tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post2750038571903122612..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Memorial DayComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-25967068702232960632009-05-25T15:48:24.448-04:002009-05-25T15:48:24.448-04:00Woody, that was a very moving post you did.Woody, that was a very moving post you did.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-90620613288966156682009-05-25T13:52:56.246-04:002009-05-25T13:52:56.246-04:008th grade, 1957, borrowed a bugle and went to 6 Co...8th grade, 1957, borrowed a bugle and went to 6 Corners and played taps with the Sea Scouts for the VFW.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219249454032361684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-32146645547277213782009-05-25T11:15:38.883-04:002009-05-25T11:15:38.883-04:00See mine?I get irritated when folks say "Happy Mem...<A HREF="http://walled-in-pond.blogspot.com/2009/05/remember.html" REL="nofollow">See mine?</A>I get irritated when folks say "Happy Memorial Day."<br /><br />This is NOT a happy day. <br /><br />And it's not a 'veterans' day. there is already one of those.<br /><br />This is for the one's who didn't come home, or who came home in pieces.<br /><br />Woody USAF, '64-'68Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-71549455003822302972008-05-28T01:36:00.000-04:002008-05-28T01:36:00.000-04:00Worse still, after making it a three day Commercia...Worse still, after making it a three day Commercial success weekend Congress realized it had lost its meaning - so created the Memorial Minute of Rememberance at three pm. That is such a picture of the value of our war dead on the busy American Summer Holiday season. Pardon me, I should go blow something up but will just have a coffee and watch wrestlin' instead.Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794620086508373660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-9956919584806817332008-05-27T11:07:00.000-04:002008-05-27T11:07:00.000-04:00I likewise remember May 30th...when stores were fi...I likewise remember May 30th...when stores were filled with plastic flower arrangements and places like Kansas still said "Decoration Day" instead. And before this day, no woman wore white shoes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com