Happy Hour

"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON

Mother, Mother Ocean

Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Counted the Stars

Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doin' fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line

""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Canadian Forces names: A mark of respect....UPDATE


From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Published 


The Conservative government's decision to restore the traditional designations of the Canadian Forces; the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is a welcome move that recognizes a reality that has been long ignored by officialdom: The decades-long attempt to erase the historic designations, and unique identities, of the RCN, Canadian Army and RCAF was a failure.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-canadian-forces-names-a-mark-of-respect/article2130372/


Today Deb at Murphy and Other Stories had this post up
http://murphyandotherstories.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-oped-pages-of-calgary-herald_19.html
Alberta Girl. Family has a history in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. 
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3 comments:

Deb said...

Thanks for that ORPO. The local moonbats are all up in arms over the 'Royal' thang but I think that our military men and women deserve the respect that it shows to them. For way too long they've been the 'army of little green men' to quote an article out of the paper.

Friday, August 19, 2011 6:40:00 AM
Buck said...

What Deb said.

Friday, August 19, 2011 9:50:00 AM
Deb said...

Thanks for the link ORPO, greatly appreciated.

Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:01:00 AM

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