Posted on 10/07/2001 7:26:03 AM PDT by tomkat
*sigh* ... Anthrax, smallpox,bombs, war, our courageous men and women in harm's way ... lots of fearful thoughts ... but listen to this:
"Freedom is still expensive. It still costs money. It still costs blood. It still calls for courage and endurance, not only in soldiers, but in every man and woman who is free and who is determined to remain free."
~~~ President Harry S Truman
...emphasis mine
'Tis a beautiful day here in the mid-Atlantic. *grins*
It's very nice to see and meet you!!!
Now that you have found your voice ... it took me months ... LOL (Laughing Out Loud) .... before I did ...
Join in!
Jump in!
Chime in!
There are even a few of us who have a sense of humor!!!
I like your name, Focault's Pendulum ... you cognoscent/templar/mason person, you.HAR!
You have read Name of the Rose?!
If you have, I've my next question answered ... "Which one did you appreciate the most" ...as your chosen name addresses that.
Then again ... who wants a name which invites guesses all of the time?!
Huh??? In the name of the what??....Oh my screename! Anyone who has been here at Fr for some time, knows the story how I acquired my screename. For those of you here that are relatively new, I guess I will have to retell the erie tale
It happened one stormy night, over two years ago, while imbibing adult beverages, watching Ann Coulter on TV, and simultaneously surfing porn sites on the web. Ann casually mentioned Free Republic.com, and I reluctantly gave up trying to hack a membership page to Nude Pics of Gilligan's Mrs. Howell, and clicked on here.
I was transformed!!!!
Everything I ever was, up to that point, changed forever!!! The emotions I experienced overwhelmed me, and tears of unexplicable joy issued forth. Summoning up courage I did not know I possessed, my index finger, trembling tho it was, found a life of it's own, as it proceeded to click the "Register To Post" button.
Suddenly....a bright light flashed brightly, (I found out later it was my desk lamp shorting out from my tear ducts) and I was thrown from my chair, along with my drink, the bottle next to it, and a wad of Kleenex.
When I came to I discovered my cheap carpet had been stained in a pattern by my even cheaper scotch, spelling out "Look over there......with an arrow pointing to the right.
As I looked to my right side I was aghast to see one of my favorite books, "Foucault's Pendulum", by Umberto Eco, lying awash in $1.49 a quart scotch. I quickly grabbed the Kleenex and attempted to dab the jacket cover. I had apparently been rendered unconscious for some time, for the cover had been soaked through, and instead of drying it off, I accidently damaged it even further, by destroying the first U.
Hope that answers your question, thanks for your interest.
So.
Where'd you find a quart of scotch for a $1.49?!~~~~
BUMP
Actually, it costs $2.50. I make it myself with an old barrel I found, and age it about two days.
Then I sell it to myself at a loss, and declare it as a deduction On My Net Profit/Loss Statement.
It's a clear, crisp Autumn evening here in the mid-Atlantic. There's a brilliant thumbnail moon ... as my dear, departed Mom used to call it ... leaves are falling ... and someone in the neighborhood has set some logs to blaze in their fireplace and I am enjoying the longingly-take-me-back-to-when-it-was-safe- aroma ... while all about kiddos are doing homework and the pups are wondering ...is that ALL there is?! .... lasting things ... lasting things ... and the sky is filled with our valiant military ... after keepin' us safe ...
Uncommon valor ... will be expected of us all ... in big ways and small ... you are visiting a thread hosted by a woman that knows quite a bit about this ... but for the lots of us?!
'Tis hard ... for we have not been called too often to give our best ... even when no one was looking. At the risk of boring y'alls .. listen to this ... inspiration from the past in the form of a snippet from a Medal of Honor citation to U.S. Army Sergeant John Meagher ~~~ earned in Okinawa on June 19, 1945:
"In the heat of the fight, he mounted an assault tank and with bullets splattering about him, designated targets to the gunner. Seeing an enemy soldier carrying an explosive charge dash for the tank treads, he shouted five orders to the gunner, leaped from the tank, and bayoneted the charging soldier.
Knocked unconscious and his rifle destroyed, he regained consciousness, secured a machine gun from the tank, and began a one-man assault on the enemy. Firing from the hip, moving through vicious crossfire that ripped through his clothing, he charged the nearest pillbox, killing six.
Going on amid the hail of bullets and grenades, he dashed for a second enemy gun, running out of ammunition just as he reached the position.
He grasped his empty gun by the barrel and in a violent onslaught killed the crew."
A common man ... who willingly rode a miracle ... never knowing where it would take him ... ... but bent on protecting FREEDOM .... all the same.
God BLESS America!!!!!!!
God Bless USA Troops
He he he.
God BLESS our Troops ... and God BLESS America!!!
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