the Blues.
God Bless CAPT Butch. RIP.
Something people might be interested in
Freeper to be on Wisconsin Public Radio Today at 10 a.m. CDT for Full Hour (8/12/05)
Wisconsin Public Radio ^ | Friday, August 12, 2005 | Kristinn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462020/posts
Posted on 08/12/2005 10:01:54 AM CDT by kristinn
10:00 AM
Kathleen Dunn - 08/12E
After ten, Kathleen Dunn's guest says the actions of war-protester Cindy Sheehan are misguided, and hurt troop morale.
Guest: Kristinn Taylor, co-leader of the Washington D.C. chapter of FreeRepublic.com
The station has live streaming (got to source link.)
The big guy arriving
Low pass over the beach
JATO take off at rotation
JATO takeoff at rotation with Prop Vortices COOOL
JATO gettin' airborne
A little night action by the big guy
Last but not least Fat Albert head on with Alcatraz in the background.
Well that's it for tonite, y'all have a good night
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Thanks.
Howdy ma'am
The reason a farm tractor manufacturer decided to build a sports car himself.
How nice of them
Farm tractor? Never knew that.
Not Enzo hisownself, but another guy. Seems an Italian gentleman who did make tractors was having trouble with his car. He went to Maranello to talk with Senor Ferrari, and was turned away.
The gentleman didn't care for the rude treatment he had received, so he went home, and sold the rest bucket with the prancing pony on the hood. Senor Lamborghini went on to create even more exclusize cars than his new rival.
My acme sarcasm meter is twitching
And now you know...the rest of the story.
Don't upset your customers, eh?
Hi miss Feather
I gave Bittygirl a new nickname tonight. She dragged a BUNCH of Spiderboy's clothes all around. It looked as if a tornado had it. I've started calling her "The Gail".
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