TEMPORARILY CLOSED

for

Renovation, Repair 

and 

Maintenance

________ FOOD for THOUGHT ________

The other day our friend Kid reported on the meticulous, painstaking, time-consuming, incredibly exacting standards those who guard The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier must adhere to regarding their uniforms and personal appearance.  At first I thought, “Isn’t that a bit much?” but then the following thoughts occurred to me.

Impressive, indeed, –– and a superb answer to the leftist destructionists and thoughtless redneck rubes who urge doing away with the Royal Family and all the pageantry that characterizes the heart and soul of once-but-Alas-no-longer-Great Britain.

SYMBOLS are of vital importance –– especially when they are LIVING symbols. That's why maintaining these seemingly ridiculous high standards described in Kid’s article are vitally important. It's not the uniforms –– or even the men who wear them –– that matter; it's the ideals and principles they REPRESENT. 

Once a nation denigrates, disrespects and discards the SYMBOLS of its past and potential glory that nation loses its identity and soon becomes moribund.

In plainer language: 

Can you imagine a U.S. President, a Senator, a Representative, a Supreme Court Justice –– or your children's Schoolteacher for that matter –– performing their duties unshaven with unbrushed teeth, and uncombed hair in baggy, threadbare jeans and a dirty T-shirt after not having bathed for a month?

THINK About That.

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ENCORE POST from FIVE YEARS AGO UPDATED

MEMORIAL DAY 2018

In loving memory and deepest gratitude 

for all who fought, suffered injuries, and died 

that we might live in freedom today.

Remember

Remember me when I am gone away,

Gone far away into the silent land;

When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more, day by day,

You tell me of our future that you plann'd:

Only remember me; you understand

It will be late to counsel then or pray.

Yet if you should forget me for a while

And afterwards remember, do not grieve:

For if the darkness and corruption leave

A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

Than that you should remember and be sad.

~ Christina Rossetti (1836-1894)

We still called this occasion "Decoration Day" when I was in elementary school. It originated after the Civil War to honor those dead.

Veterans Day was called Armistice Day back then too.

Have we ever given official thanks to those who fought, suffered, bled, died and went broke during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812?

After the decisive victory won by The Allies in World War Two it seems downright criminal to me that even ONE American has had to die in the many staged Exercises in Futility we've been led to indulge in since for the benefit of Munitions Manufacturers and the International Bankers who play all sides against the middle to our great detriment.

We should all be armed to the teeth to repel foreign invaders and shoot to death anyone who dares intrude upon the sanctity of our homes.

Aggressors of any kind deserve nothing less than DEATH.

However, when we are duped into becoming aggressors, ourselves, in the name of some phony, trumped-up "cause" or manufactured international "crisis," our soldiers then become nothing more than pawns –– victims of the greed and corrupt ambition of the few who own and operate our leaders and dictate our policies for nefarious purposes of the their own behind the scenes.

Even so, a father, son, husband, brother, lover or friend killed in these Wars of Waste and Warped Ambition is no less deserving of our love, respect and reverence than those who died for genuine, noble causes. 

Their sacrifice may have been in vain, but as Kipling said in The Charge of the Light Brigade:

"Theirs not to reason why;

Theirs but to do and die."

For that alone they deserve our love, respect and unending support. Courage and sacrifice are still what they are even when tragically –– or diabolically -- misdirected.

May God grant our people –– and ALL people –– access to Truth, and give them the wisdom to seek Truth, then act in accordance with Truth when at last it becomes known. 

AMEN!

Lest We Forget

The Fiasco Electing 

D_O_N_A_L_D___T_R_U_M_P

Has Made It Possible

For Us To Avoid.

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HERE is the ROYAL WEDDING  best suited to enhance  your weekend

Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford,  and Sarah Churchill strut their stuff all over London E_N_J_O_Y_!
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...___NOT___ THIS___ONE___ ...

Harry gives Mother England the finger. Bye bye Britain!

______ N_O_T_I_C_E ______

Any and All Denigratory References to

The CLINTONS

The OBAMAS

FELLOW BLOGGERS

PERSONAL INSULTS

OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS

TATTLING and LOOSE TALK

WILL BE SUMMARILY 

D-E-L-E-T-E-D

ALSO Please Avoid Gratuitous Use of
VULGARITY and NAME-CALLING.

PRACTICAL WISDOM 

from POETRY

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

  

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

 Old Time is still a-flying:

 And this same flower that smiles to-day

 To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

  The higher he 's a-getting,

 The sooner will his race be run,

 And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

 When youth and blood are warmer;

 But being spent, the worse, and worst

 Times still succeed the former.

  

Then be not coy, but use your time,

 And while ye may, go marry:

 For having lost but once your prime,

   You may for ever tarry. 

 ~ Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

____________ FINDING FUN ____________

It's easier to bitch than stitch,
It's easier to whine than mine.

It's easier to make noise than to exhibit poise.
It's easier to say "I'm fucked," than to construct.

To sit in the gutter counting your woes

In shit-caked jeans with a runny nose
Ranting in puddles of frozen piss
Demonstrates only that something's amiss.

So, in the bleak winter 

Go shovel some snow ––

..... Cheer up the aged

...... And those who are caged

...... Some joy you might find

...... If you read to the blind

...... Don't play the whore,

...... Instead scrub the floor

Now get up and go!

In summer, each lazy laddie
And each slothful lass
Should get off their ass 

And go mow the grass.

Don't pout and make wishes

Just go wash the dishes.
If you need to find labor,

Go help your neighbor.

Demanding is easy 

Producing is hard
Protests are sleazy
Thus saith The Bard.

_________ EPILOGUE _________

There's always something you can do.
Don't succumb to feeling blue.

Salvation lies through helping others
Not thinking you deserve your druthers.

Never worry. Never fear.

Just do your best to spread good cheer.
Needed work is never done

Effort's where we find our fun.

And if you're old, and stuck at home,

You can always write a poem!

~ FreeThinke

Do you really CARE whether 
the Israeli Embassy is located 
in Tel Aviv or Jersusalem, 
and if so WHY?

Hero to Jews? Divisive Demon to Arabs? Which is it?

The New-Old Embassy in Jerusalem

______ N_O_T_I_C_E ______

Any and All Denigratory References to

The CLINTONS

The OBAMAS

FELLOW BLOGGERS

PERSONAL INSULTS

OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS

TATTLING and LOOSE TALK

WILL BE SUMMARILY 

D-E-L-E-T-E-D

ALSO Please Avoid Gratuitous Use of
VULGARITY and NAME-CALLING.

Do You See This As The 

WAVE of the FUTURE?

If So, Are You 

HAPPY at the PROSPECT?

Do You Think It Could Still be 

AVOIDED, and if so, HOW?

And What Should We Do 

About THEM?