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Posted: 12/6/2001 8:41:33 PM EDT
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Hey LarryG, we're all touchy feely guys around here so don't be embarrassed.
Seriously, I've been thinking of them too. We had an 80+ y.o. lady come into the E.R. this evening, she coded at the dentist's office (of all places). After running code for three or four times, the Doc called it (pronounced her dead). Now, that seems alot more natural and so is easier for me to accept than "friendly fire" killing our guys over there. |
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Posted: 12/6/2001 8:46:47 PM EDT
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Nothing wrong with that, Larry. I got a little choked up at the US flag that off the WTC during the world series. Just means you are a true patriot, especially since you served.
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Posted: 12/6/2001 8:57:35 PM EDT
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Think of me what you will, but I have always been that way during "patriotic moments"--raising the Flag, sing the Star Spangled Banner, during Taps, etc. Since 9-11-'01 it is multiplied several times over. I have always been a "flag waver"--the only real difference now is that people don't make fun of me. I have always been grateful for what we have here. The "American Way of Life" is a wonderful gift we all share. As a veteran, Larry G., I thank you for your service, especially during that particular time period. I am grateful for whatever you did. Thanks! [:)]
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Posted: 12/6/2001 9:06:55 PM EDT
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Well I am glad I am in the flag waving club! I remember seeing John Wayne in the Green Berets and listening to that song when I was a kid. I have that song on my hard drive I will try to send it to you!
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Posted: 12/6/2001 10:06:43 PM EDT
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Same here
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Posted: 12/6/2001 10:40:01 PM EDT
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Doe anyone have a link to an mp3 of the song?
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Posted: 12/6/2001 10:49:47 PM EDT
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I love that song, even Bill Murrays version in Caddyshack.
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Posted: 12/6/2001 11:28:18 PM EDT
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you can download the song off of morpheus at musiccity.com. i did and am keeping it on my hard drive to share.
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Posted: 12/6/2001 11:34:22 PM EDT
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"The Star Spangled Banner" chokes me up. Every time. Without fail. (even before 9/11)
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Posted: 12/7/2001 5:16:31 AM EDT
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I agree. BTW, the song was written and initially performed by a man from Leadville, Colorado who is still remembered as a hell-raiser.
December 7, a day that will live in Infamy. SRM |
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Posted: 12/7/2001 5:38:49 AM EDT
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No LARRYG,
Not corny, not stupid. I still chew peoples a$$s for not shuttin' up and standing during the National Anthem. I still get "misty eyed" during almost any patriotic song. I outright cried during each game of the World Series, and at the football games that I have watched. Heck, I even get torn up by the newer song..."Pvt Malone"..? So, no. Keep the flag high. I feel for the service member and the families of those that die. Not just the ones from "friendly fire". Lew |
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Posted: 12/7/2001 6:52:28 AM EDT
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The g-b guy on one of the interviews was cool......"we mourn for our losses...then go back to doing our jobs...it`s part of the deal".....we still live in the best country......period
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Posted: 12/7/2001 7:16:03 AM EDT
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Taps ALWAYS does me in- as do most dirges played on uillean or (Scottish) bag pipes.
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Posted: 12/7/2001 7:17:06 AM EDT
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The words to the "Green Beret" were written by Barry Sadler, a resident of Leadville.
BUT......the music, right down to the drum cadence in the background, is directly lifted from a WW2 German song called "Einhundert Männer und ein Befehl", "One Hundred Men and One Command Order". The original was also somewhat of a sad song, about a soldier far from home, in some dusty wasteland, somewhat wistful, but duty bound. |
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